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The Reverend Sears, 1806-1810
The new white meeting house with its dull red roof waited until 1806 for its first full-time minister. In that year the Rev. Freeman Sears came to Natick. Instead of the usual Harvard graduate, he was from Williams College.
Sears was a Cape Codder from Harwich, and although generally in poor health, he was an excellent choice, beloved by his parishioners. In our vault are his complete records, kept in his own writing. His
One Sunday Morning
Henry Durant, who founded Wellesley College in 1870, had a great love of preaching in local churches. He would travel considerable distances to preach on a Sunday morning, and his delivery was so good that he was always welcome. One Sunday in 1866, Durant gave the sermon at our church. Henry Wilson (then U. S. Senator from Massachusetts, and later Vice-president under Grant) was sitting in a pew down near the front, as a visitor. Durant gave a particularly stirring sermon, cutting deep to the hearts of his listeners. At the close of the sermon, Mr. Wilson surprised the entire congregation by standing up in his pew and asking permission to say a few words. Permission was granted, and in humble tones Mr. Wilson acknowledged the great honors that had been his through the years, and the wealth that had come his lot. Then, with a tremor in his voice, he concluded, saying: "But I have never felt so needy in my whole life as I do this morning. I need Jesus Christ, and I would like to join the Church." Perhaps no more heartfelt request for membership was ever recorded in our Church's history.
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title for our church was "The Church of Christ in Natick," a title also used by Oliver Peabody. Undoubtedly Sears had what is today known as tuberculosis, and its slow advance diminished his ability, for his ministry ended with his death in 1810. He was buried in the church cemetery. His body was removed to Dell Park Cemetery in 1857, where his church friends erected his present quaint monument.
In 1802 the church voted to keep church matters separate from the town, so from that time on the church was more independent. The earliest entry in the 1802 record book shows that it was voted to use real Malaga wine for communion purposes, although many entries soon show terrible strictness in all temperance matters.
Selling the "100 Acres," 1812
In 1812 the church voted to petition the General Court for "liberty to sell the ministerial lot, in order to raise a fund for support of the gospel." The petition was granted and the church appointed trustees to sell the ministerial "100 acres."
It is now interesting to see what some of this land, now very valuable, was sold for.
1/2 acre in front of the meeting house . $ 55.
231/2 acres between Grove and Willow Sts. $118I.
81/2 acres between Willow St. and North Ave. $ 425. 1/2 acre to the north of the meeting house . $ 51.
4 acres on the north corner of Pond and Main Sts $ 250.
The lands not sold included all the streets, meeting house lot, part of common and the three center cemeteries (Indian on Pond Street, church cemetery where Natick Trust Co. building stands, and one, soon moved, at south corner of Pond and South Main Street).
In 1857 a question of ownership of the church cemetery arose. The Town of Natick now claimed this cemetery and the question went to court. The court decided in favor of the town, as it was declared to be a town cemetery. The bodies in the cemetery were then moved to Dell Park Cemetery, and the town proceeded to sell this less than half acre for $15,000. This half acre brought, for the town, more than three times the amount the entire 82 acres had brought the church forty- five years before. However, the church still has the money for which it sold its lands.
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The Church and Town Grow Up
After the death of Freeman Sears, the church elected Martin Moore as minister, and he came in 1814. He was a Brown University graduate and brought many new ideas to our church. In 1818 our first Sunday School was started with Oliver Bacon as superintendent. Mr. Moore organized a committee for examination of church members. He started the first "Total Abstinence" pledge in 1831. He held the first "revival," then known as "Four Days Meeting," in 1831.
The vigorous Martin Moore left us in 1833, leaving a church of 170 members. The Rev. Erasmus D. Moore, an Amherst graduate, was then elected minister.
In 1834 the Boston and Worcester Steam Railroad came through Natick, and the town began to grow. The congregation was increased, and the little meeting house became too small. A new meeting house was voted and the small building, now painted yellow, was moved to Summer Street, where it eventually became a factory.
