Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-15
Congregationalists
Meet at Valley City

Congregationalists of the state are
to assemble at Valley City or Septem-
Der Is for their twenty-si4th annual
conference. They will be in session
for three days, and have before them
a most interesting program.
In observance of the approaching
tercentenary of the landing Of h Pill
grims, one session of the conference
will be devoted to this subject, with
special speakers from Boston for the
program. y1
On Wednesday evening the ladies
will give a banquet in the church par
Tors, and James Hoffman Batten. the
Shautauqua man of Wi1liston, will be
POSTMASTER. The toasts will hinge on
pilgrim Pointers and be divided
into Pilgrim Principles. Piety, Pi-
oneering, Pep, Patriotism, Posterity
and Practice. Rev. L. B.. Hardy OF
Golden Valley, will be n of these
coasters"
DR.. c. H. Phillips of Valley City is
to give the annual sermon, an honor
which he also held 81 years ago.
Speakers from the east to represent
the missionary activities of the de-
nomination will include DR.. Frank
Newhall White and DR.. r.. w. Gam
mon of Chicago. DR.. Henry A. Atkin-
son and DR.. VIM. ". Scudder- OF Bos-
ton and others.
Rev.. a. M. ESSdLoOol ioh NAS
Ullin will be in charge of the devo-
tional hours at each session. He
will also give a lecture on The Fall
of Constantinople.'
Rev. w. H. Elfring, pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational church or
this city, expects to end the CONFER
ence, and it is probable that one or
more delegates will represent the 10
cal congregation, though definite
nIa,- In this regard have not been
made.
Attorney sveinbjorn johnson left
the city last night for Manchester,
Mimi, where tomorrow afternoon ne
is to be married to Miss esther
Henryetta Slette. The wedding IS 70
take place at the home of the brides
narents. Mr.. and Mrs. K. H. Slette. at
8 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. Johnson and his bride expect TO
leave for Duluth, and the great lakes
trip, to be gone about ten days. AFTER
their return they will be at home TO
friends here.
Miss slette is a graduate o. INC
training department of the Deacone
hospital. and is we'll known here.
THE various districts Of the Metho-
dist Aid society will meet at the FOL
lowing places on Wednesday after
moor al 8 o'clock:
District No. 1, at the home of Mrs.
J.. Vale, SIS North Fifth street. Dis
trict No. 2, with Mrs. L.. W. Whitman,
Ala North Seventh street. District NO.
8. at the residence of Mrs. M. G.
Banks. 206 Chestnut street. District
No. 4, with Mrs. r. F. Smith at 215
Euclid avenue and district No. 5. at
the home Of Mrs. Kennedy, 1402
Cheyenne avenue. 4
Miss Clair Thoraldson has returned
from a three months visit in the Twin
Cities and adjacent lakes. En- route
home she was a guest at a house par
ty in Wahpeton:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Trepanier are
entertaining Miss Adeline Fisett of the
Mailion Dollar Doll company, and her
Standardization, Mrs;aHornbrook. who is
ehaperoning her on the company's
tour. Mrs. Hornbrook and Miss Fiset
arrived this morning and will spend
Sunday in the city.
Prof. H. Alden Enyeart and Mrs
Enyeart. who nave been absent from
town during most of the summer, are
expected to return on Wednesday.
The South End circle of the Con.
gregationa1 guild will be entertained
by Mrs. G.. r. Samuels at her home
314 South Fourth street. Wednesday
afternoon. This will be the first work
meeting of the fall and all members
are expected to be present.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S.. Brynjolfson o.
Belmont avenue have beer entertain
ing their nephew, Douglas Mckay o.
Park City. Utah, during the week. Mr.
Mckay left last night en- route fol
American Lake, Wash, where HI
goes into training for military service