The Mankato free press., 1922-01-13
ANNUAL MEETING
ST. JOHNS PARISH
Dinner and Business Ses-
sion Last Night
READING THE REPORTS
Three New Members Elected;
Church Activities Past
Year Reviewed

The annual business meeting Of the
parish Of st, Johns Episcopal church
was held at the Parish House on War
rem street, last evening. following $3.50
o'clock dinner served by the Women's
Guild The dinner was deIiciously pre-
pared and very nicely served, the boys
of the Sunday School acting as the
walters. About one hundred were In
attendance at the dinner and the
meeting which followed
The Women's Guild
During the afternoon, yesterday, the
ladies Of the Women's Guild met at the
Parish House and held their annual
meeting. when the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President-Mrs. w. L. Comstock.
First Vice -President-Mrs. J. Il.
Johnson
Second Vice. President-Mrs. =. W.
Force.
Secretary-Mrs. W. n. Force.
Treasurer-Mrs. F. A. Fisher.
The secretafy's and treasurer's re-
ports were read and adopted. show
ing that the past year had been one of
the most successful In the history OF
the organization or the work of the
ladies Of the church.
The Parish Meetinn
The reading OF the financial report
o: le parish by Secretary Treasurer
+. L. Soaring. opened the business
session following the serving Of the
Mrs. W. r. Force read the renort of
the Women's Guild; and Mrs. ii. n.
Perrin that Of the Women,s Auxiliary.
Jeanette Wood as secretary OF the
Junior Auxiliary, read the report Of
the activities. Of that organization.
while Agnes Perrin as treasurer. pre
sented the financial reporf The as
semblage was greatly interested In the
splendid reports so charmingiy given
by the little Misses Master Walter
Hanoran presented the report OF the
Sunday School which showed splendid
and read. The reports from ~ liffIe
folks were enthusiastically received as
were also those OF the older folks.
Election OF vestrymen
The election of yestrymen. senior
and junior wardens came next with
the following result:
Senior Warden-R. e. Brown.
Junior Warden-B. +. Pay.
Three Vestrymen- Dr.. C. C. Pratt
A. G. Chase and Richard Wood. They
VIII take the place of =. ". Manderfeld
Henry Spicer and G. ID. OFT. The yes
ty as 1t now stands is as follows:
DR.. VIM. Standish. d Il. zueI = X 4,
Soaring. DR.. c. c. Pratt a. 6 Chase
and RicteFd Wood
state council W. rs Leets- @ = IN l5 I'D VIM s
the latter part 61 this month. were
Judge w. L. Comstock, r. e. Brown
and B. T. Pay. The a,ternates .vere
Dr. VIM. Standish. A. G. Chase, and y.
A few remarks by the rector. Rev
Sumner, brought the meeting to
close. He was greatly pleased with the
work OF the past year, and specially
commended the work of three Of the
women of the parish. namely Ms
Charles Keinschmidt and Mrs. Doro-
thy LaDue- Jones, who are at the head
or the Junior Auxiliary, and Mrs. r. Il.
Soaring, superintendent of the SUNDAY
School. under whose able direction and
efforts these departments of fhe
church's activities had been 10 suc.
cessful. He also commended the mem
bers OF the Altar Guild, the FIover
Guild as well as the officers Of the two
chapters, the Guild and the members
OF the yestry, for their labors.
Tne Women's Guild is made up of
the two organizations, the Bishop on.
bert and Bishop Whipple Chapters
Rev. Sumner stated that there had
been some talk of uniting the two
chapters under one head, but this con-
soifdation he hoped would not take
place this year. He desired the stwo
chapters to retain their individual ors
ganizauons to meet monthly. but ask
ed that business and social meetlny
OF the two organizations each nonth
as one guild, for the purpose of pet
ting together and becoming better ac-
quainted with each other.
A rising vote Of thanks was tender
ed the retiring officers and vestrynen
This concluded the business session