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ASHEBORQ, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934.
NUMBER 42
Barbecue And4Rlly AH
Set Foi^Bmirday Noon
Sneakers In Line, Band ^dy,
Shoats Dead, In lien Of
Big Event October 27
Randolph Citizens And
Friends Are Invited
Snonsored By Young Democrat
"ic Club Who Find Coopera
tion In Plenty For Plans
After week’s of preparation, the
Young Democrats of Randolph an
nounce that all is in readiness for
the barbecue and rally on Saturday,
October 27th. This event will be
staged at the county fair grounds
two miles south of Asheboro and the
gates will be open to every citizen
of the county and friends who are
sufficiently interested to attend. Ed
Cranford and Frank McCrary have
acted as co-chairmen of the arrange
ment committee for the barbecue and
have laid their plans well. Both
these members of the Young Demo
cratic Club, the organization spon
soring the barbecue, are delighted
with the cooperation received on all
sides from Democrats in the county.
At 11:00 o’clock all county offi
cers are asked to meet at the court
house and go ip a group to the fair
grounds. Transportation will be pro
vided for those who find this plan
inconvenient. The speaking will start
promptly at 11:30 o’clock and will
run according to schedule with a
number of short political views giv
en. The principal address, however,
will be given by the Honorable Clyde
Hoey, of Shelby. Mr. Hoey is a great
favorite throughout the state as a
politician and known as the party’s
“silver-tongued orator.”
Those in charge of the event are
expecting around 5,000 people and
are preparing sufficient barbecue and
“fixings” for such a sizeable crowd.
The barbecue will be prepared again
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Speaking Dates For
Democratic Voters
^ Throughout County
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Congressman Cooley To Return
To County For Several En
gagements Next Week
Democratic speaking engagements
k~r. fr °~rrfiilnfl r"—*T during week
beginning October 29th:
Monday, October 29th at 7:30 p.
m., Hon. J. Walter Lambeth, Trinity
schoolhouse.
Monday, October 29th at 7:30 p.
m., Henry L. Ingram and Roy Cox,
Providence schoolhouse.
Tuesday, October 30th, at 7:30 p.
m., J. V. Wilson, Roy Cox and Sam
Miller, White Oak school (Richland
township.)
Tuesday, October 30th, at 7:30 p.
m., J. D. Ross and J. M. Canoy,
Welch schoolhouse, Union township.
Tuesday, October 30th, at 7:30 p.
m., Henry L. Ingram, New Hope
Academy.
Wednesday, October 31st at 7:30 p.
m., Hon. Thomas Turner,, Jr., Arch
dale schoolhouse.
Wednesday, October 31st at 7:30 p.
m., Henry L. Ingram, J. M. Canoy
and J. V. Wilson, Tabernacle school
house.
Thursday, November 1st, at 7:30
p. m., J. V. Wilson, Roy Cox and
Sam Miller, Trogdon schoolhouse,
Brower township.
Friday, November 2nd, at 7:30 p.
m., H. L. Ingram, Sam Miller, Dunn
Cross Roads, Union township.
Friday, November 2nd, at 7:30 p.
m., J. D. Ross, Roy Cox and J. V.
Wilson, Flint Hill schoolhouse.
Aside from the engagements above,
Mr. Cooley speaks in Trinity Thurs
day night of this week at 7:30 p. m.;
at Coleridge Friday night at 7:30 and
then Mr. Cooley, Walter Lambeth and
Clyde Hoey wiU be the speakers at
the barbecue at Asheboro Saturday.
There are other speaking engage
ments, not mentioned above, being
arranged for the week commencing
October 29th. Mr. Cooley, Mr. Cog
gin and other noted speakers are
• expected to be in Randolph during
that week. Engagements are being
arranged for Randleman, Franklin
ville and other places. Announcements
of the places, speakers and dates will
be made at an early date.
Randolph Achieves
Attendance Record
At District Meeting
Medical Association Held At
Elkin Will Come To Ran
dolph For Next Meeting.
Five doctors from Randolph at
tended the meeting of the eighth
district medical meeting held et
Elkin last week. They were Dr. W.