VII. The Fifth Building, 1834
T HE NEW meeting house was white colonial with a high pillared front and a fine belfry. The building cost $8,000. It was a beauti- ful construction, typical of the New England church of that period.
Erasmus D. Moore left in 1838. The following year the Rev. Samuel Hunt became our minister. He was an Amherst College and Princeton graduate, and was paid the salary of $650. It was during his ministry that Henry Wilson, later vice president of the United States, came under his influence. Wilson often voiced his great appreciation of this influence.
Mr. Hunt was with our church for eleven years, during which he started the church on its missionary or benevolence giving. Mr. Hunt left us in 1850 for a larger pastorate, later became secretary to Henry Wilson.
In 1852 the Rev. Elias Nason became minister at the then large salary of $900. The town was again growing and the wooden meeting house was declared too small. The building was sold to a Universalist Society (soon defunct), and was afterward sold by them to the Roman Catholic Church as their first Natick church home. When it was sold by us it was moved to the south side of East Central Street.
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THE TIBAT CHESGRB
THE SIXTH MEETING HOUSE, built in 1853-54 at a cost of $28,000 and completely destroyed by the great Natick fire of 1874. INSERT - The fourth meeting house, and the first one erected in Na- tick Center, was built in 1799. This building was used by the Church until the congregation outgrew it and a larger construction was voted in 1834.
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Our Sixth Meeting House, 1852
A brick church building was then erected on the same site at a cost of $28,000. A really fine edifice for those days, it had a bell and a fine organ.
Mr. Nason, after a six year pastorate, left for a larger church, and the Rev. Charles M. Tyler came as minister. Natick was now a town of 5,000 inhabitants, so he was granted the huge sum of $1200. This salary was soon raised to $1600.
Mr. Tyler, while here, was chosen by the town to serve in the legislature, but soon left for a chaplaincy with the Union troops during the Civil War, after which he left for a large pastorate in Chicago.
In 1869 the Rev. Jesse H. Jones came as minister with a large salary of $2000, and it really was a tremendous salary for that generation. A dollar a day at that time was considered a good wage for an ex- perienced laborer. Mr. Jones stayed two years and left us in 1871.
Natick was by now quite a town, growing and most prosperous. Some quite sizeable fortunes were starting, and the church also pros- pered. Looking for an exceptional man as minister, the church found the Rev. Francis N. Peloubet, who came to us in 1872. (Salary $2,500!)
The Fire of 1874
In 1874, on January 13, the great fire occurred, when we lost our church building which had just been enlarged and improved at con- siderable cost. We accepted the kind offer of the Baptist Church to meet in their vestry until we could erect our "temporary tabernacle."
This latter was a one story, flat-roofed structure, about 64 by 68
The Burning of a Steeple
A description of the great Natick fire of 1874, as reported in The Natick Bulletin of January 17th, said: "The burning of the spire of the fine Congregational Church was a mag- nificent spectacle, though a sad one. The body of the edifice had been consumed and had fallen in, leaving the spire standing like a flame-sheeted spectre. As the covering became burned it left the flame exposed to view, presenting a complete net- work of glowing fire with here and there little jets of variegated smoke puffing out. Just before the bell fell from its position, it gave three mournful strokes, as if in solemn farewell."
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feet in floor space, built at a cost of $1,700. Located just south of the present police station on Park Street, the building was used for over two years until the new church was completed.
In March of 1874 the Parish voted to buy the "bakehouse lot" to the east, and then voted to erect a new brick church building, seating 750 people, at a cost of nearly $50,000.
VIII. Our Building of Today
T HE NEW church building, our present one, was started, and in May 1875 the cornerstone was laid, enclosing the usual sealed metal box containing contemporary and historic church documents. This new building was to be suitable for a growing and prosperous community, so time was taken to do a fine piece of work. At least two years were taken to finish the Gothic style structure. While the audito- rium was being completed, services were held in the main vestry until 1881.
