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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOW~!ANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THBEE Mrs. W. P. Rogers Newly Elected Pres. Oshawa PresDyterial W. M. S. "You are the people who can present the challenge to the youni people," said Miss Elinor Har. Wood, Field Secretary of the United Church Training School to the women gathered in Kin Street United Church, Oshawa, March 26th, at the first sessior of the 18th annual meeting of the Oshawa Presbyterial of the Wo- man's Missionary Society. The "challenge" she referred to was ths f service to the Church as mis onaries, at home or abroad and as workers in organized àchurches at home. Mrs. S. LittIe- Wood, Orono, President, was ii the chair. Women workers are needed for all departments of the Church's life, Miss Harwood declared and told of the recruiting work she had been doing from coast to coast. W.M.S. women, she said, will strengthen their own work by setting forth the whole picture of the Church's need of women workers. Thirteen wpmen have become ministers in the United Church during recent years, she related. The biggest contribution of these women will be in the field of religious education and as miss- bonaries, she believes. Of a staff of 250 overseas missionaries, there are only 100 women, not counting the wives. Young people want to know what missionary work is like and as the reports published in the Blue Book give a good idea of this, she urged her hearers to refer to these reports for definite information. The last two years of high school are the best time for ,reaching young people with a presentation of service to the Church, she said, and added that this present- ation must be non-denominational. Information regarding the needs of denominatins other than one's Off to a Good Start ...M WITH MILK An adequate breakfast and a pep-filled day go - hand in hand. To keep your family in top-notch condition serve a hearty breakfast. Your breakfast should provide at least a quar- ter - 25% of the days health and energy re- quirements. Let milk play the most important role, use it in baking, cereals, desserts and have plenty for drinking purposes. For Delivery Phone 446 B WMANV LIE DAIRY i M M M M M M M M i M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M u M M 4 M M M i M M N M M III 91 e own can be secured from Church headquarters. Work of Deaconess Varied The work of the deaconess is varied, Miss Harwood remarked, and only 100 of the trained women employed in the United Church are deaconesses. Their work, she explained may include supervis- ion of the midweek program for young people, the Sunday School work and all young people's work. The deaconess who has special training in social work is em- ployed in downtown churches and All People's Missions, she said. Such a worker will conduct mothers' meetings, do counselling and visiting in addition to other work. The secretarial deaconess serves, the speaker explained, as church secretary and also as deaconess, and is primarily not a secretary. Thirty-six United Churches are at present asking for women church workers and although the United Church Training School has a larger attendance than ever before the next year's class is practically filled, the needs cannot be met, she revealed. Among the qualifications need- ed for church work, Miss Har- wood said, are maturity, stability and intelligence. Women are wanted who would be a success in whatever career they chose. Considering Rural Workers Some Presbyteries are consid- ering the appointment of a rural Presbytery worker such as the W. M.S. has already placed in New- foundland, she revealed. Miss Harwood referred at length to the findings of the Can- adian Youth Commission which showed much laxity of moral standards among young people. The Commission found that there is little religious teaching being given in the home and that the Church has less influence on young people than it had a gener- ation ago. Pamphlets prepared by various departments of the United Church setting for opportunities, for ser- vice in it were displayed by the speaker who promised to give the delegates an opportunity to see the leaflets and obtain some. In conclusion, she outlined the aca- demic qualifications the Church requires of candidates and stress- ed the value of the training af- forded by the United Church Training School. Mrs. R. C. Pearce of Ebenezer, conducted the worship service. Many one-minute reports were given by secretaries and fuller re- ports by other officers of the Presbyterial. The report of the nominating committee by Mrs. J. V. McNeely was as follows: Past President- Mrs. S. Littlewood; President- Mrs. W. P. Rogers; First Vice- Pregident-Mrs. T. Morton; Sec- ond Vice-President-Mrs. L. W. Dippell; Recording Secretary- Mrs. S. W. Keown; Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Elton Werry; Treasurer-Mrs. Albert Wilson; Secretaries: Christian Stewardship -Mrs. J. V. McNeely, Mission Circle-Mrs. P. L. Jull, Affiliated C.G.I.T.