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3 James Van du Zee Brown became a warden of Christ Church during the rectorship of Dr. Paret. A short account of his life has been inserted in the chapter, "Dr. Paret's Rectorship."
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The last of the windows, that of "Christ Seated in Glory," . was placed in the triangular panel over the main entrance. It was presented as a memorial to George Westle Baird, by Mrs. Susanna and Miss Alma A. Baird, his widow and daughter, and unveiled on the Eve of All Saints, 1909.
Many other gifts have been made, of which the Sanctuary Rail, a memorial to Carile Cone Brown,1 presented by her sis- ters, Mrs. Allen P. Perley and Mrs. Helen A. Piper, and the tablet to Mr. John White and his son, John Allison White, presented by Mrs. John White, are the most important.
The spiritual life and the social life of the parish have both progressed. The "Messenger" records numbers as present at and receiving the Eucharist and an immense num- ber of pastoral calls both by the Rector and the Deaconess. The new parish house, with its complete equipment of bowling alleys, billiard tables, guild rooms and auditoriums, has proven a magnet of attraction. The Men's Club, entertained by various members of the church, has on several occasions as- sembled a hundred strong, to listen to lectures, to smoke and to banquet. The girls also have organized. The Sewing Club is active and the Girls' Friendly and other guilds keep steadily at work. Parochial missions have been held : in Christ Church, February II-28, 1908, under the Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jr .; in St. John's Chapel, November 17-23, 1906, under different preachers. The services, about once a month, for deaf-mutes, of whom there are sixteen communicants in the parish, have been continued under the Rev. Franklin C. Smileau,2 and in November, 1907, a Missionary mass meeting was held, with Bishop Spalding, of Salt Lake, and Bishop Kinsolving, of Texas, as the speakers. The work organized by Mr. Eckel in the Church of the Epiphany for colored people was recalled in
1 Carile Cone Brown was the wife of James Van du Zee Brown.
2 The Rev. Mr. Smileau, himself a deaf mute, is doing wonder- ful work. Despite his physical handicap, he took the full course of theology, including Greek and Hebrew. He covers the dioceses of Harrisburg, Bethlehem and Western New York-some 36,000 square miles.
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November, 1906, when the Rev. Joseph W. Livingston, a col- ored priest, held a service for the members of his race in the church and organized a guild. In all undertakings the choir has responded to the calls made upon it, the special services of Maunder's "Song of Thanksgiving," 1905 and 1906, and of the same composer's "Penitence, Pardon and Peace," in Lent, 1909 and 1910, standing out as brilliant achievements. In en- tertainments to raise funds for various purposes the members of the parish have worked unselfishly and effectively.1
In the Diocese the election of the Senior Warden, Mr. C. LaRue Munson, to the Chancellorship has added to the im- portance of the parish, while the organization of an annual Laymen's Banquet of the Archdeaconry of Williamsport, un- der the direction of the Williamsport Clericus,2 has aroused and concentrated enthusiasm amongst the laymen to an unex- pected degree.
The parish, permeated with a spirit of loyalty, sound financially and equipped with adequate organizations and build- ings for its work, celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the first Episcopal Church service in Williamsport, in the fall of the present year. That the completion of three-score years and ten of its history-the allotted length of a man's life-will mean to it merely renewed life, in which it will continue to labor for the advancement of the Kingdom, cannot be doubted.
1 "The Coming of Ruth," a costumed cantata, was sung at the Opera House April 4 and 5, 1907, by a chorus of one hundred voices; a variety, "The County Fair," was produced at the Valla- mont Theatre June 14, 1907; and "Across the Continent" at the Opera House, September 18, 1908. In addition, dozens of enter- tainments of various kinds have been given.
