Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-06
MANSFIELD cHuRcH's
2oo1H ANNIVERSARY
Celebration Will Be Held October z,
8, 9 and 10, With Many Speakers.

The 200th anniversary of the First
Congregational church of Mansfield
and community home coming will
take place in Mansfield, October q 8,
I 8 and TO- The first meeing will be
held Friday October Z, at 10 a. M, and
will .be devoted to educational themes.
A. W. Buchanan, secretary of the town
school committee, will speak on The
Beginning and Development of Mans
fields Schools" DR.. E. G. Sumner, ex-
acting school visitor, will make an adj
dress. on The Old District School,
Miss Annie Buchanan of the Wilt
mantle Model school will talk on the
subject 'Our Schools of the Present,
F.. w. Clapp, supervisor, will speak on
"The Supervisor and the Schools
The exercises will close with school
parade. The afternoon will be devot-
ed to visits to places of interest about
the town. In the evening at 1.30
there will be an old folks concert and
social greetings.
The exercises Saturday will begin at
$50. /. S. Bigelow will speak on
Mansfield as a Place of Residence
Professor J. NJ. Trueman of the Con
speak on Mansfield as a Place for
Agriculture" At 1915 there will be
greetings from the church, with re-
sponses, "reminiscences and appTecla-
lions. At 100 in the afternoon there
will be am inter church field day. In
reopening of the church with sermon
by the Rev. Edward P. Aver.
Sunday morning at o'clock the
session of the Mansfield Hollow Sun
day school will be held. At II O'Clock
there will be public worship with his
torical discourse as prepared by the
Rev. K. B. Glidden in 1876, At 1880
will occur the Sunday school hour with
some account of the beginnings and
development Of the Sunday school ami
1>oI 9iT,jc i,f ions a
anticipations, in charge of w. F.
Storrs and Edward Payer. AT
O'Clock will be an old time afternoon
meeting with continuance of the his
torical discourse There will be also
representation of the Rev. c. l..
Ayers pastorate by the Rev. Edward
P. Aver; representation of the Rev.
X. B. Gliddens pastorate; account by
the Rev. F. E. Delzell of his own pas
torate; representation Of the Rev.
Clarence Pixies pastorate. The COM
munion of the Lords supper will fol-
low. In the evening at 40 will be
the young peoples hour. with an ae-
count of the young peoples work by
/. Nellie Storrs and v. D. Stearns.
There will be "reminiscences, appre-
Citations and anticipations in charge of
the Rev. F. E. Delzell and r. E.
Stearns.
|. On Monday will take place the
meeting of the Windham County asse-
tleitlOu VI N~OISlcSdtlViidl Nliul SlCo
and Ministers. the morning session
opening at 10 O'Clock. The Rev.
Harry Grimes will conduct the fdevo-
tional exercises. At 11.30 will be
greetings to the entertaining church
by the mother church in Windham,
the daughter churches in Storrs and
Chaplin, the sister church in Will
mantle, and by churches OF. the asso-
citation The afternoon session at
1.30 will be opened with an address
on 1.-THE Great Aim and End of the
Church" by the Rev. Sherrod Soule of
Hartford secretary of the Missionary
Society of Connecticut. The Rev. VIII
liam S. Beard. pastor of the Wilt
mantle Congregational church, Will
speak on 1.-THE Attitude of the Church
Towards Young People" The Rev. ].
K. Moore will speak on 1.-THE Attitude
of the Church Towards Men" The
Rev. John S. Porter of Austria. will
make an address on THE Attitude of
the Church Toward the Nom Christian
Peoples"
Monday evening the Rev. DR.. S.
Parkes Cadman of New York will lee
ture on THE Puritan in Two Worlds.
Entertainment will be provided on
Monday, for the delegates and minis
tiers of the Windham association.
The first pastor of the church was
the Rev. Eleazer Williams. He was
ordained in 1710. and remained with
the church many years. In 1920 he
built what is now known as the Rich
ard Slater house, a grand old lone of
colonial architecture. 1t is owned by
Gilbert w. Chaplin of Hartford.