E. Lambert, who was made president
of the organisation; Dr. J. T.
Barnes, elected vice president; Dr.
£• H. Soady, named secretary; Dr.
R- P. Sykes, all of Aaheboro and Dr.
•• B. Johnson, of Ramseur. This
groop formed the largest attendance
from any of the ten counties in the
district
The next meeting, to be held in
April, 1985, wfll come to Asheboro,
bringing two hundred delegates. The
district is composed of ten counties
reaching from Randolph to Ashe.
Guilford, Rockingham, Forsyth Surry,
Yadldn, Alleghany, Stokes, and Wilk
« am Included in the dia
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Solicitor Elect
HON. CHARLES L. COGGIN
Hon. Charles Coggin, Democratic
nominee for solicitor in this district,
who has been active in speaking
throughout Randolph county recent
ly. Will speak briefly at barbecue.
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MIDGET FOOTBALL TEAM
IS BEING ORGANIZED
With J. J. Sanderson as coach, a
midget football team is being organ
ized in the Asheboro school. The
following boys are going out for
practice: Robert Barnes, Robert Wil
liams, Hiatt Morgan, Thad Moser,
Bud Hedrick, Roger Stockner, Chas.
Greeson, Bill Allred, Bob Allred,
Milford Cox, Jack Burkhead, Billy
Presnell, Herbert Richardson, Boyd
Hamilton, Hal Smith, Mahlon King,
Elko Frye, Sam Burrows, Jimmy
Walker, Robert Johnson, Gilbert Mc
Cain, Truett Frazier, Howard All
red, and Jack Pugh. No boy who
weighs more than 115 pounds is eli
gible for membership on this team.
The first regular game to be
played by the midgets will be with
Liberty on the home field Wednes
day afternoon, November 31, at four
o’clock.
Carolina Power Company
Announce Rate Reduction
Recent Ruling Will Effect
Cheaper Power For Middle
Man In North Carolina
$600,000 In Savings
To All Customers
Domestic And Commercial Rate
Will Be Materially Lessen
ed By New Plan
Interesting to many people is the
recent cut made by the Carolina
Power Company the announcement
of which was issued by Cleveland
Thayer, head of the Asheboro office
on Wednesday. Some two years ago,
the company made a reduction thatj
touched the big consumer of power,
and the smallest consumer—those,
who came under the minimum rate
charge. This minimum flat rate was
cut from $1.50 monthly to $1.00.
The more recent cut will affect the
domestic and commercial consumers—
the masses of consumers, in fact.
This, quite naturally, makes the an
nouncement of wider interest than
any previous statement concerning
rate reduction.
The detailed explanation from the
local office follows:
Following negotiations with the
Carolina Power & Light company, the
North Carolina Commission has or
dered into effect certain domestic
and commercial lighting rate sche
dules of the inducement type which
make available to company’s cus
tomers in North Carolina $600,000
per annum of additional service with
no additional cost to such customers.
In addition, the commission has
ordered immediate reductions m cer
tain of the company’s rates which
will give certain consumers in North
Carolina a rate reduction of $150,
000 per annum. The reduction in
rates of $150,000 together with the
$600,000 of additional service with
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October Taxes Are
Subject To 1%
Discount; Sheriff
Sheriff Cart E. King announces
at the 1934 taxes are now due
td reminds people that all taxes
rid in October will be subject to
one per cent discount. The
teriff also appeared before the
lecial meeting of county tom
iasioners Tuesday and requested
tat they agree not to charge m
rest on 1933 taxes unpaid for the
sxt 60 days. This request was
■anted by the board agreeing
at it would be a source
silence to many people
111 be sold and election will be
hind no giving the farmers and
isinesa folks an opportunity to
m their attention toward the
isiness of the county. TTie
teriff urges, however, that
ho can do so, take advantage
’ this October per cent plan.
Memorial Hospital
Greatly Damaged
By Fire Sunday
House Vacant For Past Five
Years Due To 111 Health of
Owner, Dr. Hayworth
English Showplace
Built Many Years Ago By The
Late Captain Fisher Who
Came From England
Sunday morning at quite an earlv
hour, between 3:30 and 4:00 o’clock,
the Asheboro fire siren announced
the burning of one of Ashcboro's
most interesting places, Memorial
Hospital. This hospital, owned and
operated for many years by Dr. C.
