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In 1901 connection with the parent Society, the Girls' Friendly in America, was severed, and the members of the branch reorganized as the Girls' Guild of Christ Church, which continued until 1905. Miss Mary E. Woodin was President of the Girls' Guild 1901-1902; Mrs. Frederick S. Lyke, 1903; Miss Lucy Jackson, 1903-1904. In 1905 the Guild was allow- ed to lapse; the meetings were of necessity held at evening, and it came to be deemed unwise to bring such young girls from home at that time.
1 The mission at Spuyken Kill was founded by Mr. William M. Goodrich, vestryman of Christ Church, about the beginning of Dr. Ziegenfuss's rectorate, services and Sunday School being held in the school house. After Mr. Goodrich's death in 1881, Mr. Robert Van Kleeck, who had been associated with him, acted as lay reader for some years.
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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
It was probably late in 1896 that the original members of the Christ Church Circle of the Order of the Daughters of the King were gathered, but their charter was dated January 28th, 1897. The charter members were: Mrs. Frank Brad- bury, Miss Helen Brill, Mrs. Frederick Chichester, Mrs. John Gaylord, Miss Helen C. Parker, Miss Sarah Petillon, Miss Cora Reynolds, Miss Mary B. Sanford, Mrs. Samuel A. Weikert. Members entering after the charter had been granted were: Miss Lotta Brown, Miss Florence Chichester, Miss Edith Christie, Mrs. Harvey French, Miss Cornelia B. Hart, Miss Jane L. Hinkley, Mrs. Frederick S. Lyke, Miss Marie L. Reynolds, Miss Nannie Vaughn and Miss Mary Woodin. The Presidents of the Society have been, Mrs. S. A. Weikert, 1897-1900; Mrs. Frederick Chichester, 1900-1901; Miss Jane L. Hinkley, 1901-1903; Mrs. Frederick Chichester, 1903; Miss Sarah Petillon, 1904-1905. No election was held in January, 1906, and the organization dissolved, largely be- cause particular forms of work, in which it had been con- cerned, no longer needed its help. The Daughters had had charge of the Mothers' Meetings from 1897 to 1904, and of the Girls' Guild from 1901 to 1905, and had worked hard and faithfully, but the Mothers' Meetings became independent and self-supporting, and the Girls' Guild was discontinued, so the corporate association of the Daughters ceased.
CHRIST CHURCH CADET CORPS-BOYS' LEAGUE
The Cadet Corps was organized in January, 1897, and con- tinued until 1906, as a uniformed, drilled company of boys. Their appearance in Decoration Day parades won them much praise, and the boys enjoyed the benefits of several summer camping trips arranged for them. In 1897 Allen Frost was captain of the company; Samuel C. Fish was a leader in or- ganizing it, and Alfred H. Fish was captain for several years. The membership ranged from thirty to fifty boys.
The resignation in 1906 of John K. Sague, who had been commandant of the corps since 1903, left the organization without a leader. In 1907-1908 the military features were dropped, and the same boys banded as the Junior, or Boys', League, under Mr. Percy L. Reynolds, Director.
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MOTHERS' MEETINGS-ST. MARGARET'S GUILD
At some time during the year 1897, there was started an organization which has steadily increased in strength ever since. It had its beginning in this simple way. The Rev. Mr. Weikert expressed regret to Mrs. George Champion that she and other mothers of children in the Sunday School did not oftener get to the church. In reply, Mrs. Champion suggest- ed that, if meetings were held here, such as she, herself, had at- tended in the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City, perhaps the mothers would come to them. Mr. Weikert there- upon commissioned Mrs. Frederick Chichester and Mrs. Frank Bradbury, two of the Daughters of the King, to start meetings modelled after those held in the New York parish.
