Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-29
WINDHAM
Annual Business Meeting Of Consre- gational Chureh-Reports from Vari- ous Departments Indicate Successful Year.

Year.
 Mrs. Jennie Josephson and Mrs. Trigger were in Norwich Wednesday. guest of Mrs. w. H. Frink of Norwich Tuesday.
 Heard Missionary Readings.
 About 30 members and friends of the Woman's Missionary society were en- tertained at the home of Miss Mary Little Tuesday afternoon While the the ladies sewed, the first chapter of The Kings Highway was given by Mrs. Guild Miss Arnold, Mrs. Pegrum, Miss Bates, Mrs. H. c. Lathrop and Mrs. Walter Abbe. Tea was furnished by Miss Little Miss Clara Johnson and | Mrs. Pegrum.
 Arthur Keeney. Alfred ,Abbe- and George Cook attended the dairymen's ! convention in Hartford on Wednes- day. Miss Mary B. Little of Springfield, | Mass, is the guest of her aunt, Miss M D. Little. Church Business Meeting. i At the annual business meeting of i the Congre gational church the various | organizations were reported in good condition. Paul Hopkins, secretary of I the c. E. society, stated that there are ! 35 active, associate and honorary | members. Socials have been held, l l is large attendance and much inter | est shown in the meetings. There is | S11.25 in the treasury. Eden Cook re- l ported the K. O. K. A. in good condi- ] ton. They are having a military drill | conducted by member of Company l. | of Willimantic. They have $16.80 in | the treasury. Mrs. M. R. Plumb stated
 that the Queens of Avilion number IA. They have met regularly, sewed and 1 sent a box to Ceylon. Supt. H. c. | T.af of hR school there were GA members in the main school, 23 in the cradle roll in charge of Mrs. Fay, and IA in the home de- partment in charge of Mrs. Beckwith. The average attendance in the main
 school has been 43, the collections were $77.49. Money has been contributed for
 missions, including the annual S20 for
 the education of a girl in India.
 l Mrs. Fay gave a good report of the
 cradle roll, which was started in Octo-
 Der. It is planned to hold a reception
 in the chapel in June for the little ones
 and their mothers.
 Mrs. Beckwith has done food work in the home department, making about l 55 calls. During the past year the
 Ladies Aid society has paid for put ting electricity in the parsonage, beside |, its regular responsibilities of organ iSts salary, choir music and parsonage telephone. It has a balance of $10.32 according to report given by the secre-
 tary and treasurer, Miss Grace Bates. Miss Gertrude Arnold, secretary of tho sWon1anss Missionary society, stat . ed that t5s16 meetings have been held, with 9an saverage geaatteildance- of 16. Two study books were used, much sewing
 was done and a barrel of useful arti- ' cles sent to nisslonary'S family in Kansas. Money was given to home and
 foreign missions. It has ,31 members; 7 $3S.33 was raised in the home depart l ment, most of it being used to pur-
 chase material for sewing; $23.03 in , the foreign department, all sent to the Eastern Connecticut branch
 The report of the church clerk and : treasurer, H. c. Lathrop,- gave the
 present membership to be 143. Two have been added by letter and; two on confession of faith: four have been re-
 moved by death and four have taken letters to other churches; and 16 were
 dropped by revision of the church
 manual. There was 8 balance in the z treasury, January, 1915, of SLABS; the communion collections were $14:17 and there is a balance now of $17.65. 4. In his report MT. Lathrop paid trib- 2 ute to the work and inspiration of the four oldest members who have died r during the year: Miss Julia Swift
 Deacon Edward Spencer of the Soutf '. Windham branch, Mrs. C.rG. Lathror and Deacon George Potter
 The church has exceeded its appor-
 tionment, the benevolences being as !, follows: Foreign missions, $34S.46 VI.
 building, ,$50;s Sunday School and Pub ,, lication society, $37.35; education so, 5 ciety, BPS: ministerial aid $15; othel charities, $10o; total, $846.S1.
 r Rev. NJ R. Plumb in his resume O n his years work said that he had mad, " over 200 calls, off1ciated at one wed
 ding and 13 funerals, preached 43 ser
 mons in Windham and Az in Soul
 Windham, received four new members
 given 12 lectures here and a numbe m ha hat
 been supplied by others seven times
 Services were omitted two Sunda,
 mornings during his vacation. Ney I features added to the church and tn 'e work included electricity in the chape
 new church manual, a union Sunda ' school picnic with the South Windhar e- Sunday school, the cradle roll, neigh y borhood prayer meetings in outlyin D. districts.
 IS The average attendance at tn ly Thursday evening prayer meeting wa Of 30. The pastor thanked several wh CT had rendered special service during tn
 year, among them Rev. W. M. Brow
 for preaching, Paul Hopkins for play
 ing the violin at the services, Mrs. Fla
 and Mrs. Beckwith for their help i
 Sunday school work.
 H. c. Lathrop was reelected churc
 clerk and treasurer and Sunday scho'
 superintendent. Mrs. Ada Larrabe
 waslre-electeda 8 member of the churc
 committee for three years and ArthI
 B. Roberts was chosen member of tt R same committee to fill the unexpire 6 term of Edward Spencer
 The meeting was closed with u
 roll cell. Letters were read from Re
 F. IT. Means of Madison, Wis, a fol n- ners pastor and from Mrs. Caroline ne Mou1ton Of Boston, who gives gene sA ously to the church each year. es New President for Aid Society. nd Miss Elizabeth Anderson havil ey declined to serve as president of u as LaAieS Aid society of the Congreg' I tiona1 church. a third meeting was he ed Tuesday and Mrs. M R. Plumb col mt scented to i'll the office to settle ma nut ters. Nrg. Frank Wilcox was elect ls- eeccnd vice president in place of MI nd I4uMb. 1t was suggested that a boa ne Of directresses be formsd, one lady. gix take charge of each month.
 par The first baked bean supper u %. season was served in the chapel Fl ant day evening, in charge of Mrs. w. we Maine, Mrs. Arthur Williams, Mrs. for l.: Bingham; Mrs. Frank Wilcox a