Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-13
loss was deeply felt.

loss was deeply felt.
 A memorial service was held by
 the church and school for the mar
 tyred president, James A. Garfield.
 The church was heavily draped in
 black.
 June 18th, 1880. Mrs. George Colt
 presented to the school a life-size oil
 portrait of Deacon George Colt, by
 A. H. Emmons. In 1881 a change
 was made in the infant department room; and separate chairs were
 provided for each scholar instead of
 the raised seats in use heretofore.
 June 1884 is the first notice of
 Cchildrens Day; and in December of
 the same year one of the lessons was on 'Temperance.' pledges were cir
 Culated. and many of the scholars
 signed them, their names being placed
 on the pages of the Sunday school record. Some of those whose names
 were recorded there are now in the
 audience today.
 O. s. Smith Chosen Superintendent.
 In 1884. because of i'll health. Mir.
 George D. Colt resigned as superin-
 tendent, and MT. Owen s. Smith was
 elected to serve in his place. The
 reports now for two or three years
 seem to be confined mostly to at tendance and contributions. The four tecnth of February, 1886, it is noted, On account of the freshet. the most
 severe in many years. which rose so high as to flood the cellars of Broad way and Central Baptist churches, putting out the fires. large numbers joined the congregations in church and Sunday school" Mir. Colt re-
 sumed the superintendency 1887, OCto-
 Der 2nd. of that year, Miss Grace Hol- brook gave up her class as she was to leave town to take up the study, of medicine preparatory to entering the missionary life. As Mrs. Tewksbury,
 she is doing splendid work in China The school was made very sad this
 same year by two very disturbing events: the resignation of Mir. George
 D. Colt as superintendent of the school, and Dr. Palmer's resignation. who had endeared himself to so many of us as pastor of the church.
 Later Superintendents. In 1889 MT. N. A. Gibbs was elected superintendent, but served only ofNa year on account of i'll health: 1890. Mir Wallace g. Allis one year: 1891 Deacon John RCssiter, one year; 1892 and 1898 Mir. Edwin Harding: 1894. Mir J. D. Haviland. Mir. Allis in his report states that the average attendance for | the year had been one hundred and eighty, and adds, Rather curiously. this average is the average almost ex- actly of the past fifteen years taken | together since the formation of Park church." A new piano which was
 very much needed was added that year.
 Home Department Added. During Mir. Rossiters superinten-
 added, with Mrs w. H. Allen as super intendent; in 1897, Mrs. John Troland
 became superintendent, assisted by Mrs. Thomas Kingston and Mrs. H. E. Stevens; and by their effort the Home Department increased its mem h from 6ffcnn n T-5 H. F. Palmer is the present superin- | tendent. Miss Emma Perkins and Miss SYbil Noble had left us to become missionaries in our own land; and now, 1894, Miss Elizabeth Huntington's
 name is added to the list of foreign missionaries, her field being Van, Turkey. At first the Flower Mission. a lovely mission, was confined to our school. It began by friends taking
 flowers to Miss Emma Perkins, who
 was very i'll, and they gave her so
 much pleasure, she wished others
 might be made glad in the same way. l After a while it drifted into other hands, and has been lost sight of. The Thistledown Mission Circle was organized by Mrs pr. Palmer, and for years was under her direct supervis- | ion. This society is revived now and then, and its name and influence have extended to the far west; for Miss Margaret West organized a class in Everett, IlIC tledown Mission Circle. pr. Palmer | established the Young Peoples Society of Christian En6eavor, which contin- ued until within a few years.
 Chinese Class Organized. In the spring of 1885 the Chinese Sunday school came into existence; from one it increased to eight scholars, with an average attendance of six. Each scholar required a teacher. and