The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-24
REV. REARDON
TOLEAYEBARR
He Resigns as Universalist
Pastor and as Overseer
Of the Poor
HELD FORMER PLACE
FOR EIGHT YEARS
He Plans to Go to Charles
town, N. H., Where He
Has Bought a Place

1t is with great deal of regret that
the Universalist society of Barre and
the municipality of Barre have received
the designations Of Rev. j. b. Reardon
as pastor of the church and as overseer
Of the poor, respectively; and it is with
much reluctance that both the church
and the city will sever the relations,
as sever them they must because Rev.
Mr.. Reardon has already made a busi-
ness move which will take him to
Charlestown, n, H., on Nov. !, he hav
ing purchased a farm in the northern
part of that town, where he will en-
deavor to regain his health which, Of
late, has been far from rugged
His last Sunday as pastor Of the To-
cal church viii be Sunday, Oct 26, and
he will also lay down the duties as ac-
tive head Of the municipalities charity
department before Nov |. The resig
nation of the church position is in the
hands of the church trustees and has
not yet been acted upon, while the
resignation as overseer of the poor is
in the hands of Mayor Glysson and
will undoubtedly be acted upon at the
next meeting Of the city government.
Members of both those bodies express
feeling Of regret that the relation
ship is to be severed and that Mr.
Reardon is to leave Barre, where he
has resided for eight years.
Action on the church resignation will
probably be taken by the trustees at
meeting next Sunday. the trustees
being A. b. Lane, G. b. Gladding, i. NJ.
Tobin, H. f. Cutler and w. G. Reynolds.
knowing the determination Of their
pastor to leave. the trustees have been
in communication with the state SUI,
perintendent of the denomination, Rev
George +. Fortier, with a view toward
selecting successor for the leadership
of the oldest church society in Barre,
the society having been formed in 1896
with a membership of Is. Supt For
tier is at present in Baltimore, attend
ing the general convention of the Uni
yersalist church, and it is considered
possible that suggestions as to candi-
dates may be presented by him after
his return to Vermont.
As already etated, Rev. Mr. Reardon
has been resident of Barre eight
wears and pastor Of the church the
same length of time, coming here from
Springfield this state. He is recog
nized as one of the leading Universal
ist cergymen OF Vermont and has been
prominent in the councils of that de-
nomination for many years. He has
been faithful worker in his profession
in Barre and he has lent his services in
a large number of good works, not only
in his own church but in the other
churches and in the city as a whole.
In fact, the good interests of Barre
will lose one of their foremost adyo-
Gates when the pastor departs from the
city.
it was only comparatively recently
that he was called upon to assume the
arduous duties Of the directing head
of the city's charity department,
position which, by general consent, re-
uuires great deal of tact patience
and discernment-m made doubly hard
by reason of the fact that the epidemic
Of influenza a year ago swept away so
many of the bread winners of the fam
lilies and thrust burden of response
biity on the municipality until such
time as the dependents should become
self supporting In the duties incl
dent to his municipal position Rev.
Mr.. Reardon was called upon to eXer-
else keen executive ability tempered
with humanity; and he has always
striyen to conserve the citys interests
while at the same time caring for those
whose position warranted assistance,
He has given good satisfaction accord
ing to the judgment of those who are
in the best position to judge.
II is not known whether Mayor Glys
son will be ready to announce an APP
pointment to the position of overseer
at the next meeting of the city gov
ernment or whether the charity com
mittee of the city council will admin
lister the duties of the Office for time.
Rev. Mr.. Reardon and family expect
To leave Barre next week, going to the
90 acre farm in the northern part of
Charlestown, town, by the way, which
is lust across the Connecticut river
from the place of his former pastorate,
Springfield. In connection with the
farm there is a grain business in the
village of North Charlestown. Mr.
Reardon has not relinquished the pulpit
permanently, as he intends, if his
health is fully restored, TO take up
preaching again; but for the immediate
future he viii engage in farming and
the conduct of the grain business, while
endeavoring to regain his health.