The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-10

and does not name any condition.
The Westinghouse society was
changed to the Brattleboro East society
Aug. 27, 1878, and continued as such |
until the church and society were con
solldated Jan. II, 1918.
Ten members of the church withdrew
in 1881 and formed the Unitarian
church. In that year the bell cracked.
n chapel was built on Elliot street |
in 1893, where Emerson & Son s store
stands. 1t was sold in 1854 and in
1913 it was moved to the rear of the
north watercure building. 1t is now a |
tenement house.
In those early days much attention
was given to matters of discipline, and
the paper mentioned several reasons |
given for accommodation, among |
them being neglect of public worship
and covenant obligations and failure to |
attend to Christian duties.
Rev. Mr.. Niece was pastor nearly is |
years. He died in Nashua, \. H.. in |
1876 at the age of 81 years. He was
succeeded i'll 1894 by Rev. Charles
Walker, during whose pastoratc, in
1912, the church was taken down and
set up. somewhat enlarged on its pres
ent site. The general plan of pews was
much the same and the row of pillars
| WAS retained. Inc bfaJ1Ic DOr0 bank
stood between the church and the
George II. Clapp residence. The en-
larged building was dedicated Jan. IL
1S43, and the name Centre Church is
first mentioned then in the church rec
ords. Rev. Mr. Walker was dismissed
by council Feb. II, 1916. He died in
Pittsford in 1870 at the age of 50. 1t
was in 1888, during Mr.. Walker pas
tOrate and before the church was
moved, that Deacon John Holbrook.
who was father of the late ex-Gov.
Frederick Holbrook, died. He had been
deacon nearly - years.
A. Huntington Clapp was ordained
and installed Oct. Il, 1916, and served
IA years. He died in New York city
in 1899 at the age of 50.
Rev George T. Tyler. a Brattleboro
native, son of Royal and Mary palm
err Tyler, began as pastor Nov. 4,
S53. He was the only person reared
in this church who subsequently served
it as minister. The next year the
chapel on Elliot street was sold and
what is now the ladies' parlor was
built. Entrance to it was by n board
walk attached to the Dashboard Of the
church on the south side, as the land
sloped back from the street. In 1868
the pew owners sold their pcws to the
society for S each. On July II, 1864.
> a tornado blew off the stecple on the
roof down to the clock, and thcrcupGn
the audience room was extended and
the present steeple built from the
ground up. Mr.. Tyler was dismissed in
January, 1867. He died in Lansing
burg, y. y, in January, 1896, at the
age of So.
Rev. Nathaniel Mighill came in De-
. tobcr, 1867. He was but - years old,
but he was paid more than twice what
any previous minister was paid. He
brought about the first districting Of
the parish, in 1869. During his pas
torate. in 1873, the horSesheds were
, cleared away. the bank property was
bought and the south wing of the chap
81, 900. Rev Mr. Mighill was dis
missed in August. 1875. He died in
Granville, Mass, in 1873. aged IS.
Rev. Dir. George Leon Walker. whose
boyhood home was here came next, sup
\ plying from October. 1875. to January
/. ISIS. He was a son of former
: pastor. Subsequently, for years he was
castor in Hartford, Conn. and became
recognized leader in the denomina-
:. ton. He died in Hartford in 1900 at
| the age of 90.
Rev. Dr. George +. Martin, now of
1 Auburndale. Mass. was pastor from
. July /, 1873. to Sept. 6, 1883, and was
+ ordained and installed July 9. 1879.
Just before he came the choir seats
over the church entrance were given up
and the choir moved to the opposite
end of the church. After he came the
Il present organ was installed.
He was succeeded by Rev. Samuel H..
{ Lee, who supplied until late in 1850,
: afterwards becoming president of the
> American International college in
i Springfield, Mass, in which city he now
Il lives.
Rev. Charles o. Day was the next
Z pastor, serving from Dee. Is. 1885, I'M
> til Sept. %. 1898. nearly IL years. I'm
L der his pastoral charge extensive
changes were made, including circular
I pews and cathedral glass windows,
{ many of the memorial windows. The
expense was about 10000. The
{ church was re-dedicated Aug. 30, 1SSS
F" Rev. Mr.. Day was chaplain of the Yer
! mont regiment at Chickamauga when he
IL resigned. He died at Andover, Mass.
'e in 1910 at the age of IS years.
y On June /. 1899. Rev Harry r
II Miles, now pastor of the Dwight Place
II church in New Haven. Conn. came tC
&c nine and half years he was dismissed
lIg5 by council Oct IL, 1908. The new par
"a sonage was built early in his passionate
III Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton, now of the
- Church of the Redeemer in New Haven
= became pastor Jan. l, 1909, and served
. until Feb. !, 1916. The grading of TIL,
e Sunday school, begun by Mr.. Miles, was
+ completed by him. The Goodhue prop
81 erty was bought for parish use, the
IL pews made free, the every member
T. canvass to meet expenses and benevo
III lences adopted, and the church and so
III ciety consolidated and incorporated
during his pastorate.
i Rev. Richard II. Clapp came to thu
a church April . of the present year ant
w has shown himself to be man Of
I'll great spiritual force. All the pastors
re have been college graduates.
III The above is bare outline of ;
'd paper that contained much of interes
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