The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-14
Elected to Head Of Vermont
Sunday School As
sociation
THE CONVENTION IS
LARGELY ATTENDED
There Were 292 Visitors
Present To-day, Of Whom
PIT Were Delegates

hicHlOFQj Oct. l4.--A Iotal registration
| of 292 visiting members was reported
this morning at the A7th annual con
vention OF the Vermont State Sunday
School association, and of that number
2l7 were delegates This forenoon the
following officers were elected; President,
Rev. William Shaw Of Montpelier; vice
president, Il. r. Greene OF Richford !;
chairman Of the board of directors, G. r.
s. Pierce Of yergennes; recording secre-
tary Rev. w. w. Smith Of Colchester;
| treasurer, w. f. Wood Of Burlington; /;
menie er Of the international executive
committee, II. A. Slayton OF Morrisyillr;
director for three years, Redfeld Proctor
of Proctor.
The home department report showed a
total of pa departments with q. mem
bcrship of 8,e77. One hundred and six
teen departments reported offerings cf
SDf 80, which was the largest ever made.
DURING the year ~ new departments
were organized wit1 membership Of
51 The losses fr9m death, removal,
diseontinuance and transfer were 6s3.
Rev. i. NJ. Fuller, pastor Of the Bap-
tist church, opened the meeting yester.
day afternoon. The welcome was given
by the Rev. d. q. Guest, pastor OF the
Methodist church, and the response and
presidents address were delivered by H.
A. Slayton OF Morrisville. Mr.. Slay-
ton, who is presiding, uses gavel made
from the wood of the barn in which the
first Sunday school convention in Amer
lea was held, on the farm of Ashbel
Hale in Greensboro on June 25, 1917. |
THE Sabbath, the Citadel OF Civiliza- |
tion," was the subject of the address by |
Rev. i. A. Tuck OF Concord, N. ii. From
five to six o'clock a meeting of the Yer
mont Bible society was held.
Last evening Rev Mr. Fuller conduct |
ed the service of worship and the Rev /
G. l. Leonard, principal of Troy, tN I
~ Conference academy, spoke on "The I
Bible and Education"
The annual meeting of the Vermont 4
Bible society was held yesterday after
noon with Rev. w. A. Dawson Of Bur
Iington presiding. Devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. II. III. Washburne
of Winooski. Rev. j. $. Sargent gave \
the report Of the recording secretary
showing that 1000 Bibles have been sold
lurrng the year. The society voted TO
imend the constitution to include in the
all pastors, Sunday school
and one delegate from
zach Sunday school.
The report from the treasurer, DIR. O.
:. Stiekney of Barre. showed receipts
or the year Of 81 .443. Rev. G. A. Boyd
Il Burlington, agent for the society. re-
,orted that $50 Bibles have been placed /
n the states prison, one in each cell,
lso one Bible provided for each student
4 the Kurn Hattin homes at Saxtons
liver and Westminster. II
Bible Society Officers.
The Bible society elected the follow
ng officers i
President, Rev w A. Dawson; vice /,
residents, Rev y. w. Raymond of Proc '
pr and II. w. Narnum Of Jeffcrsonville; Nv
ecording secretary, Rev }. b. Sargent; ;
secretary and agent Rev. q
. A. Boyd; treasurer, DIR. q. q. Stick
ey; auditor. II. q. Woodruff OF Barre;
Necutiye committee. Rev. w A. Da.
ison, Rev. {. A. Boyd, II. A. Slayton,
ev. William shaw OF Montpelier. A. ]
/ Aseltine Of Burlington; directors, X.
]. Howe Of Burlington, G. L. 5. Pierce
Nergennes, =. A. Bixby Of Poultnev. :
A. Greenwood OF Chester, ". n. Glynr
. Saxtons River. DR. .. &. Stickncy. /
ey. H. y. Rankin Of Newport. Rev, =. \
rossiand Of Barre, :. :. Henry Of Bur I
ngton. Rev p. a Lcndrnm 81 ST. A. :
,ns. w II. Wood Of Burlington, Rev. !.
. F Newell Of Barre