Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
EPWORTH LEAGUE NOTES.

At the international convention of the
young peoples missionary movement at
Pittsburg, March 10 to IL, the official
delegates of the District Epworth League
will be the district second vice president,
Miss Anna NJ. Tilton, and the district
superintendent of the Junior League,
Miss Alice Hunter. Both the senior and
Junior departments of the league are doing
work along missionary lines, and the
number of mission study classes and gifts
for missionary work have largely in
creased recently. After the inspiration
and instruction of the coming convention
it is expected the leagues will do even
better work.
The Epworth League social given by
Union NJ. E. Church Chapter Friday,
February %. it is declared, was the best
given recently. Mr.. John Reese Murray,
president of the league, introduced
'Milburn, the Mysterious who per-
formed several fascinating tricks. Mr..
l.. Garner made a hit in his original
song entitled Pork" Miss Stein sang
Miss Cranston played piano selection;
Miss Wolf recited pathetic poem, will
the New Year Come Tonight?"; Miss
Callahan recited "Old Maid Town; Mrs.
Kunkle gave a humorous selection from
Paul Dunbar entitled Speak Up, Ike"
Miss Florence White played the accom-
paniments and Messrs. Snyder and
Hershberg played violin and banjo selec-
lions. Refreshments were served at the
conclusion of the entertainment.
The Epworth League of Union NJ. E.
Church it is declared, is growing rapidly.
hold a celebration in honor of twenty-five
new members. Mr.. Louis Hieston of
Georgetown will be the principal speaker.
There will be special music by the choir
and Mr.. Ballinger. formerly of Ascension
Church. will render a tenor solo. These
meetings are open to the public
The Epworth League of Hamline M. E.
Church has just organized choir club
among the young people of the church
it's director Miss Ida F. O'Neill, and she
will give the Choir Club an hours re-
hearsal each Saturday evening. A social
hour will follow. The Choir Club also
furnishes music for the devotional services
of the Epworth League each Sunday even
ing at $50 o'clock. The club has just
held it's first regular meeting and starts
out with a membership of fifty.
The officers of the Choir Club are: Mr.
Waldo Clark, president; Miss Ida F.
rotary, and Mr.. Milton M. Thorne, treas
urer. These officers. together with Mr..
E. r. Rochester, the president of Ham,
line Epworth League, Miss Ethel v. Ben
ton Miss Ethel Skeene Mr.. Edwin Allan
Swingle and Mr.. E. 8. Brashears. COM
pose the executive committee.
The following is list of the fifty char
ter members:
Miss Lulu G. Adams, Mr.. James v.
Baker. Mrs. M. G. Baugher. Miss NJ. G..
Benner, Miss Ethel v. Benton, Miss Lii
liam Benton, Mr.. H. L. Benson, Mrs. E. s.
Brashears, Mr.. William L. Lavender, Mr..
Waldo Clark Miss Edna Donohue. Miss
Gwendolyn Donohue, Mr.. NJ. L. Eichel-
berger Mr.. w. L. Evans Miss Gertrude
Frazier, Miss Nellie Frazier, Mr.. Albert
A. Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Gam
mons, Miss Edith Gotwalls, Mr.. N. P.
Goulder, Miss Lima Huber, Miss Eta
Jackson Miss Margaretta JORDAN. Miss
Adele Kelley, Miss Bessie Kisner. Mr..
H. NJ levitt, Mr.. A. NJ. Lawson, Miss
Irene P. Landrum, Miss Bessie B. Locke
Miss Florence Milliken, Miss Grace Meyer.
Mr.. Harold Nichols, Miss Julia Parks.
Miss Lena G. Reed. Miss Nell D. Reed
Mr.. C. w. Shaver. Miss Ruby c. Shaver,
Miss Ethel r. Skeene, Mr.. Edwin Allan
Swingle, Mr.. Charles B. Tanner, Miss Ada
Thomas. Mr.. H. B. Thomas. Mr.. Milton
NJ Thorne, Mrs. NJ. P. Twitchell Miss
Fannie Tysinger, Misses Alva and May
Wegenast and Miss katherine Williams.