Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-22
NEW YEAR MESSAGE To
WOMANHO0D OF
VIRGINIA

ed another year ended. and we flnd
ourselves face to face with new posi-
bilities of work and growth. AS we end
ed the past year, if we can feel ike
Longfellow's Village Blacksmith-that
something has been attempted-some'
thing done, we shall all experience the
ioy and repose which accompany earn
est work that has been we'll done.
And now as we stand within the por
tails of q New Year, as your Presloen'
OF great Virginia Woman's State Con
vention, want to thank you for the
cooperation and support you have slV
en- me during the past year and years
| The help of noble, loyal workers as
YOU are makes the task of LEADING
YOU a great joy, and your encourage
ment is like desert oasis, refreshlnt
tedium of toll, and make the Drruel
easy to bear.
wish for the Womanhood Of Virgin
ia a very happy year; year full o.
work that is constructive and Tortf
while-during the year OF 1874 le'
everv woman of Virginia climb up ou
the valley of indifference and sel1lsll
ness-up to the mountain heights Of
enthusiasm for the work and conscler
tious labor. Only shall we be able te
see the horizon Of new day, and tho
realization of our dreams; great uni
versity on the hill at Lynchburg, anc
tn. coming Of the Lord Christ more fu
l., in the dark land Of Africa and tn
world.
This is Jubilee year at Virginia Sem
nary, and we have set our goal at 81
900. (Seven Thousand Dollars,) We
hone each district will do its best, anC
let us know what it's pledge will be
Our school at Lynchburg stands as
great memorial to the past efforts. Bu1
past blessings do not suffice, we mus
| work harder than ever to make oul
present and future brighter than the
mast. Seven thousand dollars is oW
goal. Shall we reach It? Let's hear the
answer from each district circle, mis-
sionary anG each loyal friend of oul
great work.
We shall give very short sketch Of
our visit to New York State Convent
ions. and to Virginia, regretting thai
neither time nor space will allow us tf
60 into detail. or tell more fully o.
some of our experiences.
AS requested by our Convention, We
attended the New York State ConVen
tions at Albany, N. Y, November l9z"
Miss Rebecca Carter the efficient Flelo
Worker met us and took us to the
home Of Rev. and Mrs. w. o. Harris
Here we enjoyed their cordial hosplta
! ity while in their city.
We presented the cause OF our schoo
to the Woman's Convention and state'
WE would like very much to give
THANKSGIVING Turkey Dinner to the
school. At the conclusion of our talk
it was agreed to take collection foi
the dinner and over twenty-five dol
lars were raised Our deepest apprecla
ton we extend to Mrs. Richardson tn
beloved president, DR.. Simms, presl-
dent of the State Convention, one
whom all the people love, Miss Rebec
"a Carter, Field Worker and Rev. Dr..
J. B. Boddie, the great treasurer. whose
cooperation was largely responsible
for the wonderful donation. The Mems
State Convention of New York, was
most kind, gave us place on rnelr
crowded program to speak and readily
offered to supplement the amount Civ
en- by the Woman's Convention for
Turkey Dinner; Hence the entire
amount wasSeventy-five dollars ($75.'
00) Other liberal donations were:
Rev. C. J. Brown Of Sheepshead Bay
N. Y, $500; Rev. S. P. w. Crew WASH
ington, D. c.. $1.00; First MT. Olive
Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Rev
B. Tyrrell, pastor $500; Mrs Helen
Jackson. Washington, D. c., $1.o0 and
Mrs. Mary A. Jones Lynchburg, Va,
800. Total collected for the School
Turkey Dime $91.00. We extend our
thanks to all who gave. I specially
thank those kind people who never saw
our school, but whose deep faith in the
! good Of the work led them to give so
literally
Visiting Virginia around the Thanks
giving season we were happy to see so
many of the friends and co-workers,
and find the work progressing so well
We were especially happy to be well
enough in health to be in the State dur
ing the period we have stressed Pantry
Supply Day at Virginia Seminary. Sew
en- years age the idea came to us from
Heaven and we started this movement
and have never been absent: it has
never failed once in these years we
hope and pray that it will become a
permanent practice for the school. We
presented President Woods $1,000 to
nay for the turkies as cleaned.
We spoke at the following meetings
while in Virginia: The Union of the
Circles of Lynchburg, at Court st. Bap
fist Church, Rev. V. N Johns, pastor; ;
Mrs. Sallie A. Johnson the eficien.
president. They had wonderful meet
ing, beautiful welcome by Mrs. M.
w. Richardson, excellent papers by
Mrs. Florence Moor on the % years
work; Mrs. Mary Clark, Mrs Rev.
Smith, a great speech by our own and
much beloved Mrs. Josephine Amber
son and others; wonderful singing by
Miss lucy Henry and others. To the
Lynchburg Progressive Circle, Mrs.
Mollie Mcdonald the most efficient vice
president is leading to success. Blue
Ridge Springs Mrs. Eliza Bufford, Mt :
Carmel Circle, Mrs. Rose Gentry presl
dent; Rev, E. A. Smith, pastor, gave us
much encouragement to live and get
strong again for the work. Roanoke
va orr District Chairman Mrs. DR..