A. Hayworth as the only hospital
in Randolph county, was closed some
five years ago on account of ill
health of Dr. Hayworth and has
been unoccupied since that time. An
exact estimate of the equipment has
not been assembled completely as
yet, but a great many pieces of
furniture are considered a total loss.
Part of the X-ray machine and op
erating room furnishings were sav
ed from damage. When the fire was
discovered the entire back part of
the building appeared to be ablaze at
the time. The flames spread rapidly,
destroying the sections formerly oo
cupied by the hospital kitchen and
back ward and demolishing the roof,
which fell in.
C. Rush, fire chief, expressed the
belief that the blase started from
a lighted cigarette or match dropped
by someone prowling around or in
the building.
This house was formerly known as
the Fisher home, built and occupied
by Captain Fisher, who came here
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Breaks Hip In Flail
Sherrill Hunsucker, of High Point,
fell from a tree Saturday and broke
his left hip. He is a patient in the
Guilford General Hospital in High
Point. Mr. Hunsucker is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hunsucker, of
Asheboro, but has been living in
High Point for the past few years.
County Chairman
C. C. CRANFORD
C. C. Cranford, Chairman of Dem
ocrats in Randolph who is confident
ly expecting victory for his party
at polls on November 6th. Has aided
young Democrats in barbecue plans
for Saturday.
School Makes Public Pupils’ Names
Making Honor & Attendance Rolls
Below are the names of students
in the city schools meeting the re
quirements for the honor roll the
first month of school. To make the
honor roll a student this year must
have no absences, no tardies, satis
factory conduct, and no grade on
studies less than B. These require
ments are essentially the same as
in other years, except for the fact
that the B. grade may run as low
as 85, while the old grade of 2 did
not go below 90. In order to encour
age good attendance, good conduct
and punctuality the school adminis
tration and faculty have thought
best to make this change.
The new system of grading, which
is being introduced in the public
schools throughout the state, makes
70 the passing mark, instead of 50,
as formerly used in the Asheboro
schools. This change has caused
more failures than usual the first
month of school, but Supt. Hilker
and his faculty believe the i^ sys
tem will, in the end be better for
all concerned, as not enough effort
has been put forth in some cases
in the past. . , ,
The new report cards give details
which show the parents the child s
difficulties. For example, the ele
Chief Speaker
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Hon. Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, known
throughout North Carolina as “silver
tongued orator,” ^rho will be prin
cipal speaker at barbecue-rally on
Saturday.
Loflins In New Home
The beautiful new home at the end
of Sunset Avenue belonging to Mr.
and Mrs. Curry Loflin is completed
and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lof
lin. The home of stone and wood,
is quite charming, home-like and
hospitable in structure and charac
ter.
Changes Made in
Registration Are
Herewith Stated
People Are Requested To Note
Changes And Abide By Them
To Eliminate Confusion
My attention has been called
to the misunderstanding regard
ing the transfer of the regis
tration of voters from one town
ship to another 'and from one
ward or voting precinct to an
other.
According to the election laws,
a voter who moves from one
township to another and is en
titled to register and vote in
the township to which he has
last moved, does not have to
obtain a transfer from the reg
istrar at his o]d voting place.
But if a voter moves from one
ward to another or from one
voting precinct to another in
the same town$Ss>*-ha. muatJa^Vft. .
a transfer from the voting ward
or precinct in which he was last
registered and last voted.
For instance, voters moving
from one ward to another or
from one voting precinct to an
other in the following town
ships must have a transfer from
his old ward or voting precinct:
Asheboro (4 wards, North, East,
South and West Asheboro ; Lib
erty township (2 voting pre
cincts, north and south Liberty ;
Trinity, (2 voting precincts,
North and South Trinity,; Co
lumbia (3 voting precincts, East
and West Ramseur and Staley ;
Randleman, (2 voting precincts,
East and West Randleman);
Franklinville (3 voting pre
cincts, Franklinville, Central
Falls and Cedar Falls); Cedar
Grove (2 voting precincts, East
and West Cedar Grove).
