The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
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Centennial OF Local Bap,is, Church Gel,
ebfated Tuesday.

= Centennial OF Local Baptis, Church Gel
Is ebra,ed Tuesday.
y The centennial 81 the baptist shassl
= here aud the srmltrniennlal IT the Ia
" dire benevolent snfleiY sunnertod Nili
he ehnrrh Nete relrhIaiei Tuesday, and
a nsN milestone has ltfrl sei ia ths
g church annals al The town. The niisen,
9 ante hssan at l0sJ a, a.. AMI ooniinntil
= until = n m,, ADD the daliblr erlrhsaiinn
I, marked the h0ne coming ~ many iofmrF
] residents aud friends of the tao organi,
,a'ions, ihe pastor iirs, John i'hllip
5 noisi, olrnei the celebration with q
pialse senlre.
r Rev. H. T., Puinry II Putney. an "a,
, pastor, preached sermon ~ the forenoon
SESSION, aud sIsrial musie Was Irndst,si
! N the choir, which aisa sang arssldahly
II the afternoon and evening sessions,
After dinner q history ~ the ladies -,
cirly Wac given by Ms, Filth VI, Don't,
aifc II the pastor, lion, \. 4, Iiuttrr
field, eleik, gave q synopsis II the biz
tory al the ,hurh, which Wss followed
hy rolleall, -. anses, pmarks, lritrIs
and "reminiscences alsa sermon is an
other eNpasinr, E,N. Il. A. Michel, al
!, Waterbury, Conn, The principal number
MAS . sermon hy Euv, III. " A. Dawson
VI Burlington, Baptist state evangelist.
The church wac organized by council
fnim the l.ydrn. Mae, assorlatisn and
started with membership ~ ~ men and
n women. 4 year later John Smliing
was ordained a, tho iiet pastor, ani SOM
aiierNaid IL Was voted ~ hiw q iann and 1
stock 4 a the eNIrnse Of the churrh, al-o /
/ "a contribute a. the pastors support 90 /
such an extent as would allow him 10 /
! lay up properly a- last a. the hfUihnrn. 4
/ Mr. Sparkling vas dismissed IN 1871. In, /
der the next pasio'atc. that Of Louis Aus'
tn, a delegation o' nine was sent out in
1871, 10 Organize a baptist church ~
Rcad-buro, In lsGl both the pastor aud
chuDh clerk wcrr dismissed in orlcr that
they might culst n the army The pa.,
tor was Rev. Thomas Wrinkle,
For many year he church had no place
~ it. own IN which 10 worship. At hr.i
il used a building erected by the town a.
meeting house before any church was
organized. Baptist aud Universali-t used
the same building Alternating with each
other, After wor.lippng thcp . YEAR,
the Barli,ts erected building, which
they used more than 10 yclr. This was
in the center 81 the town, hut from Sep. (.
tcmbcr. 1876. to Jan. !, 1879 other parts
Of the town having become more populous,
meetings were held alternately in the !
Methodist churcho, in jacksonville and =
Sadawga, Since the latter date the ser.
vices have been held in Sadawga. in a
20 . .n,S S Which has Ind s IL ~ ,be
,bprrb ,inapces IA. nr,oniycj In IS6o
The nastors az ,be church. In their or.
der have been a. follows. John Snald. :
ing. Linus Austin Amherst Lamb. \. II. e
Eglcs,on. Foster Hartwcll. Amherst a
Lamb. \. u. Egl'ston. Foster lIartwell, y
Amherst Lamb. Erastus \. Briggs. ~
Everett William ID, Hall. j. e. Bennett. y
'olcsworthv William spencer. Il. +. n. al
,cr. Herbert 4. Buffum. T.. c. Rood. II. 81
4. Nichols, John i. Dorst, Z. u. Croft, y
/. III. Beman. Samuel ID. Ringrose and q.
Iohn i. Dorst. Rev. Mr.. Dorst began ms ~
econd pasttorate here last August. he i i,
native oil Bnifall' y l., lie wa; graz ~
lated IRON me hap'i,t he in0s sem
narg j" '' ,In ~; ~ ''"s nhn,cb !, We
,',g.Io H. T,I,, '1ogS occon,cd a call ~ ";
'da Ken m and ond ,bcn came hero in loo3 II
, nt ,as;gncd Tho newt wear on account Of vi
i health va
The committee. for the celebration I'm
ere: General. Rev. j. =. Dorst. 4. \. mi
,,ttor6ald + + Dayis Mrs sylvia 4 an
rbeeier Mrs sara ID Faulkner. finance at
arl +. Wheeler, +. \, fainter. III. i, 4;
Wheeler, Mrs Ophelia L. Snow. Mrs Ella WI
m
FRS, Evelyn harrington, Mrs. Alice "a
Mrs. Kate Chase, 9. +. Wheel' lio
:. T. Elliott Davis: entertainment, MN' yer
dlth VI. Dotsti MISS Maoeie . ~, n1' pa
RS. Marcla A. paw, ~ n i nu..eri WrI soI
RS. florence a. puspf ui M W.T.. n
nee +. Sparhs, NE n lug 81, ", Carno Nj
rs Edna STAFFORD r. u; spa,Es, 'gp1lge . sar
+: Neller, Mrs. laa y, LiH III, nrs p l3ls Pa,
id B. uea TEA " pnrnhar ii''N7' ''' Tai
i'"'''' i'"' -. A.
coouro courar nioL.d , strawberry acc
oeo o 81 on p last
ossoh' Oc'' w. r. rea
Carl Jilson went to wilmington FRI ma
y and visited his aunt, returning sat bee
day afternoon. ing
Mrs. Reads mother, Mrs. Terry, re-
rned last Friday night from her visit
INerViHe, oo'l''' anu o'hei pi"'
Mrs. Frank JlllsOn ana HeT SISTER, his. L