The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-25
"AIR-TIGHT PROGRAM
WITH METHODISTS
Bishop Leete Presided Over the Discus
sions Which He Designated Under
That Term.

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morrow consisted, in Bishop Leete's
terms, Of an "air-tight program" in the
Vermont Methodist conference, the pro,
gram opening this morning with an ad.
dress by the bishop on "The Growth OF
the Church. and the general theme OF
the forenoon was "The Call to Great
Advance" There was Joint meeting
OF the pastors and laymen, presided over
| by Bishop Leete.
The Church Temperance society was
represented by DR.. G. L. Wilson of San
Francisco, the Sunday school board by
DIR. NJ. J. Trenery of Chicago, the board
of education by Chancellor Franklin
Hamilton Of Washington university, the
board of home missions and church ex-
tension by DR.. Freeman Boyard of Phil
adelphia and the board OF foreign mis-
sions by DIR. j. L. Crowthers of New
York.
Statistics of the Church.
Rev. l.. L. NJ. Barnes, statistieian sub
mitted his report for the three districts
OF the conference, as follows: Number
OF probations enrolled during the year,
7l2; full members, ll,7l6; Increase Of
members, l37; local preachers. So; in
crease, 10; children baptized, 3O4; adults
baptized, 81; number of Sunday schools,
l441a; pupils in Sunday schools, 1895;
churches, l45; probable value of churches,
sos, ESQ; parsonages, I0sh probable
value OF parsonages, S202 $50; paid for
buildings and improvements of property,
s2l ,250; present Indebtedness of church
property, sll 022; pastors salaries. Ss4,-
099; received for conference claimants
81 $50; support of pastors, district SUI
perintendents and bishop and confer
ence claimants, S9l ,795.
The treasurer Rev. S. Fl. Smith of
White River junction. showed that the
conference had reached the hgh-water
mark in benevolences, the total paid
for that purpose being $l2,274, an in
crease of S7,152.
AT the opening of the business ses-
sion late yesterday afternoon the super
intendent extended an invitation to the
conference to hold the next annual meet
ing with the Montpelier district at some
place to be decided later, and the invita-
tion was accepted.
Rev. +. l.. Currier of Danville was
placed on the retired list; Rev George
A. Emery was changed from effective
TO retired, and it was voted that the
orders OF G. ]. Richardson, who once
was an ordained clergyman in the Con-
gregational church, be recognized.
The following were admitted to the
conference on trial: The Reverends Wal
ter II. Gould, Highgate; Scott j.. Cooley.
Milton; George w. Turner, North Hero;
Isaac Mellor, st. Albans Bay; Frederick
w. Smith, Bloomfield, and Arthur j.
Green, Peaeham.
Rev. Robert Haseltine of Pittsfeld
was admitted on trial and elected to
local deacon's orders under the mission
AIRY rule; Rev. Lowell r. Honderick,
a student at the Boston school of the
ology, and Rev. Charles B. Davis of
Georgia were elected to local deacons
orders, and Rev. l.. !. Holway of Thet-
ford Center was elected to local elders
orders.
II was voted that Rev. Vivian J. Hen
dee of Columbus, o., be continued in
the supernumerary relation with re-
quest to locate.
At a Joint session of the conference
aud the Laymen's association late yes-
terday afternoon brief reciprocal ad.
dresses were made by V. A. Irish OF
Enosburg Falls, W. b. Locklin of Rich
ford and Bishop Leete.
The following officers were elected:
President, " A. Irish vice president,
st. Albans district, A. D. Collins; st. |
Iohnsbury district, w. A. Dutton of
Hardwick; Montpelier district. H. ]
Searle of Bellows Falls; secretary and |
treasurer, f. NJ. Barnes of Richford.
Convention Visitor Drops Dead.
b. 0. Spaulding of Newport dropped |
lead at the opera house last evening |
shortly before o'clock. He was with a |
party of friends going in to hear Bish- |
Up Leete's address and had Just stepped |
up to the window to buy a ticket when |
ne fell and died almost instantly, death /
icing caused by heart trouble. He was
bout SO years of age.
The pastor of the Methodist church |
It Newport. Rev. r. n. Joscelyn, was
,oming up the steps at the time Mr..
spaulding was placed on a table and /
Dr. A. ID. Ferris called. but efforts to
evive him were unavailing.
Mr.. Spaulding and his wife had been
ere since Tuesday attending the confer
nee. He was member of the Lay
mems association of the convention. He
vas a superintendent of one of the de-
artments in the Frost veneer mill at
Newport. He is survived by his wife,
wo daughters, Mrs. Dickinson of Or
cans and Mrs. Grace Lawson of New
ort, and one son. Mr.. and Mrs. Spauld-
ng were staying at the home of his
ister, Mrs. William Culcahy He was
ne of the oldest official members of the
iethodist church in Newport.
The body was taken to the undertake
lg rooms of F. NJ Davis and was tax
n to-day to his home at Newport.