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New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

A digest of the report of the Mis- sionary committee, read by F. G. Platt is as follows
 Apportionment for the Seven So- cieties, $4,4OO.OO.
 American Board Foreign Missions, Apportionment, $2,O24.OO.
 Congregational Home Missionary Society, Apportionment, $S80.0O.
 American Missionary Association, Apportionm $66O.00.
 Church Building Society, Appor- tonment, s352.00.
 Congregational Educational Socie- ty, Apportionment, $19S.0O.
 Congregational Sunday School & Publishing Society, Apportionment s176.o0
 Ministerial Relief society, Appor- tionment, $110.O0
 In addition to the above the church treasurer has paid: For church uses, $49S.21; church charities, S168.97; Sunday school, $475; N B. Milk Sta tion, s100; N. B. General hospital, $27.29; Vacation school work, s25: school of Religious Pedagogy, s1o; Federal Council of churches. s1O: Gen1 Conference of Cong1 churches of Conn, s7287; Mccall Mission, s25: TOT work Of Rev. Geo. c. Reynolds, $5.S6; total, $1,4182O.
 The Sunday school has paid: War Chlidren's Xmas fund, s14.40: Mt. Carmel Children's home. s21.1O; American International college, s15; Waldensian work, s2O; N. B. Chil- dren's home, $21.23; N. B. General hospital, $16.s3; Cromwell Children's home, Sl0; School of Religious Peda- gogy, $10; total, $1286e
 Special for church charities. s132: speclal Tor church at Phelps, N. T., s126; total s25s.
 W. F. M. Department.
 The report of the Women's Foreign Missionary department follows:
 During the last year the Foreign Mlsslonary department has held eight meetings, the attendance varying at each meeting. The officers are the same as last year; President. Mrs Marcus White. vice president, Mrs IT. 5. Blake; secretary, Mrs. w. E. Par ker; treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Porter. Last year we devoted part of our time to study of Mrs. Platt's hook The Child in Our Mdist." The re- remainder of the time was given to study of some of the countries of Asla and Europe. This year we have no definite study book, but are taking some home mission fields as we'll as those or the foreign. Our program presents an innovation in the fact tnat three Of the meetings are com pined with the Young Women's so- 1 clety, which will make them most interesting. Tn November a delight ful pageant written and directed h, Mrs. Arthur Bacon was given in place of the Thursday evening mee+ 1 ing
 1 The treasurer reports that s394.72 has been contributed during the year
 Women's Society Report. The woman's society report was read by Miss Frances WhittIesev as | folloWss
 | The woman's society of the frs church of Christ has a membership | for the year 1915-1916 of three hun. | dred and eighteen. The officers fol | the coming year are: Presdent-Mrs. Henry w. Maier. Vice. -President-Mrs. William E l Parker
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
TO OPEN SEASON.

The Worthington A. C., basketball team will open its home season at the Berlin Town Hall on next Thurs day evening having as their oppon- ents the fast Highlanders of Hart ford. The second team will meet 2 Middletown team In the preliminary game which will commence at 8:15 o'clock. The management is arrang- ing a schedule whereby it is hoped to have home game each week either on Thursday or Friday evenings.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
NELSON BEATEN.
Boxer Who Appears Here Next WeeI
 Cries About Poor Condition.

Lawrence, Mass, Jan. 14-Frankid Mack of Boston, defeated Franlxia Nelson of Brooklyn in the second round of their star bout here last night Mack was in good condition and was confident of repeating his victory when he meets Harry Wil- Hams at the Casino in New Haven on February T. Nelson showed up rather badly and his manager claim ed poor condition.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
OFfICERS' FINE SERVICE
 RECOGNIZED BY MEMBERS
 OF FIRST CONGL. CHURCH
Re-electons Are Features at Annual Meeting Held
 Last Nght--Herbert D. Litchfeld Succeeds E. C. X Goodwin, Whom Rules Force to Retire

would like to make the following recommendations:
 First. That as rapidly as it is feasible the church adopt the budget plan of finances. And that we make a beginning this year with the Bible school and the monies devoted to church uses.
 We ask therefore, that the amount of $4OO be set aside for the Bible school and the same amount for church uses.
 Second. That Sunday near the nineteenth of April be set aside as
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
svRACTTsE RARs PLAYERS.

