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Printers’ Inf, che fittfe ecBoo? “redonia, end was a farm Lat- the county, quired to had means Cumbe a he sufficient ente Unive; wt on In ISK) he was ined to the full work of the minis- ‘of the. Presby- and Church, © sraduated from the theological Cumberland Untversity, im- charge of the chureh at where he has since re- Mr. A. Gordon Cassels, recording secre- ot the Georeia is a native = orgian, having born that state July IsGt He grad the. State July, 188¢ siding in Macintosh, Ga., in 1891, he serv- ed as president of the Flemington C. 5. Society, and repre- sented that society at the New York conventi In 1894 Mr. Cassels moved to Savannah, where he has since continued his interest in Chris- avor work. In April of that year was elected state secretary, and has also served as excursion manager. W. F. Stephen, secretary Province of Quebec C. E. Union, was born and has al- ways lived at Trout River, Quebec, about sixty miles " south- west of Montreal. He in early life chose the calling of his father, and is one of the suc cessful young farm: ers of his county, and fs an extensive | breeder of Ayrshire united Metho with the Cureh, | quite “early in life, and was elected an | official when little | over twenty, which po- tion he has ever since held. For many years he has taken charge of a Sunday | school near home, which he organized him- In September 1891 an Epworth League an jeavor was organized in of which he is a member, where elected president, which office he in June, 1802, he was elected irer of the Branhamois Dis- &. Union, and was the means of many new societies and local the district, he holding this office st January, when he asked to be re- r to devote all his spare time «work. For two years in suc- lected a vice president of the i Union, and last fall was elected still hole retar’ tric Mr. Roland Mellish, the corresponding secretary of the Ma- ritime Union, was born in Prince Ed- ward Island in 1859, and is descended from an old English s | family. For many i years Mr. Mellish alesman, and s | has been actively en- wholesale houses of gaged in religious work. In 1882 he en- - tered the service of x “3 Whi : 2 the British-American tor SE tierteree \Book and Tract So- the ¢lety as traveling tia gent, and about five was years. ago he was Cy promoted to the po- ht tion of manager. Last year he was pres- © ident of the Halffax and Dartmouth C. E. ¢ Urion, and this year he was appointed cor- s responding secretary of the Maritime t Union. rem Rey. John H. Talley, the secretary of the fs Mississtppi Union, woo. was born in Linton, TSS ~ | Davidson county, K Tenn., May 18, 18¢ th He was reared on a As farm at Union City, 1 Tenn., and educated t in the high schools ri she| of that town. After at nsas College | finishing his educa- W in Winfield | tion in 1888 he en- ber + Oklahoma. | tered the shops as a In 188 at the Okla- | machinist, serving an hom connection | apprenticesuip, after ‘ent 1 July, 18e2, | which he entered the wher ty in the! ministry, under the € « In May of the ibe s of the ter- @isect- r \ till hole . He has I ent Wash- State Chris- Ende Union, Lou- his removing a late Con- icut, he uw thirteen Com- te of Isso, Spo- to hington led in at editor of its daily he pre put paper. went into nt printing hing busi- promptly himself Congrega- tively en- Later his and H lentified with the rch, and was soon a gaxed in all branches of church and Chris- 1k. M cox was one of the Spokane Local and also of ‘hristian Endeavor secretary New Mexico A\Tbuquerqu mot: book he a 1 to position of eper. In IG ted his pres- querqu ply Company. united with the First Pr an Church of Alburquerque . in 18%, and Identified himself with the C. E. Scciety, in which he subsequently held sev- eral o} He is in every way a stanch, upright young man, whose business train. ing qualifies him especially well for the Gifice he holds in the New Mexico C. EB. Union. arge as a since, working for three con- One of the most prominent workers in the C. E. ranks in Missouri is Miss L. M. Dieter, the state secretary. For sev- eral years she has been active along Sunday school, mis- sionary and Chris- tian Endeavor lines. In her work as sec- retary of the Sedalia local union she first made her energy felt in a wider sphere. Her devo- tion to the cause was recognized in 1895 by her election to the important po- sition which she so admirably fills. She has developed all the qualities that make up a successful state secretary. Rev, Arthur David Thaéler, president of the North Carolina ce Inion.was born in 1S7t at St. Kitts, West Indies. His parents are Moravian missionaries in the West Indies, his father being chair- man of the eastern provincial conference || of the W. I. Mission. He received his early education in the United