Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-10
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
Our Churches.

Figures from the Annual Reports of the
Baptist, Congregational, Universolist
and Methodist Societies, Showing Col
Iections, Expenses, Membership, etc.
The reports of the Baptist church for
the past year show the following figures:
Membership, 100; money raised for current
expenses, S13S047, for missions, 1858. Al.
The woman's benevolent society collected
$272. 60; woman's missionary society, $780,
Ga; mission band, S45; Farther Lights so
ciety, SOL. %; boys brigade, S10031; Y. P.
S. G. E., $1O1.2S. The collections of the
Sunday school were $91.34. Total amount
raised, including expenses of church,
S231O27. The report of Deacon John o.
Spring, superintendent of the Sunday
school, showed the number of scholars III,
teachers and officers Is, total 1S0. Aver
age attendance the last four months, 100.
The annual reports of the Congregational
church indicate total receipts for expenses
of the year to be S2535.4O. Collections for
the different benevolent objects of the
church were S602.07. Ladies' union, $500;
woman's foreign missionary society, S74;
Mt. Kilburn missionary society, $3.50. 40;
Y.P. S. G. E., 5000; Junior Y. p. S. c.
E. $1,000. (The last two raised more than
J1t uBuIto SlNtly NlllNh wv hOb AiNiuNN
money raised for expenses.) Present men,
bership of the church, PIP; net increase
during 1895, II. The receipts of the Sun
day school for the year were $540.10, of
which 1864 were paid out in charities.
Total amount raised by the church and its
different societies, $4106.56. The report
of the Sunday school shows total enroll
ment of 219, with an average attendance
of Ill; an active "home department" of
ii members. A branch of this school I'M
der charge of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Osgood
at Lawrence's Mills reports school held
every Sunday in 1895 except four, with an
average attendance of between II and Is.
Collections, S27.12. Largest number in
attendance any Sunday, 40; smallest, 8.
Another branch school on Rockingham
Meadows, under charge of Miss Roundy,
reports an enrolment of 8 and average at
tendance of 6. The branch at Rocking
ham village, under charge of the Y. z. s.
G. E. of the Congregational and Baptist
churches, reports an average attendance
during the year of 20.
The annual meeting of the Universalist
church parish occurred Monday evening.
The receipts of the treasurer from all
sources show an income of $2302. %, which
included $500 received from the ladies' So
ciety and $500 temporary loan from the
bank. They paid out S2369.66 during the
year, as running expenses of the parish.
The reports of the different departments of
church work showed the past year to have
been a prosperous one in nearly every re-
spect. A large amount of expense has
been put to the repairs of the building dur
ing the year. including thoroughly repaint
ing and decorating outside and inside, and
the introduction of electric lights, so today
1t is one of the best finished churches in
town. f. G. Pierce was elected chairman
of the board of trustees, <. A. Eaton, sec
rotary, and G. X. Labaree, treasurer. Mon
day evening George B. Wheeler was elected
superintendent of the Sunday school for
the 10th consecutive year. The secretary's
report showed 1874 present members of the
school, an increase of %, and an average
attendance during the year of 80. The
school expenses were $47.S9; $75S4 was
raised and balance of $27.95 is in the
treasury. The Young Peoples Christian
union connected with the church held their
annual meeting the same evening, eecting
L. L. Durham as president, Effie Ball,
secretary, and Lena Cooper, treasurer;
membership, 40. Receipts for the last six
months were $243.S7.
The present membership of the Meth
odist church is POP, an increase of IL dur
ing the past year. The membership of
the Sunday school is POS, with an average
attendance last year of 90. The colec-
tions of the school amounted to $50.56.
The annual meeting of the Epworth league
the past week shows it to be in very &C
tive and fiourishing condition.