El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
HOLDING RALLIES
East Ell Paso Children Start
Interesting Museum Of
Bugs and Reptiles.

With the beginning of fall the Sun
day schools are taking on renewed
| activity. Sunday was rally day at the
! First Christian church There vas nc
/ united program. but the different
! classes held class rallies.
A rally day program is being pre-
/ pared by the Sunday school of the
/ Highland Park Baptist church to be
presented in about three weeks
Two Baptisms at st. PauPs.
There were two baptisms at st.
| PauIs Lutheran church Sunday, the
babies being Marguerite Emile Elem
endorf. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
T. J. Elemendorf. and Herbert Herman
PEPPER, son of Mr.. and Mrs Herman
PEPPER
Rev. Mr.. Combs Going to California.
Rev. E. H. Combs. pastor of St Pauls
church. has resigned. and has taken
Calf He will leave here about the
middle of November. Rev. Charles
Armstrong. of Shelbyville. Tenn. has
been called by the. congregation to
fill Rev. Mr.. Combs's place.
Meets Mt Old Fort Bliss.
The West Ell Paso Presbyterian sun
day school meets Sunday afternoon
in the west end of the barracks build
ing at old Fort Bliss. This Sunday
school was organized last April by
bership of 25. J. L. Vaughan was
elected superintendent. Mrs. Pearl Eos
ter is secretary and treasurer All OF
the children who attend this Sunday
school live in the district
Salvation Army Conducts sunday
School.
Working in special effort to reach
the children that do not attend any
Sunday school, the Salvation Army is
conducting Sunday school at its halls
contest has been organized among the
children, and the officers hope that
the attendance soon will reach the 100
mark. AS many of the children who
do not go to any Sunday school live
at distance, the Army people take
their wagon and go out and bring them
in to the service and then take them
home.
Find Natural History Specimens.
Horned tOads, snakes, and other
Wiggly things that creep or crawl seem
queer inhabitants Of a church, but a
has been started by the children of the |
FL Paso Presbyterian church and is
arousing a great deal of interest In I
natural history among the youngsters.
To get specimens Rev. Kenneth Brown I!
the pastor, takes the children out on /
hikes" frequently.
The children also have well |
equipped gymnasium and a reading
room with large number of books. /
Every Friday night there is a social /
in the church building, with a pro- 1
gram of music, sometimes recitations, 1
and an exhibition of moving pictures. |
Ihe church has a moving picture ma /
chine Of its own for its social work. /
Has Historic Paper Knife.
Rev J. E. Abbott talked to the child /
rem of the Westminster Presbyterian !
Sunday morning on the growth |
pr Pres oyterlanism in America and eX-
nlblted a paper knife he possesses,
which was made from a piece of tim
Der once in the First PRESBYTERIAN |
church built in America. This church I
was erected in 1854 at Rehobath.
Maryland, by Francis Mckenzie, the
rather Of Presbyterianism in Amer
Debating Teams Selected.
rupert W. Gillett- chairman of the |
program committee of the Sam Hous-
on Debating society of the FL Paso !
or rrlday evening. October II at |
I VIII be defamation bv Harry |
5insburE. and a debate on Resolved.
nat the United States Should Take
immediate Steps. by Force or Other
xlse' 70 Establish Peace in Mexico"
rene Thurston and Walter Ponsford.
nd the negative side will be in charge |
! deoaters Frank Peach and Perry
Each debater will be allowed 10 min
les Tor argument and q four minute
ebuttaL This is the first of a Num- I
er OF preliminary debates. the winners
I winch VIII compete against the |
Drum Debating society's representa-
ives TO see which society can claim
ne rlght to represent the Ell Paso
ilgh school in the annual debates
gainst Mesilla and high schools of
ne state. IN a debate which is held |
nee year at Austin.