El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-15
Women's Organizations.

Methodist church was entertained Fri
( day afternoon by Circle number one.
at the church. A short business .ses-
sion Of the society was held with the
; president Mrs. A. 7. Foote. presid-
. ing. After the business session there
was a musical program. Mrs. W W
Fink was in charge Piano solos were
Z pIaved by Miss Clare Smell Vocal solos
we're sung by Miss Belle White and
Miss Iauramaude Fink accompanied
| her. A trio was sung by Mrs ". W.
Fink Miss Lauramaude Fink and Miss
Clara Fink, accompanied by Miss Belle
White. buffet luncheon was served
by the hostesses- There were about
Fifteen of the young women of the
First Baptist church met Friday night
at the home of Mrs. J. F. Williams,
1905 Magoffin avenue; and organized
. a vcune Women's auxiliary. After en-
loving dinner together. a nominating
committee was appointed to select the
class officers. On this committee are
Misses Jewel Deer, Vera Hunt ana
Pearl Beddingfield- The next meeting
will be held in February and the COM
mittee TO arrange TOT TINS IS com
posed of Misses Nell Taylor, Dove
husbands and Pearl Beddingfield. The
mission study book. Western Women
in Eastern Lands, was DECIDED upon
for the study Miss Dove Husbands
will be the leader. The enrolment for
TAYLOR, Dove Husbands, Clay Herndon,
Pearl Beddingfield, Lizzie Hall. Nellie
Tseddingfield Ruth Beddingfield, Beth
I,lfher Irene Flenikin, Vera Hunt,
Vera Morris. Ellie Mccall, A. Page,
Jewel Deer, Christine Gavin, Alice Bis
hop. Isabelle Springer, Luelah VIII
liams and Mrs J. F. Williams
The present ation OF a Confederate
flag to the John c. Brown camp OF
United Confederate veterans viii be
the principal feature of the observance
of the birthday anniversaries OF the
Confederate leaders, Cen ROBERT h.
Lee and Gen. ''StoneWall' Jackson, by
the Robert Z. Lee chapter Of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy, which
will be held the night OF Wednssd
January IS. in the Elks club house
Mrs G c. Crews will present the nag
on behalf of the chapter and 1t viii
be received by Capt ID F. stacy on
musical numbers will be given Miss
JuIia Nallow. the historian Of the
chapter, will be in charge OF the pro-
gram Edwin c. Knickmeyer viii play
a piano solo. Judge Dan Jackson viii
give an address on Lee and Jackson
The Elks trio, composed OF Messrs,
Charles Armstrong. J. Il Philips ana
Crutcher, viii sing. Following lhes
Lander will sing Dixie" and the Kelly
orchestra will play W. A MllLams
will give a reading Mrs A. an Adourlch
will sing "Silver Threads Among the
Miss Mary Kelly. Of the high school,
and Miss Hazel Vivian Allen, OF the
high eighth grade OF Lamar se e12,ai
essay contest OF the Rebecca Stoddert
chapter Of the Daughters OF the AInerl-
can revolution. The topic Tor the es-
saws this year was Our pioneer motn-
ers; the part they played in our coun-
try's history" The honorable menuOus
were given to the essays written py
Ruth Reid, Of the Lamar school low
eighth grade; Marion Letchers OK lie
Bailey school low eighth grade; anna
O'Neil, Of the Bailey school low sew
enth grade, and Dorothy Mitchell OF
the eighth grade of the Alta vista
school The high school medal viii be
awarded to the winner Friday night at
the graduation exercises OF the Jann77
airy class Mrs J. ". Lorentzen VIII
present the medal as regent Of the
chapter The grammar school medal
will be presented TO Miss Allen at A
later time, possibly at the Washing
tons birthday anniversary exercises OF
the Lamar school. Mrs. Horace ".
BrOaddus was the chairman OF the es-
say committee for the D A 7 On the
committee were Mesdames Horace B.
Stevens. Z. NJ Bray. G. F. HAWKS Mary
Ross Kiester, Irving Mcneil Eunice
Payne and Miss Edith Giddings-
The Missionary society OF the Last
FL Paso Methodist church net at the
church Thursday afternoon Mrs. j. l.
Gilbert read the Bible lesson Rev u
P. Bond led the prayer. a leaflet about
mission work was read by Mrs W.
O'Brient. The officers for the new
year were installed by Rev. H P. Bond
The officers are Mrs J. L Gilbert |
president; Mrs. W. W Poole, first vice J
president: Mrs. G. H. Smith second vice
president; Mrs. Freda Geisinger. sec !
rotary, and Mrs. ". L Hill, treasurer.
Mrs. Hubert NJ Smith, treasurer Of the !
Missionary society Of the New Mexico
conference, gave talk on the duties
Of the officers and Of the duties Of the
superintendent Of social service and {
of publicity Mrs. W D. Cunningham 7
and Mrs. James Neville were elected I
to fill these offices It was decided TO ]
have two meetings a month. one for &
business. TO be held at the church on !
the second Thursday in the month and !
a social on the fourth Thursday, TO be ]
held at some members home. The I
study Of the mission book, The Kings !
Highway" viii be conducted at the SO q,
cial meetings. a member gaining con- !
test was begun under the leadership /,
Of Mrs F. L. Ross and Mrs. G. II. I
Smith. There were 70 present, includ- I
ing as visitors Miss Ora Crosswhite, J
Mrs. Hubert NJ Smith and Mrs. James +
Neville. Following the meeting re- /
freshments were served by Mrs. W. /
OBrient and Mrs. z. Geisinger.