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Miss Anna E. Hall, 1856, 1865.
Miss Phobe Selden.
1856-Miss Josephine Snyder, 1857-8-9, ** 1863-4-5.
Miss Eva Snyder, 1857-8-9, ** 1863-4.
Miss Francis A. Van Buren, 1857-8-9.
Miss Dixon, Infant Class.
Miss Nellie Wesley.
Miss Adelaide Stout, 1857.
Mrs. H. A. Fisk, 1864-5.
Miss Woodward, 1857. Miss Billings. Mrs. McIntyre.
· 1857-Mrs. J. R. Marvin, 1858-9, ** 1863 to 1867.
Miss Cora L. Spencer, 1858. Miss Williams. Miss Abby C. Carew, 1858.
Mrs. Julia Price. Miss Ellen Murdock, 1858.
1858-Mrs. Reynolds, and 1859, ** 1863 to 1867. Mrs. Brundige, and 1859, ** 1863-4-5. Miss Lucy Ann Rumsey, and 1859, ** 1863-4, 1869 to 1875.
Miss Harriett Platt, and 1859. Miss Grosvenor, and 1859.
Miss Luce, and 1859. Miss Loth.
1859-Miss Sudderick, ** 1863-4-5. Mrs. Olver.
Mrs. Ingersoll, Infant Class. Mrs. Curtiss.
1860, 1861, 1862-No reports.
1863-Mrs. Sarah B. Guiteau, 1864 to 1876. Miss Moore. Miss Rebecca Johnson, 1864 to 1870. Miss Nellie Stanbury.
1864-Miss Emma Bruce, 1865 to 1873. Mrs. C. H. Baker. Mrs. J. C. Dawson. Miss Townsend. Mrs. French.
Mrs. Chichester, 1864 to 1876. Miss Robinson.
Miss Carrie Presbrey, 1864 to 1870. Mrs. R. W. Johnson, 1864-5-6-7.
Mrs. A. M. Fiske, 1865-6. Miss Sarah J. McVean, 1865-6. Mrs. M. F. Dudley, 1865 to 1875. Miss H. C. Roby, 1865.
1865-Mrs. Geo. L. Squier, 1866, 1869-70-1, 1873-4. Mrs. C. Shaw. Mrs. P. L. Wentworth. Mrs. Mary L. Baker. Miss A. W. Johnson. Mrs. Mabel Bruce, 1866 to 1872. Miss Mary Chichester, 1866 to 1876.
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1865-Miss Townsend. Mrs. M. A. Sears. Miss Sarah Barker, 1866.
1866-Mrs. Alphreda A. Vaux, 1867 to 1872. Mrs. P. L. Wentworth, 1867. Miss Emily S. Cleghorn. Mrs. Wm. H. Adams, 1871 to 1875. Mrs. L. Rider.
1867-Mrs. E. Comstock, 1868 to 1872, 1875-6. Miss Emma L. Hodge, 1868. Mrs. Henry Childs, 1868. Mrs. Geo. E. Oatman, 1868.
1868-Miss Emma Wright, 1871-2-3. Mrs. A. M. Sears. Miss Emily Calhoun, 1869-70.
1869-Mrs. J. N. Larned, ,1870. Mrs. W. S. Shaw, 1870-1-2-3-4. Mrs. W. W. Rowley, 1870 to 1874. Mrs. Salisbury.
1870-Miss Allie Horton, 1871 to 1876. Mrs. S. Spencer, 1871.
1871-Miss Ada Kenyon, 1872. Mrs. Merritt. Miss Julia A. Chalmers, 1872, 1874. Miss Mary A. Ripley.
1872-Mrs. N. Whitcomb. Miss Clara Oyer, 1873-4.
1873-Mrs. C. P. H. Nason, 1874. Mrs. Rosenbury.
1874-Mrs. R. L. Burrows, 1875-6.
1875-Miss Lizzie Otto, and 1876. Miss Sarah E. Brown, and 1876.
1876-Miss Mary E. Pindar. Mrs. Lewis H. Brown.
Miss Patty Parker, 1866. Mrs. E. S. French.
Mrs. E. A. Shaw, 1867-8.
Mrs. Seth W. Warren.
Mrs. Charles A. Clark. Mrs. E. F. French, 1867-8. Mrs. Wm. J. Keep, 1867-8.
