The daily gazette., 1883-06-04
ANNIvERsARY ExERCIsEs.
Interesting Exercises In KingswOOd, 81
Andrew Is and Church of the Redeemer
Sunday Schools Yesterday.

Andrew = and Church of the Redeemel
Sunday schools Yesterday.
Kingswood Chapel was crowded yesterday
afternoon, wit. an attentive and apprecia.
tive audience, % listen to the reopening
exercise of the school. The secretary,
Aubrey Vandevrr, read the history of the
school, which was started May /, 1872, by
Mrs Rlnker, a!;d opened with class OF
eight scholars, which met at her home.
| The school continued to increase until
September l, 1873, when the chapel was
begun. II was finished and dedicated in
November of the s,tae year. Various i'm.
proven ents were made, and now the school
begun with efe ~ scbolars has a membership
of 2O6. AT the jug breaking last Tuesday
evening S27.64 was realized, and, as the cost
| OF the improvements aud the building of the
| addition was upwards of $500, this rtill left
| large amount TO be paid. After an ad-
| dress by X. II. Adams the school sang q
selection and g. orge w. Todd read list of
contributors VINO had furnished material
for the building of the ad lition and other
| improvements. The estiH lte1 amount con-
tributed va. e+00 which left $175 to be
| raised by lhuee prae ent A collection
was then taken and S225 was contributed
The balance left after paying the remaining
debt will b. expended in purchasing books
awarded the prizes to the children who had
collected she largest amount. They wore
as follows: For jug collection, tho first
prize, handsome gold pencil, to Mabel
Smith, who collected SIS, and the second, a
large scrap book, to Elsie Walker S755.
For card collection, the first prize, beauti-
tul album, to Fannie Davis, who collected
Sl3, and the second, another scrap book, to
Clara Tobbs, who collected $40. The school
was then dismissed.
The fifty-fifth anniversary of the Sunday
school of st. Andrews P. E. Church was
celebrated, yesterday afternoon. The room
was tastefully decorated with flowers and
evergreens. The Rev. Elliott Thompson,
retired missionary from China, made few
remarks on the manners and religion OF
China. Bishop Lee also delivered an ad-
dress. A special collection was taken for
missionary purposes netting $57.57. The
superintendent's report was encourag-
ing. The Sunday school numbers at
present 20 teachers and 253 scholars,
with an average attendance of about
% teachers and $50 scholars. The amo mt
collected for missionary purposes during
the year amounted to $366. 60. The report
of the Robert Smith school, colored, was
also very satisfactory, a total of 20 teachers
and 100 scholars being reported Only one
ueabn occurred during the year, That OF
Fannie L. Michener. The exercises closed
with the doxology and the benediction. The
singing of the school, under the leadership
of Charles s. Howell, was a feature of the
occasion.
The second anniversary of the Sunday
school of the Re formed Ep scopal Church |
of the Redeemer, yesterday afternoon, drew
together one of the largest audiences ever
in the church, and many were
turned away, unable to secure seats. The
floral decorations were very neat and taste
full. The Rev. Alfred T. Scott made the
opening prayer, and the school'sang with
great spirit and accuracy. Superintendent
Frank p. Mason's report stated that
the school two years ago had but
80 teachers and scholars, but during the
year the number was increased to 154 The
school now numbers 1856. The collections
for the first year only amounted to about
$3.50, but during the past year they have
footed up total of 1921 40. Rev. Charles
P. Mallery, pastor of Olivet Presbyterian |
Church, and Rev. W. L. s. Murray, pastor |
of Asbury M. f. Church, made appropriate /
addresses. The infant class presented a /
wreath of immortelles to the parents of the /
late Miss Fannie L. Elliott as a token of re- |
of her, the only member of the
school who died during the year.