The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-16
Mt1HOOISTS WILL
LIFT CHURCH
DEBT TODAY
Pastor and Committee Will False
Sum of $1,000 Before Wight
s657O is ALREADY PLEDGED
Congregation Unanimously Requests
that Conference Return Pastor
Cow for Another Year.

! Sunday was a day OF special inter
| est to the Methodist people of this
place. Rev. B, NJ. Kent, superinten
dent Of the district, was present and
preached an able sermon in the morn
| ing, after which the pastor made d
statement concerning the church debt
| Six years ago the debt was S5462 since
then $500 have been expended for ex'
traordinary repairs and improve
ments. The present deot is $1,000.
The pastor had secured pledges from
friends in and outside Bennington of
$4,000 and some two weeis ago COM
mittee was appointed consisting of J,
f. Gibson. A. l.. Bottum. Fred Martin,
A. Il. HollisteT and p. l.. Dow TO raise
the rest of money needed. The COM
mittee got busy and secured pledges
so that the pastor reported at the
morning service that S55l9 had been
subscribed. Pledges were made and
others secured during the afternoon.
In the evening Rev. j. Lowe Fort ID.
d, of Chicago, ILL.,, preached very I'M
pressively and at the close OF his SER
mon Arthur Holister reported pledges
received during the day. which made
total OF $500 which with the piedg-
es taken in the evening made $3.50.
It is expected that the remaining
amount will be raised during the day
so that Mr.. Dow viii be able to report
at conference that the entire amount
has been pledged.
In behalf of the church the pastor
wishes to express thankful appreciat-
ion to outside friends who have so
generously aided them in this enter
prise. Mr. Dow will leave for Con-
terence at Saratoga Tuesday. lnA
At the Fourth Quarterly Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
Bennington the following officers and
committees We're elected for the ensu-
ing year: ~ ese ~
Board of trustees, a. L. Hollister, A..
z. Cutler, f. 4. Evans, II. A. Green
slet, l. E. Gibson, J. w lockwood, A,
L. Bottum A. NJ. Torrance. f. c. Mar
tin: beard of stewards, Ira p. Wood,
G. F. Burt, NJ b. Morgan. C. Il. Rice,
J. l.. Griswold, T. r. Griswold Guy
Harbour. George Parker Smith STRAIT
ton, j. II. Evans, Fred Stickles, c. w.
Evans. C. r. Farnum, T. C. Carpenter,
Charles Walker, NJ. G.. Towsend, Il. l..
Hunter, r. A. Howard. ID. E. Moore;
class leaders, w l.. Stickles, Frank
Center; president of Epworth League,
Mildred Farnum; president of Metho-
dist Brotherhood, Fred c. Martin;
president of Ladies' Aid, Miss Ger
trude Evans; president of Woman's
Foreign Missionary society, Mrs Ida
Hitchcock; president of w, II. NJ. so
ciety, Mrs. p. l.. Dow.
The following committees foreign
missions, Mrs Ida Hitchcock. Mrs. c.
b. Hunt. Mrs. w. A. Austin. Mrs. L.
l.. Gokay, Mrs. A. NJ Torrance, e. T.
Griswold. Mrs. ira p. Wood. G. w
Davis; home missions and church eX-
tension, A. NJ. Torrance, Flora Muir
ply. Mrs. Frank Evans, Gertrude
Evans, Mrs. Walter Aiken, Mildred
Farnum, Mrs. w. d. Newton, g. A.
Parker, Mrs. Il. T. Griswold, Mrs.
Clark Hamilton; Sunday schools. n. c.
Massey. j. l.. Griswold, w. J. Randles,
Mrs. Carrie Hawks, Miss Carrie Wood
Charles Hewitt, Mrs. c. S. Morse: on
tracts, Mrs c. r. Farnum, Mrs. W. NJ.
Aiken, Florence Center: on temper
ance, A. L. Bottum, Clifford Hewitt,
VI. b. Morgan. A. T. Cook, Willard Gil
bert, Fred Austin; on education, Miss
Amy Cutler. Miss Anna Daiken, Mrs
J. r. Wilson, Miss Gladys Fauley; on
freedman's aid, William Heiderstadt,
Amy Harbour, Mrs. J. Fl Evans, Mrs.
e. l.. Hunter, Mrs. Walter Phelps
on hospitals, Mrs. j. T. Carpenter.
Miss Lula Lovejoy, Mrs. C. W. Resse-
que. Mrs. |. e. Gibson, Mrs F. A.
Greenslet; on church records, NJ B.
Morgan, C. w. Evans, c. E. Rice; on
auditing accounts, A. r. Hollister, w.
l.. Lighthall; on parsonage and furni-
ture Mrs. A. ]. Cooper, Mrs. A. z.
Cutler, Mrs, C. W. Evans; on church
music, Fred Stickles, Mrs. A. E. Hollis
ter, A. M. Torrance, Mrs. A. j. Cooper
Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddard; on estimat-
ing ministerial support, A. i. Bottum,
F. A. Crawford, F. A. Evans, A. e. Hol
lister. l. p Wood, Fred Stickles, John
lockwood; on examination OF local
preachers. the same as on estimating
ministerial support; trial of appeals,
Clark Hamilton.
The following Resolution was
passed. eve the members of the quar-
terly conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Bennington, hereby
desire to register our appreciation of
the faithful services and numerous
sacrifices, made by our pastor the Rev.
p. L. Dow, in his relation to this
church and to the community at large,