The meetings began with an attendance of seven, which has since become about thirty-four. In their original purpose they were intended to be a means whereby the Church should help some of its members, and were conducted solely for the personal benefit of those who came to them. On this basis the Daughters of the King had charge of them, and supported them for several years. Gradually the chief burden of the work fell upon one member of the Daughters, Miss Jane L. Hinkley, under whom, as Directress, the meetings in 1904 be- came self-supporting, their source of income being the pro- ceeds of the sales of tufted quilts. The Directresses succeed- ing Miss Hinkley have been Mrs. John R. Reynolds, 1905- 1906; Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham, jointly, 1906-1908; and Mrs. Buckingham, 1908-1910.
In the autumn of 1905 the old name of Mothers' Meetings was given up, and that of St. Margaret's Guild adopted, in honor of St. Margaret of Antioch, the patron saint of all women, and especially of mothers. There is no guild in the parish which does more work than St. Margaret's, or the members of which give so generously, and a long and honor- able future is anticipated for it.
The roll of 1910 bears the names of:
B. Mrs. E. W. Bowen; Mrs. Boyles; Mrs. Edward Brenner; Mrs. Joseph Brokosch; Mrs. Mary R. Brownlee; Mrs. Burgess; Miss Sarah Boston; Miss Louisa Boston.
C. Mrs. Gilbert Caire; Mrs. George F. Champion; Mrs. Peter Chapman; Mrs. F. J. Curdy.
D. Mrs. Newell Davids; Mrs. Samuel Dayton.
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F. Mrs. David H. Fowler; Mrs. Andrew Frank.
G. Mrs. Sarah Goodey.
H. Mrs. William Halstead; Mrs. Powell Hobert; Mrs. Anna Page Horton; Mrs. Joseph Hughes.
I. Mrs. James Ingraham.
K. Mrs. Louisa Kahler; Mrs. William Key; Mrs. Charles Edward King; Mrs. John W. King.
L. Mrs. Catherine Lewis; Mrs. Lindsley.
M. Mrs. Frank Madison; Mrs. Ann Mahoney; Mrs. Charles Morgan; Mrs. Mary. C. Myers; Miss Sarah C. Myers; Miss Jane Mead.
P. Mrs. George T. Pearce; Mrs. Benjamin Pritchard.
R. Mrs. James Reickel; Mrs. James Rikel; Mrs. Charles Rogers.
S. Mrs. Warren Silvernail; Mrs. James Slater; Mrs. Sper- beck; Mrs. John Spross; Mrs. Philip Spross; Mrs. Jane Scott; Mrs. Stone.
V. Mrs. Mary J. Valentine.
W. Mrs. Frank Williams. t.
THE WOMEN'S GUILD OF CHRIST CHURCH
At the beginning of his rectorate, on December 13th, 1900, the Rev. Alexander G. Cummins founded the Women's Guild of Christ Church, with fifty-seven organizing members. A constitution and by-laws were adopted on January 9th, 1901, which provided for the centralizing of the parish work done by women; in theory, every woman in the congregation is a member of this Guild, which meets monthly, from October to May, and which now has a membership of one hundred and twenty-one. Beside the usual executive officers, there are standing committees to conduct various branches of work, the chairmen of which make monthly and annual reports at the Guild meetings, the latter serving as a clearing house for general information in regard to parochial affairs. Officers and chairmen are elected for one year, and are eligible for a second consecutive term, but may not hold office for three consecutive years. This principle of rotation has been found advantageous in practice, new workers being trained by it, and cliques among workers, and ruts in method avoided.
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Beside the routine committee work annually carried on, the Women's Guild, as a whole, has, from 1903, made a spe- cial effort each year to give to the Church treasury at Easter, the aggregate offerings from 1903 to 1910 amounting to $7,829.15. The offering of $1,092.75 at Easter, 1908, was applied to the mortgage indebtedness of the parish.
The officers of the Women's Guild from 1900 to 1910 have been:
President, the Rector, ex officio.
