New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
TRINITY CHURCH
 ANNUAL MEETING
Dr. Beach Pr&id& at First
 Session of Its Kind

Reports of officers and auxiliary organizations of Trinity Methodist church were made at the annual meeting of the church last evening.
 Dr. D. w. Beach, district super intendent of the New Haven district, presided.
 The meeting was in the form of a general church supper to which all the membership was invited, this be- ing the first annual meeting attend cd by other than officers.
 The following were elected offi- cers:
 Officers of the board-President x~officlo, Rev. w. H. Alderson; vice president, Mortimer H. Camp; secretary, Louis A. Oldershaw; as- sistant secretary, Sheldon Munger: treasurer. H. G. Hancock: assistant treasurer, Frank Holmes; financial secretary, William D. Calvert: as- sistant financial secretary. Richard Hubert, Jr.; treasurer of benevo- fences. Curtiss l.. Sheldon; treasurer of welfare fund. w. A. Cashmere.
 Official staff-Director of religious education, Miss Cora B. Graulich; supervisor of weekday religious school, Mrs. F.. C. Stockwell: director of parish work, Miss Eva NJ. Barnes; church secretary. Mrs. Arthur R, McNickle: director of music, Mir. Clayton Thomas; sexton, Mir. Edward F. Carter.
 Trustees H. Camp, chairman: James NJ. Burdick. Du- gald MacMillan, Edward Skinner. NJ. D. Stockwell, l.. A. Gladding, A. A. Mills, H. c. Doolittle.
 Stewards: w. D. Calvert, l.. A. Oldershaw, H. G. Hancock, k. J. Gooby, w. R. Fletcher. F. 0. Rack life. E.. w. Irving, H. E. Shepard, R. B. Skinner. +. R. Searles. R. Schillng, w. A. Cashmere. C. h. Maxon, R. Hubert. Jr, B. F. Arm strong, J, E. Lukens, c. w. HaW- kins, Hollis Foster Sheldon Munger Oliver Nichols, C. T. Waters, Harry Howard, Charles J. symonds, A. w. Zahnleiter. Frank Holmes. Ray Young, Ralph Benson, Mrs. Willis Marsh, Mrs. Orrn l.. Smith, H. ". Camp, Henry Hoar, William Cow lishaw George Rogers, J. M. Bur dick, C. l.. Sheldon.
 Local preachers: E, E. Agar1, Morgan Morgans
 Ministers Report
 The annual report of Rev. MT Anderson follows:
 ITO the district perlntendcnt' the members of the 4th quarterly conference, and the members and friends of Trinity M. F. church:
 "As I begin this report of the years work there are two express sons of gratitude l want to offer. The first is for the help and cooper alton l invariably receive from the members of my staff. The many activities of this church would De . impossible were it not for the fact that associated with me are five 1n- defatigable workers employed by the church Working with them. and in a very real way responsible for our every success, IS the great group of volunteers who make this church as busy one as can be found in our city.
 "The second expression of gratl- ,ude is for the continued good health l enjoy in my ministry. For little over seven years have been preach- ing and in that time it has never been necessary for me 10 miss as much as a mid week service or even q committee meeting on account of i'll health.
 Busiest Year in Four
 "The year has been busy one the busiest of my four years Tn this city. Our preaching services have been held morning and evening each Sunday except through periods Of union worship with other churches in our community. ] do not culti- vate the habit of leaving my pulpit and since last conference, l nave been absent but one Sunday. on that Sunday l was graciously eNcus- ed by my official board in order that ] might help reduce the over popu- lation of some of Names lakes and streams. l do not want to infer that depopulation was carried on on that particular Sunday however, and any
 
 efforts in Maine were only part,al ly successful and I am anticipating further endeavor in the coming month of May. In regard to my constant occupancy of the pulpit, am rot sure the people in general appreciate my practice but it at least lets them come to church knowing what to expect.
 Due to the rather peculiar con- atruction of our church we have long lapored under the difficulty of con- fusion in our main Nestibule result ing in this same confusion being car rled into the morning service. Re gently, change in the order Of worship, 2 careful policing of the vestibule following dismissal of the church school. and vhole-hoarted cooperation on the part of the church school superintendents and teachers. the president and mem- iers of Everyman's Bible class. and especially the careful courteous work of the ushers has resulted in the most uorshipful hours of morning service we have ever had.
 Lenten Services Fruitful
 Through the summer months and during Lent and Holy Week, union services have been held. The inter <, est and attendance at these services more than justifes them. The Methodists rank very high in the