The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-07
REGRET EXPRESSED At
FAREWELL RECEPTION
Given in Honor of Rev. ]. B. Reardon
and Family, Who Are to Leave
Barre--Several Presenta-
tions Made.

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Barre--Several Presenta-
tions Made.
A farewell reception was extended to
Rev j. B. Reardon and family last
evening in the basement Of the Uni
versalist church by a large group of
parishioners and friends, probably l35
people in all. With each of them there
was a feeling of regret that the pastor
who for eight years has worked with
them, endeavoring to make all about
him happier, was about to leave.
There were eloquent impromptu
speeches, the first of which came from
Rev. B. j. Lehigh, pastor of the Baptist
church.
Il am sure" said Rev. Lehigh, 81
speak the mind of every person in the
city when / say we are sorry Brother
Reardon Is about to leave us. have
worked with him for more than seven
years and have found him to be an ex
celent friend and an ardent and loyal
worker for mankind. He has done his
work faithfully no matter what the
task has been" "You will miss him in
your church" f" said Rev Mr.. Lehigh, ad-
dressing the parishioners of the Uni
yersalist church, "and we shall miss
him in our meetings"
After summing up the work accom-
plished by Rev. Mr., Reardon since his
arrival in Barre, Mr.. Lehigh made the
presentation OF a purse of money as
gift from the five ministers OF Barre
with the following words, "We did not
purchase for you an automobile; neith-
er did We buy flying machine nor a
COW; we thought it better to present
to you the money to buy the COW and
in behalf Of five brother ministers Of
Barre | have the pleasure Of making
this presentation to you as tokenfof
remembrance and esteem"
Rev. Mr.. Reardon responded with
very appropriate remarks, and took
this occasion TO diyulge to the clergy
men that one Of the most pleasant
memories he would have would be the
"reminiscences of their good fellowship
and cooperation during his residence in
Barre
Prin. O. X. Hollister of Goddard sem
mary, who presided as chairman of the
affair. next called for remarks from
Mayor e. c. Glysson, who has had oc
casion, from time to time, to act with
Rev. Reardon on business matters.
Mayor Glysson could not refrain from
mentioning the conscientiousnes with
which Mr.. Reardon had filled the office
of oyerseer of the city poor. His tact
fulness and value as a citizen were
highly valued by the city councillors,
declared Mayor Glysson, and for them,
as we'll as himself, he assured Rev.
Reardon his accomplishments were well
appreciated.
Prin O. X Hollister then congratu-
lated the pastor on the excellent con
dition the church had attained during
his pastorate This was due to the
constant and energetic work of Rev.
Reardon. and to illustrate the remark
he disclosed a few facts about financial
conditions at the present which leaves
the church in no danger of debt for two
or three years to come His conclusion
was effected by the presentation OF
large envelope filled with money con-
tributed by friends and parishioners Of
Rev Reardon.
Though somewhat astonished over
the generous purses of money, the re-
cipient, with his fluent vocabulary, as
sured the people their generosity and
good will were deeply appreciated by
him and Mrs. Reardon. 1T was with
great reluctance that ! presented my
resignation from this parish" he said,
"but in the past six months ! have
had three signals to stop this work. |
obeyed the third signal, and hope | did
not wait too long TO prevent regaining
my health and continuing the duties OF
minister" At this point Mr.. Rear
don laid before the group the plans
which he had outlined to carry out, If
possible. within the next six months If
he had continued as overseer. His IN
terest in the poor people OF Barre is
great, not especially in the adults, but
in the children, who are the future cltl-
zens. For their interest he had hoped
to install day nursery to instruct nd
teach the children that have not le
same chance as other children: There
are homes that are not homes in Barre;
and there are children that have not
fair chance to become good citizens.
They are liable TO become criminals
unless Barre eliminates this condition,
stated the speaker. He then thanke
the group for such cordial reception,
for such it was throughout.
Mrs. E. r. Mower, acting for the la
dies union of the Universalist church,
presented Mrs. Reardon a small bag Of
gold and for this gift the minister re-
sponded for his wife.
This concluded the formalities of the
evening, the party congregating about
the tables, where the ladies of the
church served sandwiches, coffee and
cake, Meanwhile Reardon's four piece
orchestra, which furnished various mu
scal numbers during the evening
stopped to hear the vocal solo by
George Mackay, Khaki Land" He,
topether with Miss Gertrude Dale,
piano accompanist, returned to the
piano by popular bidding, singing for
the encore, Maid O Nine" This was
the second vocal number of the even
ing. Walter s. Goss, baritone, having,
with the accompaniment of w. A.
Wheaton at the piano, rendered If |
but Dare
Rev. Mr.. Reardon and family will
leave Barre next Tuesday for North
Charlestown, N, H. where Mr.. Reardon
has purchased a small farm.