Voters moving from either of
the above named townships or
1 any ward thereof into another
| township, does not have to obtain
a transfer from the registrar, but
only if moving from one ward
or precinct to another in the
same township.
E. H. CRANFORD, Chairman Ran
dolph County Board of Elections.
Dr. And Mrs. Sykes Home Finished
The handsome colonial home of
Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Sykes on Worth
street is finished and they have mov
ed in within the past week. This
‘is one of the several handsome new
homes of Asheboro recently made
ready for occupancy.
mentary child is checked on health,
physical education, initiative, self
reliance, courtesy and consideration,
obedience, self-control and honesty;
and the high school student receives
checks on such attitudes and habits
as the following, trustworthiness, re
spect for school property, care in
use of materials, politeness, consid
eration and self-control in talking.
Both are checked on study habits
such as cooperation, neatness, etc.
Honor Roll lat Month
Second grade: Frank Lamb, Jr.,
Paige Bray, Maxine Davidson, Alise
Gray, Rachel Newsom, Rachel Pres
nell, Therrell Brown, Harold Dick
ens, Bryant Williams, Peggy Almond,
Nannie L. Austin, Carolyn Cranford,
Gwendolyn Lambent, Dorothy Luck,
Isabelle Rush, Mildred Swaney, Bar
bara Warren.
Third grade: John Kemp, Jr., Billie
Hasty, Clarence Lane, Tommy Myatt,
Billy Page, Harper Thayer, Billy
Trollinger, James L. Field, Julia
Alexander, Anne W. Birkhead, Jua
nita Cox, Carolyn Neely, Josephine
Pugh, Myrtle Richardson, Charlotte
Usher.
Fourth grade—Edna Earle Lassi
ter, Dick Warren, David Pulliam,
Edwin Reaves, Iris Lee Hughes,
Young Folks Hold
Union Meeting Of
B.Y.P.U.&E.L
Piedmont Baptist Association
To Meet In Franklinville
This Week
P. T. A. Play Friday
E. B. Ausley Injured When He
Steps From Behind One Car
In Front Of Another
Franklinville, Oct. 22.—E. B. Aus
ley, while crossing: highway 90 near
intersection of Academy street, Fri
day evening, was struck by a car
driven by John Dixon, of Ramseur.
Mr. Ausley was near the center of
the road, saw another car coming
rushed in front of Mr. Dixon’s car
and was knocked to the edge of the
road, sustaining a broken leg. He
was taken to Randolph Hospital,
Inc., Asheboro, for treatment.
At the annual conference of the
Pilgrim Holiness church, held at
Greensboro last week, Rev. Wm. R.
Phillips, of Ramseur was called to the
pastorate of Franklinville Holiness
church.
The Christian Workers Class of
the Franklinville M. E. Sunday
school met at the home of their
teacher, Mrs. J. T. Buie, Wednesday
night with twelve members present.
A program was given by the girls.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: Rachel Bur
row, president; Peggy Wallace, vice
president; Margaret Trogdon, secre
tary; Hilda Gray Brady, treasurer;
and Mrs. Tate Williamson, assistant
teacher. After a social hour of games
fruits were served by Mason and
Mack Buie. The next monthly meet
ing will be with Ruth Allred.
Miss Inez Curtis spent the past
week end at the home of her sister,
Lloyd Brown, of Asheboro.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pat
terson, October 16, a son, Wesley
Eugene.
Henry Moon, George Allred and
Paris Spoon went on a week end
fishing trip to Carbonton.
Dee Witt Evans who underwent an
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Housing Committee For
City Is Formed Tuesday
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To Speak Saturday
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HON. J. WALTER LAMBETH
Congressman J. Walter Lambeth,
formerly Randolph’s representative,
among the guest speakers at the big
event to be staged on Saturday. Mr.
Lambeth will discuss the New Deal.
Hon. Jake Newell Speaks
Hon. Jake Newell, of Charlotte,
will speak at the court house in
Asheboro on Saturday evening, No
vember 3rd, at 7:30 o’clock. The
public is invited to attend.
