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DEACONS.
Daniel Little,
Aug. 6, 1752
Peter Eastman,
Ang. 6, 1752
Benjamin Kimball,
Jan. 23. 1754
John Calfe,
Apr. 20, 1773
Samuel Currier,
June 1, 1776
Timothy Goodwin.
June 1, 1776
Moses Little.
May 3, 1804
Job Kent.
Apr. 30, 1812
John True,
May 2, 1816
John Emerson.
Mch. 2, 1821
Jonathan Kent,
.
Dec. 23, 1824
Joshua Eastman,
Nov. 24, 1848
Joseph Chase,
Aug. 16, 1859
William Sanborn. .
Aug. 16, 1859
Caleb W. Williams,
Aug. 11, 1872
Charles W. Pressey.
Dec. 31, 1884
John W. Garland,
Dec. 30, 1891
William H. Davis,
Dec. 30, 1896
Forrest E. Merrill,
Dec. 30, 1896
John C. Sanborn,
.
Dec. 31, 1902
CHURCH OFFICERS, 1902.
Rev. Walter H. Woodsum, Pastor.
Deacons-Pressey, Garland, Davis, and Merrill.
Church and music committee-Dea. (. W. Pressey, Dea. Wm. H. Davis, Dea. John W. Garland, Dea. Forrest E. Merrill, Charles W. Garland, Albion D. Emerson and John C. Sanborn. Supervisors-John C. Sanborn, Albion D. Emerson, Albert H. Little.
Clerk-John C. Sanborn.
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Treasurer-Rev. Rufus P. Gardner, succeeded by Miss Mary E. Spollett.
Organist-Mrs. Frank W. Emerson.
Auditor-Wm. A. Emerson.
Janitor-W. Amos Fitts.
Church service-Morning, 10.45; evening, 7. Sunday school, 12 o'clock.
Junior Endeavor Society, 3.30 P. M. Senior Endeavor Society, 6 P. M.
Midweek prayer meeting, Thursday, 7.45 P. M.
Ladies' Social Circle-Wednesdays, at 2 o'clock P. M.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper-First Sunday of January, March, May, July, September, and November.
MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN HAMPSTEAD, JUNE, 1902.
The numbers following the names correspond with the number in the list of all members from 1752 to June, 1902. (See "List " and "Sketches of Members.")
Males.
1 William HI. Davis, 437 20 W. Amos Fitts, 667
2 Caleb W. Williams, 515 21 Carlton HI. Barnes, 672
3 William A. Emerson, 533 22 Forrest E. Merrill, 692
4 Charles W. Garland, 544 23 Lester A. Williams, 686
5 John S. Corson, 546 24 George .J. Penneo, 705
6 James W. Sanborn, 548 25 Harlan P. Clark, 700
7 William A. Griffin, 554 26 Horace W. Little, 718
8 Charles W. Pressey, 557 27 Charles F. Foote, 719
9 Ezra W. Foss, 570 28 Edwin L. Corson,
10 Rufus A. McNiel, 591
11 John C. Sanborn, 596
12 John W. Garland, 602
13 Albert H. Little, 604
14 Frederick Spollett, 610
15 Russell A. Woodward, 619 16 Ethelbert B. Woodward, 632
17 Eugene L. Spinney, 640
18 Albion D. Emerson, 652
19 Gfiles F. Marble, 665
29 Amasa W. Hunt, 727
30 Richard Winters, 732
720
31 Walter A. Johnson, 743
32 Bradley N. Haynes, 744
33 Albert E. Haynes, 746
34 Richard Ordway, 752
35 George A. F. Picard, 770
36 Rev. Walter H. Wood- sum, 772
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Females.
