The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-26
Popular SaLOdtion Army
 Leaders To LeaDe City
Major and Mrs. Vincent Given New Assignment;
 Farewell Party Held

Announcement was made today that Major and AErB. Alfred Vin- ~ cent, who have been directing Che activities of the local Salvation Army for several years, had been granted an indefinite RurIOugh. They are leaving Waterbury. Associates tendered them Q Rnre- well reception last evening. A public reception is planned for Sunday evening. Only recently the Democrats Radio Biographer interviewed them. His review of their careers is as follows:
 Our neighbors for today are Major Alfred Vincent and his wife Jessie Foote Vincent who have been in charge of the Wa terblry Corps of the Salvation Army and who are leaving here shortly. These two people are well known in our community for the splendid work they have done here for those less fortunate than most of us.
 Alfred Vincent, who is now Q major in this great relief army, was born In Newtown, New Foundland. He is one of six chil- dren born to John and Fannie Hutchins Vincent. His father was a simple fisherman who made his living from the deep in the sum- mer time and in the colder months plyed his trade as Q boat builder in the little town where he was born. One of his sisters, Sophie, was a government teacher for 12 years and for the past 24 years has served as Q nurse, aS- sisting @ well known doctor in Ho- boken, New Jersey. One of his brothers Isara is now the man. aRer of the general store and post- master of the town of Newton in New Foundland.
 After completing his early edu- cation in the grade schools of this little town of simple folk, young Alfred journeyed one hundred miles to Saint Johns, Newfound- land for his first job as clerk in a dry goods store. He was attract- ed to evangelistic work by the ex. ample set forth by his mother who for years had been active in Christian endeavor in the Meth odist church. Because of his inc tense desire to offer spiritual as. sistance to his fellow man, Alfred enrolled in the Salvation Army at Saint Johns for @ course of train- ing to it him for what he chose to be his life's work. After almost a year of intensive study, he was commissioned a captain in 1906 and transferred to New York City to take charge of the Hoboken Corps. The following many years of being transferred from one lite tie town to another to take charge of various local corps of the Sal- vAtion Army. Carthage, New York, Clnremont, New Hampshire, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Gardner and Marlboro, Massachusetts were some of the places which benefit ted by his evangelistic guidance. With Mrs. Vincent later they saw service in Waltham and Framing ham, Mass, Newport, Rhode Is- land, Stamford and Bristol, Con- necticut and in many other places where their work was needed.
 Tn the early summer of 1883, illness visited in the Vincent home after they had been serving in the little town of Saco, Maine and they were given Q three months' furlough. After this brief rest from their arduous duties, Major and Mrs. Vincent came to Waterbury on August 9th, 1888 and have been here since. In all of his travels Alfred Vincent had borne the commission of captain but on April 18th, 1885, because of his splendid service to the cause, he was commissioned Q Major. It's interesting to note that this is the highest commission which is given to workers in the field.
 NOW let's turn the pages of biography to another important part of Major Vincent's life May we introduce Mrs. Jessie Foote Vincent the Major says that 1t Is she who is respon-