-Mîss Edna Green, Mis- sion Bands-Mrs. Lloyd Ashton, Baby Bands-Mrs. J. McKinney, Associate Members-Mrs. Claude1 Ives; Supplies-Mrs. N. J. White; Community Friendship - Miss Nora Werry; Literature - Mrs. Bruce Harrison; Missionary Mon- thly and World Friends-Miss Mabel Davey; Temperance and Christian Citizenship-Mrs. C. W. Slemon; Press-Mrs. E. A. Henley. Nursing in India An address was given.by Miss Vera Boyd, returned missionary from Central India, at the after- noon session. "The Empire build- ers in India are the missionaries,"< declared Miss Boyd. For years,1 she said, a crusade of books bot-1 ties and Bible has been carried on( in that country. These have1 poured into India through the1 ports. At the same time have ar- rived some missionaries. The speaker traced the devel- opment of education until today the B.A. degree can be obtained in mission institutions. Telling 71T ~ Lecture by E. WESLEY BROWN SPECIAL MUSIC BY COLLEGE MALE QUARTETTE APRIL 14TH - GREAT HOUR" by PALMER D. ROBSON This message will be the climax of the series. Don't fail to attend - A i- Thrilling Music by TORONTO SYMPHONETTES ALL WELCOME Meetings at 8 p.m. SUNDAY SONS OF ENGLAND HALL BOWMANVILLE 'i especially of her own work, nurs- ing, she showed that the suppl of nurses in India is the equiva- lent of 200 for all Canada. In 1930, it was impossible to re- quire high school entrance for nurses in training, she said, but added that today that standard has been reached. Mrs. M. S. Kirkland, candidate secretary, reported at the morn- ing session that Miss Boyd had been given two months ago, the opportunity to address the stu- dent nurses of the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital on the need of mis- sionary nurses. Mrs. Kirkland referred to the sympathetic atti- tude shown by Miss Eugenie Stu- art, the superintendent, and rais- ed the question whether teachers of vocational guidance in the schools might not set forth the opportunities provided by the W. M.S. if they were provided with the necessary information. Highlights of Reports Some of the highlights of the brief reports given by secretaries follow: Systematic giving by the mission circles have increased; C.G.I.T. groups can be shown the inspiration they can derive with- in the Church; sentence prayers are being used by members in some mission bands; Family Night in the mission band is a popular feature in some churches; baby band visitation is really visitation evangelism carried on by W.M.S. members, said one secretary. Mrs. N. J. White urged every- one to read pages six and seven of the supply leaflet and announc- ed that the allocations this year will be sent to North Frontenac. Mrs. A. D. Cornett, community friendship secretary, reported that in the Presbyterial 6,907 calls had been made during the past year, and she asked that removal slips be more generally used. Mrs. Bruce Harrison requested all auxiliaries to appoint litera- ture secretaries and such officers to have an exhibit of literature on display at each meeting. Award to Bowmanville Mrs. W. P. Fletcher, literature secretary of St. Paul's auxiliary, Bowmanville, was presented with bookshelf on India for her society which had the highest average, 8.2, of missionary books read in 1945. The average was 2.2. Mrs. Elton Werry, reporting for Miss Mabel Davey, said that 761 copies of The Missionary Month- ly and 435 copies of World Friends had been subscribed for in the Presbyterial last year. Press scrap-books, submitted by the press secretaries of the aux- iliaries, were judged by Mrs. T. Adair and Mrs. E. A. Henley who declared that Miss F. Cobbledick, of Orono,twon with her very fine volume. Mrs. R. C. Pearce conducted the worship service at the morning session, taking as her theme, "A New World." Miss Louise Os- borne led in prayer and Miss Louise Pearce sang "Be With Me, Lord," by Harold Miller. Miss Caroline Frolick was her accom- panist.1 Memorial Service A memorial service for the members of the Presbyterial who passed away last year was in charge of the Newcastle auxiliary. Mrs. W. Patterson presided. Mrs. Morley Sallows carried in the white carnations and snapdrag- ons which were in memory of the departed members and Mrs. Chas. Cowan sang an appropriate solo, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Joseph Hockin. The nominating committee for next year will consist of Mrs. J. V. McNeely, Miss Edna Green and the presidents of the King Street Afternoon Auxiliary, Osh- awa; Trinity Evening Auxiliary, Bowmanville; Newcastle Evening Auxiliary and the auxiliaries in Ebenezer and Newtonville. The following were named for the finance committee: Mrs. J. V. McNeely, Mrs. N. Pegg, Mrs. J. Wright, Mrs. Paul Purves and Mrs. A. R. Wilson. Mrs. Kirkland Reappointed Mrs. M. S. Kirkland was re- appointed candidate secretary, the president announced and