The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15
100 Per CENT GOAL
ACHIEVED BY Bible
SCHOOLS OF COUNTRY

! Wayne county probably is the lead
ing county in the state in Sunday
school work, announced T. w. Druley,
county Sunday school superintendent,
Monday, 1t is the first county for sew
eral years, and the second in the his
tory of state Sunday school work. to
complete a 100 percent organization.
This statement is based on the re-
port from the state secretary, Just re-
ceived that Wayne has passed the
standard set for counties designated
as 100 percent organized So far as
can be found no other counties have
a record equalling that of Wayne.
Th1s county. also is one of the 25
gold star" counties which paid in it's
full quota of $510 to the state treas
ury before JAN l.
Wells county, which was 100 percent
several years ago, is the only one
which has ever come UP to the stand
ard reached by Wayne this year. it is
stated
The organization of Wayne county
was achieved by persistent and en-
tnuslast1c work during all winter and
spring, following a conference of lead
ers last fall, at which plans were laid
Druley Calls Meeting
The county superintendent. T w
DruIey, called county council meet
ing IN August of last year, at which
IL was determined to make Wayne
county 100 per cent" County officials
pledging themselves to the fulfiIIment
OF TINS program, were, besides the su-
perlntendent, Charles Williams, of
Boston, and Will Judkins. of Cam
bridge City, vice-presidents; Miss
Laura Bertsch, CentervilIe, secretary:
george Mannon, treasurer, and the fol-
lowing superintendents:
Guy Girton, Boston, educational.
Mrs. Jessie Cornell, Cambridge City.
home association; Mrs. Caroline
Crump, Hagerstown, organized Bible
class; Alvin Threewits. Abingdon.
teacher training Edward Bockhofer
tounta1n City, parents department:
Cecil Stampland. Richmond, young
peoples department; Miss Lena Hiatt,
Richmond, children's department; A
A. Llndley, Jackso1burg, adult depart
ment
Qualification Needed
10 make the 100 per cent standard,
1t is necessary that one-fourth of all
Sunday schools be fully organized
with 10 departments functioning, and
that certain state, county and denom-
national requirements be met. To-
accomplish this result and fulfill the
pledge of 100 per cent for WAYNE"
the county officials made at least one
visit to every Sunday school in the
county. superintendent Druley visit
ed from Is to 18 schools himself driy-
ing total distance of about 1900
miles and, as county leader, also at
tended every one of the 10 township
conventions or sent "a personal dele. !
gate
With n Sunday schools in the conn. |
ty minimum of 10 had to fulfill re- |
quirements to put Wayne "over the
top" That this result has been acbiey-
ed'is the report of the state secretary. |
and still later advices from more re- |
cent township conventions show that |
there probably will be "a or 25 schools
IN the county which come up to speci- |
hcauons. This is in marked contrast /
TO last years organization which
showed only two complete Sunday
schools in the county, and a county
percentage of SO. There were no com.
pletely organized Sunday schools in
the county previous to that.