First Vice President
Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. Augustus Doughty, 1902-1904; Mrs. John A. Roosevelt, 1904-1906; Mrs. James W. Hinkley, 1906-1908; Mrs. John K. Sague, 1908-1910; Mrs. William DeGarmo Smith, 1910. Second Vice President
Mrs. A. Edward Tower, December 1900-April 1902; Mrs. Robert E. Taylor, 1902-1904; Mrs. Thomas M. Quirk, 1904- 1906; Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham, 1906-1908; Mrs. Harris S. Reynolds, 1908-1910; Mrs. M. H. Chase, 1910.
Recording Secretary
Miss Helen W. Reynolds, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. George D. Olivet, 1902-1904; Miss Rosalie Manning, 1904- 1906; Miss Ruth A. Bahret, 1906-1908; Miss Marjorie L. Nickerson, 1908-1910; Mrs. Frederick J. Mann, 1910.
Corresponding Secretary
Miss Cornelia D. Kinkead, December 1900-May 1902; Miss Helen Van Kleeck, 1902-1904; Mrs. Harry Wallhead, 1904- 1906; Miss Florence W. Olivet, 1906-1908; Miss Fanny D. Snyder, 1908-1910; Miss Lydia Shultz, 1910.
Treasurer
Mrs. Henry Booth, December 1900-May 1902; Miss Ellen C. Roosevelt, 1902-1904; Mrs. Frank Hasbrouck, 1904- 1906; Miss Mary Wood, 1906-1908; Miss Mary Cornwell, 1908-1910; Miss Effie Porteous, 1910.
Relief Committee
Mrs. Horace Sague, December 1900-May 1904; Mrs. E. V. Sidell, 1904-1906; Mrs. Charles J. Meade, 1906-1908; Mrs. Joseph C. English, 1908-1910; Mrs. Albert E. Schwartz, 1910.
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Chancel Committee'
Mrs. Edward H. Parker, December 1900-May 1902; Miss Helen W. Reynolds, 1902-1904; Miss Jane L. Hinkley, 1904- 1906; Miss Julia Sague, 1906-1907; Miss Helen Van Kleeck, 1907-1910; Miss Irene Cornwell, 1910.
Hospitality Committee
Mrs. John C. Otis, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. William R. Farrington, 1902-1904; Miss Irene Van Kleeck, 1904- 1906; Mrs. Smith W. Davis, 1906-1908; Mrs. Charles W. Swift, 1908-1910; Miss May L. Reynolds, 1910.
Visiting Committee
Mrs. George D. Olivet, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. John K. Sague, 1902-1904; Mrs. Edward H. Parker, 1904- 1905; Miss Helen W. Reynolds, October 1905-May 1907; Mrs. John C. Otis, 1908-1910; Mrs. DuBois Carpenter, 1910.
Writing Committee
Mrs. Augustus Doughty, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. Archibald McC. Bush, 1902-1904; Mrs. Walter M. Jones, 1904-1906; Miss May L. Reynolds, 1906-1908; Miss Sarah Petillon, 1908-1910; Mrs. John W. Garrison, 1910.
Missionary Committee
Mrs. John Thompson, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. Smith W. Davis, 1902-1904; Miss Mary Cornwell, 1904- 1906; Mrs. Robert J. Stratford, February 1907-May 1908.
Committee on Associate Organizations
Miss Mary E. Woodin, December 1900-May 1902; Mrs. Frederick S. Lyke, 1902-1903; Miss Mary B. Sanford, 1903- 1904; Miss Sarah Petillon, 1904-1096; Mrs. J. H. M. A. von Tiling, 1906-1908; Miss Rosalie Manning, 1908-1910; Mrs. Chester T. Cadwell, 1910.
Property Committee
Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham, November 1906-1910.
Librarian, Church Periodical Club'
Mrs. Harris S. Reynolds, 1901; Miss Helen Cornwell, 1902- 1904; Mrs. DuBois Carpenter, 1904-1906; Mrs. Albert E. Schwartz, 1906-1908; Mrs. Charles F. Wood, 1908-1910; Mrs. Alexander C. Dow, 1910.
