New Britain herald., 1930-10-23
CONVENTION } OF BIBLE CLASSES
Federation Delegates to Meet in : Waterbury November 15

The sixth annual state convention lEpf the Connecticut Federation of .sMen's Bible classes will be held in ~Waterbury on Saturday afternoon rnnd evening, November Is.
 VI The afternoon session will be held lin the Second Congregational u-church, corner of West Main and ~iIolmes streets, and the evening ban rauet, which will be preceded by q .parade of Bible class men from all -parts of this state, will be held ill ~the Waterbury Y. NJ. C. A. gym .-nasium. West Main street.
 ~ The program committee, Warren ~P. Grant of Hartford, William O.
 Florian and c. H. Calhoun of Bridgeport. have arranged the pro- wgram for the convention.
 Beginning at 2 o'clock with d song -.service, which will be led by John SR. Thomas of Rutherford, N. J.. who 1is the official song leader of the na- Mtional federation, the convention AMill open.
 This movement had its real in s-ception with the Bartholow Mems Bible class of Mount Vernon, N. Y, -although the federation was formed "by the Everyman's Bible class of New Britain. The late Dr. J. E. Con- ~ger was first president of the state Organization. The Flying Squadron -of this class will discuss methods -and plans which have been success ~ful in that class, which has a mem- ssbership of about 2,000 men.
 - The speaker of the afternoon will -~be D-. D. J. Evans of Rochester, -N Y, who. for several years. was -leader of the largest mems Bible ..class in the middle west, whose s1nembership attendance was over e2,o00 men.
 A After the afternoon session there twill be parade around the center
 of Waterbury. After the parade the linen will assemble in the Y. NJ. c. ~A. gymnasium for the banquet and S.closing session of the convention. s-Dr F. J. Erbe, president of the Wa 4Aterbury Federation of Mems Bible S-ciasses, will be the toastmaster. Rev. gyArthur F. Mckenney of St. Johns fsF,piscopal church, Waterbury, and rformerly leader of the Navy class -of the Central Baptist church of .,Hartford. will speak. Charles H. sGundersdorff of Baltimore. who
 Succeeds Joseph B. Montgomery of Philadelphia as president of the na- .tional federation, has been identified 'Nwith this movement from the start, twill be the speaker of the evening. The Federation of Mems Bible ~classes works from the national 10 -the state and local city federations, -helping to organize new classes and working to make bigger and better Glasses of those already existing.
 The officers of the state federation are: President, Warren P. Grant, ..Hartford; vice president, H. D. aGrowell, Stamford; c. C. Jones, sNeriden; James Johnston, jr., East s4Iartford; E. L. SaXton, NorWalk .and Horace T. Burgess, New Haven; ~Hecretary, c. F. Calhoun. Bridgeport;
 Associate secretary and chairman of publicity committee: F. B. Florian, -Burnside; treasurer, F. E.. Brown. -Beacon Falls; members of executive scommittee: F. H. Nodinc. New Britain: Edwin B. Floyd. Norwich; ; George A. TroWbridge. Weet Haven ..NEilliom o. Florian, Bridgeport, and (. K. Calhoun, Bridgeport.
 ~ an addition to the above state Of sficers, there are seven active city Celebrations. the largest being th" '-Hart ford federation. which has sGbou' % classes, whose attendance Syor October will average about 7GJ .inen each Sunday. r. B. I'lorian of -Burnside is chairman. Rrdgeport ss3las the second largest federation .sssitl1 Elmer s. Wilcox as chairman