The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
END YIN. GA. CONVENTION
MOVEMENT FOR BUILDING IN
NORFOLK is BEGUN.
MEETINGS ARE WELL ATTENDED,

Of the Nebraska Young Mems Chris
tlan Association Came to a Close
Sunday Night.
The twenty-eighth annual state con.
vention of the Young Mems Christian
association, held In Norfolk the last
four days came to close with the
organization of n movement that was
expected to develop into an active
building campaign In Norfolk. Sunday
the building project was endorsed by
a number of Norfolk men and at the
close of the big final meeting at the
Auditorium Sunday night the names
of eighteen Norfolk men we're an
nounced as a committee which would
meet during the day for a conference
on the Norfolk situation.
1t was on all sides declared to have
been big. splendid and successful
convention that ended with the big
Auditorium meeting Sunday night.
This meeting was the climax Of a Sc
ries of big public meetings in the
Auditorium. Friday evening the audi
ence was charmed by an eloquent ad
dress from DR.. Frank Loveland OF
Omaha, Saturday evening delegates
and town people were carried off their
feet with practical exhibition of the
work in the Omaha Y. M. G. A. and
Sunday evening following a big mems
rally in the Auditorium the convention
met, transacted important business,
fn nd
hope and good will for the local move
ment.
At the close of an illustrated lecture
Sunday afternoon, when DR.. w. o.
Henry, the Omaha physician and sur.
geon, addressed Norfolk men on the
subject Keep Thyself Pure" it was
asked that Norfolk men who believed
that a Y. M. G.. A. building should be
built in Norfolk come to the stage of
the theater. About thirty-five local
men responded. They formally en-
dorsed the building project. Enthusi-
assn was displayed at the meeting and
various sums suggested as the amount
desirable to be put into the building.
To bring the matter to a head it was
decided to have committee of three
men select fifteen other men to act
with them and to hold a conference
Monday morning on the local situa.
ton and to take definite action on the
matter of building campaign.
Frank Davenport, A. l.. Killian and
Mayor G.. B. Durand were selected as
the committee of three at the meeting.
At the close of the program Sunday
night they announced the additional
names: d. Mathewson, C. S. Bridge,
]. w. Bovee, John Welsh, S. S. Cotton,
]. d. Sturgeon, S. G. Mayer, A. Deg
ner, h. w. Zutz, Burt Mapes, b. A.
Moore, G. d. Butterfield, Will Stafford,
N. A. Huse and l.. c. Mittelstadt. This
committee, it was announced, would
meet at the city hall Monday morning
at o'clock.
Sunday evening the Auditorium was
filled to its capacity At the close of
the song service, President Wallace
announced the report of the commit
tee on credentials, which showed an
attendance of 200 delegates from for
ty-nine points as follows: Two rail
road associations represented by eight
delegates, eleven city associations by
tifty-five delegates, seventeen college
associations by 105 delegates, three in
ternational secretaries, five Indians,
twenty-three delegates from unorga'
nized points.
The following resolutions, presented
W milf nf
Stoner, chairman, E. Nj. Rutledge, Sec
rotary, N. G. Bishop, G. S. Thompson
and j. w. Kempton, were adopted by
the convention:
Resolved, That we the delegates to
the Nebraska Young Mems Christian
association here assembled in the
twentyeighth annual state convention
do hereby express our profound graft
tude and extend our heartfelt and most
sincere thanks to the business men Of
Norfolk who SO royalty entertained us,
to the ladies who so splendidly assisted
at the banquet. to the pastors and the
various churches for their loyal CO.
operation and assistance, to those citi-
Zens who opened their homes to us,
TO the daily press OF Norfolk, to the
management of the Auditorium, to
Messrs. Parsons, Jenkins, Turner, Nc
Dill, Conley, Loveland, Elliott and
Henry for their forceful and thrilling
addresses and TO Messrs. J. p. Bailey
and E. J. Simonds for their skillful and
capable management of this conVen.
ton, to the Santee Indian quartet, to
the Bellevue and Central City quar-
tets for their splendid entertainments,
to Mr.. Pentland of Omaha for the en-
tertainment given by his gymnastic
team and to all others who have lent
their assistance to make this conven.
ton a success. Be it further
Resolved, That we at this time ac-
knowledge our gratitude to Almighty
God for the success that has attended
the Young Mems Christian association
unrE In To DINING no most for