Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30
SECOND BAPTIST
WINS CONTEST
Y. M. C.. A. Summer Attend
ance Contest Closed
Yesterday
PICNIC NEXT MONDAY
Losing Schools to be Hast TO Winner
Miss Vera Simpson TO be First
Lady" at Picnic.

| Miss Vera Simpson. 15l5 King
street, pianist of the victorious Sec
ond Baptist Church Sunday school
will be the first lady" of the Sunday
school picnic to be given by the y.
NJ. c. A. at the George Mason High
! School Labor Day.
This in word tells the story of
the most remarkable contest ever
held in Alexandria. The contest was
staged by the Y. NJ. c. A. in all of
the Sunday schools of the city in or
der to stimulate summer attendance
and continued for three months 0,
thirteen Sundays, beginning the first
of June and concluding yesterday.
Every Sunday school in the city en-
tered enthusiastically into the con
test frcm the very start and every
enc OF them stayed in until the end
At the beginning st. Paul's Sunday
school lead the entire field and this
lead they maintained until about four
weeks ago when the school Of the See
ond Baptist Church forged ahead and
they never surrendered the first posi-
tion. orcc they secured it.
AN of the other schools maintain
/ ed intermediate positions during the
time Of the contest snd shifted back
and forth with just as much cnthusi-
asm as though they were contcnders
for the first honors.
The understanding st ils>oeginning
cf the contest was that a mammoth
picnic should close the affair and that
the eight losing schools should ban
quet the winning school at luncheon
at the picnic. The picnic is to be held
at the George Mason High School
Labor Day and the Second Baptist
school will be fed" in royal style
with the first lady at the head Of the
table and the Victorious Supcr;nton-
dent. Geo. X. Bender, at the opposite
end.
The virtorS have had an interest
ing and successful career from their
organization in 1905 TO the present
time. The beginning was as a mission
school until March CT 1905 when the
Second Baptist Church was constitut-
ed and the Sunday school as a part
of it.
Geo. X. Bender was elected Sup"rin
tendcnt in 1906 and has held that of
flee continuously since that time, and
doubtless much Of the success Of the
church and school are due to his
energy and devotion The school on;
grew the temporary quarters of those
early days and the present church
cdificc was erected in 1914.
The pastor of the church Is Rev.
o. ?. Lloyd. an evangelist of consider
able note in his church, and tire
less worker and devoted pastor. He
has the entire conference OF his par
ish;orers and it is said that the vic
.orv of the school is due to no one
person but every member from pas
Tor and Sunday school superintendent
20 the humblcst of the scholars were
continually in the fight.
The roster of officers of the school
| is as follows: Superintendent Geo. H..
Bender. assistant superintendent. Jas.
4. HufiSh. secretary. f. L. Cornnell;
assistant secretary, Freddie Gacde:
treasurer. Mrs. Jas. \. Hu!fish:
pianist. Miss Vera Simpson. assist
ant pianist. Miss Virginia Ward
! chorister. r. w Sims.
The able corps of teachers consists
Of Mr.. c. NJ. Houston, Mrs. o. 7.
! Lloyd. Mrs. james A. llu'fish
Mr.. James A. Hulfish. Mrs.
J. f. Mills. Miss sussie B. Wray.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Petty. Mrs. }. E.
Mason. Miss Vera Simpson. Miss Viz
ginia Ward. Mr.. Paul H. Wade. Mrs.
Lillian Tompkins, Mrs. Helen Parker
and Mr.. ChaS. Gaede.
1t may be inferred from the fac.
that this school finished the contest
with an average attendance Of POI
per cent that this list Of officers and
+o.cbors ns+;+rted one of the most
efficient groupes of church workers to
be found in this or any other city.
Miss Vera Simpson. the pianist CT
the Sunday School, who has beer