Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-20
TELLS OF GREAT MISSION
 OPPORTUNITIES IN TURKEY

orFOR tONiItES IN TURKEY With delegates present from the Congregational churches in Eastern Connecticut, the semi annual meeting Of the Eastern Connecticut Branch of the Women's. Board. of Missions was held Wednesday at the Hugh Osgood Memorial Parish House. There were morning and afternoon sessions. Routine, business occupied the greater part of the morning session which opened at Il o'clock. Mrs. Henry T. Arnold, delegate to the an nual meeting held recently in Provi- | dence, save g very interesting report. Miss Abby Willard Of Colchester, the | president of the Eastern Connecticut branch, n esided at both morning and afternocn sessions.
 At noon luncheon in charge of Miss Laura Subert and Mrs, Robert Coch- I ran. assisted by Mrs. Neville Blicu. i Miss Hattie Holt and Mrs William 1T. Crarda:i was served in the dining room of rhe Parish House to seventy five women, representing thirteen aux l tlia1ies from Windham and New Lon /, don counties.
 The afternoon session was called to order at two o'clock by Miss Willard After singing the Missionary Hymn. 1 prayer was offered by Miss Margaret l Campbell. president of the United ! thurcl Auxiliary. after which Mrs. Henry T. Arnold. who was a delegate from ark church to the recent con- ] ference in Providence. spoke briefly 1 on ways and means of b-ln14ng mis sionary education to all the l;fferest | 6era"'mtr ts of the church. Es;,e. al i ly IS it desired to impress children wei. the importance of missions and l Nl .,-S, .J. ,s Il, 5 l. ".:s fo that purpose Y is taken IT in iEis Ct un+r. with gooi re...ils X pl.ri.ts' - u teer band IS als3 adIc- c4- '' % fe'p. rather than ret; -d ;.ll | those younP reople- who may feel the cal. to d' mission work i,: foreign lands
 Mrs. 4. N. i. vaughr contributed several valuable ideas eicaned from attendance at this conv ention rela- tive to the high cost of living. which hrs affected mission work very heav- | fly, making difficulties which. from 6 nlisslonarv's standpoint, are only add cd privileges and opportunities.
 Miss Isabcl Blake of Po:1 Said, prin- cipal speaker for the afternoon ther told in very interesting way of her work in Turkey from 1905 to 1912 and her subsequent duties. when the 1 war prevented an immediate return after fGrlough to the mission field with the Palestine Comm ssion located i at the Armenian camp in Port Said Egypt. under the auspices of the Red | Cross. Within few months Miss i Blake hopes to return to her former post, eoing out once more as mis- sionary under tho Women's Board.
 The mission in Turkey was 8 widely scattered one. extending in al over 1 900 miles. The missionaries moi only taught in the schools but trained | native teachers in elementary and primary work. Such a thing as : real public school in Turkey is i'm possible. So well conducted and sue cessfu were the mission schools tl1a the Gregorians and even the Moham medans tried to pa tern their native institutions after them.
 One Of ttc r1oaf .i1t eresting Of th' miSsionarH- trt 'i':ls iiaf to- cid A,s tioch with .ts f5cen. "'t';.s f,'54-
 Saint T;F+ll'S tifSa "s tl;7t0., t'- s."cnees-f >-''e t ir-~ th.. n..',,. s ,A D, tile -,s gs :f., ,s.a side; wero ricn with 1nu beT.
 
 their red-tilcd roofs were indicat;H
 Of rTcsoerity There was ;1 prosper ous silE-worln industrs m&intaine
 here 0n the other side of this noun
 tain the men raised crops and cattle and carried on :; thriving trade wit the Arabs, making combs out of bon
 and lemon wood. whi:e the womel
 wove beartifI Il lace. for which the
 found & ready mar>et at Aleppo.
 But, in months time. with the be
 ginning of the terrible lnassacres b
 the Turks who were only puppets c
 the Germans, all this smiling prosper
 ity was changed Then the cruel de
 portation of the Arlnenians began. tn women and children being sent ou
 into the desert, and the men shot.
 About 4.000 ArInenians refused |
 obey the Turks. and fled instead |
 the high mountain-top where the
 ran up a flag of. distress. which wa
 seen by a French cruiser sailing D.
 The marines responded to the call fc
 help. and took the 1000 refugees
 Egypt, where they were allowed