The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-28
RANDOLPH
Reports Presented at Methodist Church's
Annual Meeting.

L annual lucetinB,
The annual roll call Of the Methodist
church was held at the vestry on Fri
day evening and was preceded by a sup
| per from the departments of the work
| the first being that of Mrs. Minnie Miller
who gave an account of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society This depart.
ment has raised in the last eleven months
S54S2, and the meetings have been well
attended and very interesting. A society
of children, the Kings Heralds, has been
organized and will conduct meetings each
month. The ladies' aid society was re-
ported by the president Mrs. G. + :. Craw-
ford, who said that Sl9l.l3 had been
raised since the year began, and that
there now remained in the treasury,
1854. The report Of the finance com
mittee, and the treasurer of the church
were next in order, and following this
the superintendent of the Sunday school
gave the number of active members So,
with an average attendance of so. st.
Andrews Brotherhood reported 25 mem
bers, with a prospect of more to follow.
Rev. G. +. Crawford, the pastor, followed
with his yearly report, and during his
remarks, referred to the closing of the
year, saying he might be moved to an
other station, but there was never any
thing certain about this till after the
session of conference. The occasion was
a pleasant one, and the company en-
joyed the time passed together.
Mrs G.. w. Scott entertained, on Sat |
urday afternoon at her home, Col. Israel |
Converse chapter, Daughters of American
Revolution. Despite the inclement wealth. |
er, there was good attendance, and the |
program which followed the opening of |
the meeting by the use of the ritual sery.
ice was interesting. Miss Elizabeth Hol-
den gave a very interesting paper on,
The Modern Kitchen VS.. the Revolution
airy Kitchen" Music followed, after
which the hostess passed plates of the
blue pattern of familiar type, and read
an article, "The Story of Plate" the
guests meanwhile tracing the figures in
the decoration and studying the meaning
which was explained in the reading Re.
freshments of a delicious order were
served, and a social hour followed.
The regular grange meeting was held
at grange hall on Saturday evening, and
the attendance was good considering the
weather. The program consisted of
selection by the orchestra, followed by
short readings by the members. Stories
by several members were given, which
made program of good cheer and in.
terest.
G. A. 0sha has sold his house on South {
Main street to p. p. and John Lamson, |
the deed having been passed on Saturday. {
John Loan has moved into the house, l
renting the same. Mr.. Osha has now no {
real estate in town, but expects to pur- t
chase a house for his own use soon.
William Miller of Richmond was in $
town on Saturday on business, connected I
with the estate of his father, the late t
NJ. H. Miller d
Mrs. j. f. Tewksbury OF this place, t
md Miss Leila Marshall OF Waitsfeld t
eft here on Sunday for Boston. f
Mrs. j. G. Alden was in Bethel Friday n
10 see her cousin, Mrs. Frank Martin, e
who has been critically i'll for weeks, r
Mrs. Laura Wyman of Montpelier ia Y
passing several weeks with her sister, o
Mrs. Hebard, at the home of Mr.. and a
Mrs. A. T. Morse on Central street. G