Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-10-15
MRS. JOHNLECC
REELECTED HEAD
OF ". F. M. S.
Golden Jubilee Session Ends
Next Session to BE Held
In Lynn

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land branch of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society at the closing
session of the three day Golden Ju
bi!cc of the society at Grace Mctho
d It church, ~St. Johnsbury, today. l
was voted to hold the next convcn
ton in Lynn, Mas.
The other officers elected are:
First vice president, Mrs. Charlie:
Parkhur;t, Somerville, Ma.
Second vice president, Mrs. c. Ed
81, "a Neil, Boston.
Corresponding Secretary, MIS-
Florence L. Nichols, Lynn, Mass.
Secretary Of the Home Base, Mis-
Clementina Butler, Providence, Il. |
Recording Secretary, Miss Sophro-
nin b. Rich, Newtonville, Mass.
Secretary of Special Work, Mrs
4. T. Sharp, Winthrop, Mass.
Treas urcr, Mrs. c. 0. Dorchc ter
West Newton, Mass. "A
Assistant Treasurer, Mrs: Alden II.
Spear. Newton Center, Mass.
superintendent of Literature, Mr..
William l.. Snow, Brookline, Mass.
Superintendent of Young Peoples
Work, Mrs. A. /. Lamont, Somcr-
Vile, Mass.
Superintendent of Children.
Work, Mrs. |. II. Packard, RoxbulT,
Mass.
Editor of Quarterly, Ms. H. j..
Wriston, Boston.
Secretary of Student Work, Mrs.
Z. O. Fisk, Brookline, Mass.
Delegates to General Executive,
Ms. W. r. White, Mrs. c. d. Bald
win.
Reserves, Mrs. S. I. strout, Mrs. f.
VI. Keeney.
The Thursday morning service
opened ut $50 with the devotional
service led by Mrs. J. NJ. Frost.
Minutes and business was followed
hv report given by Mis- Nich3''
OF thc missionaries now IN tic .lclA.
-enc:r woii. and successes. EcIoia the
>cxt ANNUAL meeting nine more mis-
sionaries will be added TO the force
at work now. There was also rope
OF the work Of the missionaries in
Latin lands.
Miss Ernostino 3. Gilmore is So
ing to Mexico and spoke of the needs
Of her new field and said educItion
was needed TO better conditions but
tnAt alone would not do but "cduc2-
ION plus" would do it.
Miss Ruth Manchester, India's new
field worker spoke along the same
line. emphasizing the need of CHRIS
t.ar;ty with education but thlt VIC
could not have a Christian India with
GU; education.
Miss Margaret Hermistone, an
CHER young missionary who IS plan
un~ to go to India spoke Of her new
work and said through the women
mostly would the whole of India be-
come Christian. They were "go:np'
over the top and hoped the people
at home would "stand behind them"
Miss Emily Chalmers who has been
two years in India told of the need
Of doctors and nurses. They have
their schools, hospitals and missions.
There is a large dispensary work, one
doctor last year treating $4,000
patients, mostly women and children,
many of them from towns and villages
for miles around who came for treat
mcnt. One trained American nurse,
one trained Indian doctor and girls in
the training schools tried to look af-
ter the "no-patients," and there was
work for many more doctors and
nurses and teachers who might edu-
cate the people along many lines in
care and sanitation and other branch
es which are we'll known in this coun-
try, if they could go out into the
rural districts and into the homes.
An invitation to meet in Lynn next
year was unanimously accepted. !
On Wednesday afternoon the
possibilities in the Young People"
was the subject of the topics pre-
scented by Mrs. A. L. Lamont, Mrs.
f. O. Fisk, Mrs. I. H. Packard aud
Mrs. Lucie F. Harrison, who spoke
of the work among the children and
later in college life, from the time the
first efforts were made to Interest
children in missionary work; how
the work grew and the results up to
the present time. Now report, from
two out of II branches state there
a re 100000 children enrolled as
members of missionary societies aHd
$4,000 enrolled as life members.
Every branch has its superintendent
of Children's work. Each one of "a
branches are now supporting cNe
The report of the Vermont Con-
ference by Mrs. o. B. Wells was lead
by Mrs. A. G. Barber.
Christian Women in China, TIE
Gamewell School Girls and Friends
in China were the subjects CT a
pageant arranged by Miss Ella l..
Glover of the mission in Changli and
Miss Gertrude Gilman of the Pekin
The parts were tahc by !
DR.. Dale S. Atwood, Mrs. o. A. u
rich. Mrs. Horace Anderson, Mar !
shall Miltimore, Robert Martin, Car
oline Howard. Hepsebeth Miltimora, t
Lillian and Clara Martin, Barbara t
Gray and Margaret Martin. All were
in Chinese costumes. II