Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
MEMS CLASSES ARE
DOING GREAT WORK
Bring Many Into Full Church
Membership; All Organizations
Are Growing


Bible classes, following the religious
movement after the Slough Evangelis-
tic campaign. The ministers also say
that many men who never intend join
ing church are first brought by their
friends to the mems classes and later
taken into the church.
Some of the most active personal
workers have been brought into the
church by means OF the mems classes
and the ministers are not slow in Civ
Ing the thousands of men in the city,
who are doing the good work, credit.
Derry Street Has Largest
At Derry Street United Brethren
members of the mems class are never
satisfied with their attendance. An
attendance of 500 and then we won't
quit, is the sentiment. This class is
the largest in the city, and at present
has an average attendance of $50 with
membership roll of almost 325. The
officers are: o. X. Kines, president;
Ralph Manley, president; ID. +.
Saul, secretary; Earl Stouffer, treas
urer; II. l.. Carl and O. p. Bcckley,
teachers.
The First United Brethren class is
taught by the Rev. }. Il. Spangler,
pastor of the church, and has u mem
| bership of more than fifty At State
Street United Brethren, there are three
classes with more than 125 men,
bers. The teachers are the Rev. e. y.
G.. Bossler, M. l.. Beck and Ralph
Trimmer.
The Rev. B. H. Hart, pastor of the
Fifth Street Methodist Church, is
teacher of the mems class. The off,
GERS are: John K. Bricker, presi-
dent. Edward Weaver, secretary and
John w. Cotterel, treasurer. This class
has a membership of more than l75.
Many Have 100 Members
The Rev. Lewis c. Manages, pastor
of Memorial Lutheran Church, is the
teacher of the mems class which has
an enrolment of about 100 members.
The officers are: Ed Miller president;
Norman G.. Stoner, vice-president;
John Hallman, secretary, and j. c..
Ford, treasurer.
E. n. Lebo is the teacher of the
Redeemer Lutheran mems class and
f. e. Stouffer, assistant. The class
was organized in 1909 and has a mem
( bership of more than 1926. Officers
are: d. A. Shaffer, president n. A.
/ Buhrman, vice-president; Ray Shees-
ley, secretary and George Wilmer,
treasurer
More than $50 members are on the
roll of the class at Zion Lutheran
Church, and DIR. E. E. Campbell, If
Mechanicsburg, is the teacher, with w.
| c. Heighes and the Rev. S. w. Her.
man, as assistants. Other officers are:
e. X. Frazer president; Percy l. Beltz,
vice. president; w. Nj. Garman, cor
responding secretary; M. V. Thomas,
recording secretary; George Forester,
Jr., treasurer; II. II. Nissley, assistant
secretary.
Messiah Has Five Classes
Five organized classes, two of
which are young mems classes. have
total membership of almost 800 dt
II LIE hA Ia,. Ill I1xr
and p. S. Zimmerman teach the young
men and George Messimer is presi-
dent of the class taught by Mr.. Zim-
norman. The other classes are taught
| by Luther Minter. Captain l.. Lau-
bernstein and George c. Eager. Off
GERS of Mr.. Minter's class are: H. F..
| Crownshield, president Edgar Hess,
ice-president, and William G. Shell
| Ilenberger, secretary treasurer. In Cap
| tain Laubenstein's class, G. Wolfen-
berger is president; Ed. Brenneman,
secretary and Harry Dill, treasurer.
John Wise is president and William
Connolly secretary of Mr.. Fager's
class.
The Rev. Thomas Reisch, pastor of
| Christ Lutheran Church, is the teach
er of the mems class. It's member
ship is about ESQ Thomas Hamilton
! is the assistant. officers are: Charles
Knoll, president; c. A. Fair, Vice-pres-
ident; Thomas Miller, treasurer; Jacob
Schroeder, secretary, and ID. S. Light,
superintendent.
Women Teach at Ridge Avenue
The Rev. ]. II. Daugherty, A. C.
Swope, Miss Ida Beck and Mrs. Lila
Johnson are the teachers of the four
organized classes at the Ridge Avenue
Methodist Church, which have a total
membership of nearly 200.
| More than SeVenty-fiVe men belong
! IN a ole prnfaCGnI- MI
McNeal, of Grace Methodist Church.
The officers are: Charles w. Burtnett,
president Wesley f. Townsend, secre-
/ tary, and Fred Towsen, treasurer.
The Rev. William n. Yates, pastor
of the Fourth Street Church of God,
enrolment of 250. The officers of the
class are: r. K. Matthias, president;
e. L. Marzolf, vice-president; William
| Thompson, corresponding secretary
Howard Shelly, recording secretary;
w. n. Shelter treasurer. At Maclay
Street Church of God. the Rev. f. l.
| M. Thomas is the teacher.
j. Harris Bell. j. Hopes and A. f
Hoffsommar are the teachers of the
three mems classes at the Stevens
| Memorial Church. The total mem
bership is about $50. The Sunday
school enrolment is almost 1900.
One hundred and forty men are en-
! rolled as mem DefS OF Ine class at the
Fourth Reformed Church, and Will
liam NJ. Robinson is the teacher. Off
GERS are: James Bernheisel, president
John H. Isele. president; William
Bingaman treasurer, and w. Messer-
smith, secretary.
At Market Square Presbyterian
| Church, there are six classes taught by
IJ. Henry Spicer, David Fleming, Sam
uel Fleming, James n. Chail, G. G. Get
ter and Mrs. T. S. Blair.
Pine Street Has Eight
! Pine Street Presbyterian Sunday
school has eight organized mems class
es on it's roll with an enrolment well
over the 500 mark. The largest one
is the James Mccormick class with
about 200 members. The other classes
are taught by Fl. b. Mccormick, Mrs
II. b. Mccormick, Mrs. John Y. Boyd
Garrett S. Wall, Benjamin Whitman
Mrs. Helen Boyd Dull and Frank Pal
mer.
Have Lively Social Side.
Four mems classes are organized al
1.-THE Harris Street United Evangelical
with more than one hundred as a total
membership. The teachers are |. j
! Batdorf |. Bowman, William X. Hurt2
and Miss Elizabeth Dunn.
At the First Baptist Church, William
Maley and the Rev. w. S. Booth are
the teachers and at the Tabernacle
Church. Arson DeVout and Mrs. Will
liam Hurtz are teachers. Many of the
classes in the city have big outings in
the summer and during the winter big
l social aVaOfS