Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-02-28
OTERO COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Holding a Very Successful
Convention This Week
LARGE CROWDS GATHER IN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Satisfactory Reports From Superin-
tendelts and Instructive Papers
by Leading Sunday School
Workers


Workers
Officials, delegates and Sunday
school workers in large numbers
gathered in this city yesterday for
the purpose of attending and tax
ing part in the annual convention
of the OteroC County Sunday school,
and it was the generally expressed
opinion that the increased attend
ance looked for today will make
this one of the most successful
conventions of the kind that has
ever been held in this county.
The convention was opened at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon with a
stirring address by the county
superintendent, Frank Latson, and
the enthusiasm was we'll kept up
by the short messages by the sup
erintendents of the different
schools throughout the county.
Rev. s. B. Warner of the Meth
odist church delivered a most in
structive address upon "How the
Sunday School can Find and Train
Acknowledgements of the Church." "
and this was followed by interest
ing papers upon different phases
of rural school work by Mesdames
Martin of Cheraw, Rockafellar of
Holbrook and Sickenberger of
, Weitzer.
\ The afternoons session was
closed with dinner to the super
intendents,
In the evening the session was
opened with < praise and testi-
mony service led by w. w. Vsndi-
yer Of LaJunta. Then came brief
reports from the adult Bible class
es of the county which were quite
interesting.
Rev. Cartwright of Fowler fol-
lowed with an able address upon
adult Glass Activities" and a
social half-hour brought the even
ing sessi on to close.
An elementary conference was
held in the Christian church yes
terday afternoon, at which fine
addresses were delivered ON "The
Golden Now" by Mrs. J. A. Walk
er; "How 1 Interest My Junior
Boys and Girls" Mrs. l. l.. Smirl,
and Missionary Work in the
Primary Department" Mrs. w.
Freyhofer,:
The convention will be opened
at $50 this morning with song
service led by E. c. Shelton, and
following the Bible reading by
Rev. Bird of Manzanola, what is
expected to be one of the most in
teresting addresses of the conven-
ton will be delivered by John l..
Alexander, the international ex-
pert on problems concerning our
boys and girls.
This will be followed with a re-
view of the past year by the coun-
ty Sunday school officials, and the
morning session will he closed
with an address on THE Church's
Big Chance" by StateSuperinten-
dent Carman.
At IL O'Clock the convention
committee has invited a company
of sixty of our business men to sit
down to MONDAY dinner in the
Methodist church dining room
with John L. Alexander, who will
speak for few minutes after
dinner on the subject "If l Were
a Business Man."
Following is the program for
last two sessions of the convention
AFTERNOON
Praise and Devotion, Mr.. Roy Miller
Teachers Conference Leader, John
L. Alexander
Election and Installation Of Officers
Roll Call and Pledges for the New Year
Music
Home Department Conference. led by
Rev. J. C. Carman, State Sup't
Missionary Department Conference, led
by Mrs Freyhofer. Colorado Springs
Address, "The Supreme Privilege OF being
a Teacher" Rev. Otis G. Dale, LaJunta
Intermediate Boys Conference, Method
,st Church Address. Life" by John
L. Alexander
Praise and Devotion, Leader. J. W. Max
ey, Fowler
Announcements and Offerings
Report of Committee on Resolutions
Music
Address. The Spiritual Life Of the
Teens" BY John L. Alexander
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