Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-23
JEWETT CITY
Ninth Annual Conference of Kings Daughters of Three Counties at the Methodist Church.

The ninth annual conference. of the Kings Daughters of New benaen,
 Windham and Holland counties was
 entertained by Deras circle in the
 Methodist church on Wednesday, The
 conference was opened by the county
 secretary. Miss Lucy Geer. The hymn
 Rock of Ages was sung and Rev. sam
 uel Thatcher, pastor of the ehurch,con- ducted the devotional service The au- dience rose and repeated the Twenty
 third Psalm, prayer following, closing win the Lords prayer. Mr. Thatcher
 then welcomed the conference and told the story of Dorcas. Mrs. w. R. DaW- ley of Norwich gave the response to the welcome. The minutes of the last conference were read by Miss Eva Hudson of St. James circle, New Lon
 don. Miss Geer appointed Miss Hud-
 son as secretary and Mrs. J. Il. Tracy
 of Dorcas circle, Jewett City, as treas
 urer of the conference. The resolu- tion committee were Mrs. w. H. Daw-
 lev and Mrs. A. T. Utley of Norwich, and Miss Carrie Bill of Willimantio.
 The roll call followed, each circle standing and repeating motto or text
 There were over 125 members present. Mrs. Peter McArthur sang Only Cup
 of Water a song written by ChaIles
 Edw. Prior, now of Hartford, for the
 Whatsoever circle of Jewett City, at the time of it's formation, 21 years ago.
 Address by Miss Geer. Miss Geer gave the address as coun- ty secretary. She began by repeating saying of Oliver Wendell Holmes,
 The great thing in this world is not
 so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving" To reach the port of heaven we must sail sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it, but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor. The Kings Daughters are active and moving. There are 755 members this year. against 7O6 last year. This includes two new circles. She spoke of the state convention to be held in Hartford, and requested supplementary reports to be sent to her before next October.
 Norwich Circle at Head.
 Fifty-one copies of the Silver Cross arc taken in the conference, Class cir cle of Norwich standing at the head as | subscribing for the most. and Mizpah circle of Putnam standing next She urged the circles to take the Silver Cross. She reported the number of members representing different dSn nominations as 319 Congregationalists 125 Baptists. 150 Methodists 126 Epis- copalans, three Universansts. and one each from the Second Advent, Hebrew, Pentecostal Roman Catholic, Spiritual ist and Christian Science. She wished every member to express some church preference and all circles to send their reports in January. The cash received | as reported is S2,75624 Her final charge was "Plan your work and work your plans" The circle reports were read, showing much activity and
 great amount of good done by the cir cles.
 State President Mrs. Sheath.
 Mrs. l. W. Sheath of New Haven, the state president, gave an address on the l International Conference held at Lou isville, Ky This is now @ convention, not a conference. She gave a descrip- 1 tion of some of the meetings. And she | spoke particularly about the Silver 1 Cross. There are 52, GOO Kings Daugh- l ters and only 5000 subscriptions for | the Silver Cross. Something must be done to increase them. It was pro- posed to use cheaper paper, as the very | best is now being used, to send in bet | ter reports. to have a state editor, and | to subscribe for every member in the state. She spoke of how much she | was impressed by the wonderful work | in our own country and Canada, and l especially of the great care Canada
 takes of the working girls.
 Miss Harriet |. Eaton. Miss Harriet I. Eaton of Hartford 1 was presented as having charge of the 1 literature table. Greetings were read from New Haven, Hartford and Litch- field counties, and Miss Clara More house of New York and Mrs. Ella E. Smiley After singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds, the session adjourned for lunch. This was served in the ves- try of the church by the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church. A each plate was a purple pansy, which were sent to Dorcas circle with the compliments of the Jewett City Green houses.
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session opened with a hymn, and Mrs Sheath conducted @
 memorial service. She read Phil. 1: 6-7, and spoke of each one taking up
 the work of those who have gone be- fore. All benevOlence will be turned to beauty, as it was in the legend of Saint Elizabeth, when her bread was turned to beautiful roses. She closed | by reading the hymn, Oh, Master, Let Me Walk With Thee. Miss Geer read | Ereetings from Middlesex and Fairfield counties. The remainder of the cir | cle reports were then read.
 Opportunity Means Responsibility. Miss Eaton gave an address on Op- portunity Means Responsibility, talk ing for her theme the open door, re- | ferred to so many times by Paul. She said she knew of no better definition of opportunity than the way in which missions are conducted. She used the ! verse, Behold, I set before you the open door, and it shall not be shut" | Behold means Stop, Look, and Listen. II means Christ gives us doors to op- | portunity She defined opportunities as 1 things with long legs and quick mo- | tions, and must be laid hold of quick | ly or they are gone. She read the | poem The Inn That Missed Its Chance. | She closed by repeating what Robert l Burdette said about the days.
 Next Conference at New London.
 Mrs. F. $. Leonard sang a solo, The i Good Shepherd. accompanied by MT. 1 Leonard, Mrs. Sheath spoke of the 1 coming state convention in Hartford | on Oct 22-23 Mrs. Dawley for the 1 committee on feSOluLlOnS thanked the l trustees of the church, the Dorcas cir ! cle of the Kings Daughters, the La l dies Aid society, the solUlsts and all | who assisted in making the day suc-
 cess. The service closed with the Mig | pah bcnediction
 The next conference is to be held in ! New London.
 The church was decorated with | palms and white carnations while the purple color of the order and the sill l vor Maltese cross were suspended i above the pulpit.
 Committees of Doreas Circle.
 The committees from Dorcas circle
 were, On decoration, Mrs. R. A. Ag- | new, Mrs J. II. Tracy, Mrs. Perley i Melvin and Mrs. W. R. Burdick. The l reception committee at the church were Mrs. J. c. Hawkins and Miss Ade . Iu fGa TlffVIff.tr af fI, ot, T,-G