In 1876, Leonard Morse provided the bell we now use. It weighs 2531 pounds and still calls us for service. Nathaniel Clark gave the clock for the spire, and a Mrs. Fiske gave the sanctuary clock.
The church, under Dr. Peloubet, prospered and the average Sunday congregation was over five hundred. The Sunday School had 40 classes with a membership of 620. All this was in 1877 when Natick had a population of 7400. Dr. Peloubet combined his active parish duties with much writing. Even today some of his books are used as study or text books. The Peloubet ministry lasted until 1883.
THE REVEREND STURGIS, 1884-1903
In 1884 the Rev. F. E. Sturgis came as minister. In those days the largest part of the church income came from pew rent. The pews were bought, or really hired, by their occupants, and the resulting rent provided over ninety percent of the church income. The privilege of having first choice of pews was auctioned off to the highest bidders.
In 1891 the church purchased one half of the wall of the Woodbury building on the south side and voted to enlarge the church by an addition in that direction, and this was done. Mr. Sturgis, in 1898, was paid a salary of $3,000, so evidently he was most successful. The
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FORMER MINISTERS
THE REVEREND DR. MORRIS H. TURK 1903-1911
THE REVEREND DR. F. E. STURGIS 1884-1903
THE REVEREND DR. FRANCIS N. PELOUBET 1872-1883
Winnemay Street parsonage had been given by Riley Pebbles, subject to a life payment to him of $300 anually.
The nineteen year ministry of Mr. Sturgis came to an end with his resignation in 1903.
Church Receipts Dwindle
That same year Dr. Morris H. Turk was chosen minister with a salary of $2000, plus free use of the parsonage. He started preaching in January 1904. The church income at this period was receding. Undoubtedly all the newer churches that had arisen in Natick were drawing from our membership. In 1906 the church receipts were $6000. (Nevertheless, over $1000 was spent for music.) In 1907 receipts were $5500; in 1908, $4800.
In 1909 receipts rose to $5100. And in 1910 the church started to get weekly or annual pledges to supplement the pew rent. Dr. Turk was given a leave of absence to go on a mission to Turkey, but he soon sent in his resignation.
In 1912 Arthur W. Ackerman was called as minister. He had been a business man who had later entered the ministry and was 55 years old -somewhat older than the ministers we had called before. We were still paying a $2000 salary. Dr. Ackerman was the last minister to follow the Victorian custom of wearing very formal layman's dress while in the pulpit. Many of us have a very clear mental picture of Dr. Ackerman in his immaculate black "Prince Albert" coat, his care- fully pressed black trousers, and the stock collar with the huge tie.
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Church and Parish Combined, 1914
In 1914 the two separate bodies of church and parish were combined, and we were a single legal unit, as the First Congregational Parish of Natick was dissolved. The church was legally given the Ministerial Fund and all properties formerly held by the Parish.
THE REVEREND BACON, 1923-1939
On Dr. Ackerman's retirement, the Rev. Alvin C. Bacon came as minister in 1923. Mr. Bacon was a direct descendant of Jeremiah Bacon who left South Natick in the early 1700's because his wife was afraid of the Indians.
Mr. Bacon had been educated at Andover, Williams, Hartford and Edinburgh. His scholarly background and army chaplain experience were admirably suited to his task, for within a year or two great numbers of members were added. Sixty-six persons joined the church at his first Easter service. The total of 107 new members in the year 1924 was a state record and received quite a bit of publicity. Mr. Bacon, at the church request, returned to the old colonial custom of wearing a gown in the pulpit, a custom since followed.
During the Bacon ministry, the church sanctuary was renovated, the woodwork refinished, and the sombre paint changed to a lighter color. The Sunday School was increased, and on many Sundays the entire main and south vestries were full. A new parsonage on Florence Street was purchased during this period of prosperity. This is our present parsonage.
Mr. Bacon's long ministry came to an end in 1939, and the Rev. Frederick W. Alden was called.
