The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Vernon Center
from Wednesdays OaIIv.

The County Sunday School convention
which was held in the Presbyterian
church at Amboy last Sunday, was large
ly attended and was a most successful
, affair from every point of view. Amboy
which is one of the most hospitable vii
lagos in the county, royalty entertained
the strangers within it's gate and every
body was made to feel at home by the
genuine welcome they received. Those
I having a part on the program had their
various subjects well in hand and pre-
| Sented them in way that showed that
their whole hearts were in this great
far-reaching work. The vim and enthuS-
iasm displayed by the president, R. A.
Haedt of st. Clair, who by the way is
a live wire, seemed to electrify the whole
, assembly, SO there We're no dull NOM
ents. Frequent singing by the congre-
cation gave variety to the program. The
morning session opened at $3.50 with
praise service by Rev. Jones of Amboy
Mr.. c. M Warren of Vernon Center had
an able paper "Enlisting, Training
and Working Teachers" Mrs. Hobart,
state worker. added some splen-
did suggestions and hints to those Civ
en- by Mr.. Warren. Building Up The
Sunday School-The Pastors PART was
taken by Mr.. Reyearson, Pemberton,
! Superintendent Part" by Rev Zeiske
Of st. Clair, Scholars Part C. E. Bush
Madison Lake, state Workers Part"
R. A. Haedt, St Clair These papers
and the general discussion that followed
were very interesting and showed that
all parts working in unison may reach
the highest pinnacle to which the goal
is set At eleven o'clock three confer
ences were held: Elementary in charge
of Mrs. Million of Lake Crystal Teen
Age in charge of Miss Bowden of Man
kato;, Owing to the absence of Jay
Sherk of Mankato, Adult Age was in
f.. charge of Mrs. Hobart. Those interested
in the first repaired to the basement of
the church and those interested in the
second tIo bi-1
gathered in the church auditorium Ev-
I erybody received much inspira ton and
many new thoughts and suggestions,
which will be of much benefit to them
along the lines they are interested in.
The afternoon session from lis to 215
was devoted to committee meetings and
the county officers report. Following q
song service Mrs. Hobart held the closest
attention of the audience for a half hour,
and she handled her topic. Survey of
State Work and Our Coal" in a mas
terful way and everybody has keener
knowledge and a better insight of the
of state workers. The goal of the asso-
citation is to have Minnesota become the
second Blue Ribbon state in the Union.
Pennsylvania is the only state that has
complied with the requirements, which
are ten in number. Before a state can
be Blue Ribbon one, every county must
be blue Ribbon one. Blue Earth county
was put on the blue list last year. In
ganized for Missions Home Depart
ments in Every Sunday School, and
Adult Glass in Every Sunday School, by
Rev. Siebert of Mankato, Mrs. Ferris,
Amboy and Mrs. Ed. Baker, Lake Crys-
tai. These were interpersed with stir
ring songs in which all joined. The COL
lection taken at the close of the after
noon session was very gratifying and
proved that the splendid work that is
being done by the Sunday school is well
worth all the money put into it. The
collection by pledges was S27 and by
cash $47.50, making a total of $74.5O.
The evening session was not so largely
attended owing to the threatening wealth
er, which kept many from a distance
away. Praise service was led by Rev.
Ferris; an address by Mrs. Hobart and
the convention sermon by Rev. II. Ross
Paden of Mankato were a fitting climax
to most splendid convention, the ech-
oes of which will vibrate through the
various Sunday schools represented, for
years to come.
Six auto loads of Truman progressive
business men, accompanied by the Tru-
man band. arrived in the village at about
four O'Clock Monday en- route from a
trip through the country, advertising the
street fair, to be held in that thriving
village October 6, Z and 8. F. Ray Coop
[er, former Vernon Center young man,