Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-04
WINTHROP
Plan Years Work at
Meet Home Missionary SOcietv

The second day of the convention
OF the Women's Home Missionary
Societies of Maine Conference at the
Methodist church proved as inter.
esting and helpful as the first. The
meeting of the executive board was
given over largely to the discussion
or ways and means for the coming
year. The devotional exercises were
presided over by Miss Avis Wallace,
dcaconcss stationed at Lewiston.
Mrs. ID. b. Holt of Auburn offered
prayer. Miss Wallace read from the
scriptures. A report on mission sup
plies by Miss Charlotte Benin was
read by the president, after which
the Secretary of Evangelism, Mrs.
Z. r.. Brooks. gave a wonderful re-
| port upon this department. Mrs.
Whitney of Biddeford reported on
Christian Stewardship. Mrs. Buckley,
speaking for Mrs. Chittended, re-
ported on Requests and Devise and
Mrs. Halls report on Young PEOPLES
Work was read by the secretary. The
remainder of the forenoon was occu-
pied with the pledging of the various
auxiliaries for the budget assigned to
the Maine Conference by the WAYS
and Means Committee of the Ma
tional Conference. Dinner was
nerved at noon in the vestry by the
local auxiliary. Mrs. Holt Offering
grace. The officers who are to serve
until spring were elected as follows:
President, Mrs A. c. Goddard, Port
land: list vice-president, Mrs. E. C.
Jones; md vice, Mrs. d. b. Holt, Au-
burn; 3rd vice, Mrs. c. G.. Daven.
port, Portland: recording secretary,
Mrs. c. w. Smith, Biddeford; cor
responding secretary. Mrs. A. E.
Baum Portsmouth; treasurer, Mrs.
Ralph Files, Fairfield; Supt. Young
I Peoples Work, Mrs. Edith Hall,
Portland; Supt. Children's Work,
Miss Gladys Marsden. Wostbrook;
Sec. Temperance, Miss Clara Me-
serve; Sec. Mission supplies, Miss
Charlotte BENIN. Portland; Sec.
Christian Stewardship, Mrs w. +.
Whitney, Biddeford; Sec Evangel-
ism, Mrs. c. E. Brooks, Bath: Sec
Missionary Education, Mrs. H. G.
McGiauf1in; Sec. Requests and De-
wise. Mrs. A. E. Chittended.
These officers then gathered at the
altar where a most beautiful conse-
Grafton service was conducted by
Mrs. Daisy Mclean Buckley. Mrs.
Baumn was then called to the plat
form to describe a Council conduct
ed by Mrs. Brummett at the Nation
al Convention, a report which was
intensely interesting. The closing
words were given by Mrs. Buckley.
Miss Winchester, superintendent of
the Portland Deaconess Home Offer
ed the closing prayer and the 3Sth
annual convention was over. An in
vitation from South Portland for the
next years meeting was accepted
with much applause.
The following out of town dele
gates were registered at the 3Sth an
nual conference of the Women's
Home Missionary Society held here
this week: Mrs. d. B. Holt, Auburn;
o. Perry. Hallowell: Mrs. c. w.
Brown and Mrs. G. I. Brown of Au-
burn. Mrs. d. N. Stafford of Augusta
Miss Anna Beale, Augusta: +. NJ. !
Keith and E. M. Keith of Auburn:
Mrs. E. NJ. Dunlap, Auburn; Miss !
Alice Corliss. Bath; Miss Claribe, |
Winchester. Portland; Mrs. Gertrude |!
Ebie. Berlin; Mrs. w. A. Hoare, Ber- !
lin; Rev. and Mrs. I. A. Beane. Lew |
iston: Mrs Avic Wallace, Mrs. +. w. |
Lawy, Mrs. Katherine Dunbar and
Mrs. Jennie Moore. Lewiston: Miss !,
Agnes Vose,. Portland: Mrs. A. G..
Little, Waterville; Mrs. F. w. Whit
ney. Mrs. c. w. Smith, Mrs. Rebecca
Foss and Miss Jennie Smith. of Bid
deford; Mrs. c. q. Davenport and
Mrs. George Peterson, of Portland:
Mrs. Jennie Nutting and Mrs. F. G.