The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-18

Church Federation of Wayne county |
was effected yesterday afternoon at a ,
meeting OF the county council al the !
Y. M. G. A. About 80 churches had
certified their official representatives
on the council to the federation offices
before yesterdays meeting and per
sons from almost so churches were in
attendance at the conference.
The temporary officers and men,
bers Of the executive committee of the
county federation were unanimously
elected as permanent officers and
executive committee Representatives
for the period ending with the annual
meeting Of the federation in January,
1920. The conference yesterday was
so largely attended that it was neces-
sary to use both front rooms on the
second floor.
The county council yesterday re-
quested the executive committee to
form a department Of the county
federation to direct the work of the
county survey, in cooperation with
the Inter Church World Movement Of
North America. This followed the
presentation of the plans Of the world
movement and its relationship to the
church federation work by Dr.. D. d.
TuIlis, field representative Of the In
ter-Church World Movement.
Officers Are Named
The following officers and execut-
i've committee members were made
permanent officers of the county fed
Grafton at the meeting: President,
Rev. F. G. Mccormick. of Milton; first
vice-president, Rev. F. A. Dire ssel, of
Richmond; second vice-president. Rev.
! J. B. O'Connor of Centerville; exc
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of the Richmond Y NJ. C. A; treas
urer, Ed Crawford of Richmond.
| Members Of committee: DR.. Charles
! S. Bond. of Richmond; U. G. Manning
Of Economy; DR. o. n. Huff Of Foun-
tain City, and Representative James
Knapp Of Hagerstown.
| The county executive committee has
authority to appoint any committees
| that may be deemed advisable in con-
Quoting the work Of the organization.
! The chairmen Of these committees or
departments become ex-officio mem
bers OF the executive committee. The
permanent executive committee is to
have an important meeting at the
Richmond Y. NJ. c. A. early next week.
The plans of the county evangelistic
campaign were further developed.
The Rev. E. E. Davis, general chair
paign, and the Rev. Edgar L. Williams
Of Indianapolis, executive secretary OF
the Church Federation of Indiana,
both made statements
Districts Announced.
The Rev. H. S. James, chairman on
the county committee on prayer meet
ings in cooperation with the county
: evangelistic campaign, announced the
following districts for cottage prayer
meetings during the week, beginning
, Monday night, October %, prepare
tory to the united simultaneously
evangelistic campaign, with their
leaders, as follow:
1.-Fairview-West Of river and
north of railroads, Rev. E. l.. Gates
leader.
, 2-East of river to Eleventh street
: and north of railroads, Rev. Irwin
: Stegall, leader.
: 3.-North of railroads and center O.
5 Eleventh street east to city limits
I Rev. ]. F. Propst leader.
4.-West of river, center Of Pear
r street north to railroads, Rev. Ray
mond Isley, leader.
5.-East of river to center of Sixth
> street, center of Main street to rail
, roads north. J. C. Mullen, leader.
6.-Center of Main street to rail
: roads center of sixth street to center
of Tenth street, DR.. j. J. Rae, leader.
7.-Center of Main street to rail
roads, center of Tenth to center o
] Fourteenth street, Rev. l.. H. Bunyan
= leader.
. 8-Center of Main to railroads
center Of Fourteenth to center o
Eighteenth street, Ella NJ. Downing
leader.
9.-Center of Main to railroads
y center of Eighteenth to city limit
east, f. o. Mott, leader.
lowest of river, center of Pear
street. south to city limits. Amasa
: Jenkins, leader.
! 11-East of river to center Sixth
! center of Main to center of S. e
. George Allen, leader.
: 12.-Center of Sixth to center o
=, Tenth, center of Main to center o
Il South f. Mrs. ]. A. Walls. leader.
- 13.--Conter of Tenth to center o
> Fourteenth, center of Main to cente
=, South r; Rev. L. Minter. leader.
:, 14.-Center of Fourteenth to cente
Eighteenth, center of Main to cente
. South f; Mrs Maggie Miller, leader
:, l5.-Center Eighteenth to east lin
it's, center Main to south limits; Mrs