1 Judith S. Eastman, 261
2 Mrs. Caroline M. Chase, 418 3 Sarah B. Emerson, 439
4 Mary J. Sanborn, 449
Annie L. Merrick, 465
6 Lucy A. Adams, 470
1- Clara A. Davis, 476
8 Mary M. Irving. 497
9 Sarah A. Rowe, 503 45 Ada E. Garland, 625
10 Miss Annie E. George, 473 46 Abbie I. Little, 631
11 " Abbie M. Stevens, 505
47 Alice H. Randall, 657
66 Laura A. Spinney, 641
13 Sarah JJ. Brown, 509 49 Annie G. Sawyer, 643 50 Miss Mary L. Hoyt, 64-4
14
66 Mary A. Tabor. 510
15 Emily Marble, 513
16 Belinda G. Wilson, 517
52 FannieM. Edwards, 647
17 Mary E. Eastman, 523 53 Etta M. Tupper, 657
18
6. Clara A. Clark, 525
54
.. Annie L. Eastman, 664
55 Dora A. Barnes, 673 56 " Fannie E. Little, 674 57 Miss Anna M. Bartlett, 677 58 Mrs. Carrie E. Pressey, 675
59 " Minnie E. Emerson, 679 60 Mrs. Ruth A. Little, 680
61 62 Mary L. Noyes, 681 Annie B. Sanborn, 685 63 Miss Agnes C. Millar, 506 64 Mrs. Susan E. Pepper, 688 65
6. Annie S. Mills, 689
28 29
66
Lydia W. Foss, 571
30 66
1. Amanda Cass, 573 Mary A. Masterman574 Sarah A. Randall, 592 Christie L. McNiel,578
31 32 33 34
66 Mary A. Bragdon, 594
35 36
66 Mary E. Putnam, 600
Hannah B. Griffin, 606
37 Mrs. Emeline E. Mooers, 60S 38 Miss Mary E. Spollett, 612 39 Mrs. Eunice A. Hoyt, 616 40 Miss Martha A. Stevens, 618 11 Mrs. Esther S. Bassett, 620 42 Miss Cora M. Bassett, 621 43 Mrs. Minnie C. Steele, 623 .. Abbie M. Tabor, 624
23 24 25 26 27
M. Etta Fitts, 550
Mary E. Griffin, 555
66 Clementine W. Pressey, 558
Sarah E. Chandler,562 Sabrina D. Noyes, 563
66 Annie L. Mills, 689
67 Alice M. Merrill, 693
68 Mary S. F. Smith, 694 69 Miss Annie J. Wilson, 695 70 Lill'n D. Ranlett, 697 71 Mrs. Jane R. Davis. 699 72 Miss Helen E. Spinney, 700 73 " Ethel L. Sanborn, 701
19 Nellie R. Trow, 531
20 Mary C. Atwood, 532
22
21 66 Abbie H. Emerson, 534 Mary E. Corson, 547 Flora A. Sanborn, 549
51 Mrs. Louisa B. Boyd, 645
12 Mrs. Lizzie P. Pillsbury,508 48
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74 Miss Grace M. Bassett, 703
96 Miss Mary F. Heath, 749
75 Mrs. Josephine Clark, 711 97 Ora L. Ordway, 751 76 " Olivia A. Tabor, 712 98 Mrs. Mabel E. Butrick, 753 77 Miss Gertrude S. Pills- 99 Abbie C. Frost, 754
bury, 713
100 .“ Mary G. Emerson, 755
78 Esther B. Kent. 714 101 4 Carrie P. Noyes, 756 102 Miss Alice C. Fitts, 757
79 Elisabeth M. H. Smith.
715
103 Myrta A. Little, 758
SO Mrs. Josie F. Tabor,
722
104 Leona C. Garland.759
81 Miss Mary G. Davis,
723
82 Mrs. Rinda A. Davis,
724
105 Mary E. Sherman, 760 106 Mrs. Alice E. Pillsbury, 761 107 Maggie C.Conner, 772 108 Miss Laura E. Merrill, 763 109
85 Mercy A. Woods,
729
86
Clara MeD. Hart, 730 110
87 Lydia M. Wells, 731
111 Elsie M. Bartlett, 766
88
" Lilla H. Whittier, 736 112
89 Miss Fannie F. Davis, 737
.. Caroline E. Sher- man, 767
90
Ada M. Ranlett. 738
113
Esther G. Bailey, 768
91 Sarah O. Brickett, 741
114
66 Ida M. Clark, 769
92 4 Minnie M. Fitts, 742 115 Mrs. Florence Picard, 771
93 Mrs. Sarah A. Haynes, 745 116 Grace Woodsum, 773
94 4 Daisy B. Haynes, 747
117 Mary W. Thomas, 774
95
" Hattie M.Cheney. 748
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
In all ages we find the teacher and the taught. The earli- est people, as well as the savages, must have been taught by observation or by painful experience. In ancient Hebrew times the rabbi, or wise men, taught the people how to live, how to act, and how to keep well, but not especially of death. Antoninus, Plutarch, Confucius, Demosthenes, Sene- ca, Socrates, and other learned men of the times, taught the ethical life, the orderly society, and the essentials of happi- ness. In the so-called medieval times the teaching was of ignorance, darkness, and of death. Such teachers as Bacon,
Agnes F. Osgood, 764 MildredB. Osgood, 765
83 Miss Alice G. Spinney, 725
84 Mrs. Lois J. Hunt, 728
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Newton, Kepler, and Humboldt, and in later years Darwin, Spencer, Huxley and Heckel have taught that the ethical and natural life was the only rational life.
