South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-13
MAYOR CALLS
ON PEOPLE To
GIVE THANKS
Sunday Set Aside As Day of
Praise For PeaCe-Gun-
SauIuS to Address Big
Night Meeting.

Sunday is to be a day OF thanks
giving in South Bend for the return
OF world peace.
Mayor Carson Wednesday issued a
proclamation. calling upon the peo-
pie Of the city, Of every religious
denomination, TO attend services
Sunday at their respective places OF
worship sometime during the day.
and the churches OF the city plan
10 unite in holding a big peace
thanksgiving mass meeting Sunday
night.
The mayors proclamation follows:
ITO the Churches and the Peo-
pie:
LAS mayor OF the city OF South
Bend I request all of the
churches of the city. Protes-
tant and Catholic, and Of every
denomination to make Sunday,
Nov. II, a day OF special thanks
giving and on that day to de-
vote their services particularly
10 returning thanks 10 God who,
in His wonderful graciousness.
has permitted America and her
allies to gain a great and, let us
all hope, an everlasting victory
for peace and right information
al living. I feel this time should
not be permitted to pass with
out such recognition Of the Most
High I'm our hour OF rejoicing
and so I appeal not only TO all
churches to hold special peace
and thanksgiving services next
Sunday but to all persons in
South Bend as residents or tenn
porarily as visitors TO f1ll the
churches and TO give thanks for
the blessing Of peace which has
been granted us.
FRANKLIN r. CARSON,
Mayor.
South Bend, Ind, Nov. 1S.
1918"
Churches Plan Meeting.
A jubilee meeting and celebration
will be held at the high school audi
torium Sunday night at 8 o'clock un-
der the auspices OF the South Bend
Ministerial association Rev G w
Titus. "the Fighting Parson." OF
Mishawaka, will be in charge Of the
meeting. DR.. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Of Chicago, has been asked TO deliv-
er the principal address and word
his acceptance.
The high school orchestra will fur
nish music for the occasion. There
will be community singing Of the ma
tionaI airs. led by L. c. Whitcomb.
This was agreed upon at a special
meeting of the South Bend Minister
ial association held at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Tuesday afternoon. A committee
composed of Rev. Guy II. Black,
chairman. Rev. U. S. Davis and Rev
c. A. Ldppincott, was appointed 70
make the necessary arrangements
for the meeting and arrange the pro-
gram.
At the regular monthly meeting
Of the South Bend Sunday School Su-
perintendents club, held in the ban
quet hall OF the Y. VI. c. A, Tues
day night. plans for a similar meet
ing were made to be held Sunday
dAAtl IOOll Ills meeting was NclAA
celled when the club was advised OF
the meeting being arranged by the
Ministerial association.
The Sunday School Superintend-
ents club meeting was presided over
by z. F. Alternately. president Of the
club, and the subject FOR discussion
was, Religious Life OF Teacher and
Pupils" The discussion was led by
C. b. Stevens. superintendent OF the
First Baptist Sunday school
The club is organized for the pur-
pose of considering the many prob
lens that arise in the work connect
ed with the Sunday school, consider
alton of methods and forming a feel
ing OF good fellowship among the
schools.