Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-09-16
MISSION PROJECTS
TO BE PLANNED HERE
LOCAL CONG'L SOCIETY TO EN-
TERTAIN STATE BOARDS
Home and Foreign Unions Will Meet
in Joint Sessions September
27 and %

The 49th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Branch of the Woman's Board of
Missions and the 34th annual meeting
ot the Vermont Home Missionary I'm
ION will be held co-jointly in the local
Congregational church Tuesday and
Wednesday, September p and 2S.
The program arranged jointly by the
Vermont Branch and Home Mission
ary Union will begin with a supper on
Tuesday evening at $50 to which the
women of the church cordially invite
all delegates and speakers OF both or
CARNATIONS. The after dinner speak
ing will be provided by the Union. The
reports of the work of the Union will
be given on Wednesday morning.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Branch will open on Wednesday aft
ernoon at 200 o'clock (standardl. Re-
ports from the secretaries will occupy
The time until 400 o'clock when a tea
IS to be given in honor of the visiting
speakers of the Branch All attending
the meetings will be most heartily
welcome. Dr. Harriet F. Parker, in
whom Vermont Congregationalsts take
30 much pride, will speak and will show
series Of photographs descriptive of
her work in the Madura Hospital, In
dia. Dr. Parker came home on fur
Tough last spring and though very tired
from illness and overwork, has given
most generously of her time in address
ing many auxiliaries and churches in
the state. 1t is expected that Mrs
Franklin Warner President of the
Womans Board Miss Stella Cook of
China and Shoreham, and Miss Sara
Smell of Turkey will also be present.
There will be two addresses in the
evening The first is by Miss Sara
Smell of Smyrna Miss Smell is a grad
uate of Wellesley College and was com
missioned at Woodstock, July TO- 1919
Miss Smell will have an interesting
message because she has been engaged
in so many different kinds of work.
She has taught. has had charge of Ar
nenian girls, had leadership of Junior
G.. E. and Student Volunteers, has
helped run playground, trained
class in family visiting led Bible class
rs, and studied Greek
The program has been announced as
follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 9th
2 90 p. m, Meeting OF the Executive
Board
.3O-5.20 p m. An hour with the officers
Informal meeting for delegates with
Federation, Union and County Off
GERS.
$50 p. m Supper served by Middle
bury ladies'.
200 p. m Address by D. Henry Hal
lam Tweedy, Yale Divinity School,
New Haven, Conn
Wednesday, Sept. 28th
100000 a. m. Devotional service.
Routine business,
i000-1200. Addresses by Mrs. John ].
Pearsall, Sec'y Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Federation, N. Y; Miss
Marie Reitinger, c. H. NJ. S, Cleve-
land, Ohio Miss Frances Walkley,
Gaysvjlle, Vt.
Each auxiliary is entitled to two del :
gates.
Each contributing society is entitled {
o one delegate. I
Delegates are urged to arrive in sea-
on for the get-acquainted hour at 4.3O
n Tuesday
Entertainment by the Middlebury
hurch will begin with the supper at +
30. I
Requests for entertainment should \
e addressed to Mrs. D. P. Cloyes, n
jourt St, Middlebury, not later than !,
eptember Goth. Mrs. Cloyes should q
lso be notified, if delegates after ask I
1g for entertainment find that they !
annot attend.