The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

iOl lDt lOWd DuiAuCd
better than they knew"
The first quarterly meeting of reg
lularly organized Friends in Iowa was
at Salem, Iowa, in lS4S, made up OF
meetings of Friends coming west from
1.-The other states of the east. Similar
organizations started al Pleasant
|Plain, Red Cedar and "Wesern Plain,
NOV Bangor, in Marshall county. A
committee OF representatives from
these four quarterly meetings met by
agreement at Oskaloosa, December
~, 1858. for the purpose of making a
formal request upon the Indiana Year
ly Meeting, of which they were then
a part. for the establishment of a
Yearly Meeting in Iowa. The matter
was presented to the Indiana Yearly
Meeting in annual session in the fall
Iof the year 1859, committee appoint
ed TO investigate, consider and report.
The report made the following year,
1850. 10 the next Yearly Meeting, IA
vored the establishment of the Iowa
Yearly Meeting, but it was not until
three wears later, in September OF
1853. that the formal establishment
Iof the Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
was accomplished. No Yearly Meet
ing property had been acquired at
that time, but as the meeting was TO
be at Oskaloosa il. was held at the
point nearest 10 the city, which was
at that time at the SpringCreek meet
ing house, two miles northeast of Os-
jkaloosa. This meeting voted funds
for the purchase of land and the erec-
ton of a suitable meeting house.
piece of property was secured north
west of the city of Oskaloosa and dur
ing the seasons of 1864 and 1865 a
large two story brick meeting house
,52xl04 feet was erected. This build
ling has been the home of the Iowa
Yearly Meeting ever since.
To meet the demands of increased
business and a broadening field of eff
fort improvements were made TO the
Yearly Meeting house few years ago
and the building has been given over
TO uses of other gatherings to limit
ed extent. Traffic On the railway
which runs along the west side of the
property, has been an increasing
source of annoyance TO the Yearly
Meeting for years. Meetings of recent
years have been greatly disturbed by
the interruptions and feeling has
grown with the management that an
other place of meeting was both de-
sirable and advisable. To that end,
a special committee was appointed by
the last Yearly Meeting to take the
matter under consideration.
Iowa Friends are not meeting in the
Iold Yearly Meeting house this year,
1872 Sessions are finding better ac-
cOmmodations in the new auditorium
erected in the Penn College campus
and the college building itself, with
Its chapel and class rooms furnished
ample room and accommodations for
the work of the various committees
and departments in comparison with
those provided at the former place OF
meeting and it is probable that the
old home, used so many years, has
passed into history.
Iowa Yearly Meeting is now made
up of fourteen quarterly meetings
Ackworth, Bangor, Bear Creek, Des
Moines, Greenville, Honey Creek
Lynn Grove, Minneapolis, Oskaloosa
Pleasant Plain Salem, Scranton
Springdale and Winnishiek. These
quarterly meetings are made up Of
about seventy monthly meetings, with
= a total membership of active worker:
, recorded at the yearly meeting in Au
gust, 1911, Of 1878, which together
with associate and nonresident mem
bers and ministers gives the Iowa
j Yearly Meeting a total membership
= of 1924 for last year
a Christian Endeavor Union.
4 The 1912 meeting was opened las
:. evening by the annual meeting of thu
!. Christian Endeavor Union. AS th'
Q president and vice-president were
!. both absent, Secretary-treasurer CLYDE
Coffin perisded and Jeanette Hadle!
=. was appointed secretary for the even
ing.
S The meeting was opened by SOM
e and voluntary prayer service led b!
5 Harvey Jones. A selection was thel
y given by quartette consisting o
Y Harold Lane, Ray Glenny, Hadle.
S Kelsey and Willard FAIR, after whicl
e Rev George Deshler gave a very In
h teresung talk on Applied Christian
S ,ity.
S The business meeting was opene,
u by reading of minutes, followed b.
e roll call Of Quarterly meetings. TIL
meeting then named the following a
e the nominating committee: Eli Per
Il sho, Nettie Graham, Amy Jasper Had
D. ley, Florence Baker, Clark Brown
e Mrs. Zeno Doan, Roscoe Coffin, AID
d Conoyer. Helen. Whitaker, Mimi
5, Trueblood, Ray Weant, Laura Hoa
q and Harland Carter.
T. BY consent Of the meeting the chat
e was left to appoint the decoration
u and resolutions committees. Othe
, committees were appointed as 10
O. lows: ........ a..
II Auditing Committee--Haryey Jones
Z. L. Gregory and Cora Madison.
Devotional Committe-Cassa Cor
over, John Bowels, W. S. Kitch, Alyi
a Hoskins, Viola Smith and Ray Glenn,
d. Ii was then voted by the meetin