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CHAPTER XIX 1928 TO WORLD WAR II
REV. JAMES B. SILL PRIEST IN CHARGE 1928-1929
Mr. Sill became Priest in charge Nov. 1, 1928 and continued as such through 1929. He lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins in Quaker Farms. The officers continued as before, - namely, Wardens C. A. Davis and W. G. Tomlinson, Treasurer C. A. Davis, Clerk T. Schreiber, Vestrymen R. Z. Hawkins, T. Schreiber, Auditor Miss C. H. Palmer.
In 1930 there was apparently no Priest in charge and by that year the receipts had increased to nearly $2000.00.
REV. HAROLD EDWARDS PRIEST IN CHARGE 1931 MR. H. S. DOUGLAS, LAY READER
At a Vestry Meeting held March 14, 1931, the Rev. Harold Edwards, Rector of Trinity Church, Seymour, was present, and stated that Bishop Acheson had asked him to act as Priest in charge, with Mr. H. S. Douglas as Lay Reader. He said that Mr. Douglas would need about $30.00 per week total from St. Peter's and Christ Church, and "that up till now he had been re- ceiving $16.00 per week from Christ Church". Mr. Edwards asked whether this could be increased to $18.00 per week. Mr. Edwards stated that he expected to hold afternoon communion services in both Christ Church and St. Peter's, once each month.
The Annual Church Meeting was held March 21st at which two new Church members were elected, Mr. Clarence Roberts and Miss Flora Roberts. Officers remained the same, with the addition of Mr. Clarence Roberts as Vestryman.
Mr. Douglas was ordained Deacon June 9, 1931 by Bishop Acheson, at Christ Church, Quaker Farms, and was advanced to the Priesthood in 1933.
THE REV. HENRY S. DOUGLAS DEACON 1931-1933 PRIEST IN CHARGE 1933-1948
We have already spoken of Mr. Douglas serving as Deacon in charge of the services in both St. Peter's and Christ Church
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under Mr. Edwards. In 1933 Mr. Douglas was ordained priest and became Priest in Charge of both parishes.
Mr. Douglas lived with his mother in the rectory in Oxford Center which had been purchased by St. Peter's Church, from Mrs. Emma L. Ayers. This is the house on Riggs St. just east of the Congregational Church, now occupied by Mr. E. F. von Wettberg.
THE OXFORD HISTORICAL CELEBRATION MAY 28-29, 1932 COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMING OF THE WHITE SETTLERS TO THE TOWN OF OXFORD. ALSO THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BI-CENTENNIAL
On Saturday morning, May 28th an address was made by Hon. Wilbur L. Cross, Governor of Connecticut. On Sunday May 29th an open air service was held, and a tablet unveiled, commemo- rating the founding of the first Episcopal Church in Oxford on slope hear St. Peter's Cemetery, just north of Governor's Hill Road.
Among several Historical Pageants taking place Saturday on the Lower Green, Oxford Center, was one of the period 1682-1740 depicting the coming of the white settlers. This was done by a group of Quaker Farms people headed by Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson.
The Rev. Henry S. Douglas was chairman of the Executive Committee.
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETINGS 1932-1933
The 1932 Annual Meeting was held Jan. 25th; the officers re- mained the same as before and no new members were admitted.
At the 1933 Annual Meeting, held Jan. 30th, the following new members were elected: Ella C. Hawkins (Mrs. R. Z.), Otto Schaper, Johanna Schaper, David H. Stanton, Catherine J. Martin, Christ Christensen, Thomas Lovdal, Thora Lovdal, Christ Olsen, Marion Olsen, Johanna M. Salvesen, Mrs. Harold Treat (Leila).
THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE VESTRY OF CHRIST CHURCH, QUAKER FARMS
At the 1933 Annual Meeting, besides adding Mr. David Stanton to the Vestry, the Meeting elected a woman to the Vestry for the first time in the history of Christ Church, Mrs. Catherine J. Martin. Ever since, the Vestry has had women members.
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THE FAMILIES FROM NORWAY
In the list of new members elected at the 1933 Annual Meet- ing, there will be noticed the names of several of Scandinavian origin. These were all Norwegians. Norway is a country con- taining many small farms, and the people who came from there fitted in very naturally on the farms in the hills of Oxford and vicinity.
