The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13
EPWORTA LEAGUERS
TO MEET HERE JUNE IS
MANY PROMINENT METH0DISTS
WILL BE PRESENT
Program Given Elsewhere in This
Paper-Committees for Entertain
ing and Securing Quarters for Wis
itOrs and Delegates Made Public.

With the preparation that is being
made locally for the coming Ep-
worth League conference, it promises
To be great conference. The COM
inittee to secure homes has secured
homes for about 240, and about 300
ara exnected. IL there are those
who can take more than they have
promised, or If there are those who
have not yet agreed to take anyone,
phone Rev. r. "A. Clark and tell him
how many you can accommodate. Mr..
Clark states that several families of
other churches have kindly thrown
open their homes, which he appre-
ciates very much
Every auto in town will be needed
to help get the delegates to their
homes Tuesday, the largest delega-
ti0ns coming in on the two afternoon
trains Tuesday evening from the
north and south. Then all the autos
viii be needed to carry the confer
ence to the picnic grounds, Klingman's
grove, at 5 o'clock Wednesday after
noon, and also in carrying them to
the landing station to see the airplanes
about o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Communicate with some member of
the transportation committee and Of
fer your car.
Everyone who has guest in their
home will be expected to carry al
basket to the picnic Wednesday after
noon, and it is suggested that you
basket be tagged and that each lady
or some member Of the family look
after their individual basket. There
will be cars to take not only the 300
visitors to the picnic grounds, but
the families of all who entertain, SO
it is expected that there will be at
least 500 to attend the picnic. The
picnic will last from about 5 in the
afternoon till s, all getting back to
the church in time to hear Bishop
Atkins at night.
There will be some member of the |
reception committee To meet all Of the |
trains, and on Tuesday afternoon the |
entire committee, as well as great |
many other of the leaguers and
friends will meet the train from
Memphis, which will bring fully 100
delegates.
The church will be beautifully dec
GRATED in the league colors, old gold
and white, and each visitor will have
q nice badge pinned on him when he
arrives at the church, BY the cour-
tesy committee.
Rev. Robt. A. Clark, the pastor
Of the local church, has been president
of the conference five years prior
to this, and naturally wants to see
his church surpass in hospitality and
successful entertaining any town that
yet has entertained, and Mr.. Clark
y being Loyalty supported by his en-
tire congregation and many others
Of the town, regardless of their
church affiliations.
Quite number Of ministers win /
be in attendance upon the confer
ence, rs or more, but the delegation
VIII be composed largely Of young
men and young women who come
from the So or 80 Epworth Leagues
in the conference. The first session
Of the conference win open Tuesday
night, and the whole town is invited Il
70 this and every session.
The program for the entire con-
ference is reproduced elsewhere in
this issue.
The following committees have in
charge the arranging of details be-
fore and during the conference:
Entertainment Committee (Homesl !,
Rev. Robt. A. Clark, chairman: Mrs.
N. G, Brown; Misses Ursula Elan.
Sarah Hill and Louise O'Neal.
Reception Committee Ito meet all II
trains): w. L. Rose, chairman; Miss
Lima Hamilton, Miss Virgie Moore |,
Mr.. Garnet Elan, Mrs. James Owen. Ii
Miss Ella B. Bell, Miss Sarah Hill.
Miss Minnie Haynie, Miss Louise \,
O'Aeal, Miss Maud White, Miss Anita
Garrett. Miss Marguerite Gotten. Miss h
Nina Maley. Miss Leeron Atkins.
Miss Maud Gift.
Committee on Assignments (plae.
Ing delegates): Mark al. Sherrod.
chairman; Miss Mattilou Brown, Mrs. ,
May Hill Richardson, Arnold Maley. :
Transportation Committee: ]. All
Shelton, chairman: G. A. Girdner, w.
n. Bailey, /. Fl. Lowenhaupt, James !
Shelton ]. II. Flippin, Edwin Smith,
S. j. Templeton.
Picnic Dinner Committee (seeing 10
dinner: Mrs. G.. B. Gil
lespie, chairman; Mrs. H. R. Rose. ]
Miss 0tha Elam, Miss Wilmoth Whit
ley, Miss Ruth Ruffin, Miss Inez
Moore. Mrs. John Y. Peete, Mrs. ]. r
H. Flippin, Miss Virgie Moore. Miss T
Mamie Cobb, Miss Grace Lowenhaupt. I
Miss Gladys Pennel, Mrs. ]. G. viii
son, Mrs. Paul Gillespie, Miss Nellie I
Garrett, Miss Winnie Hastings. 4
Committee on Picnic Ices: C. A. /
Elan, chairman: j. Lauderdale Rich !
ardson, Edwin Brown, Brown Lowen- 4
haupt, Miss Mildred Cobb, Miss Maud
Gill E
Courtesy Committee: Miss Mar !
guerite Gotten. chairman; Miss Kath- I
crime 0'Neal, Miss Lucille Bailey. Miss
Ida Shelton, Miss Katherine Gill.
Decorating Committee: Miss Hem Z
ale Herring, chairman; Mrs. G. P. Ia
Simonton, Mrs. viii Lowenhaupt, +
Mrs. Lee Baltser, Miss Pauline Smith, 4
Miss Louise Hill, C. N. Volz, Oscar b
Hopper. J.. Lauderdale Richardson,
Mss Lieuvenia Rose.
Picnic Grounds COMMITTEES. Oscar +
Hopper. chairman; Harry Culbreath, +
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