Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
Town Sunday School Association.

OWN OunudJ OCuOOl FNoSOOlablOIs
The annual meeting of the Rocking
ham Town Sunday School association
was held in the Methodist church Sun
day evening. A large audience was
in attendance. The singing during
the praise service at the opening of
the meeting was led by a union choir.
The reports showed membership and
average attendance in the several
schools as follows: aXtons River
Baptist, 120-55; SaXtOns River Con
gregational, 100-4S; Rockingham Con-
gregational, 1912; Upper Meadows
Congregational, 1911; Lawrence Mills
Congregational, 15-14; Cambridge
port Congregational, 55-21; Bellows
Falls Congregational, 313-133; Bellows
Falls Baptist, 140-S0; Bellows Falls
Methodist, 1852. Forty pupils in the
schools were admitted to church dur
ing the year, one from each of the
SaXtons River schools, three from
Cambridgeport, three from Bellows
Falls Baptist, II from Bellows Metho-
dist and q from Bellows Falls Con
gregational. The expenses amounted
to $36O.10. There are 1912 books in
the libraries of the Sunday schools
The total number of new scholars in
schools have home departments with
an aggregate membership of 76. The
reports from the schools indicate gains
in nearly every instance, both in at
tendance and interest.
The schools of Rockingham, Law
renee Mills and Upper Meadows are
under the care of the Sunday school
of the Congregational church of Bel
lows Falls.
The address of the evening was
given by Rev. A. E. Fopte, pastor Of
the Baptist church in Saxtons River
His subject was Jesus, the Sunday
School Teachers Example" He said
that Jesus should be the example for
every one; that Jesus taught classes
of one, of twelve and of several hun
dred; that Sunday school teachers
should follow the example of Jesus in
drawing their illustrations from com
mon things that can be readily under
Stood that words should be combined
with works.
d. F. Meacham was elected presi-
dent; Edward c. Osgood, secretary
and treasurer, and the superintendent
of the various school vice presidents
for the coming year.
Miss Florence Goodhue of West
minister West sang in Emmanuel
church last Sunday.
Rev. John H. Reid has been in Bos-
ton this week attending the diamond
jubilee of the Home Missionary So
ciety
Rev. Albert Hammatt will preach
next Sunday morning in the Univer-
salst church to the Holy Cross com
mandery, Knights Templar.
A bean supper will be served Wed
nesday evening in Grand Army hall
by the ladies of the Relief Corps, the
proceeds to be expended in buying
flowers to be used Memorial day.
Hon. L. NJ. Read, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Mary Read, will go
next week to San Francisco to attend
the national meeting of the railroad
commissioners of the United States
The Epworth League will hold a
union service in the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at $40 o'clock, the
service being led by Miss Fisk, as
sisted by Miss Freeman, both from
the Deaconess' home in Boston.
Rev, DR.. Galbraith, pastor of the
Bromfield street Methodist church,
boston, Will preach at the morning
service in the Methodist church here
next Sunday, and in the evening at
o'clock will address a union meet
ing at the same place.
Three street sprinklers which have
been bought by the bailiffs are ex-
peeted to reach here tomorrow, and
they will be ready for service soon.
1t is expected that the sprinkling will
be done from M. H. Rays on the north
to the Westminster line on the south,
and west to Oak Hill cemetery.
Cadet j. H. Foster of Waltham,
Mass, and Cadet Richard F. Barker
of Bellows Falls started at 3 o'clock
Saturday morning from Norwich uni
versity, Mortified, to walk to Burling-
ton, distance of at least so miles.
Both are amateurs and started on
their journey as the result of con
Versation wherein their assertion that
they could walk 80 miles in "a hours
was disputed. AS a matter of fact
the cadets walked 60 miles in 10 hours,
reaching Burlington at o'clock Sat
urday night and remaining there over
Sunday. The extra ten miles they got
in by strayinF five miles on a