Evening journal., 1914-04-08
PRESBYTER|AL
mission WORK
Encouraging Reports Are
Submitted at COlOra, Md,
Meeting Today
GOLD LETTERS
FOR THE SCHOOLS

In West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church. Colora, Nd. the annual meet
ing Of the Women's PresbyteriaI So
cieties for Home and Foreign Missions
of the Presbytery of New Castle for
1914 began today. and will continue
throughout tomorrow.
Foreign Missionary Day is being es-
pecillly observed today with Mrs. W i.
S Prickett presiding.
The Foreign Presbyterial Society
consists Of S5 auxsllaries, seven second
auxiliaries, 10 mission bands, 20 Chris
tian Endeavor Societies. eight Junior
Christian Endeavor Societies and three
Westminster Guilds.
Mrs. r. n. Hoffman greeted the visi-
tors and delegates at the morning ses-
sion. in a cordial address Of welcome
to which Miss Grace Baird, Of Will
mington, responded.
Reports presented during the morn
ing included those of Miss Anne B .
Ellison, Summit Bridge, Del, secre-
tary of literature; Mrs. Charles b .
Evans, Of Newa. X, the secretary OF
boxes; the corresponding secretary,
Mrs. John 'McElmoyle, Of Elkton, Md
aud the treasurer, Mrs. Martha A.
Martin.
AT the honor roll service an
nOuncement was made Of the names
of the societies which come under
the honor roll letters-gold, silver
and red.
The gold letters were given to those
whose quarterly payments had been
made, had contributed to all pleges
and made 10 per cent. increase in
membership; the silver letters TO
those making two of these. and the
red letters to those making one re-
quirement
Gold letters were given TO Dover,
Mackenzie Memorial, Newark, White
Clay Creek, Zion and Zion Harvesters,
and to Central, Eastlake, First
Green Hill and Earnest Workers and
Hanover, all of Wilmington.
Silver letters were given to Chesa-
peake City, Lewes, Newark 2nd Aux
iliary, Pitts Creek. Wcomico, and
WicOmico 2nd Auxiliary.
The following received red letters:
Buckingham, Elkton, Head Of Chris
tiana, Middletown, Forest. Olivet, VIII
mington. Port Deposit, Princess
Anne, Manokin, Rock Smyrna, West
Nottingham.
The churches that have no mis-
sionary society are those at Bridge
Vile. Pennington, FrankfOrd, Els
mere, Harrington, Cool Spring, Fell
ten and Odessa, Delaware, and West
Minister, Georgetown. Nd, Worton.
Md. and Grace at Kennedyville, Nd
Mrs. Martin, the treasurer, reported
as follows; Pledged for work during
1914, for foreign missions, Miss Mary
y. Johnson, Saharanpur, India, 5000 I;
Miss Alice N. Butts. Pyeng Yank,
Korea, S475; synodical work. outfit
and travelling expenses OF q mis-
siOnary
For the year ending, March, 1914,
Mrs. Martin reported receipts Of So
1850
OF this amount the Wilmington
churches contributed as follows:
Central, S217.67; Eastlake, SIS;
First Presbyterian, S203.50; Green
hill Presbyterian, S2625; Hanover,
1884; Olivet, $40; Westminster, S317-
.05; West. $4,000.
The summary of foreign disburse-
ments was reported as S2,976 and
Presbyterial expenses, $S7. .O4; totaling
S3,0631S, leaving a balance of $62.3S
New organizations formed during
1884 were. announced they being
Westminster Guild Chapter, Bucking-
ham Church, Berlin; Jr. c. E. Society
Buckingham Church. Berlin; Y. p. s
G. f., Greenhill Church. Wilmington
Lewes Guild, Lewes; y. p. S. c. Il.
Pitts Greek Church, Pocomoke; Light
Bearers, StGeorges: Helen Eckare
lerkes Band L. b., Smyrna: Girls
Circle. Smyrna; Y. p. Society. Make.
ME Men,, Sn0whill; Girls Study
Glass, Manolin. Princess Anne.
This afternoon Miss Hodge. presi.
dent Of the w f. NJ s.. Of Philadel.
phia, Pa. will be the special speaker
Miss Bertha Harlan win have charg,
OF the Young Peoples Hour at 4
o'clock.