THE REVEREND ALDEN, 1939-1946
Mr. Alden installed an office in the church building for the minister and his secretary. Regular office hours were established. This office
Our Own Disciples
The following men, who grew up as members of this Church, chose the field of ministry for their life's work: Leander Coolidge, Amasa C. Fay, Howard D. French, Ernest Lynch and Ferdinand A. Travis.
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soon became a busy place, for World War II was with us. Mr. Alden started a newsletter for our many members in the armed forces, and carried on a steady correspondence with nearly all of them.
Mr. Alden was a man of tremendous energy, and his tireless nature was reflected in the growth of church activities. However, this energy was needed in larger fields, so he resigned to accept the position of Minister to the New Hampshire State Conference in 1946.
THE REVEREND PAUL D. TILLER
In 1947 Paul D. Tiller came as minister. He had been educated at McMaster University and Harvard. His unanimous election was partly due to the powerful sermons heard by the selection committee, and the congregation has been enjoying similar sermons every Sunday since.
Our church is expanding as befits a growing community, and many welcome new citizens are becoming members. As we look back on the three hundred years of Christian service represented by our church, we pray that the church may enjoy another, even greater, three hundred years. Our active participation today can guarantee a good start toward its next great anniversary.
THE JUNIOR CHURCH, for junior high and high school students, meets before the regular church service on Sunday mornings.
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CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS
THE WOMEN'S UNION was founded in 1903, united all the women's groups of the Church at that time into one organization for a stronger, combined effort. The Union meets the fourth Tuesday afternoon of each month at the Church. Basically a social and religious group, the Union devotes effort toward home and foreign missions, and cooperates in general upkeep and activities of the Church. It sponsors two annual rummage sales and a Christmas bazaar. Its approximate membership is 250, and all women of the Church are invited to become members.
THE MEN'S CLUB holds dinner meetings at the Church on the third Thursday of each month, followed by entertainment, speakers, movies or games. Designed to stimulate good fellowship, the group sponsors a Sunday School Outing, Church Bazaar, special Christmas lighting, and an annual Club outing. An outgrowth of the Men's Class (later called the Eldridge Class) which originated around 1920, the Club has approximately 165 members.
THE COUPLES' CLUB consists of a group of young couples in the Church who meet together for friendship and entertainment. Monthly dinner meetings are held at the Church featuring varied speakers and games. Occasional donations are made to the Church, and the Club sponsors its own annual picnic. Founded about 1928, the Club has around 100 members.
THE NURSERY DEPARTMENT of the Sunday School, for little children three and four years old, meets during church service.
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CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS
THE STITCH & STORY CLUB was originally organized in 1912 for younger matrons and business women who were unable to attend afternoon meetings. Its purpose is to promote the interest of its mem- bers in social and religious activities of the Church and to advance home and foreign missions. Meetings, held in the west vestry of the Church the first Monday of each month, consist of a short business session, worship service, speaker and refreshments. The club has ap- proximately 55 members, and all women of the Church are invited to join.
THE SENIOR CHI ALPHA is an outgrowth of the old Christian En- deavor group, with membership made up of boys and girls of high school age. Meeting Sunday evenings at the Church, the group is primarily social, sponsoring occasional dances and an annual retreat. Its present membership is about 25.
THE JUNIOR CHI ALPHA, very similar in activity to its senior group, is for boys and girls of junior high school age and meets Sunday evenings at the Church.
THE FAMILY CLUB, a comparatively new group established in 1949, is designed to encourage recreation of the whole family as a unit. Supper meetings are usually followed by games, dancing or educa- tional movies. Membership is about 60.
THE KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT, for children between the ages of four and six, meets every Sunday morning from 11:00 to 12:00.
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STER of MEM!
OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH of NATICK active as of April, 1951
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MRS. LUCILLE M. BAKER
Jan. 5, 1936
MRS. MYRTLE ABBOTT
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. SUSAN C. BAKER
April 8, 1945
DR. RICHARD N. ABBOTT
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. BLANCHE B. BALCOM
May 20, 1934
MRS. ELIZABETH ACKEN
June 8, 1947
LOUIS H. BALCOM
April 8, 1928
RALPH D. ACKEN
June 8, 1947
RICHARD BALCOM
May 4, 1941
MRS. AIMEE ADAMS
May 4, 1941
ROBERT M. BALCOM
May 4, 1941
MRS. ELIZABETH C. ADAMS
MRS. ELIZABETH A. BARBER
Oct. 6, 1946
HERBERT F. ADAMS
MRS. MABEL V. ADAMS
April 16, 1939 March 28, 1948
KENNETH F. BARBER
May 3, 1936
RICHARD W. ALBRECHT
March 28, 1948
RUTH E. BARBER
April 8, 1945
MRS. MARY A. ALLEN
April 20, 1930 March 1, 1908 Dec. 3, 1950
MRS. RUTH I. BARBER
March 27, 1932
MRS. HELEN ALLISON WILLIAM ALLISON
Dec. 3, 1950
CHARLES BARKER, JR.
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. ELEANOR ANDERSON EMIL ANDERSON
Dec. 3, 1950
DAVID BARKER
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. ESTHER W. ANDERSON
MARCIA BATES
May 20, 1934
MRS. EVELYN L. ANDERSON
PHILIP D. ANDERSON
MRS. METHYL G. BATES WILLIAM B. BATES
May 3, 1936
RUSSELL J. BAYLEY, SR.
May 4, 1947
MRS. RHODA N. BAYLEY
MRS. MABEL L. BEAN
FLORENCE E. BEARCE
JAMES R. P. BELL
MRS. LEOTA BENEDICT
MRS. BARBARA BENT
May 3, 1936
MISS MARION BENTON
Dec. 5, 1948
SIDNEY M. ATKINSON
March 7, 1886
MRS. DOROTHY AUSTIN
April 20, 1924
MRS. MIRIAM AVERY
Dec. 3, 1950
MRS. MARY T. BIGELOW
May 7, 1916 April 20, 1924
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WILLIAM FRANCIS BIGELOW WILLIAM REED BIGELOW
July 6, 1879
MRS. ETHEL M. BADGER
Jan. 4, 1920
ANDREW A. BIGGS
April 9, 1950
JOEL W. BADGER
Fan. 4, 1920
MRS. RUTH BIGGS
BRADBURY J. BAGLEY
Jan. 3, 1943
ARTHUR H. BIRKETT, JR.
MRS. LAURA W. BAGLEY
Jan. 3, 1943
FRANK C. BISHOP
March 1, 1914
HARRY D. BAKER
May 3, 1936
FRANK M. BISHOP
May 6, 1923
LLOYD A. BAKER
April 8, 1945
MRS. ILIONE E. BISHOP
March 1, 1914
April 4, 1926 Nov. 3, 1907 April 17, 1949 May 4, 1941
MRS. ROBERT M. BALCOM
Dec. 7, 1947
MRS. FISKE ADAMS
HENRY A. BARBER
May 20, 1934
MRS. HENRY A. BARBER
March 27, 1932
MRS. HOPE H. ALBRECHT
JANET M. BARBER
May 1, 1938
EDWARD H. ALEXANDER
CHARLES BARKER
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. GRACE BARKER
Feb. 4, 1951
Dec. 3, 1950
GRACE E. BARTLETT
Jan. 3, 1897
WALTER J. ANDERSON, JR.
DONALD ARCHER
MRS. ELIZABETH ARCHER
MRS. E. FRANCES ARMSTRONG
JOHN G. ARMSTRONG
JOHN G. ARMSTRONG, JR.
