Evening journal., 1916-04-12
MISSIONARY WORK
Reviewed FURTHER
$500 Contributed Last
Year to the Home
Cause
ANNOUNCE HONOR
ROLL AUXILIARIES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
BERLIN. Nd. April II Mrs. John
r. Genso. Of Korea, delivered an I'M
loresting address this morning nc
fore the delegates OF the Wom-
ans Home aud Foretgn Presbyterian
Missionary Societies of the New cas-
lie presbytery. which Is meeting IN
annual session here. The speaker
has spent many years in the Korean
Geld. and her address was exception
ally interesting. Special music ana
prayer and song service cohcluu'u
the morning program.
This afternoons session was IN
charge of the Home presbyterial Mis-
sionarv Society. The business sos-
sion was featured by the electloh oi
officers for the Home Society.
Following responsive reading CON
docted by Mrs C.. b. Taylor. of Ber-
lin. and the opening prayer offered
nv Mrs C. l.. Vincent. of Snow HILL
Md. reports Of the years work were
road THAT Of the corresponding sec
rotary. Miss Clara Whaler OF TINS
ciiv. was in part as follows.
.ln gathering up statistics Tor the
last wear. we find that our Rome
Preshyterial Society consists ol 90
auxiliarics. nine Young Womcn's So
cioftcs six Westminster Guilds II
hands. % Senior Christian Endeavor
Societies. and ten Junior c. ~ 30
rictics. The reports Of the auxiilarles
mis- year that we have a total mem
bcrship OF 12i7 Subscriptions to me
Home Mission Monthly number, 2so ,
fo over Sea and Land. 81; while lzO
praver calendars have been taken
Tho reports Of 33 auXiliaries show
maj "a total of 292 meetings have been
held during the year with total av-
GRACE attendance Of =357 for eacl
meeting
ave have five evergreen socieues.
that is. societies which have held
meetings each month during the year.
These arc at Dover. hlSton flrs,
Presbyterian Church, Pitts Creek anu
West Nottingham. An Increase IN
membership has been shown by me
following auxiliaries. Chesapeake
~ifv. Dover. First Church. Forest
Hanover. Mackenzie Memorial. Perry
Vile. Red CLAY Creek. smyrna. Wes
Not-ineham. White Clay Creek an'
ZION" -.
Chosaroake City. Dover. West NOT
.ipzham and Zion reported having Sc
-rrcd three new members ana Z"
n-w subscriptions 10 the Home Mi.
rion Monthly. per our president
er-neefion. made last year. IN
rnion OF the Home and Foreign So
ciefies al Hanover Church is re
ported.
Reports from the various school
also prove encouraging. There ar
"A girls in the Laufa Sunderlan
school al Concord. n. c.. AT the Tue
son indian Training School there
NOT room 20 accommodate all th
bovs and girls who desire TO enter
The San Juan Hospital showed 2,3f
clinic patients in one month durln
last summer. which was the larges
number in any one month since IN
hospltal opened in 1904. The work a
Harlan. Ky. under the leadership o
Miss Cora NJ. Young. has been sue
cessfnl A new furnace has bee
Installed. there are 30 girls and n
room for any more. Several improve
mcnfs are reported as uaNihb "'O
made 20 Dwight within the last yea
including new sleeping porcl
which provides accommodation 70
fifty boys and two teachers. Tn
bows old dormitory has been tiXe
up as a dormitory for the girls, an
when finished It will accommodai
about fifty girls.
Miss Louise Johnson, Of Wilminl
ton. as treasurer for the Home s.
cicty. reported in part as follows
Total amount contributed by all o
ganizations OF the Home Societies
he New Castle Presbytery was 81
569.46. or this amount the Woman
Auxiliaries contributed S2,S06.70; Il
Young Peoples Societies, Sl394'
Bands. s236.32; Christian EndeayC
Societies (Senior). SlS6.95; Juni'
Christian Endoayor Societies. S20l
Westminster Guilds. S50.50; and Sun
day Schools. S115. The total amour
contributed by churches outside
Wilmington. was Si,SS0.37, Will
amounts contributed by various Wi
mincton churches we're as follows
Central Church. $19OS0; Eastlak