The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-09
FULLERTON MEMORIAL CIRCLE
ANNUAL REPORT IS READ

ANNUAL REPORT IS READ
Showing . steady devotion to the
work of the Circle on the part Of its
members. the fifteenth annual report
of the Fullerton Memorial circle Of the
Park Street Congregational church
was read at the annual meeting OF the
circle recently as Follows:
Any real record of the fifteen years
of service which the Fullerton Me-
mortal circle has accomplished would
produce volumes! Today we have
only time for wireless despatch from
the past.
On Monday, January 13, 1896,
meeting was held IN the church par
Tor which resulted in the organisation
of q young ladies missionary society,
called the Fullerton Memorial circle.
Six or eight were expected by It's
founder, Miss Sarah e. Hubbard. and
thirty-two, twenty-four active and
eight honorary signed the covenant
cards brought to the circle by Mrs.
w. B. Cogswell, who was then County
Secretary for Junior Work OF the New
Haven Branch. They signed as fol-
lows:
Active members; Sarah e. Hubbard,
Helen Q. Bennett, BERTHE May Hinck-
ley. ]. Grace Adams, Julia A. Hotch-
kiss, Ada Woodruff, Lucy Catlin, Sadie
Hoyt, Margaret Curran, Ina L. Bur-
rift, Edith Holroyd, Hattie Paine.
Mary e. sBurTitt, Abbie Bergman, Jen-
ME c. Wakeley, Alice B. Hall. Mrs. A.
w. Burritt. Alice Howard Mcclellan.
r. Louise Bartram, Helen Bergman.
Eleanor L. Beers, Alma L. Lyon, Julia
L. Bishop. Katherine L. Bishop. Hon
orary members: Mrs. NJ. E. Masse,
Mrs. b. H. Kirkham. Mrs. e. G. Full
lerton, Mrs William T1bbals, Miss
Anna Studley, Miss Mary Gabriel, Miss
Matte Gabriel, Miss Mary Diamond.
Tho 0fnoers elected were: President,
Sarah E. Hubbard; vice president. Alice
Alice B. Hall: secretary, Ada Wood
ruff; treasurer. Mrs. Bergman; pianist,
Mis- Mary ID. Burritt.
Ten new members were added dur
ing the first year. The circle ex-
paded. and in June 1906 there were
los members. 81 active and AZ hon
orary. At present we number eighty
two. There have been $50 regular
meeting held. and 80 executive and
sewfng meeting without number.
The original object Of the circle
formed In khe nrst constitution reads
thusg 'Vhe object OF this circle shall
be to leArn about the heather. and to
send than the gospel" A little later
it was changed to read. THE object
of this circle shall be to learn the
needs Of Code children IN foreign
lands and to aid in sending them the
Gospel.
Down Through the years the chief
chaEacteF1Stics OF the circle seem to
be, Q progressive study OF missions, a
persistency In keeping it's pledges and
ideals. and a personal interest in mis-
sionarias and their fields.
The CIRCLE has had but one presi- |
dent, Miss Sarah Hubbard. Could
We get aEong without her? She has
been our faithful leader In love for
MISSIONS. always ready to give help
ing hand to any whose interest In the
work seemed to be tagging. More
''knociH' about everybody and every
thing. Were 1t not for her armour
Of calm serenity and love for the
knockers and the Knocked" fear
she would be we'll battered ere this.
Our Woe presidents. Mrs. w. B.
Boardman and Miss Elvira Davis have
served long and faithfully. Miss
Edith Holroy. now Mrs. Mackenzie, |
and Miss Minnie Burritt serving for a
short term,
Of recording secretaries there have
been seven, Ada Woodruff, Lucie B.
Hinckley Stevenson, Efe Thayer Kel-
sey, Mrs. Elliot Peck, Mrs. Robert
link, Mrs. Newton Hoyt and the pres
ent one, Isabel Davis.
There have been only four treasur-
ers. Alice Hall rescued the treasuery
from defeat in the first year of the |
circle, following Mrs. Bergman and |
Sadie Hoyt. and served four years. In |
1900, Mrs. A. w. Burritt took up the |
burden, making eleven years of ardu- |
Gus, accurate service. She not only |
receives the dues, but collects them. |
She also has charge OF he Helen |
Bennett Flower Fund.- which sends |
flowers to our members when they |
need cheer. !
The program committee have pilot |
ed us during the years, through our |
course of study; which has been world |
wide over seas to Micronesia, to At |
rican jung1es, to India, to Mexico at |
our door step, to the republics Of
South America and to wall In
China. 1t was q paper on China which |
threatened to delay the wedding of |
Mrs. Boardman who has been chair
man of the committee longer than |
anyone else.
The work committee has always
been noted for their strenuous efforts |
in boxing, boxing for India and China,
and yearly boxing for Mexico. A very
exclusive and efficient coterie of box
ere; the greater number of the circle |
preferrfng to look on, many not hav-
ing the ability to box. But oh. if the
stitches taken in and taken out by
this committee were to be counted.
The entertainment committee are
money makers, first, last, and all the
time. Like all grafters they COM
menced on a small scale; ten cent teas
But 1t Is dollars instead of dimes at
this date. We may not always agree
with the methods but always agree
with the object. Should the COM
mittee come your way, just open your
hearts and your pocketbooks and do
the best you can.
In the first year the circle raised
500 for the Bombay School, India, as
a memorial to DR.. Fullerton's mother
and father, who gave their lives for
India, and for whom the circle was
named. The greater interest finan-
cially, has always been in India. The
circle pledged a certain sum each year
to the New Haven Branch and the
Home Missionary Union. The pledge
to the Branch was raised in 1904 to
s1T5 and in 1909 to $500 where it now