The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

FORTY-SEVEN YEARS Old.
The Park Reformed Sunday
School to Celebrate Its
Anniversary Tomorrow.
PROGRAMME OF SERVICES
Officers and Teachers Now in
charge--Men Who Were
Pupils---Among the
Churches.

school will celebrate the forty-Sevenln dn-
niyersary of its organization tomorrow.
1t was organized In 1851 IN Smythes iiaii
at the corner of Fifth and Grove streets.
subsequently the church and school
moved to the little old frame cnuFcn
building. recently torn down by the Penn
svlvania Railroad Company, at sixth ana
Erie streets. p. P. Van Arsdale was the
first superintendent. The late Proseel-
tor. Charles II. Winfield,s was one OF It's
early pupils. The school was at one time
one of the largest in the city II IS
still a fiourishing and self sustaining 81
ganization. Secretary Frank w. Frazer,
in his report for the year ending Noyem-
her /. 1888, reports eight officers, thirty
eight teachers and three hundred and sew
enty-six scholars. OF the latter 1S are IN
the primary department, and 22 in the
adult and intermediate department. The
average attendance is 218. Ten members
of the school nave united with the churcn
during the past year.
Treasurer John R. Van Kleek reports
that the receipts during the year were
sz79.19 and disbursements s2S3.S3, leaving a
balance on hand of $s.SS.
TIL present officers in the school are
Charles H. Raymond, Superintendent; d.
]. Hulshizer. Assistant Superintendent;
Frank w. Frazer, Secretary; Frederick
Nv. McCrea, Assistant Secretary; John Z.
Van Kleek, Treasurer; ]. Stewart Walk
er. Librarian; Marion Anderson, Assist
ant Librarian; Lloyd Evans. Assistant
Librarian; Miss Minnie Blizzard, pianist;
Frank S. Raymond, Superintendent OF
primary class. The teachers in the prim-
airy department are Miss Blanche Clifford,
Miss Eta Meyer and Miss Minnie
Winans.
The teachers are the Rev. John Francis
Morgan, Mrs. N. S. Brooks, F. p. Bene-
dict. Miss Josie Boose. Miss Minnie Boose,
Miss s.. Blackwell, Miss Susie Benedict,
Martin D. Baker, Miss Minnie BLIZZARD,
Miss Hattie Doremus, H. Ennis, Isabel
Hall, Miss G. Horstman, Mrs. Thomas
Lewis, Mrs. ]. f. Morgan, Mrs. Willard
Napes, Miss Emma Meyer, Miss Florence
Mitchell, Miss Harriet Meyers. Miss Res
inc Newton. Miss Emma Pine, Miss Jennie
Robinson, Miss Tillie Smith, Miss Sarah
Seely. Miss Gertrude Seymour, Miss Mary
F. Sarvent, and Charles Seely- Miss
Margaret Underhill, Miss Sarah Yer
hoeff, John R. Van Kleek, Miss M. Fran
els Van Slyck and Mr.. w. James Welsn
The order Of service will be as follows:-
Organ overture, 1.-THE Martyrs" Doni-
zetti," Prof. Williams; opening hymn, 5Gs
Church Book. 224 School Book, congrega-
ton; reading Scriptures and prayer
Hymn 1856, Standing at the Portal
school; remarks, welcome" Superinten-
dent; recitation, "Only a Song" Miss
Daisy Reid and Miss Nellie Dullegar: re
citation, "a Thanksgiving Eve" Miss
Florence Mitchell; singing, God is Neai
Thee" infant class; recitation, Left Tn
done" Miss Hazel Snyder; recitation
flake the ~Greenbacks," Miss Emma
Westbrook; offertory, Hold Thou Ny
Hand Gounod. Mr.. Edward G. Boys
Hymn 1888, ssGod for Us, Our Nations
Hope is Sure school; address, THE
Making Of a Soldier" Chaplain c. H
Jones, Second Regiment. New Jersey
Hymn SAG, america" congregation; Dox-
ology and Benediction.
The back of the printed programme
bears the following inscription with heavy
black border
AUGUSTUS CREVELTNG,
Park Reformed Sunday School
13S4-Twelve Years-1S96
Entered into Rest
June &c, 1888.
From a programme of the forty-irs
anniversary celebrated in 1892 the follow
ing list of the various superintendent o.
the school is taken:-Thomas Tabor, elect
ed May 80, 1852; J. p. Kline, January u
1854: James s.. Noyes, June, 1857; f. F
Morris. June g. 1859: E. c. Fisher, June Y
1859; B. p. Van Arsdale, July II, 1866
r.. K. Dodge. April "a, 1870; Louis John
son, April T, 1872: c.. B. Raymond, April II
1872; C. L. Rickerson, April, 1878; c. H
aymon April. 1892.