The first couple to come to this neighborhood were Mr. Ole Olson and his wife Marie Stiansen, who, in the seventies, settled in South Britain, where their son Albert M. Olson, (now of Quaker Farms), was born.
In the early eighties, Mr. Ole Stiansen, a widower, came with his five daughters. Four of these married and became, Mrs. Tilquist, Mrs. John Laughlin, Mrs. Grunner Thorsen, and Mrs. Emma Christensen. The fifth daughter Katherine remained un- married. In the same boat with the Stiansens came the two Christensen brothers, Christ and Knute, and in 1917, Christ Christensen came to Quaker Farms.
In 1918 there came to Quaker Farms, Mr. Thomas Lovdal and his wife Thora Salvesen and Mr. Christ Olson and his wife Marian Salvesen.
In 1916 Miss Johanna M. Johnsen came to this country and married Mr. Ben Salvesen, who died in 1947. In 1953 she mar- ried Mr. Oscar J. Thompson, Sr.
Several of these people soon began to attend the services of Christ Church and between 1933 and 1940 some of them became voting members. They have been good friends of the church, and have exercised a strong influence on the neighborhood.
It should perhaps be noted that there are three families of Olson, Olsen and Oleson, none of whom is related to the others.
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETINGS 1934-1935
At the 1934 Annual Meeting, Mr. Wallace G. Tomlinson having died, Mr. Thomas Schreiber was elected Junior Warden in his place, - still retaining the office of Parish Clerk. The vestry elected were Messrs. R. Z. Hawkins, Clarence Roberts, Leslie Tomlinson, (Christ) Christensen and Mrs. (Catherine J.) Martin.
Resolutions were ordered to be drawn up on the deaths of Mr. W. G. Tomlinson and Miss Caroline Palmer. Mrs. Ella Hawkins was elected Auditor.
At the 1935 Annual Meeting, Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson (Idelle) and Mr. R. Harold Treat were elected members.
A significant action taken by this meeting was the adoption of the envelope system for pledged offerings. It will be remem- bered that this was first suggested in 1927 by Lay Reader Frank Westervelt.
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At a vestry meeting held Sept. 27, 1935, a committee consist- ing of Messrs. Thomas Schreiber, C. A. Davis and R. Z. Hawkins was appointed to invest the $1000.00 gift by will of Sarah De- Forest, and they later bought 7 shares of common stock of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., at about $138.00 per share.
TERCENTENARY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1635-1935
In 1935 the State of Connecticut celebrated the completion of three hundred years of settled life, in which the Town of Oxford joined, holding its celebration on Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th. The Rev. Henry S. Douglas, Priest in charge of St. Peter's and Christ Church, Quaker Farms, was chairman of the General Committee, and many members of Christ Church served on the Committee and took an active part in the celebra- tion.
On the morning of Saturday June 8th, the Oxford Garden Club planted "Tercentenary Trees" near Community Hall in Quaker Farms. Because of the widening of Hog's Back Road where it joins Quaker Farms Road, in 1952 one of these trees was re- moved to the north side of Christ Church.
At 11.15 Addresses were made by the Hon. Wilbur L. Cross, Governor of the State of Connecticut, and by Senator Henry M. Bradley.
Early events in the history of the Quakers Farms district were depicted in several scenes. At the Roberts house, under the di- rection of Miss Flora Roberts an old time sewing bee was enact- ed. On the steps of Christ Church, with Mrs. Harry Andrews as Chairman, a scene was enacted portraying a group of parish- ioners, "lingering about the steps of the meeting house after serv- ice, discussing the crops, the neighbors and the events of the day."
"In the meadow of Mr. Carl Chandler, (now belonging to Mr. Walter R. Dann) under the leadership of Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson, a short distance west (sic) of Christ Church, the Derby Town Meeting of 1798 was reproduced. This town meeting gave the decision which made Oxford a separate town. The players ex- acted the exciting doings of that day, when the voters of Derby were outwitted and the Oxford voters were rewarded for their seven long years of perseverance and unfaltering determination.
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"THE YEARS THAT ARE PASSED" AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT ST. PETER'S AND CHRIST CHURCHES BY THE REV. HENRY S. DOUGLAS ON SUNDAY, OCT. 6, 1935
This address, covering some twelve pages of typewritten mat- ter, was delivered the same year as the Connecticut Centenary, but not as part of the Oxford Celebration, which took place in June 1935. It is well written, and exceedingly interesting, and without it the writer of the present history would have had a dif- ficult time. Fortunately, Mr. Douglas gave him a copy of it be- fore he left Oxford. I have quoted freely from it, placing the items in their proper place chronologically. Much of it applies only to St. Peter's Church. Therefore, to save space, as practi- cally all of the items about Christ Church have been included in this history, the address is not given in its entirety.
