The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-31
AN APPRECIATION OF DENNIS v
SNAPP.
[By Will A. Hill, Paris. Kentucky.l

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[By Will A. Hill, Paris, Kentucky.]
Dennis Vincent Snapp, Paris, KY,
whose work and interest in religious
matters, especially in the cause of the
Epworth League of his city, District
and State, has made him one of the
best known and most universally
popular young men in the Methodist
Church, of Kentucky Methodism, first
saw the light of day near the historic
Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas. e. ~,
a locality that has enriched h-.4sucky
history in many ways. His natal day
was Saturday, May 9, 1894. His
mother, Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Snapp,
(nee Hollar, daughter of the Rev.
E. S. Hollar, of Nicholas County,
Kentucky,) was left widow with
six children: Elbridge Lee, aged
eleven; Sherman Robert, aged nine;
Dennis Vincent, aged seven; three
daughters, Gladys, aged four; Edna
Dee, aged two, and Elizabeth, only
a few months old.
In 1903, Mrs. Snapp, with her six
children moved to Paris, Bourbon
County, KY, where she bravely
reared her large family under the
most trying circumstances, her only
means of livelihood being dressmak-
ing. 1t became matter of neces-
sity for the boys to secure work while
obtaining their education.
Dennis V. Snapp, the subject of
this sketch, secured position, as
printers devil" with the Paris
Kentuckian-C Citizen, the oldest news
paper in Kentucky, and while work
ing there attended the Paris Public
School, graduating from the Gram
mar School Department in 1911 He
entered the Paris High School, where
he took three years course, and is
at present studying law under the
direction of the American Extension
University.
In September, 1908, on Decision
Day." at the Paris Methodist Church
Sunday School, Dennis Snapp united
with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and was formally baptized
and received as a member of this
denomination on October 10, 1908.
From this time on he displayed a
marked interest in the religious field
of activity.
/ In June, 1911, at the age of six
teen, he was elected President of the
Paris Epworth League, Chapter No.
485, being the youngest presiding Of
ficer ever elected by this society.
There were only about twenty active
members of this organization at that
time, but under his capable leadership
the Chapter Immediately took on new
life, and its influence was felt not
only in the Methodist Church, but
the energy and enthusiasm which it
created, quickened the interest of the
other young peoples organizations
of the city.
| On July II, 1913, Mr.. Snapp re-
ceived thirty new members into the
Paris League and in the Spring Of
1914, thirty more were added to the
roll, and the Paris Chapter became
the largest League Chapter in the
Kentucky Conference in point of
membership, enjoying total enroll
ment of one hundred and fifty, with
an average attendance at the Sunday
night devotional meetings Of over
one hundred. This Chapter held the
Conference Banner for two years.
In 1914, this youthful President
was the host of the Fifth Annual As
sembly of the Kentucky Conference
|Epworth League. The Central
I MeghodlSt OF July &, 1914, SAID OF
this assembly, in part: "The Fifth
Annual Assembly was decidedly the
best ever held in the history Of the
Conference from every standpoint.
Next to the Annual Conference, the
Epworth League Assembly is the big
gest and most encouraging thing in
the Kentucky Conference. The lib
crafty of the Paris people, the un-
firing interest and courtesy of Mr..
Dennis Snapp, the local Chapter
President, and the handsome new
building, made the place of meeting
ideal and the occasion one of profit.
4 At this Conference, Mr.. Snapp was
made Secretary Of the Frankfort Dis
ltrict for the League work.
| On Sunday, May 9, 1915, in cele-
brating the twenty-frst anniversary
of the Paris League, by happy Co
incidence the anniversary was also
1.-The twenty-frst anniversary of the
J popular young president, and just be-
J fore the benediction messenger
. fastened down the church aisle with
a package for Mr.. Snapp,~ bearing in
structions to open at once. When