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God, the Great Truth, grows, it changes with its growth, and its scientific terms of expression must also change.
Gradually there appeared among Episcopalians a new type of Churchman, called Broad, the product of the intellectual forces that had been at work, and character- ized by a devotion to the spirit of Truth, as opposed to the bondage of its letter. Adopting the results of the Higher Criticism, and of the Doctrine of Evolution, the Broad Churchmen manifested tolerance in theological differ- ences, and tolerance toward the various bodies into which Christians have gathered themselves, recognizing among the latter the operation and the fruits of the Holy Spirit. A new passion for Humanity filled them, inspired by the evolutionary conception of Man, not as fallen and to be saved from future punishment, but as ever rising to greater good, and as having within him that spark of divinity which burst into full flame in Jesus Christ.
A Broad Churchman therefore is a modern embodi- ment of the principle of religious liberty. He has been with us long enough for us to be able to observe his strength and his weakness, but not to prophecy his ulti- mate development. His weaknesses are the defects of his virtues; as, for example, his breadth of view in theolo- gy, which is primarily a charter of new life, but which, in its extreme, occasions an indefinite presentation of the great underlying beliefs and principles of the Church. As, also, his attitude toward the many Christian Com- munions of the Protestant world. His truly Christly spirit of good will and forbearance, which makes for kindly personal relations among all disciples of Jesus Christ, causes, in his own household of faith, a laxity toward its inherited ideals and standards, in which lurks a menace to sound growth in years to come. A laity
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uninstructed in, and somewhat indifferent to, the funda- mental differences which distinguish its nominal alleg- iance, is as the sand for a foundation for the future. The Episcopal Church today needs, not less toleration for its ecclesiastical brethren, but a better understanding of its own teachings, a deeper love and loyalty which will admit no substitute for it on the part of its average member, and a more earnest, consecrated effort to pro- mote its growth and spread its message.
The change wrought in Christ Church by the passing of the old order, and the coming of the new, was a subtle one, and hardly observable until it was accomplished, so that in Dr. Ziegenfuss's lifetime it was less apparent than since his death; but none the less is it due to him that Christ Church is now accounted a Broad Church parish.
Entirely objective, however, were two other changes effected by him, the first being that of the adornment of the chancel. He loved the beautiful, and, while he con- sidered the accessories to the services of the Church as non-essentials in themselves, he yet wished them as aids to worship, and as a recognition of that which is digni- fied and seemly in the House of God.
In Dr. Buel's and Dr. Cady's rectorates there were red velvet hangings on the pulpit, desk and Altar the year round, but, in 1877, this old set was dyed black (for use on Good Friday and at funerals), and Dr. Parker's wife made and embroidered a new red, and the first purple set; about the same time a white set was given by Mrs. William A. Davies. Green hangings were not used until 1888, when the new church was built, and a set given by Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney. Colored stoles, to match, were included in the several.
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sets of hangings at the time each of the latter were introduced.
Prior to Dr. Ziegenfuss's coming, the Altar had stood against the east wall, with only a service-book lying upon it. In the recess of the chancel-window he caused to be placed a retable, bearing the words "Holy, Holy, Holy" on its face, and, above it, a reredos, consisting of three panels in the form of Gothic arches. At Easter, 1877, a brass Altar-cross and a pair of brass flower-vases were given; in October, 1877, Miss Charlotte Davies gave a brass Altar-desk; and at Easter, 1878, Mrs. John Thompson presented a brass alms-basin in memory of her father, James Bailey, of Plattsburgh, N. Y. A brass baptismal ewer was the gift at Easter, 1885, of Miss Mary Allen and her Sunday School class. About 1886, Dr. Ziegenfuss had the pulpit and reading-desk put outside the chancel-rail, and the old rail replaced by a new one of more ecclesiastical design; thus empha- sizing still further his reverence for the sanctuary, as the Holy of Holies. When the new church was built in 1888, the first litany-desk used in the parish, one of carved oak, was given by Mrs. Henry M. Curtis.