States, gradu- ating from the Mill- tary Academy at fazareth, Pa., in S886, and from the Moravian Theological Seminary in 1892. His first charge was an assistant to Bishop Rondethaler at Salem, N. C. After his mar- riage in 1804 he located in Winston, at Calvary parsonage. In 1894 he was’ ap- pointed superintendent of C. E. for North Carolina, and the next spring, at the first state convention, elected president of the newly formed State Union. Miss Aphia G. Tillson, secretary of the = Massachusetts State Cc. B. Union, was born in Massachu- setts in 1872, Later her parents removed to Attleboro. Miss ‘illson, in 1888,joined the C. HB. Society. Early in 1892 she was appointed corre- sponding secretary of the local society, and in December of the same year district secretary. She helped to organize a junior society in her own church March, -18%, and was made its superintendent, a place she still fills. She was also instrumental in the organization of the North Bristol C. E. Union. During her connection with the C. B. Society she has missed but one con- secration meeting, and that was due to the change im the date of a local union meet- ing, at which she had promised to speak. The name of Rev. A. D. Kinzer is one dearly loved hy En- deavorers throushout the state of fowa. In tober, i894, at the te convention at Sioux City he won the hearts of all the young people hy his powerful" Christian citizenship He was ai state a the ar re-electe 1. ad ” great fac people of the rin aruus- y te to their pre tt also chairman of tt committee for “Wa. Miss Antoinette P. Jones, superintendent of Floating Socicties of ¢ an Endea‘ born in F Mas: She educa- tion in the schools of the town, and from her scholarly father, who died ‘in 187! when she engaged business. She united with the First Con- gregational Chur: of Falmouth in IS7 She engaged in tem- perance work, and became an active worker in Christian En- deavor in 1887. In 1890 she was led to ar- range the Floating Soctety of Christian En- deavor, for men on shipboard, :nd was appointed by the United Soclety of Chris- n Endeavor superintendent of Floating Societies of Christian Endeavor, which of- fice she has since held. As societies are on shipboard and in ports in various parts of the world, numbering from 3,000 to 4,000 members, besides many floating Christian Endeavor committees,working directly for the sailor, and when to this is added in- quiries of new workers and Y. P. S. C. E. desiring information, some idea can be formed of the correspondence involved. Like other C. E. work, all this ts voluntary and gratuitously rendered. Mr. A. E. Dewhurst, New York's state secretary, has been identified with the Christian Endeavor work for several years. He was state treasurer a year and a_haif, and has served four years as secretary. He was born, educated and still lives in the same county. He Is a mem- ber and a deacon of the Tabernacle Bap- tist Church, Utica, and was the chief organizer of the Y. P. S.C. E. in that church. Mr.Dewhurst is also the editor of the Empire State Endeavorer, the state paper. He lives in Utica. Mrs. Mary Hunter Hendricks was born in 1857, in Salem, N. C., which has been her home until the pres- ent time. She was educated at Salem Female Academy,the noted Moravian school for girls. Born in the Moravian faith she early became a member of that church, and has ac- tively identified her- self with its inter- ests. She is a _mem- ber of the C. E. So- clety in the Moravian Home Church, Sa- lem, and upon the organization of the State Union was elected its first secretary and treasurer. Mr. H. A. Kinports of New York city is the treasurer of the New York State Union. He came to New York several years ago from Min- neapolis, Minn..where he was a Jeader in Christian Endeavor work. Mr. Kinports was one of the com- mittee to make ar- rangements for the Minneapolis conven- tion. He Is a mem- ber of the Marole Collegiate Reformed Church of New York city. He is chairman of the committee to make arrangements for the state delegation at Washington this year. Miss Margaret E. Dunnington, familiarly known as Miss Daisy Dunnington, state superintendent Junior Christian En- deavor work in West Virginia, was born in Fairmont November 19, 1870. Was con- verted and joined the Methodist Protestant Church in February, 1885. She was a charter member of the Y.