MRS. AGNES ATKINSON ARTHUR G. ATKINSON
March 25, 1951 April 4, 1926 April 4, 1926
MRS. DOROTHY BEWLEY GERTRUDE BIGELOW DOROTHY BIGELOW
Dec. 3, 1950 Nov. 6, 1887
FRANK ATKINSON
April 17, 1949
MARY ELIZABETH BIGELOW
April 6, 1947
MRS. FLORENCE S. ATKINSON
April 17, 1949 Nov. 6, 1904 April 20, 1930 January 6, 1918 March 25, 1951
May 4, 1947 April 8, 1945 Jan. 3, 1886 April 20, 1930 Dec. 3, 1944
April 7, 1946 March 28, 1948 April 7, 1946 March 28, 1948 April 17, 1949
Jan. 4, 1920
MISS ELEANOR C. ADAMS
MILO BALCOM
May 20, 1934
April 9, 1950 Dec. 3, 1950
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ROSTER OF MEMBERS
MRS. MARY O. BISHOP
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WENDELL BISHOP
Fan. 6, 1924 March 27, 1932 April 9, 1950
MRS. SELMA CAISSE
GEESKE BOEKEE
MRS. MARY CHANDLER
MRS. MARIA BOEKEE
Dec. 4, 1949
MRS. S. ELIZABETH CHAPIN
WILLIAM BOEKEE
Dec. 4, 1949
MRS. MURIEL CHASE
Fan. 7, 1906 April 9, 1950
MAURICE A. BOND
April 9, 1950 April 9, 1950
PHILLIPS F. CHASE
Dec. 4, 1949 Dec. 4, 1949
MRS. GRACE M. BOSWORTH
May 4, 1941
MRS. EVELYN CLARK
May 1, 1904
MRS. ALICE BOUTILIER
Jan. 2, 1944
MRS. PHYLLIS E. CLARK
RUSSELL BOUTILIER
Jan. 2, 1944 Jan. 4, 1920
MRS. MAUDE F. CLAY
ELROY H. BOWKER
March 27, 1932
MRS. ELVA CLIFFORD
Dec. 7, 1947
BARBARA BOWMAN
April 17, 1949 April 6, 1947
MRS. VIRGINIA CLIFFORD
RUSSELL S. BOWMAN
Dec. 3, 1950
STEPHEN I. CLOSE
MRS. JANICE BOWMAN
Dec. 3, 1950
GEORGE CLOVER
MRS. HAZEL R. BRADFORD
Jan. 1, 1922
MRS. MARION CLOVER
MRS. ELLA L. BRADY
March 7, 1920
MRS. KATHERINE COADY
March 25, 1951
RICHARD BRADY
KEMPTON J. COADY
March 25, 1951
MRS. EVELYN L. BRAGDON
June 18, 1944 May 5, 1935 April 20, 1924 Dec. 3, 1950
MRS. KATHERINE P. COFFIN
MAHLON H. BRAGDON
MELVIN H. COFFIN
CHARLES BRICKLEY
MRS. JESSIE COFFIN
MRS. LOIS BRICKLEY
Dec. 3, 1950
MISS GERTRUDE M. COLBURN
MRS. SUZANNE BROCKERT
March 25, 1951
MRS. HELEN M. COLLINGHAM
WILLIAM O. BROCKERT
March 25, 1951 July 6, 1890
MISS GEORGIANA COLLINS JOHN F. COLLINS
MRS. HELEN A. BROOKS
Nov. 3, 1940
MRS. LUCY R. COLLINS
LUCILLE E. BROOKS
May 5, 1907
MISS CAROLINE COLUMBIA
WARREN F. BROOKS
Nov. 3, 1940
GEORGE A. COLUMBIA
WARREN F. BROOKS, JR.
