YMCA Opens New Year Social and Games in Mitchell
The Y M C A began 1909 with open house in Mitchell's city hall auditorium. Four basketball teams competed, including married men and single men, while high school teams staged quick play. Secretary Whittaker praised the event, and a brief concert followed with Miss McCormick and Miss Willison. The state Y M C A convention will meet Feb 27 to Mar 2, with invitations for Mitchell residents to host delegates.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
City ‘Hall
Ray Smith
Mr. Klousia
Benedicts
Branson
Dix
Hardy
Kimball
Smith
Atkinson
Kirkpatrick
Jamnes
Witzel
Klousia
Vassar
Wiltse
Jones
Lester
Cook
Aspinwall
Rowley
Johnson
Storer
Medley
Whittaker
Association
Friends of the Association
Fannie McCormick
Cincinnati Conservatory of
S. D. van Benthuysen
Mitchell
Country Churches Highlight Rural Community Spirit
The Milbank News notes that country correspondence shows local church activities dominate reporting and that rural church societies are vital. It argues churches constitute the greatest force in America’s rural districts, surpassing city churches in impact.
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Milbank News
America
Grant County Churches Lead Uplifting Community Effort
The text lauds Grant county for its many churches and their vital role in the community. It commends country correspondents for thoroughly recording their activities, highlighting the churches as a driving moral force behind the American people.
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Grant County
Baptists' Annual Meeting and Roll Call
A large Baptist church crowd gathered Friday for the annual roll call and business meeting. Supper was served, reports showed solid year results across Sunday school Young Peoples Society and missionary efforts, and pastor Jeffreis credited 32 baptisms. Elections added five deaconesses and new officers. the session ended with praise for a strong year.
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Baptist Church
Maude Loomer
Anues
Huiler
Young Peoples Society
Chicago
Woman’s Mission Circle
Aid Society
Jeffreis
W. B. Rowley
Frank H. Hewitt
Stanley Mathews
Helen Reevs
Annual Congregational Church Meeting Highlights New Building Progress
The annual Congregational society meeting notes progress on the new church basement nearly ready for services and a January dedication target. Treas urer Cattrell reports steady benevolences and expenses paid, with funds toward the new building. Women's Missionary Society and Ladies Aid report strong activity and fundraising. Membership up. S Sunday school growth. Cattrell re elected treasurer and Mrs. Ruth re elected clerk.
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Cattrell
Woman's Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
S. Cattrell
HK. E. Ruth
Funeral of Peter Marquart in Madison draws state officials
The funeral of Peter Marquart past grand master of the Odd Fellows killed by a switch engine was held at the Madison Methodist church to accommodate many mourners. Grand officers from across the state attended as one of the largest Madison services on record.
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Madison
Peter Marquart
The
Odd Fellows
Methodist Church
Marquart
Presbyterian Church
Farewell to Pastor Wilkinson Honored by Mitchell Church
The Mitchell Methodist congregation, about 300 to 400 people, gathered in the church basement to bid farewell to Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Wilkinson. Speakers praised his courage, education, and faith, noting church growth and a $40,000 repayment toward the new building. A gold watch and silverware were presented to the couple, with Miss Mina Hager and Dr. J. L. Seaton among those paying tribute.
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Methodist Church
H. S. Wilkinson
Morris
FP. Reamer
Dr. Wilkinson
Mitchell
Wilkinson
Reamer
California
I. A. Stout
Stout
Mina Hager
Huron
Hager
Ladies Aid Society
Seaton
Brothers of the Church
Presbyterians Feast ushering in the New Year
A large New Year observance at the Presbyterian church featured a supper, music, and games despite cold weather. Misses Ella Preston Florence Macmurray Elsie Parrot Lena Fonken and Messrs L A Williams Harry Williams performed with Wallace Macmur ray as accompanist. A new piano from J L Morgan was used and the crowd paraded into 1908 with the Doxology and a benediction as bells rang and cheers filled the frosty air.
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Presbyterian Church
Ella Preston
Florence Macmurray
Elsie Parrot
Lena Fonken
L. A. Williams
Harry Williams
Wallace Macmurray
J. L. Morgan
Three Marriages in a Family in Washington State
Three weddings occurred at the R L Dashiell home in Cedonia Stevens county on New Year’s Eve with Rev William Carpenter officiating. George Dashiell wed Miss M Walker of Waverly, Robert Dashiell wed Miss Myrtle Myers of Cedonia, and Miss Clara Dashiell wed Sydney Singleterry of Kettle Falls. A family reunion followed as ranchers orchardists and mine operators from miles around gathered to celebrate the triple wedding, the first in one Washington family. The Dashiell family migrated from Indiana to Oregon and then to the Columbia river valley in the Inland Empire where the elder Dashiell is a pioneer rancher.
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Spokane
R. L. Dashiell
Cedonia
Stevens County
Wash
William Carpenter
George Dashiell
M. Walker
Waverly
Robert Dashiell
Myr_tle Myers
Clara Dashiell
Sydney Singleterry
Kettle Falls
Washington
Dashiell
Plains
Indiana
Oregon
Columbia River Valley
Inland Empire
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Diehl & Brown Drug
China
J. W. Broadbent & Co
C. E. Vermilyea
Main Street
Bidwell Land & Loan CO
the Country Churches
Baptists’ Annual Meeting
Congregational Society
Nual
New Church
Bondisn
Mrs. Wilkinson
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