Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-29
CHURCH MEETING
Congregational Church and
Societies Meet Wednesday
Evening, Oct. 27.

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There was n large number In At-
tendance at the annual meeting Ci
the Congregational church AMI no.
ciety, which was held Wedne 'day
even ng In the COngre ;ationalchurrh.
The exercises OF me evening were
opened with praye" hy the pastor,
after whicl, the following program
was rendered: An anthem, by the
double quartette ni the Congrcgn-
tional church choir, which was en-
joyed by all press ut. This was fol-
lowed by Il select reading entitled
"rhe Station Masters Story" by
Mrs. l. f. Staples. The audience
showed it's appreciation Of her effort
by giving her al encore. Miss Mary
Buchanan then rendered Il vocal
solo in IL manner that elected an en-
core from those prcsr II. The program
was concluded 10y the congregation
singing the familiar hymn. "AlI hail
the 10 y er Of Jesus nnme.'
The minutes of the last annual
meeting were then read aud az.
proved, after which the yearly writ
ten repor!sfrom the Acknowledgement
officers and societies connected with
the church were heard:
The report Of the church clerk, E
5. Brown, sho we'd that the church
has held its own in point OF member
ship.
The report of the treasurer, C. W..
Wentworth, showed u balance in
the treasury Of the church.
The report Of the Sunday sch ;ol
Was given by Clarence Raymond.
The report Of the Missionary Union
by Mrs. George Hanna showed the
best vars work ever done by that
society.
The report of the Ladies' Club BY
Mrs. II. \. Harding was received
with much enthusiasm, telling, as it
did, of good work done.
The report of the board of trustees
was given by F. Z. Lewis. clerk OF
rhe board. 1t showed that during
the year the church has received and
disbursed ~, 1877 .36 including the littt
ing of $1,33S.43 in old floating debts.
Mr.. l. E. Staples. in u very happy
way. in behalf of the board -of trus'
tees, gave d resume of the work o'
the year, comparing the discouruge'}
condition of former years with the
hopeful outlook OF the present. H"
placed much emphasis upon the cash
paying basis, upon which the tinan-
cial affairs of the church are now
conducted.
The reports were concluded by
that Of the pastor, who gave a general
review Of the work of the church and
offered Il few suggestions looking
toward future efforts. The various
reports showed the church to be in a
very healthy and hopeful condition
with an increasing attendance ut
Sunday school and church service,
mid-week prayer and Y. p. s. e. E.
meetings. Above all3 the church is
to he congratulated vpon the fra
ternal spirit. which exists among the
members of the congregation, which
is the only condition of the continued
prosperity and helpfulness of any
tion OF kindred nature.
The election of church and society
officers resulted as follows:
L. 5. Brown, as church clerk for
term of one year; Ernest BOyce, as
deacon for term Of three years; +. r
Lewis. as treasurer for term Uf one
year; H. N. Harding, chorister for
term of one year; Z. w. Woodwork,
as trustee for term of three years to
succeed F. E. Lewis, whose time OF
office expired at this time. l. +.
Staples as trustee for term of .three
years to succeed himself. This
makes the board of trustees for
the coming year as follows:
Ira Warren, chairlnan; r. Nichols.
H. A. Conners. C. w. Woodwork
and I. E. Staples.
After passing resolution com
the trustees for their hearty
interest in the affairs of the church
the "Annual Meeting" was adjourned
to the lecture room, where abundant
refreshments were served by the
Ladies' club, ever faithful and never
weary in we'll doing. Everything
passed off pleasantly and the people
went to their homes feeling that they
had attended one of the most de-
lightful annual gatherings in the
history of the church.
J. A. Kennedy and bis brother D.
j. left Thursday night for C. B. Buck
mans logging camps in the North
ern part of the state and across the