Palisadian., 1925-12-11
CONGREGATIONAL

The program for the Young Peo-
pies Forum in the Grantwood Congre-
gational Church, will be the Happy
Talk Evening" for Sunday, December
13, Mr.. C. B. Hearn will act as chair
man and the speakers will be Mr..
C. J. Leeger on "The Fountain of
YOUTH and Mr.. P. Schomber on
Helping Others"
Mr.. C. E. Velsey will read the Scrip
lures. and music will be provided by
Miss DeTrappini, violinist, and Mr..
]. Cochran. vocalist.
The program of last Sunday was
successfully carried out by all the
young people as announced, and an
additional feature was the vocal solo
rendered by Miss Charlotte Goelz.
Ladies Aid Society and Missionary
Auxiliary
Mrs. S. N. Sears, assisted by Mrs.
Tuesday afternoon, for the meetings
of the Ladies Aid Society and the
Missionary Auxiliary of the Congre-
gational Church, and there was a
large attendance.
Mrs. Kaelin, president, was in the
chair for the Ladies Aid meeting.
Mrs. Thayer announced her Christ
mas Goodie sale for Saturday, at her
home, and received contributions.
Mrs. Charles Hague reported the
final results from her recent food
sale as seventy-six dollars and sew
enty-nine cents, which splendid and
unusual sum was heartily applauded.
Mrs. Yaeger gave the notice of her
Calendar Party to be given in jan
uary, probably the third Friday,
which will include the return of the
calendars received by the church
members and also a musical enter.
tainment and refreshments.
At the missionary meeting which
followed, the chairman, Mrs. Curtis,
presided and and opened the the citing with with
prayer. Mrs. Dickinson read some
extracts from about the recent Ma
tional Council of Congregational
Churches in Washington, as a pre-
lude to the address by Reverend S.
o. Gozzo of the Cliffside Mission and
Community Church, who was the
guest and speaker of the afternoon.
Mr.. Gozzo brought vivid account of
the weeks convention in our capital,
which place he felt, was one of the
important things of the convention.
The merger of the fourteen Congre.
gational missionary boards into two,
was the important feature of the con-
yention. This involves diminution of
the office forces and offices.
The other specially important fea-
ture was the reception of twenty-five
thousand Evangelical Protestants
(German), into the Congregational
body.
About five thousand members of
the Congregational Churches of the
United States attended the conven-
tion. During the week the one hun
dredth anniversary of the Cangrega-
tional Home Missionary Society was
celebrated and Mr.. Gozzo had charge
of the meeting.
Several heated discussions took
place during the week, one on the
racial question raised by Washing
tons action, another the question of
the church's stand against war, was
debated.
Hereafter the Council will have
two moderators, clergyman and a
layman and one assistant moderator,
which this time is woman. Mr..
Gozzo felt that the spiritual note was
very marked in all the meetings and
that President Coolidge's address was
especially fine and spiritual.
Mr.. Gozzo at the close of the in
teresteing address, made fervent
appeal for more aid of a personal
nature and contact in the Italian Mis-
sion in Cliffside and especially pre-
sented the great need of teachers in
the Sunday school, which has roll
of seventy-five, and an average at
tendance of over fifty children, and
only two teachers. Miss Mason not
being we'll for the past two weeks,
leaves only one teacher, Mr.. Gozzo
himself.
Christmas Goodie Sale
A sale Of Christmas goodies, candy,
cookies, cake, ETC., as we'll as fancy
and useful table of articles, will be
held at the home of Mrs. C. R. Thay-
er, Lafayette avenue, Grantwood. on
this Saturday December IL, from
three until five o'clock
The sale will be an interesting one
in it's possibilities for Christmas shop
ping, as we'll as for artistic Christmas
cards, and for the social enjoyment
offered at the tea table.
Mrs. Thayer is chairman and Is as
sisted by Mrs. Sears, Mrs. Tonkin,
Mrs. Vogelei and Mrs. Banta. Mrs.
Hall will be at the tea table.
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