Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
POTTER IS ELECTED
c. E. UNION LEADER
Annual Meeting of District
Organization Is Held and
Reports Made.

The annual meeting Of the District
Of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union
WAS held at the Church of the Brethren
North Carolina avenue and Fourth
street southeast, Monday evening. Rev
Earl Bowman pastor of the church
welcomed the Endeavorers and the pres
ident of the society In the entertaining
church. Miss Goldie Williamson con-
Quoted the devotional.
The alumni department reported an
increase in membership during the past
year: the intermediates gave a report
of the work which they have accom-
plished and Charles I. Haycraft sub
mitted a report of the work OF the
Crusade with Christ Commission OF the
District union
Officers were elected as follows: d.
Roland Potter, president, New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church; A. t.
Minor, vice president Vermont Avenue
Christian Church; Mrs. C. M. Sans,
general secretary First Church Of the
Brethren; Miss Gene Doyle, recording
secretary. Calvary Baptist Church;
Howard Cole, lexington Presbyterian
Church, treasurer: Mrs. Herman Smid,
st. Paul English Lutheran Church,
junior superintendent; Mrs. Mary
Flather, Fifteenth Street Christian
Church, assistant junior superintend-
emit Mrs. l.. C. Green, Calvary Baptist
Church, intermediate superintendent.
Executive Board Meets.
The executive board met and elected
the following superintendents and APP
pointive officers: Publicity superintend-
ent, Miss Ruth Wertman, Keller Memo
rial Lutheran Church: Miss M. f.
Boland. Central Presbyterian. assistant
publicity superintendent; Miss Rhoda
Lewton, Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church, assistant publicity superintend-
ert and editor of the Capitol En-
deavorer: Miss Mary wertman, Keller
Memorial Lutheran. assistant publicity
superintendent; Miss Caroline Cliff,
First Congregational, assistant editor
Capitol Endeavorer Miss Margaret
Davis, Wallace Memorial United Pres
byterian. Quiet Hour superintendent:
Miss Helen Smith, Gunton Temple
Presbyterian, literature superintendent:
Miss Mildred Seig, Luther Place Memo
rial Lutheran, recreation superintend-
emit; Miss Virginia Pile, Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Protestant, Tenth
Legion superintendent; Darrell G. Grain,
lexington Presbyterian, missionary SUI
perintendent: general chairman Cru
SADIE With Christ Commission, Luther
II. Kinard, Calvary Baptist; Sunday
Evening Society, vice general chair
man, Mrs Irving L. Koch, Luther Place
Memorial; Mrs. Charles w. Stewart,
Garden Memorial Presbyterian, drama
and pageantry superintendent Miss
Blanche Mays. Calvary Baptist. general
secretary Sunday Evening Society; Rob-
ert Simmons, Takoma Park Presby-
terrain captain Flying Squadron.
A full meeting of the board has been
called to meet at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. G. Greene 1904 Park place
southeast, June II at 1880 pm. At this
meeting plans for the coming year will
Be discussed and the program after it
h completed will be published for dis
trtbution to the member societies.
Merritt L. Smith Speaks.
Merritt L. Smith spoke on Follow
On" and . social was held.
At st. Paul's English Lutheran
Church, Eleventh and H streets, at 8
o'clock this evening, e. P. Gates, gen.
eral secretary, international Society of
Christian Endeavor, will speak on the
coming Kansas City convention.
An invitation has been received by
the District Union to conduct q Chris
tian Endeavor Conference at West
peoples contest there July 2, 3, 4. At
the meeting at ST. Paul's tonight infor-
nation will be available for all who
wish to take any of the practical Chris
tian Endeavor courses which viii be
offered. The courses Of study, confer
ence leaders, cost of attending, and all
details will be given.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Union
will hold the quarterly meeting at the
Memorial United Brethren Church,
North Capitol and r streets, tomorrow
at pm. A speaker for children has
been secured. This meeting will be In
charge of Mrs. Stewart, who has been
acting junior superintendent for the
past few months. In July the Junior
Union will hold its annual picnic and
at that time the officers for the coming
year will be elected.
At the National Baptist Church Fri
day evening at pm, the intermediate
union viii meet. Miss Lewton and Miss
Irema1n will speak ut this meeting. The
president Of the Senior Union viii speak
briefly.
The intermediate Union will have a
party Saturday night at the home of
Miss Evelyn Richards.