All subjects that have engaged the attention of mankind have had teachers and pupils.
Classes have been formed for the study of the Bible since the days of Abraham and Moses, as shown in the book of Nehemiah, which tells of a church school. We read that " Jesus, when twelve years of age, was an earnest scholar within the courts of the Temple."
It is, therefore, probable that a class or school was formed in Hampstead by the earnest band of Christian workers who gathered in the log meeting house fifteen years before the Church of Christ was organized, although we find no authen- tie account of an organized Sunday school before 1818, and even then, and later to 1875, the records are very imper- fect.
The past twenty-five years or more a flourishing Sunday school has been carried on by a corps of faithful teachers and interested pupils.
The officers of the Sunday school are elected annually at the church meeting. The school remembers the Sunday before Christmas with sacred observance, Christmas eve with a tree, Easter and Children's Day with appropriate exer- cises.
They have a library of 500 volumes. The school has three grades, senior, intermediate, junior or primary, and uses " The Pilgrim Series " of lessons, by M. C. Hazard, Ph. D., and the hymn book, " Heavenly Sunlight," in their service of song.
The school was the first in Rockingham county to observe " Rally Day," in 1898, and annually in October the scholars take special pleasure in their " rallying service."
July, 1902, the officers, teachers and scholars were as fol- lows :-
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Superintendent-Forrest E. Merrill.
Assistant Superintendent-John C. Sanborn. Superintendent Home Department-Miss Mary E. Spollett. Superintendent Cradle Roll-Mrs. John S. Corson. Secretary and Treasurer-Miss Myrta A. Little. Librarians-Fred S. C. Grover and C. Park Pressey.
TEACHERS AND TIME OF SERVICE.
1. Rev. W. H. Woodsum, Senior Class, three months.
2. Mrs. Albert H. Little, 66
thirteen years.
3. Prof. F. E. Merrill, 66 fifteen
4. Mrs. Clara A. Clark,
5. Mrs. Jane R. Davis, 66 five
6. Dea. Wm. H. Davis, thirty
7. Mrs. Mary E. Eastman, .6 66
8. Mrs. Sarah J. Brown,
two
9. Mrs. Minnie E. Emerson, "
twelve
10. Mary L. Hoyt, Intermediate, ten ..
11. Minnie M. Fitts, Junior, three
12. Mrs. Inez A. Cass, " two
13. Mrs. Walter H. Woodsum, Junior, three months.
PUPILS OF REV. W. H. WOODSUM.
Bradley N. Haynes,
John W. Garland,
Albert E. Haynes, Charles W. Garland,
Charles H. Emerson, Eugene L. Spinney,
Albert H. Little,
George A. Picard,
Richard Ordway, Frank N. Pillsbury,
James W. Sanborn,
Henry W. Tabor,
John C. Sanborn, Fred S. C. Grover,
Albion D. Emerson,
C. Park Pressey,
W. Amos Fitts,
Clinton H. Davis,
W. Alonzo Griffin,
Edward M. Noyes.
PUPILS OF MRS. LITTLE.
Howard C. Cass, Will Adams,
Howard Putnam, Charles Page,
66
six
five ..
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Arthur Hurd, Thorndike Putnam,
Forrest H. Noyes,
Will W. Bond,
Elbridge Bailey, Lee W. Noyes, Clarence Fogg.
PUPILS OF PROF. MERRILL.
