Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-23

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of Phoenix, the Arizona district pres
ident; Mrs. Monroe Bush OF Phoenix,
Mrs. Flora Jones Seaman of Tucson,
first vice president Of the Foreign
Missionary society; Mrs. Hilda S. ALI
strom of Tucson, who is in charge Of
the Spanish Methodist mission; Mrs.
Arthur Roberts of Tucson, district
secretary of junior work; Mrs. c.. z.
Finney of Tucson.
Mrs. Charles Melvin Harper of Kan
sas, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Stewart of
Mesa. Mrs. Norma Wiechardt of Tue
son, state president of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society; Mrs.
Frank Griffin, Mrs. A. S. Hall and
Mrs. Gladys Pyeatt of Mesa, Floyd
]. Seaman of Tucson, Mrs. D. H. Her
ing, Mrs. Menna Vasey and Mrs. e.
w. AIlstrom of Tucson, Mrs. F. w.
Roltman and Mrs C. M. Roberts of
Wilcox, Mrs. M. H. Sharpe, Mrs. Mat
tie B. Annette and Mr.. and Mrs. War
wick Scott of Phoenix.
Miss Winnifred Myser and Mrs.
Charlotte Beatty of Tucson; Mrs.
Bessie Wescott of south China; Mrs.
G. w. Incl of Glendale, district ju-
nior secretary of the Woman's For
eign Missionary society; Mrs. William
A. Melottey of Phoenix; Mrs. Jane
Aldrich, district corresponce secretary
of the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety; Mrs. Margaret Locke Coates of
Los Angeles who gave the principal
address of the afternoon; Mrs. Annie
c. Bertelsen of Tempe; Miss Grace
Dillingham; of Fullerton, Calf, and
Flying Yang, Korea; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Aldrich of Phoenix; Mrs. Nor
cross of Creighton; Robert o. Bates
of Bisbee, and G. W. Incl of Glen
dale.
Mrs. Coates, who is conference
president of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society, is a sister Of Bishop
Edwin Locke of Minneapolis, Mimi.
Mrs. Coates came here from Los An
geles and spoke most inspiringly be-
fore the convention yesterday after
noon.
+ Greetings to visiting delegates was
extended by Mrs. John B. Crowell,
and the response was made by Mrs.
F. j. Seaman.
Demonstrations were given during
both the morning and afternoon pro-
gram of the work of the children in
the Mexican Mission school at Tucson
which is supported by the Woman's
! Missionary society. Children from
the school demonstrated with speeches
and songs which were commended by
patrons of the school.
Miss Winifred Myser said that there
had been fine spirit in the school
for the past year, that the girls were
better satisfied and showed more ap-
probation toward the women and
their teachers. Many of the girls
worked in the neighborhood and have
their own bank account. She stated
that the school had received more
canned fruit and Christmas supplies
than in former years, and that she
had been able to make quite a few
improvements in. the premises.
Mrs. Margaret Locke Coates, con
ference president said at the morn.
ing service that women can no Longer
hide behind men and say the gov
ernment is to blame for 1--WE are thu
government now and are responsible
for conditions. The Mexican, Chines'
and other foreigner who was not borl
here is the work of the Woman
Missionary society and the churches.
The speaker called attention to tn
fact that it was a nurse of the Meth
odist Missionary society who sent th
call for toxin when the typhoid epi
, demic was sweeping unabated il
Alaska, and it was to the hospital a
, Nome, supported by the Woman