The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
HUNTSVILLE CHOSEN MEETING PLACE OF
 WOMAN'S SOCIETY
Mrs. J. D. Elliott Elected President of WOman's Missionary Society.
 Convention Closes

Huntsville was chosen as the place of holding the next meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the North Habama conference, which has been in session at the Highlands Meth odst church for the past three days, This Sscision was reached at the morn ing seasion yesterday and will be held in February, 1920.
 The following officers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. J. D. El- liott, Birmingham, president Mrs. w. F. Price, first vice president; Mrs. w. K. Simpson. Montevallo, second vice president; Mrs. M. P. Henderson, Bir mingham, corresponding secretary Mrs. D. D. McGehee, Decatur. recording sec retary; Miss Mamie J. Bethard, Decatur, treasurer; Mrs. l.. C. McCord, GadSden, superintendent of mission study and publicity; Mrs. Alice Johnson, Birming ham, superintendent of social service. and Mrs. A. A. GambilL superintendent of supplies.
 All district secretaries were reap pointed with the exception of the Jas per district, where Mrs William Stokes takes the place of Mrs. C. L. Burton.
 SOCIETIES PLEDGED
 The societies pledged themselves to raise $9500 to be spent in missionary work during the coming year, while the societies of the Birmingham district subscribed $3495 for next year. Other districts pledged as follows: Decatur, $615; Florence, $60U, and Haleyville, $135. Just before adjourning for lunch Mrs. B. w. Lipscomb made a brief talk on "Stewardship," which was most in teresting.
 The convention reconvened at 2 o'clock for the closing session, the de- votional services being conducted by Miss Mary Jane Baxter, a returned missionary from Brazil. Mrs. w. F. Price, first vice president, presided in the absence of Mrs. Elliott, who was called out of the city. A short talk was made by Mrs. B. w. Lipscomb of Nash vile on Life Service,' and she made an appeal for more pledges for the mis- sionary work. She has a daughter in the field in China Dr. Foster Gamble, returned missionary from Korea, head of the centenary movement for the North Alabama conference, made a short talk.
 Dr. P. B. Wells addressed the con- ference and presented to it diamond ring given by the mother of young woman in north Alabama who recent ly died of influenza. The ring was left with the request that 1t be sold and the proceeds be divided equally between the
 
 in China and the centenary movement. It is valued at $500.
 Several musical selections were rem dered by the conference quartet, com posed of Miss Fannie Taylor, Mrs J N Killough, Mrs. w. w.. Turner and Miss Emma Willoughby. An interest," ing report was read by the secretary Mrs McGehee, and a plea for co-opera- tion from Mrs E. S. Pugh, editor of the woman's page of the Christian Ad. vocate. Mrs. George Wade, president of the city mission board, made a short talk on social service. Mrs. McGehee received huge bouquet of American Beauty roses from her husband and son in Decatur Tn remembrance of her twenty fifth wedding anniversary which was yesterday.
 HOSTESS AUXILIARY
 The members of the hostess auxiliary which entertained the delegates were presented in a body, as was the Rev William C.. Echols. The chairmen of the committees on entertainment were presented as follows: Mrs. w. D. Smith, Mrs Paul Earle, Mrs. Plosser and Mrs Tarrant.
 At the conclusion of the session the delegates visited the Ensley commuh- ity house, where Miss Dorothy Grim, Miss Bessie Brand and Miss Carabell Holl1ngSworth were hostesses then on to the Avondale Wesley house. where Miss Florence Blackwell Miss Elizabeth Cunningham and Miss Azlee Moore were hostesses.
 The meeting was pronounced one of the most enthusiastic and nspirational ever held by the missionary societies