The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-16
sEcRErARY's REPORT.

sECRETARY's REPORT.
Officers, members and friends Of the
W. h. Sunday SchOOt:-Your secretary
has the following report. The total
number Of members enrolled during the
year is 354, of this number GO have been
new scholars. We have lost during the
year, by removals and other causes, 20,
which leaves present membership of
325; of this number ~ are officers and
tcochers, and 2S3 are scholars. We
have an average attendance of Ill. The
largest number present at any one session
was PAL, on Children's Sunday, June Sth,
the smallest number present was 127,
July Goth. Those who have been most
faithful in their attendance are Miss
Lulu Walton, Miss Lulu futile, Mr..
Earl Hurlburt, Mr.. +. L. GriswOld and
Mr. Andrew Maurer who have not been
absent during the year. Miss Tena
Swift, Miss Jennie Venable and Miss
Eliza Puffer have been absent but once
during the yer. We have raised by
penny collections Sl97.Ss, by missionary
collections SGO.3l, by special collection,
excursion and from other sources S60.66,
making the total receipts for the year
S327.S5. The classes raising the largest
amounts for the year are as follows:
Mr.. Chapman's class, S30.35; Miss Evans
class, S1S.77; Mr.. Collins class,
S14; Mr.. Hurlburt's class, Sl2.S4;
and the class taught by Mr.. Hall, Sll.0S.
The school is subscriber for the follow
ing periodicals, at an annual expense
of so:
Fifty-six Teachers Journals, 265 Be
redn Lesson QudrterlieS, Is Youths Tenn.
perdnce Banners, AZ Sunday School AdrO.
Gates, Leaf Cluster and 40 DeD Drops;
in addition TO the above we are sub.
scribers at their expense, for so BeredH
Lesson Qudrterlies and 10 Teachers
Journals that are used in the Woodford
and Chapel Sunday Schools. All of oul
anniversary days have been observed III
the usual manner. Childrens' Day,
June Sth, the church was beautifully
decorated with flowers and evergreen and
q happy day was passed. The annual
Sunday School excursion was taken to
Lebanon Springs on August 18th, and
netted pleasant time for those attend
ing and $3.50 for our treasury. As
many of the smaller children could moi
accompany the school on this excursion,
picnic was planned for them on Sept
2lst, but as the weather did not prove
favorable they were given a supper anG
general good time in the church
lparlors.
Happy Christmas time was noticed by
concert and the distribution of candy
and nuts. Easter was very appropri
ately observed by presenting each mem
Der of the school with beautiful Easter
egg. On July 18th the church and Sun
day School united in farewell reception
TO Prof. James L. Weld. and, as token
of the high esteem and kind feelings il
had for him, the Sunday School pre-
scented him with beautiful gold watch
chain and a charm suitably engraved.
We have raised $327.S5 during the yeal
which is gain Of SlS.3S over the amount
raised last year.
The school has had 154 visitors during
the year and our average attendance has
been III against 1856 Of last year or Z
gain Of 10. During the conference veal
Just closing. Z members of the Sunday
School have been converted.
Respe ctiully submitted,
! CHAs. b. WALL, JR., Sec.
Bennington, Vt, April 9th, 1891.