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THE AVERY CARPENTER FARM Now known as the Spring Hill Farm and owned by Irving and Fred E. White
MRS. EMMA (CORNELL) PAUL is well remembered for her good work as a teacher.
JAMES NEWELL was supervisor of the seventh school district in 1860 when the Cushman Union Sunday School was organized. Later he became a very successful teacher in the school.
The older villagers remember with gratitude the delightful messages of Rev. George Miner of Pawtucket, who was a fre-
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qnent preacher in the little school house some forty odd years ago. George M. Chace, our benefactor was named for him.
Among those yet with us and deserving special mention for their good works' sake are :
MR. and MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN, devoted helpers for many years in every possible way.
THE HUNT FARM Now the property of Arthur Newell
PETER DEAN, came from England and settled in Adams- dale 1901, buying that same year the Lee farm which he now occupies. Helpful especially in the musical part of the services, and "ready always for every good work."
MISS FLORICE A. GUILD, daughter of worthy parents, a life long resident, early in life consecrated to the Master's service, a willing and devoted helper, whose years of service in many capacities in Sunday School, C. E. Society and Church are greatly appreciated.
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REV. JOHN WHITEHILL, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, Oldtown, North Attleboro, since 1869, has been a friend and helper of the work at Adamsdale from its beginning. He was born in Scotland, came to this country at the age of eleven, studied at Amherst College and Andover Seminary. His name is known and held in esteem throughout all this region.
HON. JOIIN F. ADAMS, former mayor of Pawtucket and once proprietor of the cotton mill at Lanesville, an active helper in the earlier days of our work, is still one of our trustees and interested in our prosperity, though living at Pawtucket. Besides his business and political distinctions he is well known as a com- poser of music. He acted as organist at the laying of the corner- stone and at the dedication of the Chapel, and has often spoken at special services.
MRS. NANCY (CARPENTER) HIXON. an old and suc- cessful teacher in our Sunday School, now lives in Cumberland, R. I.
MRS. IMOGENE MAXCY, who also, rendered valuable service as a Sunday School teacher, now resides in Hebronville, Mass.
MISS EMMA LEWIS, at one time organist, Sunday School and Christian Endeavor worker, lives in Carver, Mass., with her sister, Miss Mary E. Lewis, also a willing and devoted helper and first President of our Christian Endeavor Society.
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX, for eight years our efficient church secretary, now lives in Hope Valley, R. I.
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MISS BERTHIA HUDSON continues to render helpful service as soloist and worker.
MISS ERNESTINE BRIEN is a helper in so many fields of activity that it is hard to enumerate them.
We would not forget MRS. FRANK E. GAY, daughter of the late Henry A. and Julia (Guild) Clark. She is the mother
THE BARTON I. CHACE HOMESTEAD Now owned by Bertha Hudson
of nine mighty fine children, all of whom are members of our Sunday School.
Among our church workers who have done much to make our social life clean, sweet and wholesome, alike to our friends and neighbors are Mrs. Asa A. Newell, Mrs. George Carpenter, Mrs. Arthur Newell, Mrs. Nellie Winterbottom, Mrs. Elizabeth Park- er, Mrs. George King, Jr., Mrs. Wendell Hudson, Mrs. Peter Dean, Mrs. May Lake and Mrs. Irving White.
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HENRY B. CARPENTER and CHARLES A. CARPEN- TER have given gratuitous services as sexton since the erec- tion of the Chapel in 1883, an important service faithfully ren- dered through the years, and well worth commemorating.
CHARLES B. DONLE of Providence has visited us many times and given interesting addresses to the Sunday School.
THE HENRY A. CLARK HOMESTEAD Now the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank E. Gay
GEORGE A. LIVINGSTON, superintendent of the M. E. Sunday School in North Attleboro, has been a helper on several occasions, both as speaker and singer.
ELMER C. WIGHTMAN of Pawtucket, worthy son of our superintendent, has done generous service with his automobile in conveying speakers and others back and forth between the church and car line.
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E. SYKES GOODWIN of Providence, architect, designed and superintended the construction of the Wightman Belfry and the Guild Sunday School Room.
Rev. James D. Dingwell of the Central Falls Congrega- tional Church, Rev. Seelye Bryant of the South Attleboro Church, Rev. Floyd L. Carr of the Roslindale Baptist Church, Rev. Henry A. Cornell of Providence and Rev. Charles D. Crane of Sayles- ville are good and valued friends.
REV. B. F. SIMON, for many years at Arnold's Mills, has assisted on many occasions. He took part at the laying of the corner-stone of our church building and at its dedication.
