Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-11
CONGREGATIONAL ANNUAL
SUPPER AND MEETING.

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manage their supper at the annual
meeting, and after some worriment on
the part of loving but doubtful wives
as to whether there would be any
supper at all, the long-expected event
arrived and proved to be an undoubt-
ed success, for when the crowd assem-
bled in the church, on Tuesday eve
ming, beheld the scene displayed as the
doors went up, they exclaimed over
the pretty sight of well-set tables, yell
low candle shades and a group of men
walters clad in their welcoming
smiles and full evening dress.
The supper was as good as it tasted
and not woman in the church had
been troubled with it's preparation
At each table was merry crowd
and after the feast the meeting was
held, beginning with the Doxology,
and then a prayer by the pastor, Rev.
N. Cause.
After the roll call the church treas
urer, Mr. Rodamer, reported the sum
of over $4,000 for the year, with spe-
cial gifts of over $500 at Easter. Of
this, $25 had gone to the Mission
Boards, 1913 to the Italian Mission
in Cliffside, 1892 to Armenian Relief,
and the rest to the usual church ex-
penditureS.
Although some 5000 beyond the bud
get was raised the trustees have def
icit of about three hundred as yet,
because of some unusual expenditures.
Mr.. Sears, as the retiring president
of the Board of Trustees, presented
its report, and submitted the budget
for the coming year, suggesting that
the years income be increased to
$4,000.
The church now has a mortgage of
only $1,000.
According to the rules of the church
Mr.. Sears is not eligible to another
term of office, so will, for the first
time, be off the Board.
Mr.. GozZo, pastor of the Italian Mis-
sion, followed with his report on the
many calls made, the services held
and the prayer meetings also, during
the week, also celebrations of various
American and Italian occasions The
membership of the Mission church is
now fifty-eight, mostly men, and the
Mems Club is one of the strong or
CARNATIONS, with some sixty-five dol
lars in the treasury
The Mission has much to contend
with in the gambling and liquor which
prevail in the community. In the in
creasing numbers and success, despite
these conditions, Mr.. Gozzo is hoping,
in the near future, to have a build
ing with suitable rooms and shower
baths, etc
Mrs. Ullrich, Mission worker, gave
some extra information about the Sun
day School and the attractive pro-
gram of the last Sundays Rally Day
exercise and thanked the ladies of
the church who had aided, by coming
down each Sunday, to play for the
services
The Italian Mission Committee,
through Mr.. Fridlington, reported
that, owing to the increasing need for
larger quarters, the Committee had
purchased two lots on Jersey and
Commercial avenues whereon to build
church and that they would vet see,
in the near future, such a building as
desired by the pastor erected there.
The eXpresident of the Ladies' Aid
Society, Mrs. Sears, gave the account
of the many activities of the society
of "a members and the splendid pro-
ceeds, financially, of the three Circles,
as already described in detail. The
clouded experiences of Mrs. Shelf
fields Circle were humorously touched
on when it was recollected that the
night of it's musicale was very rainy
the day of its food sale was of the
same brand, and, finally, this sum-
mer's dampness rendered unusable
many of the canning labels on sale,
but in spite of all, the circle went
over the top"
The Junior Endeavor Secretary
Marriott Vaughn, gave an excellent
statement of the money raised, $82,
which had been given to the trus-
tees, the carpet fund, the Syrian Re-
lief fund, and for screens for the
church's Easter and Mothers day SER
vices. The society is in charge of
Mr. and Mrs. Leeger.
Mr.. P. w. Schomber, Sunday School
superintendent, reported that the
school had an attendance of 1873 this
past year, and, for the first time, had
vacation of five Sundays, presum-
ably because "some of us are getting
old" Otherwise, the attendance
would have been more than other
years, and even with the Flu" and
the Group interfering, the superin-
tendent himself having nearly flew
with the flu"
The school has given $50 to Arme-
nian Relief, $55 to the Mission appor-
tionment, 1884 to Benevolences, and
paid all its own bills, including candy
and presents for Christmas, music for
all occasions, and aided the church. so
that it was a case, not of Johnny
getting his money from father but of
Johnny looking out for himself, and
helping father too"