The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-05-03
HOME AND FOREIGN
SSfONART ACTIVITIES OF DIES
MONIES PRESBYTERY.

TUESDAY, the closing DAY OF the Two
days conference and forty first annual
meeting of the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society of the Des
Moines Presbytery converting at the
First Presbyterian church of Oska-
loosa. was designated as Foreign Mis-.
sions' Day, and the afternoon and ev-
ening sessions OF the convection were
given over to the foreign missions de-
partment OF the organization.
Mrs. G. S. Williams, field worker
who has recently returned to the Uni
ted States after ten years of mission
airy service with her husband, DR.. c..
S. Williams, in the interior of Colon
bia, South America, spoke both at the
afternoon and night meetings.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Williams
gave an address before the ladies up
on the subject of the women and
children of Colombia. The address
was one of succession of pathetic and
tragic incidents of the life of the
womanhood of Colombia. Facts were
disclosed that caused the auditors to
shudder.
The evening address Of Mrs. Viii:
ilams dealt with the social and polite.
al life of the Coiombians. Again she
told incidents that Mortified her listen
ers. During her talk, she told of the
death of her youngest son, from chol-
era, during plague in which over
three hunderd babes of a town of
thirty-fve thousand people died in q
period of three months. The need of
sanitation among the Colombians was
also wildly described. .' +.
Officers Elected.
The nominating committee made
their report and recommendations at
the close of the Tuesday afternoon
session, and the following officers were
elected by the convention to serve for
the comming year:
/ Home Oficers.
President-Mrs. l.. S. Noble, Indian
OLA
Vice President-Mrs. S. d, McFad-
den, Des Moines.
Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. l..
NJ Becdc, New Sharon.
VEL, Foreign Officers.
President-Mrs. p. w. Jacobson,
Knoxville.
Vice President-Mrs. S. T. Gray, AL
bia.
Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. w.
r. Golf, Dexter.
Secretaries Chosen.
Missionary Education-Mrs. 7. NJ.
Balcoff, Panora.
Literature-Mrs. j. r. Thompson,
Earlham.
Young People-Miss Mabel Bristol,
Des Moines.
Westminster Guild-Miss Rose Ac-
heson.
ehildren-Mrs. c. e. Riser, Des
Moines.
Freedman-Mrs. J. r. McGregor,
Oskaloosa.
Extension-Mrs. r. e. Dodge, Perry.
New Constitution Adopted.
Following a very heated discussion
and spirited debate, the society adopt
ed a new constitution. The adoption
Of the new constitution is considered
as the most important business meas
ure handled by the forty-first annual
meeting. Many radical changes were
embodied in the revised articles.
Mrs. F, P. Hartsook, of Winterest,
retiring president of the foreign mis-
sions board of the society, has been
president of the organization for five
fn Hyo r,piNp n hpr
election as president, held other posi-
lions on the Presbyterial board.
- =, Presbyterian Pageant
. The entire scheme OF the night pro-
gram was a protrayal of the work OF
the various boards of the Presbyterian
church With men and women dress
ed in long flowing black robes, each
representing a particular church
board, the mems and woman's boards
of the church were introduced Com
mencing with the General Assembly
represented by A. McFerran, and go
ing down the list, including the Board
of Church Erection, the Board OF Edu-
cation, the College Board, the Board
of Temperance, the Board of Publica-
lions, the Boards of Foreign and Home
Missions. and numerous other boards
of the Presbyterian church, the work
OF each body was explained. Mrs. VIII
liams night address came as a part of
the explanation of the work of the
Board of Foreign Missions.
The pageant was supervised by Miss
Mabel Bristol, of Des Moines. The
affair was written and prepared by
Belle Brown Clokey, Syno''ical Secre-
tary for Iowa
To EarIham Next Year.
Visiting delegates of the conference
were given an automobile ride about
Oskaloosa at five O'Clock last evening.
"A number of cars were gathered at
the church and gave the visiting dele
cations sightseeing trip over the
town.
Mrs. Fred S.. Petit, of Charlton,
president of the Synodical Society of
Foreign Missions, gave short talk on
'Iowa's Share" to the work of mis-
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