The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-05-05
CONVENTION Was
MOST INSPIRING
Wonen's Foreign Missionary Society
Convention Thursday and Friday
Was Well Attended
TALK BY EVA GREGG WILSON
e Entertainment Furnished Visitors
Won Much Praise--Excellent
Luncheon Was Served.

The convention OF the WOman's For
eign Missionary society of the Coun
Gil Bluffs district, held at the Meth
Odist church i'll benson on Thursday
and Friday, was most inspiring and
helpful meeting from every standpoint
There were but few changes in the
program as announced in last week S
Review.
The interest throughout the con
vention was good and the attendance
was excellent, there being in the
neighborhood Of sixty delegates pres
ent from different towns in the dis
trict
The special music as furnished by
the organist, Miss Hazel Laub, and
the Methodist choir, by Mr.. Barborka
with his harp, by a young ladies quar-
tet from Dow City and the Denison col
lege quartet was greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Eva Gregg Wilson, a returned
missionary, who, has spent MANY years
in India, delighted everyone with her
splendid addresses.
Mrs. Martha Stahl Beall, one OF the
officers OF the Des Moines Conference
Missionary society, also gave excel
lent servic 3.
The entertainment furnished the
visiting delegates won most enthusi-
astic praise. On, Friday MONDAY
luncheon was served in the lecture
room, cafeteria style. and in the eve
ming the ladies served an excellent
dinner, at which time toasts were re-
sponded to, and there were reports
from the Standard Bearers. the Young
Peoples societies of this district. This
was a most delightful phase of the
convention. Friday afternoon at the
close of the program the visiting del
egates were taken in automobiles for
a sight seeing tour of the city.
The Friday evening program was
rendered very largely by the young
people, and was full of interest.
All in all it was a great convention.
Reports from over the district showed
the. work tOsbe in q tlourishing condi-
! ton. with ever increasing interest
The ladies OF the local society who
read pspers. az presided as district Of
( Hears fendefedssaOs excellent service.
Denison was greatly honored by the
visiting ladies by having two OF her
women reelected to Office, Mrs. y. w.
Pierce being reelected president of
the society and Mrs. G.. l.. Voss as
corresponding secretary.
The Denison society is one Of the
strongest in the conference and has
made a good record for large contri-
buttons during the past fifteen or
twenty years of its history.
We understand the next convention
will be held at Coin, in the extreme
southern part of the district.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows:
President. Mrs. Il. w. Pierce, Deni-
son.
First Vice President, Mrs. c. e. KG-
l0gg, Shenandoah.
Second Vice President-Mrs. c. H..
Richards. Northboro.
Third Vice President, Mrs. S. L..
VanSlyke. Manila.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. A. L..
Nickel Council Bluffs.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. C..
l.. Voss, nenison.
Treasurer, Mrs. Harvey A. Johnson
Logan.
Secretary Extension Work. Mrs
Grace Bauer, Glenwood.
Supt Young Peoples Work, Mrs.
w. N. Graves, Woodbine.
Supt Children's Work, Mrs. |. r.
McClymond, Malvern.