Syracuse, N. Y, Jan 14.-Five members of the Syracuse basketball so1ad were declared ineligible by the athletic authorities of the university last night because they participated in an unsanctioned game at Rochester last November. Two of them are members of the varsity team. A let fer will be sent to Yale offering to for felt the game played December 20, which Syracuse won, 28 to 27.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
METCALF SIGNS UP.

New York, N. Y, January I4.- T. Nelson MetchaIf has been reap pointed head coach of the Columbia football team for 1916. Harry A. Fisher. graduate manager of athletics, made this announcement last night Metcalf's remarkable record of five victories and no defeats last season made his selection as coach at Colum- bia for another year merely a matter of routine.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
ISBELL MAY HAVE BROWN DIS-
 CARDS.

St. Louis, Jan. 14-Manager Fielder Jones of the new Browns announced yesterday that the Des Moines West ern League club would serve as a farm for 1916. Manager Isbell of the Des Moines club may have all the sur plus players not claimed by the major leagues in the waiver process. Jones also announced that his official list totals sixty-five players.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
CARDINALS TURNED LOOSE.

St. Louis, Jan. 14.-Manager Mil Ter Higgins of the Cardinals has dis carded nine members of his team. All of them likely will go to the minors. The players dropped were Catchers Glen and Roche; Pitchers Perdue, Lamline and Robinson; h. fielders Nash and Brannigan and Out fielders Hyatt and Neusel.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
IT op V. ON MTDDIES LIST.

Clarksburg, w. Va, Jan. 14.-ohl7 cial announcement was made yester- day that the United States Navai Academy and the University of West Virginia teams will play in Annapolis, Md, on October 21.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

of Christ 1000 Mccall Mission .... 25.O0 Special offering for work of
 Rev. George c. Reynolds 5.86 Connecticut Home Missionary
 Society ............. 464.O0 American Board Comm For
 eign Mssions-from S. S.. 55.73 American Board Commits
 sioners Foreign Missions. 1,o97.32 Congre gational s. s. & Pub
 lishings Society . 4965 Congregational Church
 Building Society S39.9O
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
TERSE SPORT NOTES.

