Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-01-23
Womcns Missionary Society Activi
ties.

I'hc members of the Womans Miss
ionary Society of the Tazcwcll Met
hodist church have finished success
ful yenr in the missionary cndcavor.
AT the January meeting, held at
the district parsonage, Mrs. l.. a.
ryncs. the district secretary, told of
Il message from the conference trcn.
surer of the womnns missionary
work, consratuuting the Tnzcwcll
district OIL hcing the first Of the ten
districts of Iloiston Conference to
pay over the anount p,cdr,,l us II
special free will Offering. The pledge
r.adc was thirteen hundred and fifty
ullnrs and the sum of fifteen hun
ired and sixty one has ben lail
aith IL few Of the nuxilinries in The
district yet To be heard fiom.
or this amount the sum of four
hundred dollars wai paid hy the
adult, fifty dollars by the young Ia
dies and twenty five dollars by the
Junior missionary societies Of tn.
Tazewcll Methodist church.
The total amount raised in the
Tazcwcll District by the Womnns
Missionary Society for the past year
is four thousand two hundred and
seventy five dollars. This sum wns
raised by the women of the Tnzcwell
District as missionary society and
does not include local missionary ex-
pendlture or any contributions the
women have made to the regular
benevolent collections of the church
or centenary fund.
In December the society met ut
the home of Mrs. Mary O'KocTc. Re
ports for the year showing activity
in every line of work were given and
officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
President, Mrs. c.. r. pccry, First
vice president, Miss Eva Steele,
Second vice president, Mrs Allen
Davidson, Superintendent of supplies,
Mrs. A. st. Clair, Superintendent of
social service, Mrs. A. S. fIigginbot-
ham, Superintendent of mission
s tudy, Mrs. j. +. Wolfe, Agent for
Missionary Voice and publicity, Miss
Jessie O'Keelfe, Corresponding See
rotary, Mrs. Jno. st. Clair, Recording
secretary, Mrs. James IIarmnn, Con-
nectional treasurer, Mrs. Luther
Moore, Local treasurer Mrs. Barbara
Moss.
Miss Jessie O'Kccffc, the very eff
cicnt agent for the official Methodist
paper "Thc Missionary Voice" re-
ported the largest list of subscribers
of any society in the district. Mrs. a.
st. Clair, the superintendent of sup
plies, stated that besides clothing
child ut the Grccnvillc Industrial
Home and School and helping the
district to supply the table Of this
institution for one month two boxes,
conscrvativcly valued at over one
hundred fits dollars, were sent to
preachers on mission charge. A ris-
iiiB fObC VI was given uIS.
w. A. Scott the retiring president
for her faithful well performed ser
vices as president during the past
year.
The program Of the December
meeting was in charge Of Mrs. S. M.
B. Coulling, who presented thought
provoking questionnire on social ser
vice and had several interesting leaf
let's bearing OH the subject Making
Democracy Safe Reigiously" were
read
Mrs. j. ID. Harrison led the jan
uary program and made an inspiring
talk on "Thc new stewardship" the
subject being "Stcwardship."
Mrs. Harmon sent in her resigna-
tion as recording secretary and Mrs.
w. A. Scott was elected to fill the
vavancy