History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . me official connection with the other society,and by the united efforts of the two organizations temperance meetings wereheld and addressed by the best local talent as well as by speakers from a dis-tance. They also co-operated with similar societies at other points in a seriesof Northern Temperance Conventions, which were held at various pointsin the West Branch valley and formed an important part of the temperancepropaganda in this section of the State at that period. The Milton Association for the Better Observance of the Christian Sabbathwas
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . me official connection with the other society,and by the united efforts of the two organizations temperance meetings wereheld and addressed by the best local talent as well as by speakers from a dis-tance. They also co-operated with similar societies at other points in a seriesof Northern Temperance Conventions, which were held at various pointsin the West Branch valley and formed an important part of the temperancepropaganda in this section of the State at that period. The Milton Association for the Better Observance of the Christian Sabbathwas formed in 1844 with Joseph Rhoads as president and John F. Wolfingeras secretary. It was designed to secure the enforcement of civil enactmentsregarding Sabbath observance and to promote the gro^vth of public sentimentfavorable to such observance, in both of which objects it met the expectationsof its friends. The Young Mens Christian Association of Milton had its inception in1872. An organization under that name was formed at the Presbyterian.
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