Baseball magnates come and go al most as rapidly as players Here i Percy Haughton, newest of magnate in Boston, where changes have beeIH frequent the last few years. SiucM the time of the triumvirate. DoveyM Russell Ward, Gaffney and nopa Haughton, have been at the head 0 the club. Since John B. Days time thM Giants have had TaIcott, Freedman. Brush and Hampstead. The Tanks ifH their short life have had Farrel1M then Huston and Ruppert. Tn quiclM succession the Cubs have had Mur phy, Thomas and Weeghman. ThM Browns have had Hedges and RaI@ the Phillies Potter, Locke and Balxer@ and the Red Sox Taylor, McAleer ant# Lannin.
 To Percy Haughton, welcome tIM ought to be helpful addition to tn N ranks of magnates, and, on the othe@ hand, he'll find men in those rank who'll honor him quite as much b@ $ associating with him as he will thema How he's going to coach the Harvard football squad before Ostober 15 ana yet pay attention to the exactinfH H duties of magnating we don't knowH And there's one thing it would bA well If he'd not let slip his mind foa an instant That is, to follow GaffH ney's lead and suppress rowdyism b E the Braves, who were umpire baiterA and nauseam last year. Incidentally MT. Haughton comes from football t4 a better sport The Boston Nationals have been grB turn Beaneaters Doves, RustIers and | Braves. They may be Haughtys nowE but whatever they'll be, the horro of another nicknaming campaign, il full upon us.
 Tt will be the policy of the nexJ owners" says MT. Haughton, "as il was of President Gaffney, to strenI l gthen the Braves whenever possib1el 1 to the end that the Braves may again participate in the worlds series oi 1916."
 ' Some hustler, Haughton, and prob ably the. only man extant who wa, aware that any team had yet parti cipated in the worlds series of 1916
 Haughton again: Boston is every where recognized as the best an fairest city in the country" Excep ton. Everywhere in Boston, maybe but no whit fairer than New York.
 Call it a tossup between Speake and Cobb" is also a Boston opinion Hardly, Speaker is just a great ba player, Cobb is a genius.
 Then again Lavender represen two extremes of pitching. Last ses son he shut the Giants out without hit in one game, and in another W. nailed by Heinie Groh for two sinl les, one double, one triple and or home run.
 Cornell represents two extremes football-first in the American collee game and last in soccer.
 Ceilings for which it hasn't bee necessary to define an amateur al hoisting safes, steeplejacking ar stoking on troop transport in W, time.
 The Army has won three conseci tive football games from the Ma, and seven straight baseball game The midshipmen in consequence ougl to take on the West Pointers at roy ing or challenge them to a game shuffleboard on a submarine.
 Amherst wanted to beat Dartmout at basketball in order to wipe ou ''at least partially, the defeat incur ed in football a few months ago Such Is the relative standing in tt community of basketball and footba that victory at the former woul bring such a partial wiping out as { leave a vast expanse still unwiped.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Secretary-Miss Francis Wh1ttlesey. Treasurer-Mrs. Stanley T. Goss. Furnishing Fund-Mrs. Charles J. Parker -.
 Visitors Committee-Miss Mary Pease
 Entertainment Committee - Mrs. Arthur Bacon
 Social Committee--Mrs. Valentine B. Chamberlain, Jr
 The obligations of the society amount by a membership fee of twen ty-five cents and the attendance at their meetins
 The all day sewing meeting for tho General Hospital held the first Fri dey in October Ladies Night held the first Friday in November and the annual meeting held the first Friday in January.
 The balance in the treasury this year is $174.40 which according to custom is divided between the For eign and Home Missionary Societies.
 Respectfully submitted.
 FRANCISCAN
 FRANCES WHITTLESEY,
 Secretary January IS, 1916.
 Reports were also received from the Philathea class, Junior Christian En- deAvor society and the Arm enian de- partment.
 Women's Home Missionary Society. The Women's Home Missionary society's report was read by Mrs. Herbert D. Litchfield as follows:
 Officers.
 President-Miss l.. J. EIine.
 Vice President-Mrs J. D. Hahn. D. Litchfield.
 Eleven meetings were held during the year with an average attendance of eighteen.
 The three lines of work have been carried on as usual: (a.) Sewing for local charity. (b) Making domestic articles. (c.) Preparing missionary box.
 We made comfortables, sheets and night gowns for the Children's Home, money for material being taken from our "home work fund. We tackled several comfortables and from our work on these and from the sale of domestic articles We realized SAY. At our last meeting in the spring MISS Allce G. stanley presented the society With beautiful samovar, which was greatly appreciated When our meetings started in the fall we worked for the local hospital. On December the one hundredth anniversary of our society was ob- served. Miss Alice G. Stanley read a paper covering the first eighty-two years of the society's existence and Mrs Theresa Stanlty read a paper covering the last eighteen. It proved a most interesting meeting.
 On November 12 we packed a box, valued at $150, for J. F. Stewart MunsOn, Florida.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
Respectfully,


 The report of the treasurer of the Sunday school showed receipts of s482.44, and disbursements of $459.66 in the expense account; receipts of S545.52, and disbursements the same in the benevolence account, and re- ceipts of $35.65, and disbursements of s1O.67 in the home department. The report was prepared by w. F.. Ingham the treasurer.
 Young Peoples Societies.
 The reports of the Young Peoples society follows:
 The aim of our Young Peoples society during the past year has been to make our Sunday evening meet ings full of interest and enthusiasm, having some good outside speakers, also training our younger members to lead to make our society the center of social intercourse; to have all mem- bers kept busy throughout the entire year in some branch of our Service Committee work and to raise money to pay all expenses for financing the same.
 We have at present an enrolment of eighty-nine with an average att tendance of from forty to fifty. Meet l0SS nave DeSn H6lu tNSIy Eouliuc1y CNS~ ming at D. m. with the exception of the summer months at which time we joined with the other societies of the city and held outdoor services at Walnut Hill Park.
 One new feature in our evening meetings has been the neighborhood survey reports. The poorer sections of our city were thoroughly investi- gated by our members, some making examinations of the exterior nd some the interior of the homes. At the completion of these surveys tho society had a very good conception or just what the conditions in our city are at the present time. The Charity Organization also gave d great deal of information and ass1s- tance in this work Discussions were brought up as to the homes some of these people live in, or we might say trv to live in what their environ ment and surroundings are, their na- tionalitv, etc, also what is being done at present to help better these conditions Reports and surveys were
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
This has been a decided