also in- timated that the president and the corresponding secretary of the Presbyterial will be responsible for Affiliated Societies in future. These societies are Woman's As- sociations which affiliate them- selves to the W.M.S. in congrega- tions having no W.M.S. auxiliary, MErs. Littlewood explained. Mrs. Bruce Ritchie was report- Women's Beverage Rooms Another resolution was the fol- lowing: "Whereas we feel that women's beverage rooms are a disgrace and a direct cause of bro- ken homes and neglected child- ren, and that insidious beer ad- vertisements in the daily papers and in street cars, and saloon drinking pictures, are both a menace to youth, be it resolved by this group of the Women's Missionary Society that (1) All beverage rooms for women in On- tario be abolished; (2) Insidious beer advertising be prohibited and saloon drinking pictures be cen- sored." An invitation was extended to the Presbyterial to hold its next meeting in Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, and was accept- ed. Mrs. K. D. Gahan sang a solo, "Grass and Roses" at the after- noon session. Her accompanist was Mrs. M. H. Moffatt, Miss Effa Wright was pianist for the hymns at both sessions. A committee of members of the Afternoon and Evening Auxiliar- ies of the King Street W.M.S. un- der the convenership of Mrs. E. J. Wadsworth, served a delicious lunch to the delegates. Daffodils gave a springlike air to the tables. Canada has produced in three crop years ending July 31, 1946, over a billion bushels of wheat or a million bushels every work- ing day, enough for all home con- sumption and 80 million people besides. - A Note of Prophecy Arouses Lively Debate At Ministerial Meeting West Durham Ministerial Asso- t -f ciation met on Monday afternoon in Courtice parsonage with Pre- sident Rev. H. C. Linstead presid- ing. Rev. W. P. Rogers had been re- quested to give the same address which he gave at the Rotary Club meeting on March 22nd. Mr. Ro- gers acceded to that request and gave the address with modifica- tions.Among many other things he said: "The three major attitudes of mind today are Fascism, Commu- nism and Democracy. They are different but in one respect they are alike. They, with one voice, demand changes that are radical. Fascism demands political chan- ges. Communism demands econ- omic changes, forcing upon us new co-ordination in 'production and distribution. Democracy de- mands that we cease plunging from one war into another, with conscriptions and regimentations multiplied until democracy itself will become impossible unless a co-operative world order stops these recurrent conflicts. And that order demands a spiritual change. "I am of the opinion that in the not far distant future there wîll be suchda "Federation of the World" as will admit of one "Parliament of Men," i.e., one go- verning body. The U.N.O. is the nearest approach to it that we have ever had. Rapid changes in the scientific world will compel us to take the next step. What conditions? The discovery of atomic energy and the develop- ment of the atomic bomb, that plus the development of rapid transit in its many forms, rockets, etc. These must be controlled or the race will be destroyed. Only a world federation can provide that control. Basil Mathews in "United We Stand" thinks such a federation is possible. But how? Listen, any Union, Alliance, Lea- gue or Federation that is to be permanent and effective must be made up of homogenous elements and that cannot be until men's hearts are changed; and that is the church's primary business." The address provoked a lively discussion in which every mem- ber present took part., ed the delegate chosen by the west section of the Presbyterial to attend the School for Leaders. The east section has not yet made its appointment. The president, Mrs. Littlewood, announced that the Conference Branch meeting will be held in Brockville, April 23 and 24, and Mrs. C. J. Park and Miss May Brown. Statisties Given Mrs. Elton Werry, correspond- ing secretary, reported 23 auxil- iaries and 11 evening auxiliaries in the Presbyterial with 964 mem- bers in the auxiliaries and 288 in the evening auxiliaries. The treasurer, Mrs. A. R. Wil- son, reported that 11,735 had been remitted by the Presbyterial to the Conference Branch for 1945 and noted that this showed a steady increase since 1942 when the amount was $10,409. Mrs. J. V. McNeely, as secre- tary for Christian stewardship and finance, declared that the Presbyterial would not have fail- ed to reach its allocation by $165 if some auxiliaries had not held back some of their money, fearing a rainy day. She told of lists of special objects which might in- spire increased givings. The al- location for 1946 is $11,900. Conference Branch Challenge Mrs. W. C. Haggerty, president of the Conference Branch, sent to the meeting of the Presbyter- ial a message which Mrs. Werry read. 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