Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-23
ANNUAL MEETING
OF PARK CHURCH
Held Following Supper Served by Par ish Connaittse-Report Heard and Officers Elected

There was a large gathering of Park
 church members at the annual church
 meeting, which was held in the Osgcod Memorial on Thursday evening The
 dining room was prettifF decorated in
 red and green, and q delicious supper WAS served at 6.so by the social com
 mittee-Mrs. William IL Alien, chair
 man. Mrs. Charles aTyier Bard. Mrs. Leonard 0. smith, Miss cecile Cro-
 well and Mrs. Edson r. Gta1laudet The
 WaitreSses were were Mrs George l..
 Ingalls,, Mrs. uibberd k. Norman, Mrs.
 J. II. HoInrool, Miss Annie E. Vaughn,
 Miss Sarah LoGinSS Miss Katherine Is
 blister. Miss Ruth SyIningtOn, Miss Dorothy Alton, Miss Kitty Sloane, Miss
 Esther Pullen and Miss Beatrice East
 wood.
 Rev Samuel II, Howe, D. b. pre-
 sided at the meeting which followed, and at which excellent reports were given from the various societies car r!'ing oR the different lines uf church work.
 ele4A2z, J. Dana Colt, wlto gave the pres ent church membership as 3Ss. The church treaSurer, Miss Adelaide l.. Butts, gtLV9> the amount passing through her hands during the year for charities and missions, both at home and abroad; as S0,129- She rePos1ed this as banner year for pledges, a larger number than ever before ls2f- ing been received.
 Oliver l.. Johnson as uperintendent, told of the years S work in the Sunday school, where an attendance of 3,735 was registered, and also read MT. Pull lens report as treasurer, showing gifts of $223-S0 for various charities. Miss Louise B. Meech read Mrs. Lanes re- port as secretary of the Home Mission aTy society and also her own report as treasurer. Eleven boxes had been Sen. to missionaries, flood sufferers and schools, as we'll as books, magazines and cards In ali s725.09 had been ex- pended by this society:
 For the Foreign Missionary society. Miss Mary 4. c. Avery, the secretary, gave Q review of the work done in this society, and also Miss TrumbulFS re- port as treasurer, showing a total of s442.47 given for foreign mission work. Three Bible women are being support ed.
 Mrs Leonard o. Smith reported for the Parish House association, which has celebrated its tenth anniversary, and numbers 117 members. It's work is to promote the social life of the church. Mrs. Synlington's report as treasurer of this society was read by Mrs. Oliver L. Johnson. Mrs Frank H: Pullen read Mrs. Rogers report as chairman of the custodians of the par ish house, and Mrs. F. w. Browning re- DOfteu IDE tue CnltACH CHdI1tl0S commit tee.
 Mrs. Oliver L. Johnson told Of the meeting of the Cradle Roll and Miss Laura Subert reported for the com mittee of the church interior Miss Louise c. Howe reported for the flow CT committee
 Mrs. George L. Ingalls, read Mrs Will cox's report as chairman of the hos pital committee~ Mrs. Frank w. Browning told of the work of the H. brary committee, and, in the absence of the president. !. Ralph Howe spoke for the Mems club. Leonard ". Smith gave a report from the society com mittee, which is a separate orga2iZa- ton, dealing with church finances.
 The election Of officers for the year resulted as follows: Honorary deacon, Jonathan rt1mlouu; deacon, NIyron B. Prentice; members of church stand ing committee, Allen Latham, Miss Alice " Cogs~eIE William 1I- Allen and Mrs Henry T. Arnold; Sunday school superintendent, Oliver L. John son: superintendent of infant depart ment- Mrs. Oliver l.. Johnson; church charities committee, Mrs. Henry T. Miss Louise c. Howe; clerk, J. ] Dana Colt: treasurer, Miss Adelaide L. | Butts; auditor, Joseph W. Gilbert
 It was also voted to adopt the creed which was formulated at the recent ] Congregational convention at Kansas City.