-P. 8. C. E. in her church, was cor- responding secretary until recently, when she resigned, her time being taken up with junior work. Miss Dunnington aided in the organization of the junior society of her own church March 22, 1891, and since that time has been superintendent. She was elected state stperintendent of Junior work in October, 1893, and continues to hold that office. Miss Dunnington is a consecrated Christian worker, and it is said that her junior so- clety does more work than any other so- ciety in the state of West Virginia. The treasurer of the Texas Union, Mr. J. H. Banton, was born August 27, 1869. He graduated from_ the Waco, Tex., High School in 1887, and from the Kentucky University three years later. Mr. Ban- ton has been particu- larly active in Sab- bath school and C. E. work, and has done much to further each of these interests in the lone star state. Mr. Banton is con- nected with the Christian Courier,the organ of his denomi- nation in the state, and writes its weekly comments on the Christian Endeavor topic. Atkinsen, the nares gion ieee of tl Ontario vlncial Union, ts a native of Canada, having been born in Granby, Que- bec, An 1858. His in- terest in Christian Endeayor work dates back to 1889, when he - was chosen president of the-first soctety in the northwest terri- tories, and subse- pquently assisted in the organization of the first junior socie- ty there. From 1892 to 1885 he acted as provincial — superin- tendent of junior work. At the international convention in Montreal, July, 1893, Mr. Atkinson was one of the speakers at the junior rally, and at Cleveland, the following year, he acted as chairman of the junior conference. This is the second year that Mr. AUsiInson has filled the post of excursion manager of his province. Mr, Christopher J. R. Gentry, president of the Mis- Christian En- r Union, has heen known to an Endeavor, to the Missour! William souri his unflagging and — industry have won for him a rm place in the af- fections of the young people of the state of issourl. In his own the Fresh: of Colum . was one anize Christian avor Society. president of Boone Cunty ©. i tant position: ate presidency. in Columbia, Mo., September 2 . vas educated at the State University, tak- ing the B, L. degree there in 1891, He took graduate course at the University of and the University of Berlin. Mr. been an extensive travele ne Germany and Mexico, studying the languages and history of these countries. Mr. Gentry is one of Missouri's bright and promising young men. He the E. Union, and held other before he was called to Mr. Gentry was born visiting Mr. C. E. Batcheller, treasurer and trans- portation — manager North Dakota C. E. Union, born at Stockton, N. Y., in . At the age of eighteen he entered the state uormal school, where he spent two years, af- ter which he engaged in farming and she mercantile business. He has held several positions with the New York railroad and with Northern Pacific Rallroad Companies, and served a year as general secretary of the railroad department of the Y. M. C. A at Tyrone, Pa. In January, 18%, he ac. cepted his present position as assistant cashier of the Bank of Buffalo. Mr. Batcheller is a member of the First Baptist Church of Stockton, N.Y. | Rev. C. A. Barbour, president of the New York State Union, was born in Hart- ford, Conn., and was educated in the pub- lic schools of Hart- ford,Brown Univers!- ty and the Rochester Theological — Semi- nary. He is now the pastor of the Lake Avenue Baptist Church of Rochester. During Mr.Barbour’s pastorate his church has come to be known as a_ power for good in Roches- ter, and is especially noted for the large numbers of young people in the Sabbath school and Christian Endeavor Society. Miss Naldo Allen, secretary of the Ala- bama C. E. Union, is a resident of Bir- mingham and a mem- ber of the First Pres- byterian Church of that city. She is also a charter member of the C. E. Society of that church. Besides working in her own church, Miss Allen has performed very efficient service as a member of the Bir- mingham press com- mittee. Active, ener- getic and full of zeal for the cause, Miss Allen has shown in irany ways her fitness for the position. Irving W. Case, the treasurer of the Maine C. E. Union, was born and has al- ways lived in Lubec, a town in the eastern part of the state. He became a Christian in March, 1892, and at once joined the ‘Christian Endeavor and the First Chris- tian Church. In 1804 he was chosen treas- urer of the Maine C. E. Union, and was re-elected to that of- fice in 1895. Mr. Case is state excursion manager for the Washington conven- tion and treasurer of the Endeavor Publishing Company. Mr. Joseph Reed Collingwood, the popular president of the Vir- ginia State Union, was born in_Phila- delphia, Pa., July 27, 1868. From early life he was active in the young people’s work of the Princeton Presbyterian Church, West Philadelphia, of which he was a mem- ber. In 1891 Mr. Col- lingwood removed to Roanoke, Va. Short- ly after taking up his residence in Roanoke he assisted in the or- ganization of the first Christian Endeavor Society in the city— that of the Second Presbyterian Church. Besides being president of the state union, Mr. Collingwood is serving a8 vice presi- dent of the