The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
ELEVEN REPRESENTED
Missionary Union Meeting Partici-
pated In By Local Churches.

Eleven local Missionary societies
organized at the Woman's Missionary
Union of Oskaloosa held their fourth
annual session Friday afternoon and
evening at the Congregational church,
with splendid banquet Intervening
the sessions. The affair was wonder
fully successful and pleasing and
daubly gratifying to those who have
extended their energies and efforts in
the direction of cooperative work.
Mrs. Anna Kelsey, wife Of Professor
Kelsey of Penn College president OF
the Union, presided and Mrs. Vonia
Taylor, wife of E. X. Taylor was sec
rotary. Attendance was large, the best
the annual union gathering has known
at any of it's sessions and the charac.
ter of the interest taken could not
have been bettered. .#
Programs, afternoon and evening
were all that could be desired and the
after dinner talks were deeply inter-
ested and beneficial.
Eleven societies from ten churches
represented in the session; Christian,
two societies from the Methodist, for.
eign and home missionary societies;
First Reformed; Episcopal; Baptist;
First Presbyterian; United Preshyter-
ian; Friends and The H street Mission.
Devotionals were led by Mrs. Grigs-
by, wife of the pastor of the Metho-
Il list church.
q Special music was rendered by
Charles L. Farmhouse of the Congre'
gational church. ~
The feature of the afternoons pro-
gram was a round table" presided
over by Mrs. Reynolds and lasting
benefit and new understanding came
from the talks by the several church
representatives. Each and every talk
was a gem in itself and each speaker
was accorded the compliment of the
closest attention The keenness of the
interest taken was manifest in the
questions asked, suggestions offered
in the solution Of problems and
where difference of opinion. existed
discussion was highly beneficial and
enIightening. These round table
topics covered wide field of mission
airy endeayor randing from methods
of maintaining interest and securins
attendance to society finances. Lead
ers in discussions we're Mrs. Baldwin
Mrs. Lotspeich, Mrs. Burnside, Mrs
Mcclure, Mrs. DeVoe, Mrs. Howard
Mrs. Farr and Mrs Jackson,
The session was specially favored
in the presence of Miss Kate Hill WHIT
has been in the service of the Meth
odist church in the Missionary worl
in India continuously for a period o
twenty five years. Miss Hills ad
dress was first hand information AM
every person in the church was atter
tive. she had a story 81 absorbin
interest and not word was lost. .
Mrs, Farr of the Friends churcl
iold of the work and results obtained
at the summer training school 10
missionaries at Lake Okoboji. Mrs
Kelsey explained the new study book
for the year, helpful and thoughtful
addition to the program.
Then came adjournment of the AT
ernoon session and the ladies repair
ed to the basement apartments Wher
a splendid banquet had been pre-
competent committee representa-
the various churches. Decision ha
been previously reached to depar
from the usual custom of the Unlo
and invitation was accordingly 81
tended to the husbands to join tn
ladies at supper. Responses wer
general. Almost all of the odd boys
were there for the feed. Two hundre
and fourteen, by actual count |er
seated at the banquet board.
But the splendid and all satisfyin
menu was not the only good thin
about this banquet. The after Dime
part of the program was equally l
Eliminating, if one may so express ]
Ministers recently coming to loca
pulpits made response to toasts cle'
erly proposed by Mrs. Kelsey who. o
ficiated as toast mistress. -.
600 Special addresses were in this mar
ner heard from Rev. Arthur M. Lev
Is. rector of st. James Episcops
parish; Rev. D. M. Grigsby the ne'
pastor of the Central Methodist Epi'
copal church and Rev. Charles H. d.
Voc recently come to the pulpit G
the Christian church and each one {
these responses was delightful SUI
prise.
Attendance at the evening Isessio
was far in excess oil. anticipation
Devotion&ls were conducted by tn
Rev. Wayne Lee Waters, pastor
the Congregational church.
Special music for the session wa
furnished by Penn College under d
rection of Miss Williams.
Miss Hill made a formal address !
the evening, a talk upon her ,expe
fences in actual field work. She e.
ceeded all expectations. A1thoug
she told much in the time, allotted
not a soul in the audience who woul
not have willingly heard more.
Mrs. Loehr of the First Reforme
church had an object in giving tina
was practical illustration effectin
ways and means.