El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-27
SOCIETY DOLNCS
Women's Organizations

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The st. Patricks altar guild Will meet
Friday afternoon at o'clock al the
home OF Mrs. l. A Sherman, sos Pros
pect avenue.
The woman's guild of the church Of
I St. Clement met Tuesday afternoon m
I the parish house OF the church ana
[ spent the afternoon sewing After the
! work light refreshments were enjoyed
I with Mrs. Eli White and Mrs T. F. j.
Mccarthy as the hOstesses-
The first Of a series OF medal con-
tests. to be held under the auspices OF
I the Woman's Christian Temperance
Z union will be held the evening of No
/ vember in the Lydia Patterson Bible
I institute. These contests are held for
Z the children OF the Mexican mission
: schools of the various churches. who
: viii deliver essays on the benefits OF
/ prohibition. The medal viii be pre-
! scented to the winner by Mrs Mamie
{ Webb Curtis, the state president OF the
/ The women's missionary society Of
: the First Baptist church held circle
meetings Tuesday afternoon 10 study
/ the mission book The Kings High
way" Circle number one met at the
Z home Of Mrs J. F. Williams. on Ma
coffin avenue. Mrs. T.. n. Ridgon was
! the study leader Circle number two
met at the home Of Mrs. A. II. Walthal,
{ with Mrs. c. H. Ashton as the leader.
Circle number three met at the home of
Mrs. p. H. Brown Mrs. Fred WeckerIe
was the leader.
Mrs. J. z. KiIburn entert9 med circle
cue Of the Aid society of the First
Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday
Afternoon. 1T her home on Magoffin
avenue. Plans were made for an oys-
| ter supper and bazaar in the near fu-
ture. An all day meeting was planned
I for November 9 at the home Of 5Irs.
I George Hetricll, at West Tsleta. Those
present at the meeting Tuesday were
Mesdames V. 5 Rogers, Nora WaIien,
a. W. Wells. George Hetrick. Ellen
bell. George Cowherd. W. A. Price and
Miss Ella Peak.
The Altar guild Of the church Of St
Clement held its business meeting
Tuesday afternoon in the Parish house
of the church In the absence Of the
president Miss Louise Dietrich. the vice
president, Miss Gertrude Yale. presided.
Mrs Rowland Gilchrist was elected sec
rotary, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Meta Ormshee WHO
is in poor health The study OF the
book The Worship in the Church"
which was taken up last year. viii be
continued through the coming winter
IL was decided TO hold the meetings in
the winter at the parish house instead
Of at the various members homes
men was done during the summer
Inc oman missionary society of
trinity Methodist church met Tuesday
$1,000 -NrAA -AA -A-E E4auLEA UlLlOEE-
meeting was IN the nature OF q con-
Terence echo. as the reports Of the con-
terence were given BY the various
members attending Mrs. r T. Daniel
presided The scripture lesson. the ed
Psalm. was recited in unison by the
members present Mrs u. NJ Smith led
tne prayer Mrs. VIII T. owen sang.
MIS- Adine T. owen accompanied her
Mrs j G Ballard gave reading Mrs I
u L Jones, the delegate Of the society !
70 the conference at Maria. gave a re- {
port OF the conference. Other talks on !
the conference work We're given BY [
Mrs Hubert Smith and Mrs I j. Ayers
MIS- George 3 Oliver announced the {
program for the week Of prayer. which 1
W-ll occur early in November.
AIRS j. E Abbott. the president. pre-
sized at the regular meeting OF the z
missionary society OF the Westminster .
Presbyterian church Tuesday after
noon. IN the church parlOrs. The meet
~ opened with hymn and then the
sII-Sttltuues were read responsively. &
me secretary's and treasurer's reports I
were presented Every year a mis-
siohary box is sent by the society 10
me orphans home at Itasca. Tex and
plans were started for this box which
VIII be sent the first Of next week
GOOD clothing for children from s to
10 years IS needed and anyone having .
clothing TO contribute for the box are !
asked TO send il TO Mrs. Paul Heermans
5O5 East Rio Grande. The needs of
the Mexican mission in the way Of all
klnds or clotnlng and bed clothing (
were spoken Of by Mrs. Abbott Mrs
Paul Heermanns was in charge Of the !
program Of the afternoon and was also
the hostess Ms P j. Hazard sang, I
with Mrs John Prarher as her accom- !
panest. Korea was the topic for the
afternoon Mrs Prather gave a paper Z
on the missionary work in Korea. Mrs. (
l. A. killian read a paper on the
methods Of studying the catechism in
Korea Mrs. Heermans talked on
church government in Korea 4 free
VIII offering was taken for the gen
eral mission fund = social half hour
with the serving Of light refreshments
followed the benedictiOn.
Malcolm Fraser, secretary of the
chamber Of commerce, who has recently |
returned from the Dry Farming and
Agricultural fairs in Denver. Colo viii {
be the principal speaker at the meeting
OF the Fl PasO Equal Franchise league, /
which viii be held Thursday afternoon |
al $50 o'clock in the chamber Of COM
merce building 1Ir. Fraser will talk /
on the benefits Of advertising the re-
sources Of FL Paso and the valley BY 1
exhibitions at this fair, which was n |
means Of acquainting the outside world 4
with the resources or this district The I
usual business meeting OF the league /
VIII be held. Items Of interest 10 the /
suffrage movement in the various /
states will be given by the members.
In addition 10 the main object OF the I
league. which is TO secure the ballot 4
for women. the league is endeavorinr
to become a center where its members |
and the general public may hear Of the
big movements that are being carried
on, so whenever a noted person visits
Fl Paso II VIII be the endeavor Of the l
league to have them address the league |
members As Mrs. Mamie Webb Cur I
us. the state president of the Wom- I
ans Christian Temperance union. viii
be in Fl Paso the last Of the month. shs !
VIII speak at a reception to be given |
IN her honor by the Franchise league |
and the local ". C. T. L. on ATonda,- !
night at the chamber Of commerce /
Her talk Will be on the 20th century
woman. Following her address there
VIII be an informal reception. with the /
presidents and secretaries Of the league
ana the W. c T. {. in the receiving