Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-18
CONNECTICUT BRANCH OF
 BAPTIST HOME MISSIONS
Twenty ninth Annual Meeting Held at HartfOrd-Reperts from This Sec ton,

The twenty ninth annual meeting of the Connecticut branch of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mis- sion society was held at the Asylum Avenue Baptist church, Hartford, on Wednesday,
 The morning session began at 10.50 with singing All Hail the Power of Jesus Name. Mrs. George F. Genung of Brooklyn. state director, presided. There were about 160 women present. Prayer was offered by Miss Mary l. Howard of Hartford, assistant direc. tor. Mrs. Genung appointed the fol- lowing committees:
 Resolutions-Mrs. T. Edwin Brown, New Britain; Mrs. Frank Preston, Danielson; Mrs. E. W. Darrow. Will lington.
 Place of next meeting F. E. Coburn, Chester; Mrs. Edward A. Full Ter, Suffield; Mrs. Gustava F. Greene of New London.
 An address of welcome was made by Mrs. c. F. Gordon, on behalf of the ladies of the Asylum Avenue Baptist church. Mrs. Genung made a grace full response.
 Mrs, Clara A. Glazier of Hartford, the state treasurer, made her report. The receipts, including the balance of
 
 were $4S.32. leaving q balance of $31.19.
 Reports were made by local associ- | ations. Mrs. Glazier read the report of Mrs. A. A. Preston of Wilmington, senior director of the Ashford asso- ciaton, and Mrs. Genung read the report of Miss Marion Storrs of Mans field, the junior director
 Mrs. w. T. Tnayer of Wallingford, senior director, and Mrs R. D. Trick of Essex, junior director, reported for the New Haven association. Mrs. T. A. Perkins of Norwich, sen for director of the New London asso- ciation, presented her report. Miss Gustava F. Greene of New London, junior director of the asso- citation, reported.
 Mrs. F. A. Thompson of North Ston- iugton, sentor director of the Ston- | ington Union association. reported for | that association.
 1 It was announced that Miss Adri- enne Cook of Jewett City. has been appointed acting junior director for | the Stonington union association until a permanent junior director is Rp- ! pointed.
 A solo, Have you Had a Kindness ! Shown? Pass It On. was sung by Miss | Alice Traver, with Miss Pauline Sher- man Jenne as accompanist. 1 Mrs. c. L.Cole of South Norwalk, l senior director of the Fairfield asso- citation, presented a memorial tribute of Mrs. NJ. w. SiIliman of South Nor | walk. the predecessor of Mrs. Cole as l director of the Fairfield association. | In memory of Mrs. Silhman, the women of the Fairfield association ! have sent Miss Helen Story of New Haven to the Chicago missionary training school, After completing | the course, Miss Story will take up missionary work. especially among the ! foreign population of the Fairfield as- sociation.
 Miss May Huston of Boston, the new district secretary for New Eng land of the Woman's American Bap- tist Home Mission society, told of the Baptist missionary work in Lodge ! Grass, Montana. and of the erection ! of sehoolhouse and other buildings for the education of the Indians. The work is conducted along three lines :. religious, educational and medical,
 Afternoon Session.
 The session in the afternoon began at 1.45. Miss Mary Traver of New l Haven spoke on Our Missionary -~sA~AA--e3 S~A-SSAs A14AC ICE9OLA AbCN t4AN work of the school, which is located in Chicago, and how it trains young people for missionary work. Miss Traver is assistant to Rev. D. DOm- enica an Italian Baptist clergyman, who has a church in New Haven.
 Miss Mary L. Howard spoke on Our Young People and told how the young peoples societies were doing much to advance missionary work. h. terestfng impersonations were given by seven young women. One repre- sented Columbia, and she gave audi ence to the six others. They repre- sented respectively an Italian. a Mex ican, Chinaman, a Kiowa Indian, an Alaskan and a negro.
 Mrs. George w, Coleman of Boston president of the New England branch made an address on Mormonism She described the far reaching work of the Mormon hierarchy, and how il was spending s2.o00Oo0 yearly ir missionary work. Rev. Dr. William c. B'ennell. pastor of the church, made an address on The Invasion of Hea- then Cults in America"