Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-10-18
Mrs. Gregory are stopping with Mr..
and Mrs. M. L. Kennison at present.
Methodist Church Notes

Methodist Church Notes
Services at usual hours, 1915 and
7.30 on Sunday next.
Morning preacher, Rev. c.. d.
Pierce of Orleans. Evening preach
er, Rev. A. J. Ward Evening sub
ject, "a Leaf for the Healing of the
Nations" Rally day for lions Her
aid.
Epworth League meeting will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
B. Chamberlain Thursday night with
Mrs. Pearl Bailey leader.
Church Windows Dedicated.
Tuesday will remain red letter
day in the annals of Irasburg Meth
odism. That day saw the fulfillment
of long cherished hopes, when the
memorial windows recently erected
were dedicated. In addition new
Bible presented by the Willing Work
ers class in the Sunday school and a
, new clock, were accepted by the
trustees, and altogether the church
has been considerably improved by
the gifts named above. The donors
of the windows are as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell, LIST,
in memory of Alexander Jameson, I'd;
Mrs. Helen Jameson of Rhode Island
in memory of Alexander Jameson;
members of the Charles Webster
family and George and Oliver Met
calf; Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Knapp in
memory of Rev. and Mrs. James
Knapp; A. M. Clough and family;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Buchanan and
Mrs. Maud Webster and sons, Pres
ton and David; members of the COM
munity in honor of the soldiers of
Irasburg; Ladies' Aid society; La
dies Aid society in memory of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Chapman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Howard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Webster, the latter being the
donors of legacies for the upkeep of
the work of God.
Each window has distinctive de-
sign. The one to the soldiers being
appropriate with poppy from the
Flanders Fields, original.
The dedication service was in
charge of the superintendent of the
St. Johnsbury district, Rev. E. w.
Sharpe, who was assisted in the SER
vice by Rev. A. j. Ward, pastor of
the local church, and Rev. M. S. Eddy
of Derby.
The service was preceded by SER
vice with sermons preached by Rev.
Principal Halpenny, B. A, B. D.,
Stanstead college, Quebec, who de-
lighted the large congregation with
an inspiring exposition on Goods
Charge to joshua" Few who heard
Principal Halpenny but will take
early opportunity if possible to do so
again.
During the day meetings of the
Ministerial Association of Orleans
county were held at which the Rev.
Percy Newton of Albany acted as Sec
rotary.
Papers were read by Rev. H. T.
Coontz of Newport, Rev. G. d. Pierce
of Orleans, A. G.. Owen of Barton,
Mrs. o. B. Wells of Craftsbury, Miss
Dixie Carl of Barre, Rev. M. A. Turn
Evansville, Rev. Hewlett Upper of
Newport Center, Rev. o. B. Wells
of Craftsbury and Miss E. NJ Vetrie
of Japan.
In the evening a splendid address
was given by Rev. DR.. Gage of Bos-
ton. All the meetings were we'll at
tended and of an inspiring character.
The following resolutions were sub
mitted and adopted:
Resolved: That we most heartily
thank the people and pastor of this
church for their cordial welcome and
kind hospitality during our short
stay in this community.
Resolved: That we in this manner
show our appreciation to DR.. Halpen-
ny for his gracious words bearing the
message of the Divine to us, and fur
Their be it
Resolved: That we accept the chal-
lenge and take up the fight and con-
quer the land for God.
Resolved: That we cooperate with
the officials of our church to do our
utmost to put across the program
that is so effectively rebuilding the
world for the Master.
During the dedication service a
poem was read by Rev. Mr.. Ward.
composed by a daughter of Mr.. Alex
ander Jameson, which we hope to
publish in full next week.
Dinner and a chicken-pie supper
was served by the members of the
Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist
church aided by the ladies of the Con-
gregatlonal church and members of
the Farm Bureau. The capacity of
the entertainment committee was
taxed to the utmost as between $50
and 4OO persons were served during
the day. Mrs. Samuel Wells and Mrs.
Maude Webster were chairmen of the
two committees