The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-23

Socially the Sixty-second North
western Indiana Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be a
memorable occasion in the minds of
clergymen and their wives.
The homes of Hammond are open
today, and the friendliest of greet
ings are being extended. Hammond
is delighted with its guests and only
hopes that they Will find their visit
pleasant one.
The Woman's Work Important.
Women, and especially the wives of
the clergy. Will take an active and i'm
portant part in the business of the con-
ference. on Thursday they are to
conduct the program of a Woman $
Home Missionary anniversary At~tsais
time Miss Nellie Snider Will speak with
Mrs. John A. Sucor o. Laporte. presid-
ing. Mrs Sucor will be one of the
most prominent women at the con-
ference.
! on Friday afternoon the Bishops
wife Mrs. William F. Mcdowell is to
speak at the anniversary of the Wom-
J. NJ. Avann of Gary viii preside.
Sunday To Be Solely Devotional.
1t viii be on SUNDAY, the Gay when
all business is cast aside and the con-
ference is purely devotional, that the
most notable gathering of women Will
be seen. An Epworth League service
will begin at 6:30 and continue till
1890 at which the wives or ministers
laf ~ nraSpnf.
From the social point of view Sat-
urday promises the most The after
noon is to be care free. excursion
into the Calumet region. Under the
guidance of w. c. Belman the minis
ters are to motor through Hammond
and surrounding cities. ostensibly to
visit the steel mills in Gary. The
automobiles of forty or fifty Ham
mondites i'll be pressed into service,
voluntarily for car owners here are
all boosters and proud of the region
in which they live.
Wives Go On Trolley Ride.
The women have planned a trolley
ride for the same afternoon. They are
going to Gary having been invited by
the women of the Cary churches 1t
is understood. unoficially that there
is something else on foot For in
stance a surprise for the men in the
way of a luncheon may be planned.
Programs state that the ministers viii
dine in Gary and what is more fitting
than that they dine with their wives.
Sol1e Of the Hostesses.
OF the Hammond women who Will
participate in the social side of the
conference Mrs. w. c. Belman. win be
one of the most prominent as the Bel
mans have the honor of entertaining
Bishop Mcdowell and wife. The Mes
DANES Clark Leaning, NJ M. Towle. jr.,
George r. Streeter A. e. Wilcox. j.
wesley Reed. Julius Dunsing and Eta
Dake are other hostesses who are very
active In the Hammond church.
Too little is heard of the Woman's As
sociations OF a Methodist conference
for when the ministers making
history on every side it is sometimes
lost sight Of The Importance of the
vreman's association is underestimated
by every one but the ministers whose
wives make up that body. Although
the responsibilities. that rest upon the
shoulders of a minister's wife are not
carried into her society it nevertheless
is a necessary as any of the auxiliaries.
Anniversary Each Day.
Each afternoon of the conference
will be devoted on the surface to the
anniversary of some church society and
in private 10 the business Of the con-
ference. In the anniversaries the
women are generally busily engaged.
on Wednesday the Anniversary Board
of Foreign Missions meets TO hear an
address by the Secretary. William f.
Oldham D. D, LII D., of New York
City with Joseph P. Allen presiding.
The next afternoon will see another
anniversary, this time of the Board of
Conference C1aiments which will he
addressed by Marvin Campbell. a lay
man from South Bend Rev. f. G..