The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
MISSIONARY
CONVENTION
y
Closes Annual Session At
Prospect.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Next Years Session to be
Held at Redwood.
Delegates Who Were Present From
Every Church In the District,
Royalty Entertained.

The annual convention of the
Woman IS Home Missionary socie-
ties of the Methodist churches OF
the Delaawer district was held at
Prospect Friday. The convention
opened session In the Methodist
church at that place at 8 O'Clock
in the morning and concluded with
a special meeting in the evening.
About seventy delegates represent
ing the various churches Of the dis
trict were present and the sessions
proved exceedingly interesting and
profitable.
The program opened Friday
morning with devotional exercises
led by Mrs. Dilworth, of Marion.
Mrs. Wilcox of Prospect, gave an
address of welcome in which she
extended cordial greeting to the
delegates. The welcome was re-
sponded to by Mrs. Ffssel Of
Redwood.
The corresponding secretary Miss
Amelia B. Watson, of Delaware,
gave report showing the stand
ing of the various auxilliaries and
Queen Esther Circles of the dis
trict. Mrs. Pace of Prospect gave
an excellent report of the mite
box collections Of the past year.
The morning program closed with
an excellent paper "The Mission Of
the Queen Esther Circle" by Miss
Matte Meredith of Marion.
At noon, dinner was served to
the delegates in the Odd Fell
lows hall. An after dinner recep-
tion was given in the Masonic
hall.
The afternoon session opened at
one O'Clock with devotional exer-
cises conducted by Mrs. Durbin of
Foraker. Miss Biggerstaff Of Pros
|'pect, rendered a vocal solo and
MRS. Yoder of Mt. Victory read an
excellent paper on the subject Gam
my Brothers Keeper?"
Mrs. Goode, of Sidney, read a
paper In which she disclosed var
ious items Of interest in mission
ary circles throughout the district
land country. "Our Literature,,
was the subject of a very interest
ing thesis read by Mrs. Freeman
OF Prospect, The program was
concluded with a vocal solo by
Miss Cast of Prospect.
Immediately at the conclusion
Of the afternoon program. the
annual district business meeting
was conducted. Besides transacting
various minor points of business
the annual election OF officers was
held. It resulted in naming the
following ofilcers:
Mrs. j. w. Holland OF Upper
Sandusky, president: Miss Amelia
Is. Watson OF Delaware. cores
ponding secretary; Miss Mamie
Wesley of Radnor, recording sec.
retary: Mrs. Frank Click of Mar
ion, mite box secretary.
The convention determined to
Mold the next session at Redwood,
one year from date.
Friday evening the attendance
was exceedingly large despite the
inclemency Of the weather and the
closing session proved very prof.
table one. Rev. y. J. Halliday led
the devotional exercises and Miss
Kyle Of Prospect rendered a pleas
Ing vocal solo.
The principal feature of the even
ing's program was an address by
Mrs. r. H. Bedkins, of Los Ange-
les, California. The veteran mis-
sionary worker gave an excellent
talk, describing many interesting
details of missionary work. The
convention adjourned after en-
joying a musical selection which
was nicely rendered by the Pros
pect ladies' quartette