The Lee County Sunday School convention: R. D. Webb of Auburn re-elected president, J. O. Webb of Waverly superintendent of teachers' training
26 August 1912 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Reuben David Webb, John Osceola Webb
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GOOD WEATHER IN OPELIKA DISTRICT
The Lee County Sunday School Convention Over
Opelika, August 25.—(Special.)—For the past two weeks this section has had almost perfect cotton weather, and great progress has been made. …
The Lee County Sunday School convention closed a most successful two days' session at Salem yesterday evening. The following officers were elected: R. D. Webb of Auburn, re-elected president; J. G. Beasley of Auburn, re-elected secretary and treasurer; th[e] Rev. T. J. Hutchison of Auburn, superintendent adult movement; superintendent home department, Miss Mary E. Smith, Opelika; superintendent elementary department, Miss Leland Cooper, Auburn; superintendent secondary division, Mrs. Walter Cullars, Opelika; superintendent teachers' training, J. O. Webb, Waverly; superintendent missions, Miss Marian Knapp, Auburn; superintendent temperance department, Dr. H. H. McNeill, Opelika. District presidents—No. 1, J. L. Howard, Smith station; No. 2, L. M. Wade, Smith station; No. 3, J. R. Crawford, Salem; No. 4, W. E. Lamb, Marvyn; No. 5, E. F. Cauthon, Auburn; No. 6, E. T. Peddy, Loachapoka; No. 7, K. L. Wallace, Opelika, R. F. D. Executive committee elected, Dr. J. T. Anderson, Auburn, chairman; J. W. Melton, Opelika, R. F. D.; J. W. Harris, Phenix; J. I. F. Tharp, Waverly; A. E. Barnett, Opelika; Frank Jackson, Opelika; J. B. Greene, Opelika; Mrs. C. C. Thach and Miss Kate McElhaney of Auburn. The year's work in the Lee county Sunday schools shows wonderful growth. The enrollment increased from 4023 last year to 5119 this year. A feature report showed that of the total white population of the county, 13,223, there is about one-half of this number members of Sunday schools, or 6246. …
Citation: "Good Weather in Opelika District. The Lee County Sunday School Convention Over," an Opelika dispatch dated 25 August, The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), 26 August 1912, p. 3; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1912-08-26/ed-1/?sp=3).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben David Webb | Office | "R. D. Webb of Auburn, re-elected president" of the Lee County Sunday School convention, August 1912 | — | new |
| Reuben David Webb | Residence | Auburn, 1912 | 1910, Auburn, Lee County | agrees |
| John Osceola Webb | Office | "superintendent teachers' training, J. O. Webb, Waverly", August 1912 | — | new |
| John Osceola Webb | Residence | Waverly, 1912 | 1910, Roxana, Lee County; 1920, Waverly, Chambers County | agrees (the reunion report of August 1912 also has him at Waverly) |