The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-05
WEATHER SPO|LS
OUTDOOR PLANS Of
SUNDAY SCHOOLS s
10000 Essex Children Who
We're to Have Marched
Are Disappointed.
CELEBRATIONS HELD
III VARIOUS CHURCHES
Hymns Sung AMI Other Exercises
Participated In by Boys
anil Girls.


rain and from time to time fulfilled
their sullen promise. forced radical
mobilization of the elaborate plans for
the anniversary exercises and June
walk Of the Essex County Sunday
School Association today, which were
to have had as their principal features
parades in which 10000 Sunday school
children would march. The rain, caused
the abandonment of all the exercises in
the parks and of the walk. There are
six divisions celebrating in various
parts of Newark and four in the
suburbs
Inc unfavorable weather caused the
keenest disappointment among children
and elders alike, as the exercises to-
day are In commemoration of the if
tleth anniversary Of the Sunday School
Association. So enthusiastically had
the committees in the various sections
IN the county gone about their work OF
preparation for the anniversary that
tney had assurance that twice as manv
children as paraded last year would be
IN line this year, and last years cele-
pration was considered a great suec ass
Divisions Assemble.
Following their original plan cele.
brants of the day assem- bIed at the
various churches in their divisions. NJ
attempt was made to mobilize for MS
Dig general parade in each section. bll-
in many of the sections small neighbor.
Iood parades were promised the chill.
dren in the event that the weathe,
cleared before the conclusion Of tn.
RXarpiSaQ In ho ~,
ten OF these divisions throuehout tb.
county, and in all the churches tn.
programs of the days exercises ar.
identical
The programs opened with the PRO
cessional March," which was foIlowe.
by the hymn, Onward Christian Sol
oiers. Responses were followed wifi
another hymn. "Aa Hail the Power o
Jesus Name" after which the Lord
prryer was given. America. wa,
thea sung In unison, followed by tn.
address Of the day. Another hymn. re.
sponses and the benediction concluded
the exercises.
Officers Of the day by whom the aues
tion ITO march or not to march va:
decided are: Edward w. Cooper, chic
marshal; U. Cutler Ryerson, JOSEPH
Walker, Charles H. Madison. Arthur N
Clark, Benjamin F. EdsalI and Wald,
c. Genung. assistants.
At p. m. church bells all over tht
county rang out in unison as a sigma
for the assembling of the children. Di.
rectors of exercises were particular,
adjured to keep the exercises within
the time limit which had been fixed
The anniversary committee was made
up of Marshal Edward W. Cooper ane
his staff
The three sections of the Branch
Brook Park division include many o.
the churches in the northern part O.
the city. particularly those of the Rose
vile stction. The East Side Park and
the West Side Park include the
churches Of their respective localities
All of the churches in the central pari
of the city were grouped into the Lin.
coin Park division, the extreme north
ern part of the city form the nortf
end division. All of the churches oi
Orange form the Orange mountain divi-
sion, and the churches of the other
towns were grouped into the East Or.
ange division, the South Orange divi.
sion. the Irvington division and the
Nutley division.
The following expect TO review
the paraders: Governor j. Franklin
Fort, George E. Hall, president of New
Jersey State Sunday School Associa-
ton; Edward R. Carhart. president
Brooklyn Sunday School Union: the
Rev. e. Morris Ferguson, general sec
retary New Jersey State Sunday School
Association; the Rev. Theodore NJ Ship
herd, president Essex County Sunday
School Association; the Rev. DR.. Jesse
L. Hurlbut. district superintendent
Newark Conferences: the Rev. DR.. John
T. Mcfarland, editor Sunday School
Journal Henry H. Dawson, chairman
county executive committee; william
NJ. Cartwright. treasurer Brooklyn Sun
day School Union; the Rev DR.. Henry
H. Meyer, of Sunday School Journal
S. d. Turton, corresponding secretary
Essex County Sunday School Associa-
ton.
Makeup of Divisions.
The officers and makeup of the vari-
Gus divisions were as follows:
Branch Brook Park Division-Captain
w. S. S. Rowland, marshall; Major
William H. Palmer, assistant marshal;
Roseville Baptist. Paramount Baptist.
MI. P1eaSant Baptist, fIrSl 1ldl1an sbdp-
tist, Belleville Avenue Congregational,
Roseville Presbyterian. Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian, West Presbyterian. Wick
life Presbyterian, United Presbyterian,
Roseville Methodist Episcopal, Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal. st. An
drew's Methodist Episcopal. First
Independent Methodist. Protestant Fos-
ter Home, Fewsmith Memorial Presby-
terian, North Baptist. Bethany Baptist
and Eighth Avenue Methodist Episco-
pal churches.
East Side Park Division-George B.
lesley. jr., marshal; Louis Rommel jr,
and Arthur A. Carpenter. assistant
marshals; Fifth Baptist, Union Street
Methodist Episcopal. Grace Methodist
Episcopal. st. James's Methodist (Afri-
CAM, Sixth Presbyterian. Tabernacle
Presbyterian, Third German Presby-
terian, New York Avenue Reformed.
Trinity Reformed, South Park Me-
mortal Chapel St. Stephens United
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