Fifth grade: Bobby Bums, Willys
Hooper, Wade Lassiter, Virginia L.
Allred, Pauline Hancock, Lucy L.
Lowdermilk.
Sixth grade: Gloria Anderson, Kit
ty L. Fritz, Rae McRae.
Seventh grade:Alice Birkhead, Dor
othy Burrows, Frances Burrows, Hel
en Cheek, Lucille Cox, Dorothy Pres
nell, Jane Page Walker, R. E. Mabe,
Marie Culbreth.
High School
Eigthth grade: Helen Phillips, Ed
na Mae Winningham,
Nineth grade: Sara Hayworth,
Femko Johnson, Mildred Millsaps,
Betty Prevette, Margaret Pritchard,
Velna Williams,
Tenth grade: Helen Styres, Vir
ginia Smith, Bertha Brown, Earlene
Wood.
i Eleventh grade: Mary E. Bunch,
Sidney Truesdale.
Post graduates: Howard Allred,
Louise Paul.
Perfect Attendance
First grade, Lucy L. Lovett, teach
er: Wesley Bulla, George Cockerham,
Clarence Cole, George Foster, Leon
ard Gunter, Earl Eugene Hogan,
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Courier Soon To Publish
A Development Edition
Making Friends
HON. HAROLD COOLEY
Making many speeches in Randolph
for his party and getting acquainted
with people has been the practice of
Hon. Harold Cooley, Congressman
elect. Also a speaker at Saturday’s
barbecue.
THANK OFFERING SERVICE
AT M. P. CHURCH SUNDAY
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Methodist Protestant church will hold
the semi-annual Thank Offering
service Sunday evening, October 28,
at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. W. Frank Red
ding, Jr., is thank offering chairman
and will preside over the meeting.
Devotions will be offered by Mrs.
R. C. Stubbins and a pageant will
be presented by the members of the
Mission Band. The pageant will be
“The Convention of Thank Offering
Boxes.” Thank offering boxes will
be opened and other offerings/will be
taken. The funds collected will go
toward the World’s Service Budget.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the service.
^Russell Parks Is Made Chm. Of
Local Group Meeting In
Court House
Slide Views Show
Need For Repairs
Would Remodel 16,000,000
Homes In United States
Needing Repairs
In a meeting conducted Tuesday
afternoon in the Randolph courthouse
by representatives Harrell Wood and
Scott Radeker of the Federal Hous
ing Administration created by an
act of Congress in June, 1934, to in
sure approved loans up to $2,000
for use in home building and re
modelling purposes, an Asheboro
Housing Committee was organized
with J. Russell Parks as its chair
man.
Other members of the Asheboro
Housing Committee, formed to util
ize the parts of the FHA that are
i best applicable to the building up
I of Asheboro, include: chairman of
i Advisory Board, D. B. McCrary;
| Executive committee, chairman, J.
I Russell Parks, D. B. McCrary, C. C.
Cranford, Arthur Ross and E. H.
Morris, Jr.; Finance committee,
Cleveland Thayer; Publicity commit
tee, Roy Cox; Loans committee, L.
F. Ross; Building Industry commit
tee, E. H. Morris, Jr.; General in
dustry committee, J. D. Ross; Wo
men’s committee, Mrs. Arthur Pres
nell; Consulation committee, Walter
Bunch; Planning committee, Arthur
Presnell.
In the meeting, aided by a slide
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Free Clinic For
Crippled Children
Plan Rotarians
A clinic will be held in Ashe
boro in the near future for the
purpose of giving free examina
tions to the crippled children of
Randolph county. Children crippled
or deformed in their limbs, or
suffering from infantile paralysis,
will be examined by a noted spe
cialist. There are many crippled
children in our county who could
be helped and, in many cases, en
tirely corrected. Certainly these
children deserve a chance to be
come normal physically.
Time and place will be announc
ed at a later date. This clinic will
be sponsored by the Asheboro
Rotary Club and if anyone read
ing this article knows of a crip
pled child in the county under
eighteen years of age please re
port same to Dr. J. T. Barnes,
Chairman Crippled Children Com
mittee, Asheboro, N. C.