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The members of the Women's Guild in 1910 are:
B. Miss Ruth A. Bahret; Mrs. Harry S. Bock; Miss Mabel Booth; Mrs. G. C. Bower; Miss Myra Brazier; Mrs. George Briggs; Mrs. Mary R. Brownlee; Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham; Mrs. Archibald McC. Bush.
C. Mrs. Chester T. Cadwell; Mrs. DuBois Carpenter; Mrs. William B. Carpenter; Mrs. Walter R. Case; Mrs. George F. Champion; Mrs. M. H. Chase; Miss Florence Chi- chester; Mrs. George Cornwell; Miss Mary Cornwell; Miss Irene Cornwell; Miss Helen Cornwell; Miss Susan Coxhead; Miss Julia Crooke; Mrs. Edward W. Cundy.
D. Mrs. Henry Dale; Mrs. George W. Davids; Mrs. Smith W. Davis; Mrs. C. P. Dorland; Mrs. Augustus Doughty; Mrs. Mary Harris Doughty; Mrs. Alexander C. Dow.
E. Mrs. James E. East; Mrs. Joseph C. English.
G. Mrs. John W. Garrison; Mrs. Elmer D. Gildersleeve Jr .; Mrs. Jesse J. Graham; Mrs. Augustus B. Gray.
H. Mrs. John Hackett; Mrs. George W. Halliwell; Mrs. C. C. Harcourt; Miss Louise Hardenbrook; Miss Mary A. Hart; Miss Emily Hart; Mrs. James W. Hinkley; Miss Mary Hinkley; Miss Jane L. Hinkley; Miss Anne Hinkley; Miss Josephine Hinkley; Mrs. James W. Hinkley Jr .; Miss Lillian Hunter.
I. Mrs. Samuel M. Ingersoll.
J. Mrs. Walter M. Jones; Miss Elizabeth Van Cleef Jones.
K. Mrs. J. K. Kaley; Mrs. John Kinkead; Miss Cornelia D. Kinkead; Mrs. Walter S. Knowlson; Mrs. Carl Kohl.
L. Miss Pauline Lalouette.
M. Mrs. Frederick J. Mann; Mrs. William Manning; Miss Rosalie Manning; Miss Minnie R. McGlasson; Mrs. Herbert Mills; Mrs. Sarah North Morgan.
N. Mrs. Walter C. Nichols.
O. Mrs. George D. Olivet; Miss Florence W. Olivet; Mrs. John Calhoun Otis; Mrs. John Haviland Otis; Mrs. . Jacob V. Overocker.
P. Mrs. James B. Packard; Miss Sarah Petillon; Mrs. Isaac Platt; Mrs. James G. Porteous; Miss Effie Porteous; Dr. Emma Putnam; Mrs. William Prowse.
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R. Mrs. Adrian Rapelje; Mrs. James M. Reickel; Mrs. Harris S. Reynolds; Miss May L. Reynolds; Mrs. John R. Reynolds; Miss Helen W. Reynolds; Mrs. John A. Roosevelt; Miss Ellen C. Roosevelt; Mrs. Charles Rudd; Mrs. Jay W. Russell.
S. Mrs. Horace Sague; Mrs. John K. Sague; Mrs. Albert E. Schwartz; Miss Amelia Shultz; Miss Lydia Shultz; Mrs. Edwin V. Sidell; Mrs. Albert A. Simpson; Mrs. William Sirrine; Miss Gertrude Sloan; Mrs. William De Garmo Smith; Miss Fanny D. Snyder; Mrs. P. Frost Spaulding; Mrs. Charles W. Swift; Miss Elma D. Swift.
T. Miss Louise E. Taylor; Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney; Mrs. Isaac Trolley.
V. Mrs. Harry Valentine; Mrs. Edward W. Valentine; Mrs. Robert Van Kleeck; Miss Helen Van Kleeck; Miss Irene Van Kleeck; Mrs. Isaac B. Van Vliet; Miss Nannie L. Vaughan; Mrs. J. H. M. A. von Tiling.
