The Press., 1921-02-03

REV. o. J. ALDRICH RESIGNS.
 Rev. Oscar J. Aldrich expects to be assigned to new charge at the com
 ng annual session of the New En-
 ;land Southern conference. He made
 his statement at the Fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church on last Saturday evening. This was heard by the parishioners present and later by the townspeople with genuine regret. MT. Aldrich by his kind and considerate manner and broad minded attitude gained the friendship and respect of all with whom he came in contact Under his leadership the church has greatly prospered. There has been a consid- erable number of kaptisms and recep- tions into the church membership. One of the most notable~successes of his pastorate was the over subscrip- tion of the church's five year quota of $11 ,520 in the Centenary campaign for benevolences. He has been inter ested in all town affairs and has made many friends in the town, as have his wife and daughter, Marian, and a great many will regret that they have decided to move to some other field of labor. It is customary but not a church rule to change pastors every five years. MT Aldrich remarked at the meeting that he thought it best for himself and the church that he made a change this year. One of the trustees remarked That if MT. Aldrich was not going to get something better than his present position they wanted him tack." This remark voiced the senti- ment of the many local friends of the pastor.
 At the fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal churchhe Il last Saturday evening the followin 5 officers and committees for 1921 were elected: Record steward, E. K. Taft; district steward, c. P. Hodgson; re- served district steward, M B. Eaton; treasurer, L. B. Chaffee; treasurer of Edith Adams; trier of W. H. Reed; board of stew ards, William Lee, c. P. Hodgson, B. K. Taft, L. B. Chaffee, Joseph Clifford, W. H. Reed, J. R. Parkhurst, L. B. Stevens, P. B. Gordon, B. R. Arnold, A. D. Johnson, M. E. Eaton. Hannibal Alden, R L. Quinley, A. B. Handy, F. W. Howard, B. D. Kinsman and Miss E. E. Adams. Committees: Sunday school, J. H. Reed, w. H. Reed, Mrs. W. H. Reed, B. T Eaton, Mrs J. R.. Parkhurst, B. K. Taft, H Alden, B. R. Arnold, R. L. Quinley, Florence Wash burn, R. w. Ellis; finance, F. F. Pat ten, R. w. Ellis, c. P. Hodgson, W. H. Reed, B. T. Eaton, R. l.. Quinley, H. Alden; benevolences, J. R. Parkhurst, Mrs. G. w. Eaton, Joseph Clifford, Edith Adams, Mrs. l.. B. Chaffee, AL berta Eaton, Edith G. Cushman, Flor ence B. Washturn; parsonage, Mrs. Esther Eaton, Mrs. B. K. Taft, F. F. Patten; relief of poor, M. E.. Eaton, Mrs. M E. Eaton, Mrs. L. B. Chaffee; music, B. T. Eaton, Mrs. w. H. Reed, Miss Isabella Russell; church mem tership, Pastor, B. R. Arnold, A. B. Handy; church records, A. B. Handy, E. D. Kinsman; hospitals, B. R. Ar mold, Mrs. B. R. Arnold, Mrs. F. F. Pat ten; temperance, l.. H. Stevens, Mrs. c. P. Hodgson; ushers, B. T. Eaton, M E. Eaton, E. K. Taft, W H. Reed; collector, B. T. Eaton, w. HI. Reed. District Superintendent, w. H. Bath of Norwich presided. Annual reports were read by the pastor; F. F. Patten, Sunday school superintendent; Mrs. J. R. Parkhurst, president of Woman's S Foreign Missionary Society; Mrs. B.