The Newtown bee., 1900-06-22
Fairfield County.
 BETHEL.
CHURCH NOTES.

CdUhCd NOTES. Rev Dr B. M. Ad ans Of the Methodist. church will preach a sermon to the aged people Sunday morning. The lecture room of the Methodist church is being renovated ,the carpets be- ing taken up and the place thoroughly cleaned.
 Rev George k. Soper of the First Gen. gregational church, Ds nbury, exchanged
 pulpits with Rev H. L. Slack, Su1 day morning.
 Camp meeting will open at Brookside Park one week from yesterday. A pray | ing band from New Jersey will have
 charge of the services the opening day. 1 The Elmwood Sunday school held its
 Children's day exercises, Sunday after l noon at 30 in the schoolhouse in that
 district. A pleasant program was car
 ried out.
 Forty hours devotions are being held
 in St Mary's Catholic church, severtl out ! of town!clergy assisting Rev Father Flem-
 ming in the services. The altar in the church was handsomely de corated with flowers.
 At the Congregational church, Sunday evening, Rev H. L. Slack preached the
 third sermon in the series of diecouraes upon fundamental truths, his subject be- ing ''The Testimony of Jesus to God" AlAS &uc pE6flUUS duuIGEe6b lt WAb OI A0 interesting Dature.
 Mrs Mary Scott Bradley, missionary, who spent 20 years in India, delivered an address in the Methodist church, Sunday morning. She was thoroughly appre- ciated.
 Miss Mary Crofut of Elm street is visit- ing relatives in the Park City. A large delegation of Bethel people at- tended the Firemen's parade in New Mill ford, Wednesday,. AMONG THE FIREMEN. Edgar F. Andrews on Tuesday night started for New Milford with the old No. fire engine loaded on one of his heavy trucks. The Alert Hose company have new shirts of navy blue cloth. The com pany started out to attend ithe f1remen's
 parade in fine style Wednesday morning.
 The Alert Hose company take charge of old No. engine at the parade in New
 Milford on Wednesday,. This.engine was purchased in the year 1881 and the first company formed as follows: At meeting of the proprietors of the engine in the society of Bethel, held at the dwelling house of Irene Barnum ia said
 society on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1881,
 Resolved: That fire company be
 formed and organized in said Society and
 AoA bAO ACk oIabiOu huu HOfC1uln0bbO Ol eoIu company, that committee of said prop rietors be appointed to consist of six per sons to perform the duties hereinafter stated and do ordain the following bylaws etc., etc..
 At said meeting the proprietors of said engine proceeded to make choice of the committee as follows: Oliver Shepard, Nathan .Seeley, tPhiness Taylor, Isaac Williams, Beniamin Hoyt, Eli Taylor, Attest Edward Taylor, clerk.
 The committee of the proprietors of the fire engine in persuance of appointment met st the dwelling house of Irene Bar mum in said Bethel on the 23d of February A. D., 1881. The following persons were appointed members of the said company in said Bethel: Isaac Fl. Seeley, George Ciapp, Zera Benedict, Edward Taylor, Frederick Seeley, Hanson Taylor, Daniel Barnum, Dr Levi Beebe, John Benedict, Sd, George Seeley, Alenson Williams, Hi. ram Weed, Asal Beebe. Starr Ferry, Ira Winthrop FaiI child, Sherman Ferry, Hi- ram Benjamin, Cyrus Smith, George Ferry, Seth Seeley, Lemuel Beebe, Ammon Benedict, ChaiL Peck, Matthew K. Gilbe,G.-lPei o der 6f Ihe committee, Phineas Taplor, cbaii man. < At 8 meeting of the members nf Bethel l Fire Company on the 2Ssh of February, 1881, Zera Benedict ws s chosen chairman l and hiram Weed clerk. Isaac Fl. Seeley | was chosen foreman, George Clapp as- sistant foreman, Edward Taylor secreta- I tary.
 The company than divided themselves l into the following classes:
 Class I Daniel Barnum, IT,, Lem- uel Beebe, John Benedict. Ashel Beebe, | Preston Crofuf, Hiram Benjamin, Alan son Taylor and Cyrus Smith.
 Class 3: Frederick Seelev, Amm01 Benedict, Geerge Seeley, Matthew K. Gilbert, Winthrop Fairchild, Zera Bene- dict, Levi Beebe, Starr Ferry.
 Glass B: Charles Peck, Az0r Mead,