The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-27
B RO D WAY BAP T|ST
SUNDAY SCH DOL HAD
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ATTEADANC Ct YESTERDAY
(Contributed)

The sunday school OF the Broad
way Baptist church reached high tide
Sunday morning when the attendance
registered 625 and the offering S4S.3S.
An enthusiastic campaign had been
carried on all during the previous
week by teachers and officers and
members OF the church, aided by a
host Of good friends, as yet not mem
bers of the church to secure a re-
cord attendance. In many sections of
the city house-to-house visitation was
made to secure recruits for the school
care being taken not TO solicit per-
sons in attendance on any other
school, This work yielded splendid re-
suits. The pastor. DR.. r. l.. David
son, stated that he had been in sun
day school work for more than thir-
ty years but that he had never be-
fore seen more hearty enthusiastic
cooperation on the part OF the
members Of church nor such eager
ness to accept invitation to attend
Sunday school on the part of the peo-
pie as had been witnessed in this
campaign in Ardmore. AS early as
8 o'clock it began TO rain Sunday
school pupils both young and old and
it kept on raining until the building
was full and overflowing. A passer-
by could see Sunday school sticking
out at every opening in the bui'd-
ing.
A splendid program had been pre-
pared and after the regular lessons
the different departments rendered
their graduation exercises. The pas
tor spoke for n few moments on the
value of Sunday school to a COM
munity and then at l1Ij announced
that in view of the fact that every
one had done fine work he would
give them all a half holiday. Every
one went home feeling that it had
been a great Sunday school and n
great day in the history OF the
church.
A novel feature introduced by the
Sunday school was free street car
and bus service to pupils and patrons
living in northeast and northwest
Ardmore. All Saturday afternoon the
street car ran 10 and fro from barn
to depot with a large streamer on
either side bearing the words: Get
the habit. Broadway Baptist Sunday
school invites you every Sunday.
9:l5 a. m. Let's gor' Arrangements
had previously been made with the
street car company to charter the
car leaving the barn at 9:15 o'clock
Sunday morning as Sunday school
car. The superintendent of Sunday
school transportation was on the car
and furnished ticket TO every one
boarding the car for the Broadway
Baptist Sunday school. The car was
crowded with pupils. At the close
of the Sunday school tickets were fur
nished the pupils for their return
home.
Similar arrangements had been
made with Steve's bus line and at
s:l5 Sunday morning a motor bus
went north on Washington to 10th
street picking up all pupils on the
way. thence to Caddo and on Caddo
south to 7th on 7th east to Washing
ton school house and from there to
the church building at the corner Of
c and Broadway. When the bus
reached the church building It was
fun OF pupils and when Sunday
school closed the bus returned and
took the pupils back home.
Free street car and bus service
for those living in northeast and
northwest Ardmore will be a perma-
nent feature of the work OF the
broadway Baptist Sunday school. The
car leaving the barn at 9:l5 on Sun
day morning will furnish transporta-
ton to all desiring to attend the
Sunday school and Steves bus will
'eave the office every Sunday morn
Ing at 9:15 and will make the same
route as detailed above and will fur
nish transportation to all living in
north and northeast Ardmore desiring
TO attend the school. hearty inv!-
tation is extended to all living in Sec
tions OF the city reached by the street
car or the bus to avail themselves OF
this opportunity 10 attend the school.
Those in charge Of the school are
resolved 10 spare no pains 10 make
1t one OF the best Sunday schools in
Ok 'ahoma.