Mrs. Bradley N. Haynes,
Fannie M. Edwards,
.. John F. Foss,
" Mary E. Putnam,
. F. E. Merrill,
Miss Annie J. Wilson.
PUPILS OF MRS. CLARK.
Mrs. James W. Sanborn, John S. Corson,
Mrs. Charles W. Garland,
Henry W. Tabor,
. George A. Hoyt,
66 Carlos W. Noyes,
" Chas. H. Emerson,
Miss Mary E. Spollett,
Elmer E. Lake,
Aphia Bragdon,
Arthur H. Little,
Annie L. Kimball.
PUPILS OF MRS. DAVIS.
Elsie G. Bartlett,
Laura M. Spinney,
Ida M. Clark,
Alice J. Woods,
Agnes F. Osgood,
Maud B. Foss,
Mildred B. Osgood,
Alice B. Foss.
Pearl M. Hunt,
PUPILS OF DEA. DAVIS.
Mrs. Alden Pillsbury, Mrs. C. W. Pressey,
Helen M. Frost, " Sarah A. Rowe,
" Mary J. Sanborn, Alonzo Griffin,
Calvin A. Merrick, Miss Ada E. Nichols,
Mary A. Tabor,
Job Tabor,
PUPILS OF MRS. EASTMAN.
Mrs. Aaron Smith, Mrs. Wm. H. Woods,
Belinda G. Wilson, Benj. G. Hart, Miss Sarah O. Brickett.
James A. Davis,
Susan E. Pepper,
Mrs. Isaac Randall,
Angeline Penneo,
" Charles F. Adams,
W. A. Fitts,
Anna M. Bartlett,
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PUPILS OF MRS. BROWN.
Mrs. Emeline E. Mooers, Mrs. Young.
Sarah A. Randall,
PUPILS OF MRS. EMERSON.
Mrs. Albion D. Emerson, Miss Gertrude S. Pillsbury,
Frank N. Pillsbury,
Ora L. Ordway,
Albert E. Haynes,
" Ethel II. Spinney,
George A. F. Pickard,
" Alice G. Spinney,
Charles Bailey,
Lillian D. Ranlett,
. Frank Darling, John C. Sanborn,
Ida King,
. M. Frances Heath,
Richard Ordway,
Edith Foss,
Ellery E. Tabor,
Grace M. Bassett,
Miss Esther G. Bailey,
Ethel L. Sanborn,
· Abbie C. Grover,
66 Louise Emery,
.. Alice Page,
Mary G. Davis,
" Fannie F. Davis.
« Maud Rowe,
PUPILS OF MISS HOYT.
Margaret Clark,
Carrie E. Sherman,
Bessie Vigneault,
M. Disa King.
Abbie A. Heath,
Glennis F. Ranlett,
Leona C. Garland,
Gladys W. Ranlett,
Pearl G. Ranlett,
Maud S. Putnam,
Laura E. Merrill,
Myrta A. Little,
Nellie F. Adams,
Alice Quimby,
Bernice M. Foss,
Ethel Page.
Alice Clark,
PUPILS OF MISS FITTS.
Ruth N. Bailey, Gladys Spinney,
Mary Buzzell, Edith M. Little,
Annie L. Buzzell, Nettie B. Sherman,
Elsie M. Buzzell,
Louise W. Emerson,
George J. Penneo, Jr.,
Winifred Winslow,
.. Elisabeth M. H. Smith,
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Ethel E. Edwards,
Edna Pressey,
(. Ruth Merrill,
George H. Emerson,
Jeanette E. Merrill,
Forrest Stickney,
Flora A. Tabor,
Mary A. Eastman,
Clara E. Fitts,
Florence Adams,
Hazel Norton,
Marion Adams,
Eleanor T. Randall.
Vida Lake.
PUPILS OF MRS. CASS.
Horace Adams,
Maurice Randall,
Arthur Vigneault,
Leon Edward,
Fred O. Bailey,
Wilfred Vigneault,
Forrest O. Bailey,
Forrest Tabor,
John A. Garland,
Wilfred Stickney.
PUPILS OF MRS. WOODSUM.
Ella M. Emerson,
Florence Buzzell,
Alice M. Emerson,
Ethel Hart,
Della Benoit,
Alta Edwards,
Mildred R. Garland,
Lucy Adams,
Florence Merrill,
Christie Heath.