1936 ANNUAL MEETING - CHURCH SUPPER
Before the 1936 Annual Meeting, supper was served by the ladies, in Community Hall. This is the first of such suppers recorded in the vestry minutes. At this meeting Miss J. Mabel Lum was elected Assistant Treasurer to assist her father, Mr. C. A. Davis, who was in poor health.
The vestry elected were Messrs. R. Z. Hawkins, Clarence Roberts, Leslie Tomlinson and R. Harold Treat.
New Church Members elected were, - Caroline Hall, Hilda Palmer, Edgar C. Palmer, Jessie Thorsen, Elsie Stanton, Sadie C. Oleson, Earl S. Oleson, Annie L. Kemp, Laura H. Schreiber (Mrs. Thomas) and George Martin.
DEATH OF MRS. MARTIN
In the minutes of the 1936 Annual Meeting, mention is made of the death of Mrs. Martin.
A memorial tablet to Mrs. Martin was placed later on the south wall of the church, reading as follows, -
IN LOVING MEMORY CATHERINE I. MARTIN 1872-1935
MEMBER OF THE VESTRY CHOIR MOTHER TEACHER IN THE CHURCH SCHOOL
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1937 ANNUAL MEETING MISS LUM ELECTED TREASURER
At the 1937 Annual Meeting, Mr. C. A. Davis being in increas- ingly poor health, Miss J. Mabel Lum was elected Treasurer. The vestry, Messrs. Christ Christiansen, H. Treat, C. Roberts, Leslie Tomlinson, Robert Z. Hawkins and Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson and Mrs. Caroline Hall.
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES A. DAVIS
At a vestry meeting held March 22, 1937 Messrs Thomas Schreiber and R. Harold Treat were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions on the death of Mr. Charles A. Davis, Senior Warden.
THE 125th ANNIVERSARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, QUAKER FARMS 1937
The Waterbury Republican for Sep. 13, 1937 gives the follow- ing account of the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the "opening" of Christ Church, -
"A large number of old-time members attended a special service at Christ Church, Quaker Farms yesterday afternoon, marking the 125th anniversary of its opening. The service was led by the present rector, Rev. H. S. Douglas and music was by a vested choir of 24 young persons.
"Rev. Chauncey Linsley of Berkley Divinity School, New Haven, gave the anniversary address and Rev. Mark T. Carpenter, rector of St. James Church, Derby, made the address of greeting. Others taking part were Rev. H. J. Edwards of Trinity Church Seymour; Rev. Thomas Shannon of Emmanuel Church, Ansonia, Rev. Fran- cis J. Smith of Zion Church, North Branford, and Rev. Louis L. Perkins of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Shelton, Rev. Sidney Wallace of Portland, former lay reader was present. The adult choir of Trinity Church, led by Mrs. Harry O. Landgreen, aug- mented the children's choir of Christ Church. Mrs. Beatrice Thayer was organist. Women of the parish served refresh- ments on the lawn after the service."
It perhaps should be pointed out that there is no record of the actual date of the "opening" of Christ Church. It is known that construction work started in Oct. 1812, but it is not known when services were first held in it. At the earliest, it could not have been before the autumn of 1813, so apparently the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the opening, held in 1937 was at least a year ahead of time.
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MR. THOMAS SCHREIBER ELECTED SENIOR WARDEN
At the 1938 Annual Meeting, Mr. Thomas Schreiber was elected Senior Warden, in place of Mr. Charles A. Davis, de- ceased. Mr. Leslie Tomlinson was elected Junior Warden. Vestry, - Messrs. Robert Z. Hawkins, Christ Christiansen, Clarence Roberts, R. Harold Treat, and Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson, Mrs. Caroline Hall and Mrs. Ben Salvesen. One new church member was elected, Mr. (Andrew) David Hall.
CHANGES TO THE CHURCH MADE IN 1938
In 1938 the Ladies Society had the interior of the Church re- painted, the walls being buff color, and the vaulted ceiling blue with the center, flat portion white or gray. At some time before this, it is said that both the flat and rounded parts of the ceiling were blue.