The name of the donor of the brass Altar-cross and vases in 1877 has never been announced, but their pres- ence on the retable was the cause of the removal from Christ Church to St. Paul's of Stephen M. Buckingham. Mr. Buckingham, an old-time gentleman, and a man of strong principles, highly respected in the community, was a conscientious and convinced Low Churchman, opposed to anything which would alter the simplicity of the services of the Church, and his action in leaving the parish is interesting in its historical setting, show- ing him to have been one of the last survivors of the
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early Low Church party. He had been a communicant in Christ Church since 1850, a vestryman twenty-five years, and always exceedingly generous with his large means, not only in the parish, but in the work of the Convoca- tion of Dutchess, with which he was closely allied from 1857 to his death in 1887.
In May, 1888, just after the consecration of the new church, the vestry received an offer of "two Altar-lights," which they "declined to accept at present." On one memorable occasion two seven-branch candlesticks, filled with lighted candles, did stand on the Holy Table of Christ Church, on either side of a tall floral cross; this was in June 1868ยช at a Cottage Hill Seminary commence- ment. But these two instances seem to be the nearest this parish has ever come to candles on the Altar.
The other distinct innovation that occurred in Dr. Ziegenfuss's rectorate was the inauguration by him of organized Church work. In the years preceding, there had been no formal conduct of affairs, and no guilds, nor societies for the laity; since he started it, organized work has greatly increased and developed, but its initial steps were led by him. The following is a chronological list of the groups of men and women that have banded together in Christ Church from time to time:
THE PAROCHIAL VISITING COMMITTEE
Visitation of the poor and sick is the earliest form of lay work in the parish of which there is record. With the founding of the Sunday School in 1824, is seen its most evident beginnings, and it increased with the establishment of the Parish School in 1845. The names of Miss Phinney, Miss Mary Allen and Mrs. Horace Sague are those of three of the several women who were very early identified with this work. Of Miss 1 The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, July 18th, 1868.
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Phinney mention has already been made; Miss Allen taught in the Parish School and in the Sunday School for many years, and is remembered with esteem for her life of good deeds and her love for the Church. Mrs. Sague, before her marriage in 1860, had for some ten years been one of those who made parish calls. At the beginning of Dr. Ziegenfuss's rectorate, about 1875, he appointed her Chairman of a Parochial Visiting Committee, and she filled the office continuously until 1904.
Of Mrs. Sague's associates on this committee, some of those who began with her, and continued for many years, were Mrs. Robert E. Taylor, Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck, Mrs. Edward H. Parker, Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney and Miss Mary Hart, wo- men whose devout faith and devotion to the Church's mission are their lasting memorial in the parish. Their quiet, unre- corded acts of charity and mercy set them apart, in a niche peculiarly their own, before which burns the lamp-flame of our love and recollection.
In 1900, the Parochial Visiting Committee became the Relief Committee of the Women's Guild of the parish. Since the resignation of Mrs. Sague in 1904, the Chairmen have been, -- Mrs. E. V. Sidell, 1904-1906; Mrs. Charles J. Meade, 1906- 1908; Mrs. Joseph C. English, 1908-1910; Mrs. Albert E. Schwartz, 1910.
THE CHANCEL COMMITTEE
The Rev. Dr. Cady is authority for the statement that, in his rectorate, there was no chancel work done by the laity. This was because the only occasion for it was the preparation for the celebration of the Holy Communion, and that was at- tended to by the clergy. Flowers were used only on the Greater Festivals, such as Christmas and Easter.
With Dr. Ziegenfuss's introduction of colored hangings, which it was necessary to change from time to time, and of vases on the retable, which were filled with flowers for the weekly Sunday services, there began, in 1877, the reverent labors in the sanctuary of the women of the congregation. The workers in the Market street church, from 1877 to 1888, were six in number, and they were not organized as a com- mittee, but divided and arranged the duties informally among themselves. The original four were Mrs. Edward H. Parker, Miss Lydia Phinney, Miss Jeannie C. Wright and Miss Emma
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Corlies. Mrs. Parker died in 1880 and was succeeded by her daughter, Miss Helen C. Parker, and Miss Elizabeth Newcomb followed Miss Phinney, after the latter's death in 1879.