Mary A. Merrill,
Elsie Vigneault.
Bessie Buzzell,
HOME DEPARTMEMT.
The Home Department was organized Jan. 1, 1898, with fifty-two members. Superintendent, Miss Mary E. Spollett. Assistants, Misses Lillian D. Ranlett, Ethel L. Sanborn. Total number of members, sixty-eight, of whom six have died, fifteen removed from town, six discontinued, and nine transferred to the main school.
The present officers are : Superintendent, Mary E. Spol- lett ; assistants, Mrs. Charles W. Garland and Mrs. Charles O. Cass, with a membership of thirty-one.
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THE MEMBERS OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
1 Mrs. Cynthia A. Alexander,
2 Mrs. Annie N. Beebe,
3 Anna L. Beede, 37 Miss Lizzie Worthen,
4 Frank J. Beede,
5 Clarence Boyce,
6 Mrs. Eva Cole,
40 Mrs. Mary George,
41 " Christia L. McNiel,
12 C. H. Wood,
43 Mrs. C. P. Noyes,
10 " Herbert W. Mills,
11 Carl W. Mills,
12 Mrs. Sabrina D. Noyes, 13
“ Sherman,
14 Boyce,
15 Lydia M. Wells,
16 Daniel H. Emerson,
17 Sarah A. Emerson,
18 Anna E. Emerson,
19 Wm. A. Emerson,
20 66
A. A. Webster,
21 Harriet A. Stevens,
55 Mrs. B. Frank Rowe,
22 23
.. M. F. S. Smith,
56 Carrie E. Sherman,
57 Mrs. Dorcas Brown,
58 " William Buzzell,
25 6. L. A. Townsend,
59 Florrie Buzzell,
60 Mrs. Frank Darling,
27 66
A. Lyle Eastman,
61 George Mitchell,
28 Eliza Cobb,
29 Mary E. Lake,
30 Estelle Hayes,
31 Charles W. Pressey,
32
66 Sarah S. Hoyt,
33 Mary A. Atwood,
34 Emma A. Marble,
35 Mrs. Martha E. Lake, 36 " M. E. Worthen,
38 " Wilfred Worthen, 39 Harry Worthen.
7 Eva Dearborn,
8 Miss Jane Mitchell,
9 Mrs. John Mills,
44 Ethel Hart,
45 Isaac W. George,
46 Mrs. Nelson Ordway,
47 " Nellie Robbins, 48 Nelson Ordway.
49 Mrs. Charles H. Whittier,
50 Charles W. Bailey,
51 Alfred P. Emerson,
52 John W. Garland, 53 Miss Lulu J. Corson, 54 Olive M. Noyes,
Lilla Vigneault,
24 Lydia T. Foote,
26 D. A. Barnes,
62 Miss Anna M. Bartlett, 63 Mrs. B. G. Hart.
64 Lester A. Williams,
65 Harlan P. Clark,
66 Mrs. Harlan P. Clark,
67 " Mary W. Thomas.
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CRADLE ROLL.
The Hampstead Sunday School was the first in the State to organize a cradle roll in the primary department (Laconia being one mail later) which was formed June 10, 1900, with Mrs. John S. Corson, superintendent, with twenty-eight mem- bers. Children retain their membership until the age of five years, when they may be transferred to the main school. The birthdays of the little ones, Christmas and Children's day, are especially remembered for them.
Since the organization eleven have been added to the reg- ular classes, two have died, and one removed from town. Present membership, twenty-nine. Names and dates of birth of the children received to Dec. 1, 1902 :-
Evelyn Worth Randall, b. Nov. 5, 1899. Marjorie Sanborn, b. April 9, 1900. Eunice Lake, b. Oct. 22, 1899. John Edgar Eastman, b. Nov. 6, 1899. Doris M. Spinney, b. July 31, 1897.
Louise W. Emerson, b. July 6, 1896.
Maurice I. Randall, b. Ang. 17, 1895. Clara E. Fitts, b. Aug. 19, 1895. Carrie H. Adams, b. July 3, 1899. Louis C. Darling. b. Feb. 26, 1898.
Wilfred D. Stickney, b. March 31, 1900.
