The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN
 WOMEN DOING GREAT WORK
Past Year Has Been One of Marked Activity-Mrs. H. L. Badham Succeeded by
 Mrs. Scale Harris as President.
By CAROLYN E. ELLIOTT


 Organization of the Independent Presby- /. terian Church" sounds substantial and =. dependable. without any camouflage of ~ - - and furbelows
 .-e.. Indeed the name suggests just what the ; ., organization stands for-the forethought q. and sympathy and service of women CO., operating in systematic way to help q carry on" the great mission of the church.
 7 Y, Tn many respects this is the most re- ~ markable organization of women that l know anything about, said a friend or 2 ..-another denomination who has been :. .'.--eiose observer of women's work in her N travels through the south and west. Tn 4. the first place, it is seldom that any one church in city of this size enlists as
 many as 300 members in womans s aux .-| Hilary.
 Besides 1 think it speaks volumes for -the spirit of the organization, and the . .'appeal of work the women are engaged 1. 'i in when so many from other denomina- 4 ftions enlist with them. third remark sB S able fact is that every one of these 80 women so far as l have been able to observe is enthusiastic and always ready :. to do her bit in community service or Z z missionary work"
 -~- s'Oh we'll, you don't have to go very - liar to find one good reason" volunteered i t'one of these tnthusiastc members In .-,s, 4the first place, have remarkable ~~ts leader this year. Mrs Badham not only 9sees the needs herself but she has the ability to inspire everybody else around | s>her to see through the same kind or ss- glasses That's just what really seemed to happen because everybody worked this year. and everybody was happy in s everything we did
 s-s.-s1 ss,-.s,.--ss1 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 1919 s- Everybody surely must have been happv in accomplishment for the 1919 rec .ords are filled with results of pro .-sramme that included in it's financla! .tpdget and community service the Mercy
 home Neighborhood house, Old Ladies
 home Children's hospital, Tuberculosis o4 camp and other welfare institutions of
 the city.
 ITO know is to do" is ancient i1s proverb that is just as true as in i've
 olden time" Thefefore the friend of the ~ vonan's organization suspicious that
 Mrs w l.. Murdoch's programmes every
 Monday afternoon, that enlisted speakers
 from T. W. c. A., Mercy home, juvenile
 court and all the philanthropic efforts of
 the city added a large share of cheerful .'.. ness to the service and the financial of- : ferings.
 : Mrs. Murdoch never does anything half
 way" agreed the enthusiastic member,
 .sand as chairman of the programme . committee I think she brought to us / sneakers who practically covered every ' 'rhase of social service in Birmingham. l-The 20 minutes we spent every Monday listening to them l found was liberal
 education along missionary lines here at
 home.
 -r'Besides missionary programmes Mrs. ~.- Murdoch s prospectus for the year offered delightful addresses from Mrs. McLester E on "The Original Trained Nurse;" from Mir Frank P. Glass, who illustrated with
 pictures his trip abroad: from Madame "A Nakivoros on 'The Women of Russia. sDr. Newfeld on "The League of Ma v tions" and Miss Annie Williams on
 ''Work of the Sunday School"
 sMrs. Chandler and Miss Mccarthy va, s tried the literary programmes with two --nausicales, and Dr. Eaves brought Bible \. messages to us each week from the book of John. I don't think anything was
 more helpful to me personally, nor to the Y spirit of our work than these talks of Dr. Faves.
 IF GOOD WORK OF COMMITTEES Then there are all those wonderful
 committees" suddenly remembered the --enthusiastic member. "The finance com r.ittee, with Mrs. Jack Bowron chair man. Red Cross committee, under Mrs. s-R D. Burnetts leadership: the enter " tainment committee, of which Mrs. John = <, -Colwell is chairman the civic welfare, .7' with Mrs. Solon Jacobs at the helm: ,a rublcty-and you can guess Mrs. Rich < Sard Johnston just made to take care r.os that; decoration, with Mrs. w, H. .,- -kettig to put the artistic finishing
 
 Y -srsic that hath it's charms when Miss " Emma Mccarthy and Mrs F. G. Chan
 dler have anything to do with it. A zsFunday school chairman, too. Mrs. Wal Tter Beasley.'
 3 s.'I know about the Sunday school" in- s /, terrupted the friend. 'Ninety-fo per { -cent of the children of the church en- : :. .Iolled in Sunday school. Finer, !. .s'sS1 Tt certainly is the best Sunday s1---school membership record in Birming- ;--. ham, I think" agreed the enthusiastic 'ss-~-ene Mrs Badham's wisdom in the Msselection of . chairman was proven when the Sunday school afterward ..~appointed Mrs. Beaslev director of re- --.1igious education.
 ( Z. .., ., --"This offered opportunity to CO., -';' ';'~rordnate without overlapping the mis- ~.---si onary activities of the woman's so- - ciety, and the educational work of the sysunday school You know Mrs Bad sham always stressed the importance I@of uniting the interests of young peo- .-pie with those of men and women in the church and her Sunday school F. rommittee is factor in accomplish Z .s ling this
 ! ..-..--e s--s Mrs. Beas1eyss committee is com ~--s%.posed of Mrs. James Martin Mrs. Kate irs Howard. Mrs. I. M. Robertson. Mrs. John Leedy. Mrs. E. L. Scruten. Mrs Chalmers Moore and Mrs. Elwyn Ball. \ lard. An these women are teachers --in Sunday school. so of course know
 
 x. means a great deal in co-ordinating = our efforts.
 \ HELP WITH PROGRAMMES
 "Another way we help." continued Sr~Hthe enthusiastic member. "is in special 8A Sunday school programmes Last
 Easter. you remember. the woman's
 organization presented Mrs Leonard .. .. ~Beecher. who read the story of Mary. +rs-The most beautiful Easter programme twas carried out that I ever saw. as- +4....--sfsted by Mrs. Beaslev and her Sun
 day school children Our organization gyv always assists in Sunday school equip j .ss .ssment too. and in any decorations that tx ssare needed in carrying out pro- N Eramme
 "" "T know another secret that ac-
 counts for the systematic accomplish
 ment of 300 women" reminded the
 friend. Tt is that they are organized
 into the seven bands that have been working so hard all the year for that
 bazaar held recently in Mrs. Hubert kDrennens home when YOU realized Ti~--820oo
 ', sFF,t1--~"Yes. indeed" chimed in the mem