Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-03
ANNUAL MEETING
OF BIBLE CLASS
PROVES LARGEST
Members of the Organization
Taught by Mrs. John Y. Boyd
Go to Oakleigh in Autos

of the teacher. Mrs. John Y. Boyd,
was the largest yearly session in the
history of the class.
In addition to the large class
membership, Mrs. Boyd had as her
guests during the late afternoon sew
enty wounded soldiers from the Car
Isle hospital-her surprise for the
members of the class. The boys
We're brought by auto to Oakleigh
and spent an hour or more rambling
over the grounds, playing ball and
pitching quoits. Because they are
required to return to the hospital
| by 7.30 o'clock it was necessary for
them to leave early and they were
served with dinner at o'clock. Af-
| terward they entertained by singing
| choruses and quartets.
Impromptu Singing
Dinner was served to the class
members at $50 o'clock and this
part of the program was enlivened
by impromptu singing. A brief de-
votional service followed just be-
fore the business meeting. Prayers
were offered by the Revs. DR.. Lewis
S. Nudge, II. H. Baldwin and John
NJ. Warden, all honorary members
of the class.
George f. Whitney, president of
the class, conducted the business
session at which reports were re-
ceived from officers and committees.
At the election of members of the
executive committee George S. Can
ming and Raymond G.. Stover receiv-
ed the majority of votes and were
named, succeeding Ralph B. Bene-
dict and James P. Horning, whose
terms expire November /.
"Gingerbread Lady" Remembered
A feature of the evening was the
annual gift to Mrs. Minnie Taylor
known to the men of the class as
"the gingerbread lady" Mrs. Tay-
lor frequently has baked ginger
bread for monthly class meetings
and is never forgotten at the annual
meeting.
DR.. A. T. Isenburg, of Reading,
formerly of this city, and at that
time a member of the class, was the
hrst speaker. He is superintendent
of the Olivet Presbyterian Sunday
school in that city and an elder in
the church. He told of the Sunday
school activities in that city and
particularly of the work of William
Mccormick, formerly of Harrisburg,
Iho has organized four boys clubs
in Reading with a membership of
more than 1850.
Pastor Makes Address
The Rev. Harry B. King. pastor
of Paxton Presbyterian Church. and
the class teacher whenever Mrs.
Boyd is compelled to be absent, also
made short address. William s.
Rutherford, now residing in Bethle-
hem, recalled the first annual meet.
ing of the class, held at Oakleigh.
when there were twenty-one mem
bers present. He urged the class to
double its membership and grow so
large that Mrs. Boyd would be
forced to build a larger house to en-
tertain them.
jackson Her Boyd, who recently
returned from Army service, told of
interesting incidents in France, and
j. Frank Palmer, representing Pine
Street Sunday school, also spoke.
Mrs. Boyd then spoke to the men
and call attention to the fact
that of the 67 men from the class
who had been in war service, none
had been killed, and only two
wounded, both of. these now recov-
erlng. After the meeting, just as
each member left he was presented
with large bunch of fall garden
flowers, Mrs. Boyd's last surprise"
Started With Z Members
The Boyd Bible class was or
ganized August 4, 1907, with seven
members. Now there are 321 en-
rolled on the active mem bership
list; 40 new members We're added
during the year; 735 visited the
class; the largest attendance was
1872 on June 20, and the total mum
Der of members present on Al Sun
days reached APP. During the in
fluenza epidemic by order of the
health officials no public meetings
were held. The class contributed
S151.65 to the Sunday school, S91.66
for missionary funds and $235.2S to
the class fund.
The souvenir of the meeting in
cluded views of the Pine Street
church, the Boyd Memorial building.
Oakleigh, photos of Mrs. Boyd and
of the late John Y. Boyd standing in
front of Robert Raike's house in
Gloucester, England, where the first
Sunday school in the world was
held.
Five Die in Year
Lists of class officers, men who
were in service and members who
died during the year were includ-
ed also. They were the late George
w. Armpriester, James f. Burns,
john B. f. Laurie, William r.
Shuey and William w. Sourbeer.
The class honor roll includes:
]. w. Awl, Jr., F. A. Awl, S. v.
Barr r. C. Black, ]. H. Boyd, James
Boyd, Theodore Berrier, w. Coo
per, Ralph Dellinger, L. M. Detz,
Lame Drogans, w. II. Eby, Jr., T.
c. F.tzwater. T. l.. Ferguson, ]. A.
Gebhard, Earl Geistwhite, w. ].
Glossner, Thomas Graham, A. w.
Greedy, Jr., c. F. Hershey, Harold
Higgins, w. H. Horning, M. L.
Knouse, j. C. Culp, Jr., A. w. Kuns,
j. G. Koons, Walter Leach, Kenneth
Lingle, G. A. Long. L. A. Luttringer,
]. II. Lynch, Jr., c. B. Lober, H. B.
Long, Cortos Marcellos, ]. B. Mar
shall, r. B. Maxwell, B. D. McPher-
son, e. c. Miller, M. T. Minor, ]. N.
Morton, j. ]. McCutcheon, c. r.
Pease, p. A. Pealer, Fred Paxson, r.
e. Robinson, r. B. Ross, H. B. Row
land, Jr., S. G. Saltzgiver, N. r. Selt-
zer, e. E. Sheesley, I. L. Shenefelt,
II. w. Siggins, John II. Simon, r. d.
Sisson, A. H. Smith, r A. Smyser,
Alex Stergiakis. F. K. Singer, G. r.
Spangenburg, III. w. Taylor. T. M.
TWining, f. W. Warden John r.