May 2, 1943
MRS. HELEN COLUMBIA
FRANK O. BROWN
Nov. 6, 1887 Dec. 5, 1948
RICHARD CONNELL
June 2, 1946 May 4, 1941
MISS MARION K. BROWN
May 4, 1919
MRS. NELL C. COOPER
May 4, 1941
A. PAUL BUCCHERI
March 28, 1949
MISS JEAN COTTON May 2, 1943
MRS. ELLA MAE BUCCHERI
March 28, 1948 Nov. 30, 1924
MRS. ALICE M. COUTU
April 9, 1950
MILDRED I. BUELL
May 5, 1907
ARTHUR C. Cox
April 7, 1946
MRS. ELEANOR BULLIS
April 9, 1950 April 9, 1950
MRS. ELIZABETH G. Cox
HOMER M. BULLIS
MRS. NATALIE CROSBY
MRS. BELLE BURLEIGH
March 25, 1951 March 25, 1951 April 8, 1945
MISS ANNE CROWE FRANK A. CROWE
MRS. MILDRED A. BURBIDGE
MRS. FRANK A. CROWE
June 18, 1944
MRS. SHIRLEY A. BUTCHARD
MISS BARBARA CUMMINGS
F. HAROLD BUTCHMAN
MRS. MAUDE CUMMINGS
May 20, 1934 June 24, 1923 April 20, 1924 Fan. 3, 1886
MRS. MYRTLE A. BUTLER
MRS. EMILY L. CURLEY
May 4, 1941
MRS. PAULINE H. BUTLER
May 4, 1941
MRS. EUNICE C. CURTIN
May 2, 1943
WILLIAM P. BUTLER
May 4, 1941
ROBERT V. CURTIN
May 2, 1943
WILLIAM P. BUTLER, JR.
June 1, 1947
MRS. MYRTLE CURTIS
March 25, 1951
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April 7, 1946 April 9, 1950 April 9, 1950 Nov. 4, 1888 May 6, 1923 March 5, 1905 April 17, 1949 April 9, 1944 April 17,1949 April 17, 1949 April 17, 1949
JOAN BROWN
ARCHIE C. COOPER
MRS. ELSIE G. BUCKLEY
JOSEPH COUTU
April 9, 1950
April 7, 1946 May 3, 1936 June 8, 1947 June 18, 1944
ROBERT BURLEIGH
April 6, 1939 Fan. 3, 1943 Fan. 3, 1943 April 17, 1949 May 7, 1933
MRS. GERTRUDE BUTCHMAN DAVID BUTLER
MRS. RUTH CUMMINGS MRS. GRACE CUPPLES
March 28, 1948 June 11, 1944
MRS. MILDRED BOND
MRS. PHILLIPS F. CHASE
April 20, 1924 April 20, 1930 June 21, 1908
MISS VIRGINIA CLARK
MRS. FLORENCE A. BOWERS
PAUL CLIFFORD
ROBERT BOWMAN
April 7, 1946 April 7, 1946 March 5, 1905 Feb. 4, 1951 Feb. 4, 1951
SADIE E. BROOKINGS
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THE CHURCH CHOIR, whose singing brightens our Sunday services. Front row (left to right): Mrs. Leslie Marcuse, Miss Mary Lee Rogers, Miss Elsie Teshu, Walter Marcuse, Mrs. Edith Carey, Mrs. Martha Pawle, and Miss Mary Leavitt. Second Row: Richard Sanborn, Mrs. Evelyn Bragdon, Miss Sally Perkins, Mrs. Bessie Dowse, Mrs. Maria Boekee, Miss Martha Griffin, Mrs. Betty Damon, Miss Priscilla French and Miss Dianne Morris. Rear row: Harrison Thorpe, Donald Hubbard, Kenneth Damon, Melvin Heefner, Walter Perkins, George Columbia, Paul Clifford and Walter Peterson,
ROSTER OF MEMBERS
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KENNETH R. DAMON
Feb. 4, 1951
MRS. ELINORE FITCH LOWELL E. FITCH AUSTIN FITTZ, JR.
Dec. 5, 1948
Dec. 5, 1948
MRS. VERA ELISABETH DAMON Feb. 4, 1951 LLOYD E. DANFORTH
ARTHUR W. FITZGERALD
June 27, 1915
MRS. RUTH R. DANFORTH
MISS ISABELLE DECKER
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