Miss Lizzie Gowans, 1868. Mrs. J. A. Wright.
Miss McQueen. Mrs. John Gowans.
Mrs. Clifford A. Baker, 1870-I. Miss Helen M. Horton, 1870 to 1876. Miss Hattie M. Buell, 1870-1-2.
Mrs. F. F. Fargo, 1871 to 1876.
Miss Belle Shaw, 1872 to 1876. Mrs. S. D. Sikes, 1872 to 1876. Miss Belle Harvey, 1872 to 1876. Miss Carrie Kenyon, 1872.
Mrs. S. Sears. Miss Jeannic Buell, 1873 to 1876.
Mrs. Dr. Miner, 1874-5-6. Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. E. J. Plumley, 1875-6. Miss Lucy F. Lander, 1876.
Mrs. Macomber.
TEACHERS .- GENTLEMEN'S LIST.
1850-John Otto, 1851, ** 1855 to 1859, ** 1863 to 1869, 1870-1-2-3. George R. Kibbe, 1851, ** 1855-6-7-8-9. Selim Sears, 1851, ** 1855-6-7. Mr. Warner. B. P. Leland, 1851. Mr. Thayer.
Charles Eels, 1851, ** 1855-6. James P. Lee, 1851, ** 1855-6. Lucien B. Towsley.
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1851-Charles G. Brundige, 1856-7-8, 9, ** 1863-4-5-6, 1874-5-6. Andrew Parker, 1856-7-8-9, ** 1863-4-5-6.
Thomas Sanford. Mr. Wade.
George Richardson.
William M. Snow.
Albert H. Plumb.
Mr. Northrop.
John Gowans, 1864 to 1869.
O. F. Presbrey. No record from 1851 to 1855.
R. Sears.
1855-Henry H. Hale, 1852 to 1859, ** 1863 to 1870. Edwin A. Shaw, 1856-7-8-9, ** 1863 to 1876.
George W. Phillips.
Harvey J. Fisk, 1856, ** 1863.
E. F. French, 1856-7-8-9.
Jos. T. Hoole, 1856-7-8-9, 1865.
E. J. Chatfield.
A. B. Lawrence, 1856.
Julius Marvin, 1856. Mr. Waters, 1856.
Horace Metcalf, 1857.
1856-Edward Bristol, 1857, 1864 to 1871.
Samuel D. Sikes, 1857-8-9, ** 1863, 1872-3.
James Sweet. A. M. Johnston, 1864-5.
C. H. Baker, 1857, 1864. A. F. Gurnsey.
C. C. Shaw, 1857. C. S. Sheldon, 1866. W. R. Greenleaf, 1865.
Mr. Humason, 1857.
1857-William B. Olver, 1858-9, ** 1863 to 1869.
J. W. Dorr, 1858-9.
Mr. Arthur. Mr. Hall, 1864-5.
Perez E. Brown, 1858-9, ** 1863-4. Geo. W. Harris, 1858. James W. Waterman, 1858.
1858-Dr. Avery Williams. Mr. Rosenburg.
1859-William Forsyth, ** 1863-4-5-6. James W. Bixby, ** 1863 to 1876. Charles E. Johnson, ** 1863-4-5-6. No reports for 1860-1-2.
Mr. Adsit.
Park Patterson.
1863-Mr. Bell.
G. F. Thomas.
H. C. Moore.
George L. Squier, 1865 to 1869. Mr. Roby. Mr. Morison.
1865-Seth W. Warren. F. N. Jones, 1866-7-8. C. S. Sheldon.
1866-Alfred B. Ellsworth, 1867 to 1875. William J. Keep. Charles A. Clark, 1867 to 1871.
1867-Peter J. Carmichael, 1868-9. Peter Gowans, 1868 to 1870.
George N. Pierce, 1866-7. P. L. Wentworth.
Horace Briggs. James Trowbridge 1867 to 1871. F. D. Locke. E. Comstock, 1868-9. George Oatman, 1868 to 1872.
1864-H. F. Dyer, 1865. Dr. T. M. Johnson. J. W. Walker. O. D. Adams. Henry Childs, 1865 to 1871.
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1868-William Montgomery.
1869-W. W. Rowley, 1870 to 1875. Anson G. Chester. A. M. Johnston, 1870.
