The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Windham County Meeting in SaXtons
River Very Inspiring.

One Of the most inspiring Sunday
school conventions ever held III the
county was held in Saxtons River Fri
day, May II. There were 23l persons
registered and 33 Sunday schools of
the county were represented OF the
out of town schools the Bellows Falls
Congregational had Is present and the
the Bellows Falls Baptist and Town
shcnd Congregational each had Is pres
emit Forty out of the 81 schools Of
the county paid their offering into the
treasury before the convention, thus
having their names placed on the honor
roll.
Windham county was the only stand,
ard county IN the state in 1915 and
it has to qualify only in three points
more to be q standard county in 1917.
! It lacks q VERY little in organized
classes, additions TO the churches from
the schools and it has not yet paid 50
per cent of its apportionment to the
state treasury for current expenses.
| The county association voted to accept
the invitation of the Wilmington
churches to meet with them Friday,
May Il, 1918, for the next county con
vcntion.
The following officers were elected
for 19l1-l9ls: President, Walter p.
Glynn Of SaXtons River; vice presi
dents, II. j. Searles of Bellows Falls,
i. +. Perry of Brattleboro, GEORGE BOYD
Of Wilmington, 0. 3. Dauchy Of Town
shend, George \. Coombs of South Lon
donderry; secretary and treasurer, A.
l.. Maynard of Brattleboro; assistant
secretary, Mrs. L. S. Hewitt of Brat
tleboro; state director, W. B. Glvnn
of Saxtons River; superintendents-
teacher training, Mrs. John c. Prince
of Bellows Falls; temperance, Mrs
Gratia Dawson of Newfane; missions
Miss Florence HemenWay Wells OF
Brattleboro; elementary division, Mrs
+. s. Hewitt of Brattleboro; inferno
diate and senior division, Rev. j. Wal
lace Chesbro of Bellows Falls; adult
division, Rev. +. W. Johnson Of West
Wardsboro: home department. Miss +
NJ. Gorham Of Bellows Falls.
Resolutions were adopted, among
them the following:
. We are glad for the report that
brought to US today that the state as
ISOLATION has raised its deficit and W,
are now without debt We should here
after pay our bills as we 90 and 50 W,
recommend that each school III the as
ISOLATION strive TO pay its apportion
ment of 10 cents per member for tn
state work BY the first Of February 0
. each year. If there are schools Whic
have not made their remittances 70
! this year we urge them to do this b.
/. July /. This is great work an
worthy of LOYAL and prompt support.
I'VE the Windham County Sunda
; School association, in convention a.
semhicd. 10 rcsnectfullv submit to tn
{ President, Woodrow Wilson. the sen;
Il tors of our state, Hon. William T. Di
" lingham and Hon. Carroll s. Page, an
the representative in congress froI
Il onr district, Hon. Porter II. Dale. tia
t the absolute prohibition Of the man;
t facture and sale of Intoxicating bcvc
II aces during the war is necessary to il
sure efficiency III the prosecution Of til
Il war and to conserve the food supply {
: the country.
I'VE. therefore petition our Pres
dent, senators and congressman to u>
ivour influence aud the powers vcsto
in You to prohibit this waste and sour,
Of inctlicicncy during the war
The committees of the conventit
l. We're: On nominations, George L. Du
r. ham Of Brattlcboru. l.. w. Hawlev
- Brattleboro, Rev. J. Wallace Chcsb
- of Bellows Falls; on resolutions, Re
y John G. Prince of Bellows Falls,
!. f. L. Osgood Of Townshend, Rev
- Walter Bishop Of South Newfanc;
y registration, Mrs. /. \. Farr and Nj
X II. \. Davis Of Saxtons River; auditiI
nc committee, Deacon G. W. Osgood
at Bellows Falls, Rev, Il. b. Davis Of p,
IN ncy.