The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-20
ARRANGE SUPPER
FOR MEMBERS OF
ALL COMMITTEES
Laymen's Missionary Con
vention Plans Gathering
Force in Bridgeport.
MAKING PLANS FOR
WOMEN'S MEETING
Gathering Held at Y. M. G.
A. and Committees to Fur
Their Object Are Named.

Members of the general registra-
ton committee of the Laymen's Mis-
sionary Movement, planning for big
convention, have arranged for sup
per to be held at the First Baptist
church Tuesday evening, April %, at
$50 o'clock for the men who have
been appointed on the local Church
Registration committees. It is ex-
pected several hundred men will be
| in attendance. There will be no
charge, but a silver collection will be
taken during the evening. Ministers,
| Sunday school superintendent, and
! officers of all of the churches are in
vited to attend with the general exec
utive committee, and members of the
various convention committees.
| All of the convention committees
have not been fully completed, but the
General Registration Committee is as
follows: A. E. Lavery, chairman,
George H. Noble, Paul L. Miller, c. C..
| GaskelI, Newton H. Hoyt, c. M. Cole,
Frank V. Burton, E. W. McCutcheon,
H M. Nichols, Jesse G. Porter, G. H.
Emery, Ralph Sprague, F. B. Curtis,
E. T. Buckingham, Tracy B. Lord.
The Statistics and Survey Commit
ter I. Neithercut, chairman;
Charles M. Cole, Henry w. Hincks,
William H. Griffith, Earl Lindsey,
Ralph Sprague, John Hedberg, Harry
Read, Henry c. Reid.
The PRAYER Committee-H. Almon
Chaffee, chairman; F. E. Plumb, F. c.
Featherstone, J. S. wooster, H. w
Hincks, Carl Hawk, W. c. Arnold.
The Deputation Committee - Her
bert S. Brown, chairman.
Arrangement Committee - George
S. Hawley, chairman.
Publicity Commtttee-W. G. Taylor,
chairman.
Finance Committee-C. E. Billion,
chairman.
Those churches which have not ap-
, pointed a local Church Registration
Committee will kindly do so at once
and send their names in to William e
Holloway, executive secretary, Y. M
c. A The ministers and registration
chairmen of the various churches viii
. also advise Chairman Lavery or Mr.
Holloway how many plates to reserve
at the supper Tuesday evening fol
their church by IL o'clock Monday.
Convention Tor women
A meeting of the General Executive
Committee and the officers of tn
Women's Societies has just been hell
at the Y. W. c. A. Mrs. w. H. Da.
presided. Mrs. Stephen F. Sherman
Jr., Chairman of the Nominatin,
committee reported the following Of
ficers and members of the Genera
Committee: Mrs. Geo. M. Brown, Mrs
Carl Foster, Mrs. E. H. Bronson, Mrs
H W. Hincks, Miss Lena Sheldon
Mrs. Stephen F. Sherman, Jr., vic
chairman, and Mrs. Geo. P. Rand
Mrs. Frank V. Burton, Miss Anni
johnson, Mrs F. W. Read, Mrs. Fred
Rhodes, Mrs. D. M. Lewis, Mrs. s. "
Gledhill, DR.. H. L. Van Deusen, Mrs
S. C. Jones, Mrs. Geo. c. Goulder
Mrs. John R Brown, Mrs. w. ]. Grip
pin, Mrs. E C. Rideout, Mrs. Paul L
Miller Mrs, Herbert S. Brown, Mrs
Jos. J, Rose, Miss Sara Beach, Mr.
W. B. Boardman, Mrs W. Seymou
Lacy, Mrs. Geo. Sherwood, Mrs. H. A
bloomsbury, Miss Henderson.
After the convention work was ex
planned the women divided up into de
nominational groups and began il
earnest and with enthusiasm the pre-
paration work for the coming con
vention.
A general committee under tn
craftsmanship of Andrew Kean is be
ing organized to prepare for a con
vention for young people. A mas
meeting for the young people of tn
city and vicinity is called to meet a
the First Presbyterian church at
p. m. on Sunday, April %, at whicl
= time plans will be completed by tn
!. Laymen's Missionary movement TO
Ian inspiring program for the youn,
people,