THOMAS SADLER, the South Attleboro manufacturer and churchman is a good friend, a welcome guest and a frequent after dinner speaker.
MRS. DEBORAH KNOX LIVINGSTON, the brilliant temperance worker, is remembered for her addresses, given before she became the wife of Rev. Benjamin T. Livingston, a gifted pastor of Bangor, Maine.
REV. and MRS. C. H. HEPTONSTALL of Burma, and Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Kennedy of China, have favored us with helpful addresses on their work in the far East.
The Pawtucket Times, Pawtucket Chronicle and the North Attleboro Chronicle have been liberal, fair, impartial and just in reporting the affairs of our church and village; for which we thank them.
SAMUEL PRESTON and his daughter Margaret are well remembered for their religious activities ; he as a leader, and
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she as a singer. Miss Preston was accidentally drowned Novem- ber 7, 1913, and Mr. Preston now resides at Valley Falls.
Miss Julia L. Gay, our Christian Endeavor pianist, and Masters John Dean and Mervin C. Gay, cornetists, have added much to our religious meetings by helpful service freely given.
Groups of students from Brown University and young people from the Saylesville Memorial Church have favored us with their help and blessed us by their presence.
VIEW ACROSS THE BRIDGE THAT SPANS ABBOTT'S RUN
Among those who have entertained us on special occasions are Peter Dean and Miss Bertha Hudson of Adamsdale, Miss Vera Stockard and Miss A. Dorothy Smith of Providence, Miss Gladys E. Whyte of Denver, Miss Vivien M. and Miss Marian G. Lewis of Brown University.
Among those not already mentioned who have occasionally assisted in the religious work at Adamsdale are Rev. Henry
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Natsch, Rev. L. S. Woodworth, Providence, Willis E. Goodhue, Norwich, Conn., who died in 1904, Rev. P. W. Bakeman, Han- chow, China, Ernest Blake, Rev. J. II. Thompson, Ludlow, Vt., Deacon J. S. Macdonald, Providence, Rev. D. M. McPhail, Portland, Oregon, John A. Medbury, G. A. R., East Providence, Professor M. L. Crossley, Wesleyan College, Middletown, Conn., Benjamin Slocum, Providence, Leonard W. Cronkbite, Hingham, Mass., Rev. H. C. Long, Newton Theologieal School, Rev. Frank Wheeler, Wakefield, Mass., deceased, Rev. Clark Perry, East Providence, and J. F. Morrell, Providence.
It has been estimated that teams furnished by the Robert and George Cushman Company and its successors, the Cushman, Phillips Company and the Atwood, Crawford Company, were driven between 1860 and 1890 upwards of 6000 miles in convey- ing workers to and from the services at the Cushman Union Sunday School.
A Few Remembrances
The land on which the church stands was donated by George M. Chace, now a member of the Providence police force.
A large Bible for the pulpit was given by JJoseph Wood, first superintendent and first elerk of the Central Falls Congregational Church.
A silver call-bell was presented to the Sunday School by Mrs. Delia (Stanley) Brown, for many years teacher in our District School.
A handsome silk American flag was given by the Women's Relief Corps of North Attleboro, with appropriate exercises, in December, 1911. Mrs. Thomas Smith delivered the address. .:
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A portion of the land on which the carriage shed stands was donated by Charles A. Carpenter, one of our Trustees.
The stove in the kitchen was the gift of the Union Baptist Church of Providence, and the organ in the Guild Sunday School room was given by the Union Baptist Sunday School, of which our pastor is superintendent.
STANO1
GEORGE M. CHACE Donator of the land on which the church stands
The little portable organ, of such inestimable help in our summer outdoor services, was the gift of Superintendent J. L. Wightman.
The belfry was donated by the Sunday School and its friends, and dedicated to Superintendent and Mrs. J. L. Wightman.
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The church bell was given in memory of Dwight Clayton Lewis, a member of Hope High School, Union Baptist Church and Y. M. C. A. all of Providence.
Adam MacWhinnie, Treasurer and General Manager of the Spencer Yarn Company, materially aided the improvements of 1913 by contributions of lumber.
CHURCH AUDITORIUM, EASTER 1912
The wall clock in the Guild Sunday School room is the gift of Charles G. Guild of Lake Charles, La., and the wall lamps were donated by Mrs. Henry A. Guild and her daughter, Miss Florice A. Guild.
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George M. Chace contributed a generous portion of the land on which the street from Adamsdale to South Attleboro was constructed.