Verta J. Wilson, b. March 31, 1900.
Lester A. Haynes, b. June 21. 1900; d. Apr. 16, 1901.
Elwin M. Darling, b. May 29, 1900; d. Sept. 15. 1901. Caroline Darling, b. Sept. 18, 1901. Adin E. Little, b. Oct. 28, 1898.
George H. Emerson, b. Nov. 15, 1897.
Burton L. Coombs, b. May 11, 1898. Jessie S. Buzzell, b. Sept. 21, 1899. Zelda L. Pressey, b. Oct. 11, 1898.
Vera May Coombs, b. Aug. 10, 1900.
Ernest C. Pillsbury, b. Oet. 19, 1900.
Hollis A. Emerson, b. Feb. 4, 1901.
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EVELYN W. RANDALL, FIRST MEMBER OF THE CRADLE ROLL ..
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Esther Picard, b. Feb. 21, 1901.
Perry E. Little, b. Apr. 12, 1901. Roland C. Emerson, b. Feb. 15, 1902. Wilbur Herbert Picard, b. Feb. 28, 1902.
Florence Adams, b. Dec. 21, 1895. Walter I. Tabor, b. Oct. 31, 1896. Earle E. Haynes, b. Feb. 27, 1896. Nettie B. Sherman. b. Apr. 20, 1896.
Elizabeth I. Mitchell, b. June 7, 1896. Vida A. Lake, b. March 10, 1896. Forrest E. Stickney, b. Oct. 8, 1896. Albert C. Lake, b. Oct. 18, 1897. Freda R. Fitts, b. July 21, 1900. Thalma H. Mitchell, b. July 28, 1900.
Elmer E. Buzzell, b. Feb. 21, 1902. Donald Fitts Sanborn, b. Sept. 13, 1902.
Everett C. Mills, b. May 25, 1902. Charles A. Fitts, b. Jan. 9, 1902.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY.
The Christian Endeavor Society connected with the church was organized in Hampstead, May 8, 1894, with twenty-seven members. The following officers were chosen : President, Forrest E. Merrill ; vice-president, Charles W. Garland : re- cording secretary, Lillian D. Ranlett : corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. Rufus P. Gardner : treasurer, Edwin L. Corson.
For 1895 : President, Annie J. Wilson ; vice-president, H. Walter Little: recording secretary, Mary G. Davis ; treasurer, Charles T. Foote. Mrs. R. P. Gardner held the office of corresponding secretary until her removal from town. September, 1901.
1896: President, John C. Sanborn ; vice-president, H. Ethel Spinney ; recording secretary, Esther G. Bailey ; treas- urer, Charles T. Foote.
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1897: President, Kimball K. Clark ; vice-president, Es- ther G. Bailey ; recording secretary, Addie B. Gardner treasurer, Lillian D. Ranlet.
1898 : President, Albion D. Emerson ; vice-president, Addie B. Gardner ; recording secretary, M. Frances Heath ; treasurer, Lillian D. Ranlett.
1899: President, Mary E. Spollett : vice-president, M. Frances Heath ; recording secretary, Mary G. Davis; treas urer, Richard Ordway.
1900: President, Mrs. Charles O. Cass; vice-president, H. Walter Little; recording secretary, Nellie M. Tabor ; treasurer, Richard Ordway.
1901 : President, Richard Ordway ; vice-president, Mrs. John C. Sanborn ; recording secretary, Laura E. Merrill ; treasurer, Mrs. Ellery E. Tabor.
Present officers, 1902: President, M. Frances Heath; vice-president, Mary E. Spollett ; recording secretary, Abbie A. Heath ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Frank W. Emerson.
LIST OF PRESENT MEMBERS.
