Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-09-22
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Meeting of State Convention to
Be Held in Tazewell Next
Week - Program of the
Meeting.


next Tuesday, the Goth, and continue
in session until the night Of the .29th.
The following program has ben pre-
pared for the occasions:
Tuesday Evening, Sept. 26.
Welcome Night.
3.00-Devotional Exercises, Rev. R.
B. Platt.
Quartette.
Addresses of Welcome
The Southwest, j. P. Royall.
The Town, Mayor II. r. Hawthorne.
The Church, Rev. w. l.. Bullard.
The Schools, Mr.. j. B. Martin
The Anti-Saloon League, Rev. c. r.
Brown.
The local w. C. T. u, Mrs. Sallie
HARRISON.
The County W. C. T. u. Mrs. w.
G. O'Brien.
Solo, Mrs. A. S. Higginbotham.
Offering.
Response, Mrs. w. J. Maybee.
Doxology.
Wednesday Morning, Sept. 27.
900 Executive Committee.
0:00-Convention called to order by
the State President, Mrs. Howard Nj.
Hoge.
devotional exercises, Mrs NJ. NJ.
White.
10:15-Roll call of Officers, Vice. Pres
idents and Superintcndents OF Depart
ments. Appointment of Committees
on credentials, courteSieS and resolu-
tions, kilograms and plans for work;
a timc-keeper.
1O:3O-Report of executive commit
tee.
0:35-Review of the Years Work,
Mrs. Lillian A. Shepherd
10:55-Report of the Treasurer,
Mrs. EfIie B. Clement.
II :05-Report of the Virginia Call.
11:15-Report of General Secretary
of the Young Peoples Branch, Miss
Eta Enright.
:35-Report of General Secretary
of L. T. L., Mrs. ]. C. Kelly.
12:00-Noontide prayer.
Our papers-The Union Signal, The
Young Crusader. The Virginia Call.
12:30-Adjournment.
Wednesday Afternoon.
2:O0-Department of Conferences.
300 Convention called to order. i
Devotional exercises by Mrs. w. B.
Grcear.
3:15-Minutes of morning session
3:20-March of the Local Presi-
3:40-Double Trio, ellis Name is
Written on Them Ali"
4:OO-Introduction of Distinguish
cd Guests and Fratcrnal delegates.
Short addresses, Mrs. Geo. st.
Clair, representing the Woman's Club
Mrs. Mary O'Keeffe, representing the
U. ID. c.; Mrs. Lacy Tynes, the Civic
League; Mrs. John st. Clyir, Meth
oodist missionary Society; Mrs W. w.
Atrrowood, Presbyterian Missionary
Society; Mrs. w. L. Bullard, Chris
tian missionary Society; Mrs. Rose
Kiser, Baptist Missionary Society;
Mrs. D. P. Hurley, Young PEOPLES
Society, Methodist church; Miss Ella
Bowen, Young Peoples Society Pres
byterian church. Introduction of the
Chairman: Of Convention Commit
ees, Our Hostesses.
5:00-Adjournment.
Wednesday Evening.
Jubilee night.
8:00-Devotiona exercises, Rev. ].
N. Hartman.
Presidents annual address, Mrs.
Howard M. Hoge. Chorus, "John
Barleycorn, Goodby." Quartette.
Offering, Mrs. Amy C.. Weech.
One to four minute talks by repre-
resentatives of the counties having
made net gain in membership.
Quartette.
Presentation of Honor Badges to
unions having made net gain in
of twenty-five or more.
Doxology.
Benediction.
Thursday Morning, Sept. 20.
9:00-Executive Committee.
10;OO-Convention called tn order.
Martin.
Minutes of Wed1esda; af-
ternoon session. Report of executive
committee.
Report of credentials COM
mittee.
Election of officers.
12:00-Noontide prayer.
Symposium-How My Department
will help make prohibition effective.
Medical temperance, by Mrs. T. H.
Lyon; Scientific temperance instruc
ton, Mrs. ]. X. Ruebush.; Sunday
School, Mrs. Minah Hobbs Day; Tenn
perance Literature, Miss Willye Ey-
ans.
12:30-Adjournment.
2:OO-Convention called to order.
Devotional exercises, Mrs. G. W.Rob-
SiISOIi.
2:15-Minutes Of mornine session.
2:2O-Open parliament, The Local
Union.
Conducting the regular meeting,
Mrs. T. H. Lyon. Collection of dues.
How? When? Special funds, Mrs.
p: B. Clement; Winning Members,
Mrs. M. w. Newton; A Successful
Superintendent-The Essay Contest,
Mrs. G. c. Marchant and Mrs. Her
bert Sanders. Making public meet
ings pay-Placing posters. Being
Hostess, Mrs. Faith Thomas Parrott.
Looking ahead, Mrs. Amy C. Weech.
4:0O-Solo, Mrs. Henry Kiser. Re-
ceiving of White Ribbon Recruits.
4:30-Address to Mothers, Mrs. w.
j. Maybee. Duet, Misses Mary
Thompson and Hattie Tyres
5:00-Adjournment.
Thursday Evening.
Young Peoples Night, Grand gold
medal contest. Admission, 15c.
8:00-Devotional exercises. Rev.
w. w. Arrowood. A Temperance
Cantata. Grand gold medal contest,
contestants from various parts of the
I>Stntp a galOon1occ notiop l., t0on