New Britain herald., 1917-01-11
MORRILL, SUCCEEDS
 DEACON FREEMAN
Congregationalists Re-elect Other
 Officers at Annual Meeting WILL SEEK NEW PASTOR
Committee Named to Secure Successor to Rev. F. IL. Grant-Bates Gets Term in Jail-Death of James L.. Sheff7eld-Basketball Bargain.

Sheff1eld-Basketball Bargain. l Electing Ralph F. Merrill as dea- 1 who resigned after having served for
 a number of years in that capacity, | members of the Congre gational l church transacted the business of
 their annual meeting last evening and
 paved the way for the selection of 8 | new pastor to succeed Rev. k. l.. Grant. A committee was named to l look after the filling of the vacancy | caused by MT. Grants resignation and l they will send out invitations to can
 didates to preach from the local pull pit, issuing call after thoroughly Investigating the prospects.
 | Reports of the officers showed the l financial condition of the church to
 be exceptionally good. There is a ! substantial balance in the treasury 1 and all bills are paid. The clerk S l statement also showed a numerical
 growth during the year and testified l to the satisfactory condition of the 1 various departments.
 l The election of officers for the year resulted as follows:
 l Clerk-Frederick -Bullen. l Treasurer-William H. Wilson. l Trustee for three years-Allison N. 1 Clark.
 1 Deacon-Ralph E. Merrill. 1 Superintendent of Sunday schools | Frederick Bullen.
 Assistant superintendent - Giles 1 Cowles.
 superintenden ent Intermediary de- 1 partment-Miss Abbie Broo 1 Superintendent Beginners depart
 ment-Miss Julia Barnes The following were appointed on
 the committee to secure a pastor:
 Charles H. Newton, Donald Benjamin, Frank T. Usher, Charles H. Calor and i Mrs. H. A. Castle.
 It was announced that Rev. o. W. | Barker, of Hartford, who has been 1 conducting the services since MT.
 Grant left town, will occupy the pull pit again next Sunday. After that date the committee will arrange for 1 a supply.
 In connection with last nights | meeting social was held and re- treatments were served. It was de- cided to put over until next week the annual sale of seats.
 Peck For Administrator. Judge Byington will give hearings in the probate court next Tuesday re- garding the appointment of admins trators to settle the estates of Syl- vester N. Ryder and his wife, both of whom succumbed to pneumonia 1 last week. Mrs. Ryder left no will and her affairs will be settled under the direction of the court. In MT. Ryder's will his wife is named as executr1x but owing to her death it will be necessary for the court to appoint an administrator. | Judge Epaphroditus Peck of Bristol, has been proposed by the heirs to serve in that capacity and he will probably be named. Frank T, l Wheeler and O. w. Robertson will l probably make the appraisal. While Mr. Ryder was reputed to be very wealthy at one time it is said l that his estate will not show value l of over S26,o00 when the inventory is made. He had done little business for & number of years and had ex- pended considerable money in horses. l a number of which he kept on the old race track which bears his name. DdWS "OeS UO Jail. Arthur Bates, a we'll known char l acter, known to his associates by the sobriquet, Whisky" was sentenced to
 thirty days in jail last evening by Jus tice E. P. Prior before whom he ap- peared on an intoxication charge. Bates had been arrested during the afternoon by Constable Cornelius Downing.
 John Barleycorn has long been l Bates arch enemy and has been re- sponsible for his appearance in court
 on a number of occasions The &C., cused failed to take advantage of ] form and Justice Prior decided to try
 the Jail treatment.
 1 Bacon In Bad Shape 1 Suffering from the effects of ex- l posture to which he was subjected at
 the time he was driven from the
 shack at Westwood park in which he ] lived by midnight fire Wallace Ba- con is reported to be seriously i'll at l the Town home in New Britain Ba- l con had been taken to the New Brit
 ain hospital the day following the fire
 for treatment for burns which he re- 1 ce1ved. Erysipelas subsequently de-
 veloped and yesterday his removal to l the town home was ordered Bacon is without funds, his entire belongings
 including his savings have been lost
 in the fire was destroyed his shack.
 James l.. Sheffield Dead.
 Word was received here today of
 the death of Deputy Sheriff James