1 Forrest E. Merrill,
2 Mrs. Forrest E. Merrill,
3 " Frank W. Emerson,
4 John C. Sanborn,
5 Mrs. John C. Sanborn.
6 4 Calvin A. Merrick,
7 Ethel L. Sanborn,
8 H. Ethel Spinney,
9 H. Walter Little,
10 Mrs. Charles W. Garland.
11 Ellery E. Tabor,
12 Mary G. Davis,
13 Mrs. Charles O. Cass,
14 Esther G. Bailey,
15 Ora L. Ordway,
16 M. Frances Heath,
17 Mary E. Spollett,
18 Annie JJ. Wilson,
19 Minnie M. Fitts,
20 Richard Ordway,
21 Mrs. Albert H. Little,
22 Myrta A. Little,
23 Agnes F. Osgood,
24 Laura E. Merrill,
25 Elsie G. Bartlett,
26 Laura E. Baker,
27 Mildred B. Osgood,
2S Howard €. Cass,
29 G. Pearl Ranlett,
30 Ida M. Clark,
31 Leona C. Garland,
32 Edith B. Foss,
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33 Florence M. Merrill,
34 Alice B. Foss,
35 Bernice M. Foss,
36 Mrs. Isaac Randall,
37 Alice H. Page,
38 Mary A. Merrill,
39 Mrs. Richard Ordway,
40 Rev. W. H. Woodsum,
41 Mrs. W. H. Woodsum,
42 Annie L. Kimball,
43 Alice G. Spinney.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
1. Ella M. Emerson,
4 Bernice Senter,
2 Alice M. Emerson,
5 Lizzie Worthen.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
1 Wm. H. Davis. 18 Mrs. Mary Tabor,
2 Charles W. Garland,
19 " Emeline E. Mooers,
3 Mrs. Mary E. Eastman, 20 " Job Tabor,
4 W. Amos Fitts,
21 James W. Sanborn,
5 Mrs. W. Amos Fitts,
6 Wm. H. Woods,
7 Clara A. Clark,
S Belle G. Wilson,
9 Bradley N. Haynes, 10 Mrs. Bradley N. Haynes,
11 Wm. H. Davis,
12 Lydia M. Wells,
13 Charles W. Pressey,
14 James A. Davis,
31 Mrs. Albion D. Emerson,
32 Miss Lillian D. Ranlett,
33 Mrs. Mary J. Sanborn.
17 Clarence H. Wood,
22 Mrs. James W. Sanborn,
23 " Henry W. Tabor,
24 " Harlan P. Clark,
25 " Sarah J. Brown, 26 Miss Mary L. Hoyt, 27 Mrs. Wm. A. Emerson, 28 Benjamin G. Hart,
29 " Carlos W. Noyes, 30 Albion D. Emerson,
15 Miss Sarah O. Brickett,
16 John W. Garland,
Mrs. Lillian R. Sanborn, an active member, died May 2, 1897.
Walter H. Moulton, an associate member, died Nov. 5, 1898.
Mrs. Mary J. Fellows, an honorary member, died Aug. 11, 1901 : also Mrs. Nelson Ordway, March, 1900; Mrs. John
3 Effie Senter,
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH HISTORY.
W. Garland, Feb, 1901, and Mrs. Mary A. Pike, March, 1901.
There have been 100 active members, 32 associate mem- bers, and 40 honorary members admitted since the organiza- tion of the C. E. Society.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society was organized June 9, 1898, with twelve members. Officers for the year were : Superintendent, Miss Addie B. Gardner : assistant superintendent, M. Frances Heath ; president, Laura E. Merrill ; vice president, Abbie A. Heath : secretary, Nellie M. Tabor : treasurer, Bessie A. Vigneault : organist, Mrs. R. P. Gardner.
The meetings are held each Sunday afternoon. The little ones, whose ages range from two to thirteen years, have their officers and committees, and conduct their services in the same manner as the senior society. Once in two weeks they meet at the different homes of the members and have a prayer service, and on alternate Saturdays a time for sewing and making articles for sale.
The members during the year of 1898 were :-
Laura E. Merrill,
G. Pearl Ranlett, Maud S. Putnam,
Abbie A. Heath,
Nellie M. Tabor,
Mildred L. Tucker,
Bessie A. Vigneault,
Alice M. Emerson,
Christie R. Heath,
Ella M. Emerson,
Alta E. Edwards,
Bernice M. Senter,
Mary A. Merrill,
Esther M. Hunt.
Elsie O. Vigneault,
Emma F. Hunt,
Lucy A. Adams,
Lottie M. Whittier,
Ethel E. Edwards.
Nellie Adams, Albert Gates,
Florence M. Merrill,
Howard C. Cass.
Arthur Gates.
Harold P. Gardner.
