Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-23
Wndham County
WINDHAM
Business Meeting of Congregational
 Chureh-Present Membership f67-
 Sport SociaI-Le eoturea.


 At. the annual business meeting of | the Congregational church about sol pcEoa enjoyed a fine supper of l scahopcd cyst CTS, salad, rolls. cake and | coftcc, served by the officers of the 1 Ladies Sewing society. The bus ness session followed The report of thel church cier.i and treasurer gave tnc present n:5n7 Jership, 167.. seventeeal5i having been added during the year. | There are >4 enrolled in the Sunday i school, 63 in the main school, 9 ilj 1 the recently organized branch in the Back Road district and r in the Ii6n1e department in charge of Mrs John Beckwith. who has made 50 calls on the members during the year. There IS a balance of $2o.30 in the Sunday school treasury. Secretary Eden Cook gave the report for the C.. F. society and the K. 0. k. A. There are S6 members in the C. F. Twenty dol- l lars has been sent to various mis-. new building for the United society | in Boston. They have about S5 in l the missionary treasury and $81 in Lthe general treasury. Ten members 1 of the K. O. K. A. met once in two weeks and have $3S.56 on hand Mrs. i NJ R. Plumb reported 19 members of | the Queens of Avilion with an aver | age attendance of t6 at the fortnigF1t- l ly meetings at which they sew, fer 1 missionary objects. Six girls have a | l have missed only one meeting. They 1 have recently become contrtbutory to 1 the junior branch of the Eastern Con necticut branch of foreign missions. 1 The years work of tIle Ladies 1 Sewing society was reported by Miss ! Grace Bates. They have raised -$380. This society was organized over 50 years ago and only three of the orig inal members are living Mrs. Char lotte Gray Lathrop, Miss Julia \. | Swift and Mrs. Julia Brink Arnold. Miss Gertrude Arnold told of the 1 practical work of the Woman s. Mis- ! sionarN society and Mrs. John Potter ! gave the treaSureT's report. $31.5D has ] been given to several missionary l causes and three barrels of new and second hand clothing have been sent l away. Besides sewing; one mission l study work has been read since Sept. 21, and The Child in the Midst is to be taken up at the next meeting. amounted to $792. Gifts to the seven i boards exceeded the ppcEtionment in | every case, tha amount apportioned to this church being s558. ss- In his review of his years work 1 Rev. NJ. R. Plumb stated that -llets tshad preached 40 sermons in Windf1a11l and @ Tn South WindhaIn; T lectures with | the StereopticOn have been given F in town. The average attendance sat the Sunday morning services was 69; cL L4ie l f1UlSUJy evening prayer meet | ing T. He had officia,tsd at one 7VedG dinS, eight baptisms and four ftl-. 1 neIals and made I50 calls. Ir Plunlh expressed his appreciation of the help he had received in all lines Of Wor& IT. c. Lathrop was reel acted church clerk and treasurer. A ballot was cast for Sunday school superintendent and Fl. c Lathrop was reelected bS a. vote of 57 to 4. The four votes
 were scattered. Charles Spencer was ] -nnlnGTD.l the church committee. After a few minor matters had been disposed of the roll was called and the meeting adjourned.
 Town Interests
 Miss Lydia Johnson of Franklin. has been the guest of her niece and nephew, Miss Clara and l. II. John son.
 ! C. A. Keeney has returned from a
 visit with MT. and Mrs. A. E. liar pey of Woodstock.
 Beginning Friday. Jan. 29th and con- unuing every two weeks Rev. NJ. R.
 Plumb will give a series of six lectures on the countries now at war This is a new set of lectures and will prove
 instructive and the pictures inter-
 estins. Subject next week is Ger
 many
 At the Congregational Sunday school , last Sunday Ar- Hinckley was elected assistant. superintendent. C. A. Keeney
 secretary and treasurer and AI1:s: John 1 Beckwitn superint of the Home . department. Helen Hopkins was given l a book for perfect attendance for a . year
 Mrs John Beckw-tth spent Sunday with her sister in Hartford. The C. E. society gave a sport so- cial Friday evening. Games Uf va
 rious kinds were enjoyed. Cake and
 cocoa, were served by the social corn
 n1ittee, Mrs. Nj. R. Plumb. Mrs. Fl, F. Wood, Helen Hopkins, Miss Az
 Iold. Keeney LathTop and Eden Cook
 MI-s. Field, q teacher in an. Episco-
 pal mission school in the south. fS to tell of her work at the meeting ot
 St. Mary's guild at Mrs. M A Ray
 mond's, this CSaturday) afternoon.