The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-20
Annual Meet
Is Held By
Auxiliary
Mrs. r. C. McCarl Named
President for 1946-47 Term
At Dinner Meet.

At Dlnner Meet.
The annual meeting of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary of the First Pres.
byterian church was held Monday
might in Gilmour Memorial Hall
following a dinner which was at.
tended by the women of the auxili.
airy, DR.. Grove. pastor, the Elders
OF the church, representatives of
the Board of Deacons, and other
guests.
The hall was beautifully decorat.
ed with centerpieces and baskets
of spring flowers flanked by candles
down each Of the tables. Especially
lovely was the large bowl of jon.
quils, :lareissi, delphinium and iris
at the officers table.
Mrs. N. L. 10y, retiring presi-
dent, at the close of dinner intro
duced Miss Jane Hall, secretary of
Spiritual Life, who preceded the
meeting with call to worship and
opening prayer. Following a hymn,
Immortal Love Forever Full"
Mrs. Foy called the meeting to
order and reports were heard from
Mrs. John Hall, second vice-presid.
dent, Mrs. E. B. Josey, recording
secretary; Mrs. Claude Howell,
treasurer and Miss Sarah McLau-
rim, auditor; Miss Sue Hall, histor.
ian. 1t was of special interest to
learn from Mrs. Howell that the
total contributions made during the
closing church year by the Women's
Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian
amounted to $4,012.11. An impress
sive memorial service was con-
Quoted by Miss Sue Hall at the
conclusion Of her report as histor-
ian.
At this point an inspiring talk
was made by Mrs. Allen H. White
head who represented the circle
chairman Of the auxiliary Mrs.
John Hall, second vice-president,
then took the chair and Mrs. Foy
made her report Of the years acti-
vities, in which the various reports
of the Secretaries of Causes were
incorporated.
Following Mrs. Foy's splendid
report. the auxiliary and church
officers present rose to express
their appreciation of her leader
ship in vote Of thanks.
The new officers were called for.
ward and DIR. Grove conducted a
thought-provoking installation ser
vice. The executive board for 1896
AT of the Women's Auxiliary of the
First Presbyterian church is as fol
lows: Mrs. R. c. McCarl, presi-
dent; Mrs. N. L. Foy, first vice
president; Mrs. John Hall, second
vice-president; Mrs. w. S. Baker,
recording secretary; Mrs. W. T.
Weeks, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Claude Howell, treasurer;
Miss Sue Hall, historian. The Secre-
taries Of Causes include Miss Jane
Hall, Mrs. Fred Little, Mrs. w. M.
Dickson, Mrs. Russell Parks, Mrs.
w. L. Hartzog, Mrs. r. B. Peters,
Mrs. Martin S. Willard, Mrs. r. G..
Grady.
Mrs. E. L. Hart, Mrs. P. R.
Smith, Mrs. o. L. Cooper, Mrs. N.
D. Edwards, Mrs. Sandy Marks,
Mrs. E. r. Toms, Mrs. Eric Nor
den, Mrs. B. B. Reynolds, Mrs.
Dan Dove.
Circle Chairmen for the coming
year are to be Mrs. M. c. McIver,
Mrs. z. K. Bell, Mrs. H. R. Cole
man, Mrs. James Wells, Mrs. T.
D. Love, Mrs. B. R. Morrison, Mrs.
Herbert Codington, Mrs. Plat
Davis, Mrs. Warren Barrett, Miss
Gertrude Moore, Mrs. J. P. Ed
and Mrs. Allen H. White
head.
Mrs. McCarl received the gavel
from Mrs. Foy and concluded the
meeting with plea for praying
during the new year. /
AS a prelude to the meeting fol-
lowing the dinner, a violin solo,
"Air" from the Goldmark Violin
Concerto, was played by Mrs. Eric
Norden, accompanied by John
Pfiel.
1t was noted with appreciation
that Mrs. Arthur Brown headed the
committee who prepared and SER
we'd the supper, and Mrs. A. r.
Kinney and her circle were re-
sponsible for the charming deco
rations.
Attention was called to spring
meeting of the Presbyterial which
will take place shortly at the Win
ter Park Presbyterian church, and
to the Auxiliary Officers training
class to be held in April. DR.. Grove
also called attention to the fact that
the church is to have the opportu-
nifty of having DR.. .Tolliver Thomp-
son of the Union Theological Semi
nary conduct a weeks series Of
devotional services at the Easter
season.