The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-13
FRIENDS CONVENE
FOR MEETINGS HERE
AT END OF WEEK

III AUO VI VAAN
Missionary applications for 1920-'21
and new mission work will be consid.
cred by the candidates committee OF
the American Friends Board OF For.
eign Missions in the South Eighth
Street Friends Church, Saturday.
This session will be held in advance
OF the annual board meetings of the
foreign and home mission departments
of the Five Years Meeting and the
annual meeting of its executive com
mittee, which will occur during the
coming week Recommendations OF
the candidate committee will be re-
ferred to the board,
Members of the candidates commit,
tee are Charles e. Carey of Fairmount,
Ind, Minnie Anderson. of PIainfield.
Ind, Harriet F. G. Peele, of Selvina
O.. and Ross Hadley, Of Richmond,
general secretary Of the Foreign Mis-
sion board.
To Consider Mission Work.
On Sunday, Friends from all parts OF
the country will gather at the South
Eighth Street Friends Church to con-
slider the needs Of mission work
throughout the world. The foreign
mission board will convene in annual
session at the South Eighth Street
Friends Church on Tuesday morning
May IS. Sessions will close some time
Wednesday.
Outstanding in the considerations
before the Foreign Mission board, is
the proposed missionary budget. The
executive committee has recommend
ed a $3.50, 900 budget, but Ross A. Had
ley, general secretary, said Thursday
he thought this would be increased to
probably $500, 900 in face of increasing
field work. New and heavy demands
are expected
To Appoint Principal
A principal will probably be ap'
pointed to take charge of the boys
boarding school in Victoria, Mexico
Other additions to the Mexican staff
may be made. In Africa additional
workers are said to be badly needed
Consideration will be given the es,
Enlistment of a boarding school on
the outskirts of Holguin, Cuba.
May Increase Salaries
Whether the cost of living has in
creased sufficiently to justify an in
crease in missionary salaries, will be
discussed by the board. Official
action will follow. The present aver
age missionary salary is $1,000 year
with lodging and medical attention
furnished.
Foreign mission board reports will
be made by the following officers
George H. Moore, Georgetown, ILL.,,
president; Charles M. Woodman. of
Richmond. vice president; Lucy Hill,
Greenfield, recording secretary; ed
gar Hiatt, Richmond, treasurer.
Converting Wednesday morning in
the South Eighth street church, the
Home Missions board will hold ses-
sions until Thursday afternoon when a
Joint session of the Home Mission and
Indian Affairs committee will be held.
Questions pertaining to rural and
urban church questions, negro. and
mountaineer church work will be con-
sidered. A budget will be adopted.
Officers of the home mission board
are: Chairman. Ellison r. Purdy. OF
Minneapolis, Mimi; secretary. Edgar
Stranahan. Oskaloosa, Iowa; treasur-
er, John r. Carey, Baltimore. Md;
acting secretary, Miss Ruthanna Sim,
Richmond.
Will Report on Southland.
DIR. N. S. Cox, of Richmond, former
chairman of the Indiana Yearly COM
mittee on Southland Institute, VINO
was recently appointed chairman OF
the Five Years Meeting, Southland
institute, will report.
An enlarged program in co-opera
ton with the general plans OF the
Forward Movement will be considered
nv the Bible school board in semi
annual session on Thursday, May 20
Officials who will be present are:
Wilbur X. Thomas, Phlladelphla
chairman; William ]. Sayre, Muncie
secretary; Ancil E. Ratliff, Paramount
treasurer; Ruth Farquhar, Whining
ton, O., and Lenora N Hobbs, Bloom
iugdale. members at large, and Davlc
e. Henley, business manager.
To Name Overseer
An oyerseer for the Forward Move
nnent endowment campaign will be APP
uointed by the executive committee
which will be in session Wednesda!
and Thursday, May 10 and 20. ALI
son R. Purdy, of Minneapolis, is the
only member resident out of Rich
nond.
The other members are DR.. Waite
g. Woodward, chairman; Levi t. Pen
rington, who is living in Richmond
While head of the Forward movement
President David M. Edwards, of Earl
ham, and DR.. Allen d. Hole, of Earl
ham.
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