The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-24
REPORTS SHOWED
PROGRESS OF N.
F. CHURCH
Quarterly Conference Had
Many Encouraging Features
GROWTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Regular Committees Announced for
the Coming Year-Resolutions
Adopted

The fourth Quarterly Conference
of the Methodist church was held
Monday evening at 1880 O'Clock. A
large number of the board were pres
Vent. DR.. p. l.. Dow of Rutland pre-
sided. The session was one of the
pleasantest and most encouraging
ever held here.
Reports were read by the president
of the Ladies Aid society showing 10
business meetings have been held, I
socials and l fair; one half of which
went to the Ladies Aid treasury. The
sum of $2097 has been raised since
MAY.
The Junior League report shows %
members. Church subscription rails
ed in full
The Epworth League report shows
1871 members and regular meetings.
The trustees report shows money
raised since May 1, $22,26O. The
money paid during the year was $l3,-
653 on the church and $7l4 on the
parsonage, The property has been
put in good condition.
Report of the S. S. Superintendent
The condition of the Sabbath
school since last quarterly report
has materially changed for the bet
ter.
There have been added seventy
four new members; two new classes
have been organized, and one which
had long since disbanded has been
recognized with new material and
started Sunday with an initial mem
bership of 80 members. This class
bids fair to become the Banner
Glass" of the school.
The general interest in all depart
ments of the school is reviving after
an unusual period of depression. At
tendance and collections are better
and there appears to be a more set
tied effort to get down to. the bust
ness for which we are organized.
The average attendance has not
been as large as may have appeared
to those who judged from the well
filled room during the last five or
six sessions, for while the older
folks have been coming more regu-
larly, the primary grades have been
kept at home because of the many
diseases prevalent throughout our
community during the past few
months, and this has very materially
effected our average attendance
Now they are coming back and we
may reasonably expect to approach
the two hundred mark in the neal
future
The number of active officers and
teachers is 81
Number of scholars in Grades "a!
Number of scholars in Home
Dept. (Estimate) A
Number of scholars in the
Cradle Roll q
Total in the school 40!
The pastor reported the church il
good condition A fine choir hal
been strengthened under the ablt
leadership of Prof. Long. The speci
al meetings were helpful to tn
church. A total of 1874 member
have been received into the churcl
since the last conference. The az
portionment system of finance !
solving the problem and is in nue.
favor. There have been four deaths
The pastor has held 81 funerals an
officiated at % weddings The tru'
tees for the year are:-F. A. Greer
slet, president F. l.. Bottum A.
Cutler, f. A. Evans, |. Il. Gibson, a
f. HOLSTER, John lockwood. A. N
Torrance. Stewards are,-Chas.
Austin, r. A. Carpenter, J. H. Evans
w. Il. Buzzell. c. r. Farnum, He
man Bugbee, o, b. Cleveland, ]. /
Evans, Jr., A. S. West, Jr, A. |
..sGIollister, c. w, Evans, Ira p Woo
M. B. Morgan, Fred Stickles, G.
Burt, C. II. Resseguie, Il. G. Evan
f. A. Macrae, Il. r. Griswold. I'll
conference committees are as fc
lows:
Freedmans Aid-Mortimer Tow
send. Miss Rose Harbour, Mrs. He
man Bugbee.