From Rick B
Friday, April 29, 2005
"The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, October 14, 1899, page 5
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Annual Convention of Association Held in South Bend This Week.
The annual convention of the St. Joseph County Sunday School association was held in
the First Christian church on Tuesday and Wednesday. The attendance at the opening
seesion not as large as expected, but increased in the afternoon.
The discussions throughout the sessions were of an interesting and very profitable
character. The event of the meeting was an address on Tuesday evening by C. D. Meigs, of
Indianapolis, superintendent of the Indiana Sunday School association.
The session Wednesday morning was not followed out according to programme, the going
of C. D. Meigs to Valparaiso, Ind., causing several slight changes. Rev. J. W. Walker,
however, made an address, "Sunday School Lessons from Palestine," in a very
interesting manner and received the closest attention by his audience. Mr. D. W. Thomas
also made an able address. The election of officers resulted as follows: Vice-president,
David Augustine; secretary, W. S. T. Bassett; assistant secretary, Miss Edith Ullery;
treasurer, Noah Platz; superintendent home department, D. N. Dressler; assistant, Mrs. E.
B. Harris. The election of president was left to the officers elected. Wednesday
afternonn a conference of county and township officers led by Mrs. D. W. Thomas, was held.
The meeting of 1900 will take place at Walkerton.