Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1913 — CONFERENCE CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE [ARTICLE]

CONFERENCE CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE

Convention of Hammond District - Northwest Indiana Conference at M. E. Church Thursday. The district convention of the Hammond District Northwest In-' diana Conference will'meet at Trinity Methodist church Thursday. This will be one of the most important conventions ever held by the Methodists of the city. The Hammond district is composed of the 54 Methodist churches reaching from East Chicago about seventyfive miles south. The district includes such towns and cities as Hammond, Crown Point, East Chicago, Francesville, Gary, Goodland, Indiana Harbor, Lacrosse, Lowell, Medaryville, Michigan City, Monon, Remington, Reynolds, Valparaiso, Westville, Wheatfield, Whiting, Winamac, Wolcott and other places. There are about eight thousand Methodist members within the bounds of this district. The district meeting will bring the pastors and representative laymen of the district to Rensselaer. The convention will convene Thursday at the Methodist church, with the following program: Rev. A. W. Wood, Lafayette, Presiding. 2:30 Devotion, Dr. J. M. Avann, Gary. 3:00 Address, Dr. A. T. Briggs, Valparaiso. 3:20 The World Task of Methodism, Dr. J. B. Trumble, Kansas City. 4:00 Address, Dr U. G. Leazenby, Crawfordsville. Banquet at 6:00 p. m. Toastmaster, Dr. Paul C. Curnick. Address, Dr. Fred B. Fisher, New York.

Short Address by Dr. Fred W. Hixson and Hon. Frank O. Evans, Crawfordsville. 7:45 Public mass meeting. The 6 o’clock banquet will be for the visiting delegates and men of the Methodist ©hurch and Brotherhood. The great mass meeting will be held at 7:45 n. m. and it will be an open meeting to which the public is invited. Several distinguished speakers will make addresses. The pastor, Dr. Curnlck, will preside at the meeting. The Ladies’ Industrial Society have charge of the banquet

The committee of local arrangements is J. J. llunt, J. D. Allman, Mrs. A. A. Fell. The Methodist ehurch will have everything to give the visitors A royal welcome. Professor Charles Petersen, head of the department of music at Notre Dame university, died of bright* disease Friday at his , home in South Bend.