In the same year, double doors were placed in the rear in- terior wall of the church, for convenience at funerals.
THE ALTAR PAINTINGS
In the summer of 1938, the Vestry accepted an offer from Miss Clara Hawkins of a painting to hang on the wall back of the altar, "in memory of Miss Hawkins' father and mother", to be done by Miss Malvina Barth of Westville. The Ansonia "Evening Sentinel" of April 24, 1939, gives an account of the Dedicatory Service held at Christ Church the previous Sunday, "at which the altar painting of Christ, given by Miss Clara Hawkins of Derby, in memory of her father and mother, the late Samuel and Celestia Hawkins, was fittingly dedicated." Mrs. Hawkins was organist in Christ Church for many years.
Two other paintings by Miss Barth were set in place in 1942, one on either side of the central one. The one at the south side of the altar was in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Jump "and his sister Elizabeth E. Pippin." This was a picture of Christ and the fishermen. The other, at the north side of the altar was in memory of the Rev. William A. Woodford 1868-1923. This was a picture of Christ and the children.
In 1954 the Annual Meeting adopted a new decorative plan, and in accordance therewith the paintings have been removed from the chancel wall and it is planned (Jan. 1954) to remount at least two of them on the rear wall of the church.
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1939 ANNUAL MEETING
At the 1939 Annual Meeting, Mr. Douglas reported that there were thirty families in the Parish, and that the Ladies Society had had the interior of the church re-painted, and had placed double doors at the rear of the church. Also that a new carpet had been laid, the gift of Miss Mabel Lum and Mr. Ralph Davis.
New church members elected were Lillian L. Abel, Mrs. Henry Wells and C. Bennett Thorsen. Vestry, - Messrs. Thomas Lovdal, Harold Treat, Clarence Roberts, R. Z. Hawkins, Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson, Mrs. Caroline Hall, Mrs. Edgar Palmer and Mrs. Ben Salvesen.
SECOND HISTORICAL SKETCH BY THE REV. H. S. DOUGLAS
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The minutes of the 1940 Annual Meeting state that "Mr. Douglas gave an interesting account of the building of Christ Church". Presumably this was taken from the Historical Sketch which he wrote at the time of the Connecticut Tercentenary.
1940 ANNUAL MEETING
One new church member was elected, Mr. Martin Burkelman. The vestry remained the same as the previous year, with the addition of Mrs. Elsie Stanton.
1941 ANNUAL MEETING
Two new church members were elected, - Mrs. Anne C. Schukai and Miss Helen L. Pomeroy. A complete list of the members of the parish is given in the minutes.
Messrs. Clarence Roberts and Edgar Palmer were appointed a committee "to take up the matter of getting electricity to the church, providing the cost is not too much."
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CHAPTER XX WORLD WAR II. TO RESIGNATION OF REV. H. S. DOUGLAS
On Dec. 7 1941 Japan made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands and President Roosevelt came before Congress and asked it to declare war, which it promptly did.
Those men who entered the armed services from Quaker Farms, as given on the framed list hanging on the wall of the church lobby are as follows, -
Entered Service Branch
Gold Star Sigurd Lovdal
March 1941 U.S. Navy Air Corps
Leonard K. Swenson
March 1941 U.S. Army
Ingeman Johnson
March 1941 U.S. Army
Joseph P. Witek
March 1941 U.S. Army
Ole F. Kinney
March 1942 U.S. Army
Francis R. Drew
May 1942 U.S. Army
Frederick J. Drew G. George Gunderson May 1942
April 1942
U.S. Army
Gold Star Stephen R. O'Donovan July 1942
Robert W. Treat
June 1942
U.S. Army Air Corps
Irwin Lawrence
Nov. 1942
U.S. Navy
Earl S. Oleson
Oct. 1942
U.S. Navy
Thomas J. Sweeney
Nov. 1942
U.S. Army
Robert A. Stanton
Dec. 1942
U.S. Army Air Corps
Raymond J. Godshall
Feb. 1943
U.S. Army
Frederick A. Nash
March 1943 U.S. Army
Gilbert P. Roberts
April 1943
U.S. Army Air Corps
Joseph G. Gray
Feb. 1941
U.S. Army
Stanley Drew
Sep. 1943
U.S. Navy
Harold Tilquist
Sep. 1943
U.S. Army
Harold W. Olsen
March 1944
U.S. Navy
Joseph D. O'Donovan
Feb. 1944
U.S. Navy
Gold Star Alvin H. Treat
May 1944
U.S. Army
Carleton H. Treat
Aug. 1944
U.S. Army
Red Star Kenyon Congdon
On the outside of the church is a bronze memorial tablet, bearing the same names, the only difference being that Stanley Drew's name follows that of Frederick Drew.
