Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-10
REPORT DECREASE IN
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Members of MiddIeSex Sunday
School Association Elect Of
fiCers at the County Seat.

According to the report of Corre-
spending Secretary ]. A. Van Nest, of
the Middlesex County Sunday School
Association, there has been de-
crease instead of an increase in the
enrolment of the schools in the
county Sunday schools. This report
was made yesterday at the fifteenth
annual convention of the MiddleseK
County Sunday School Association,
held at the First Methodist church in
New Brunswick. while there has
been a big increase of population In
the counties In the last fifteen years,
there have been only two new Sun
day schools, a decrease of ninety
eight teachers and officers and an in
crease of 229 scholars. Treasurer
Van Nests report showed a balance
on hand Of S51.42, the expenses OF
the year reaching the 200 mark.
| There was a good attendance at
the convention when Rev. H NJ
Lawrence, of the First Methodist
church, welcomed the delegates.
There were 800 at the convention,
270 Of them being credited delegates
and the other thirty visitors.
| The temperance workers reported
| favorably. Mrs. Fisher, chairman of
the temperance committee, reported
1000 leaflets distributed, with the
| result that 454 scholars and twenty
| nine officers in twenty-three schools
mad signed the pledge during the
year. The result of a vote at the
State Home for Boys at Jamesburg
was 1872 in favor of i'dry" and twenty
! four for wet
re Simpson Church Honored.
| The Simpson Methodist church, of
this city, was one of the two Sunday
schools in the county to receive a
gold seal certificate for having ten
points to their credit. Many other
| Sunday schools of the county had
seven and half points and a few
| above that number.
New officers were elected for the
| coming year. The results were as
| follows: President. Rev. H. l..
! Pelan, New Market; vice presidents,
1 S. H. Ingham, South Amboy: w. 8.
1 Crosby. Jamesburg; corresponding
secretary and treasurer. ]. A. Van
Nest, of New Brunswick; executive
! committee. ]. G. Burdick, Dunellen !;
! R. P. Rodan. Sayreville; Van G.
Munger, Perth Amboy; w. A. Crow
ell, Metuchen; w. r. Reed, New
Brunswick; G. A Bennett, Gran
| bury. County superintendents, evan
| gelistic work, Rev. R. w. Mark.
| Woodbridge; temperance, Mrs
Charles w. Fisher. Sayreville: home
department, Rev. s. v. Robinson
Stelton; teacher training, Rev T, E
Vassar, Jr., New Market; adult class
work. w. A. Crowell, Metuchen; in
termediate work. Mrs. William j
Farrell. New Brunswick; elementary
| work, Mrs. E. L. Van Cleef, New
Brunswick; member of state execu-
tive committee. H. B. Zimmerman
New Brunswick; member of state
nominating committee. William c.
Ackep, Metuchen.
| Charles K. Stevens. of Gordon
street, was elected township secre-
tary of Perth Amboy. The rest of
the afternoon was taken up with ad-
| dresses, Rev. G. P. Howard giving a
| missionary talk and many former
presidents comparing the work of
the organization today with that OF
the time when they were In charge.
| There was large attendance at the
closing session last night that heard
| Rev. Theodore F. Bayles, of Bay
onne, make an enthusiastic address
1t was decided to hold next years
| convention in South Amboy.