Behind the pulpit in the auditorium is a picture of Christ given by Rev. A. F. Bassford of Oregon, one time acting pastor. On the walls of the auditorium hang the likenesses of George
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNICKERS, 1913
Cushman, Henry A. Guild, Abner Atwood, Fred Angell, Jerry L. Wightman, and J. H. Phillips, which were contributed by friends and relatives.
Our venerable and much loved trustee, John F. Adams, former mayor of Pawtucket, in the old days rendered valuable help by liberal contributions of money.
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Officers and Committees, 1914
ACTING PASTOR
GEORGE H LEWIS
DEACONS
JERRY L. WIGHTMAN PETER DEAN
CLERK AND TREASURER
MISS FLORICE A. GUILD
AUDITOR
HENRY B. CARPENTER
ORGANIST
MISS FLORICE A. GUILD
STANDING COMMITTEE ACTING PASTOR, DEACONS, CLERK-TREASURER, MRS. A. A. NEWELL, MRS. MAY LAKE, MRS. ELIZABETH PARKER, MRS. SARAH E. WINTERBOTTOM
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TRUSTEES
JOHN F. ADAMS, Chairman, HENRY B. CARPENTER, Clerk ASA A. NEWELL, C. A. CARPENTER, WENDELL HUDSON J. L. WIGHTMAN, PETER DEAN
OFFICERS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL Superintendent, J. L. WIGHTMAN Assistant Superintendent, PETER DEAN
Second Assistant Superintendent, HAROLD E. GAV Secretary-Treasurer, HENRY B. CARPENTER Librarian, HAROLD E. GAY Organist, FLORICE A. GUILD
OFFICERS OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY President, MISS FLORICE A. GUILD)
Vice President, MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN Secretary -Treasurer, MISS ERNESTINE E. BRIEN
SOCIETY OF CHEERFUL HELPERS President, MISS FLORICE A. GUILD
Vice-President, MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN Secretary-Treasurer, MRS. MAY LAKE
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN, Chairman; MRS. ELIZABETH E. PARKER MRS. LUCY DEAN, MRS. ROSE A. HUDSON, MRS. ANNA E. NEWELL, MRS. JENNIE CARPENTER, MISS BERTHA HUDSON
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Clerks of the Cushman Union Church
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX 1900-1902 .
MRS. NELLIE WINTERBOTTOM .
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1902-1907
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX .
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1907-1913
MISS FLORICE A. GUILD .
. 1913 - date
Treasurer of the Cushman Union Church
MISS FLORICE A. GUILD
1900-date .
Superintendents of the Cushman Union Sunday School
GEORGE CUSHIMAN
1860-1861, 1863-1866
A. D. NICKERSON
1861-1862
S. T. MALLERY
1862-1863
ROBERT CUSHMAN
1866-1867
J. H. PHILLIPS
G. E. LEESON
II. A. GUILD
ABNER ATWOOD
. 1870 -- 1873, 1875-1877, 1897 -- 1899 1873-1875, 1877-1888 . 1888-1893
S. D. CLARK
1893-1894
GEORGE U. PROAL
1894-1895
SAMUEL MOFFITT
1899-1899
FRED ANGELL
1899-1901
ISAAC FLEMING
1901-1902
J. L. WIGIITMAN
1895-1897, 1902-date
Assistant Superintendents of the Cushman Union Sunday School
A. D. NICKERSON
GEORGE CUSHMAN .
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1860-1861
1861-1862
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1867 -- 1868 1868-1870
FRED GAV
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A. D. NICKERSON
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1863-1866 .
J. H. PHILLIPS ROBERT CUSHMAN
ABNER ATWOOD
SAMUEL CLARK
1882-1883
S. D. CLARK
1883-1887
GEORGE U. PROAL
1892-1894, 1899-1900
II. A. GUILD
§ 1868-1870, 1873-1875, 1877-1882 ( 1887-1892, 1894-1897, 1900-1901 1898-1899, 1901-1902 .
FRED ANGELL
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MISS F. A. GUILD
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1902-1908
PETER DEAN .
. 1908-date
Secretaries of the Cushman Union Sunday School
NO RECORD
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1860-1874
JAMES NEWELL
1874-1875
JOSHUA COONS .
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1875 -- 1877
II. B. CARPENTER .
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Treasurers of the Cushman Union Sunday School
NO RECORD
1860-1874
JAMES NEWELL
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JOSHUA COONS .
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. 1875-1877
H. B. CARPENTER
.
