Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-12
ANNUAL MEETING OF CHRISTIAN
CHURCH BEING HELD IN
oskALoosA,
GOOD INCREASE.
/. disciples Of Christ Came to Iowa IN
1886 and the Church Organ
lzatIon Has Shown Won.
derful Growth Since.

ion OF the Iowa Disciples OF Cnrist
n Iowa Christian convention tna'
opened here Monday. is now IN the
midst of it's work and large number
81 adherents of the church throughout
he state, as we'll as some from abroad
ire attending the annual meeting. The
7arious local and other committees
rave been appointed and programs OF
alks and discussions are made q 1ea'
ure of the meeting.
The election of officers today In the
iowa Christian convention, Christian
Women's Board of Missions resulted
n the selection of all Des Moines
women as follows:
President--Mrs. Florence Haggard,
Vice president-Mrs. George B.
Peake.
Corresponding secretary--Miss An
nette Newcomber.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Ida M,
Slayton.
Treasurer-Mrs. Letta P. Ashley
Junior Observation-Disclosures L1bbie
Craver
District Observation-Disclosures Iowa,
Mrs Grace Starr, Marion; Northwest
Mrs. Lou c.. Harris, Ames; Southeast,
Mrs. Vonia Taylor, Oskaloosa; South
west. Mrs. Sadie Hanna, Farragut;
Central Miss Rachel Kinney, Des
Moines.
-Four missionaries are dedicated to
the foreign service. DR.. Gail Tolman
Of Guthrie Center, to India, sent by
University Place church, Des Moines.
Gretchen Garst sent from Keokuk to
japan. Marshalltown sends Miss
Myrtle Furman of Gilman. to lndla:
Oskaloosa sends Miss Anna CoWdry
i Of FIT. Madison to India.
The local working committees COM
prise the following:
Reception committee-Rev. r. p.
Deadman, DR.. j. E. Fleener, Grin F.
Schee, MILFORD Hull, H. l.. White,
F. E. Colville and John Porter.
Assignment committee-Mrs. H. G.
Bass, Mrs. Carson Mcclure and Mrs.
Allen Athern.
Registration committee-C. M. Por-
ter, Hassell Hedge and Miss Lottie
Alexander.
Messengers George Cruzen and
young boys as needed.
Booths have been opened in the
Sunday school room by the various
publishing interests of the church.
The following special committees
were appointed by the president:
Literature--Mrs. C. G. Rowlenson,
Of Iowa City; Mrs. Nellie Dunn OF
Delta; Mrs. A. e. Stewart of Keota;
Mrs. w. H. Hancock, of Moulton and
Mrs. Emma Madden of Keosauqua.
Life MEMBERSHIPS. Esther Marie
Davis of Minburn; Mrs. A. M. Evans
Of New Sharon, and Mrs. L. G. Her
man of Des Moines.
Courtesies-Mrs. Vonia Taylor OF
Oskaloosa, Mrs. H. R. Sparks Of Ma
son City, and Mrs. A. Carson of Des
Moines.
Subscriptions-Iowa Findings, Mrs.
H. jeffrey of Cedar Rapids, and Miss
Laura K. Reaugh Of Cedar Rapids,
Missionary findings-Mrs. M. B. How
ell of Des Moines, and Mrs. NJ. l..
Kirby of Centerville.
Pages--Miss Margery Clark OF Keo-
ia, and Miss Lena Renfew Of Cedar
Rapids.
The bible school responded to the
earnest efforts Of officers and teach
ers and showed an enrolment OF 337,
with an offering Of $11.31 and 1852
bibles. over fifty per cent carrying
and reciting from the good book.
Everybody was happy at this report,
which means that the school Is getting
down to business.
Like a Romance.
A historical review of the work Of
this church in Iowa reads almost like
q romance and the most potent fea-
lures of their growth are as follows:
The Disciples of Christ (afterward
known as the Christian church) began
their work In Iowa, at Lost Creek In
Lee county, in 1886, when on the first
Lords day in July of that year Aaron
Chatterton OF Ohio came to make this
new community his home. In 1849
he was Joined by Nelson A. Mcconnell
and these two men were the first min
listers of the church to devote their
entire time to the work in Iowa.
Old records indicate the growth Of
the church to be about as follows:
Ia 1852 there we're 2,009 which repre-
,ents the gain since 1886. In 1869
here we're 1892, gain Of S,943 in II