The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-10
S.. CONVENTION
CREATESINTEREST
Two-Day Convention Of Sunday School
Workers Of County Well Attended
and Arouses Much Interest.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Mr.. Hahn, Of coifax, An Insurance
Agent, Who Has Made Good, Pres
ent and Gives Addresses.
| The annual Sabbath school cOnyen.
tion for Crawford county was held at
the Baptist church in Denison Thurs
day and Friday last. There was much
interest shown and those attending
report a most profitable time.
| Owing to the illness Of the state gen.
eral secretary, w. d. Stem, Mr.. Hut
ton, who was expected as the state
expert. was not here, but in his place,
came Mr.. Hahn, of Colfax. He is =
rustling fire insurance agent who has
| built up great business, and is now
feeling the call to take his county
we'll over the top, and to aid other
counties to come up to the best Ssh
bath school efficiency. What he had
done he told others how to do, md
thus made great leader.
Rev. Boyd, the NJ. E. pastor, had
charge of the opening exercises. At
the present time there is standard
set us, graded on points up to one
hundred, for the schools to attain to-.
When this is made special honor is CIV
en-. Mr.. Hahn gave his first talk about
these standards, explaining what each
requirement meant, using printed
chart.
Mrs E. w. Pierce told of the home
department.. This is designed to reach
homes where the people cannot get to
the regular Sunday school on account
of sickness, age or distance from the
church. Mrs. Pierce told Of how the
department had been of the greatest
benefit to the schools and individuals.
One of the strong helps to a school
is the cradle roll. This is designed to
enlist the help of the homes by making
up a roll of the babies and showing an
interest in the little ones. Mrs. G.. 5I4.A
Voss, of Denison, gave experiences as
a superintendent for the NJ. F.. church,.
All present agreed that the cradle roll
was benefit, and most important fors
a successful school.
Mr.. Dannatt, of West Side, the Ssa-st
vice president, presided over the greA~
err part Of the first session. In due
time committee appointments were
made as follows:
Nomination of new officers: r. Il.
Hoffman, Mrs. Pierce. Mrs.; r. r.
Plimpton. Mr.. Kehr, of Manila, and
VIM. Lindberg, of kiron.. -
Recommendations RaNxsR Rarks1inlllfi
Manila; Mr.. Meyers OF DenisOn, and
Mrs. Winey of Deloit. i! 59ss.sF ss.sf
|. Auditing accounts: Mrs. Pearson, OF.
Denison, Mr.. Gleiser, of Manila.
At this afternoon session there were
two big auto loads over from Manilla.
Among those present from there were
A. w. Gleiser, Rev. w. H. Parker, Mrs..
E. Baker. Mrs. Anna Buffinton, Mrs.
Isaac Hird. Mrs. Frank Brown, and G. (
F. G. Kehr. Charter Oak had strong
representation in Rev. Werner, e. F.
Lyon and wife, Mrs. L. G. McCracken.
Miss Alice c. Mays and the Misses
Marie Miller. Esther Kortman, Madora
Stark, Edna Stark and Eva Robb.
West Side sent Mr.. Dannatt, Mrs.
Steiner. Mrs. Spottswood and Mrs.
Starek, and Vail. Miss NJ. Jorgensen
and sister and Miss Mundy; Deloit had
S. D. Newton, Lovicie Morris, Mrs. Al
bert Winey; Kiron, Rev. Morton and
Mr.. Lindberg. Mrs. Nichols and Rev.
Miss Brosius came from Arion, and
Mrs. Harper. Florence Miller and Mrs.
Barker from Dow City, S3SS
At the evening session Mr.. Sears Me-.
Henry, the county president, presided.
Rev. Hamilton, of the Denison baptist
church. gave a very thoughtful talk on
the connection. of the Sabbath school (.
and the church. He held that it was
very close. the one helping and sup
porting the other. 1t was at this ses.
sion that Mr.. Hahn took up the stand
ards and tested out the penison schools
!or their standing. AT, the conclusion
po yNfi CT p1%<N1 OF ~ {
feet, or one hundred, something most I;
pleasing to the superintendent. Mrs.
Plinpton, and her capable helpers. sf
On Friday forenoon Mrs. Plimpton
gave her experiences in maintaining
classes for teacher training. Her
school now has thirty,seven who have
diplomas for teacher training work
which is remarkable record. She
has had the best success with the
young folks of high school age whose
minds are just ready to read, relnenl-
ber and have interest.
Miss JOrgenSen, the veteran temper.
ance secretary, told how she enlisted e
the schools in the latest temperance
education and of posting bills in the
campaign for constitutional prOhtbi.3
tion. 1t was at this session that Mr.. #
Meyers presided. Mr.. Dannatt read q
strong paper on the best methods Of
advertising and pushing the work in 4
this county. He presented such good
ideas that he was later selected to /.
head the county work and put them
into actual practice.
On Friday afternoon Mr.. F. L. HOfY.
man, who was the county delegate to Z
the state convention. gave an interest.
ing talk on what he heard. Later he
brought up the subject Of the graded
lesson and there was much discussion.
Lessons graded to the aga of the chill.
dren is the latest s ed plan for
Sabbath school wU- It was plain
that it works we'll in the first grades,
but the older folks like the regular In. 4
ternational lessons the best. as rule. Y
Another thing insisted upon by the
best workers is monthly cOnference
of the officers and teachers. Mr.
Hahn put special stress on this ana