The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-05
Church and COLLEGE.


building OF the new meeting house
was then presented and accepted. The
committee We're instructed to go
ahead and build the church as soon
as SlS,O0000 had been subscribed.
They were also instructed to sell the
old Yearly Meeting house and use the
money on the new building. Rev.
Mead A. Kelsey gave a talk in which
he went over the plans for the new
meeting house to be built at the cor
ner of c street and College avenue.
The report of the Pleasant Plain
academy was then given and accept
ed
The presidents report on Penn col
lege was then given by DR.. d. NJ. Ed
wards. He gave a short talk in which
he made clear the progress of the col
lege in the past and its needs for the
future. This report was followed by
a talk by Charles Tebbetts on the re-
lationship between the church and
the college. George Weeks also gave
a short talk on the same subject.
A fund of $4,000 was raised to
paint and redecorate the college build
ing
The following We're appointed trus-
tees of Penn college for a term of
three years: Lewis A. Hammond. Ais
tus ]. Hadley, F. W. Sprague, r. T.
Ellis and H. r. Keates.
Friends Jamaica Missions.
Report OF the superintendent of the
Friends Missions in Jamaica con-
tains much real information concern
ing the workers on the island The
report was printed and distributed.
Many of the names mentioned are
prominent in the work of the church.
The report did much to stimulate in
terest in this charge of the Iowa
Yearly Meeting.
Concerning the workers the report
says in part:
Early in November, 1911, Jefferson
and Helen Ford and children returned
to their work at Orange Bay and Ce-
dar Hurst, and Lizzie Allen returned
dian school, after a short furlough in
her home in England.
Chas. KurtZhalZ and wife. Anna NJ e.,
and children are at Worcester Place
in the Golden Grove district. Chas.
KurtZhalZ has entered most earnest
ly into the pastoral work of these two
churches.
Anna NJ Kurtzhalz has exercised
her wonderful gift of song not only in
our own but in neighboring churches,
and in Kingston, at Orange Bay, Ce-
dar Hurst and, since April in the An
MOTTO Bay work. She is about to en-
ter upon her duties as teacher of Or
ange Hill East Indian school.
Fl. Alma Swift, after sharp attack
of fever and pleurisy in February,
went for long rest in her home land,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Eliza Stubs, by way of Tuskegee
Alabama, sailing from Port Antonio,
April 10th. She was present at the
Tuskegee Conference, called by DR..
Booker T. Washington.
Alsina NJ. Andrews has ably per-
formed her many duties in connection
with the Girls School and as head of
the Junior Department of Seaside
Church and Clerk of Seaside Month
ly Meeting.
Alice |. Kennedy has continued in
her work at Port Maria and at AL
bany, and is now about to start on her
six months furlough in America.
Mary f. White is teacher OF Fellow
ship East Indian School, and added to
these duties has been the work of
caring for our two new stations at
Fellowship and Burlington
Sada Stanley moved from Albany
to Annotto Bay, March Eth, to be
nearer her work, but only lived there
one month, coming in April to Seaside
to be here during Mrs. Swift's alb
sence.
Chas. Sylvia has continued his work
in st. Elizabeth through sickness in
his family and personal loss.
Eustace Jacobs has continued his
pastoral care of Golden Grove East
Indian church.
Montclatr Hoffman returned to his
work and studies in the United States
early in June, after a year of untiring
labor in the Amalgamated SchOoland
in the church at Seaside
Chas. Vincent has been a faithful
helped all year, and since Montclair
Hoffman's leaving has had entire
charge of the Industrial part of the
Boys School.
Phulmat Brown has been faithful
and successful in her hospital and
Sunday school work in the Golden
Grove district.
Dean Williams has worked during
part of the year at Golden Grove, but
since February he has been at Eel
lowship and Burlington. He was very
happily married in June to a young
woman of the Burlington church and
he lives at that station now.
Frank and Stella Stevens have
maintained a home in the Port Maria
district and il has been blessed by
the addition of little girl, July 9th.
In the eight stations maintained in
the island there are 1850 members in
the Friends Missions.