The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-25
W. C. Il. U. Convention.

the W. G. J. U. of Forest county held It's
first session in the NJ. e. church, West
Hickory, Tuesday morning, Sept. IL, 1907.
Devotionals led by Mrs, Margaret Beck,
President. Mrs. Alice II. Siggns In
formed the convention that the constitu-
ton of the w. c. T. U. had been de-
stroyed. After discussion motion was
carried that the constitution as II appears
in the county minutes be adopted. Ad-
dress of welcome was given by Mrs.
Alice II. Siggins in we'll chosen words.
Response ny Mrs. Hill Reports of Mrs.
Kribbs, Corresponding Secretary, and
Mrs. Kelly, Treasurer, read aud accepted
with thanks. Reports of Superntend-
ents: Press Work by Mrs. Derickson,
Psrlor Meeting Mrs. Wenk, The
Young Womsn's nch by Mrs. War
den. Suffrage by Mrs. Ida Small, Scien-
tifc Temperance Instruction by Mrs.
Ellen b. Cstlin, Evangelistic by Mrs.
Crossmun, read and accepted. Mrs.
Hills report of l.. T. l.. read and accept
ed. Committees appointed: Resolu-
tions-Mrs. Derickson, Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs.
Turner, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Hagerty.
Courtesy-Mrs. Wenk, Miss Turner,
Mrs. Warden. Place Mrs. Small. Mrs.
Montgomery, Mrs. Carson. Mrs. Kelly
voiced noontide prayer. Adjourned.
Convention called to order Tuesday at
$50 p. m. Devotional service led by Mrs.
Alice Turner. Presidents annual ad-
dress read and accepted with rising vote
OF thanks. Mothers in Council by Mrs.
Suie May Sharpe. Papers read and dis
cussed on same. A rising vote of thanks
was rendered Mrs. Sharpe for her sym
postum. Solo by Mrs. Nourse. Election
of officers: Mrs. Kribbs, President; Mrs.
Ida Small Vice President; Mrs. Ellen b.
Catlin, Recording Secretary; Mrs. HUI
ing, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Au-
gusta Kelly, Treasurer. Adjourned.
Tuesday evenIng.-Praise service led
by Rev. S. A. Coflman. Solo by Mrs,
Fehlman. Lecture by Mrs. Fessenden,
of Boston, Mass, subject THE Respon-
sibility of Our Government in the Liquor
Traffic" Music by the choir. Benedic-
ton by Rev. S. A. Coflman.
Convention called to order Wednesday
o a. IN. with our worthy President in the
chair. Devotional service led by Mrs.
Catlin. Superintendents' reports: Mrs.
Mechling on Purity, Mrs. Cole on Mercy,
Soldiers and Sailors by Mrs. Cook, Par
liamentary Rules by Mrs. Alice II. Sig
gins, Railroad by Mrs. Suie May Sharpe,
Flower Mission by Mrs. Arley Lynch,
read and accepted. Minutes read and
after correction were approved. Mrs.
Ellen b. Catlin was elected delegate for
the county to attend the State Convention
to be held at Beaver the first week in
October. Report of committee on reso-
aud place named Kellettyille as the place
to hold the next annual convention. Su-
perintendents elected for the ensuing
year: Press, Mrs. Martha Derickson;
Parlor Meetings, Mrs. Belle Hunt; Lum-
bermen, Mrs. G. +. Watson; Young
Womans Branch, Mrs. Sue L. Warden;
Sabbath School, Mrs. Henderson; Suf-
frage, Mrs. Hill; Literature, Mrs. Savills
Skipe; Scientific Temperance Instruction,
Mrs. Ellen B. Catlin; Petitions and Leg
islation, Mrs. Marien Kendall; Evange-
listic, Mrs. Elizabeth Crossmun; Flower
Mission, Mrs. Arley Lynch; Mercy, Mrs.
Emily Cole; Purity, Mrs. Euphemia
, Mechling; Prison and County Home,
: Mrs. Clara Carson; Auti-Nsrcotics, Mrs.
Ida Small; Juvenile, Mrs. Margaret Beck;
Soldiers and Sailors, Mrs. Harriet Cook;
8 Parliamentary Practice, Mrs. Alice a..
r Siggins; Railroad, Mrs. Suie May Sharpe;
t Mothers Meetings, Mrs. Rachel Wheeler;
Unfermented Wine, Mrs. Nancy Dale;
School Savings Banks, Mrs. Sarah Hsg-
erty. Convention sang "God Be With
You Till We Meet Again." and closed.
MRS. ELLEN B. CATLIN, Sec'y.
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the Woman's Christian TEMPER
d ance Union of Forest County, assembled
a IN twenty-first annual convention at West
+. Hickory, give thanks to our Heavenly
Father that He has upheld us during an
u other year, and that we are permitted to
r realize His divine presence in our midst.
, We earnestly pray that the inspirations
received from these sessions, which have
been conducted in love and harmony,
] may 90 with us to our homes and that
{ whatsoever work is done the ing year
for the promotion of the great temper
ance cause may rebound to His name
and glory.
!. Resolved, That we will keep our faces
+ ever toward the goal of county and state
prohibition as the only logical solution oil
. the liquor problem.
: Resolved, That we heartily indorse the
f decision of Governor Hadley and Jud ge
Altman, of the state of Indiana, on the
unconstitutional legaization of the LIQUOR
' traffic.
y Resolved, That we as white ribboners
will ever keep the divine law before the
9 people and earnestly impress it upon the
a youth of our county to observe the Sab.
bath day and keep it holy, lest we forget
: His loving kindness toward us.
= Whereas, We look with alarm upon the
o tendency of present day fiction to create
q an atmosphere of tobacco, stimulants
= profanity aud corrupt morals as the nor.
q ma environments of its heroes and he.
| rOines.
Resolved, To countersct this pernicior
g influence we must fill our homes, oul
v public schools and libraries and Sunday
q schools with the purest, brightest and
best literature we can procure bv the
/ most careful selection.
70 Resolved, That we do give hearty ex.
= pressions of thanks for our Indebtedness
;, to the editors of the three county papers
y for the space they have so kindly given