Grace Whittier,
Florence E. Buzzell, Glennis F. Ranlett, Gladys W. Ranlett,
Seymour Smith, Arthur A. Bond.
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Officers for 1899 were : President, Laura E. Merrill ; vice-president, Mary A. Merrill ; secretary, Abbie A. Ileath : treasurer, Bessie A. Vigneault; superintendent, Addie B. Gardner ; assistant superintendent, M. Frances Heath.
Officers for 1900 were: President, Harold P. Gardner ; vice-president, Elsie O. Vigneault; secretary and treasurer, Ella M. Emerson ; superintendent, M. Frances Heath ; assis- tant superintendent, Addie B. Gardner.
Officers, 1901 : President, Bessie A. Vigneault ; vice- president, Florence M. Merrill ; secretary, Elsie O. Vigneault ; treasurer, Flora A. Tabor : superintendent, M. Frances Heath.
Officers, 1902, same as 1901, with addition of Mrs. Josie F. Tabor as assistant superintendent.
The membership, July, 1902, was as follows ;-
Elsie O. Vigneault,.
Ethel E. Edwards,
Bessie A. Vigneault,
Florence E. Buzzell,
Florence M. Merrill,
Bessie M. Buzzell,
Ruth C. Merrill,
Arthur A. Bond,
Jeannette C. Merrill,
Bernice M. Senter,
Alice M. Emerson,
Arthur Vigneault,
Ella M. Emerson,
Wilfred U. Vigneault,
Clifford D. Emerson,
Della M. Benoit,
Christie R. Heath,
Flora A. Tabor.
Alta E. Edwards,
THE LADIES' SOCIETIES.
The Female Cent Society, constituting a branch of the New Hampshire Female Cent Institution, was organized in 1861. Miss Ann M. Howard was chosen treasurer, " and as many solicitors as was deemed needful." In the forty-one years of its existence the ladies have contributed to the New Hampshire Society $1036, an average of $25 annually.
The members in 1861 were :-
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Mrs. Benjamin B. Garland,
Mary A. Pike,
Meribah Putnam,
E. Augusta Pratt,
66 Nabby K. Brickett,
Susan R. Eastman, Annie J. Smith,
Abigail Heath,
Martha H. Sanborn,
Jonathan Kent,
Miss Ann M. Howard,
Abbie R. Heath,
Mary J. Heath, Mary A. Merrill,
Mrs. Benj. Pillsbury,
" John Emerson,
" Helen Smith,
" Judith A. Gibson,
Mary J. Buck,
Sally Marshall,
Mrs. Anna Swan,
Susan Merrill,
Adeline H. Eastman,
" Lois Sanborn,
Elizabeth Knight, Mary K. Ricker,
Elvira P. Howe,
· Eliza S. Ordway, " Louise Ordway, Miss Nancy R. Marston,
Samantha C. Merrill,
" Abbie A. Currier, Mrs. James Calef.
Enos Colby,
Ezekiel Currier,
Charles Eastman,
" Frank Kent,
" John Jackson,
" Mary L. Chase.
Members of the Juvenile Society : Mary P. Merrill and Mary Sanborn.
Members in 1902 are :-
Mrs. Sarah J. Brown,
Mrs. James A. Davis,
.. Mary A. Tabor,
66 Sabrina D. Noyes,
": W. Amos Fitts,
Albert H. Little,
Mary J. Sanborn,
Charles W. Garland,
Henry W. Tabor,
Mary E. Putnam,
Emeline E. Mooers,
66 Alden Pillsbury,
Albion D. Emerson, ¥ Frank N. Pillsbury,
66 Sarah Randall,
John C. Sanborn,
6. Aaron Smith, Etta M. Tupper,
Charles W. Pressey,
6. Daniel H. Emerson,
Wm. A. Emerson,
Belinda G. Wilson,
John S. Corson,
Lydia M. Wells,
" Mary C. Atwood,
Mary J. Sanborn,
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Mrs. Clara A. Clark,
Isaac Randall,
Mary E. Eastman,
Annie L. Kimball,
" Carlton Barnes,
Sarah O. Brickett,
66 Gertrude S. Pillsbury.
JUVENILE MEMBERS.
Vera A. Bennett,
Ethel E. Edwards,
Alta Edwards,
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