More workers were needed when the new church was built, and, on June 9th, 1888, an Altar Society was formally organ- ized. In the first year of its existence the following ladies were members of it: Mrs. Henry M. Curtis, Mrs. Augustus Doughty, Mrs. Henry Hampton, Mrs. Hayt, Mrs. John Kinkead, Mrs. S. N. Morgan, Mrs. John C. Otis, and the Misses Antoinette and Mary Cornwell, Helen L. Douw, Mary E. Goodsell, Edith Hamilton, Helen C. Parker, Elvira Sague and Margaret A. Storm.
On June 4th, 1889, the Society voted to reduce the number of its active members to eight, and it was accordingly reor- ganized with these names on the roll: Mrs. Henry Hampton, Mrs. John C. Otis, Mrs. Edward H. Parker, and the Misses Antoinette and Mary Cornwell, Helen C. Parker, Elvira Sague and Margaret A. Storm.
It is impossible to give the personnel of the Society from 1889 to 1900, in which latter year it relinquished its indepen- dent existence and became a Standing Committee of the Women's Guild of Christ Church, but the Presidents have been: Mrs. Augustus Doughty, 1888-'89; Mrs. Henry Hampton, 1889-'90; Miss Helen C. Parker, 1890-'91; Miss Mary Cornwell, 1891-'92; Mrs. John C. Otis, 1892-'93; Mrs. George W. Halliwell, 1893-'94; Mrs. Henry Booth, 1894-'95; Miss Lina Slee, 1895-'96; Miss Cora A. Reynolds, 1896-'97; Mrs. Alexander L. Fryer, 1897-'98; Miss Helen Van Kleeck, 1898-'99; Miss Mary E. Woodin, 1899-1900; Mrs. Edward H. Parker, 1900.
The colored hangings which were new in 1877 were followed in 1888 by a white set given by Mr. Joseph T. Tower, a green set by Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney, and a red set by Mrs. Albert Tower, and, in 1889, the Ladies' Aid Society gave the materials for a purple set that was made and embroidered by Mrs. Henry Hampton. In 1901 Mrs. Martha Barnard Jones and Mrs. A. Edward Tower gave a new white set, and in 1902 a new purple set was made and embroidered by Miss Mildred E. Taylor and Miss Sarah Petillon, of materials purchased by the Women's Guild. All embroidered hangings were dispensed with in 1906, and, since then, only dossals, of figured brocade or of plush, have been used; the purple dossal is that made in
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1902 by Miss Petillon, and the white, green and red were the gifts of Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham.
In the Market street church flowers were used in profusion, specially generous contributors being Mrs. Albert Tower and Mrs. John Kinkead. The latter has made a tradition of the beauty of her decoration of the font at Easter for many years, in both churches, and, in the new church, the care of the lec- tern by Mrs. Augustus Doughty, of the pulpit by Mrs. James W. Hinkley, and the large gifts to the Altar by Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham, have frequently made the church seem the home of flowers.
THE POUGHKEEPSIE BRANCH OF THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
The first minute book of the Secretary of the Poughkeepsie Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions opens with this paragraph: "On the 25th of October, 1879, Bishop Whipple addressed the three parishes of Poughkeepsie, assembled at Christ Church, on the subject of missions. After which, the ladies were requested to meet in the chapel, ad- joining the church, to organize a branch society of the Wom- an's Auxiliary."
At this meeting by-laws were adopted and officers elected. The first board consisted of Mrs. William A. Davies, President; Mrs. Stephen H. Synott, Vice President; Mrs. Stanley Bart- lett, Treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Newcomb, Foreign Secre- tary; Miss Jeannie C. Wright, Domestic Secretary.
The inter-parochial basis of the local branch of the Auxil- iary has continued to the present, and the organization has a record of much good work.
