The Washington herald., 1911-07-15
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

The Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Endeavor Of Keller Memorial Lutheran
Church has installed the following ofi-
GERS: Claude A. Derr, president; Miss
Marie Humphrey, vice president; Ralph
Little, recording secretary; Miss Ethel
Batson, corresponding secretary; Warren
| Seltzer, treasurer; Mrs. A. w. Cummey,
! intermediate adviser; Mrs. J. L. Deveney,
Junior superintendent; Miss Marie Hum
phrey, lookout committee chairman; Har-
ry Snyder, missionary committee chair
man; Mrs. L. A Kalbach, prayer-meet-
ing chairman: William Weber. music
committee chairman; Miss Joy ColweIl,
social committee chairman.
Eastern Presbyterian c. E. Society will
have an echo meeting of the Atlantic
City convention on Sunday, July q, when
the returned delegates OF this society and
| others will make reports OF the best tea-
lures Of the 1911 convention.
Miss Hilda Ulrickson. delegate OF the
First Congregational Endeavor Society
to the Silver Bay CN. " Young Peoples
! Missionary Conference, started from
Washington this week to attend the ses-
sions of that organization, from July II
to q.
Kendall Baptist young people will con-
tinue throughout the summer their regu-
lar Sunday and Tuesday evening Chris
tian Endeavor meetings. The three dele
gates of the society to the Atlantic City
convention will report to the society at a
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Among the Washington pastors who
were in attendance this week upon the
sessions of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention at Atlantic City were Revs. 8. H.
Woodrow and S. r. Swift, First Congre-
gationaI Church; Rev. F. T. Benson,
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protes-
tant Church; Rev. Earle Wiley, Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, and Rev. W.
A Melvin, First Methodist Protestant
Church. Frequest references were made
to the absence Of Rev. F. D. Power,
who was for many years a trustee OF the
United Society of Christian Endeavor.
and whose recent death was deeply re-
gretted by all the officials of the society
and the regular attendants Of the En-
deavor gatherings. Rev. Earle Wiley
present pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, was elected trustee TO
fill out the unexpired term Of DR.. Power.
The following new officers are serving
the Riverdale Presbyterian intermediate
Society for the six months from July 1:
George T. Montgomery, president; Miss
Annie L. Lewis, vice president; James
Ketner, recording secretary; Thomas
Montgomery, corresponding secretary;
Miss Ruth Chase, treasurer; Miss May
Edison, delegate to the district union.
DR.. Harry P. Welsh is the society's ad-
wiser.
At the rally held this week at Atlantic
City OF Endeavorers who are members
OF Disciples churches twenty-nine States
were represented, and the District Of Co
lumbia ranked second In number of dele
gates, with an attendance OF twenty
eight, as compared with thirty-three
from Pennsylvania. It was stated that
over 1900 societies of Christian Endeavor
had been organized in the Disciples
churches during the past two years.
The Knox Memorial United Presby-
terian Society has inaugurated a 'hot-
weather contest" to continue for two
months. Points will be given for attend
ance' punctuality, and participation.
The secretary Of the District Union re-
ports that on July the seventy-fve in
termediate and young peoples societies
OF Christian Endeavor belonging to the
union had an aggregate membership of
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