The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-29
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
REFLECT HUDSON
GROWTH OF THE ASSOCIATION
IN LOUISIANA IS SHOWN By
PRESIDENT
OTHER PARISHES ATTEND
Approximately $50, 100 Being From
Other Parishes, Attend The Con-
vention. Many OF Them Being
South Louisianians.

shreveport, La.-Ihe tnlTty-hlAtf
annual convention of the Louisiana
Sunday School Association. which was
held last week was featured with the
reelection of William G.. Hudson
Shreveport, as president. and the cleo
ton of other state officers as follows
F.. w. Teitje, DIR. John l.. Scales
and l.. A. Williams, vice president; J
II. Nelson. secretary: J. X. Meyers
treasurer
In his annual opening address Presi
Gent Hudson gave Interesting facts on
the growth of the organization In
Louisiana; Miss Mamie Lee Frayser
Kentucky State Association, spoke on
"The Child-the Challenge to the
Church." and Robert M. Hopkins, gen
sral secretary OF the international as
sociation. spoke on The Agencies at
Work at the Task"
Mr. Hopkins reported there are 27,
100000 young people under rs years
old In the United States growing up
without religious instruction OF any
Kind. This number he said 10 greater
than the combined reached by Prote
tants, Catholics and Jews, and declared
It 10 from this immense group that
the l. w. VS. and their like come.
Conferences were conducted in the
&hildren's young peoples and adults
divisions and general session took
place later.
Approximately $50, 100 being from
other parishes, attended, many being
South Louisianians.
At tho children's conference, X. T.
Douglas, Gillian. presided, and there
were talks by Mrs. 3. w. Norwood,
Caddo; Miss Susie NJ Juden, New
Orleans; Miss Marguerite Briscoe,
Mississippi Association and Miss Man
ME Lee Fraser, Kentucky Association.
Miss Zone Logan. Caddo. presided
Ut the young peoples conference and
the speakers included: Sterling l.
Williams. Nisso~ri Association: Fan
NE q. Norman, New Orleans; r. B.
Lunsford. Shreveport. aad William +.
Tietje. Jefferson Davis parish.
Mrs. Wilmer Mills, East Baton
Rouge. presided At the adult confer
eHes with talks by Robert M. Hop
kins. International Association: Mrs.
Wilmer Mills, East Baton Rouge, and
William M. Virgins, Texas Associa-
ton.
Addresses BY Robert M. Hopkins.
Sterling L. Williams and Rev. J. T..
Oharman, tho latter Of DeRidder, fea-
tured tho night session.
william G. Hudson was elected
louisiana member Of the international
executive committee for four years.
Alexandria.-W. C. Graham, and M.
c. Foss of the Louisiana Farm Bureau.
are here for weeks campaign among
the farmers Of the parish. They ad-
dressed q meeting Of farmers at the
courthouse this afternoon: and will
arrange to hold community meetings
IN all sections Of the parish.
bia-Arrangements are un-
der way to establish radio station
1T Columbia, and unless these ar
rangements fail the station will be e.
tablished and in operation within the
next few weeks. M. M. Mandot, sup
erintendent of the Columbia Light
and Power plant. IL the originator Of
this scheme, backed by progressive
citizens. The station will be installed
ct the site of the light and power
plant.
Baton Rouge.-Eix new teachers for
the summer session, in addition to
the many heads Of the departments
and regular professors who will re-
main at their posts for the summer
session, have been announced by Dean
d. T. Powell. director. The session
will open June 4 and close July n.
Estherwood.-Plantin Of rice has
begun in this section with field work
facilitated by favorable weather dur
ing the last week or ten days. Indica-
lions point to 4 crop larger than usu-
q.
Baton Rouge.-A delegation Of bust.
ness men from St. Landry parish
urged upon the State Highway Com
mission recently the immediate be-
ginning Of work on the Pershing High
way and also on a road from Opelou-
sas to Vile Platte
Houma-At a meeting of the AS
sumption parish Board of Health, re-
GENTLY held at Napoleonville, DIR. Thorn
rs Pugh was elected parish health Of
ficer at salary OF $50 per month.
DIR. w. E. Kittredge was elected chair
man of the board
Pointe-a-la- Hache, lathe police
Jury has requested Senator Leopold
and Representative Dymond to use
their best efforts at the coming ses-
sion of the state Legislature to have
the name of Plaquemines parish
to Delta parish
Shreveport.-The Louisiana and
Railway Company is con-
allowing the Morgan and Byrd
Railroad and Gravel Company, which
operates eight passenger trains daily
10 and from Baucum Spur, to use de- |
pot facilities at Haynesville.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T. T. Webb
of Monroe has been advised by Tu-
lane University that he has been