Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-08
M. P. CHURCH
MEETING HELD
in CRISFIELD
Lower Peninsula District Quar-
terly Meeting OF The Wo-
mems Work Held June l
MEMORIAL SERVICE By
MRS. $. NJ. MADDRlN


field, Md, Friday, June first, with
the first vice-chairman, Mrs. II. T..
Kelley, presiding.
The morning devotionals were led
by Rev. C. M. Elderdice, pastor of
the entertaining church.
A very impressive feature of the
morning session was short Memorial
Service conducted by Mrs. S. M. Mad
dirk, honoring Mrs. J. c. Kelley, who
passed on to her reward only few
days after the last meeting. AS
scripture basis for her remarks, she
used Proverbs 31-10:31 and Revelation
14-13. Mrs Maddrix loved Mrs. Kel-
ley as a personal friend and spoke of
her as the "Personification of all low
able in woman, endowed with all the
graces God would have woman possess
She was fortunate in being reared in
a Christian home, one of the old type
of which there are few in existence
now; one in which the Sabbath Day
was revered and not abused and the
day of preparation for the Sabbath
was made use of that the day might
be we'll spent" In reference to her
talent for music, Mrs. MaddriX so
beautifully expressed her "home go
ing as gaining her rest in Heaven and
taking her place in the Heavenly
choir" Although she will be greatly
missed in the approaching session of
the Maryland Annual Conference,
missed in all the organizations of her
church, she has left her life as an ex-
ample and her influence will be keen
ly felt. Fortitude, grit, patience,
kindness, love and sacrifice are all
needed to make a woman, and these
she possessed to a marked degree.
She lived a noble life, and died
triumphant death. Miss Florence Ham,
mond then beautifully sang "Open
the Gates of the Temple" as an APP
propriate conclusion to the service.
Mrs. Kelley was made a Memorial
Member of the Missionary Society by
the District of which she was chair
man at the time of her death, and the
organizations of her local church.
The section from the constitution
pertaining to Young Peoples Work
was read by Miss Gertrude Somers.
The theme song, Launch Out" was
then sung by the entire group. A re-
port of the Annual Branch meeting
held in Baltimore in March was given
by Mrs. w. d. Mitchell, who was the
delegate from the District to this
meeting.
The afternoon session opened with
a devotional service conducted by Rev.
McQuin, after which the representa-
tives from the auxiliaries answered to
the roll call, showing an attendance
of fifty women and six ministers,
one layman and three members of the
Sunshine Circle of the New Church
auxiliary.
The report of the Nom. committee
was called for and accepted and the
following officers were elected
Chairman, Mrs. H. E. Kelley; Vice
Chairman, Mrs. j. 7. Smullin, Jr.;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. w. D. Nit
chell; Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Gertrude Somers; Treasurer, Mrs. V.
S. Deitrick.
Mrs. R. w. Sapp who represents
the Eastern Shore as delegate to the
Sixth Annual Missionary Convention
of Women's Work of the M. P. Church
which was held in Washington, D. c.,
in May, gave ECHOES of the Con-
vention" in her most interesting re-
port. She referred to the theme of
the convention, "My Utmost for His
Highest"
The speaker for the meeting was
Miss Bette S. Birmingham, Associate
Executive Secretary of the Board of
Missions, who brought timely and
practically illustrated talk on "Our
Women's Work" in which she pictur-
ed an archway which we have to
build and the capstone holding all the
pillars in position is the spiritual life,
development of which is the most i'm
portant phase of the work of the Mis-
sionary Auxiliary. Miss Birmingham
then took an imaginary voyage, first
visiting the mission fields at home,
Dillonvale, Ohio, where Mrs. Hazel
Greenwald works among the foreign
children and Pine Ridge, KY, where
DR.. and Mrs. Woodford have just COM
pleted their fifteen years of active
service in the Alvin Drew School and
Rev. and Mrs. Andrew are taking up
the work. The next visit" was to
India where was found DR.. Edith Lacy
administering to the physical as well