Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-27
District Missions
Held Fall Meeting

Inc Northern Zone of 49,
| D,s1rlct Missionary Society b.ssd e's ~ Z
san meeting on FRIDAY a. g. .s
Grove church. near Oxford ~ oliauy
A,.5. Sup neing the Oxford Circ,Iit
, D,.,e.it,oly MIS- s. Richmond. the
e :. o.ue aa ana her committees did
.ning possible for the pleasure
- Tue hundred and more women who
were present. from the fifteen a,x;,
,la ., OF the zone. The Banks-Gr
LII society won the attendance nrize
SUBSCRIPTION to the World Outlook
sven az each meeting to the pro,,,
having the highest percentage Of 81,
tendance. " at
ne meeting was called to order ~,
Inc zone chairman, Mrs. A. b. Deans,
AFTER the opening hymn. Rev 4 9
richmond, pastor of the circuit con.
Quoted the morning devotions Misc
mary Renn, of the local church ~
.enoed nearly greetings to the visitors
MIS-. n. w. Tucker, of Henderson re-
spondlng. The roll of auxiliaries WA :
caiieu by Mrs. T. r. Smith. secretary
q representative of each one eivino .,
orief reports of the years work, Fol,
lowing this, Mrs. Quincy p. Hood die
trict secretary, talked about the worlI
of the district as a whole and eo,,a
susgestlons as the final quarters goals
A Baby Life Membership certificate
was presented by Mrs. I. S. Richmond
20 Glenn Douglas Mangum, baby SON
OF the local church school superitnn-
dent, this being a gift of the zone
The main feature of the DAYS pro-
gram was the presentation by Mrs.
Hood and Mrs. B. F. Boone, Confer
ences Study Superintendent of the
outline of the fall study book, what
Is This Moslem World, 2 by Charles
r. Watson. Mrs. Boone gave "a fine
talk on Mission Study, its Value and
Purpose, with special reference to the
current topic of study. She had a dis
play of reference material, maps, pos
tiers, and outlines. Mrs Hood. with
the aid of Mrs. Wellons and Mrs.
Hadden, of Raleigh, put on a demon
stration class, each of the three pre-
senting a unit of study, as follows:
The Status of Women in the Moslens
World; the Moslem Religion as It At
fects the Political and Social Life
the Education of the MOslem Wo-
men. A short skit was given by mem
bers of the Sallie Lou McKinnons So
ciety of Plank Chapel, which drama
tized the change which the Christian
religion brought to the home life of
the Moslem women.
The noon day devotional was led by
Mrs. A. M. Gates, of Durham, Con-
ference president. She Drought to the
women a message of the joy of saliva
ton, pleading with them to yield to
the power of the Holy Spirit, until
they did realize in their. lives this joy
of salvation. -
I. A feature of the AFTERNOON session
was a talk by Miss Virginia Wilson,
Home Demonstration agent of Gram
vile county, on the Identification of
Church Grounds. During the business
session, Mrs. T. r. Smith, of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of Plank Chapel, was
elected Zone chairman to succeed
Mrs. A. B. Deans. The Middleburg
Auxiliary extended an invitation for.
the 1898 spring meeting, which was
accepted. The social hour at luncheon
period was most enjoyable as always.
The roster of ministers present in
cluded Rev. I. S. Richmond Rev. B.
o. Merritt, Rev. O. w. Dowd, Rev. p.
A. Petty, and Rev. Dodd, of Creed
moor.