The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-09
fine MEETING
At HA1lfN ENDS
SUNDAY ]! Q! NIGHT
Young People Of the United
Lutheran Church Closed
Annual Gathering.
NO RESOLUTIONS
WERE ADOPTED
On Reconsideration Of the Question Of
Dividing Grand Forks and Park
River Distsscss. Proposition Voted
Down-Good Features Yesterday.

The fifth annual convention Of the
Grand Forks and Park River district
OF the Young Peoples league Of the
United Lutheran church of America
came to a close last night Yesterday
was the banner day of the convention,
hundreds Of psople coming in from
tho surrounding towns and country.
The chief features Of the biK con.
yention which lasted three days were:
Tne decided trend toward uniflcation
OF the Norwe8tan churches; the de-
cision to keep the district Intact for
another year ats least: the selection of
Rev. n. J. Glenn TO succeed himself as
president ana the selection Of Grand
Forks as the next convention city.
Praise For Hatton People.
The returning delegates are loud in
their praises OF the. hospitality and
generosity Of the Hatton people. The
enterprising little city put forth every
effort to make the host of visitors feel
at home. Not, one Of the many deic-
gates who attended Is sorry the oppur-
tunity to visit thescity was given, after
passing through the beautiful sur.
rounding country.
The communion service was the fea-
ture of the morning session yesterday.
The service was in charge of Rev. j.
D. Runsvold Of -Northwood and Ree.
o. T. Ness of Mekinock. Rev. Ness
also preached a very able sermon dur
ing the convention services that fol-
lowed. Music for the services WAS fur
nished by the Ktornf male chorus Of
Hatton and the Joint chorus.
Glenn Contrasts Conditions.
The address Of Rev. Fl. J. Glenn Of
Grafton. the re-elected president Of the
Young Peoples league, during the aft
ernoon session, WAS very we'll received.
The subject Of his address was THE
Old and the New" HIS contras: Of
conditions was very excellent. He held
forth a great deal Of hopo in the way
the league. Other numbers on the
afternoon program were: Song by q
convention Octet: flute solo by o. o.
Haraldson, Hatton: paper by Albert
Fagerhclt Of Hoople on the subject OF
I'VE Lutheran Young People in the
sYoung Peoples s9afiety..s y.ss i y The dis
cussion of this papkr was 1eA by PROT.
p. F. Lee Of. .EdnaQfs.
The closing ssesl| |on vas very we'll
attended. II was shorter than most Of
the sesSions, but an exceedingly in
tereStiig one. The feature Of the ses-
sion was an address by Prof. o. ].
Hanson Of Grand Forks on the sub
5ect I'VE Lutheran Young People in
program were: Song. by tho conven-
ton octet. paper on I'VE Lutheran
Young people in Private" by Miss
Emma Guliickson Of Grafton and q
vocal solo by Miss Irma Mallory Of
Grand f'o?fs. The discussion of the
paper and address was led by Arnold
Berg Of Grand Forks.
The Ofacefs
Omcers for the coming year were
elected Saturday as follows:
President-Rev. H. ]. Glenn. Graf
ton.
Vice President-Rev. o. T. Ness.
Mekinock.
Recording secretary-Rev. L. O.
Troblaa, Grafton.
Corresponding Secretary-C. w.
Nelson, Grand Forks.
Treasurer-C. Christianson. st.
Musical Director-K. A. Center.
Program Committee Rev. G.
,Kluxdahl, Adams: o. J. Sanders.
Mekinock; Miss Ida Abrahamson.
Grand Forks; Rev. p. ]. Gronnigen,
Buxton; Rev. H. ]. Glenn, Grafton.
Musical Committee-K. A. Center.
Hatton; Rev. A. u. Hun6Volo, Noftn'
wood: Miss Bertha Kaase. North
wood: Miss Eveltne Kloster, Hatton;
awrence Anderson. Grand. Forks.
Lecture Committee-Rev. H. ].
Glenn, Grafton; Rev. Martin Hegland,
Grand Forks; Oscar Erickson, Hat
No resolutions were adopted at the
convention. that matter being laid
over on account Of the enforced alb
scence Of several members of the res
olutions committee. 1t was stated by
several delegates before they left that
II resolutions had been drawn, action
favorable to a unifcation Of the
churches would have found express