W. S. Shaw, 1870-1-2-3. William L. Doyle, 1870 to 1875. Mr. Struthers.
1870-Louis S. Morgan, 1871-2.
1871-No new names. I872-James W. Chatman.
1873-Dr. N. Whitcomb.
1874-Levi S. Gates, 1875-6. Young People's Bible Class.
Charles H. Baker.
Samuel N. Lawrence, 1857.
1875-No new names.
1876-Edmund J. Plumley.
Erastus W. Ayer.
Whole number of lady teachers in all departments whose names are on the records as found for twenty of these years, is 160, making an average of 8 new names per year. Estimating on the basis of this average, we have for the remain- ing eleven years, II x 8=88 more, a total, as estimated thus, of 248.
Whole number of gentlemen, as per records found, 97. Estimating as above, 152. Making, according to this estimate, a total of 400. Whole number actually known, 257. Whole number who have served as Superintendents, 13. Whole number who have served as Assistant Superintendents, 10. Whole number who have served as Secretaries, 9.
This somewhat lengthy chapter must now be brought to a close ; it has cost much time and labor. The records in some instances are imperfect. For eleven years no records can be found, and it was with considerable difficulty that the most were obtained. Then followed the hunting up, and noting the facts, found in twenty years of class books.
Entire accuracy will not be claimed. There may be-undoubtedly there are- errors, as our time was very limited ; but none, it is hoped, that will seriously affect its value. And it is hoped that the benefit and satisfaction derived from its perusal will repay at least the cost of printing. The labor bestowed upon it, is of no consequence to anyone ; all being done " in the patience of hope, as a labor of love."
A general summing up of the facts in the school's history, with reflections and suggestions growing out of the same, are temptations almost too great to resist. But I will say as regards the Superintendents-whose names are Charles E. Clarke, Joseph W. Backus, Andrew Parker, Edward Bristol, Albert H. Plumb, Benjamin H. Folger, George R. Kibbe, Seth Clark, Peter J. Carmichael, W. W. Rowley, George L. Squier, Samuel D. Sikes, Charles H. Baker-that two of them, Albert H. Plumb and Joseph W. Backus, are now ministers of the Gospel. Seven-Back us, Bristol, Parker, Clark, Squier, Sikes and Baker-have served the Church as Elders. Three remain with us ; one-Bristol-left, though not dismissed; five have been dismissed, viz., C. E. Clarke, Backus, Plumb, Kibbe and Carmichael. C. E. Clarke, since deceased ; also Folger. Three, who also have served as Elders-Andrew Par- ker, Samuel D. Sikes and Seth Clark-have ceased from their labors, and gone to their reward.
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[E.] MISSION SUNDAY SCHOOL,
ON MILNOR STREET.
Early in the winter of 1856, during the revival which was then in progress in this Church, two or three of the brethren were engaged in conversation one evening, in the lecture room of the old church, after prayer meeting, upon the duties of Chris- tians and Churches. It was thought that the Lafayette Street Church was not doing what it ought to do to influence the masses and bring to them a knowledge of Christ. Acting upon this idea, a few days after, Mr. Edward Bristol took the pastor, Dr. Heacock, into the eastern part of the city, prospecting, and to see what could be done. A room was found on Milnor street, near William, which had been used as the paint shop of a carriage manufactory. This was secured, and the necessary notices given, and the following Sabbath day, February 10, 1856, ten gentlemen and ten ladies organized a Sabbath school in that place, with Mr. Edward Bristol as Superintendent. The names of those gentlemen and ladies are : Mr. E. Bristol, H. H. Hale, C. G. Brundige, W. S. Shaw, Mr. Green, J. L. Hoole, H. A. Hogh, Seth Clark, Mr. Waters, Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. J. L. Hoole, Miss Wood- ward, Miss Laing, Miss H. Kimball, Miss A. Kimball, Mrs. Kibbe, Miss Ella Murdock, Miss McCready, Mrs. Hale, Miss Stout. Six of these gentlemen are now regular attendants of this Church, one is deceased, others have removed. One of the ladies is now with us. There were 88 children present, which number was increased March Ist to 149. My own connection with the school commenced the last of March, 1856-the first Sabbath after my conversion. On the twenty-first of September I was elected Superintendent, Mr. Bristol having found, as he believed, a larger field of usefulness at Limestone Hill, and organized a school there. At this time the school had not become thoroughly organized ; it was not properly classified. The room was seated with long settees, often with two classes on a seat. New, cheap, short seats were obtained, classes were graded somewhat, and class- books were furnished, which made a marked improvement in the order and system of the school. In March, 1857, the attendance had increased to 174, and the penny collections for the year amounted to $2.94. This year, in December, occurred our first festival, with 155 children present. In 1858 the attendance was not as large as the previous year, 155 children being the highest number. From this stand- point, I can only account for this on the principle that as people become rich they grow worldly; for the penny collections had increased from $2.94 to $4.93, almost two dollars, showing positive financial prosperity. At the festival, in 1858, there were only 134 children present. This year we commenced to give Bibles for
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constant attendance, and fifteen were given to the children. The report of this fes- tival says, that, after two hours pleasantly spent, the children went to their homes, and the teachers and officers, like Paul at Three Taverns, thanked God and took courage. There was considerable increase in attendance in April, 1859. Having made arrangements to leave the city, I resigned the superintendency, and Mr. H. H. Hale was elected in my place. In 1861, the largest attendance was 2II. The number on record at the end of the year was 568. In December, 1861, Mr. Hale, who had served as Superintendent two years and nine months, declined to longer hold the office, and I was again elected, having never left the school, but remained as teacher.
