The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
THE W. C. 7. U.
OF the Sixteenth District are Holding
an Interesting Convention in
Pennington,

"' 'NNNttuNu blstllCl VI lUb W OlD-
ans Christian Temperance Union met
in the Methodist EpiscopaI Church this
week, The committee on entertain
mcnt had arranged for reception on
the lawn Of Mrs. ". I. Halle Wed.
nesdny afternoon, but the weather man
intcricrcd with this and the reception
was held in the house Owing to de.
lay in the trains, the delegates were
late 10 arriving, but when they did
they found the spacious rooms well
filled with guests to welcome them
Miss RowenA Shaner of Jackson, Mo-,
National Lectu. er aud Organizer, made
u bright aud instructive talk. Miss
May Harlan sang, Miss Edith Halle
played solo and later, when Mrs.
kimbaII Of Kirkwood, the District
President, arrived she added to the
enjoyment by the recital Of few per-
soma incidents IN connection with the
work ia which she hos so lovingly en-.
gagged for Il quarter of century,
Punch was served by Misses Halle aud
PipkIn
Wednesday evening was the formal
opening Of the Convention. The plat
form OF the NJ. l.. church was beauti.
FULLY decorated with flowers, plants,
American flags and notices, and
"Nccome" everywhere Tor the dele
gates aud audience The meeting was
presided over by Mrs Belle Klmball,
who was introduced by the local presi-
deut, Mis-. l.. NJ Thompson. There
was duet by Misses Pipkin and Buck
followed by Scripture reading by Rev.
5. +. Brilc and chorus by the chill
dreu.
The welcome address from the
churches was made 10y Rev. Edward
Owcrs, who made such powerful
plea tor temperance as he only can
make. The address from the town
was delivered by one Of its youngest
citizeus, Philip PIpkin, who covered
himself with glory, to Judge by the
compliments shuwercd on him the toll.
lowing morning. The address from
the public school was by our new
superintendent, Ptol. o. c. Lynch,
who made favorable impression.
From the Young Peoples Societies,
Miss Anna Menge gave q pleasing
welcome, and then Mrs. Thompson, as
local president, 10 her very charming
manner, gave hearty welcome to the
visitors, to which a graceful response
was made by Mrs May of DcSoto.
There was a reading by Miss Florence
Mccormick, after which Miss Rowena
Nhnncr, who had so charmingly told
in the afternoon of her marriage to the
WOmcn's Christian Temperance Union,
gave most interesting talk on "Snap
Shots from the Worlds and National
Conventions, " showing how the whole
world had been girdIGd by the White
Ribbon. There was reading by Mrs.
6. Is. Thomas, IAN Appeal to the
Children aud duet by Misses Fon-
taiue and Mu rill, followed by the
bcncdictIon by Rev. l., NJ. Thompson,
closing session that had been both
profitable aud enjoyable.
The program tor Thursday morning
after dcyotions, led by Miss Dunlap,
included reports Of the various officers
and county presidents, aud paper by
Mrs. Radcliffe on "llow we Gained
New Members. ~ Several responded
to the question of the president, "Why
| joined the W e. I. u Thursday
afternoon devotional exercises were led
by Mrs. FOntaine aud reports made OF
local unions, followed by parliamentary
drill by Miss Shaner.
At the noon hour the entire body
to the invitation Of the Y
". c A. to visit their rooms, On
entering they were greeting with
IlbN W. YOU uO. ilpN no you 10,
Dear w. {. +. u
Hear us say, hear us say,
We are w. y. {. A.
We are not wise, we are not witty,
But we're glad to see you in our city.
Miss VirgiIia Conway sang, Miss
Elsie Cayce played a solo, after which
Miss Shaner and Mrs. Kimball gave
little talks to those present Badges
with this verse on them were distributed
to all tho guests.
"Oh, Army of the Ribbon White.
Well strive to reach your power and
might.
We dare not hope to kaep step with you,
Yet hope to join in AT the Graud Re.
view.
The Thursday evening program en-
braces addresses by Miss Shaner and
Mrs. Kimball. The convention will
adjourn Friday evening. The pro-
gram for the three Friday sessions will
be carried out as published in THE
TIMEs of last week.