CHRIST CHURCH GUILD
In the spring of 1882 Dr. Ziegenfuss formed an organization, known as Christ Church Guild, for men and women jointly. It lasted until about the time the new church was built, and held its meetings in the evening, either in the Sunday School room at the rear of the old church, or in the Parish School building, corner of Market and Pine. The gatherings were both social and literary, and the outside work was varied. At the meetings there were discussions and readings, and Dr. Ziegenfuss instructed classes in philosophy, astronomy, etc.
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Committees had charge of Sunday School work, entertain- ments and other parish interests. The life of this Guild was short, but its membership was numerous and influential, and its meetings successful. The manifold activities, incident to the building of the new church, 1887-1888, brought about its dissolution.
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY
This society was organized on October 8th, 1886, at the house of Mrs. John C. Otis, for the specific purpose of enlisting the women of the congregation in the work of raising money toward the erection of a new church building. Seven ladies were present,-Mrs. Otis, Mrs. C. M. Nelson, Mrs. Hulme, Mrs. George W. Halliwell, Mrs. William Betts, Mrs. Alling and Mrs. Charles Williams,-their conference resulting in several years of strenuous labor and large accomplishment. The meetings of the Aid Society from 1886 to 1894 were held in private houses, and a small fee was paid by the members at- tending, the aggregate fees creating a capital fund out of which purchases were made of sewing materials. There were many skilled needlewomen in the parish, and they received and filled orders for the elaborately embroidered centerpieces and doy- lies, then fashionable, and also for plain sewing; catering or- ders were taken, and sales were held of fancy articles and of cake.
The Society had no President, Secretary, nor Treasurer from 1886 to 1894, and for all those eight years the duties of these several offices were performed by Mrs. John C. Otis, who bore the burden of purchasing materials, distributing the same, keeping the accounts, and, finally, overseeing the expenditure of the money that was earned for the Society's gifts to the Church. Her long continued, self-sacrificing toil, and enthu- siastic interest were important factors in the success attained by the Aid Society.
The parish is indebted to Mrs. Otis for the preservation of the papers and books belonging to the Ladies' Aid at this important period of its existence, from which records valuable details are gathered. From October, 1886, to October, 1894, $7,440.91 was earned by the members of the organization by the simple methods that have been outlined. The principal disbursements were these:
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$1,850.00, paid May 15th, 1888, to George Mertz and Sons, Port Chester, N. Y., for choir-stalls and rood- screen.
787.75, paid May 24th, 1888, to H. D. Ostermoor & Son, N. Y. City, for pew cushions.
50.00, paid May 24th, 1888, to H. D. Ostermoor & Son, for cushions for use in the chancel.
1,140.00, paid May 23rd, 1888, to Donald, Converse & Maynard, Poughkeepsie, for 1134 yards of Body Brussels carpet, made and laid.
81.75, paid July 3rd, 1888, to Donald, Converse & Maynard for 109 hassocks.
216.00, paid May 21st, 1888, to Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., for cassocks and cottas, imported from London, for 12 boys, 7 youths, and 13 men.
62.00, paid 1888, to Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., for a silk cassock and linen surplice, imported from London.
55.00, paid 1888, to Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., as a cash balance due on the purchase of a new Altar, which was valued at $82.00. $27.00 was allowed in ex- change for the former Altar and an alms-box and hymn-board.
65.86, paid for materials for a set of purple hangings, made and embroidered by Mrs. Henry Hampton, in 1889.
1,800,00, paid Sep. 20th, 1892, to the Tiffany Glass & Deco- rating Co., for painting and decorations in the church.
200.00, paid Oct. 3rd, 1892, to Mr. William A. Potter, architect, for professional services in connection with the decoration of the church.
The record books mention many women who, from Octo- ber, 1886, to November, 1889, helped the Aid Society in different ways, either as active members or by generous con- tributions. The names so appearing are those of:
A. Miss Julia Alexander; Miss Mary Allen; Mrs. Alling.
B. Mrs. O. D. M. Baker; Miss Mary Baker; Mrs. Susan M. Ball; Mrs. William Betts; Mrs. Frank Bradbury; Mrs. Charles Brooks.