2 The Annual Banquet is under the direction of the Williams- port Clericus. Suggested by Mr. Jones at a meeting in 1906, the Vestries of Christ Church and Trinity Church were called together and the necessary arrangements made. Each year since that time between 300 and 400 Churchmen have sat down in token of their good fellowship and desire to promote the interests of the Church. Speeches by prominent clerics and laymen have been by no means the least enjoyable features of the dinners.
SUMMARY NOTES.1
Before bringing this sketch to an end it will be desirable to present, in summary form, a few notes under the following heads: The Parish Paper ; The Bishops of the Diocese; List of the Clergy; Lay Officers and Prominent Lay-Workers ; Choir and Music; The Money Problem; Wadleigh (St. Mary's) Chapel; St. John's Chapel; Memorials and Thank- offerings and The Parish in Archdeaconry and Diocese.
1 Mr. Eckel's narrative is here resumed. For that part of the text, however, which relates to his and Mr. Jones's rectorships, the Registrar is responsible. [Ed.]
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THE PARISH PAPER.
From the beginning of Dr. Paret's rectorship onward the chronicler of Christ Church Parish history is embarrassed, not by the dearth of data, but by its abundance. For there is available a file of parish magazines which, supplemented by the Rev. C. F. Sweet's biography of Dr. Hopkins, "A Cham- pion of the Cross," from which quotations have already been made, and other literary material, gives one a vivid story of that progressive development from year to year which has not only given the parish a foremost place in the Diocese, but made its savor of good works to be smelled abroad.
"The Parish Guide" was begun by Dr. Paret in February, 1870, and published continuously until the end of 1875.1 It was a modest little paper of eight or twelve pages (the one size or other, according to circumstances), 9 x 6 inches. On the upper part of the cover appeared the picture of a battle- mented church-door bearing the name, "Parish Guide," with the year over the door, and flanked on either side with grape and ivy vines. Lower down was the motto: "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men-Colos- sians iii: 23." In his initial number the Rector remarked : "Those who will take the trouble to preserve successive num- bers and have them bound will find them a good record of parish history." He asks for 100 subscribers at $1.50 each, but was evidently disappointed, for again and again the rector- editor expresses his fear that the publication of the little paper must soon come to an end for lack of financial support. Yet each time until December, 1875, his friends seem to have ral-
1 The following numbers are yet missing from the file, and will be gladly received from any persons who can supply them: Octo- ber and December, 1873; November, 1874, and all but March and April of the year 1875. [Ed.]
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lied to his aid and the paper went on, the subscription price, however, being reduced to 60 cents for 1871, but raised to $1.00 the next year. At one time for a considerable period the "business management" was lodged in the hands of a com- mittee of "the Brotherhood," composed of Messrs. J. J. Crocker and F. E. Gleim (January, 1872).
We find the Rector not only maintaining the "free seats" policy of his predecessor "as a pecuniary policy," but defend- ing it "on grounds of holy principle." We note also that in the issue for May, 1870, he expresses his gratitude for "the prompt fulfilment, and more than fulfilment, of every promise made me; the warm personal friendship and interest mani- fested, with many instances of personal kindness; the ready co-operation in all the Rector's plans and purposes of Church work; the hearty confidence and utter lack of fault-finding, and the tokens of growing interest and zeal."
The first number of "Christ Church Messenger" appeared in March, 1888. This was a twelve-page magazine, 91/2 x 7 inches, with a four-page colored cover. The "Messenger" was a more ambitious periodical than the "Guide," and contained, besides its monthly quota of parochial news items and exhorta- tions, some columns of well selected articles from the general Church press and a condensed summary of Church movements and notable events at home and abroad, especially in the mis- sion fields of the Church. From time to time Mr. Graff ex- presses misgivings like to those of Dr. Paret regarding his ability to keep up this publication, but assistance seems ever to have been forthcoming until Febraury, 1894, when we read a pathetic "farewell."1 Publication was suspended each year during the months of August and September. The subscrip- tion price of the "Messenger" throughout its history was 25 cents a year. During Mr. Graff's time the cover bore the mot- toes : "One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" and " 'Thus
1 The only missing numbers from the file are June and July, 1889. It is supposed that no June number was published on ac- count of the flood, and perhaps the same reason explains the ab- sence of the July number.