W. Mrs. Harry Wallhead; Mrs. Owen Ward; Mrs. William T. Ward; Miss May C. Wilkinson; Miss Sarah E. Williams; Miss Jessie Williams; Mrs. Louis C. Wood; Mrs. Charles F. Wood; Mrs. William R. Woodin; Miss Mary E. Woodin; Mrs. Walter Wrigley.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION
This Society was started June 11th, 1902, of mixed mem- bership, young men and young women, both, belonging to it, and the meetings being largely social in character. The difficulties in the way of its success were too many, and it was dropped at the end of its second year.
THE SEWING SCHOOL
A Sewing School was opened in November, 1903, and contin- ued until May, 1905. Miss Mary B. Sanford served as Direct- ress, 1903-1904, and Miss Helen Van Kleeck, 1904-1905. For want of a Directress there was an hiatus in the sessions 1905- 1908; in the year 1908-1909 a group of Vassar College students conducted the school, and, in 1909-1910, it has been in the charge of Miss Elizabeth Van Cleef Jones. The average num-
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ber of children attending, each year in which the school has been open, has been about forty, and the practical results have been very satisfactory.
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEAGUE
When the Girls' Guild was discontinued in 1905 because of the extreme youth of its members, it was followed by the organization on January 11th, 1906, of the Young Women's League, intended for older girls, communicants of the parish, among whom a common meeting ground was needed. A few of the organizing members were: the Misses Ruth Bahret, Hilda Bayer, Irene Cornwell, Helen Cornwell, Lena Guylee, Louise Hardenbrook, Jane Hinkley, Luella Myers, Effie Por- teous, Vera Powell, May L. Reynolds, Helen W. Reynolds, Ellen C. Roosevelt, Helen Van Kleeck and May C. Wilkin- son. The meetings have been social and industrial, and for about three years were held regularly from October to May; missionary boxes have been packed, and, in 1909, excellent work for the tuberculosis camp of the City of Poughkeepsie was done. In the season of 1909-'10, the meetings were con- fined to the weeks preceding Christmas, when the dolls for the Sunday School tree were dressed. The lack of Directors did away with the meetings the remainder of the year. In 1906 the Directors were Miss Helen W. Reynolds and Miss Helen Van Kleeck; from the fall of 1906 to Christmas, 1908, Miss Jane L. Hinkley and Miss Helen Van Kleeck; from January to December, 1909, Miss May C. Wilkinson and Mrs. John W. Garrison.
THE MEN'S LEAGUE
On February 2d, 1908, a service for men, only, was held in Christ Church, when the building was taxed to its capacity to accommodate the numbers who attended to hear a stirring address by the Rt. Rev. Charles D. Williams, Bishop of Michi- gan. Largely owing to the influence of this impressive occa- sion, a Men's League was formed in the parish, during Febru- ary, 1908, which has since held regular meetings and been ac- tive in the work it mapped out for itself. It has labored to in- crease the interest in the Church of the men of the parish, and to contribute its share to the improvement of modern
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social conditions. The President of the League is the Rector, ex officio, and the lay Directors have been Messrs. Edwin V. Sidell, 1908; Harry Wallhead, 1908-1910; Albert E. Schwartz, 1910.
Members of the League are:
A. Otto Albertson.
B. George K. Baird; Michael T. Baumbusch; Raymond Baumbusch; Harry Bayer; John T. Bayer; Ralph Bill- man; Harry S. Bock; Reon L. Bowen; G. C. Bower; John Bower; James C. Brower; Richard Brown; William E. Bussing.
C. Dr. Chester T. Cadwell; Gilbert Caire; Pelton Cannon; Du Bois Carpenter; George Cassidy; M. H. Chase; George F. Champion; Peter Conrad; Homer L. Coxhead; Edward W. Cundy.
D. George W. Davids; Newell Davids; Raymond B. Davids; Smith W. Davis; John Detlefs; Seward Devine; Augus- tus Doughty; Robert Doughty; Alexander Dow.
