The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-06
A NEWBERRY COUNTY BOY
Rev. Edgar L. Halfacre Accepts Pas
tOrate of UniVersalist Church at
Sherley, Mass.

The following is from the Sherley,
Mass, News and has reference to a
Newberry county boy who is doing
we'll in his adopted home. The Rev.
Edgar L. Halfacre is a son of the late
Perry Halfacre and has been living
in the north for several years:
"Over 100 attended the reception on
Wednesday evening rendered to Rev.
Edgar L. Halfacr, the newly-called
pastor to the Universalist church.
! The gathering was a representative
one, as about all the churches of the
town extended through people or pas
tor their sincere good wishes. The
! church, where the reception took
place, was thrown open for the oc-
casion. The decorations consisted Of
potted plants and cut flowers, and the
spirit of hospitality and good cheer
was marked feature of the evening.
In the receiving line were Rev. Edgar
L. Halfacre, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L..
Hazen, Mr.. and Mrs Frank H. Wheel
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Lynch and
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Binney.
IL ushers were Earl C. Merriman, j.
Edwin Pomfret, Walter Badstubner,
Arthur C. Annis and Austin Fish.
About 100 passed the receiving line.
81. Edwin Pomfret, clerk of the par
ish committee, made brief but timely
remarks of welcome to all present and
introduced as the first speaker of the
evening Rev. G. E. Woodman, pastor
of the Congressional church, whose
remarks gave evidence of good will
and brotherly feeling on behalf of
himself and his church. The we'll
known retired pastor of Aver, Rev.
Richmond Fish, of the Unitarian faith,
was the next speaker, whose remarks
were confined mostly to "reminiscences
Of tie Universalist and Unitarian de-
nominations and showed the progress
made relative to the blending Of all
faiths at the present time into one
great broth erc ood of man. Rev. E. l..
Halfacre then responded in words OF
gratitude for the hearty welcome he
had received and in language that
gave unmistakable evidence Of sin
cerity told of his desire to work in
conjunction with the other pastors of
the town for the good and general
welfare of the community.
"Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Ballou read letters
from Rev. Everett S. Burkett, pastor
of the Baptist church, and Rev. c. A.
Knickerbocker of Reading, Pa, a
former pastor of the UniTersalist
church, both letters expressing re-
grets for not being present a t the
reception owing to the fact of being
prevented by unavoidable circum-
stances.
"The following pleasing program OF
entertainment was then given under
the direction of Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Bal
lou: Violin solos, Mr.. Laprade of
Boston, with piano accompaniment by
Miss Harriet Winslow; song, Mrs.
Ruby Felch Smith accompanied by
Miss Winslow; songs, Miss Adele
Phillips of Leominster, accompanied
by her, sister, Miss Manola Phillips;
songs, Frank H. Harlow of Aver and
Mrs. Laprade of Boston.
Refreshments Of ice cream, cake
and punch was served under the di-
rection of Mrs. Hittie w. Evans, Mrs.
C. A. Ford and Mrs. B. S. Binney.
The servers were the Misses Hazel
Ballou, Blanche Sawyer, Mary Bad
stubner, Agnes Lynch, Arthur c. An
ME. ]. E. Pomfret, Earl C. Merriman,
Walter Badstubner and Austin Fish.
'IMr. Halfacre was born in New
berry, S. c., and is a graduate Of
Newberry college, class of 1907 and
is also a graduate of the divinity
school of st. Lawrence university
Canton, N. Y. He has served as sum-
mer pastor at Webster, N. Y, for
three years, and before coming to
Shirley was pastor of a church in
Bethel, vt. He is a member Of the
Masons, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
He enters upon the duties of his new
pastorate. with the undivided support
of his. people. and the best wishes Of
the community"