In 1863, the attendance had increased to 242 at one session. We had accumu- lated a little fund with our pennies, and books, papers, etc., were sent to the soldiers, amounting to $22.50. May 15, 1864, we were obliged to leave our place on Milnor street, and came to the chapel of this Church until another apartment could be provided. The largest attendance, 285, was in 1866. On February 10th of that year occurred our tenth anniversary. Only five of those children who commenced with us were present, and none of the teachers.
Early in the winter of 1869 steps were taken to erect a new chapel. A lot was bought on Milnor street for $800, a subscription received, and the present build- ing put up and finished at an expense of $3,300, making a total expenditure of $4,100, and January I, 1868, we occupied our own chapel, which has been built and paid for by the Lafayette Street Church and congregation. In December of that year, 1868, we had our largest attendance, being 516 present ; 176 of these were in the infant class. At the festival there were 650 present, showing our growth from the first festival in 1857, when 185 were present. In 1869, the average attend- ance was 304. Our penny collections had increased from $2.94, in 1857, to $180.76, in 1869. We have the names of 274 persons, who have been with us as teachers. One commenced with us fourteen years ago, a little girl, and is now a successful and faithful teacher, having been absent only three or four Sabbaths, and then from sickness. Another teacher has only been absent nine Sabbaths in twelve years. The number of children who have attended this school from its start, is probably from eight to ten thousand. In the months of April and May, 1870, we have 276 names of children who have been present in our infant class during that time. Of the company of faithful teachers who have passed to their reward, I remember especially one who, in the discharge of his duty as an officer of his vessel, was lost overboard in a terrible storm off Cape Horn. Another, Lieut. Kellogg, fell dead while rallying his company at Fair Oaks. Another was left mortally wounded at Cold Harbor, and brought to Washington to die in hospital. Another, Arthur Higgins, who was for years our faithful and efficient Secretary, and who manifested his continuous interest in our school by leaving us, as his dying bequest, the sum of $500, to be expended in the purchase of our beautiful organ and to adorn our school room, so as to make it attractive and pleasant to the children who should come after him.
The foregoing paper was prepared by Mr. S. D. Sikes, its Superintendent, for the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary. Since which time I have been unable to obtain anything definite in regard to the school ; though, in a general way, would say, that this Mission School has been prospered and blessed in continued success
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and increasing interest down to the present time ; and numbers of the scholars (how many, I don't know) have been brought to Christ. Mr. Sikes continued to be its Superintendent down to the time of his death, February 13, 1875, at which time the enlargement of the chapel was well in hand, and soon after pushed to its com- pletion, and since which time John Gowans has acted as the Superintendent. I cannot venture upon a more definite statement of the present and past condition of the school since 1870, for I have no facts before me, and have not been able to get any.
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[F.] WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
OF LAFAYETTE ST. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
On the third day of August, 1869, in response to a call made in July previous, by Dr. N. G. Clark, Secretary of the " American Board of Foreign Missions," this Society was formed under the name of " The Ladies' Foreign Missionary Associa- tion of Lafayette Street Church." It was to labor in connection with the Woman's Board of Missions, Boston, Mass. Its first officers were :
Mrs. HENRY H. HALE, Directress.