E. Joseph C. English.
F. Alfred H. Fish; J. Howard Fitchett; Robert Flagler; Benjamin M. Fowler; David H. Fowler; George L. Frankenstein; Albert Frederick; Louis N. Frost.
G. John W. Garrison; Elmer D. Gildersleeve, Jr .; Jesse J. Graham; John N. Graham; Augustus B. Gray; George W. Gray; Harry Gray; Ernest Guylee.
H. Abram Percival Hart; William Hall Hart; James W. Hinkley 2d; John L. Hinkley.
I. Samuel M. Ingersoll.
K. Augustus Kaiser; Charles Edward King; John W. King.
L. Silas Lane; Albert. Lewis; U. Grant Lucas.
M. Henry J. Maar; Charles Madison; Frank Madison; Fred Madsen; Richard J. Maloney; Dr. Frederick J. Mann; Walter S. Marx; George McConaghy; Charles J. Meade; Frank Myers; Thomas C. Myers.
O. W. H. Osborne; Dr. John C. Otis; Edwin Overocker; George Overocker.
P. Robert E. Page; George Patterson; George T. Pearce; Edward E. Perkins; Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim; Isaac Platt; William G. Prowse.
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R. Harris S. Reynolds; Louis W. Reynolds; Paul I. Rey- nolds; Percy L. Reynolds; Ashley H. Richards; Frede- rick Rikel; James Rikel; Dr. Isaac Woodbridge Riley; Samuel I. Robinson.
S. Clarence Sague; Horace Sague; the Hon. John K. Sague; A. Allendorph Schoonmaker; Albert E. Schwartz; Charles Scofield; Sydney D. Shattuck; Harold Sherrill; Wilfred Sherrill; Edwin V. Sidell; Frederick H. Siegfried; Albert A. Simpson; Harry Sirrine; William Sirrine; James H. Slater; William H. Sloan; Harold Smith; Harry M. Smith; Ralph Smith; William De Garmo Smith; John Spross; Philip Spross; John Stratton; Charles W. Swift.
T. Isaac Trolley.
V. Edward W. Valentine; Frank Valentine; Theodore Van Kleeck; Reuben Van Vlack.
W. Frank Wallhead; Harry Wallhead; Walter Wesley; William F. West; George Wilkinson, Jr .; Pierre G. Williams; William Wolff; Charles F. Wood; Henry Wood; Dr. Louis C. Wood; Walter Wrigley; William Wright.
Y. Thomas C. Young.
Turning from the subject of organized work to a men- tal review of the events in the parish in the years between 1875 and 1910, it quickly becomes evident that there was but one event of any vital significance, but that that one was so important in its results that it can only be looked upon as a parting of the ways in the modern history of Christ Church.
Until the third church was built in 1888, the congrega- tion had led a quiet, useful life, with a fair measure of material prosperity, the scale of their parochial living being well within their means. To erect a new church came to be necessary to some extent, and an undertaking advisable, inasmuch as the parish was capable of rising to some effort to accomplish it. A new building was
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desired by Dr. Ziegenfuss, the Bishop of the Diocese endorsed the proposition, the vestry favored it, and it was made practicable when Mr. Tower, a member of the vestry, told Dr. Ziegenfuss to proceed with the matter, and that, after the congregation had done what it could, he would make up the remainder of the money needed.
Mr. Albert Tower was a man of large wealth, the Pres- ident of the Poughkeepsie Iron Company, who became a parishioner of Christ Church about 1875, his strong liking and friendship for Dr. Ziegenfuss drawing him into the congregation. In the community he was held in the greatest respect for the inherent worth of his character, which was marked by a high integrity and moral purpose, veiled by an unassuming modesty, while, in Christ Church, he was also regarded with gratitude and affec- tion for his generosity and devotion to the parish.
