The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
YEARLY MEETING
IS IN PROGRESS
ANNUAL EXECUTIVE GATHERING
OF IOWA FRIENDS.
OLD OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Greeting and EpistIes Read-New
Ministers Recommended-Repo
On Whites Institute-Ross Had
ley Tells About Missions.

Hearty MSNllllS luGSudg lOI0lNSd
from some of its elder members
greetings of good cheer and comfort
and among these We're those of John
II. Douglas of Whittier, California,
md Pliny Fry of Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Gilbert Bowles and his
wife. Minnie p Bowles, who are now
on their way to Japan for the second
time, also left greetings of pleas
! ing character and it was recommend
ed that these mission workers be en-
dorsed to the Toxic Yearly Meeting.
Appropriate REPLIES will be sent to
these parties by a special committee
appointed by the Yearly Meeting,
composed of Clarence Il. Pickett, j.
Morris Lennon, Anna Smith, Jesse
| r. Williams and w. S. Kitch.
Ministers Reported.
In the reports from the Quarterly
meetings, Ackworth recommended
George l.. White to the ministry, Sa-
lem presented Guy w. Harvey and
Bear Creek presented Willis X. Ora
ven and Charles III. Vincent These
candidates were referred to jeremiah
Coffin, Edwin Loft, ]. Z. Hartsuck,
T.. IT, Stranahan, Laura Townsend,
Mary Sopher and Robert Mather, for
examination. Honey Creek Quarter
lily Meeting also presented matter
involving interests that was referred
to the Permanent Board.
| Officers Elected.
| At the afternoon session the repre-
sentatives presented as the officers
of the Yearly Meeting, Presiding
Clerk, Sterhen NJ. Hadley; Recording
Clerk, Cora M. Mattison; Reading
Clerk, Richard r. Newly, and An
nouncing Clerk, ]. E. Hartsuck, all of
these being reelected. The roll of
absentees was called on account of
the late arrivals.
| Relative To War.
A statement from the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting was presented re.
garding the relation of the Society of
Friends to the present war conditions
and the document after being read was
referred to a special committee com,
posed of Alvin Hoskins, Clarence r.
Pickett, Franklin Hadley l.. V. Car
ter, Frank MicheSer, Nora Craven
and Malinda p. Hunt
Whites Institute. !
! The report of the trustees and the
| treasurer of Whites Iowa Manual
Labor Institute at Mt Hamill, Lee
county, Iowa, was presented and
while indicating a decidedly thriv,
ing condition of affairs, still there
| was need of a more active interest,
in particularly the school work of the
! institution, on the part of the mem
bers of the Yearly Meeting. There
are portions of the buildings that
need to be finished for the use of adj
lditional scholars.
There are now forty children in
the school and provision should also
be made for these young people to
secure the benefit of high school
course and as many of the young
folks are helping in the affairs of the
| farm and home, it is TO be preferred
! that this additional school work he
secured at the Institute, rather than
have the children go to other schools
and live among strangers
Charles o. Whitley, Mrs. T.. II.
Stranahan. Ora w. Carol, K. X. New
by and Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Graham,
the superintendent and matrOn OF
the Institute, all SPOKE regarding the
great possibilities for good that this
nome, school and farm afforded to
the future of the Yearly Meeting in
Iowa. The report of the trustees
and the treasurer Of the Institute
was received by rising vote and il