Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-06

Rev. Arthur Varley of Taftville was reelected president of the New London County Sunday School Association at the associations annual convention held on Tuesday at the Central Baptist church in this city. The 1eH delegates regis tered represented 45 sunday schools ip the county
 The convention opened at 2 o'clock with song service after which there was an address of welcome by James L. Case, superintendent of the. Sunday school of the Central Baptist church. The response was made by Courtland E. Colyer Of Gales Ferry, vice president of the association. Then followed the an- nual message of the presidnt, Rev. Mir Varley After the various reports had been read and accepted the election of officers took place as follows:
 President, Rev. Arthur Varley, Taft vile; vice president, H. A Cook New London; honorary vice president, Henry D. Johnson, Norwich; secretary, Miss Susan Penhallow, New London; treas urer, James l.. Case, Norwich
 Department Superintendents-Elem l tary. Miss Ellen Colt, New London Young People, girls work, Mrs. William | H. Dawley, Norwich; boys work, Roy E. Keller, Norwich; adult, Rev. Allen i Shaw Bush, Gales Ferry; Home Mrs | c III. Skinner, North Westchester; Mis-. sions, Miss Helen Eadie, Hanover; tenn. i perance, Mrs. F. F. Richards. New Lon. i z Hn; district secretaries. District 1, Mrs F7aert Brown, North Westchester; Dis 1 t-ict 2. Mrs. William G. Park, Han
 over; District 3, Miss Louise Trumbull Stonington; District 4, Miss Hazel NJ
 Baker, New London; District 5, Mrs Charles Gardner New London; Distric
 6, Miss Agnes Kuoss. TaftvilIe.
 Rev. Arthur F. Purkiss, pastor of tn Central Baptist church. delivered a short address on Before the Throne O
 God and was followed by an address oi
 The Trained Teacher, by Rev. Clarenc
 Hill Frank, D. D..
 Then came group of five minute ad
 dresses as follows: Boys Conference
 Roy E. Keller Girls Conference. MT: Cora Lowns Stevens; State Conference
 Wallace I. Woodin.
 At o'clock four conferences wen into session as follows :Children's Gi 1 vision. Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin; Youn
 Peoples division, Mrs. Cora Downs Ste
 vens; Ojcers, Wallace I. Woodin; Minis ters, Rev. Clarence Hill Frank. DID.
 The reports of the conferences wer made at o'clock and adjournment va , taken about 5.So o'clock
 P Evening Programme.
 Supper was served at the church at ? nominal cost and the evening sessio
 convened at ' o'clock. The evening prt f gramme was as follows:
 The Secret Place of the Most HigI
 Rev. Samuel H. Howe, DID. pastor
 the Park Congregational church; at dress, The Sunday School Situation
 Connecticut Wallace I. Woodin; que,
 tions and discussion; The Fundament , Task of the Church School, Prof Geor;
 a Ara
 ing to Do About It? brief and impel ing summing up of the work and lessor of the day by Richard w Mansfield & Just before Mir Mansfeld's clo.<n, f talk Miss Penhallow, the secretary r ported that there were. 45 churches re . resented by the 160 delegates present : follows:
 e Norwich. Central Baptist, 22; Fir, ( Bpatist, 3; First Congregational, : United Congregational, 10; Park Coz d gregational. 1; Greeneville Congreg f Federated church, f; Norwich Town ] y E., 4; Trinity M E. 4 Taftville Co igregational, 4; New London, Huntin d ton Street Baptist, g. Shiloh, 2; Ne e London M. E., 2; First Congregation;
 II; Montauk Avenue Baptist 1; Seeol }, Congregational, 2; B. P. Learned Mi 6 sion l. First Baptist, 1 Montville Uni k Baptist, l; Uncasvllle M. E., 3; Wate Il ford, First Baptist 2, Second Baptist
 Mantle Baptist 4; Bozrah Baptist
 Fitchville Baptist 2; Bozrah Congreg
 tional 2; Colchester Congregational
 Westchester ,; Lebanon Baptist 4, Co
 gregational ?; Goshen 2; Hanover Co or gregational 3 Jewett City Baptist 3, T. E., 3; Newent Preston City Bapt at 8; Preston City Congregational 2: V, n- sailles M. E. 3; Baltic M. E. 3; Grot IS Congregational l; Gales Ferry NJ.