The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
$15,7OO Pledged In
 Second Church Drive
Conditional Gift of $z,OOO to Be Given If oOOO Goal
 Is Reached By May IS

Results from the Every Mem. ber Canvass of the Second Congre- rational church are quite incom. piete. but approximately sis.70o hae been pledged for support Of the church and $3.0O0 for benev' 0lences. A conditional gift of $2.. 900 for support of the church has been made on condition that the goal of Sls.00O is reached by May 18th.
 Tomorrow the forum speaker will be H. Richard Niebuhr, asso. ciate professor of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity school. His sub- jecsk wiil be "The Independence of tI1G Church." A week from tomor- row fl1e speaker will be Igor I. Slrkorsky, head of the Sikorsky Aircraft corporation of Bridge port. whose topic will be, Pres enE and Future of Air Travel" On Easter Sunday the Mendelssohn male chorus will offer their annual concert.
 Edward H. Davis will address the Sunday Noon club tomorrow iu the chapel at the close of the morning service on the subject: "American Institutions" Mir Da- viS is one of our. best known To- cal orators and all members of the congreeation are invited.
 George Armbruster will address the Christian Endeavor society to- morrow evening at 5:30 o'clock on the subject, Things We Think About" All young people of the church are cordially invited.
 Mrs Leroy Foote, former mis- s!onary in Turkey, will address the ming department Tuesday evening, April at o'cslock, on the sub. jeet of Turkey" A business meet ing will follow the address.
 The last Church Aid Members luncheon until October will be held on Wednesday, April 10, at 12:50 ?. m. Those who are planning 10 attend are asked to call Mrs Will lis I. Blakeslee. Phone 413046 or the church ofiice, 3-8l24.
 The annual meeting of the Sec. ond Congregational church society # called for Monday, April 8. 1875, at o'clock in the chapel. This meeting will be immediately adjourned until Wednesday, April 10, at 6 o'clock. All members of tho society and any who would like to become members are urged to be present.
 The Mems League will hold an. other supper meeting Monday eve-' ming, April 8, at 6:30 o'clock in In 4l eex,x, per Professor Pierre Zampiere of Bridgeport will speak on the sub ject, European Entanglements." Professor Zatnpiere is very excel. lent speaker and 1t is hoped that a large audience will be on hand to greet him. The supper is for the men only but the ladies are in- vfted to come in afterwards for the address. Supper reservations should be telephoned to Mrs E. M. Stan. ley, 3-2796 or the church office. 3-St24, by 10 o'clock Monday froe- noon.
 The sixth and last Lenten lec- ture will be held on Thursday eve- ming, April II, at First church at 8 o'clock. Dean Rockwell Harmon Peter of Hartford Theological Seminary will speak on the sub ject: ''The Sweet Singers of France, Bernard of Clairvaux and Bernard of Clugny."
 The pulpit is always beautiful. 1ysdecorated for Easter. Those who desire to contribute lilies in honor of loved ones should get in touch with Miss Harriet Kirk. phone Al 6539. as soon as possible. The names of those in whose memory the flowers are given will be print ed in the calendar on Easter Sun. l day.
 Rev c. Sherwood Eddy, D. D.. will speak in the YMCA gymna. sium on Tuesday, April 9. at g o. clock on the topic. "Today's World As See It." Dr Eddy has just returned from four months in China and last summer made his tth visit to Russia. He is there. for well qualified to know what is going on in the world.
 Rev Dr John C. Walkers prep aratory class will meet Sunday in the church auditorium at 12:2o O. clock.
 ' jamboree circus presented by the Boy Scouts of troop ' will be held In the gymnasium on Satur- day, April 13, at 2:30 p. m. and ats7:46 p. m. The boys have been working very hard for almost two