The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-18
Interesting Figures at the
County Sunday School
Convention
REV. HENRY LAMB
AGAIN PRESIDENT
Home Department Banner for Greatest
Gain Goes from Brattleboro to South
vernon-New State Secretary to Be
Rev. Charles Boyd.

VeFIboH-NeW SJdIe secretary TO BE
Rev. Charles Boyd.
Good weather, a large attendance of
delegates from the schools of the
and addresses of unusual
made the Windham County
Sunday School association s convention
Friday in the Advent Christian church
in, South Vernon one of the best ever
held in the county. Rev. T. II, Leav-
lit, pastor Of the South Vernon church,
opened the convention with a devo-
tional service, which was followed by
the address Of welcome by Ernest w /
Dunklee of South Vernon, vice presi- |
dent of the district The reports of |
the vice presidents of the five districts |
followed.
The report of the county secretary, !
w. H. Farr of Bellows Falls, showed |
an increase along all lines of work in
the county. The total enrolment in |
the 81 schools is 4,45S. The average |
attendance for the past year has
been 1851. These figures show an I'M
crease over last year. There are zoos
children in the schools between the
ages of five and Is, and over 700 men
above is years of age, and 159 from
the Sunday schools have united with
the churches. The highest average at
tendance was maintained bv Saxtons
River, which reports So per cent Of its
membership. The school in Windham.
with an enrolment of II, had an av-
erage attendance of So There are b
cradle rolls in the county. with 4
membership of more than 500. The
total offerings of the schools for the
year was $964.O4.
Miss L. NJ. Gorham of Bellows Falls,
home department superintendent, re-
ported n membership of 95S in that
department, 1873 of whom are children;
9,s27 lessons were reported studied, and
24l studied every lesson. The Offering
from the home department. was $l47. 40,
an increase of $50 over last wear The
banner, which is awarded each year to
the home department making the great
est gain, was awarded to the depart
ment of the South Vernon church. The
First Baptist church OF Brattleboro
held it the past year
DIR. Durfee, state secretary, next re-
ported on the county tour Just finished.
DIR. Durfee, who has resigned his po-
sition on account of i'll health stated
that the new secretary would be Rev.
Charles Boyd of the Hartford School
of Religious Pedagogy. The last adj
dress OF the morning was by Edward
| w. Brown of the Pilgrim Press, Bos-
ton, who gave very interesting and
/ instructive talk on the Use of the
/ Blackboard in Sunday School, accom-
! panying his work by some telling
| blackboard illustrations.
! Officers for Coming eyar.
The afternoon session opened with {
| brief devotional service by Rev. II. S
/ Weeks of Brattleboro. The nominal
| committee 5 report was read anu
adopted, thereby electing the following
officers: Pres, Rev. Henry Lamb, West
i Brattleboro; vice pres, district No.
/ (Athens, Grafton, Rockingham, West
minster), Rev. q. F. Burke, BELOW,
Falls; vice pres, district No. , BRAT
tleboro, East Dummerston, Guilford
ster West, Ernest w. Dunklee, Soutl
i Vernon; vice pres, district No. )
I (West Dover, Halifax, Readsboro
Nottingham, Wilmington, Rev. J. w
Rafter, Wilmington; vice pres, distric
No. t (Broollline, East Dover, Yves
Dummerston, Jamaica, Newfane, STRAIT
ton, Townshend, Wardsboro, Williams
WILEY, G. o. Kimba1, West Towns
bend; vico pres, district No. (Lon
donderry, Windham and schools o
/ G1ebe Mountain Sunday School assC
ciation), l.. T. Landman, South Lon
donderry; secretary and treasurer, W
, II. Farr. Bellows Falls. These DEPART
! ment superintendent were elected
! teacher training, Rev. J. w. Chesbor,
+ Bellows Falls; elementary work, Mis-
: Grace Chaplin, Saxtons River; inter
:. mediate and senior work, Guy w. Pow
|. ers, Townshend; adult class work, Re,
!. Charles w Mock, Newfane; home dc
t partment, Miss +. NJ. Gorham, Be
lows Falls; missions, Miss Florenc
: NJ. Hemenway, Brattleboro; temper
: ance, Rev. c. E. Could Readsboro.
), Plans to Avoid Confusion.
w. II. Farr, treasurer, reported r,
: ceipts during the year of $4lol1 an
:. disbursements of $329.91, leaving
i balance on hand of 1920. Resoh
r, tions We're adopted in recognition G
'. the good work Of the retiring stat
y secretary and of thanks for the hosp
f tallty of the entertaining church.
: resolution also was adopted that rule
be formulated which should Cover
enrolment and average attendant
that the confusion in regard to the pc
capita tax be avoided.
The oneminute reports from the V;
til rIous schools showed much encourag
t ment. The three addresses of the a
70 ternoon were of unusual excellence. I'll
first was by Rev. Arthur w. Bailey {
= South Hadley Falls, Mass, superi1
tendent of the Northern New Englar
district of the Congregational Sunda
School and Publishing society. L
spoke on the subject, The Call for Il
n Man Who Knows. Missions IN ii
! Sunday School was the subject OF Il
address by Miss Clara Wells OF Har
ford, Conn, member of the executiN
Y committee of the Woman s Board
= Missions. The third was given by Mi
Marion f. Stiekney of Barre, VT, S
3 perintendent for the elementary divi