The Press., 1919-01-30

?. The Hospital Aid society will meet
 at the Johnson. hospital Thursday
 afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. ...
 Word was recently received from
 Benjamin Schofield. He is now on
 German territory with the army of occupation. He has been in many severe battles, but has not been in
 jured
 The fourth quarterly conference of
 the Methodist Episcopal church was
 held on last Saturday evening. Re-
 ports were read by pastor and all
 officers and organizations. These re-
 ports showed the church to be in good
 condition. The conference by vote re-
 quests the re-appointment of Rev. o.
 J. Aldrich to this church at the an
 nual conference which will meet in
 Taunton. Mass. on March 26. On
 Sunday morning a splendid sermon
 was preached by the district superin-
 tendent to a large congregation. On
 next Sunday morning Rev. Roger All
 right, one of the Methodist Centenary
 workers, will be present and speak at
 the morning service. In the evening
 the pastor will give an illustrated lec-
 ture on South America.
 The annual meeting of the Holland
 County Sunday School association.
 which was postponed from last fall,
 was held at the Congregational church
 last Friday. Rev. Percy B. Thomas
 of Rockville, president of the associ-
 ation presided. The afternoon ses- sion opened with a devotional service | led ty Rev. l.. Rees. Rev. M. Raymond l Plumb of the Congregational church of Windham gave a practical address on Missionary Instruction in the Sun day School, making a strong plea for systematic effort in stimulating mis- sionary interest among the boys and girls Miss Fanny Kingsbury of Tal cottvilfe demonstrated. in fifteen min utes, q missionary program for the primary department. Wallace l. Woodwin of Hartford, who Is field secretary for the State Sunday School
 Union. spoke particularly in the in terest of q summer school for Sunday School workers to e held a week in July at the Connecticut College for Women at New London. Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin of Hartford. whose spec ial work is in the Children's Division, talked informingly of her experiences. Mrs. Stock attended, as did the next speaker. Mrs. Maize B. Clarke of Hart ford, the Sunday School Conference at Buffalo and they 10th brought Lack many interesting and helpful sugges- tiOns. After the Departmental Con- ferences supper was served in the chapel to about seventy-tive. Rev. o. J. Aldrich of the Methodist Episcopal church led the evening devotional ser vice. The evening address on The Power of Personality" was made very convincing ly Rev. William Harvey Bath of the Methodist church of South Manchester. The attendance was large ana the StllHuluS Sdlueu TOT greater effort should prove of high value. At the business meeting the following officers were elected: President, Rev. James T. Carter, Ellington; vice-presidents, Rev. O. J. Aldrich, Stafford Springs and J. T. Mcknight, Ellington; secretary, Rev. R. w. Ferguson, Rockville; treasurer, E. w. Avery, Rockville. Department superintehdents: Elementary, Miss Edna Latham, Columbia; secondary, Miss Edith G. Cushman, Stafford Springs; adults, A. Vail Smith, Som CTS; home, Mrs. E: s. Lyman, Somers teachers training, Rev. H. C.. Beebe, South Coventry, and Miss Florence A. Morse of Talcottville; temperance, Mrs. F. H. Plumb, Stafford. District treasurers: No. 1, Miss Edna Latin am, Columbia; No. 2, Miss R. O. Hall, South Wilmington; No. 3, E. w. Avery, Rockville; No 4, Miss Isadore Dun ham, Stafford. District secretaries, No. 1, Clayton E. Hunt, Columbia; No. 2, Mrs Ida Mathews, South Will lington; No. 3, l.. H. Fuller, Rock vile; No 4, Miss E. Millie Royce, Staff ford Springs.