It was Mr. Tower's full intention to make good any deficit arising from the building project, and, had he lived, no debt would have rested upon the parish, but his death occurred very suddenly, when certain expendi- tures had not been met, and the result was the placing of a large mortgage on the real estate held by the Corpora- tion of Christ Church. The church itself had been built, Mr. Tower paying about half the cost of it, and he had also erected the tower as a special individual gift, but incidental expenses in finishing the building and laying out the grounds, and a balance due upon the parish house, were still unpaid. It was made even more difficult for the congregation to carry the mortgage by the fact that the current income was each year insuffi- cient for the support of the new, and more expensive, property.
Possibly the architect, Mr. William Appleton Potter,
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and the vestry of that day builded better than they knew, and, in creating a church plant of the size they did, anticipated the requirements of a future now, almost, become the present. Certain it is, however, that, for a few years, the strain upon the people of Christ Church, bereft of the financial support upon which they had relied, staggering under the weight of a heavy mortgage, and, in this crisis, losing the Rector whom they loved and leaned upon, was so great, that their fate, as a parish, trembled in the balance. In 1899 a legacy of ten thousand dollars was received from the estate of Edgar Van Kleeck, which was applied to the principal of the mortgage, and reduced it from its original nineteen thousand to nine thousand dollars, and, between 1899 and 1910, the nine thousand has been lowered to five. No longer a serious financial burden, it is, however, still a bugbear, morally, to many of the older members of the congregation, familiar with the trials it engendered, and. it will be accounted a day of joy and of thanksgiving when it is entirely wiped out.
The suggestion that a new church should be built was discussed in 1886, and formally decided upon by vote of the vestry on April 20th, 1887, the southwest corner of the English burying-ground being chosen as the site. The plans of William A. Potter, architect, were accepted in May, and in July a contract was made with George Mertz & Sons of Port Chester, N. Y., for the erection of the building. The accounts of Mr. George Cornwell, treasurer of the building fund, run from May 9th, 1887, to February 9th, 1889, and show that $89,580.34 passed through his hands, of which amount $45,000.00 was given by Mr. Albert Tower. The only other consider- able gift from an individual was that of $5,000.00 from
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Mr. Henry M. Curtis. The names of all those contribut- ing to the building fund, directly through the treasurer of the same, are:
A. John P. Adriance; Miss Alice P. Anthes.
B. Mrs. Susan M. Ball; Fenno D. Ball; Mrs. James Lenox Banks; William Bartlett; Miss Caroline Barrett; Miss Louise Barrett; Michael T. Baumbusch; John H. Brinck- erhoff.
C. Arnout Cannon; C. L. Cannon; Peter Cantlin; Jacob B. Carpenter; Leonard Carpenter; John Carty; Jane Carty; Dr. Walter R. Case; W. S. Chapman; John G. Collingwood; George Cornwell; Henry M. Curtis.
D. William A. Davies; Le Grand Dodge; A. M. Doty; Augustus Doughty; Miss Josephine M. Doughty; J. De Puyster Douw; William T. Downes.
E. Irving Elting.
F. William R. Farrington; Mrs. James Fitchett; Mrs. Eliza D. Forman; Miss Grace Forman.
G. William Gibson; Mrs. William M. Goodrich; Stephen G. Guernsey.
H. Mrs. John H. Hackley; George W. Halliwell; John F. Halstead; Mrs. Adolphus Hamilton; Miss Edith Hamil- ton; Mrs. Henry Hampton; William Hare; Miss Susan Hatch; Miss Julia Hatch; Peter B. Hayt; Mrs. Smith Heroy; Theodore Hinkle; Miss Mary Emily Hinkle; James W. Hinkley; Mrs. Maud Van Buren Holmes.
I. Henry Irving; James Irwin.
J. Mrs. Margaret C. Jackson; Mrs. Ira W. Johnson.
K. William Kaess; Mrs. Martha Kaye; Stephen Keller; Sophie Keller; Mrs. W. W. Kelley; Christian Kiefer; William R. Kimlin; Dr. John Kinkead; Mrs. John Kin- kead.
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