The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
mrs. A. I. HURLY
MADE PRESIDENT
PELLA WOMAN ELECTED BY MIS-
sloNARY SOCIETIES.
THANKS OFFERING is LARGE.
Three Hundred Dollars Contributed
4 Sunday Morning to Credit of
oskaloosa Distrlot-lnter-
VI, estihg Talk on Japan.


of the Oskaloosa district of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church came to q
close Sunday evening with the inter
esting address on apan by Miss Mary
b. Griffiths, of Hirosaki, Japan. In
spite of two large conflicting services
in other churches, the attendance In
the evening was unusually large
Special music was rendered by the
choir and vocal solo by Miss Mollie
Strohmeier Little Miss Ruth Dasher
also repeated the Whisper Song" by
request, and greatly pleased the au'
dience.
Election Of officers.
During the business session Satur.
day afternoon the annual election OF
officers for the district was held with
the following result: -.....
President Mrs. A. T.. Hurry, Pella.
First Vice, e,President-Mrs. J. M -lc-
Clelland, Oskaloosa.
Second ce-President-Mrs. Mary
Il. Moore. Cedar.
Third ce-President-Mrs. Frances
Davidson, Brooklyn.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. l.. G.
Cummins, Killduff.
ria Treasurer-Mrs. Mary E. Russell,
Newton .t. ...... ....s s...... .
Saturday Afternoon.
Mrs. o. S. Baker, of Montezuma,
led the devotional exercises, after
which "reminiscences of early history
OF. w F. M. S. were given by charter
members of the ~society at st. Clairs-
vile, Ohio, which was organized in
1869, by Isabelle Thoburn, the first
missionary ever sent out by the W. f.
NJ. s, Mrs. Beeman was also among
the speakers, as she was a member
of the earliest organization here. Mrs.
Mary Haynes, another pioneer in the
work in this district, was expected to
be present, but was unable to be here.
Mrs A. e. Hurt, of Pella, mother of
Prof H. w. Hurt, of this city, next
read an excellent paper on "The I'M.
portance of Attendance at Branch
Meetings" The United Study OF
Missions" was the subject of briet
sketch by Mrs. Marian Cheney, of this
city. The review of the branch re,
ports was given by Mrs. o. s. Dow,
! of Garner Mrs. Lloyd Tenant, OF
Rose Hill, told What One Woman
Accomplished Through Prayer" and
Mrs. Ella Pichereau, of Ft. Madison,
spoke on the ~ mans Work"
following completely.
haantif,tI maC rondcrod
by Misses ht.sy Allen and Irene Ram
say and Miss Stella Ramsay sang a
y No during the, afternoon session,
ich was as whole one of the most
NestiDg and important meetings
convenuon
Saturday Morning.
In place of the New Sharon Auxil
iary Mrs. w. r. Stoddard. of Newton
conducted the devotional exercises
Saturday morning, after which Mrs.
Maud Burdock, of Thornburg, read a
well prepared paper on Wonderful
Openings in Europe" The principal
address of the afternoon was given
by Mrs. Stoddard, of Newton. on
Fresh Facts From Africa" Mrs.
gStoddard-s son is private secretary to
\ Bishop Hartzell in Africa and he has
just lately returned from that country,
so the lady was well prepared 20 pre-
sent fresh facts regarding the work
tn.lthat Interesting field. Her paper
was especially fine. being exhaustive
and quite interesting and instructive
TO even the best informed workers at
, the convention Mrs. Sterrett, of
HGrinnell, presented the Things of
Vital Importance to Auxiliaries," and
the session was concluded with the
quiet hour in charge of Mrs. o. s..
Dow, of Garner. Music was rendered
by six little girls of the Kings Herald
band and dinner was served the visit
Ing delegates at noon by the ladies' Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary 30
ciety of the local Methodist Episcopal
church.
Saturday Evening.
Rev. Eugene Allen, pastor of the
Central Methodist Episcopal church,
was the speaker Saturday evening
dlteI lHe ueNOtiOHdl SERVICES, lPQ Dy
Mrs. Dow, of Garner. Special music
was rendered by a ladies' quarte te.
The attendance was again quite large
ON the part of the delegates and mem.
bers Of the local society and friends
as we'll
$500 Thank Offering.
Rev. Allen opened the service Sun
day morning with a brief devotional
meeting and after beautiful vocal
solo, @Face to Face" sung by sIr.
Claire Gordon, Mrs, o. S. Dow, frstI
vice:president OF the branch, of Gar
ner. addressed the convention. Thel
thank Offering which was taken at
the conclusion of the meeting amount
ed to about $500.
Mrs. Ella Pichereau. OF Fort Madi.
son, conducted the Missionary Love
Feast" In the afternoon and the con
vention closed with the evening SER
vice,
Resolutions.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented the following report SATURDAY.