The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-10
CHURCH CLUB
MEN FETED
Highly Enjoyable Affair with Interest
ing Addresses ut First Presoy-
terrain Church.

one hundred and nifty members Of the
Mems club and friends Of the First
Presbyterian church enjoyed the second
~ their series Of dinners last evening
IN the lecture room Of tho church. Will
proved 10 surpaSS the first dinner IN
many ways. and all indications point Ia
4 much greater success for the third "
the series 10 be giVcn early IN February
with team No. ; Of the club IN charge.
Last evenings affair WAS highly en-
joyahlH. Those attending assembled IN
IN" foyer of the. church. Each man was
given i true blue" banner giving his
name, as novel Introduction schcn,t,
and when all was In readiness. the mca
Iiled into the lecture room.
When all had been located, Or. Sam
uel NJ. Gibson, thu pastor OF the church.
delivered short prayer.
The menu consisted OF oyster cock
tail, roast pork, mashed potatoes, peas.
rolls. coffee and homemade apple pie.
Following the dinner. the men. lead
b. Prof T.. G. H0clzl". musical director
Of the church and IN" club. sang Home
Sweet Home" Carolina sunshine"
"Sm!l"s." and LET the Rest OF the
World TO BY
Or. S. j.. Jrraon. formerly city health
officer and who returned to the CITY
several days ago from Charleston where
ne has been located several years. wSS
called upon for talk by M. llazl"t::
he declared but one thing, 10 wanted
II home in Wheeling and designated
every one Of the 80 men present as a
committee Of home 10 find him Il house
lie declared he was greatly pleased t.
set back to Wheeling, and his plea w2S
II test To sec II all the greeting rendered
him were sincere.
Following q few minutes for getting
acquainted with ones ncighh"rs. Mr..
Howard lIazlctt. acting "a chairman.
,u,ird uu Key. william Tracey. Of Fhh-
ad.lphia. who was Rev. GlbsoE's pastor
before he came 20 Wheeling.
n Il nj
delights Of the members Of the minis
Try when they lead man TO S"H MS
Makers face. and /" draw him to A!s re-
!igi"n. He then paid d loving tribute
To Rrr. Gibson, declaring him man
who j. doing his best for God.
Rev. Tracey then told a story OF
rrw chaplain being named to the state
pr:t.t"nljAry at Joliet. Ill Il" SAID the
row chaplain WAS taken into the prison
rhap"!. and III" men caIns walking IN.
N III" lock step. The men took their
seats. and the warden introduced The
new chaplain. Elr arose. calmly looked
over his audience. and than declared
Il am delighted TO ste so many ~ you
present"
"nmw"v"r.' declared Nev. Tracey. Il
feel glad to see so many Of y"r here.
hut | hope you will not feel III" same
uS those men in the prison. l don't
think they returned IN" feeling.
MIR ti;,zle;t then cNrlnir"d tAat Mr. u
Walker Jefferson. who v - ~ have told
nf his trip nround tn. WORT. was oui OF
~, city. and thai Rrv. K. f. l.. Strld"r,
rector Of tn" s.; Matthew'S l'r"trs tant
Episcopal churru. would 'skc MS =! ace,
and tell "f his recent visits to England
and thu battle fields OF France.
He told Of his first experience" abroad.
how an EngiAhmun mad come up to HIM
and asked. is II true that America ~
totally dry"
R"v. Strldrr spoke a. length on the
existing conditions IN England ana OF
;hc mcthods beg used l." tn" English t.
conS-rv" th"ir manh"Od. in an effort I"
Stavs OF IN. situation brought up by the
Weird War.
In Speaking Of his visit tn oxford
University R"v Stridcr told OF tn"
great dr-.ir placed upon the university,
bv n" uumbcr ui young men who pa!I
tho supreme price on the altar OF IN"
war early in the great struggle.
Rev. SlrIder then SPOKE of the Lain
beth conference which he attended. The
conference is gathering of bishops IF
the Episcopal church hold once every
ten years To- discuss the problems of thr
church.
H., I"Id Of tho unwilling Of = statue
Of Abraham Lincoln in the busiest sec
ton of London, and OF the great respect
paid the great American by tho English.
Rev. Stridcr concluded his talk with
HIS return tu the United States and Ga-
c,ared the Stars and Stripes loNH"d good
TO hIm as he sighted tho American
shores