Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — MISSION MEETING NEXT WEEK [ARTICLE]

MISSION MEETING NEXT WEEK

i Many Visitors Expected Here Thursday and Friday. The Northwest Indiana conference of the Woman’s Home Missionary society will be held in this city next Thursday and Friday, May 24 and 25. Visitors are expected from all over the district and the meeting promises to be one of the most interesting ever held. The following program has been arranged.: Thursday, 1:30 p. m.—Devotions, ■Mrs. Anna Reed, Brook; ,( We Are Glad to See You,’’ Mrs. F. H. Hemphill, Rensselaer. “We Are Glad to Be Here,” Mrs. Harvey Williams, Remington. Greetings from Woman’s Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. John Medicus, Rensselaer. Music. Appointment of committees. Report of group presidents: Mrs. C. B. McKnight, Fowler; Mrs. Daisy Kay, Morocco; Mrs. Charles Sparks, Kewanna. “Preparedness,” Mrs. H. C. Riley, Boswell. “Recruits,” Mrs/ Carl Somers, Rensselaer. “Munitions,” Mrs. Arthur Cole, Lafayette. “Service,” Mrs. E. W. Strecker, Rensselaer. Young people’s vesper service, leader, Miss Elizabeth Rossiter, Boswell. Informal reception at Monnett school, from 5 to 6 o’clock. 7:30 p. m.—Devotions, Miss AlVerta Simpson, Rensselaer. Playlet, Queen Esther Girls, Rensselaer. Music. Address, Dr. A. W. Newhall, superintendent Jesse Lee home, Alaska. Offering. Benediction. Friday, 8:30 a. m. —Morning watch, Rev. E. W. Strecker, Rensselaer. Reading of minutes. Annual reports: Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Laura Green, Rochester; treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Johnston, Remington: literature, Mrs. Charles Dock, Delphi; mite box, Mrs. C. W. Steele, Fowler; . young people’s work, Mrs. A. P. Rainier, Remington; systematic giving, Mrs. C. B. Carlton, Rochester; evangelism, Mrs. Wade Thompson, Delphi; temperance, Mrs. R. R. Cole, Lafayette; children’s work, Mrs. George Biederwolf, Monticello. “New Methods in Use,” by delegates. “Relationship of the Women’s Missionary Societies to the Benevolent Program of the Church,” Rev. W. E. McKenzie. Discussion, led by Mrs. A. T. Briggs, West Lafayette. ," Ou s Achievements and Expectations,” conference officers: Mrs. J. A. Secor, president, Laporte: Mrs. J. W. Rittinger, corresponding secretary, South Bend; Mrs. Myron Campbell, treasurer. South Bend. 1:30 p. m. —Devotions, Mrs,. A. A. Fell, Remington. “Gary Settlement Work,” Mrs. J. W. Rittinger, South Bend, Music. Business session: Reports of committees; election of officers; invitation for district meeting, 1918; miscellaneous; reading of minutes. Installation of officers, Rev. W. E. McKenzie.