New Britain herald., 1917-04-18
REV. H. A, JUMP BACK
 AMONG OLD FRIENDS
Former Local Pastor Takes Large
 Audience to California

Rev. Herbert A. Jump, formerly
 pastor of the South Congregational
 church, this city, now pastor of the
 First Congregational church in Man. 1 chester, N. H., and, who spent five
 First Congregational church at Oak
 land, returned to this city last night for the purpose of featuring before the
 Commonwealth, club on s"Through
 camera This was the last of a se- ries of talks that have been given be-
 fore the members of the club this
 winter and easily proved the most
 popular as the banquet hall was filled to overf1owing when Rev. MT.
 Jump was introduced by President B. >B. Bassett. During the course of
 the supper selections were rendered by the High school orchestra and as 8 grand finale they gave .'The Star Spangled Banner" which brought the entire assembly to it's feet in a wave of patriotic enthusiasm.
 Preceding the lecture the annual O., which reports of committees were read and the officers for the coming year elected. With the exception of
 George s. Talcott, who resigned as treasurer after seven years of service,
 there were no changes in the person. nel from last year. Following are the officers for the coming year:
 President-Buel B. Bassett, ecretary-William E.. Fay.
 Treasurer-William A. House. Members of the executive board were elected as follows: William L.
 Hagan. two years; Mrs. E. J. Porter.
 two years. and a new member Mrs. J. H. kirkham, for three years. Mem bers elected to chairmanship on the committees are: Civic committee: F.
 B. Hungerford; lecture, Rev. W. F. COOK; membership, Mrs. l.. P. Slade; puphcity, J. B. Comstock and enter- tainment Mrs. W. B. Montague.
 In introducing Rev. MT. Jump, Pres- 1dent Bassett said that the club was
 passing into it's tenth year and that during that entire time it had clung close to the motto "Fof the common good of our cosmopolitan city"
 Manchester Like New Britain. Rev. MT. Jump stated that he re-
 memoered the time when he was en-
 titled to membership in the local or
 ganization and now that he was in
 Manchester he felt very much at home
 for the city is much like New Britain
 in its cosmopolitan nature. Many
 were the international opportunities
 that came before him in this city and
 being back opened an old flood of
 memories of some of the tasks that
 were undertaken here. Mir. Jump said that there was no subject outside
 of religion that he would rather talk
 on than California. He was glad that
 he was back in New England as he
 was becoming homesick but most of
 all he was glad that he was able to
 bring the pictures and story of Cali fornia back.
 most interesting that has been de- livered in this city in some time and was illustrated with about 200 beau- tiful lantern slides. All of the slides were hand colored and constitute one of the finest collections of Californian pictures that have ever been brought out of that section of the country. Some of the views shown were the Spanish Missions, San Francisco bay region. the biggest trees in the world, l Yosemite valley, Kings river country, agriculture of the state and some won- derful and novel views along the Pa cific coast. The trip took the audience from the lowlands along the sea coast to the wilds of the high Sierra where Mr. Jump has roughed 1t in a manner not known to the average tourist. He also has had the rare distinction of serving at the funeral of Joaquin Mill Ter, California's representative poet His love of the great outdoors has carried him all over the state as a tourist and during that time he has travelled about 25.OO0 miles in motor car. Motor travels have been along the coast and have led to a fund of impressions and a vast collection of experiences. MT. Jumps picturesque narration made the lecture most inter- l esting and Illuminating.