The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-11-02
A SUCCESSFUL DEDICATION.
A Noteworthy Event at The Head of the
Tide.

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Tide.
The dedication of the new church vestry at |
the Head of the Tide was held Tuesday even
ing, Oct. 24th under most favorable auspices. |
The weather was all that could be desired, and |
there was large attendance from the sur
rounding neighborhood and several from Bel
fast proper.
Supper was served from 6 to o'clock 1t |
was pronounced by many of the visitors to be
the best church supper they ever sat down to-
The tables were laden with chicken, served in
several different ways, salads, and cakes and
fruit galore.
Supper over, ample time was given the visit
ors to inspect the work that has been done and
to admire the now beautiful structure.
At 8 o'clock the chairman Of the Building
Committee, Willis S. Hatch, called the meeting
to order and presided during the dedicatory
service. 1t opened with the familiar hymn
How Firm Foundation, which was sung with
heartfelt enthusiasm by the audience with
Clara A. Furnish at the organ. Then came
Scripture reading and prayer by Rev. C. E.
Walsh pastor of the church. His prayer was
IllLHS loi lllc oCSdoioIi
The report of the building committee was
then made by its secretary, Mr.. E. c. Merri-
am. 1t gave an account of the inception and
prosecution of the work. He told how the
people had worked, giving of their time and
means without stint in order to accomplish
this apparently impossible undertaking. He
avoided making mention of the names of those
who closely allied n tha work made
special note of those who assisted so generous
w. He spoke of Mr. H. c. Bailey, Clarence
M. Smith, James Cilley and Frank NJ. Bailey,
who made generous gifts of lumber; of Fred A.
Holmes, who sawed the lumber free of cost; of
W. H. Walton, who furnished bookings; of the
Ladies Aid Society who contributed $500 to
the enterprise; of William Mason, who had the
stage scenery painted at a cost of more than
$4,000 and F. f. Wood, who built the chimney.
Mention was made during the exercises of the
generous gift of William H. Wilder of Gard
ner, Mass, who is a native of the village AL
though he went from here when eleven years
of age he has retained his interest in the old
home place, and especially in the church, with
which he was closely identified as boy. He
wished to cooperate with the committee in
making such changes as they desired and to
substantiate this statement he sent check
of 500. to aid in the work. Mr.. Wilder is
congressman from Massachusetts.
The committee voiced its appreciation of
the courteses and substantial aid given by
The Republican Journal and the Waldo County
Herald in support of the enterprise. The
secretary's report was one of gratitude and
appreciation to those who assisted SO gener-
ously and spontaneously in the prosecution
and completion of the work.
The report of the treasurer, W. G. Hatch,
showed that contributions in cash had been
made to the amount of $92O.65 and that
$1065 90 had been expended leaving balance
of $l37,25 unpaid This, with the labor and
materials given made the total cost of the I'M
provements $500. We would say that the
receipts of the evening, $25 were applied to
the debt, leaving little over $100 now due.
The treasurer also reported that $40 have
been subscribed toward the furnace fund, and
$5l toward the payment of piano.
w. G. Hatch gave brief outline history of
the church. The church was organized Sep
TENDER a. 1886. az members of the LIST Con-
gregational church in Belfast withdrew from
the mother church to form this new church. A
council was called consisting of the pastors
and delegates of the Waldo and Hancock
county churches who met and organized the
new church with appropriate exercises. At a
subsequent meeting the church was named
the North church in Belfast
In September g. 1847, the present church
building was completed and dedicated and
Rev. Samuel Souther, Jr., the first pastor, was
ordained and installed the same day.
The sum subscribed for the building was
two thousand dollars, in shares of $50 each,
each stakeholder to take pews to the amount
of his stock. The original stockholders were:
Henry Davidson, John @. A. Davidson, James
Poor, E. X. Maddocks, Alfred Patterson,
Charles Moore, Franklin Brier, Silas D. Brown,
John Mckinley, Jr., S. G. Pierce, John McKin-
ley, B. v. Poor, Thomas Mckinley, John Gard
ner & Son, Joshua Towle, John M. Shuman,
Samuel Souther, Jr., T. o. Cunningham, L. R.
Palmer, VIM. o. Wilder, L. B. Goblet, Vinal
Mayhem, M. W. Ferguson. John West, F. W.
| Berry.