St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-05
practicing the Survival of the fittc It

piaCtlclnS the survival OF the nllcrt
and where the salaries have not adj
vanced for 10 years, these churches
must come together, or die unrccon-
cilcd." Thirty-thrcc charges reported
an increase in the pastors salary
ranging from s25 to Sl50, including
Concord, Craftsbuly, Danvillc, East
Burke, Greensboro Bend, Groton,
Hardwick Llnenburg, East Concord,
Lyndonvillc, Newport, Orleans,
Peacham, st. Johnsbury.
The repairs included $3.50 spent in
the Sheffield church where Il hard
wood floor was laid, the woodwork
lcdccoratcd and II cement walk lalI.
The Hardwick church installed new
heating plant at a cost Of $500. Ell
cctric lights have been installed in
the Greensboro church at cost of
$50. Orleans has rcmodcllcd their
heating plant at Il cost Of $195. Der
by paid 1925 for Il cement walk and
installed Il bell in the church tower.
the gift of Mrs. Hattie Davis. lras-
burg has thoroughly renovated Their
parsonage and thorough repairs OF
the amount Of $3.50. st. Johnsbu"y
paid 5000 for Il cement walk to tn"
parsonage and thorough repairs =.
the manse. Minor improvements were
made on the churches at Groton, Lyn-
don, Island Pond, Craf,sbury, New
port, West Burke, Walden, and
Bradford. an addition to all this the
district parsonage has been thorough
ly gono over. New bay window.
front door, paint and paper, plumb
ing changed, cement floor in garage
and bulkhcad in the cellar, besides
Installing heating plant with HdI-
ton sufficient to heat every room in
the house, costing S2,210.'
DR.. Sharp reported the following
on the debt raising campaign at Lo-
we'll and st. Johnsbuly:
"Scvcral years ago the people "
Lowell sold their parsonage and in
vested the money in community
house, leaving the church face to face
with debt Of $1,000, Il community
house partly finished and the pastor
without home. Under the leadership
of the pastor, Rev. II. f. Howard,
assisted by Rev. w. c. Arnold of
Sheldon, and Rev. II. r. Coontz OF
Newport, campaign was put on in
juno, and another one in November,
and with the help from the Church
Extension society, the entire amount
Of debt, and 81 1000 for current cx-
pcnses were secured, and the church
is again free.
"Thc most remarkable achievement
however, was accomplished at ST.
J0hnsbury, when debt of $4,000,
the last inStalmcnt of $100.000
church cdifice, was raised. Last April
a campaign to raise this last install
mcnt of the debt was carefully plan
ned, and under the tactful manage
mcnt of the pastor, Rev. George A.
Martin, The entire amount was secur-
ed and the church stands withou:
debt. In less than four years the
present pastor engineered the CON
st,uction Of u 100000 church edi
laying the corner stone while the ash
cS of the old cdifce were still wain,
securing the cooperation Of the last
man in the constituency, paying every
dollar of its debt, with the salary adj
vancing' from $1,700 to $4,000 and
placed Methodism in the lead " the
religious bodies of the town. Two
years ago the church and parsonage
property on the st. Johnsbury dis
trict was in debt to the amount ii
$t3,00O, some of what was muSty
with age. Today with the eXceptio T.
Of Il few outstanding bills for current
expenses, there is not d dollar of in
dcbtctlncss on any church or parson-
age building in the district
that has not been paid or pro
vidcd Off by reliable pledges"
The five year quota for the distrlc'
was $751; 700 for each year. Hmountinr
TO $2S5,545. The district has pied. vt
SCI .GnO:G per year for 'iNc yaGr,, OF
JI3,"O1.S0 for the five year period.
OF tic IL church,, that went over the
ton the cl,urchc. at East Concord,