Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-17
Somerset Sunday School
Convention Opens Today.
D. N, Parks Pleasantly Sur
prised on His Birthday,
Or. Bryant Lectures at Free Bap'
tist Church...0ther Items.

'ihe Somerset county Sunday school
convention will be held in this town at
the Methodist church today and Tues
DAY with the following program:
Monday =. NJ. opening exercises: 80,
paper, primary Work. Mrs. Violet; 3,
why We Spend So Much Time on Sum
daX School Work. Rev. ii. A. Calhoun;
$50 address, Where Are the Nine?" FL.
T.. Lufkin. general secretary; business
NEE ting. Evening: 80, praise service
conducted by Rev. f. r. Schoonovcr: s,
Rome Convention, Il stereopticon lecture,
II. T.. Lufkin.
Tucsday-9:D a. NJ, devotional service:
TO- address. 1.-The Need and Possibility
of Trained Workers. II. T.. Lufkin; 10.30,
report of county officers: next years fl
nances: standard of organization; cleo
tior of officers; business: 100. song and
prayer service conducted by Rev. c. A.
Brooks: >. THE Sunday School in Ses-
sicr:" The Pastor Rev. T. 3. HAITI"
The Teacher" Rev. +. Il. Schoonover:
The Secretary" local Universalist sec
rotary: primary Department local
Free Baptist primary superintendent
The School in General" III. f. Lufkin.
The Adult Glass Prof. F. L. Landman.
Each of these speakers are to be limited
&c five minutes. 2.45. address. The Boy
Pr ohlem. Rev. Fred Leitch; SIS, adj
dress, why the Home Department Goes
or Goes Not Rev. II. l.. Caulkins; 3.45.
Round Table Conference: Adult Bible
Class Rev. C. L. McColley. State super
iEtendent adult department: 40, devo-
| ticral service: S, address. THE Worth OF
Man" Rev. Chas. L. McColley.
ID. NJ. Parks was most pleasantly sur
| prised Friday afternoon by the arrival
of his daughter Miss Agnes, student
at Il private boarding school in Portland
ana his brother, George NJ. Parks of
| Providence. who had arranged for this
| trip in honor of ID. NJ Parks birthday.
He was presented with a very handsome
| chair the gift of his brother George.
Saturday the brothers enjoyed fishing
| trip. Miss Agnes returned to Portland
Sur day.
| The illustrated lecture by Dr. +. c. Bry-
ant at the Free Baptist church Friday
eve ming. on his trip to California. was
| largely attended and of great interest.
| The lecture was given under the auspices
| of the Landman Bible class and before
using about 100 views of California the
pictures of II. f. Ordway. president of
| the class, and J. S. Haseltnc, vice pres
idert, were thrown upon the canvas. as
| were the pictures of Rev. Z. X Jordan,
pastor of the church; Prof +. U. Land
man. the class teacher. and DR.. Bryant
As result of the lecture about SIS was
netted.
| Willis Carson, night operator at the
loca! telephone exchange. returned Sat
| urday from visit with his parents in
st. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Conant, who have
| been in town for a short stay at their
| old home. have returned to Gardiner.
| Mrs. F. j. Marden of Searsmont is a
| guest of her sister. Mrs. F. H. Bean.
| DE-. and Mrs. +. J. Taylor left Saturday
for Pennington to attend the funeral of
! Mrs. Taylor's sister-in-law, Mrs. Walker
Peterson.
| Edwin c. Patten of Lawrence Mass,
| has purchased the Everett Pratt farm
| in Palmyra Ell. and will move his fam
| lily here within a short time.