The Newtown bee., 1901-05-31
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
NEW MILFORD.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NEWS.
 The Junior Endeavor society met with the Senior society for the first time on Tuesday evening and it prov ed very pleasant occasion. The first half hour was occupied by the Juniors under the direction of the pastors wife, after President K. E. Starr had given them an introduction to the audience. Nearly every Junior was present, filling three rows of chairs the length of the chapel, and every one had a Scripture verse which was promptly repeated when the proper time came. The responsive Bible reading, the responsive prayer, the recitations, and the hymns sung all gave evidence of the thorough work done by Mrs Johnson, who has devoted good deal of time to the work and is making it a great success. Your cor respondent ventures to say that the perfect recitation of the books of the Bible would have put to shame the older people. present if they had been called to give them. MT Starr conducted the last half of the meeting, calling for remarks upon topics which had been assigned to diff ferent persons, but all designed espec- ially to instruct the children. The chapel and parlor were we'll filled with the parents and friends of the chil- dren and the service seemed to be greatly enjoyed by all. We ought further to mention the banner which hung on the wall which had just been received from the Housatonic Union, because this Junior society showed the largest average attendance for the last six months of any society con- nected with the Union. The Juniors were congratulated on their success in securing this banner, for our Senior society has never been able to accom- plish it. The Juniors will hold this banner for six months or until some other society shows a larger average attendance than this one does. The annual church meeting and roll call on Friday afternoon passed off very pleasantly, the attendance being somewhat larger than last year. One hundred and seventy-one responded in person, 21 by letter and 29 sent ex- cuses. Reports were given of the work done by all the various organizations connected with the church, showing a fair degree of activity in each. Off1- cers were chosen for another year, as follows:
 Clerk, Dea Henry Ives.
 Treasurer, Charles H. Noble.
 Auditor, Henry s. Mygatt. Church Committee, Rev F. A. John son, ex officio, Dea Ethiel s. Green, ex off1cio, Dea Henry Ives, ex officio, Dea Chauncey B. Marsh, ex officio, Thomas Fuller, J. Butler Merwin, William H.
 Percy, Mrs F. A. Johnson, Miss Grace H. Turrill.
 Sunday School Committee, Dea
 Henry Ives, Phineas ;E. Clark, Mrs Willis F. Bennett.
 The clerk reported Il deaths since
 the last annual meeting. This was OH 1dI SC uuAOC1 duu UAC ID U | was remarkable in the length of time
 that some of them had been connect
 ed with the church, two joined in 1881
 nearly 70 years ago, and three in 1888,
 nearly 63 years ago. After the busi-
 ness meeting closed a social time was
 enjoyed with collation. prepared by
 the ladies.
 A meeting of the First Ecclesiasti-
 cal society is called for Monday, June
 3, at 2.3O o'clock, to hear the report of
 the soliciting committee, to appoint a
 building committee and to take such
 steps as may be necessary for securing
 new parsonage.
 AMONG THE HORsEMEN.