Librarians of the Cushman Union Sunday School
NO RECORD
1860-1874
HERBERT LEWIS
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1874-1875
ASA A. NEWELL
1875-1883 . H. A. GUILD
1883-1888
D. C. MOWRY
1888-1892
C. A. CARPENTER
1892-1894
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1862-1863, 1867-1868 1870-1873, 1875-1877
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. 1877-date
1874-1875
1877-date
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1866-1867
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MISS F. A. GUILD
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1894-1898
WALTER ANGELL
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1898-1901
ELMER WIGIITMAN
1901-1905
WILLIAM PARKER
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1905-1906
HAROLD GAY
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1906-date
Assistant Librarians of the Cushman Union Sunday School
NO RECORD
1860-1874
JESSE CARPENTER
.
.
1874-1875
H. B. CARPENTER
1875-1883
C. A. CARPENTER
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.
.
1883-1892
H. A. GUILD
1892-1894
MISS ABBY S. NEWELL
1894-1898
WALTER ANGELL
1898-1903
CLARENCE HANDY
1903-1905
HAROLD GAY
1905-date
Presidents of the Cushman Union Christian Endeavor Society
MISS MARY E. LEWIS
1888-1889
MISS DELL CLARK
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1889-1890
C. A. CARPENTER
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1890-1890
MRS. ALMIRA MOWRY
1890-1891
MISS WINNIE CARPENTER
1891-1892
H. A. GUILD
1892-1893
GEORGE PROAL
1893-1894
MISS ABBY S. NEWELL
1894-1895
WALTER ANGELL
1895-1896
MISS EMMA LEWIS
1891-1891, 1898-1898
F. N. ANGELL
1897-1898, 1898-1899
MISS FRANCES FIRTII
1899-1900
MRS. J. L. WIGIITMAN
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1896-1897, 1900-1901, 1904-1907
PETER DEAN
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1907-1911
MISS F. A. GUILD
. 1895-1895, 1901-1904, 1911-date
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Vice Presidents of the Cushman Union Christian Endeavor Society
MISS DELL CLARK
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MISS ROSA COOK
1890-1891
MISS IDA MOWRY · .
1891-1891
GEORGE GUILD
1893-1894
MISS ABBY S. NEWELL
1897-1897
MISS EMMA LEWIS
. 1892-1893, 1894-1895, 1897 -1898
1899-1900
MISS ROSIE BURNS . .
1901-1901
MRS. NELLIE WINTERBOTTOM
1901-1902
FRED ANGELL
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1904-1904, 1907-1908
MISS F. A. GUILD
1889 -- 1890, 1891 - 1892, 1895-1896 1904-1906, 1908-1910
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX
1895-1895. 1896-1897, 1898-1899 1900-1901, 1910-1912 1903-1904, 1912-date
Recording Secretaries of the Cushman Union Christian Endeavor Society
MISS ALMIRA MOWRY
1889-1890
MISS DELL CLARK
1891-1892
MISS WINNIE CARPENTER
1888 - 1889, 1890-1891, 1892-1893
MISS ABBY S. NEWELL .
1889-1889, 1893-1894 1895-1896
CHARLES CARPENTER .
MISS F. A. GUILD 1890-1890, 1894-1895, 1896-1897, 1898 -1899
MISS JENNIE HOWARTH
1899-1900
1900-1901 FRED ANGELL .
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MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN
1901-1904
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX
1897 -1898, 1904-1907 .
MISS E. E. BRIEN
1907-date
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WALTER ANGELL .
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1902-1903
MISS ERNESTINE E. BRIEN
MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN
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1888-1889
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Corresponding Secretaries of the Cushman Union Christian Endeavor Society
MISS MARY E. LEWIS
1888 - 1892
MRS. J. B. CARPENTER
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1892-1893
MISS F. A. GUILD
·
1893-1897
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX
1897-1898
MISS F. A. GUILD
1898-date
Treasurers of the Cushman Union Christian Endeavor Society
MISS WINNIE CARPENTER
1888-1890
MISS EMMA LEWIS
1890-1890
MISS MARY ROBBINS
1890-1891
C. A. CARPENTER
1891-1893, 1895-1896
MISS F. A. GUILD
1894-1895, 1896-1897, 1898-1899
MISS JENNIE HOWARTH
1899-1900
FRED ANGELL
. 1900-1901
MRS. J. L. WIGHTMAN
1901-1904
MRS. BENJAMIN TARBOX
1897-1898, 1904-1907
MISS E. E. BRIEN
.
.
1907 -date
ADAMSDALE-MAY THE LITTLE COMMUNITY GROW AND PROSPER! MAY THE LITTLE CHURCH AND ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ENLARGE THEIR TENT, LENGTHEN THEIR CORDS, STRENGTHEN THEIR STAKES, AND BE FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME A CENTER OF BLESSING, COMFORT AND POWER.
HENRY ARTHUR CORNELL
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