Roanoke Young Bfen’s Chris- tian Association, secretary of the Young Men's Business League, and one of the dea- cons of the Second Presbyterian Church, Mr. Robert Colvin, recording secretary of the North Dakota Union, was born in 1870 in Gentry coun- ty, Mo., where he re- ceived the greater Portion of his educa- tion. At the age of nineteen he joined the Knox _Presby- terian Church of his native place, since: which time he has been active in all church work as Sun- day school teacher, superintendent, and in C. B. work gener- ally. He is at present principal of the Portland, N. D., pub-> lic schools, where he organized the local society of Junior Endeavor, and is now serving as their superintendent. He was elected recording secretary of the State C. Central | B. Union the ‘85 convention, having previously served as district superintendent of the Fargo C. DB. district. Miss Lottie M. Colwell, the recording sec- retary of the Rhode Island Union, has been connected with Christian Endeavor work since 1887,when she assisted in the organization of a so- ciety in Slatersville, R. I Upon moving to Woonsocket in 1391, Miss Colwell be- came identified with the work of the Globe Congregational Church, and is now serving as superin- tendent of its Junior Society. During her term of office the so- clety has had a strong and healthy growth. One of the state secretari has been honored outside of the limits of her own _common- 3 whose work wealth is Miss Nel- lie C. Goodell of Spencer, Iowa, who is now serving her second term. She early identified her- self with the Free Baptist. Church of Spencer, becoming an active worker. When a Cc. society was organized in 1889 she entered its work with enthusiasm. She ts espe ly in- sted and efficient in the work of the good literature committee, and it was through her efforts that the Easter letter an for the prisoners was tried to a small Towa last year. She is also a stanch temperance advocate, and is much interested in Junior Endeavor work. Mrs. J. H. Darnall, the recording secre- tary of the Ohio Union, has always been an enthusias Endeavorer. In June, 1892, she was chosen recording secretary, and has proved a most efficient officer. She is a prominent resident of Van Wert, Ohio, and is active in all good works, Mrs. Darnall is an _ energetic church woman and Is ore of the sort who are always ready to devote time and: la- bor to advance the cause of cirristianity. Rev. W. D. Reid, B. A., B. D., president of the Province ' of Quebec C. E. Union, was born near Leeds, Quebec, in 1866. Un- til he was nineteen years of age he worked on his fath- er's farm. At that time he was seized with a desire to study for the Presby- terian ministry, and accordingly set out on his own account to qualify himseif. After preparing for teaching at the Leeds grammar school and by private study, he entered the Berthier grammar school, Where he taught for one year. From there he went to St. Francis College, Richmond, where he acted as janitor in return for his board and tui- tion. In 1888 he entered McGill University, Montreal, and while there ne gave private tuition to procure funds to enable himself to prosecute his studies. He graduated with first rank honors from the Presby- terian College in 180%, The degree of B. D. was conferred on him one year later. As a student missionary he was very success- He was student missionary to the Vic- toria Church, Point St. Charles, Montreal, for two years before his induction in June, 1893, and his labors were greatly blessed. This church has now a membership of 0), a flourishing Sabbath school and Chris- lan Endeavor Society. Mr. Reid is an ac- tlve and earnest Endeavorer, and at the recent convention in Huntingdon was evect- ed president. Miss Grace Boyce, sécretary of Arkansas C. E. Union, ts a resi- dent of Little Rock. She united with the Second Presbyterian Church of that place when thirteen years of age. Later she be- came an active mem- ber of the C. E. So- ciety. She took charge of the infant class in the Mission Sunday school, in South Little Rock, in the spring of 1894, and came into the Central Presbyterian Church, which was organized from the mission in October, 1904. She still teaches the infant class, and en- gages in the various branches of church work with zeal and energy. She is an ac- tive worker in the King’s Daughters. Mr. C. C. McNeil, treasurer Iowa C. E. Union, is an ener- getic young business man. He became in- terested in Christian Endeavor in — 1891, and has served sev- eral terms as secre- tary and as president of his home society. His field of labor soon widened. He was appointed on the transportation com- mittee of Iowa for “Cleveland, "94," and at the fall conven- tion at Sioux City was made treasurer of the State Union. Considerable credit is due him for rescuing the