The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-09
INCREASE IN
CHURCH WORK
Exclusive of Building Fund
Centre Church Parish
Paid Out IS, 1853
INCREASE OF $1,000 IN
BENEVOLENT WORK
Payments of $3.50 on Building Fund,
Making Total for Year S1S,41S =
Church Voted to Incorporate = All
Departments Make Report.

A year Of exceptional frutulness in the
activities of the Centre Congregational
church and its various organizations,
year in which the beneyoleuces were in
creased about 81 eo0 lu spite of the act
ual paying in Of over ~. 800 on the build
ing fund pledges, Is year in which the total
amount of money rarf IN was SIS. 41S.92.
was shown in the aHud meeting of the
church in the ve~tr. last evening, when
reports of the different departments were
made. Outside the hudfa- fund the re-
ceipts totalled $S.>5SCN 4 healthful
condition in all branches ua- shown. and
the church took another Ions step for
ward in voting to become Incorporated.
There was large attendance.
Rev Roy NJ. Houghton. the pastor. pre-
sided and after devotional services the
first business wac action ON an invitation
OF the First Baptist church and the
Methodist church to unite with them in
evangeliStiG services the latter part OF
January, those two churches having de
clded To hold such services. Endorsement
of the proposed services was given. and
II was voted to give up the Sunday night
service on the Sunday that the evangelist
| Is in town. but inasmuch as the church
! mad planned evangelistic services of It's
! own little later it was voted not TO ioiI
as an organization.
| Reports of officers We're then given
| The report Of f. c Adams. clerk. showed
! - additions and ID losses d net gain OF
| %. making the present membership 54S
I-12o men and 31S women-of whom lit
are non-residents G. l.. Dunhams report
as church treasurer was read. Report
were given by l.. A. Whitney. treasurer
lof benevolences: George Fl. Clapp. treas
urer Of the Chaplin fund; Mrs l. G. Gro
sier. secretary Of the Woman's associa
ton; w a. Gilbert, president Of tn,
Brotherhood; 4. /. Clapp, treasurer o
the Brotherhood; Miss Bessie l.. Farnum
president of the Christian Endeavor sc
ciety; F. Z. Perry, chairman of the tIus
tees of the ecclesiastical society. and +
&c. Adams. treasurer of the building fund
The Sunday school report was not giver
through unavoidable circumstances, bu
the school has had an exceptional year.
For the building fund Mr.. Adams re
ported total pledges of $21 1866. Onl
one-third was due on the first payment
but 1850 "a has been received, which
about 43 per cent.
Rev. Mr.. Houghton presented cor
densation of the reports, which he ha
made in advance. They showed payment
to foreign missions of 81, 3O3 -. to HON
, missions 81 ,591 81 and to local charlie
$4,000, a total of $3,3S5.56. in additio
. to a large amount of clothing The HON
expenses of the church. society. Woman
association and other organizations WEI
| 81 ,47312 These payments added to III
50 $50 .24 paid on the building fund mad
a total Of SIS, 41S.92
\ statement of the invested funds ais
was made by Rev. Mr.. Houghton. SHOW
ing the total to be ST.. 800. He ais
| showed a large average in church atten,
ance. reported a long list of outsic
| speakers at various services connecte
| with the church and of having done VIII;
| was possible in fulfilling the mission
| this church to the other CONGREGATION
i churches in the county
i For the coming year it was voted
i adopt the every member canvass f,
: benevolences, to be made as nearly
possible on one day, letters outlining Il
plan to be mailed to each member in a
! vance of the solicitors. The church vote
' to support the Sunday school in ord
that the school might devote it's offerin
to benevolences, and the election of of
GERS was postponed, to take place und
new bylaws after Incorporation
After lengthy discussion over the one
ton of incorporation the church voted
become incorporated. The trustees Of fl
business society were named as a comni
tee to take the necessary legal stems a.
the trustees and church committee we
:. chosen to submit constitution and h
laws at the Friday evening meeting ia
10. 1t was voted to ask the trustees
- the society to call a special meeting
: the society to take action on the auesti,
Il of transferring to the incorporated chur,
IL the society's property, so that the bu
II ness of the church and parish NAV
II done under one head