The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-02
CHURCH YEARS
SUCCESSFUL
AS Described in Summing
Up at Annual Meet
ings Yesterday
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THREE SOCIETIES
HELD SESSIONS
Methodist Brotherhood Held
Annual Banquet Last
Night

Annual Banquet LdSC
Night
Members and adherents of the First
Baptist society gathered at the church
at high noon yesterday for the annual
New Years dinner, which was served
by the ladies in the upper room Inc
attendance was quite as large as that
of former years and those who partlci-
pated in the yearly get together OF the
parish. old and Young. said that the DIM
ner did not suffer in comparison with
the fare provided in the past. The
dinner was in charge of the following
committee, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bradley, Mr. and
Mrs. Walton Shields, and Mrs. Annie
Inglis. Through The Times, the mem
bers of the committee wish to thank
Others OF the parishioners who assist
ed i'm making the affair a success.
Shortly after o'clock. the pastor,
Rev. George II. Holt, called the bus
mess meeting to order in the auditori-
um. A service of song and prayer was
followed by the routine proceedings
which included the roll call and the
yearly reports. A large number re-
sponded to the roll call, each response
being accompanied by verse OF scrip
ture or a few words fitting to the oc-
casion. Reports from the young peo-
ples societies and the Bible classes in.
dicated gratifying advance in the sew
eral departments. Afterwards Col
lector James Grearson and Treasurer
T.. J. Batehelder presented their reports
for 1912 and the figures which they were
able to give were Of nature altogether
encouraging Except for 5000 note
held by local bank. the society IS
out OF debt and the note referred to
has been reduced from 5000 to $500 dur
ing the past year. BY motion car
red unanimously, vote OF thanks was
rendered to The Times for the amount
OF space allowed the society during the
twelve months just closed.
Officers elected to serve during the
coming year were as follows; Clerk,
Mrs. Frank G. Rogers; assistant clerk,
Dorothy IngIis; treasurer. Il. u. Batchel-
der; collector, James Grearson; assist
ant clerk, Quincy Fl. Perry; advisory
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Sutton,
Freeman Cilley, Mrs. Annie Inghs;
finance committee. w n Grearson, VIII
ham Mcdonald w. W. Sutton. \. :.
Jones. Alden Jones, L j. Patchclder,
G. II. Perry.
Mrs. w. n. Grcarson was reelected
choir director and Mrs 4. j. Batchelder
was again appointed organist. The re-
naming officers were as follows: Su-
perntendent of the Sunday school, Lew
is Jones; secretary of the Sunday school,
William Milne; treasurer of Sunday
school, Ralph Rogers primary super
intendent, Mrs. IT, A. Hutchinson.
Prayers by Rev George II. Watt and
Deacon f. A. Hutchinson were followed
by adjournment at 6 O'Clock.
The Cniyersalst society held its an
nual meeting in the church vestry last
evening Immediately after the annual
parish supper. which was served by the
ladies at 6 o'clock. S. ID. Allen was re-
elected moderator and all of the other
officers were honored with reelection.
George l.. Bates WAS elected to serve as
clerk and the trustees were named as
follows: Homer c. Iadd. A. A. Steb-
bins, G. +. Millar, G. IT, Southgate and
Fayette Cutler. Charles c. Kenyon as
treasurer and Mrs. Horace Richardson
as collector were the remaining officers
named
Reports from the different society de-
partments indicated that the organiza-
tion continues to flourish with respect
TO numbers as we'll as fi-anSps. The
collectors report revealed balance in
the treasury with all bills paid mp TO
January |. Other reports were received
from the pastor. the treasurer, the
executive committee, and the auditors.
The supper was largely attended and
its success was due to the efforts of
the chairmen of each monthly commit
tee.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional society was held in the church
Yesterday. with James Adie as modera
tor and H. c. Woodruff as clerk. Re-
ports of the various officers and de-
partments were presented and accepted
These showed the society as being in a
good healthy condition, the finances be-
ing in good shape and the church mem
bership being 523 at the beginning of
the new year.
The meeting adopted resolutions on
the death of Charles $. Wallace. for %
years a deacon of the church. and voted
the thanks OF the church TO Frank Me
Whorter. its retiring treasurer, who de-
clined reelection.
Officers were elected as follows:
Moderator. James Adie: clerk, II. G.
Woodruff: deacon for six years, DIR. O.
G. Stickney; member Of business com
mittee for three years. Fred G. Fisher:
treasurer. Fred II. Rogers; auditors. =.
+. Langley aud II. A. Phelps; eollec-
tors. G. L. Linekin and !. C. Griggs;
Superintendent Of Sunday school. II.
n. Jackson; agents to sell real estate.
Fred c. Fisher. F. Z. Langley and G.
II. Pape.
Tha .nn.af ,arfsh dinner vas served