publishers. This has been a decided gain.
 We have also added to our plan of work curriculum of service parallel to the curriculum of study. Every grade in the school has a definite as- signment for training. In keeping with this plan the Junior c. E. society was converted into a Junior Service league, auxiliary to the junior depart ment of the Sunday school. Every Monday each grade of the department meets to work for 8 specific object.
 Two troops of Scouts, one for girls and one for boys, have been estab- lished as the training agencies for the younger members of the intermediate department. These have both four ished. For the older members or the school the Young Peoples society has provided training through the Thursday club for boys, the Sewing school for girls, the Childrens Home and the Daily Vacation Bible school. All of these have engaged the serV1ces of our Sunday school people. AS the Junior Service league provides train ing in service for the junior depart ment, so the Boy and Girl scouts ana the Young Peoples society provide traIn1nS TOT LuG lIlLcI IIISsAAc"SS AN"A~ senior departments of the school.
 Two other important advances m the educational work of the church should be mentioned. For some time we have been disturbed by the prob lem of work for young men. In or der that we might develop that work we gathered together three classes or young men and formed them into of Con as leader The class took the name Baraca, thus continuing the name of a Strong work for young men in the past.
 The second advance is the change of the Sunday school hour to twenty minutes of ten. This matter was suggested to our teachers in order that we might not make the mistake so many churches have made-the failure to bind the Sunday school pupil to the church. In the three Sundays that the plan has been in operation practically every member Of the school has attended the church service This is an unusual record, and a feature that we expect much from.
 In conclusion let me commend two things to you; CD The aim of the school--the all around development of Christian character of our young people by seeing the needs Of every stage of development of the pupil life and by seeking to satisfy those needs by the most thorough work we can do.
 CD The loyalty of our teachers. They are conscientious, trained, in- 1 telligent, eager to make their work more effective by any means avail | able.
 The school, with such a purpose and such teachers, should have intel i ligent and hearty support from every ! member of the church.
 Very respectfully submitted,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Founders Day or Church Birthday. Or Perpetuation Day, for the purpose of receiving special gifts toward the en- dowment of the church. The de- rIands on modern church are so Eany that the living givers find it hard to do all that offers. By this method we would hope to collect an endowment that would permit the church to do all that she ought in every condition.
 Tn connection with this let me urge that you consider the perpetual ton of your support to the church after your death.
 Third. Recommendation that all organizations make quarterly finan- cial reports to the officers of these or ganizations."
 Many New Members.
 In the absence of Clerk W. c. Hungerford, Miss Jennie Haugh pre- sented her report, which follows: . The total membership of this church on January 1st, 1915, was 1041, of whom 415 were males and 626 were females. During the year there have been added. on confession of faith, 76 and by letter, 46, making the total number received during the year. 122. There have been remov- .. ed, by letter, 21, by death, z making the total number removed during the year 2S, showing a gain in member ship for the year of 94 persons. The total membership on January 1, 1916 was 1.135, of whom 452 were males and 683 females.
 The total number of baptisms was 52, of whom there were IT adults and 35 infants. A members of the church were married during the year.
 l On Children's Sunday, June 13, 29 l children received Bibles from the church. On January 2S. MT. Emil A. shjerden was appointed deacon, to serve for a period of five years. , The One Hundredth Anniversary of ! the Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety was observed with appropriate l exercises on December g.
 On vote of the church, your clerk i has extended an invitation to the State Conference of Congregations 1 Churches to meet with this church in November, 1916, which occasion is the fiftieth anniversary of the found 1 ing of that organization. Respectfully submitted, Wm. C. HUNGERFORD, l Church Clerk
 Treasurcr's Report. Philip B Stanley, treasurer of the ! church, presented his report as fol- ] lows:
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

H. D. LITCHFIELD,
 Secretary
 Report of Librarian. Total number of books given out 92O Average per Sunday .......... l9 Number of scholars drawing books, about ............... 100 Library now contains about, w volumes .................... 500
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Amherst wanted to beat Dartmouth at basketball in order to wipe out 'at least partially, the defeat incurr ed in football a few months ago. Such Is the relative standing in tn, community of basketball and football that victory at the former would bring such a partial wiping out as tc leave 8 vast expanse still unwiped.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Ceilings for which it hasn't bee necessary to define an amateur al hoisting safes, steeplejacking ar stoking on a troop transport in W; time.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

