Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-19
CONVENTION IN ToWNsHEND.
County Sunday Schools Hold Session of
Unusual Interest - Membership in
County Is 4,164.

cone of the best county conyen-
tons we ever attended, were the
words heard on all sides at the close
of the evening session of the Wind
ham County Sunday School association
convention held in Townshend. Fri
day. Not only was the attendance UNI
usually large and the interest keen,
but the fine program, the genial friend
ly atmosphere and get-tOgether feeling
that prevailed combined in making the
day a complete success. The number
at the morning session was 152. OF
these l22 We're pastors, p superin-
tendents, 81 delegates and 40 teachers.
ThirtYtWo schools were represented.
The attendance at the afternoon SEES
sion was PCS and in the evening 219.
At the morning session, after u
praise service led by General Secretary
Charles A. Boyd, an address entitled
Through Il Worldwide Vision was
"iven by Rev. w. A. Brown, d. d., of
Chicago, a member of the Information
al Sunday school force. DR.. Brown Is
a live speaker, and laughter and tears
alternated whenever he held the floor.
A glimpse of the work being done by
the association in many lands was
given at this time.
After a bountiful hot dinner in the
vestry of the Baptist church, served by
u committee of women from both
churches, the afternoon session began
and reports were given by the various
county officers. The secretary and
treasurer, o. B. Dauchy, reported 81
schools in the county association, one,
the Vernon Union school, having been
L..
and teachers, 1921 elementary pupils,
$50 secondary and 1873 adults. The
total attending membership is 4, l64
and the average attendance 2,64S.
There are "a cradle rolls with a mem
bership of sos. There are ~ home de-
partments with an enrolment of $50
and 212 scholars united with the
church from % schools.
Miss G. NJ. Chaplin, elementary SUI
Iperintendent, spoke Of the better grad
ing in many of the schools, and of the
large number of conversions direct
from the schools to the church. The
largest gain in size in the county is a,
| Westminster.
j. w. Chesboro, teen age superin
tendent, laid considerable stress upoT
the need of organization and spoke OF
the 1000 boys and girls of teen age il
the county.
Miss +. NJ. Gorham, superintendent
OF the home department, reported tn,
department advancing slowly. Among
towns gaining new members are New
fame, Wardsboro and Bellows Falls
South Vernon has 40 honor member
out of a membership of 40. Towns
bend Congregational has this yea
given the largest Offering of the count,
and has in other ways been active win
ming the banner presented by the de
partment each year.
Rev. w. H. Des Jardins gave shor
account of the Misunderstanding work
The only classes in the county are a
Wilmington, Jamaica and BrattleborC
A report of the missionary department
was given by Miss Florence Hemen
way-Wells. A large proportion of tn
schools give TO home rather than fol
eign missions, and some local work
included. All schools need tire
things, missionary committee or 81
perintendent, instruction in missionar
work either in opening exercises or i
the lessons, and n missionary offering
Mr.. Boyd gave an address on Gu
State: It's Progress and It's Needs. MI
Boyd spoke encouragingly of the pre-
gress of the Sunday school work in a
lines.
The next state convention will b
held in Brattleboro next October, an
the delegates pledged themselves t
> bring the county up to the standar