The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-06-26
EPWORTH LEAGUE
CONFERENCE.
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w. Williams, of Oddville.
At the noon hour bountiful lunch
con was served by the women of the
Paris church.
During the afternoon session the
following important committees were
appointed:
Constitution. B. Harris and Miss
Christine Hendricks.
Resolutions w. Crates, Miss
Myrtle Smith and P. Raglan.
Reports-T. w. Watts, Miss Martha
Irvine and William Collins.
Temperance an3 Sabbath OBJ
servance-T.. w. Barker, Miss Mary
E. Chinn and Miss Marjorie Foster
Missions Julia Crutchfield,
Miss Beulah Hudson and Miss Ollie
Fisher.
Nominating w. Crutchfeld, Miss
Ruth Walker, Mrs. H. A. Power and
Miss Beulah Hudson.
The principal speaker of the after
noon was DR.. ]. Marvin Culbreth, AS
sistant General Epworth League Sec
rotary, who gave instructions on
league organization. The temperance
committee offered a resolution en-
dorsing the Webb-Kenyon bill now
pending in Congress, with instructions
to send copy of the resolutions to
the Congressman of the districts rep
resented, asking them to vote for the
measure on nationwide prohibitions
After the conclusion of the days
session, the delegates, sixty-six in
number, assembled at the Chippewa
Boat Clubs Camp, and were taken a
ride up beautiful StOner." The
fiotilla of fourteen boats, was towed
by the Chippewa's three electric
launches under command of Commo-
dore Mitchell Jackson, and Capts.
Ben Downey and Doug. Thomas. The
guests thoroughly enjoyed the trip,
and one young woman voiced the un-
spoken sentiment of all when she said
This is the most beautiful stream of
water in Kentucky"
Yesterdays program began with
the morning prayer, from to 6:45 a.
m. led by Rev. J. o. H. Vaught. The
remainder of the program as follows
was carried out:
Song Service; Sectional Confer
ences, Senior and Junior Teams !;
Round Table, Miss Violet Renaker,
of Cynthiana League; "a Construc-
tive Program of Recreation for a
Community" by the team; Reports
of Chapters; Address, Mr.. Stanley A.
Harris; Parliamentary; Where
Shall / Attend College; College Rep
resentatives; Recreation; Reports !;
Address, DIR. Frank Y. Jackson.
WELCOME ADDRESS.
l am delighted to avail myself of this
opportunity to stand before this assem-
bly, this evening. 1t is my purpose to
give voice to the spontaneous feeling
of good will which this whole communi-
ty, and more especially this congrega-
ton and the local League cherishes to-
ward you, our guests. | am here to
greet you, not because of any extra
ordinary gift of speech or fuency, but
as President of the Paris EpwOrth
League, to impress you that our hearts
and homes are open and ready to re-
Ever since man was created he has
dreamed dreams, and when such dreams
materialiZed he has been wonderfully
pleased and often very much surprised.
In the year 1910, when but a small boy
in short trousers, was elected by the
Paris League, then composed of about
thirty members, to represent them at
the first Kentucky Epworth League
Conference. which met in Mt. Sterling.
The conference was then organized.
Even then | longed for the time to
c)me when the Paris League could in
vite and entertain the Conference. |
was again elected to represent the
Paris Chapter at the second Conference
at Millersburg, and also the third at
Cynthiana. And last year was compli-
mented by election to the fourth Con-
ference at Nicholasville, and this time
as an instructed delegate to invite the
Fifth Annual Assembly to meet in
Paris. Thus my one time dream be-
came reality. Few persons have
been fortunate enough to have the
pleasure of their dreams coming true,
as | have this evening.
Allow me here to say few words in
regard to the Paris Chapter, in whose
behalf / am here to welcome you. Up
to this time last year the membership
! of the Paris Chapter was about forty,
and since it was chartered in 1894, from
what can learn, it has never surpass-
ed the fifty mark. Soon after the Con-
ference last June we started a cam
paign to reach the century mark and to
interest more young people in League
work, and in one months time secured
thirty applications for membership.
In March we started a similar cam
paign and succeeded in adding thirty
more to our roll. We have now reach
ed the one hundred mark.
While we may be the leading League
| in point OF membership, our report
this year cannot be based in other re-
spects on League of but forty mem
bers. Our Conference pledges, our mis-
sionary specials will not therefore APP
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