The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-04
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
Death of Thomas w. Bean Occurred on
Wednesday Afternoon.

Death of Thomas w. Bean occurred on
Wednesday Afternoon
Thomas w Bean, father of Mrs. Fred
A. Stockwell, passed away Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. l., about / o'clock, after
long illness of heart disease. The de-
ceased, who was SO years old, was born
in Bethlehem, n H., being the youngest
of nine children. For great many years
he carried on hotel and blacksmith
business in Bethlehem street In 1887
he bought a farm in Canada which he
operated for four years, after which he
came to the States again, where he
bought farm near Lyndon. He worked
this farm until the death of his wife IN
1912. when he came to live with ms
daughter, Mrs. +. A. Stockwell, i'll White
River junction. Mr.. Bean was twice
married, his first wife being a Miss
Smith of Sugar Hill, n. H. One child,
James W. Bean of Groveton, n. H., was
born of this marriage. His second wife
was Louisa Reed of Hatley, 2. O., and
to this marriage was born one daughter,
Lizzie NJ. Bean. now Mrs. Fred Stock
well of White River Junction. MIR. Bean
ia survived by his son and daughter, SIX
grandchildren, and one -grandchild,
and a few distant relatives. Mr. Bean
had been member of the Lyndonville
lodge of Odd Fellows for the past 20
wears. The funeral was held in the
home of his daughter Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, Rev. H. l.. Thornton officiat-
ing, and the ritualistic service of Myrtle
lodge, |. o. O. f., of White River juno
ton, The body was taken to Lyndon
willie for interment.
Services at ST. Pauls church the 10th
Sunday after holy trinity will be as
follows: Holy communion at a. M aud
at $780, with sermon; church school at
ll30, and evening prayer at 1880. Wis
itors will fad a cordial welcome await
ing them. If you have no church atiilia-
ton, the priest and members of this
church viii be pleased to call upon you,
upon notification of residence to Rev.
R. Boylton, priest in charge.
Rally day viii be observed at the
services of the Congregational church,
Hartford, morning and evening and at
the Sunday school The Sunday school
will be at TO- the morning service at II;
subject of Mr.. Ayers sermon, The
Value of the Scriptures for the Men and
Women of To-day" The evening service
will be at 7:l5, which will consist Of a
stereopticon lecture on Madura and its
missions.
At business meeting of the executive
committee of the Federated church of
Wilder, the resignation of Rev. b. b.
Hanscomb was read and accepted, Mr..
Hanscomb leaves this church to accept a
call to a church in Coley, Ia, and expects
to leave here for that place in about a
week
Mrs. Kate Atwood widow of the late
Dana p Atwood, passed away at her
home here Saturday evening, Sept. 20,
after long illness. The funeral service
was held Tuesday from her home, Rev.
w 0. Bowlby of Meriden, n. H.. ofticiat
ing
There will be the usual services at the
Uniyersalist church Sunday.
The Red Cross chapter of White River
Junction held meeting in Gates Memo
rial library Monday evening to meet
some of the officers of the national or
ganzation, who came TO speak to the
members Of this chapter on the forward
work of the organization Quite large
number gathered and the speakers pre-
stHbeu tiitll NdilbuS lbIlNS III sum man
ner that those who listened to them
were impressed with the fact that the
Red Cross is accomplishing a work that
no other organization in the country is
doing.
Second day of St Adams district, Yer
mont conference S. S. superintendent
opened Tuesday morning at 0 o'clock
with devotional exercises At 9:l5
there came the discussion of business
and district problems. The next thing
on the program was Organization for
Effective Evangelism" and this discus
sion was led by Rev d. G. Guest. Next
in order of business was the presenting
of the problem of Work in the Rural
Communities" and this was presented
by Rev. Garfield Sallus and Rev +. c..
Clark AT noon the conference adjourned
for dinner, which was served by the la
dies Of the local parish, and at | 80 p. m.
the conference resumed it's session under
the general topic of "0ur Evangelistic
Task" This topic was discussed under
three headings, first, "The Source of
Power" by Rev. w. s. Smithers. Mr..
Smithers said: "The minister must have
the power of the Holy Spirit if his min
istry is to be successful one. This
power of the Spirit will not be brought
about by any new machinery which our
church may adopt. Nor can we look for
any help along this line in the building
up of the kingdom. The only thing that
is worth while is to be possessed of this
power of the Spirit and the minister
who has it is in a measure prepared for
the great work committed into his keep
ing The second heading was, "The
Cost of Power and the discussion on
this topic was presented by Rev G. H.
Locke Mr. Locke said: Christ saw be-
meath the surface of men. He was en-
abed to read their inner thoughts. He
had this secret of power The Christ
knew what it would cost to have this
power and he was willing to pay this
price. Now, brethren, if we as preachers
OF the Methodist church expect to have
it, we, too, must pay the price in sacri.
flee of ease. We must be willing to take