Smyrna times., 1899-02-15
REV. GEO. W. DAME RESIGNS.
accepted by the Board Of vestry at a Meeting
hast Thursday afternoon.


hast Thursday Afternoon.
The Board of Vestry of st. Peters
Episcopal Church met at the rectory
last Thursday afternoon and accepted
the resignation of Rev. Geo. w.
Dame, who has been rector of this
parish for nearly eleven years. AS an
nounced in last weeks issue of the
TIMES, Rev. Dame has been called to
become the rector of Holy Innocents'
Protestant Episcopal Church, Balti-
more, Md, to succeed the Rev. DR..
Robert A. Tufft, who had been called
to All Saints Church, Philadelphia
The resignation will take place on
March the first, next.
The severing of the relations of
Rev. Mr.. Dame from this parish and
community is a matter of much regret
by his many friends. He has been a
resident of Smyrna so long and has
taken such hearty interest in it's well
fare, that many loathe to see him go.
AS benefactor to this community he
will long be remembered for his untir-
ing efforts in bringing about the early
closing system, now so splendidly in
vogue in Smyrna. Long after he
leaves he will be held in high esteem
and gratitude by the clerks who were
most directly benefited by his efforts.
But those who will feel his severed re-
latiOns most are his parishi0ners. 1t
Is with them that he was more
closely related and it is natural that
they should have feeling of reluc-
tance against his leaving. However,
the parish to which he goes is large and
thrifty, a beautiful church, a large
membership, and a broader field of
usefulness. With this fact in mind
his friends are glad to see him pro-
NOTED to such a charge and they can
not help but extend to him their warm
est and heartiest congratulations.
Rev. Geo. w. Dame succeeded the
Rev. VIM. b. Gordon at st. Peters,
nearly eleven years ago On June
the 18th of last year he celebrated the
tenth anniversary of his rectorshIp by
preaching a special sermon on the
growth of st. Peters during his min
istry. In showing what the church
had done up to that time he said there
had been 90 persons baptized, and
$50, ,527.17 raised, $117.99 more than
the previous ten years. During his
rectorship there had been 10 con-
tirmed, while in the 80 years previous
there were 112 recorded. Of the com
muicants of the parish, forty names
were stricken off the registry to be-
come the nucleus of congregation at
Clayton, now an independent parish
and church. There have been MANY
noticeable and indeed magnificent i'm
provements to the church since he
took charge, and there has been no
one who took a greater interest to see
st. Peters prosper than Rev. Dame.
he has watched it all with an eve
single only for the good of the parish
and his Pensioners.
The Board of Vestry of st. Peters
Episcopal Church, upon whom rests
the responsibility of choosing his sue
cessor are: w. f. Dunn, Senior War
den; Col. Geo. H. Raymond, Junior
Warden; Messrs. Joseph B. HUM.
l.. W. Counselman, John b. Webb.
W. ii. Janney, Crawford Stevens.
1t is hardly likely that the Board will
take any steps in the matter of a sue
cessor until Rev. Dame leaves, which
will be on March the first. After that
time they will have the church sup
piled from Sunday to Sunday until
they can unite upon somebody on
whom to extend a call.