Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-14
The centennial.
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eSleTudN dlltTlloDll tA'IClS'S II
connection with the centennial Of tn,
Congregations church were conducted
by members of the ladies' Societ les
The program was of a particularly
interesting nature and was given tn,
closest attention by an audience com
posed almost entirely of ladies.
The exercises were opened at 3:3C
O'Clock by Mrs. j. e. GiIlin, prcSidcn1
of the Woman's Missionary society
who read IA portion of the lo3d psalm
Prayer was offered by Rev. George f.
Ladd of Waterbury, and, following
this, hymn No. $50, "Comc thou follnt
of every blessing" was sung. Mrs.
A. ID. Gilley, president of the Ladies
Aid society, announced the numbers
of the program.
AfteNa we'll rendered recital ion by
Miss Mabel Winch. entitled "Why the
Chimes Rang" Mrs. j. Henry Jack
son read a carefully prepared paper in
which she traced the history of the
missionary societies of the church dur
ing the past century. She said in
part: The date, June -. 1910. marks
the beginning of interest in foreign
missionary work in this country. for
ON that day the American Board Of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions
was organized at Bradford, Mass.
During the first % years of this
church's existence, and while Rev.
j. w. French was its pastor, the con-
gregation contributed literally for the
aid of the four missionaries who went
to India in 1872. The self sacrifice of
Marcus Carleton and Celestial Brad
ford, who We're married in Barre in
1857 and later went to India, helped
to awaken the missionary spirit here.
The women from time to imc sent
them clothing, bedding and other
things which were needed to carry on
the work among the heather.
The Barre Auxiliary to the Yer
mont Branch of the Woman's Board
of Missions was probably organized in
1875, partly as result of the efforts
of Miss Closson of Thetford, who had
been missionary in Turkey and was
then ON visit here. The first
officers of this society were Mrs. l..
Tenney, president, and Miss Helen
Wood, secretary. At first the So
ciety was not very we'll organized;
there were no regular meetings. no
annual election of officers was held,
and no minutes were kept.
In the autumn of 1883 Il conStitu-
ton was adopted and from that time
the society has worked much more
methodically. For some years sew
ing meeting has been held the third
Wednesday Of each month. During
the year 1898 the ladies sent away
money and goods to the amount of
$l94.O7, besides doing local work
amounting to S4S.73. The report for
1899 shows a total of s2oS.29.
The present membership of thc So
ciety is 81. including nine honorary
members. 1t is impossible to give a
complete list of the presidents OF the
society. but the following are among
those who have held that office: Mrs.
l.. Tenney, Mrs. Mary GoudSbury.
Mrs. p. Mcmillan, Mrs. G. W. Long
rem, Mrs. Perley Chandler, Mrs.
Wheatley and Mrs. NJ. a. Git1in.
The following have served as treas
urer: Mrs. G. A. Smith, Mrs. G. $.
Wallace, Mrs. ID. b. Minard and
Mrs. w. +. Bradford. Mrs. NJ. A.
Griffin, Mrs. j. II. Cow, Mrs. Israel
Wood and Mrs. Alexander Mathicson
have held the position of secretary.
Little Florence Granger and Lura
Cutler, of the primary department of
the Sunday school, then sang sour
Little Ones" in a winning manner.
Mrs. Perley Chandler, in Il paper that
was repete with interesting facts,
gave the history of the Ladies Aid
society. Choking at the results of 100
years." she said, sit is but fair to
that the ladies of this church
have always been willing helpers in
both it's spiritual and temporal adj
vancement. Although no written
record has been kept, we know that
more than quarter of a century ago,
active brains were planning and busy
fingers carrying on the work of pro-
vding things needful for the comfort
of the worshippers in Gods house.
Not until 1885, however, was a SOcic
ty formed especially to aid in church
work. Early in October of that year
a constitution was adopted, and the
began life with | MEM
bers and with 1915 i'm the treasury.
The first officers were Mrs. j. &.
Nichols, president; Mrs. II. Webster,
vice president, and Mrs. u. b. Min lrd,
secretary and treasurer.
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