The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-14
GOLDEN WEDDING
SECRET CAME OUT
BY Vote Of Centre Church the Pastor
Presented Box of Gold to Rev and
Mrs. Henry A. Goodhue.


Although Rev. and Mrs. Henry A.
Goodhue of Highland street cautioned
their children not to mention the fact
| that Sunday would be their golden we'd
ding anniversary, the information in
some way became known and surprise
| awaited them III the Center Congrega
tional church Rev. and Mrs Goodhue
occupied their pew at the right of the
| pulpit, toward the front, and at the
close of the sermon Rev. Roy NJ
doughton, pastor, alluded to the numer-
Gus golden weddings III the parish in
| the past few years and referred felic
| ltouslv to Rev. and Mrs. Goodhue.
Rev. Mr.. Houghton then laid upon the
pulpit a small box which he said he was
| instructed by the church to present,
with the injunction that it should
| not be opened until after the
couple reached home The box contain
ed 500 in gold IN subscriptions of vari-
Gus amounts from the church people,
who were much pleased with the oppor-
| tunlty TO express their good win IN this
way to Il couple whose lives have had a
notable influence for good Rev. Mr..
Goodhue 5 pastorates were not numer-
| Gus, but they exceeded the average in
| length, and We're fruitful and marked
| by cordial and sincere relationskips
Since giving up the pastorate at West
minister West and coming to BrattIe-
boro ii years ago, lat which time Rev
Mn Goodhue retired from preaching.
Rev. and Mrs. Goodhue have been ac-
lively interested in the welfare OF the
Centre church.
Rev. Henry \. Goodhue is a native
OF Westminster West, a son of the late
Ira and Almira (Sawyer) Goodhue
He is a descendant Of Deacon William
tGoodhue, who came from England in
1886, and the family long has been
prominent in Windham county. He was
born In 1888, prepared for college
chiefly at Oxford academy and gradu-
ated from Dartmouth college with hon
or in 1857. For two years thereafter
he was principal of an academy at
Plympton, Mass. He took up the stud !
for the ministry, entered Andover
| (ALass.l Theological seminary and
graduated in 1862.
His first charge was at West Barns
table, Mass, where he remained until
June, 1888. He was acting pastor at
Croydon, \. H., a year and at Towns
hend three years. In 1887 he was in
stalled associate pastor with DR.. Al
fred Stevens in Westminster West.
later succeeding him in the pastorate,
where he remained until Oct. l. 1905,
when he retired and the family came
to Brattleboro to live.
During much of his ministry Rev.
Mr.. Goodhue was closely connected
; with the educational interests of the
communities in which he lived lie
was superintendent of schools IL
years in BarnstabIe, two wears In
Townshend and three years in West
minister. In the Congregational ma
| tional council of 1877 at Detroit he
: represented the Congregational church
es of Barnstable county, and in 1886
at Chicago and 1895 in Syracuse he
represented the Windham county
churches.
In 1902 Rev. Mr.. Goodhue represent
/ ed Westminster in the legislature
serving as chairman of the committee
on education most OF the sessions. liz
has published number of sermons
memorial vuIume for Dr. Stevens, aul
other interesting material
Rev Mr.. Goodhue married, Dee :;
! | 1864. Miss Mary l. Perkins o.
! Plympton, Mass. who is descendan
IN the eighth generation Of Mile
Standish aud George Soule, both q
whom came in the. Mayfower. She j
a native OF Plympton and is q grad
uate OF Mount Holyoke college. an,
before her marriage she taugh'
school Six children were born t
them. three of whom are living The,
are Mrs. w. Il. Montgomery of Nev
York city, Robert B. Goodhue, a well
known piano tuner who lives with hi
parents. and Everett W. Goodhue,
S graduate Of Dartmouth in 1900 an
| for the mast six wears professor q
sociology and economics at Colg3t
: university A sen, Charles Goodhue
a died , wears ago while employed in
bank in Minneapolis, and two sou
!, died in childhood.