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C. Mrs. M. E. Collingwood; Mrs. John Collingwood; Mrs. George Cornwell; Miss Antoinette Cornwell; Miss Mary Cornwell; Miss Irene Cornwell; Mrs. Henry M. Curtis.
D. Mrs. Roland, R. Dennis; Mrs. Augustus Doughty; Miss Josephine M. Doughty.
E. Mrs. Irving Elting.
F. Miss Fish; Mrs. Charles Fogg; Mrs. E. D. Forman; Miss Forman; Mrs. Joseph G. Frost; Miss Julia Frost.
G. Mrs. Griffin; Miss Mary E. Goodsell; Miss Goodrich.
H. Mrs. Edward Haight; Mrs. George W. Halliwell; Mrs. Adolphus Hamilton; Miss Edith Hamilton; Miss Ham- mond; Mrs. Henry Hampton; Miss May Hampton; Mrs. Frank Hasbrouck; Mrs. Peter B. Hayt; Mrs. Smith Heroy; Mrs. Mary A. Hinkley; Mrs. Horace D. Hufcut; Mrs. Hulme; Mrs. Nathaniel Hunting; Mrs. Samuel Hunting.
K. Mrs. John Kinkead.
L. Miss Pauline Lalouette.
M. Mrs. Marsh; Mrs. Edward T. Mason; Mrs. S. N. Morgan.
N. Mrs. C. M. Nelson; Miss Elizabeth Nelson; Miss Leila Nelson; Mrs. Sophia P. Newcomb; Miss Elizabeth Newcomb.
O. Mrs. John C. Otis; Mrs. Jacob Overocker.
P. Mrs. Edward H. Parker; Miss Helen C. Parker; Mrs. Sylvester Pier; Mrs. Putnam.
R. Mrs. Charles Rudd.
S. Mrs. Horace Sague; Miss Elvira Sague; Mrs. W. T. Schultz; Mrs. P. Frost Spaulding; Mrs. Robert Stearns; Mrs. Edward Storm; Mrs. George W. Storm; Miss Margaret A. Storm.
T. Mrs. Robert E. Taylor; Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney; Miss Elizabeth Thomas; Miss Sarah Thomas; Mrs. John Thompson; Mrs. Townsend.
V. Mrs. John Van Keuren; Mrs. Edgar Van Kleeck; Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck; Miss Irene Van Kleeck.
W. Miss Wiley; Mrs. Charles Williams; Mrs. James L. Williams; Mrs. Jeromus Wiltsie; Miss Margaret Win- slow; Mrs. Wise; Mrs. Jere Wright.
Y. Mrs. Fleming Yelverton.
Z. Mrs. Henry L. Ziegenfuss.
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In September, 1894, the Aid Society was reorganized and the following board of officers elected:
President
Mrs. Augustus Doughty
Vice President
Mrs. Robert E. Taylor
Secretary
Mrs. Edward H. Parker
Treasurer
Mrs. John C. Otis.
This board continued for about two years. Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck was President 1896-1898 (?), and Mrs. A. Edward Tower 1898-1899 (?), and Miss Mary E. Woodin was Secretary and Treasurer 1896-1899. After the mortgage was placed upon the property of the Church in 1893, the vestry looked to the Aid Society for help in raising the annual interest. The Society did contribute generously to this, and to the current expenses of the parish, for a time, and, in the summer of 1895, provided the church with ventilators at a cost of $726.00; but in February, 1899, it communicated to the vestry, by its Secre- tary, its unwillingness to work further for the interest on the debt, and, in 1900, its meetings were omitted.
