Arizona republican., 1908-10-22

the V NJ. c. A os Phoenix It was later accepted by the board of direct
 Ors with resolutions Of appreciation and good will. NIT. Hayes will leave this morning for Wickenburg where he
 will look after the interests Of the
 Presbyterian church in that vicinity.
 He is not a minister but will labor in
 the interest os the little congregation
 which has no church home yet, give
 Sunday talks and in every way pos
 sible build up the church interests of the town.
 L. G. Hayes has been more or less active in Christian work for the last .1S years.
 About 20 -ears ago he went 10 Cal ifOrnia and joined the First Presby- terian church in Los Angeles. Two years later he was elected a deacon
 in that church and also served for one year as 1president of the Christian En- deavOr society, meanwhile attending the University of Southern California. He then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and on the completion of his college course there, returned to Los Angeles and was secretary of the Christian En- deavOr union for one year.
 Later while a travelling salesman. he entered Y. Fl C. A. work in Kansas i City. Mo. and remained there in the city association for six years, assisting 1 in the promotion of the numerous so- cial. educational, religious and athletic
 enterprises of that large organization. | His special work was in the employ mcnt and advisory department, of (which he was manager While in | Kansas City he organized a young linens Bible study club in the Second Presbyterian church and was president 1 of the mems union or league in the same church when he left
 | He went to Poplar Bluff. Mo. as ! general secretary of the Y. NJ C. A. lin May. 1906. That association had ibeen carrying a debt of 5000 for more | than a year. In a Short time after the Iarrival oc MT. Hayes this debt was wiped out, besides paying for addition l al repairs on the building He also | IcOnducted several Bible classes and ] educational classes in the Y. M. c. A. building and shop meetings in the Va Irious manufacturing plants during the noon hour, and launched a successful l lecture course. While in Poplar Bluff.
 NIT. Hayes was secretary and treasurer
 of the ministerial alliance of the town. 1 During that period several large and promising fields in Y. NJ. C. A. work l were offered him buShe refused them 1 because he felt that he ought to stay | in Poplar Bluff until his plans were carried out. Finally after remaining
 one and one-half years he was per suaded to come to Phoenix on account of the stragetic position of this city
 and the strong influence the right kind of Y. NJ C. A. work here would ex-
 ercise over surrounding towns
 MT. Hayes came here last December lexpecting to have a full fledged assO- citation in the building by this time
 He regrets that unforeseen delays have interfered with his plans and those of the directors but hopes that the great est success will ultimately attend the Phoenix Young Mems Christian AssO-
 citation.
 The following are some of the things that have been done in the Phoenix as Isociation under the direction of MT Hayes: Baseball game at Eastlake bark, musical entertainment netting $1OO. three popular talks in Lamson's lhall. four meetings at the Indian Ischools. three bicycle hikes, 31 mems lmeetins Sunday afternoons. a young linens Bible class. He also conducted
 a reading and recreation room for eight idays at the recent encampment at Camp Kibbey on the fair grounds. This
 room was patrOnized by all the enlist
 ed men at the camp and greatly ap- Ipreciated by them.