Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-02
REV. A. F. pURkISS SPEAKS
 BEFORE V M N s htIyIIlh


 The !. NJ. c. 4. Auxiliary held it's April meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leonard 0. Smith at OldelIns, Washington street, with q large attendance.
 The devotional exercises led by See retary Edwin Hill, consisted of read ings from The Man uf Ga ice" and prayer. after which the usual re;harts were read.
 Mrs. Edwin ". Higgins, general cnHirn12n Of the I.entea .gsan rect ! tais. which arc being held fir six sue cessive Saturdays iu the Second 1 Congregatioral church, spoke briefly ! Of the splen6id success Cf these mus teal events. and the great popularity 1 Of the suppeUs which follow each one. mentioning also. the fine corporation Of all her committees, and the inter l est of John II. Perkins who has fur inished q volU'Iteer orchestra for three Suppers, thereby cont ;tuting mater i4'ly to the evenings enjoyment i Following these reports Miss Mar guerite Young of Jewett City, q mem b.r of the class of 1920, N. F. A, add ed greatly tc the pleasure Of the af ter2oon by I piano aoio, Jnpromptu Ffaaurka (Bnhu) playing with much expression aud fine finger work. Hrs. Allyn L. Brown. president Of tl:c auxiliary. then introduced Rev. A. r. Purklss. pastor of the Central Bap- tist church, who told in an entertain ing informa; way, Of his travels 1 through the south, and the visits he lac made to the different army can 1 | 'nTnents Weather anal nntei ac- lcnmrnoda tions both proved inhospita- l ole. and the distance between the rl1ces was lorg. but one who travels around, among the camps cannot helr heing impressed with the rcai good the l I. M. c. \. is doing for the men. Oi course, the |. Nj. c. 4. made it's mis Ittakes, hut all kinds of business Ihouses and even churches do that NJ c. 4. male, were due cnlv to tho results of q nasty orea 1iza ton ant the difficulty Of securing the righ il.*nd of secretaries.
 The secretary at Camp Eowen, For | Worth, is the right man in the righ IF lace. Camp Algiers, near New Or leans also Camp Logan as Houston Texas, were among tnCsa visited b! Mir. PurlIiss. Camp Beauregard wa Ifcrhans the best organized of then Ian. Before the arrnisti.e this can
 t1nment. consisting of twelve larg
 buildings, locked after the interest VI DN-NCcl1 irlN y e@liN 4fily AIfbtEod tl'
 .sltiiera. There were hcadquarter
 buildings, with camp secretaries, re lisious eiiret tors, educational an,
 moving picture directors ouartere
 here to minis; CT to the wants of tn men. Two movie shows a wee
 were prov ided. with two nights of ed ucational work, fine entertainments
 and classes of various kinds, to fill u leisure hours.
 The religious work done among th
 men had most gratifying results
 There is q great reaction towards re , ligion and the deep things Of hun1a life. desire to get gr,p on some tking that holds and sisstains Sue , q religious message was the one tn . boys wanted and the Christian ] church has never done a finer thin , or achieved more wonderful results than the work done among the arm
 environments by the Y. II. c A.
 Mr PurkiSs' travels were mosti iconfined to Texas and I,>uisiana. wit , side trips into various sIn Ill town land cities, and the persorlai touches ( 7 1 his journey contributed towards th interest of his address.
 The next meeting of the auxiliar l will take place at the Nj. C. 4 rcons in May when the committee fc tf1e nomination of new officers, Mir L. O. Smith. chairman, will give thei jrpf,prf