The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-11
STATE ENDEAVOR
HEADS PLAN WORK
FOR PRESENT YEAR
President SprOulI Names the
Chairmen for the Various
Departments.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON
RECORD FOR LOCAL OPTION
Adopts Resolution Which Will
Be Forwarded to Governor.
Other Business Transacted.

The executive committee of the New
Jersey Christian Endeavor Union held
its winter meeting in the Young Mems
Christian Association yesterday after
noon and arranged the work for the
coming year. There was a large at
tendance. President Sproull announced
the following heads of departments:
Missions, Miss Josephine Wyckoff,
this city.
Evnagelistic, Rev. Abram Duryee,
Cherry Hill.
Press, A. b. johnson, South Orange.
Bible study, Rev. w. b.. Greenway.
Correspondence, Percy Nuessle, New
ark.
Christian citizenship and Sabbath OBJ
van Rev. f. W. Johnson, ID. D.,
Washington.
Fresh air. j. Is. Hartman, Jersey
City.
Work among colored people, Bishop
Alex. Walters, d. D., Jersey City.
Junior, Mrs. L. Ida Dukes, Camden;
assistants, Mrs. A. r. Baxter, Trenton;
Mrs. f. ". Miller, Newton; Miss Mae
Hice, Pennington.
intermediate, Mrs. G. D.. Baker, Jer-
sey City.
The committee on place of convention
for the annual meeting and the pro-
gram committee will make their re-
ports at the April meeting. The Rev.
DR.. Packman, of New Brunswick, an
nouneed that a number of prominent
speakers had accepted the invitations
to address the convention.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
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y . . wishes to emphatically put it
self on record as in favor of the local
option bill, No. 90, now before the state
Legislature. and requests the Assem-
blymen and Senators from the various
counties to vote in favor of the bill.
We also desire to thus make public Il
approval of the Governors excise
views
The resolution, signed by John =.
Sproull, president, and Miss Ida b..
Stephens, secretary, will be sent TO
Governor Fort.
Mrs. Dukes, of Camden, reported on
the third annual summer school, which
will be held at Asbury Park or i'll the
form of county institutions, to be de-
cidedat the April meeting.
The new treasurer, a. N. Pierson, of
Westfeld, reported a balance Of SS5.2i
on hand.
The Rev. Abram DNyer told of three
weeks spent in successful evangelistlc
services in various parts of the State.
The fresh air work under the care, of
j. X. Hartman, of Jersey City, is now
carried on in eight counties, including
Essex. Percy r. Nuessle, of this city,
urged all the societies to inform him
of the removal of members as the
correspondence committee wished to
keep track of them.
President Sproul1 asked all the So
cieties to observe the first Sunday in
April as Visitation day." when a gen
eral exchange of leaders of the meet
ings will be arranged for.
The success of the mothers meetings
was told of by Mrs. Miller, of Newton
The forming of several intermediates
societies during the winter was re-
ported by the superintendent, Mrs.
Baker, of Jersey City.
Miss Ida b. Stephens was appointed
a delegate to attend a missionary con-
vention at Pittsburg next month.
To the "Union Work $24 was voted
and $50 to the new memorial building
to be erected in Boston.
A. X. Baxter. of Trenton chairman
Of the State finance committee, also
presented his quarterly report.