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U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
On the rear wall of the church proper is the following mem- orial tablet, -
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
S. Robert O'Donovan 1925-1945
Alvin H. Treat 1920-1945
Sigurd Lovdal
1916-1945
ANNUAL MEETINGS 1942-1947
1942 - New members elected, - O. Bennett Thorson, Jr., Aron Swenson, Leonard K. Swenson.
1943 - At the Annual Meeting Mr. Douglas reported thirty- five families comprising eighty-three communicants and one hundred ten baptized persons. Seventeen members in the armed forces. A committee was appointed to inspect foundations and recommend necessary repairs. The vestry through 1941, 1942 and 1943 was the same as in 1940.
CUSTODIANS OF SECURITIES
1944 - Vestry same as in 1943 with addition of Aron Swenson. Mr. Douglas recommended a furnace for the Church building. Jan. 10, 1944 Miss J. Mabel Lum and Mr. Thomas Schreiber were made custodians of 9 shares of American Telephone and Telegraph stock, 10 shares of Connecticut Light and Power Co., 8 shares Chase National Bank and $28.00 cash to be deposited in Seymour Trust Co.
1945 - Vestry same as 1944. New members elected were Joseph G. Gray, Alice M. Gray, Eleanor Kuss, G. H. Kuss, Louis Tomlinson, Pauline Tomlinson, Mrs. Rachel Lundblom. It was voted that receipt for securities from Seymour Trust Co. be kept in Miss Lum's private safe deposit box. Mrs. Hawkins elected auditor.
1946 - Vestry same as 1945. New members elected at Annual Meeting Jan. 12th were Prentice W. von Wettberg, Lydia L. von Wettberg, Aurel E. Mangold. Auditor - Mrs. Hawkins.
1947 - Vestry: Robert Hawkins, Louis Tomlinson, Mrs. Sal- vesen, Mrs. Leslie Tomlinson, Prentice W. von Wettberg, Mrs. Dann, Mr. Jenkins, Elsie Stanton, Caroline Hall, Joseph Gray. New members elected at Annual Meeting Jan. 27th - Mr. Eugene Jenkins, Jr., Katherine H. Dann, Gerald M. Boudreau, Harold F. Mann, Joan Smedley. Auditor - Mrs. Hawkins.
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The Building Committee was instructed to see about repairs to the church steeple. Also it was voted to install an electric blower for the Mason & Hamlin reed organ, limited to around $200.00. This work was done later.
135th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH
As we have already seen, the approval of the erection of a chapel in Quakers Farm, was given by St. Peter's Church Feb. 10, 1812; a subscription list was drawn up Feb. 12, 1812; the first meeting of the subscribers was held Feb. 19, 1812, and construction started in October 1912. Subscriptions were due Jan. 1, 1813, and it is presumed that the church was completed in that year. It was not consecrated until 1817.
On Sunday, Sep. 21st., 1947 at 2:30 P. M., a special service was held, observing the 135th Anniversary of the building of the church. The service was in charge of the rector, the Rev. Henry S. Douglas, and the preacher was the Rev. Frank E. Blaikie, Rector of St. James Church, Derby.
A number of other clergymen from neighboring parishes were present, and several participated in the service.
Following the service, a reception was given at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Dann.
ANNUAL MEETING 1948
The Rev. Henry S. Douglas presided, and all officers and vestry were reelected for one year. New Church Members elected were, - Mr. Stiles B. Twitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Litchfield, Mr. Charles Doherty and Mrs. Ann Haywood Doherty.
Mrs. Ella C. Hawkins was elected Auditor and Mr. Norman Litchfield, Substitute Auditor.
RESIGNATION OF THE REV. HENRY S. DOUGLAS
In April of 1948 Mr. Douglas presented his resignation, sig- nifying his intention to retire from the ministry. At a special parish meeting held April 28th 1948, it was voted to accept Mr. Douglas' resignation with deep regret, to take effect Sep. 1, 1948.
