Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-02
Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY

I The first meeting OF the County
ECommittee of the Young Mems Christ
Iian Association was held in the offices
Iof John Boyd Avis on Saturday after
noon. -
The following were present: Prof.
III. c.. Dixon, Alexander l.. Rogers,
DR.. H. B. Diverty, and j. Boyd Avis,
of Woodbury.; Thos. w. Synnott and
VIM. G.. CatteH, of Wenonah; Charles
Repp, of Glassboro; w. G.. Cowgirl,
of Paulsboro; S. H. McFadden, of
Williamstown; and Chas. Kemmerer,
of Putnam; Acting State, County and
Rural Work Secretary H. d. May
dole was also present and made his
report of the organizing Convention
and submitted a number of recon-
mendations which were later adopted
by the Committee. He commended
the great work accomplished by the
various committees working in the
several towns, saying among other
things that Gloucester County had set
a standard for other counties to fol-
ilow. After this report which was en-
Enthusiastically received, the Commit
tee elected the officers for the fiscal
year ending January 81, 1913: Chair
man, j Boyd Avis; vice chairman,
Chas. Repp; clerk, w. G.. Cowgirl;
and treasurer. Geo. M. Ashton, of
Swedesboro.
Mr.. Maydole submitted the Consti-
tuition and Bylaws, which were read
and adopted item by item.
| The chairman was authorized to
have the committee incorporated ac-
cording to the laws of New Jersey,
governing such bodies.
| Anthony G.. Silver, of Clayton, was
elected member of the Committee.
1t was decided that the County Of
flee be located at Woodbury., at such
place as the Executive Committee
might be able to secure
| After various other minor matters of
/ business had been transacted the
Committee considered the very import
ant matter of calling a County Secre-
tary. The needs of the office and the
qualifications of the man to fill it was
very carefully considered. Through
! Mr. Maydole the International and
State Committees submitted the name
of Mr.. Harry Hedley Smith, of Cam
den, to be County Secretary The
Committee acting upon this advice, in
r..
accepting the office and everything be-
ing found satisfactory to both parties,
i he was elected to be the County and
Rural Work Secretary of Gloucester
! County, for the ensuing fiscal year, he
! to assume Office on May Sth, 1912.
The Chairman was authorized to ap-
point the following standing commit
tees, viz: Religious, Educational, Ply
steal, Social, Financial and Admins
trative. The Committee will serve for
the fiscal year ending Jan. 1, 1913.
! The Committee then adjourned to
meet at the call of the Chair.
/ The. newly elected County Secre-
tary, Mr.. Smith, has lived in this sec
/ tion of the State all of his life, re-
ceiving his education in the schools
of Camden and then taking business
course in Commercial College, after
which he was for a number of years
with the well known firm of Ester
brook and Co., steel pen manufacture
ers. During all this period he was
closely connected with Church, Sun
day School and Y. NJ. c.. A. work,
| holding Office in each of these branch
es of religious activity. For ten con-
secutive years he served on the Board
of Trustees of his Church and for Is
years was associate and general sup
erintendent of large Sunday school
He served years ON the Board of
/ Directors of the Camden City Y. M. .
CA. and was one of the active young
men in the Building Campaign con-
Quoted there some years ago.
Feeling the pull of this work, Mr..
Smith took a special course in the
/ Temple University under DR.. VIM. A
Freemantle and was graduated from
the Bible Study Glass of the Theolo-
gical Department in June, 1911. He
received call to California in Octo-
ber of 1911 but at the advice of the
International Committee, declined the
call. Since the first of January he
has been associated with Mr.. May
dole in the Camden County Young
i Mems Association, where he has been
very successful Mr.. Smith comes to
his new field backed by these years
/ of experience and we bespeak for him
a warm welcome into the hearts of
j the people of Gloucester county as he
comes to introduce this new feature
of Christian work among bur boys and
young men.