Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09

per read by Mrs. A. T. Utley. In her paper Mrs. Utley said in part:
 It has been said that the solidity of structure has been in proportion to the sum of truth, sacrifice and de- votion that have been laid in its base. Certainly the early work of this club was begun with much prayer for guid- ance and direction. that our ladies might become educated in the cause for missions. Tn looking over this worh as I have, it has been with pleasure to note at the stated time of our meet fngs the number of, our loyal women present with work bag in hand.
 se One of the opportunities which came to us was the sewing for a little girl whose mother was slowly passing away with tuberculosis and the father one of our missionaries on the Home field. We cared for the child until ese mother was called home and think the most of us felt that she be- lOnged to us
 pledge to. raise $100 in three years towards. the church debt, which was cheerfully and easily cancelled during the year 1906. During the years that followed we made the same extra ef- fort for missions.
 president, Mrs. Ella G. Myers, felt 1t necessary to lay down her work and on Oct. 24. 1906. I was asked to i'll that vacancy. With much hesitation I took up the work. I had been associat- ed with Mrs. Myers as secretary for six years and if there has been any gain in strength 1t has been given by Him who giveth literally.
 Dec. 19. 1908, after much suffering, our Heavenly Father took our beloved worker. Mrs. Myers. to be with Him We sustained great loss, but what was our loss was her gain. We were also called to part with one of our esteemed members. Mrs. Hattie Hollo- way.
 '. I could not close this report without 26; disbursements during the five years, $349.S7, which is about equally divided between home and foreign work; barrels sent, 6.
 The Last Five Years.
 The work of the last five years, which brings the history of the club up to the present day. was told by Mrs. George w. Hamilton. In part her paper was as follows:
 The work of our circle during the past five years has been similar to the work of the previous years. During the year 1910-1911, Is meetings were held. The membership that year was 31, Seven quilts were made and two left over from that year. The readings were along the lines of colportage and chapel car work and were extremely interesting and instructive. The read ings during the year 1911-1912 were varied, some being on chapel car work and others interesting missionary sto- ries. Nineteen meetings were held.
 During the year 1912-191S. IS meet ings were held. The readings were from the magazine Missions, and oc- casienally letter from some mission ary, and from literature obtained from the missionary rooms in Boston.
 Nineteen meetings were held during the year 1913-1914. Mrs Utley, who had served as president so well for seven years, was obliged to decline a re- election. much. to the regret of the circle. and for a year we were with out a leader. Our vice president, Mrs. Franklin H. Brown, filled the chair durifsy that time. The readings were mostly from. the book Anne of Ara.
 During the year 1s14-1915 our circle held 19 meetings. At our annual meet ing in November, 1914, Mrs. John E. Post was unanimously elected presi- dent The readings were very inter esting, being mostly from the magazine Missions.
 During the five years our hearts have been saddened by the death of four faithful. loyal members: Mrs. E. B. Miner. Mrs. Sylvester Arnold. Mrs. George Brooks and Miss Anna Good win.
 In summing up the work done by the circle since it's formation, we find that we have given away $911.11. Through the 20 years we have worked together think I voice the opinion of the members of the circle when I say we feel that God has blessed our efforts and that we have increased our know ledge of and interest in different phases of missionary endeavor and the furthering of the Masters kingdom.
 The programme included a solo by Mrs. Sullivan. a reading by Miss Juliette Doane and a poem, The Kings Highway, by Mrs. Joel B. S1ocum.
 A historic quilt, made by Mrs. Dan- iel M. Lester, was on exhibition and attracted favorable comment from the many present.
 After the meeting social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served. The committee in charge of the arr arrangements comprised Mrs. A. T. Ut- ley. Miss Juliette Doane and Mrs. John H.. Ford.
 NORWICH TOWN CHURCH
 MADE REsiDuARY LEeATEE