Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
Mr.. WEXFORD WILL
SELECT SITE TO-DAY.
Presbyterian General Committee
Decides 10 Erect Building
al Exposition.
INITIAL SESSION Hello HERE
Permanent Organization Effected and
Work to be Done outlined-Mr.
Wexford Leaves Tonight on Trip
Through North With View to Arous
ing interest in Movement.

AT the initial session of the general
committee of the Norfolk. and East
Hanover Presbyteries. appointed to
arrange for dcmominational build.
ing and exhibit 1T the jamestown
Exposition, held iii the First Presby-
terrain church on Thirty-second
street. yesterday. it was decided to
raise $4,000 for the erection OF
building on the exposition grounds
for a denominational exhibit and
to divide the general exhibit into
three parts. educational, historical
and institutional.
The educational exhibit will deal
with the educational work being done
all over the world by the Prcsbyter-
ian churches and the historical ex-
hist will include old documents and
l:apcrs Of the church with history
of the denomination from its fuunda-
iion TO the present time. These ex-
. hibits will he placed in buildings ut
the exposition which have been set
apart by the exposition company for
exhibits Of their nature
The institutional exhibit will cover
the work of the foreign and home
missions and the general work Of the
church in America and abroad. This
exhibit will he placed in the building.
which the committee has been author.
lied TO erect
Mr.. Wexford to Select Site.
Rev. e. T. Wexford, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, this city,
chairman of the general committee,
will 20 10 the exposition grounds this
morning to select site for the pro
nosed building. which is 10 he located
In section of the exposition grounds
near the Inside Inn. which has been
set aside for church buildings.
The committee convened Mt the
First Presbyterian church at 1890
o'clock yesterday morning with
twelve Of the fifteen members in at
tendance. A nermauent organization
was at once effected, the following Of
ficers being chosen
Officers of Committees:
Chairman-Rev. Il. T. Wexford,
Newport News.
Vice-chairman-Rev !. f. Thacker,
Norfolk.
secretary-Rev c. f. Rankin.
Portsmouth
Treasurer-Mr. ]. w Crafty, Ports.
mouth.
OFFICERS OF the subcommittee We're
appointed as follows:
Exhibit-Rev. w. w. Moore, d. D.,
Richmond, chairman; Rev. j. N II.
Summerell, d. D., Norfolk. vice-chair-
man; Rev. Isaac Campbell, d. D.,
Norfolk, secretary.
Finance--Rev J. T. Thacker. Nor
folk. chairman: Mr. S. II. Hanes.
Richmond, vice-chairman; Rev. w. w
MEG. Shields Norfolk, secretary.
Building-Rev. r. A. Robinson,
Norfolk. chairman; Rev. W. NJ. Hunt
err Newport News, vice-chairman
Rev. R. b. Eegleston. Richmond Sec
rotary; Mr. f. r. Ferguson, Norfolk,
architect
Sessions of Body.
The morning session ended at I 80
o'clock and the committeeman went
10 Hotel Warwick where they had
dinner. They re-assenJ led at the
church at $3.50 o'clock and remained
in session until o'clock in the after
noon. All of the visiting members
of the committee returned to their
homes at $50 o'clock.
In the future meetings of the com
mittee will be held at the call Of the
chair, the subcommittee converting