The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
Sunday School Convention


The annual convention of the Bur
lington County Sunday School Associ
alton was held in the Methodist
Church, Mount Holly on Thursday
and was better attended than ever be
fore. The organization has been in ex
istence for AZ years and it was general
ly conceded that the sessions held last
week were not only the best attended
but more interesting and more profit
able than heretofore.
The morning session opened at ten
o'clock with devotional exercises con.
Quoted by Rev. Oscar w. Henderson,
of Mount Holly. Routine business
was followed by addresses by Rev.
( William G.. Boomhower, general secre-
tary of the New Jersey Sunday School
Association, who Interestingly present
1 ed Sunday School Democracy, ''and by
Rev. r. A. Conover, of Freehold. De-
partmental conferences took up the
balance of the morning session.
The afternoon session was begunwith
a praise service conducted by Rev.
Curwen B. Fisher, pastor of the Meth
odist church. Numerous reports pre-
ceded addresses by James B. Wolfe,
Miss Edith ID. Glen, state superinten-
dent of the children's division; Esther
H. Elfreth, state WCTU president,
and Rev. William Barnes Lower, pas
tor of Holy Trinity Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia.
After a song service in the evening,
led by Prof. c. Harold Lowden, de-
votional exercises were conducted by
Rev. R. A. Brotemarkle, of Mount
Holly. The rest of the evening was
taken up with an address by George
H. Trull, recently returned from Syria,
who spoke on Destruction and Re-
construction in the Near East"
During the afternoon the following
officers were elected:
President, William H. Zelley, Bur-
lington; first vice president, Ralph w.
Gibbon, Riverton second, ]. A.
Stuart, Burlington; third, Theodore F..
Wolfe, Burlington; fourth, Andreas c..
Ridgway, Delanco; corresponding Sec
retary, Joseph w. Newell, Pemberton;
recording secretary, Robert A. Semple,
Jr., Mount Holly; treasurer, Forrest c..
MacCorkle, Palmyra; member state
executive committee, Joseph w. Col
kilt, Mount Holly.
Superintendents = Children's divi-
sion, Miss Marion Stuart, Burlington;
home department, Mrs. H. A. Frantz,
Moorestown; missionary department,
Mrs. ]. H. Sinex, Beverly; temperance,
William H. Overman. Moorestown !;
young peoples division, girls. Mrs. J..
H. Cochley, Medford; voluntary sup
ply, Merritt w. Smith, Mount Holly;
teacher training, Miss Mary w. Budd.
Mount Holly; member state nominal
ing committee, Joseph w. Newell,
Pemberton.
County Executive Committee Jo-
seph w. Colkitt, Mount Holly; Datis
Reed, Riverton; Willard s. Condle,
Burlington; Mrs. William G.. Morgan,
Mount Holly; Mrs. Robert A. Semple,
Jr., Mount Holly; L. E. Klotz, Moores-
town; Charles Behler, Riverton; Guy
c. Hendry, Mount Holly.
Township Secretaries = Beverly, s..
Budd Norcross; Bordentown, J. E.
Lame; Burlington, Richard Lowden;
Chester, Roy D. Cole Chesterfield,
Mr.. Anderson; Cinnaminson, D. 7.
Mason; Delran, Mrs. Lizzie Conover;
Eastampton, J. S. Zelley; Evesham,
Haines Venable; Florence, Mrs. Kate
Stout; Lumberton, John j. Buswell;
Mansfield, ]. J. Ridgway; Medford, ].
H. Cochley; Mount Laurel, Eli Parker;
New Hanover, H. r. Davis; North
ampton, A. r. w. Atwood; Pember-
ton, Calvin Swain; Plumstead, Miss
Mildred Cowperthwait Riverside,
Clarence Perry; South ampton, Miss F.
A. Dobbins; Springfield, Mrs. George
C, McIntire; Tabernacle and Shamong,
Mrs. Carleton Haines; Willingboro,
Miss Ella Jordan.
Dinner and supper for the delegates
were served in the Masonic Temple by
ladies of Mount Holly, the excellence
of which brought favorable mention
from those who partook thereof.
The convention next year will be
held in the Moravian Church, River
side.