Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-09
WOMAN'S BOARD
Meeting SHOWS
fine PROGRESS

The annual meeting OF the Woman's
Board OF Missions for the Pacific Is
lands was held Tuesday. June 5th. al
ter devotional exercises conducted b7
Miss Kathryn Adams Of kawaiahao
Seminary. the morning Was spent In the
reading Of annual reports from the
secretaries, the treasurer, the super
intendents Of the various departments
Of work, foreign. japanese, Chinese
Hawaiian, and Portuguese, and from
the associated groups Of girls in Homo
lulu and board members Of other Is
lands. Music was rendered by Mrs
Westeryelt. Deaconess Folsom brought
greetings from the ladies Of the Epis-
copai church.
New Buildings Opened
, Noteworthy among tie years WORK
are the six Christmas boxes sent to
China, and the Increase OF interest,"
taken py the Sunday School chtldr en-.
which. made this increase possible.
The Japanese Children's Home, and
the new building at Moiliih have op'
ened the way to more efficient work
in many ways. The anticipated changes
in the lower rooms of Fort Street
church will make them available 70:
wider use In that growing institution.
Officers selected for the coming
year are: President, Mrs. Theodore
Richards; honorary vice-presidents,
Mrs. s. z. Bishop, Mrs. o. H. Quick.
Miss Margaretta Shelley; active vice
presidents, Miss Alice z. Knapp, Mrs.
Henry p. Judd, Mrs. r. D. Williams;
recording secretary, Mss Dorothy G.
RowelI; home corresponding secreta'
~, Mrs. Edgar Wood; foreign cores
ponding secretary, Miss Agnes e.
Judd; treasurer, Mrs. B. r. Dilling'
ham: assistant treasurer, Mrs. John +.
Doyle: auditor, Mr.. w. J. Forbes.
Committees for f917.fefe
Nominating-Mrs. w. ". Thayerl
chairman, Mrs. w. ]. Forbes, Mrs.
Carl Andrews. s ,-~.
Luncheon-Mrs. A. Fuller.
Apprenticeship. w. r. Castle,
chairman, Mrs. B. r. Dillingham;. Miss
Cora varney, Mrs. A. g. Alexander.
Membership-Mrs. A.. c. Alexander,
chairman. ssss.g- ~.
Program, Miss Abbie Newton, chair
mar ..+' . ~ - 81. ' s.s': y
Sewing, Mrs. d. r. Thrum. @<@@
Departmental committees Foreign
Mrs. N. C. Schenck, chairman; Chi
nese, Mrs. g. L. Bergman, chairman;
Beretania, Mrs. A. L. Dean chairman;
Japanese, Mrs. r. 8. Scudder, chair.
man; Portuguese, Mrs. J. p. Erdman,
chairman; Hawaiian, Mrs., May VII.
cox, chairman. Id
Appropriations for isi7.is1s -
Settlement worker, Moiliili district
$1,000; settlement worker, town dis
frict, $1,000; visitor among the Japan
csc, $500; special worker among the
Japanese, $500; Bible reader among
Portuguese, $3.50; Lin Ching, China,
$40: Mt. Silinda, Africa. $40 Associ.
ated Charities, s19i Child Welfare
Committee membsfBhipf IS; special
child welfare work, go; special needs
of departments, $500: printing and
supplies, $175; total 1880.
Methods Are Discussed
After 9 social hour spent at the bias.
ket. luncheon, served in the, parish
house. two speakers were introduced,
Mrs. Sheffield telling Of her Life work
IN China, 70 which she IL soon to re-
turn, and Mrs. ]. H. Williams, who
discussed methods OF planning and
cooperation In mission study and or
ganization, as carried out In the Wo'
mans Board Of the Pacific, IN which
Mrs. williams has been active.