The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-13

lne COrller-SCOlle Ol lllc P1SoCAV church edifice was laid on July 16, 1893 with appropriate ceremonies. From June 25-27, 1895, dedicatory services were held in the church. In 1855, the Second Church dedi- cated its first sanctuary and just forty years later, it dedicated its second. A few people, possibly a half-dozen, participated in the exercises on both occasions.
 The minister of the church at the second dedication in 1895 was Dr. John Gaylord Davenport, with Rev. Frederic Morton HolliSter, as- sistant minister. The organiSt and choir director was Albert J. Blakes- ley who began his duties as organ ist at Second Church at the age of 15 years and who continued in that same capacity for thirty-five years. The organ has been entirely renovated and refltted for the new church and William c. Hammond of Holyoke was the organist at the dedicatory service on June 25, l89e with Heinrich Meyn of New York as the vocalist.
 Committee Named
 The committee in charge of the service this year is as follows: Crayton F Carpenter, Levi Wilcox Dr. Frank J. Erbe. Miss Hilda Camp Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball, Miss Helen E. Chase, Mrs Pierrie c. Cowles Miss Harriet Kirk, Charles P. Kel- logg, Mrs. Herbert J. Wilcox, Miss Harriet Goodyear, Miss Elizabeth G Kane, Mrs. Julius B. Smith and pr Walker. In view of the war emer- gency, the committee decided te hold no social events in connection with this anniversary but to con- centrate on the morning service There will be an historical exhibit which has been arranged by Mrs Pierrie c. Cowles, church historian for over thirty years. Included IT the exhibit will be pictures Of form- CT ministers and other people ac- tive in the Second Church in days gone by; a complete file. of "Chron- icles" the yearly church paper pub lished from 1882 to 1880; the Church Scrap Books which are compiled and kept by Mrs. Matthew Adgate and Miss Mary Adgate and other inter- esting historical papers. These eX- hibits will be on display in the Con- ference Room and in the corridor of the church.
 It is of interest to note that there are 58 members of Second Church still srtive in the church who were members at the time of the dedica- tion in 1895. They are as follows Mrs. Henry L. Wade, Mrs. Johr Leggett, Miss Helen E. Chase, Ms! Nellie Schwaeble, Mrs. Archer J Smith, Miss Elizabeth Kirk, Mis Cornelius B. Maltby, Mrs. Emma E Patchen, Mrs. Maggie E. Powers Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball, Mrs. Pierri c. Cowles, Mrs. Harry L. Bunce Mrs. Rosalie Ball. Mrs. Mary A Wilkie, Charles P. Kellogg, Ms! Elizabeth G. Kane, Mrs. Sigmonc Klobedanz, Mrs. Jessie A. Fogg, Mrs Edward c. Smith, Miss Fanny J Thomas, Irving B. Stedman, MT. ane Mrs. Walter G. Morse, Mrs. Clars A. Dennison, Miss Sarah Currle Miss Harriet Kirk, MT. and Mrs Thomas Gray, William H. Wilcox Miss Martha F. Doherty, Levi Will cox, Joseph Huey, Harry s. Coe Mrs. Herbert J. Wilcox, Mrs. Warre1 L. Hall, Mrs. Mary MacKerracher Mrs. George s. Bisset, Mrs. AndreV c. Campbell. Miss Martha M. Heb ner, Miss Charlotte Merchant, Mrs Maude A. Cady, Mrs. Minnie Chip man, Mrs. H. Ray Hotchkiss, and tn following who joined the church il 1894 and 1895 while the buildin was in progress: Mrs. Lottie Grohs George s. Bisset, Miss Helen G Bangs, Mrs. Hannah Hall, Georg R. Leggett, Mrs. Mary A. Scott, Mrs Alice Scott Rabbit, Miss Grace E Bangs, Charles Doescher, Mrs. El mer E. Downes, Miss Edith F. Pool Mrs. Lena Honegger, Mrs. Willis Blakeslee, Dr. Frank J. Erbe, Jame R. Walker, Miss Emma L. Bailey.