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STATEMENT OF 60-A-WEEK FUND
3 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1922
Amount Amount
Quota Received Short
Ark. W 3361.80 94710 2414.70
357.560 126.86 230.64
Ark. C
NEWS NOTES
A picnic was given for the Little
Rock church last Sunday. Most of the
members attended and report a very en-
joyable time in spite of the tumbles
taken over the rocks, which were so
numerous on the grounds.
Miss Treve Robinson and Messrs. Le-
onard Robinson, Elba and Marbert
Black and Roy Griffin are visiting in
Little Rock at the present. They all ex-
pect to enter the canvassing field soon.
Mr. Cecil Morton has already gone to
his field of lador and has sent in a good
report for the short time he put in last
week, He attended the Little Rock
church school last winter.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ross are visit-
ing friends and relatives in Little Rock
for a few weeks. They plan to spend
the summer in the Oklahoma conference.
About thirty-five orders have been
received at the Tract Society for the
General Confereuce Bulletin.
Mr, William Wilson was a caller at
this office today. He is on his way to
Clarksville, where he will canvass this
summer. He came by way of Jefferson
where his sister, Katherine, accompan-
ied him to their home at Bonneriale.
Brother Hooper is helping the col-
porteurs this week. He will visit Mr.
Kloss at Patmos and Mr. Brinegar at
Stamps before returning to the offioe.
A number of young people gathered
at the home of Mrs. Hooper last Mon-
day evening. The evening was enjoyed.
Mr. Wylie B. Jones called at the of-
fice Monday nigh} on his way home:
Miss Erma E. Hooten was in the city
Monday night also. Her school at Hot
Springs closed Friday and she has re-
turned to her home at Chester. The
work at Hot Springs was completed
nicely and she will be there another year.
Brother and Sister Hooper entertained
the young people in the Little Rock
church at their home Tuesday night.
Cecil Morton will leave immediately
after the closing exercise here and this
occasioned the farewell party. Every
one enjoyed the various games and the
refreshments, ice cream and cake.
Misses Fremona Black, Mary Mullins,
Marion Beamer, and Ruth Beamer have
returned to their homes in Little Rock.
We are glad to welcome them home.
Mr. William Wilson, who has been
attending school at Keene, and his sis-
ter Katherine, who has been teaching
at Jefferson, Texas, passed through
Little Rock the first part of last week.
We are looking forward to the reports
from the new colporteurs who are just
coming to us from Keene.
SCHOOL NOTES
Wednesday evening, May 12, marked
the closing of a very sucessful school
term here under the direction of Mrs.
L. J. Black. A program was rendered
in the church that evening at 8:00
~ O’clock.
The program was given in two parts;
part one was given by grades one to
six, The drills and musical selections
made this part very interesting indeed.
The grade cards were given to those in
these grades. Eight also received Read-
ing Course Certificates.
Part two was the commencement ex-
ercises for those finishing the eighth
grade. The church was tastefully dec-
orated with the class colors -pink and
green. The motto--‘“The First Mile-
stone’’--was placed on a background of
white, which was bordered with green
leaves, The class appreciated very much
the address written by Elder Taylor
which was read by Sister Taylor. In
this he urged each member of the class
to go past the first milestone and get an
education, but get it in schools of God’s
appointment.
There were five in this class. Each
part was rendered in such a way as gave
credit to the ones rendering as well as
to the teacher. At the close of part
two, grade: cards and diplomas were
given to each of the five, All received
Standard of Attainment Certificates.
The following finished the eighth grade:
Cecil Morton, Evangeline Green, Gla-
dys Dougon, Minnie Ladd, and Lois
Mullins.
One other will receive a Standard of
Attainment Certificate as soon as she
has passed an examinationin History of
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD
Missions. © The following have passed
in History of Missions and expect to
take Denominational History ‘test'this
fall: Ivan Hooper, Anna Stene, Jan-
ette Watson. Co :
VISITING CHURCHES
At Marianna we held a very good ser-
ies of meetings for about five days,
which strengthened the members spirit-
ually and deepened their Christian ex-
perience. I am sorry to say that since
the church was first organized in 1918,
a peroid of nearly four years, overt half
of the members have moved away.
However I am glad to say that since
the first of our day-school here the
number has increased from eight or
nine pupils in 1919 to twenty now. We
havea nice church building, the best
colored churchin theatate. If the mem-
bers had remained here, this would have
been the largest and strongest church,
financially.
My next visit was to Earle, Ark,
where I held a short meeting and or-
ganized a Sabbath school. This Sabbath
school has now thirteen members.
These people are very earnest and are
growing stronger in the Lord and we
have a good prospect for a church here.
They are primarily the fruit of one of
our faithful colporteurs.
Pine Bluff was the next place we visit-
ed. Here we have a growing work. It
is under the direction of Brother and
Sister A. B. B. Storey and I am glad to
say that they are building up a good,
strong work, but the greatest need at
this place is a church building. If they
had a building much more could be ac-
complished. Please let me appeal to you
for a little help for the building of a
church, If you -are impressed by the
Spirit to make a contribution, send it
through the regular channel--the con-
ference-- stating that itis for the Pine
Bluff building fund.
Recently I held a three weeks’ meet-
ing in Little Rock which meant much
to them spiritually, The enemy has
been working to cause some of them
to prove disloyal and to finally make
shipwreck of their faith. The Lord
blessed and turned a threathened de-
feat into a victory for some in the
church. Quite a number surrendered
fully to God by coufessing their sins to
God and their faults one to another. A
closer spirit of love and co-operation
now prevails. While the meeting was
primarily for the church, we haa four
new Sabbath-keepers who promised to
keep all the commandments, and are