''It will be the policy of the nc, owners" says MT. Haughton, "as was of President Gaffney, to strer gthen the Braves whenever possibl to the end that the Braves may agai participate in the worlds series 1916"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Cornell represents two extremes C football-first in the American colleg game and last in soccer.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

The Army has won three consecu tive football games from the Nav and seven straight baseball game. The midshipmen in consequence ough to take on the West Pointers at row ing or challenge them to a game c shuffleboard on a submarine
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

The Boston Nationals have been ii turn Beaneaters, Doves, RustIers an, Braves. They may be Haughty's now but whatever they'll be, the horro of another nicknaming campaign, i full upon us.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Some hustler, Haughton, and eprot ably the. only man extant who wa aware that any team had yet part cipated in the worlds series of 191
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Haughton again: Boston is every where recognized as the best an fairest city in the country" Excer tion. Everywhere in Boston, mayb but no whit fairer than New York
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Gall it a tossup between Speake and Cobb" is also a Boston opinion Hardly, Speaker is just great bal player, Cobb is a genius.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

Then again Lavender represent two extremes of pitching. Last sea son he shut the Giants out without hit in one game, and in another wa nailed by Heinie Groh for two sing les, one double, one triple and on home run.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-09
MUNICIPAL TREE
ASSURED THROUGH
ROTARY ACTIVITY
Chamber of Commerce and Jo-
Wan League Pledge Their
Cooperation
COMMITTEE OF
Haste Now Necessary Because
OF Indifference of City
Authorities

Despite the indifference of the citv
authorities, Harrisburg is to have a
Munlclpal Christmas Tree this year.
Following the action of the Rotary
Gluo on Tuesday night President
howard c. Fry and members of the
public affairs committee of that organ
lzatlon called upon the Harrisburg
chamber of Commerce and the
JoNlan League, made up of the cleo
trlcal dealers and contractors of the
city and received pledges of co-opera-
tloh from both. The Jovians have ap-
pointed committee and have tender
eu thelf services in whatever capacity
necessary and the Chamber of Com
merce will take final action on Tues
oaN, when the executive committee
VIII meet to appropriate money for
expenses.
Inc Harrisburg Light and Power
company has offered to cooperate and
us services will be given at cost. The
rotary club has received and accepted
the tender of the Municipal band TO
play on that occasion and the offer
OF the Moorhead Chorus of so voices
10 sing Christmas carols 1t is likely
| that the final arrangements will he
MADE by a committee of six, two from
we Shamper or Commerce, two from
me rotary club and two from the
JoNlan League. President David n
Tracy. of the Chamber of Commerce
is much interested in the success of
the movement.
1aste VIII be necessary following
the chambers meeting on Tuesday,
III ofder that the proper tree NAV he
procured and the work of bringing II
10 tne city and setting it up com
pleted In time for the celebration
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-09
AUTO THIEF GETS
JESSE HEDRICK'S
CAR IN PHILA.
Leaves 1t Only Few Minutes to
Say Good-by to Several
of His Friends
ON HIS WAY TO CUBA
Planned to Ship Machine by
Boat; His Loss Is
$500

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 9. - Leav-
Ing his $500 automobile at Thir-
teenth and Walnut streets for a few
minutes last evening while he went to
bid good-by to a friend, Jesse He'd
rick. of Harrisburg, returned to find
that motor thieves had made off with
It, Hedrick was driving the car to
New York, where he expects to ship 1t
to an estate in Cuba, where he will
spend the winter.
The theft of the car was immediate
ly reported to the Detective Bureau
and all districts wero ptified to inter-
cept the thieves If possible. Detective
Doyle was also put ou the case with
instructions to spare no effort in try
ing to get the car in time for the
manufacturer to make his boat in New
York to-day. Hedrick told the detec-
tive that he had stepped into the Ritz
Carlton Hotel and had not been gone
more than five minutes Tt is believed
1t will be easy for the police to trace
the car, because 1t was specially built
for Hedrick and has many parts which
are lacking in the usual high-priced
car.
Mr.. Hedrick is a former select coun-
Gilman and is we'll known in political
circles here. He is known pretty
widely in hotel circles. too, and con-
Quoted hostelries at one time in York
and Hagerstown. The ex-councilman
has been prominent in the racing
world also and for several years
he has been an active turfman.
Mr.. Hedrick lives at 312 Chestnut
street.