Miss MARY A. RIPLEY, Secretary.
Mrs. G. W. Heacock, Treasurer.
Its method of raising money was by subscription. The parish was districted ; a collector for each district was appointed, and each collector canvassed her own district once a year.
Mrs. Hale continued in office as Directress, until the second annual meeting, a period of more than eighteen months. At that time, on account of ill health, she declined a re-election, and Mrs. Henry Childs succeeded to the office.
Previous to this date-March 9th, 1871-" The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society," auxiliary to the Presbyterian Board, had been formed, and it was deemed advisable to detach this organization from the "Boston Board," and to connect it with that of Philadelphia.
At this, the second annual meeting, a resolution to effect this change, was offered, and carried in the affirmative. The system of voluntary contributions was also adopted.
The Constitution was somewhat modified, and the Society assumed its present name.
There have been few changes among the officers. The following ladies constitute the present inanagement :
Mrs. HENRY CHILDS, President.
Mrs. GEORGE C. STEARNS, First Vice-President.
Mrs. W. G. BANCROFT, Secretary.
Miss MARY A. RIPLEY, Recording Secretary.
Miss LUCY F. LANDER, Corresponding Secretary. Miss HARRIET BUELL, Treasurer.
It having been decided by the " Foreign Board," that a territorial division of missionary societies would increase their efficiency, this Society by vote-April 8th, 1872-connected itself with the New York Board.
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The method of voluntary contribution has justified itself, and is regarded as the. corner-stone of steady upbuilding of Church interest in missions.
While the attention of the Society has been somewhat directed to various objects, the mission in Persia has been the chief object of its care and beneficence.
The annual meeting occurs in April. Quarterly meetings are also held, and frequently reports are made at our " Monthly Concerts."
The whole amount of money raised and expended upon the various objects under its care and direction, since its organization, amounts to a total of $1,532.26.
The foregoing was handed in by Mrs. H. Childs. The following closing remarks are by the pastor :
" It is also proper to add that Ladies interested in this Church Society, have been also active and influential in the organization of the "Woman's Presbyterial Soci- ety for Foreign Missions of the Presbytery of Buffalo," and that in most of the Churches of the Presbytery auxiliary societies are now formed."
THE HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS.
Mr. Edward Bristol furnishes the few following items in regard to this institution. Of its officers, the amount of money raised, and of its general workings and success, I have no dates before me in which to base a statement.
Mr. Bristol says: "For several years, it was the privilege of members of this Church, to be identified with Christian work on the Sabbath in the Erie County Penitentiary and the Erie County Almshouse.
"Public religious exercises were conducted, after which a systematic course of visitation for religious conversation with the inmates was made.
" The engravings and mottoes which decorate the walls of the chapel of the Penitentiary were donated by the Young People's Bible Class of this Church.
" It was in connection with this visitation of the woman's department of these institutions that the first steps were taken to meet the pressing demand for a Home, where such of the women as desired to abandon a wrong course of life could find a refuge and be cared for, until they could obtain suitable places ; and also to pro- vide for virtuous but unfortunate women coming to the city, as might temporarily need the benefits of a home.
"A number of Christian ladies-many of whom were connected, as members, with this Church-entered upon the work of organizing such a Home.
"A public meeting was held at St. James Hall" [before which Mr. Edward Bristol laid a full statement of the condition and needs of these unfortunate and unhappy classes, after which] "Addresses were made by clergymen of different denominations. And soon after the present Home for the Friendless was estab- lished, which has proved from its opening eminently a Christian and noble institution.
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"Soon after the establishment of the Home, it was deemed expedient to provide a place especially for the reception of such fallen women as might be found in the institutions named, and in connection with the work of Christian ladies in other places in the city.
" Ingleside was founded, and its useful and successful history has well rewarded its founders."
On the second day of April, 1869, eighteen Christian women of different Churches 'met at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Union on Evans street, for the purpose of holding a prayer meeting, at which fourteen of the girls of that neigh- borhood were present. In conversing with them it was found that numbers would gladly give up their evil course of life if they had any place to go, but they were outcasts of society and without hope.
In the conviction of these noble Christian women there was but one way for their escape, and that was in the establishment of a Home for the care and protection of those who really wished to leave their present life of degradation and of shame.