A committee was appointed to obtain a successor to Mr. Douglas, consisting of the two wardens (Mr. Schreiber and Mr. Tomlinson), and Mrs. Johanna M. Salvesen, and later the name of Mr. Norman Litchfield was added to the committee. After consultation with the bishops of the diocese, and with a com- mittee of St. Peter's Church, Oxford a call was extended to the
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Rev. Wm. E. Soule to be Priest in Charge of both Parishes. At the time of this call, Mr. Soule was teaching at the Fairfield Country Day School and acting as Assistant to the Rector of St. John's Church, Bridgeport.
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CHAPTER XXI
THE REV. WILLIAM EMERY SOULE, B.D.
PRIEST IN CHARGE 1948 TO DATE
Mr. Soule was born in Worcester, Mass. He obtained his early education at Philips Exeter Academy. He was graduated from Harvard University in the Class of 1910 and from the Epis- copal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1916 and was ordained Deacon Dec. 21, 1916. He was ordained to the priest- hood Jan. 6, 1918.
Two of his great interests have been in the fields of education and music, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music from Boston University in 1935. He is an accomplished organist and has a wide knowledge of hymnology. He assisted in the prepar- ation of one of the musical editions of the hymnal published in 1936. His first service in Christ Church was Sunday Sep. 5th 1948. He is now Chairman of the Diocesan Commission on Church Music and a member of the committee on Architecture.
ANNUAL MEETING 1949
At the Annual Meeting held March 7th, 1949, the Rev. Wm. E. Soule presided for the first time. Mr. Thomas Schreiber re- signed as Clerk at the beginning of the meeting, and Mr. Norman Litchfield was elected in his place.
Church members elected, - Miss Thelma Lovdal, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Twitchell, Mrs. Carmen Congdon, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Woodworth.
It was decided to have a vestry of nine persons, one third to serve for three years, and one third for two years and one third for one year, - thereafter, all terms to be for three years.
CLERK AND TREASURER VOTED MEMBERS OF THE VESTRY
A canon of the Diocese provides that the Clerk and the Treas- urer "may be members of the Vestry". At the 1949 Meeting, it was voted that the Clerk and the Treasurer be also members of the vestry, in addition to the nine other vestrymen; the terms of the Clerk and Treasurer as vestrymen to be for one year only.
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OFFICERS ELECTED AT THE 1949 ANNUAL MEETING
Mr. Thomas Schreiber was elected Senior Warden, Mr. H. Leslie Tomlinson, Junior Warden, Miss J. Mabel Lum, Treas- urer. (Mr. Litchfield had been elected Clerk at the beginning of the meeting.)
Vestrymen for one year 1949, Mr. Joseph D. Gray, Mr. Charles Doherty, Mrs. Idelle Tomlinson.
Vestrymen for two years, 1949-1950, Mrs. Johanna M. Salvesen, Mr. Stiles B. Twitchell, Mrs. Katherine Dann.
Vestrymen for three years, 1949, 1950, 1951 Mrs. Elsie Stanton, Mrs. Caroline Hall, Mr. Prentice W. von Wettberg.
CHECKING ACCOUNT AUTHORIZED
At the 1949 Annual Meeting, for the first time in the church's history, it was decided to open a checking account at the Sey- mour Trust Co. so that all bills could be paid by check and a better accounting system obtained.
OTHER MATTERS AT THE 1949 ANNUAL MEETING
The Ladies Society reported that the interior of Community Hall had been redecorated.
A list of the duly elected members of Christ Church showed a total of 52 persons.
MINUTE BOOK 1900-1949
At a vestry meeting held April 4, 1949 it was decided to de- posit the minute book of the vestry covering the years 1900 to 1949 with the Seymour Trust Co. for Safe Keeping. This has recently (1953) been turned over to the Diocesan Archives.
"CHURCH NEWS", - LATER, "BABBLES"
In January 1949 Mr. Soule started a Parish Letter, entitled "Church News", for both St. Peter's and Christ Church. The name was changed later to "Babbles from the Rectory Book".
"EARLY" SERVICES
Immediately on taking charge, Mr. Soule instituted regular celebrations of the Holy Communion, at 8 A.M. During the mod- erate weather months these are held on the 1st, 3d, and 5th Sundays of the month at St. Peter's and on the 2d and 4th
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