The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1916-06-17
HANCOCK COUAI IY
SUNDAY SCHOOL CON-
|VENT|ON At L0G10WN
Was Well Attended and Pro-
ductive of Excellent Re-
sults---Lamar Otis, of Log
town, President---Bay st.
Louis Next Place OF Meet
ing, Subject to Call.

The Sunday schools OF Hancock
county, irrespective of denomination,
met in convention at the Logtown
Methodist church at II o'clock a. M,
on Sunday June 4th, 1916, Brother
Lamar Otis, president, in the chair.
Brother C. w. Fountain was elected
temporary secretary.
This convention was called for the
purpose of establishing permanent
county Sunday School Association.
The different Sunday schools of the
county were represented by the follow
ing delegates:
Bay st. Louis Methodist Union Mrs.
r. r. Perkins, Miss Mary Perkins, Miss
L. Ansley, Miss w. McClung and Mr..
Morris De Pass.
Lakeshore Union-Mrs. r. G. Crysell,
Miss Lilly Chevis, Miss Ladner.
Westonia Union-Mr. e. P. Hill and
Mr.. j. P Parent.
Napoleon-Mr. A. D. Bennett and
family.
Logtown Baptist-Mrs. RS. Board
man and Miss Edith Pearson.
Logtown Methodist-Mrs. L. Koch,
Mrs. D. r. Weston and Mr.. Coburn l..
Weston.
The following committees-Were ap-
pointed: On future work-Mrs. L. Koch
Mrs. R. C. Crysell and Mr.. A. D. Ben
nett. On organization-M. DePass, G..
w. Fountain and E. P. Hill.
An able address was delivered by
Brother Chisolm; the trained worker
sent out by the State Association, on
Sunday school work.
Convention closed at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meeting called to order at2:30 O'Clock
p. m. Prayer by Brother Chisolm.
The committee on organization re-
ported the following roster O. sflcers.
President, Bro. Lamar Otis, Log
town; vice-president, Bro. E. P. Hill,
Westonia; secretary, Bro. ]. P. Drake.
Bay ST. Louis; treasurer, Bro. Roy
Baxter, Logtown; executive committee:
C. W. Fountain, Logtown Geo. r. Rea,
Bay st. Louis; A. D. Bennett, Logtown;
Morris DePass, Bay st. Louis.
The report was accepted and the Off
GERS and committee named duly elected.
The following financial report was
read: Amount collected, S8.26; s.mount
paid Bro Chisolm, $500; auto hire paid
by Bro. Otis, $500; balance due Bro.
Otis, S2.74.
An able address was delivered by
Brother +. P. Hill on sunday schools,
for which he was given vote Of thanks
by the convention.
The report OF the committee on future
work urged that the county executive
committee and officers hold Sunday
school rally in each beat, or district, if
possible, in the county before next
meeting of the convention; and that
the county officers get a report from and
enlist every school in this great work of
religious education, and also seek the
cooperation Of the homes; asked the
corporation of every school, pastor
and sunday school superin terdent in
the work of making Christian charac-
ters and developing leaders in Gods
business; and accepted pledge OF $40
for Hancock county to the state As
sociation of which this County is part,
urging that the schools repres inted
pay the county secretary and treasurer
what they can on said pledge. This re-
port was read and adopted and $3.50 of
the $1,000 pledged was subscribed by
the schools represented.
There being no further business to
come before the convention, same was
duly closed to meet again at the Bay
st. Louis Methodist church at date to
be announced later.
LAMAR OTIS, Pres.
G. w. FOUNTAIN, Secy.