The club is anxious to help
these children so that they may
have the opportunity of becoming
healthful normal persons with an
equal chance in life.
Development Section Will Depict
Industries Of Town And
County
To Circulate Widely
Throughout U. S.
History, Education, Churches
And Business In Randolph
Is Mirrored
For fifty eight years The Courier
has played an important part in the
development and growth of Randolph
county, promoting at all times the
best interests of Randolph county
and her people. Recently The Cour
ier, in furtherance of her progressive
policies, undertook the publication of
a Randolph County Development Edi
tion, and now The Courier takes
pride and pleasure in announcing that
the Randolph County Development
Edition will be published soon in
connection with the regular weekly
paper.
For the past five weeks a corps
of experienced newspapermen have
been working in conjunction with the
regular staff of The Courier on the
Development Edition. Dan R. Schro
der and John C. Abels, of High
Point, under the direction of The
Courier management have been in
charge of the special edition. They
have been assisted by Kay Thomp
son, of Burlington, in the editorial
department.
The edition, which is the largest
and most comprehensive one ever
attempted by any Randolph county
newspaper, will be distributed to
postoflFice boxholders in the county.
Additional copies will be mailed
manufacturers and financiers, and
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Old Hickory Cafe To
Celebrate Fifteenth
Anniversary Sunday
Improvements Within & With
out Cafe Add To Good
Looks Of Business Block
There is going to be a birthday
party in Asheboro Sunday, October
28th. Saturday is the Old Hickory
Cafe’s fifteenth anniversary and
Manager Reid Hannah has extended
an invitation to the friends of the
cafe throughout the pounty, and to
asking them to come and enjoy a
specially prepared anniversary dinner
on Sunday.
Old Hickory Cafe is all set for the
occasion. The cafe has been bedecked
with an attractive, new plate glass
front, bringing the entire front of
the building out even with the street.
And work is underway on a new in
terior dressing up.
Fifteen years is a long time and
you would never recognize this grown
up Old Hickory Cafe as the same
one that Reid Hannah and Eugene
Chisholm came back from overseas
fifteen years ago to open up in the
building now occupied by Rose’s 5
and 10 cent store. Nor would you
recognize it as the same adolescent
child that left its birthplace to come
to live at its present home on Fay
etteville street in 1928.
Old Hickory Cafe has grown up
through careful supervision. It is a
polite child, a thorough child, an
I efficient child. Through the influ
j ence of its guardians it has taken
; its place as an indispensable part
| of the community.
Old Hickory Cafe was baptized
with home cooking, an early baptism
that has never been forgotten. In’
fact the quality and tastiness of the
cafe’s home cooking has grown more
excellent with the passing of years,
and now Old Hickory Cafe has earn
ed an enviable reputation that is
respected by older cafes over the
country and copied by younger eat
ing houses here and there.
Old Hickory Cafe, adorned in
splendid new raiment, anxiously but
proudly announces its fifteenth an
niversary.
Asheboro Baptists
Invite S. S. Workers
To Training School
Practical Program Of Instruc
tion Planned For Course Dur
ing Last Week Of Month.
A training school for Sunday school
workers will be held at the Ashe
boro Baptist church in Asheboro the
week of October 29th to November
2nd. This school is designed to teach
more about administration in the
Sunday school and the function of
that body as a vital force in the
community. The school is open to
Sunday school workers of all de
nominations and those in charge of
the school issue a cordial invitation
to all interested workers to attend.
The course of study and the teach
ers for the course have been care
fully selected with a view to prac
tical needs of the Sunday school.
There will be forty-five minute pe
riods each evening, beginning at 7:00
p. m. Rev. O. P. Dix; will have the
topic, “True Functions of the Sun
day School;" Dr. H. T. Stevens will
instruct concerning, “The Adult De
partment;” Prof. S. C. Gretter will
have charge of "The Young People’s
Department; “Working with Juniors,”
will be handled by Mrs. A. R. Pres
nell and “Working With Primaries,”
Mrs. H. T. Stevens.