Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1912 — Next District Meeting of Home Missionary to Be Held Here. [ARTICLE]

Next District Meeting of Home Missionary to Be Held Here.

There was a splendid turning out of delegates in attendance upon the annual convention of the Hammond district Woman’s Home Missionary Society, held in the Indiana Harbor Methodist church. The meeting was in session all Monday and Tuesday, and twenty towns in northern Indiana were represented; Miss Carrie Barge, of Pittsburg; was the principal speaker. Miss Barge is national organizer of young people’s work in She missionary line and is a fine speaker. She gave a splendid talk defining the duties that devolve upon women in home missionary work. Of the delegations present from the various cities included within the district, the largest outside of Indiana Harbor was from Whiting. The meeting adjourned at 4 o’clock Tuesday with the election of officers as follows: president, Mrs. George Streeter, Hammond; vice-president, Mrs. A. T. Biggs, of Valparaiso; correspondingsecretary, Mrs. W. E Gillet, Whiting; treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Veal, Michigan City; recording-secretary, Mrs. Kendrick, Gary. The ladies of the Indiana Harbor M. E. church served dinner to the visitors in the church parlors. The locaL society has 46 members and through the influence of its delegate to Indiana Harbor, Mrs. C. L. Harper, the convention was secured for this city next year.