The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-20
|DEANERY HELD
AT 0R0vILLE
Most Largely Attended Session that
Has Ever Been Held In Eastern
Washington.


Deanery Of the Episcopal church
opened in Oroville with public SER
vices Tuesday night, presided over
by The Right Rev. Herman Page,
bishop Of the diocese of Eastern
Washington, continued throughout
Tuesday and closing Tuesday even
ing with a largely attended young
peoples meeting. In point of attend
ance and intense interest taken in all
the proceedings this was the most
successful Deanery that has ever
been held In the diocese, and the
clergy and laity present expressed
their unqualified satisfaction over the
result.
TIE services Tuesday evening were
largely attended, Rev. L. H. Miller
addressing the audience upon the val
ue of religion to the individual. Rev.
Miller has had much experience In
meeting with sick and broken human
ity during his administrations at St.
Luke's hospital and by many personal
experiences proved conclusively that
religion is strong factor in the lives
Of people. Bishop Page also spoke to
some length upon church work. One Of
the most important announcements
was made by Rev. d. Vincent Gray,
the local pastor, wno stated that work
would commence at once upon the
construction of a new church.
Tuesday was very full day occu-
pying all the time Of both visitors and
a large contingent of the local men,
bership. In the morning conference
was held ON the nation wide campaign
at which all of the ministers took
part. At noon the women's auxiliary
served lunch to the visitors. In the
clergy and also of the Women's Aux
iliary, presided over by Mrs. Calvin
Casteel, Of Omak, and which was ad-
dressed by Mrs. Frank Atkinson, Of
Spokane, president of the Auxiliary
Of the District of Spokane, and Mrs.
Herman Page, who gave an interest
ing account of the great convention
Of bishops recently held at Portland.
In the evening the visitors and many
resident members of the church took
supper at the Hotel de Grubb, at
which some $50 were served. Later In
the evening young peoples meeting
was held at the church, which wal al
so largely attended.
There were some 65 delegates pres
ent from outside points and this num-
ber augmented by the delegates from
the local church, which seemed to in
olude almost the entire membership,
made up quite large assembly, all of
whom attended each meeting with
marked regularity. The success of the
session and the great interest mani
tested will undoubtedly stimulate
church activities and cannot fail to
result In much good. The following
are the names Of the out of town dele
gates present:
From Spokane-The Right Rev.
Herman Page, bishop; Mrs. Herman
Page: Mrs. J. L. Atkinson; Rev. L. H.
Miller.
From Wenatchee-Rev. H. R. Page,
Mrs. H. r. Page, Rev. F. S. Hyatt,
Miss Vivian Dear, Mrs. Frank Reeves,
Mrs. Frank Oliver, Miss Clara Mears,
Mrs. ]. A. Scamer, Melvin HichcOx,
Lee Usher.
From Epnrata-Mrs. d. T. Cross,
Miss Betty Cross.
From Okanogan-Deacones Chris
tobel Corbett, Mrs. E. c. Quackenbush,
Mrs. Paul J. West, Mrs. c. w. Lane,
Mrs. ]. R. Everett, Mrs. Howard viel
Mrs. Adelaide Brown, Mrs. c. E
!, Blackwell, Miss Clock, Geo. J. Stew
art, Lucille Green, Mrs. l.. Hayes, Miss
Margarete Brown. Gordon Floyd, Miss
Addie Copple, Byron Towne, Leo Mar
ellen, Miss Harriet Woody, Irwin
| Stokes, Griffith Steiner, Miss M. Pet.
erson, Miss Ruth Phillips.
From Winthrop-Mrs. Amos Stokes
From Brewster-Ben Enos, Mrs. Ben
Enos, Mrs. Robt. Jones, Mrs. Geo
| Ormsby.
| From LoOmis-Mrs. J. M. Richmond
C. H. Knosher, Mrs. C. H. Knosher
From Horse Springs Coulee-Mrs
Mary Burbury.
| From Omak.-Mrs. Geo. Lee, Mrs
I John Fisher, Mrs. j. BlackwOOd, Mrs
w. D. Funk, Mrs. A. o. Greene, w. P
kJaquish, Mrs. W. p. Jaquish. Dale
Greene, Mrs. B. F. Perry, Miss Kath
ryn Wantz, Mrs. E. B. Aveldson, Mrs
Calvin C. Casteel, Mrs. David Dolsen
From Brooklyn, N. Y.,-Mrs. Judge
T. Smith.
From Ontario, Canada-Miss Annie
Skinner.
From TOnasket-Geo. Ormsby.