Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-05-24

Oohiiiii luce VI ar dIR einelIS LUZ HeAI
meeting, Rev. G. w. c. Hill of St.
Johnsbury, Rev. Walter Thorpe of
Wallingford, G. M. Hogan of st.
Adams and pastor of the entertaining
church.
Committee on printing c. H.
Merrill of st. Johnsbury, Rev. w. c.
Clark of Barnet, J. M. Comstock of
! Chelsea and Rev. E. P. Treat of Pitts
ford.
On apportionment and benevolence-
Rev. Benjamin Swift of Woodstock,
Rev. A. A. Lancaster of Middlebury
and F. A. Morse of West Rutland.
On civics-Rev. j. w. Barnet of
Barre, w. H. Crockett of Montpelier
and S. S. Cushing of st. Adams.
On Sunday school work-A. F. Stone
of ST. Johnsbury, Rev. c. F. Echter-
becker of Windsor and Rev. E. G.
French of Newbury.
On Young Peoples work-Rev. A. P.
Pratt of Bellows Falls, Rev. F. w.
Raymond of Proctor, F. H. Brooks of
st. Johnsbury, Rev. w. P. Jackson of
st. Adams and Rev. w. E. Baker of
Morrisville.
Advisory committee-Rev. R. M.
Houghton of Brattleboro, Rev. Benja-
min Swift of Woodstock, Rev. E. P.
Treat of Pittsford, Rev. S. F. Bloom
field of Montpelier and Rev. c. H. Mer-
rill of St. Johnsbury.
On inter-church federation-Rev F.
Metzger of Randolph, Rev. j. B. Sar-
gent of Northfield, C. c. Fits of Brat
tleboro and w. j. Van Patten of Bur-
lington.
Trustees of Vermont Anti-Saloon
league Rev. Rufus C. Flagg of Bur-
lington, Rev. H. L. Ballou of Chester,
J. c. Day of Bellows Falls, M. M. Will
son of Randolph and DIR. o. G. Stickney
of Barre
The plans for the entertainment of
the members of the convention were
we'll made and well executed by COM
mittees of the local church. These
committees were as follows; Enter
tainment, A. w. Dickens, j. E. Crane,
Mrs. T. E. Boyce; canvassing, Mrs.
T. E. Boyce. Mrs. John Fletcher, Mrs.
Mary E. Caswell, Mrs. A. Dickey;
finance, J. E. Weeks, j. E. Crane,
Everett Skillings, G. S. Russell; trans
portation, E. G. Seeley, G. S. Russell,
Wright Caswell; reception, Mrs. M. A.
Munroe, Mrs. Mary E. Caswell, Mrs.
Eugene Twitchell, Mrs. E. c. Bryant,
Mrs. c. N. Thomas, Mrs. A. Dickey,
Mrs. j. Walter Sylvester, Mrs. John
Fletcher, Mrs. George Chaffee, C. l.
Button, John Fletcher, A. E. Lambert,
c. E. Harris, E. c. Bryant, A. w.
Eddy, George Chaffee; banquet. Mrs.
G.. E. Harris and Mrs. Ezra Brainerd,
assisted by the women of the Labaree
society and their friends. The infor-
nation bureau, post-office and tele-
phone booth were in charge of the
Misses Elizabeth Caswell, Edith OAR
row, Eleanor Graham, Able Hartman,
Marion Thomas, Marjorie Martin, Eliz-
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don. Mrs. H. B. Hagar had charge of
the rest room.
The ninety-fourth annual meeting of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary soci-
ETY. was held in the Congregational
church Wednesday forenoon, during a
recess of the state convention of Con.
gregational churches. The attendance
was about 100. Rev. Henry Fairbanks
of st. Johnsbury presided.
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. Henry Fairbanks of ST.
Johnsbury; vice president, Dea. N. G.
Williams of Bellows Falls; secretary,
Rev. C. H. Merrill of st. Johnsbury;
treasurer, Dea. John T. Richie of ST.
Johnsbury; assistant treasurer, H. M.
Nelson of st. Johnsbury; auditor, Dea
Charles S. Adams of St. Johnsbury.
These were all reflections. The follow
ing directors, whose terms expired this
year, were reelected: Dea. C. w. Os-
good of Bellows Falls, Dea. w. j. Van
Patten of Burlington, Dea j. M. Com
stock of Chelsea and Rev. w. Parkyn
Jackson of st. Adams. Rev. E. G.
French of Newbury was chosen director
to fill the vacancy caused by the recent
death of D. M. Camp of Newport
Rev. Z. II. Merrill, Rev. Henry Fair
banks and Dea. N. G. Williams were
reelected members of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary society. Com
mittees were appointed as follows !:
Executive committee, Rev. Henry Fair
banks of st. Johnsbury, Rev. G. S.
Mills of Bennington, Dea. j. M. Com
stock of Chelsea, Dea. C. w. Osgood of
Bellows Falls and Rev. C. H. Merrill of
St. Johnsbury; finance committee, Dea
John T. Richie, Rev. c. H. Merrill and
Rev. F. H. Brooks, all of st. Johns
bury.
Tee treasurer's report for the year
ending April made good showing
Through the hands of the state treasurer
there has pass ed:
From churches and individuals, 1897 10
Womans Home Missionary union. 1893 OIL
legacies, $3.50 81
interest, 1856 o.
Total SO 1876 II