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saith the Lord, Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and ye shall find rest for your souls'-Jer. vi:15." The names of "Wadleigh Chapel, East Williamsport," and "St. John's Chapel, South Williamsport," also appeared on the front im- mediately below the name and location of the parish church.
It is not the purpose of the present writer to enter upon the period of his own rectorship, but it may here be added, for the sake of completeness, that "Christ Church Messenger" was revived by Mr. Eckel in March, 1897, as a four-page leaflet, 101/2 x 73/4 inches (later reduced to 91/2 x 6), and ran for two years, when its discontinuance was necessitated by the with- drawal of advertising under a rule of the merchants' associa- tion against all publications but newspapers. Under altered circumstances a later revival of the paper by Mr. Jones came in October, 1905, when its form and style were greatly im- proved, and it has continued its appearance since then as an illustrated monthly.1
This resume of the history of the parish papers has been deemed a proper subject of introduction here for the reason that both the clergy and parishioners have always regarded their parish paper as an important agency in maintaining and forwarding the prosperity of the parish.
1 Ten issues a year. Not published in July and August. [Ed.]
SUMMARY NOTES
THE BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE.
It should not be forgotten that to a larger degree than rectors or people realize, the prosperity of a parish depends upon the personality and administrative efficiency of the Bishop. If the parishioners in general know the Bishop of the Diocese only as an occasional visitor to their church, chiefly for the Laying on of Hands in Confirmation, the clergy know him as a personal friend and adviser, as a Father in God, as the Chief Shepherd, as the Pastor of Pastors, and as the direc- tor of policies designed to strengthen, invigorate, and expand the corporate life of the Church. Not a little of the success of the parochial and missionary clergy of a diocese is due to the encouragement and guidance of their Bishop, to the private admonitions, incentives, and example of their chief. But if the majority of parishioners are unaware of the Bishop's influ- ence in their religious affairs, it is not so with the Vestry or with the lay-delegates to the Diocesan Convention. The prac- tical value of the episcopal system is made clearly evident as to the clergy, so also to the lay-officials of the Church, in a mul- tiplicity of ways. Under the leadership and counsels of a strong and able Bishop, a beneficial impress is made upon each parish and mission in the Diocese. When, therefore, one would reckon up the forces which have made Christ Church Parish, Williamsport, what it is, the names and splendid per- sonality of its Bishops must not be forgotten.
It is an interesting circumstance in our history that all the early Bishops of Pennsylvania except the first (the Right Rev. William White, D. D., who died in 1836,) have officially visited this parish and ministered to our people. Their por- traits and those of the Bishops of Central Pennsylvania, and that of the present Bishop of Harrisburg, can be seen hanging on the walls of the vestry-room.
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Our Fathers in God have been the following:
BISHOPS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D. D., born 1789, consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1827, became second Bishop of the Diocese in 1836, and died in 1858.
The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., LL. D., born 1800, consecrated 1845, and died 1865.
The Right Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D., born 1800, con- secrated Assistant Bishop in 1858, and died 1861.
The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D. D., LL. D., born 1815, consecrated fourth Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1862, and died 1887. During his episcopate the Diocese was divided (1871), and thereafter the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania had its own Bishops.
BISHOPS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
The Right Rev. Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, D. D., LL. D., born 1809, consecrated 1871, and died 1895.
The Right Rev. Nelson Somerville Rulison, D. D., born 1842, consecrated Assistant Bishop in 1884, became Bishop of the Diocese in 1895, and died 1897.
The Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D. D., LL. D., born 1848, consecrated Missionary Bishop of Wyoming and Idaho in 1887, and translated to Central Pennsylvania as Diocesan in 1898. During his episcopate the Diocese was divided (1904), and the Diocese of Harrisburg erected, Dr. Darlington being elected its first Bishop.1
BISHOPS OF HARRISBURG.
