Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-04
Meeting Shows Steady Ad-
vance in Missionary Work:
New Officers Named

After an adIouruu"nt Of three
rIuntha the WOmru'> Board or Ais
siuns OF Central Union Churc h met in
IT," chapel OF n" church d, hall past
TWO O'Clock yesterday afternoon The
meeting was opened with a hymn, at
er which the president, Mrs Theodore
Richards read from tine one hundred
and tWen;H-sIAth psalm. In her re
marks regarding the plans OF the
Wumans Board for its fUrty-s"cOnd
! year Mr.. Richards spoke Of the large
: ft Id here in iIonoluU where the seed
! Of htlpfulHesS may De s0wE.
The presidents remarks were fol
! lowed by the report OF the fOrtytirst
annual meeting read by Miss Margar-
| eta Skeely. At this meeting with the
exception of the retiring Of Mrs. Ar
! thur Alexander, who has served two
: TENS and Miss Juliet Cooke, who is
/ al sent from the city. and Mrs. +. a.
/ Jones. who has been elected president
| of the Cleaners, the official circle has
| remained the same The new officers
appointed are: vice presidents, Mrs.
| Doremus Scudder, Mrs. w. J. Forbes,
| =. y
Andrews was appointed home secre-
! tary and Miss Agnes Judd foreign cor
! responding secretary. The other Off,
/ GERS renamed at yesterdays meeting
are president, Mrs. Theodore Rich
| ards, Honorary Vice Presidents; MIS-.
| s. f. Bishop, Miss NJ. A. chamberlain,
Mrs. O. H. Gulick, and Mrs. l.. Is.
COan. Active Vice Presidents, Mrs.
W. C. Hobby and Mrs. August brahms
of HilO; Recording Secretary, Miss
Margaretta Sheely; Home Correspond
ms Secretary Mrs. Carl B. Andrews;
Treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;; AS
sistant Treasurer, Mrs. w. l.. Moore;
President Missionary Cleaners, Mrs.
h. A. Jones; President Lima Kukua,
Miss Bertha Kemp; President Aurora
Society, Mrs. James P. Herrick; Presi-
dent Kin Kok Kong Tau Fui, Miss
Mary Lee.
De partments.
Superintendent among IIawaiians
Miss Laura Green; Superintendent OF
work among Chinese, Mrs. F. W. Da-
mon; Missionary among Chinese, Mrs.
F. Mackenzie; Superintendent OF
work among Chinese, Mrs. O. H. Gu
lick; Missionary work among Japanese,
Miss Julia Gulick; Superintendent Of
work among Portuguese, Mrs. 4. Y.
Soares; Trustees Of permanent fund,
Mrs S. NJ. Damon, Mrs. B. F. Dllling-
ham and Mrs. ]. B. Anterior.
Following the report of the secret
airy were the reports Of the treasurer,
Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;, and that Of the
home secretary, which was read by
Miss Sheely.
The reading of the reports and the
reading of the vacation notes were
interspersed with a short talk an
plea for aid from Miss Louisa Gultck.
Mss Gulick who is serving on the
Cost of Living Committee in the So
cal Survey which at the present time
is occupying the time and attention
Of so many Of the thinking people IN
Honolulu, asked for members of the
Board of Missions to, if they felt that
they were able. look after the expense
Of some family here for one year.
Families are provided with blanks
which they are supposed to fill out
each day and the investigator, who
has a similar sheet is supposed to see
that these papers are kept up to date.
IN a years time those in charge OF
tl;is department hope to be able to
tell of the high cost Of living here,
the reasons therefor, and Of possible
10 recommend a remedy.
Much Work Done During Summer.
Although many of the members Of
the Womans Board Of Missions nave
rot been active during the heat of the
summer months, Miss Laura Green,
who has charge Of the work among
the Hawaiians has kept busy. Dur
ms the months of July and August
Miss Green made twenty social calls
and nine business calls among the Ha-
Waiians There has been illness among
some of the women who have come
under the observation Of the board but
for the most part the Hawaiian wOm-
en- are doing very we'll and are eVceed-
inglv interested in the missionary
work. The children in the MOiliili
Sunday School though given the privi'
ledge of closing the school in the
warm weather preferred to attend the
class.
Miss Julia Lydia Gulick who is =
missionary among the Japanese had
summer lUdl COulI dSlSu SOlllS w nat "
that of Miss Green.
Tie greater part of her time was Oc-
cupied entertaining missionary visit
OrE who passed through Honolulu. The
work among the Japanese is progress
inc. however. and the new churches
10th in Honolulu and in Hilo will soon
ln dedicated Mr.. Okamura of the
WAIKIKI Chapel who is at the present
time making a tour of the world is
expected here in the early part Of
October. During the summer the Sun
; day school and Bible classes have con-
t'nued their activities.
Subject For Study.
The subject that the Board is to
study this year is taken from Mrs.
Helen Barrett Montgomerv's book.
The Light Of the WOrid.' the general
subject icing A Compartive Study
Of the Worlds Great Religians." The
frst paper on this subject was read at
Yesterdays session by Mrs. Emerson.