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS
In 1887-1890 a group of little girls, who were gathered to- gether and led by Miss Edith Hamilton, worked in various ways to earn money with which to make a gift to the church, then building. They sewed, and took cooking orders, and gave tableaux, and held a fair, their efforts materializing in the credence-table; in the Magnificat window, beside the or- gan; and in the window called the Jeweled Cross. The children who composed this circle of King's Daughters were: Lydia Booth, Elise Hampton, Mary Hinkley, Hazel Hufcut, Cornelia Dodge Kinkead, Josephine Mason, Nancy Vincent McClelland, Agnes Reeves and Helen Van Kleeck.
KNIGHTS OF TEMPERANCE Christ Church Company, No. 52
This organization was chartered November 15th, 1889, and disbanded in October, 1893. The Wardens were Robert Van Kleeck, 1889-1892, and John K. Sague, 1892-1893, and the disbanding of the company took place because, when Mr.
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Sague was unable to serve longer, it was impossible to fill his place, and the company formally voted that they preferred to disband when their prestige was high, rather than to dwindle into insignificance. They had had a particularly prosperous existence, and ranked high in the general organization of the Knights of Temperance. In the summer of 1891 they had a camp near Stissing Lake, Dutchess County; in April, 1892, a play was given to earn money for uniforms, and, in June, 1892, the company went to New York and entered a competition drill, in which they won the prize banner; in April, 1893, a play was successfully given in the Opera House, and, in May, 1893, they joined prominently in a convention of Knights of Temperance held in Poughkeepsie. Companies from New York City, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Connecticut and the Hudson River towns attended this convention, during which there were contests in declamation, athletics and drilling. Christ Church Company won the prize banner in drilling, second place in athletics, and second in increase of member- ship. It is regretted that no list of the members of this com- pany has been found. The officers in 1892 were: Warden, Robert Van Kleeck; Vice-Warden, John J. Sloan; Sub-War- den, John K. Sague; Past Captain, B. G. Tice; Captain, A. H. Fish; Lieutenant, R. Graham; Senior Lieutenant, G. Lumb; Junior Lieutenant, W. Wesley; Ensign, J. Hey; Senior Color Guard, L. Mitchell; Junior Color Guard, W. Haight; Secre- tary, R. H. Maar; Ass't Secretary, E. Wolven; Treasurer, P. Howard; Ass't Treasurer, S. C. Fish.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW
A charter was granted to Christ Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew on November 22d, 1890. A complete list of the members has not been obtained, but the Chapter was founded by Mr. Sylvester Pier, the first Director, and by Messrs. Michael T. Baumbusch, Henry S. Curtis, Al- fred H. Fish, Victor Pier, Arthur B. Rudd, William H. Sloan, Robert Van Kleeck, and Hiram S. Wiltsie. For two years the Order maintained a free reading room, with games, that was open every evening at No. 94 Union street. Then, from 1893
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to 1898, it had charge of the mission at Spuyken Kill.1 Mr. Wiltsie succeeded Mr. Pier as Director, and the Rev. Mr. Weikert followed Mr. Wiltsie. Through all of the Brother- hood's eight years of life its members did regular work in visiting the hospital, hotels and Eastman College. The Chapter faded out of existence about 1899.
THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY-THE GIRLS' GUILD
July 7th, 1892, the Christ Church branch of the Girls' Friendly Society was organized under the auspices of the following ladies of the parish as Associate Members: Miss Mary Baker, Miss Carrie Campbell, Miss Irene Cornwell, Miss Helen Cornwell, Mrs. Augustus Doughty, Miss Helen N. Frost, Mrs. Edward H. Parker, Miss Sarah Petillon, Mrs. Sylvester Pier, Miss Julia Sague, Miss Elizabeth Schermer- horn, Miss Lina Slee, Miss Gertrude Sloan, Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck, Mrs. Harry Wallhead, Miss Mary E. Woodin.
Miss Helen N. Frost was the active directress, or executive officer, 1892-1894, her successors between 1894 and 1900 being Mrs. Harry Wallhead and Miss Mina L. Frost. The first roll of girls numbered fifty-five, and the Friendly Society soon proved itself a live organization; classes in cooking, plain sewing and embroidery, and in literature, history and draw- ing were conducted with successful results, and the organ- ization earned an excellent reputation.
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