Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
VERMONT METHODIsTs MEET.
Continued from Page One.)

In six wears. as district superlnten-
don't. | have raised for church debts,
repairs. new buildings, and conference
claimants. more than one hundred /
thousand dollars, and in no place nave 1
7 found such a generous response 70 I
the aDpeal as / found here at New /
mort The skill and devotion OF the
nastor Rev. H. T. CoOntz, and his
corps Of workers are beyond all
praise"
Speaking of material improve
ments, the report says:
West Burke under the leadership
of Brother Arnold, built bathroom
in the parsonage at a cost OF $500;
DanvilIe, with David Hickland as pas
tor. installed a bathroom in the par
sonage. and a furnace in the church,
costing $500; Montgomery, with Stead
Thornton. pastor, laid hardwood
floors in the audience room at cost
Of $3.50: Adamant, the afternoon ap-
nointment Of Arthur Hewitt, has rem
0vated the entire interior OF the
church edifce installing metal walls
and ceiling. painting wood work, put
time in new stoves and new pews at
cost of S4S7: RichfOrd, under Brother
q I Anderson's leadership, painted
the exterior of the church and par
souaCe. and made other minor repairs
at a cost of $500; Sheldon has install
ed electric lights IN the parsonage ana
made other Improvements TO the
amount of $3.50; Barre installed q
heating plant at the cost of 81 200.
North Fairfield has purchased new
Dulpit. furniture and made other I'M
urovements on their church to the
extent Of Sl2O: HardwiCk has repair
ed the parsonage and furnished 1t to
{ the extent of S1S5; Craftsbury, w est
b Enosburg. Concord, Island Pond, Lun-
. enburg. Morrisville, Newport Center
Holland and Morgan, Greensboro
Bend. Franklin, Lowell, Plaintield
Sheffield, Lyndon SwantOn, West
: Berkshire. Bradford, HIghgate, Bar
d ton. Guildhall, Derby, Barre, Wolcott
and St. Johnsbury, have repaired
j church and parsonage property, rang
E ing each at 5000 and less, but the
! work done is not specified"
i Speaking of the rural situation
i Supt. Sharp said:
: THE rural situation in Vermont
not vet solved. One of the most seri
Gus situations before the church
the little rural village over-churcheI
and the rural pastor, underpaiC
d Thoughtful laymen are asking serlou
l. questions as to whether this overlap
S, ping is a credit to the denomination
# involved, or an advantage to the prog
f ress of the Kingdom.
p Federation is not the answer. A
< equitable exchange of fields, Tn
e weaker church withdrawing all its il
Of terests leaving the field to one demon
;" nation, with the understanding tbs
h the denomination occupying the fiel
a shall put in a strong man who will /
Is capable of dealing with the situatio
II and build up a strong church that Wi
Is be an honor to the town, and the Go
OF they serve is the most workable pla
. vet discovered Methodism, and
e. might well say, Professionalism,
Northern Vermont, has greatly SUI
fered since the war began, by Il
large Catholic immigration from Sc
en- tions of Canada, buying farms, crow
ed ing out the Protestant population al
lid with them must go the Protestal
nd church. This is a new phase of Il
We rural problem in northern Vernon
ey which makes the situation more con
de plex. and the task more strenuous.
lot Places of trust and honor give
m some Methodist men well known
Elk this section were as follows:
tie Rev. c. d. Pierce of Craftsbul
w. was elected treasurer of the confe
ire ence organization, Rev. |. A Ram,
un of Hardwick was made an auditor al
Nv also member of the committee
as memoirs; Rev. NJ. A. Turner of Ba
ton was made chairman of the cor
,er mittee on education; Rev. Fl.
". Coontz of Newport was made a mer
Ter her of the freeman's aid COMMITTEE
led Rev. c. W. Kelley of Newport Cent
he was made chairman of the commit
TO on Epworth League.