The Right Rev. James Henry Darlington, D. D., LL. D., Ph. D., born 1856, consecrated first Bishop of Harrisburg 1905.
1 The name "Diocese of Central Pennsylvania" has since been changed to "Diocese of Bethlehem." [Ed.]
SUMMARY NOTES
LIST OF THE CLERGY.
RECTORS-(I) The Rev. Edwin Nathaniel Lightner, April I, 1840-June 13, 1842; (2) The Rev. John Baker Clemson, June 26, 1842-April 16, 1843; (3) The Rev. Thomas Coffin Yarnall, Deacon, September 17, 1843-April 11, 1844; (4) The Rev. William James Clark, November 15, 1846-April 6, 1851 ; (5) The Rev. John Henry Black, October 10, 1851-June 12, 1853; (6) The Rev. Edward Purdon Wright, October 10, 1853-April II, 1854; (7) The Rev. W. H. Cooper, Septem- ber 17, 1854-July 20, 1855; (8) The Rev. Richard Channing Moore, October 20, 1855-October -, 1865; (9) The Rev. Albra Wadleigh, 'April 1, 1866-April 1, 1869; (10) The Rev. William Paret, D. D., May I, 1869-October 4, 1876; (II) The Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., S. T. D., December 10, 1876-October 1, 1887; (12) The Rev. William Henry Graff, November 25, 1887-May 4, 1896; (13) The Rev. Edward Henry Eckel, B. D., November 1, 1896-March 1, 1905; and (14) The Rev. William Northey Jones, May, 1905 -.
Of these fourteen rectors the addresses of those who are still living are: Dr. Yarnall, Philadelphia ; Bishop Paret, Bal- timore; Mr. Graff, Philadelphia; Mr. Eckel, St. Joseph ; and Mr. Jones, Williamsport.
ASSISTANTS .- (I) The Rev. Samuel Earp, July 5, 1868- January 1, 1869; (2) The Rev. Charles Edward Dobson, Octo- ber 3, 1880-March 30, 1886; (3) The Rev. William Louis Woodruff, December 28, 1886 (?)-November 4, 1888; (4) The Rev. David Stuart Hamilton, July 1, 1889-November 16, 1890; (5) The Rev. Lansing Swan Humphrey, January 15, 1891-July 1, 1891; (6) The Rev. Morris Washington Christ- man, July 3, 1891-June 1, 1894; (7) The Rev. Lauren Pet- tebone Wolfe, July 1, 1898-February 28, 1900; (8) The Rev. Thomas Henry Johnston, March 1, 1900-June 1, 1900; (9)
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The Rev. William A. Eardley (Thomas), September 1, 1900- December 1, 1900; (10) The Rev. James Whalley Diggles, February I, 1901-December 9, 1902; (II) The Rev. Martin Damer, February 1, 1903-November 26, 1903; (12) The Rev. Job Osiander Babin, May 30, 1904-February 1, 1905; (13) Rev. Harry G. Hartman, August 1, 1905-October 1, 1906; (14) Rev. Thomas R. Yates, October 1, 1906 --.
The Rev. Enos Josiah Balsley lived with Dr. Hopkins contemporaneously with Mr. Dobson and served outlying missions, but took occasional duty in this parish.
The Rev. William Jenkins likewise lived in Williamsport and ministered outside, contemporaneously with Mr. Diggles, but often officiated in the churches of Christ Church Parish.
The Rev. George Read Savage and the Rev. Harry Mc- Dowell served as assistants temporarily between Mr. Wood- ruff and Mr. Hamilton.
The Rev. Alfred Evan Johnson was locum tenens between Dr. Paret and Dr. Hopkins; the Rev. William H. Burbank between Mr. Graff and Mr. Eckel; and the Rev. Joseph F. John between Mr. Eckel and Mr. Jones.
