Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-30

and subsequent pastors a convenient parsonage at a cost of $1,50O.
 Rev. William Phipps was the be- loved pastor here from June g, 1S69,
 till his death here June 13. 1878, at
 the age of 63 years.
 In July of 1869 Mrs. Mary Ann
 Tracy, wife of Rev. Hiram A. Tracy,
 presented the church an elegant com
 munion service.
 Rev. A. H. Wilcox. Pastor.
 Rev. Asher H. Wilcox, who died
 few weeks ago at Norwich, was here
 from 1876 to 1883 and was one of the
 best loved pastors. During his pas
 torate the church was remodeled and
 June 28. 1877 the society voted to give
 the Ladies' Aid society, Iorganized that
 same year. liberty to fit up and com plete the basement of the church for religious and social services. Rev. A. J. Quick was pastor here
 from June, 1883. to Dec. 30, 1887. Dur ing his passionate the church issued a revision of the form of admission, pre-
 pared during the pastorate of his pred
 ecessor. A Young Peoples society of Christian Endeavor was organized here Dec. 19. 1886, with five members. The officers were: President. Charles F. Burgess (now of Moosup); vice presi- dent, Miss Ellen B. Lynch; secretary and treasurer, Miss Sarah B. Francis;
 lookout committee, Miss Mary E. Averin and Miss Ellen B. Lynch. Rev. N. T. ArnoId's Pastorate. The fifteenth pastor, Rev. Henry T. l Arnold. now of Norwich, came to | Plainfield in 1887. In 1899, through | the munif1cence of William Kinne, A. M., an addition was made to the par | sonage of a library building, afford | ing to the pastor a fine study and containing a pastors library of about | 2,000 volumes, for the most part given 1 by MT. kinne with provisions for 8 ! continual an1a nf this 0nllp1~- | tion of rare. useful and interesting | books. MT. Kinne requested that this
 be called The Benedict library as it | contains Dr. Benedict's books. Memorial Organ.
 July 23. 1899, an elegant organ of l finest workmanship was received from Miss Isabella B. Pratt and her broth
 their mother, Mrs. Sarah Bradford
 Pratt, who died Sept. 16, 1898. Clock on 2ooth Anniversary. 1 Aug. 24, 1904, the church celebrated | it's 200th anniversary with special ser 1 vices, during which Henry Dorrance,
 for the committee, presented the Ec | clesiaStical society a fine tower clock
 for which the dial plates were pre- pared when the church was built. MT. | Dorrance stated that it was through the efforts of Col. Abel Andros, Dr. l Josiah Fuller, Elias Woodward. Walter Palmer, Joseph Eaton. Esq, and Aaron 1 Crary, appointed Dec 6, 1915, that the 1 present building was erected and it
 was in memory of these men that the 1 clock was presented by their living l descendants The lettering for the in | scription on the panel of the clock
 is the work of Mrs. Sarah Francis DoTance and the board Is a fine piece
 of cherry found among the effects of l the late Joseph Dean bought by w. P. 1 Bobcock and kept by him for this pur- | pose.
 l Since MT. Arnold's retirement the | church has had three pastors, Rev. | MT. Balcom, Rev. MT. Bamford and 1 the present pastor Rev. William l Lakin. The church has received sev- | eral substantial additions to it's fund
 during the past few years. The beau l tiful individual communion service in
 use at the present time was the gift | of Miss Nellie Kingsley The church | has electric lights in both the audience | room and vestry and is a well pre- | served edifice for one built 95 years l ago.