Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-03
CHURCH WOMEN
AT TOP SPEED
in GATHERING
Mrs. Robert Bagnell Succeeds
Miss Lodge as President
of Methodist Body

Important business was trans
acted this morning by the Philadel-
phia branch of the Womans For
eign Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, which is
? holding four-day meeting in the
Fifth Street Church. The spcet.
with which the different items on
the program were disposed of
evoked the admiration of a city of
ficial present and brought from him
the observation that so big a pro-
gram, involving the election of new
officers and other important mat
ters, couldn't be done" without
much lengthy ado, not to mention
other glaring ways of carrying cleo
tions and doing things in political
bodies.
Mrs. H. C. Sheaffer. chairman of
the nominating committee, who
facetiously reminded the delegates
to the meeting what was expected
of them by the city official in the
course of the election, speeded up
this part of the program in retala-
ton for the "slander," with the fol-
lowing results which were achieved
in record time and without graft" "
All the officers of last year of i'm
portance, with the exception of
. president, were reelected. These
are:
Mrs. BagnelI New President
President, Mrs. Robert Bagnell
Harrisburg; Vice-presidents,, Mrs
Cyrus d. Foss, Philadelphia; Mrs.
Joseph f. Berry, Philadelphia; cor
responding secretary, Miss C. ].
Carnahan, Pittsburgh; assistant cor
responding secretary, Miss ]. II.
Knox, Pittsburgh secretary of
Home Department. Miss Susan c.
Lodge, Philadelphia; recording Sec
retary, Mrs. w. t. Cooper, Lans-
downe, Pa; treasurer, Mrs. Curtis
Sooy, Philadelphia; superintendent
of Young Peoples Work, Mrs. III.
H. Campbell, Holly Oak, Del; SUI
perintendent of Children's Work,
Miss Ina Wilhelm, Holly Oak, Del;
editor of quarterly, Mrs. II. c.
Sheaffer, Wiconisco. Pa; secretary
of literature, Mrs. Emma F. Shilling.
Wilmington. Del; secretary of spe-
cial work, Miss Helen r. Pershing,
Williamsburg, Pa; students secre.
tary, Mrs. o. p. Akers, Meadville,
Pa; secretary of tithing. Mrs. l.. l..
T. Swisher, Warren, Pa; secretary OF
extension work, Miss Emma Becker,
Lebanon; secretary of interdenomk
national work, Mrs. Thomas II.
Alexander, Claymont Del; secre-
tary of publicity, Mrs. Charles II.
Newing, Wilkes Barre; auditor,
Frank A. Sorber, Philadelphia.
But One Change i'll Leaders
Miss Susan c. Lodge, who has had
the distinction of being the society's
president for many years past, re-
signed, Mrs. Bagnell being elected
to this office. 1t was the only i'm
portant change in the personnel of
the officers made at the meeting to-
day.
Next in importance on the bust
ness program this morning was the
election of delegates to represent the
Philadelphia branch at the general
executive meeting of the society to
be held in Cleveland October 81 to
November 5. These were decided
upon as follows:
Miss Catherine S. Maxwell, Cham
bersburg, Pa; Mrs. H. II. Campbell.
Holly Oak, Del: alternate delegates
elected wede: Mrs. C. NJ. Olmsted,
of Kingston. Pa, and Mrs. n. w.
Nolen, of Pittsburgh.
Meet in Altoona in 1919
BY an unanimous vote of the
memb bers, Altoona was chosen as
the next meeting place of the Phila-
delphia branch of the society. This
will occur in 1919.
Many of the papers scheduled to
be read at the morning session were
put over until this afternoon, but
the few which were read were of
vital interest to members and au-
ditors alike.
Mrs. Curtis Sooy, branch secre-
tary of extension, read a paper on
Seed in Good Ground" describing
and interpreting the work done
among women in the home and else
where, who, owing to invalidism,
duties of motherhood or other rea-
sons are kept from regular church
attendance. Invariably such as
these are kept on the inside
track" of things religious during
their forced stay indoors with the
result that when they emerge upon
the spiritual life of the church
proper they find themselves not
whit behind their more fortunate
commandments.
In the group of reports made this
morning three missionary candi-
dates were introduced and two an
nounced. The former were Miss
Elizabeth Kilburn, Miss Emma E.
Donohugh and Miss Hazel Work.
man. The latter were Miss Ruth
Dansom and Miss Frances Wander
grift.
Bishops Wife on Program Tonight
The feature of the meeting this
evening will be the address of Mrs.
William Frazier Mcdowell, wife of
Bishop Mcdowell. The Queen of the
Treasure Garden" is the topic of this
speaker. Mrs. Robert Bagnell. the
newly elected president, will preside
tonight.