Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-04-24
CHURCH AND SOCIAL

CHURCH AND SOCIAL
! The Easter collections at st. Angus
tines church, Montpelier, were th,
largest ever taken within the church
The amount was nearly $1,000.
The Rev. Herbert A. Wood has beer
appointed pastor OF the Methods
Episcopal church at Vergennes by the
Troy conference. Mr.. Wood has been
located in Warrensburg, n. Y, since
1896.
Rev. PHI. Z. LaChance, on making
his recent transfer from the parish OF
the Church of the Sacred Heart, Ben.
nington, to Island Pond was presented
with purse of about 800 by his par
ishioners.
Fraternity Rebekah lodge was in
stituted at Williamstown Apr. Is with
forty charter members. The degree
work was exemplifed by Rebekah
lodge of Barre, from which place a
delegation of nearly so persons at
tended.
Rev. c. r. B. Dodge OF Bellows
Falls, who has recently resigned a
twelve years pastorate OF the Baptist
church there, will leave early in MAY
and will pass the summer regaining
his health at his fathers home in Mid
dleton, Nova Scotia.
Rev. Joshua NJ. Frost, pastor of
Grace Methodist Episcopal church of
Bangor, Me-, has received and accept
ed call to the Methodist church OF
St. Johnsbury, and will assume his
new charge at the close of the present
Maine conference year.
Mrs. VIM. A. Baron, newly elected
president of the Boston Society of
Daughters Of Vermont, presided at the
last meeting of the season Thursday
afternoon at the Vendome. The speak
er Of the afternoon was DIR. Z. Noble,
lately FROM Mylapur, India, who gave
an informal talk on characteristics,
Temperament and Talent as Indicated
in the Seven Types of Human Hands"
The First Baptist church ofBenning-
ton, the third Oldest of that denomina-
ton in the county, celebrated its
seventy-tifth anniversary April 18th.
The church was instituted April IL,
1927, the founders OF the church being
tWenty-three members from other
churches, and nine persons who were
baptized that day. The membership
to-day is 1852 persons, it being the
nth largest church of the denomina-
ton in Vermont.
The Vermont Anti-Saloon League
will hold two big rally meetings in
Burlington in May. The principal
speaker will be Rev u. G.. Robinson,
district league superintendent Of Penn
sylyania, who will give two illustrated
lectures. Rev. G. w. Morrow of Bur
lington viii speak at Orwell and Sud-
bury next Sunday. c. j. Ferguson
and Rev. II. A. Durfee will speak at
Brattleboro, Howard Chidley win 90
to Dorset and Rev. W. r. Davenport
OF Montpelier will speak at White
River Junction.
The Springfield association of the
Sons and Daughters of Vermont held
its annual entertainment and sugar-eat
in Springfield, Mass, on the evening
OF Apr. 18th. The attendance was the
largest of any for several years. The
affair was delightfully."- informal. Brat
tleboro was, perhaps, best represented
of any one Vermont town, the sons
and daughters of that town having a
table by themselves in the banquet
hall, and not all OF them were able to
gather around it. The first part of
the evening was taken up with an en-
which consisted of piano
solo, readings, ventriloqUism and le-
gerdemain, violin and vocal solos.
The Rev. Theodore b. Foster, who
has been rector of Trinity church, Rut-
land, during the last six years and who
has accepted the rectorship of Grace
church, at Kansas City, Mo-, preached
his closing sermons Apr. 18th. When
he took charge of the parish, there
was an outstanding debt of over 49,
600. This debt has been paid and
there is now nearly $4,000 in the treas
ury to be used in the erection of a
parish house this summer. The church
has at present about $50 communi- |
cants. The Rev. VIM. j. Harris of
Nashua, n H., will take charge of the
parish until new rector is appointed. |