DEACONESS .- Mrs. Eliza Anna (Derr) Christman (widow of the Rev. Morris Washington Christman, Assistant, July, 1891-June, 1894) was set apart as a deaconess May 8, 1898, and still ministers in the parish.
A.THOMAS PAGE
WILLIAM C.ROBINSON
C.LARUEMUNSON SENIOR WARDEN
FRANK C. BOWMAN
JOHN B.IRVIN
VESTRY MEN IEN of CHRIST CHURCH EASTER 1910
SUMMARY NOTES
LAY OFFICERS AND PROMINENT LAY-WORKERS.
This narrative would not be complete nor just to the people of Christ Church Parish were it to pass over without notice the names and active services of the many earnest and devout lay-folk whose zeal and generosity have contributed so signally to its prosperity.
The records of the Vestry reveal the interesting fact that, with the rarest exceptions, a layman once chosen to mem- bership in the Vestry is annually re-elected and remains in this body until his death or removal from the city. Several of these records of long service are particularly noteworthy.
Of the Vestry chosen when the parish was organized in February, 1841, Mr. F. C. Campbell served first as Vestry's Warden until 1853, then as Rector's Warden from 1855 until his death in 1865, a period of 24 years in all.
Mr. Campbell was succeeded as Vestry's Warden by Mr. Lester Griswold, who had been Rector's Warden from the time of Judge Ellis and a vestryman from the date of organi- zation. Mr. Griswold died in January, 1867, after 26 years' service.
Major J. H. Perkins, whose death at the great age of 91 years, occurred July 17, 1893, succeeded Mr. Griswold as Vestry's Warden in 1867, and at the time of his death had been a member of the Vestry for over 40 years and warden for more than half that time.
Mr. Oliver Watson was a vestryman from 1841 till his death in August, 1882, a period of over 41 years.
Mr. John White was elected April 9, 1855, and served in the Vestry for 34 years, till his death in 1890.
Judge Maynard was a vestryman from 1841 till the or- ganization of Trinity Parish in 1865, a period of 24 years.
Mr. James Damant was elected "Clerk of the Vestry"
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April 12, 1852, and in this capacity, later as a member of the Vestry, as Parish Treasurer, and for many years as organist of the church, served a period of over 21 years.
Mr. J. V. Brown became a vestryman in 1863, and served for 41 years, till his death in 1904. He was appointed Rec- tor's Warden in 1873, and elected Vestry's Warden upon the death of Mr. Edgar Munson in 1901.
Dr. W. F. Logan was a vestryman from 1863 till Easter, 1892, a period of 29 years. He died December 20, 1892.
Mr. H. C. Parsons, Sr., was a member of the Vestry from April 2, 1866, until his death, November 21, 1898, a period of 32 years.
Col. F. E. Embick served from January 28, 1867, until his removal to New York City in 1901, a period of 34 years.
Mr. Charles B. Howard served as vestryman from 'April 18, 1870, till his removal from the city in the summer of 1891, a period of 21 years.
Mr. J. J. Crocker became Secretary and Treasurer April 28, 1873, was elected vestryman six years later, and served till his death, April 2, 1902, a period of 29 years. He became Rector's Warden June 4, 1901.
Mr. Edgar Munson, Sr., was elected to the Vestry on Easter Monday, April 6, 1874, became Vestry's Warden nearly 20 years later, February I, 1894, and died in 1901, after 27 years' service in the Vestry.
Of the present Vestry three have been members for over 20 years, namely, Mr. C. LaRue Munson, since 1881 ; Mr. A. P. Perley, since 1883; and Mr. John F. Laedlein, since Octo- ber 6, 1888.
