Evening journal., 1922-06-02
WOULD ENLARGE
FOREIGN WORK
Woman's Missionary So
ciety Holds Novel Meet
ing at New Castle
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR ENSUING YEAR


j nual meeting OF the Wilmington Dis
/ trict Conference OF the Woman't
Foreign Missionary Society was held
yesterday in the local Methodist
Church. with about rs women in at
tendance. The program OF the
meeting was arranged in a novel
form. Each officer represented
some part of metropolitan tele-
phone exchange. Several addresses
followed the devotional service In
Luther Z. Poole, pastor of the en-
tertaining church. Following the
addresses the business of the con-
ference was taken up.
During this portion of the confer
ence the following officers were
elected: Superintendent OF Young
Peoples Work. Mrs. w. r. Drum
mond; superintendent OF Church
Work, Mrs. C. II. Triggs; General
Secretary. Miss Katherine r. Truax;
Auxiliary Treasurer, Mrs p. A.
Croney; Treasurer OF the Young
Peoples Branch. Mrs. Marian Car
penter; Secretary OF Literature.
Miss Mary 70. Porter; Secretary of
Extension Work, Mrs. Clarence
Robb; Secretary OF Interdemonlna-
tional Work. Mrs. w. A. Heindle;
Secretary of Christian Stewardship,
Miss Blanche Whitcraft, and Secre-
tary of Publicity, Mrs. Bertha McC.
Foster.
Delegates from the following
churches were present: Asbury,
Brandywine. Grace. Harrison Street
Mt. Pleasant, McCabe, st. Paurs'
Scott, Union, Wesley, OF Whining
ton; First Methodist Church OF this
city; Holly Oak and Middletown
Methodist Churches.
Miss Katherine Truax presided
during the novel program OF com
pairing the operations OF the society
with that of a large telephone ex-
change Mrs. Reba Smith spoke OF
the value OF repeating the calls;
Mrs. Jacob Morris operating with
Miss Smith exemplified this valuable
procedure as a great service to the
phone and the society.
Miss Susan c. Lodge spoke OF the
telephone exchange in general terms.
She said the general public used
the telephone in transacting a large
amount OF its business. and a pro-
porous church usually transacted
large amount OF its business through
the several socities, the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society being
one of the most valuable assets
among them. She said the tele-
phone was a factor in all walks of
life, and that the society was a fac
tor IN all walks OF Christian Lie.
She smoke of the church being the
great exchange from which all wires
eminated 10 the various parts OF the |
world through the different societies, |
especially carrying on the work OF
Christ in Foreign lands through the
Missionary Societies OF the
several denominations.
Miss Katherine Truax spoke or
he value of an up-to-date switch
board, forcefully explaining 1t was
If no value whatever unless In
charge of a competent operator
rhe societies must have good opera
ors at the switchboard or the work
will never be done as It should
Wires would be crossed and wrong
made.
Along these lines the entire so
ietv was compared with the metro
,oiitan type OF telephone enohanses'
frs. ]. A Dookety. Mira. Leo Culver
nd Mrs. Vaughan 8. Collins made !
he oomparison OF the society with
he rood cords OF the boards Mrs.
,larenoe Robb, made the transmit
ar oomparisons; Mrs. Charles
riggs. the light comparisons; Mrs.
2 F. Drummonds, Transmitter S
Mrs. William Heindle
he connection comparisons, and the I
eceivers represented by women re- r
orted the following receipts Mrs g
oseph owens, $11.20; Mrs. Marian a
arpenter. s35. and Mrs. p. Aitreo v
roney, s2,994.27, for the year. 7
Miss Truax reported that only 10 !
? the church membership Of the d
-nited states belonged to the So Il
Ietv. AS a method OF increasing "
,e membership Mrs. William Helm v
lie suggested the conducting Of char Il
arties. by the branches electing V
.ostesses and these to invite 10 q
uests, who in turn will become Il
imilar hostesses and hold similar t
unctions. BY the method It was V
hought the society's membership Il
,ould be greatly increased. n
Following the morning session the
visitors enjoyed a box luncheon In e
The church parlors. where hot cofree p
was provided by the Dorcas Society t,
Of the entertaining church.
It was decided to accept the in
vitation Of Mrs. Vaughan S. Collins s
to hold the next annual meeting u
Rehoboth.
Mrs. Beulah Megginson sang sew !
eral solos during the session. Mrs.
James 7. Challenger accompanied
her on the piano.