Evening journal., 1916-03-30
MISSIONARY WORK
OF THE ME-. Church
Home and Foreign Societies
Hold Anniversaries at
Union
GREAT WORK
IS ACCOMPLISHED

"The Vision of the Womans Home
Missionary Society" was the subject
Of the address tnat featured the ami
versary exercises or the Womans
Home Missionary Society of the Viii
mington Conference which was held
yesterday afternoon in Union Nj. i.
Church. Mrs. Mae Leonard Woodruff
of Allendale. n. j., corresponding Sec
retary of the National WOman's Home
Missionary Society was the speaker.
Mrs. G. Wesley Weldin president of
the Woman'g Home Missionary So
ciety of the Wilmington Conference,
presided. The exercises were attend
ed by a large number of women
while the ministers and laymen Of
the conference also attended in large
numbers.
Devotions were conducted by Mrs.
T. l.. Tomkinson. A report of the
years work. given by Mrs. J. II. HUFF
fington, showed much progress dur
ing the past year. 1t stated that there
he'd been a large increase in the
membership of the auxiliaries and
young peoples societies.
The treasurer's report of the W..
II. NJ. s. of the Wilmington Confer
ence for the year ending March 10,
1916, was as follows:
Receipts of cash and supplies, Do
yer district, S452.22; Easton district,
$69209; Salisbury district. S364.54;
Wilmington district, So, 66.39; total,
$3.675.24. Cash and supplies to Dea-
coness Home, not previously reported,
S66O.75. making a total of $4,3S5-99
Contingent report, balance on hand,
1855, receipts from auxiliaries,
gleanings, etc. $l25.22, total receipts,
S140S7. disbursements for the year
s6O.Sg. leaving a balance of $3.50.
Mrs. Margaret A. Sweet, superin-
tendent of the Riddle emorial Dca-
conness Home, read al interesting
report. The deaconesses connected
with the home are Mrs. NJ. A. Sweet,
Mrs. Finley, preceptress. w. c. A.;
Miss Charlotte Arnold, Grace Church
deaconess: Mrs. M. +. Cole, Scott
Church deaconess; Miss Statira Will
son, Kindergarten; Miss Dickerson,
student; Miss Weber, student; Miss
Ruth Benson, Rust Hall; Miss Lulu
Rose Morse, transferred to Utica, n.
~: Miss Wilson, received from Bal
timore Conference.
The total number of calls made dur
ing the year we're 4,,62, Iapers an
tracts distributed. 361; total number
of meetings attended, loss; total
number of meetings conducted or ad-
dressed, 1872; number Of letters and
postals written, 294 total number of
children taught in Sunday school. 2.
/ 449; total number of young people
/ and adults taught. 119; total number
/ of children taught in Junior League
/ 953: total number of children taugh
/ in the industrial school and class
work. 1926; total Lumber of children
taught in kindergarten work, 1881.
Mrs. Mae Leonard Woodruff, th'
/ speaker. was introduced by the Rev
! Herbert +. Randolph, pastor of Grace
M. T.. Church. Dr. Randolph and Mrs
woodruff are old friends, havinl
known each other from the time DR.
Randolph was connected with th'
New Jersey conference. Mrs. Wood
ruff said W. the w II. NJ. S. and the
w. f. NJ. S. have always found
staunch friend in DR.. Randolph. He
address. which dwelt upon the worl
of the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety. was interesting.
Music for the afternoon was con
tributed by Miss Grace Quigg, whit
sang a solo, "When the Roll is Called
Up Yonder." and by Mrs. Eleanor G
Kmery, contralto, who sang, while
the Days are Going By
Benediction was pronounced by tn
Rev. Herbert F. Randolph
The first evening session of Con
ference held last night at Union NJ
u Church was devoted to the ami