union from a formidable debt. At the convention of ’s he was re-elected, and later appointed chairman of the entertainment committee for the state at the Washington conven- tion, A young man who has been engaged for almost the entire period of his life in active Christian work, and to whom Christian Endeavor has appealed as the best form of service, is the newly elected secretary of the Wis- consin ‘state union, Mr. George E. Fai nam. Mr. Farnam was born and raised in his present home, the city of La Crosse From child- hood he has been in- terested in religious affairs, and early en- tered Christian work. ‘Though he is now but twenty-four years of age, he has héld many varied positions of honor, such as the presidency for several terms of the local Christian Endeavor So- ciety, for two years of the district union, und for one year of the local union. Dur- ing his incumbency of this last office he had charge of the preparations for the "95 state convention, which was such a signal success. Mr, Farnam has also spent much time in evangelistic work, having visited many of the small surrounding towns, and held _meetings. As a typical Endeavorer, Mr. Farnam is identified with many good works. In the Y. M. C. A. he finds an especial field of usefulness among the young men. For three years he has con- ducted a young people’s Bible class during the winter months, that has been of much help to many young people. Mr. Farnam is an excellent example of the business man, who has early learned to be “about his Father's business.” Mr. James E. Lynch, the secretary of the Maryland Union, was born in Balti- more November 380, 1865. At the age of sixteen Mr. Lynch entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad in Baiti- more, remaining in their employ to the present time. He is a member of the Harvard Avenue M. E. Church, and is actively interested in the work of its C. E. Society, having serv- ed as president for eighteen months. Mr. Lynch is an earnest believer in the affiliation of the Christian Endeavor Societies and the worth Leaguer, and has done much toward ad- vancing ihe Christian Endeavor work among the members of the M. E. Church. He has pd as State secretary since last October, N. Carroll, fon manager of the Minnesota Union, was born in Phila- Iphia October 10, Mr. Walter the transporta- 1s years bh in De Dakota move lis, wi Forseveral hore was Mr. ing his tra ager He is a the state eomimitt A., and of the Como Avenue — Congr churchmen of the city. tional Chureh The secretary of the N Mr. W - a native of sin, where born in moved to in 1889, and at Lincoln, ¥ has sine He was pr the — Lincoin Union for two yee and also one cf t elective members of “the state union at the Omaha conven- tion. He is serving his ‘second term as state secretary, and in that position has made himself very popular. Mr. Willard Elfot, the newly elected president. of the Florida Union, is one of the best-known Endeavorers in that thriving Endeavor state. He served one year as recording sec- retary and was then called to the office of state treasurer,which office he ably’ filled until elected to the higher office which he now holds. Mr. Eliot is quite a young man, having been born in Sioux City, Iowa, January 24, 1871.’ Nearly all his life has been spent in Florida, and he is regarded as one of the representative business men of Tampa. Rey. C. W. Finch, excursion manager Quebec Provincial C. E. Union, pa=tor of the Methodist Cookshire, is a native iiton, Ont. In the college year of ISN6-87 he entered McGill Universit Montreal, where graduated B. A., 1899, and R. D. from the Wesleyan in when he wa ed and given a pas- toral charge in the Church, county of Hunting- don. Here he organ- ized two Christian Endeavor _ societies, which are still prosperous. After marriug one year later, he was stationed at Windsor Mills, where he had more scope for C. work, and succeeded in organizing four new sccieties, and was elected president of thc St. Francis Valley C. E. Union. Two years later Mr. Finch was stationed at Cookshire, where the C. E. Society, in connection with Fis church, holds the excelsior banner of the St. Francis Valley district. At this charge he organized (. E. societies, making seven in all. Mr, Finch was elected first vice president of the Quebec C. E. Union at the last annual convention at Huntingdon, and was appointed Quebec excursion man- eger for the Washington °9 convention by the executive board in December last. Mr. Finch is a pleasing and forcible speaker. Rev. W. G. Fennell, the president of the Connecticut. C. EL Union, was born in Goshen, Litchfield county, Conn., No- vember 15, 1860, At eighteen he entered the Connecticut Lit- erary Institution at Suffield, from which he was graduated in 1880. After a year of teaching he entered Colgate Univer: Hamilton, graduating