The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-25
HONOR MRS. OEDMAN
ON tIGHlY-FOURTH.
ANNIVERSARY bIRTH
LOVING CUP GIVEN TO FAITHFUL
MEMBER FOR SEVENTY
YEARS.
HERO MEDAL FOR LITTLE MISS
Ruth Sampson Receives Token Of Her
Heroism, the Presentation Speech
Being Made BY Mayor Joseph M.
Oedman-Fine Program.

In honor of the eighty-fourth birth
day of Mrs. Mary Dedman, a special
service was held at the First Baptist
church Saturday night. The object
Of the service was to fittingly mark
her birthday and also to present to
her a tribute of the love and affection
that the members bear to her. Mrs.
Dedman has been a member of the
Baptist church for seventy years, and
for the past eighteen years has been
one of the most loyal and active mem.
bers of the First church at this place.
Thus it was felt by the members OF
the congregation that some substan.
tial tribute should be given her as a
token of their appreciation of her
magnificent service. A loving cup,
beautiful in design and workmanship,
was presented to Mrs. Dedman. Mrs.
A. F. Burley, as the representative OF
the ladies of the church, presented
the cup. Her speech was one that
was wholly appropriate to such an oc.
casion, and was delivered with char.
acteristic ease and grace. In accept.
ing the cup Mrs. Dedman gave ex.
preston to the deep feeling that was
hers, and spoke of the love that in
return she bore to the church to
which she had devoted a lifetime.
Following the presentation and the
speech, of acceptance, the ladies OF
the church grouped themselves
around Mrs. Dedman and led by Mrs
j. W. Shelton sang tenderly Where
Wen Never Grow Old" DR.. Charles
T. Alexander, the pastor, then came
forward and spoke few words in
brief historical resume of the eighty.
four years of Mrs. Dedman's life, and
in closing presented to Mrs. Dedman
Bible, which, he said, he hoped was
of such print that she could read to
her hearts content in both the Old
and New Testament.
The cup is magnificent loving cup
eight and one-half inches high, and
is engraved as follows:
Presented to
MRS. MARY A. DEDMAN
by the women of
The First Baptist Church
Columbia, Tenn,
on her saith birthday
June 10, 1915
AS an expression of their love
THE tie that binds is strongest
when its clasp is the hand of God"
Mayor Joseph M. Dedman present
ed Hero Medal to Miss Ruth Samp
son for the heroic rescue of her lit
tie brother from the fiames.> His
brief address was beautiful in die
ton, rich in illustration, and most del
icately appropriate in every sentence
In it he stressed the life of service
and lifted up the highest ideals FOL
the boys and girls before him.
A beautiful prgram was rendered
with the utmost expressiveness ant
feeling The reading of Miss Ussery
was artistic and humorous and wa,
received with much applause. Tn,
song by the boys and girls Of the con
gregation BE a Hero" made a pro
found impression. The complete pro
gram follows:
Opening song by the congregation
Reading, by Miss Lera Ussery.
Special song, BE Hero" by boy.
and girls.
Hero Medal presented by Mayo
Dedman.
Son, Growing Dearer Each Day
by choir.
Loving cup presented by one chos
en- by ladies'.
Special song, Where Well Never
Grow Old"
Brief address by the pastor, 9Th,
Joy of Well-spent Life"
Closing song, "Blest Be the Tie"