El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-14
CHURCH AFFAIRS.
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DR.. and Mrs. H. F. Wright will en-
terrain the Philathea class of young
women of the First Baptist church on.
Tuesday evening at their home on Rio
Grande street.
The young women are privileged to
invite their men friends, and already a
large number Of invitations have been
accepted.
The local Y. W. c. A gave a luncheon
in honor of Miss Mabel Crafty, general
secretary of the general board of the
Y. w. c. A. in the United States, and
Miss N. L. Swami. executive secretary
] Of the Z. w c. A. for Texas, at the
club rooms on West Missouri street,
| Thursday at noon. Miss Crafty spoke
on the Aim and Purpose of the Y. w.
c. A, and Miss Swami spoke on the
'Y. w. c. A. Summer Conference"
The table. which was arranged in
| L shape, and attractively set with
| drawnwork doilies. held a number of
tiny potted plants. interspersed with
/ carnations, forming a line through the
center and producing a most pleasing
/ effect.
Those assisting IN serving the de-
| licious four course luncheon were: Mrs.
| j. w. Christie, Miss Marian Campbell
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were: Mesdames J. E. Townsend H B.
! Stevens, H B. Durkee, T. ]. Woodside,
Paul Hammond, A. NJ. Walthau, J. A
Rawlings, F. A. Hodge, William Ho-
| garth, w. G. Davis, Sara Barger, ". L.
| Crockett, ]. H Murphy, ]. G. McNary,
M. /. Hill, P. ]. Rice, F. w. Otte, c.
l. Overstreet F. S. Hollington, J. R
Harper. D. w. Detwiller and Mr. and
Mrs. ]. A. Potter.
The Misses Lula and Anna I1frey
were the charming hostesses who very
delightfully."- entertained the Philathea
class of the First Baptist church on
Saturday afternoon
Miss Carrie Seldom assisted the host
esses in receiving and entertaining the
guests.
The class. about 70 of whom were
present, was very enthusiastic in re-
gard to the question of compiling a
quotation book.
An enjoyable musical program was
rendered, including numbers by Misses
Byra Abbott, Lillian May Clark, Anna
Ilfrey and Lula Ilfrey Delightful two
course refreshments of salad, cake ard
chocolate were served.
A social will given in the parlors
Of Trinity church on Tuesday evening,
the church. The hostesses are the
members of the Home Mission society.
The officers Of the society will receive
the guests, after which a short, inter-
esting program will be given, followed
by refreshments.
The Young Peoples Mission Study
class of Trinity church met at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Oliver
on nj ox- Mt ~,
ing meeting and an interesting and in
structive program was given. The class
is to study Korea in Transition" The
leader is Robin Gould
After the program Mrs. Oliver serv-
ed delicious refreshments
The next meeting is Jan. 2S, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. I. ]. Ayers, sos
North Ochoa street.
A very enthusiastic and interesting |
missionary meeting was held in the |
First Baptist church Thursday at 2:30 /
o'clock. The room was well filled with |
people showing a decided interest in |
missions. The meeting opened with a
hymn, Jesus Shall Reign" Mrs. Lew
is Robinson read the second chapter I
of Philippians. Prayer for the foreign !
field was made by Rev. F. N. Otto.
Mrs J. J. Pearce and Mrs. Il. V. Pear
son sang very beautifully LAS Pants the /
Heart for Cooling Streams"
The rollcall of the different churches |
was asked for by the secretary and a !
goodly number responded from each I
church.
Four questions on. South America,
under the direction of Mrs. W. c. Da-
Wis. were given by Mrs. Ira J. Ayers,
Miss Mabel K. Stafford, Mrs. F. A
Hodge and Mrs. /. A. Killian. An in
teresting paper on South America was
prepared and read by Mrs. Fred Easter.
A paper on What shall we do with
our original work Of looking after the
consumptive poor" was read by Mrs.
Potter, and a discussion of the use Of
the tent city fund followed. Upon a
motion by Mrs. F. S. Meyer. it was de-
cided that committee, with Mrs. Pot
ter as chairman, should investigate and
decide what to do with the money.
Mrs. Crockett gave a short talk on
some missionary work in South Amer
lea under the management of the Pres
byterian church.
DR.. c. S. Wright, of the Trinity
Methodist church. gave prayer for
the home field, after which a social
half hour was enjoyed and the women
of the First Baptist church served
sandwiches and coffee
Mrs. King. the vice president, presid-
ed throughout the meeting
The st. Clements Social club held
its regular monthly meeting Thursday
evening at the parish house.
A very enjoyable musical program
was rendered. and included numbers
by Parvin White. Marguerite Darby
shire and Kenneth MacCallum.
Games, guessing contests, dancing
and refreshments furnished a very de-
Hghtful evenings entertainment for
the guests, who were: DR.. and Mrs.
Henry Easter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. W.
Mr.. and Mrs. H, E. Christie.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Sanbprn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Woodbury.! Mr.. and Mrs.
Parvin Witte, Mrs. B. F. Darbyshire,