The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-12-10
ENDEAvoR TRAVELS
IN FLORIDA

a fey pleasant days were spent IN the
heautiful new home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oavid Read. in a suburb of Tampa.
Mr.. Read is president of their city IN
ion. ana both he and his bride are &C
tive members Of the societies in the
Tampa Heights Presbyterian church.
We also met Mrs. c. c. Whisky, fore
most in Endeavor work for the Chris
tan church in Tampa. II seemed i'm
possible to spend a Sunday in the
city. hence no EndeavOr meetings
could be attended.
The splendid convention for Orange
and Osceola district was held in Or
lan,l November So, and has been
fulIF chronicIed in press news. Never
do we remember Of attending a con-
ven ton where entertainers. district
officers and every society, tried more
Loyalty TO make their convention q
success. Four state officers were
here. Treasurer RoseborOUgh coming
I'D from DeLand, and Mr.. Linn bring
ing with him the progressive atmOs-
phere Of ST. Petersburg. Mrs. J. w.
Miller represented the state union as
it's mission superintendent and Or
ange and Osceola district as presi-
dent, reelected. \ valued visitor was
Mr.. Ronald Muirhead, an ex-state off
Ger, now located in the celery bust
ness at Sanford. He bore away the
Office Of district treasurer.
After Orlando, three days were
spent in Winter Park. guest of Mrs.
May Denning and her son, the mayor
Of their town. Mrs. Denning is Junior
leader for Winter Park, also reelected
in that capacity for the district. The
stay here passed rapidly in confer
ences on mutual work, borrowing a
typewriter to use one day and in a de-
lightful drive through the shady av-
enues Of the Rollins College town.
1t took most of a day to go the real
~ few miles between Sanford and
Eustis, but railroad riding is never
tiresome to US. fortunately.
The convention in Eustis was not
largely attended. Miss Marion Dun
can the Junior superintendent for Ia
wares and her district, aided effectual-
ly by Mr. c. H. Newell, the children's
leader in the entertaining, of the
Pre- sbyterian church, held a Junior
rally that was a success. Miss Dun
can had brought over from TavaIes
her society members, and their excr-
cises and those of the Eustis Juniors
were indeed good. In Eustis we were
entertained by DR.. and Mrs. Mckee,
active church workers. A happy
memory of this convention is the auto
rides kindly furnished by Mr.. Ray
Ferran.
South Lake Weir came next, as the
guest of Mrs. Alice Reed and Mr.. and
Mrs Upham, at Pleasant Hills estate.
There were services at the WeirSdale
Presbyterian church on November II,
where a Young Peoples Endeavor so
cietT has recently been organized.
Mr.. P. VI. Oleson is its president, and
South Lake Weir Endeavorers, at
least for a while, will give their sup
port to the Weirsdale society, not
holding meetings at home.
Tie last of fourteen places visited
was Ocala, in the home of a friend
since childhood, Mrs. John Hopkins,
on Osceola street. No Sunday was
spent here. so no Junior Endeavorers
could be met in their meeting, but the
pastors wife, their superintendent,
Mrs. w. H. Coleman, called on us and
gave pleasant tidings of work being
carr led on faithfully, not only by the
children Endeavorers of the Christian
church in Ocala, but likewise in other
churches of that denomination in
Florida. We wish other churches
would in like manner appoint organic
ers for both Young Peoples and Ju-
Nor Endeavor.
In Ocala, Tampa, Orlando, ST. Pc
tiers 1urg and Eustis we met active
lead srs in the State Allen c. z. Lea
que Union, who told of progress in
their division Of Christian Endeavor
in T florida.
After nearly eight weeks absence.
home was reached November 20th,
thankful TO God for his care during
this long journey.
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
lnterlachen, December ., 1909
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