The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-05
WOMAN'S BOARD
ANNUAL MEETING
Mission Workers Hold interest.
ing AII-Day Meeting at
Central Union.

ance at the all-day annual meeting o
the Woman 8 Board at Central Unto
, church yesterday, the number of dele
gates from the other islands being on
of the gratifying features of the oeca
sion There were also a number O.
!, visitors present during the differen
meetings and several of these wer,
called upon to address the members
tent pitched on the lawn, being pre-
sided over by DR.. Serene E. Bishop
The devotional exercises at the morn
ing session were led by Mrs. J. T. Gu
lick and the afternoon meeting wa
presided over by the president of the
Board, Mrs. Scudder.
After the opening devotional exer
cises of the morning session, and the
reading of the minutes of last year ;:
annual meeting by Miss Shelley, the
reports of the treasurer, Mrs. Dilling
ham, were read, showing satisfactory
| balance in the treasury in spite of the
many works carried on by the Board
The recording secretary, Miss Shelley
the home secretary, Mrs. J. D. Marques,
the foreign secretary, Mrs. A. F. Judd,
| and the treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Dilling-
| ham, presented reports, which were ac-
cepted.
Greetings from fellow laborers in
Los Angeles were given to the Board
members by DR.. Warren F. Day and
Mrs Day, of Los Angeles, and address
es were also delivered by Mrs. G. B.
Perkins, treasurer of the Pacific branch
of the Methodist W. H. M. society, and
by Miss C. NJ Erbeck, of the Waiakea
settlement, Hilo.
The annual reports of the Lima Ko-
pua society, the Pawahi Band, the
Cleaners, the Kin Kok Kong Low Fui
and the Aurora society, were read by
the different secretaries of these
branches of the Board, each report
showing a steady growth in the organi-
cations and a hope for further growth
and continued usefulness in the future.
The reports of several of the standing
committees of the Board were also pre-
sented, these being: appropriation COM
mittee, by Mrs. Dillingham;; Work COM
mittee, by Mrs. w. F. Frear; and the
Nominating committee, by Mrs. W. W.
Hall.
INSERT-Women's Board.
The election of officers resulted in
the choice of Mrs. Doremus Scudder,
president; Mrs. S. E. Bishop, Miss
Martha Chamberlain, Mrs. Theodore
Richards, Mrs. 0. Fl. Gulick and Mrs.
Lydia B. Coan, vice presidents; Miss
NJ. l.. Shelley, recording secretary;
Mrs. w. E. Brown, home secretary;
Mrs. A. Francis Judd foreign secre-
tary; Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;, treasurer
and Mrs. w. L. Moore, assistant treas
urer. The superintendent of depart
ments were reappointed.
During the morning meeting some
musical selections were contributed by
Miss Damon and Mrs. L. Tenney Peck
AFTERNOON MEETING.
There was no lack of interest shown
at the afternoon session, which was
called to order by Mrs. Scudder shortly
after luncheon. At this session some
interesting reports were read by those
in charge of the various branches of
the mission work in Honolulu. Miss
Green reported on the work of the Ha-
waiian department, Mrs. F. w. Damon
told of the progress of the missions
among the resident Chinese, Rev. o.
H. Gulick presented a report from the
japanese mission and Rev A. V. So
ares gave the important events of the
past year among the workers in the
Portuguese colony.
Mission work in other places and set
Elements was the subject of a number
of addresses from other visitors of the
Board President Mills, of Mills Col
lege, California, spoke Interestingly of
the march of Christian progress in the
Golden State, and the work on the
other islands was related by Mrs. Ruth
B. Baker, of Kealakekua, Mrs. R. B.
Dodge of Waikiki, Miss Nora Towner
of the Alexander House mission, Maui,
and Mrs. A. S. Baker, of Kealakekua.
Mrs. Restarick also spoke and invited
all to attend a similar meeting of the
Anglicans, to be held June %.
Greetings from Maui were rendered
by Rev. R. B. Dodge of Wailuku, and
from Kona by Rev. A. S. Baker, the
former speaker warning the people of
Honolulu from contributing without in
vestigation to any Maui mission, inves
tigation having shown that one of the
Mormon churches there had been solic-
iting aid from church members here on
the strength of the fact that they were
in strong Republican district.