Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-07-28
The Methodist Assembly.

The Twelfth Annual Methndist AS
sembly at Arcadia opened on Tues
day, July 10th, under very suspicious
circumstances. The registration on
the opening day exceeded by far that
of the same day Of any preceding
year.
Twenty-Five bungalettes have been
erected. These new structures are
permanent, covered with corrugated
iron roofs, and are much more deslra-
BILE than tents. Two large class rooms
have also been constructed, which are
a very valuable addition.
The demand for lodging accommo-
dation has been greater this year dur
ing the first week than during any
corresponding week in the history of
the Assembly. The. management,
however, through the efforts of Mr..
P. A. Price, of Poplar Bluff, who has
these matters in charge, has been able
to meet all demands and no one has
been obliged to sleep in the open.
The first week was taken up entire
ly by the Epworth League Assembly,
and Mr.. Harry W. Pope, of st. Louis,
with the corporation of his efficient
corps of assistants, has succeeded in
making this the most pleasant and
profitable Assembly of the whole
twelve years. The conduct of these
young people and their extreme
cheerfulness and good nature at all
times proclaim them as worthy mem
bers of the great organization which
they represent; and all with whom
they came In contact regretted their
departure, which occurred on the
25th.
The coming week will see the
opening of the Women's Missionary
Institute, with such leaders as Mrs.
VIM. En- Humphreys, Superintendent
of Children's Work, Mrs. VIM. B.
Phillips, Superintendent of G. P. M.
s., Mrs. M. S. Holiday, Mrs. j. @.
Handz, Conference President, and
Mrs. Green.
This week will also see the opening
of the Sunday School Workers and
Preachers Institute. The Sunday
School Teachers Training Course
will be n of the great distinctive
features of the present Assembly and
will be of ~incalculable value to the
Sunday Schools of the Conference.
Sunday, July oath, was a record
breaker in the matter of attendance
for the first Sunday of the Assembly;
the estimated attendance closely APP
proximated the four thousand mark.
The dining room, under the efficient
management of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.
Willard, also had a record breaking
day, feeding more than five hundred
people. At the fried chicken dinner
the entire seating capacity was in use
for three successive times, and the
people who had to wait for the Sec
ond and third tables exhibited the
most remarkable good nature during
the long wait.
The future prospects of the Assem-
bly, are very bright. Owing to the
very remarkable success of the 4th of
July picnic the management have
been able to see their way clear to
contract for the erection of a concrete
Watertower, with a capacity of a one
hundred thousand gallons; and work
on same will be started at ance.
Permission for the laying of pipes
under the railroad, it is thought, will
soon be obtained, when water will be
pumped from Bethesda Spring for
supplying the tower.
On the whole we believe this will
be the most successful and satisfac-
tory session of the Asse mbly ever
held. Rev. A. s. J. Baldridge, Super
intendent of the Grounds, is untiring
in his efforts to make the place "a
thing of beauty and a joy forever"