It was therefore resolved to see what could be done. Meeting at the house of Mrs. George C. Stearns, they organized a society, whose special object was the reclamation of erring women, and elected for its officers the following ladies, to serve for one year :
Mrs. GEORGE C. STEARNS, President. Mrs. JOSEPH GUILD, Vice-President. Mrs. CHARLES E. WALBRIDGE, Secretary. Mrs. H. H. OTIS, Treasurer,
and a board of nine lady managers, adopting a constitution, giving it for the first year "a local habitation" through the liberality of Mr. Joseph Guild, on the corner of Vermont and Thirteenth streets, " and a name," the good old Scotch one of Ingleside-"A home fireside"-where, during that year, and especially since 1871, in their present large and commodious structure on Seneca street, the free gift of one of our fellow-citizens, Mr. George W. Tifft, many of the comforts of a home, its shelter, care and protection have been afforded, and where many have been reclaimed and many brought to Christ.
This institution has, according to its reports from year to year, been greatly pros- pered, receiving from the State in 1872 an appropriation of $7,580.59, and from other sources more than half as much more, so that there remains in the treasury, over and above disbursements, $5,738.57. Through the influence of Mr. Seth Clark, the ladies were enabled to visit the penitentiary, with opportunity to con- verse with the female prisoners, and thus to make them feel that the doors 'of Ingleside were open to any and all who might wish in the future to lead a better life ; thus following strictly the Master, who came " to seek and to save the lost."
The family at the Home have attended the East Side Church. Bible classes and prayer meetings have been held, and many conversions and restitutions to first homes been made, and many have passed away within the walls of the Home, happy in the knowledge of a Saviour's love.
While this is a city institution, in so far as it is sustained and patronized by the ladies of many different Churches, yet it was thought proper to give so much of the
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history of its workings, because of the fact that the two ladies of our Church who were chosen at the first meeting as its President and Vice-President, have remained in those places through all its history, and several other ladies of this Church have served on its board of managers, etc.
THE CORDON OF TEMPERANCE
OF THE LAFAYETTE STREET CHURCH.
This society was organized early in the year 1872. . The first meeting was held in January of that year, but the organization was not really effected until February 20, 1872, by the election of the following officers for the ensuing year :
ALBERT G. BROWN, Chief.
Miss LUCY F. LANDER,
First Vice-Chief.
WILLIAM L. DOYLE,
Second Vice-Chief.
BYRON H. WESCOTT,
Secretary.
Miss LIZZIE OTTO,
Treasurer.
OFFICERS FOR 1873.
ALBERT G. BROWN, Chief.
Mrs. C. P. H. NASON,
First Vice-Chief.
JAMES M. HENDERSON,
Second Vice-Chief.
BYRON H. WESCOTT,
Secretary.
Miss ALBERTINE HORTON,
Treasurer.
OFFICERS FOR 1874.
WILLIAM TURNER, .
Chief.
Mrs. C. P. H. NASON,
First Vice-Chief.
J. ALBERT BIXBY,
Second Vice-Chief.
FRANCIS A. BOARD,
Secretary.
Miss JENNIE OLVER,
Treasurer.
OFFICERS FOR 1875.
WILLIAM TURNER, Chief.
JAMES LYND, .
First Vice-Chief.
Miss ELLA LOWE,
Second Vice-Chief.
EDMUND J. PLUMLEY, .
Secretary.
Miss IDA BARKER,
Treasurer.
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OFFICERS FOR 1876.
HOWARD WINSHIP, .
Chief.
FREDERICK HOWARD,.
First Vice-Chief.
Miss NELLIE PALMER,
Second Vice-Chief.
JOSHUA PARKER,
Secretary.
Miss MARTHA LYND,
Treasurer.
Amount of money contributed since its organization, $472.09.
The foregoing was furnished by Miss Mary E. Chichester, to which I will add the following :
This now flourishing enterprise began its career as an organized society in a very quiet, modest way, having for its object the promotion of the great interest of temperance, as well as the cultivation of a spirit of social intercourse among the young people of the Church and congregation ; and to provide seasons, specially, for musical, literary and social entertainment ; believing that in organized effort, and the culture of the Christian graces through pleasant religious exercises and personal contact, that much more can be accomplished in the way of promoting any great reform in the community, than by any separate individual effort.
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