in 18s His seminary cours was a at same pla had two regular pas- torates. one at Mid- Gletown, Conn., for nearly five years, and his present pastorate of four and a half years, the First Baptist Church of Meriden, Conn. This 1s a strong and influential urch of over 500 members, besides two vigorous missions under its general ov sight. In addition to this work, M. nell has edited for two and a half years an in- ductive series of Sunday school lessons for the American Baptist Publication Society, which reached a most encouraging sale. He has also been closely identified with state convention work, state Sunday school work, and, after serving on the state Curis- tian Endeavor board for three years, was last year elected president of the union. He is attending the convention, and his name appears as one of the speakers on “Deepening the Spiritual Lif: A new comer in the wide work of Chris- tian Endeavor is Rey. Frank L. Good- peed of Springtield, Mass., president the ” Massachu tate Union. striking abllities 2 tpeaker led thi tian Endeave the state to at the Pittsfield coi the vention to be their | Jeader. Mr. Good- speed at that time accepted his new sition in an address, “Tact and Conta:t in Soul Winning,” that was one of the best things ever lstened to by Massachusetts Endeavorer. The strong personality of Mr. Goodspeed is one of his | chief characteristics. It has alre: pressed itself upon the cause in | as it has done upon the young people fer | many years past. Although s ss | has been remarkable, Mr. Goodspeed is 4 @ young man. He was born in Vermont 1861, and fitted himseif for coileze at Mc pelier. He is a graduate of Har lege, and received his theological training at the Boston University. From the begin: ning of his ‘poagsrrme) which began ai Mat tapoisett, » in 1887, he has been a | cepted, prime favorite with the young people. T) three years that he spent as pastor of the First Congregational Church, Amherst, gave him a strong hold upon the aifections of the young men in that place. This he wielded in many practical ways, especially in behalf of the cause of temperance. Mr. Goodspeed is at preseat pastor of the iarg- est Congregational church in New England, that of the First Church of Christ, Spring- field, Mass. He has but lately come to this difficult and important field, but hae al- ready done excellent work, tbat gives promise of enlarged success. Of the prominent clergymen of the coun- try whe re in ac- tive sympathy with the n E ter known than Dr, French, the popular president of the = Dr, uate ollege "nion “ee i) FBR, “2H 7A, Park Preshyt sides be Dr. Fre as pres which largest under his le > lived Was sixteen y at age Since tral Hoobier inter deavor w k in 1s00, ne time he many of- fices county and district union, Miss Flo: E. Hard secre ho C. E. Unic fichigan girl. rst work work and a two Hams as President of her own society, be- les holding office in local union. Misi Hard has made an exe oetate secretary, and is very with En- deavorers throughout the Rev. Henry the South Christian Union, has eight years 7 the histori Church ot ton, South ¢ Mr. Grant wa in Oroomiah where hi Asahel Grant for many Martyn » President of Hamil- ton College and at Auburn and =U Theological Semina- rles. He has been a particularly zealous president, and has done much to further Christia ‘ sts In South Car- olina. Mr. H. H. Grotthouse, the s the united witt byterian at the age of sixteen, whe twenty- one was elected to the eldership in the chur: of which he ' He as in ISSS he e in cndeavor n in 1894 elected of the unicn, to which posi- tion he was re-elect- ed the following year, at the conven- tion at Fort Worth. Rev. Joseph Hughes Barton, president of Idaho Christian Hn- deavor Unix is known as the pion- eer I of Idaho. Bet the state union was or- ganized, Mr. Barton was pinted Bu perintendent > societies in Idaho by the United Soctety Largely through his efforts the union was formed, and he is now serving his third term as_ its president. Mr. Bar- ton ts actively terested in the Col- lege of Idaho, and this institution demands a large portion of his time. He is a Pennsylvanian by birth, having been born near Clarion, in that state. Mr. H. H. Spooner, transportation man- ager, Chicago Union, was born in Conne ticut, but removed to Chicago a number of years ago. He Spoone: one ady - mis cou tia movement, and along both has done excellent work. The reoordi secretar Union, Mr. John R. Beardman, was born n Augusta ptem- Ver 18, ISG) For several years he was gaged in journal- istie work in his na- tive city. long been He has ve in A. work, 2 was cali- ed to the position of general secretary of the Gardiner ation, which and wal from Gardin called to the association at Auburn. Mr. Boar man is now taking theological course at nary. the Bangor Semi