Other important names a quarter of a century or more ago are the Hon. Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, E. C. Johnson, H. F. Snyder, V. S. Doebler, F. H. Bunnell, John Piatt, D. W. Smith, George Webb, Martin Powell, F. N. Page, Judge H. H. Cummin, D. H. Merriman, A. H. Merritt, E. H. Biggs, J. H. Fry, Dr. J. A. L. Burrell, and F. E. Gleim, all of whom served on the Vestry.
The long service of Mr. C. LaRue Munson as lay-super-
HORACE Y. OTTO
EDWARD E. SHAY
ALLEN P. PERLEY @JUNIOR WARDEN
GEORGE P. CROCKER
EDWARD P. ALMY
YMEN of CHRIST CHURCH EASTER 1910
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intendent of the Sunday School deserves special notice. Shar- ing with Mr. A. Howard Merritt a "joint superintendency" from 1877 to 1882, Mr. Munson continued at the head of the school until 1892, a period of twenty-five years.
It would be difficult if not impossible to particularize all the old families of the parish or mention the names of all the active workers of Christ Church during the 70 years of its history. Many such names have occurred in the course of this sketch. But there is one fact of special interest that should be noted in this connection. To a remarkable degree one finds the interest of many families continued through the second, third, and fourth generations, and embracing also connections by marriage on both sides. Of such families yet identified with Christ Church may be named the Griswolds, Watsons, Whites, Perkinses, Browns, Munsons, Perleys, Crockers, Parsonses, Daytons, Logans, Piatts, Zahns, Gilmores, Pottses, and some others. These names must be recorded with appreciation and gratitude. Of devout communicants there are many whose connection with the parish runs back a long way, and of devoted young people there is a goodly company whose record of faithfulness will doubtless adorn those future chronicles of the parish which traverse the period of the present generation.
Mrs. John White is the oldest living member of the parish, her affiliation with it dating from 1852.
THE WARDENS .- As in many other parishes, the wardens of this parish are known as the Senior Warden and the Junior Warden, but reversing the usual order, the former is the Ves- try's Warden and elected by their suffrages, and the latter is the Rector's Warden and appointed from the Vestry by the rector.1
VESTRY'S (SENIOR ) WARDENS : Francis C. Campbell 1841- 1853; Lester Griswold, 1854-1867; James H. Perkins, 1867-
1 During some of the early years of the parish's history the Senior Warden seems to have been Rector's Warden and the Junior Warden, Vestry's Warden. Possibly this inconsistency is due to the Secretary's clerical errors. [Ed.]
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1893; Edgar Munson, 1894-1901 ; James Van du Zee Brown, 1901-1904; Cyrus LaRue Munson, 1904 -.
RECTOR'S (JUNIOR) WARDENS: The Hon. Ellis Lewis, 184I ?; Lester Griswold, ? - 1854; Francis C. Campbell, 1855- 1867; Oliver Watson, 1867-1869 or 1870; Dr. William F. Logan, 1869 or 1870-1873; James Van du Zee Brown, 1873- 1901 ; John Jermain Crocker, 1901-1902; Cyrus LaRue Mun- son, 1902-1904 ; Allen Putnam Perley, 1904 -.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER .- Sometimes these offices have been combined and filled by the same person, and sometimes they have been separate. At times, moreover, there has been a "Clerk of the Vestry," who was not a member of that body, and sometimes, though a member of the Vestry, this official seems to have been indifferently called Clerk or Secretary.
SECRETARIES AND CLERKS .- James Damant, clerk, 1852 (?)-1855; Oliver Watson, clerk, 1855-1856; John White, sec- retary, 1856-1859; E. C. Johnson, 1859-1862; H. F. Snyder, clerk (secretary, 1864), 1862-1866; James Damant, secretary, 1866-1873; John Jermain Crocker, secretary, 1873-1902; An- drew Thomas Page, 1902-1906; Henry C. Parsons (Jr.), as- sistant secretary, 1905-1906, secretary, 1906; Edgar Munson (Jr.), assistant secretary, 1908 -.
TREASURERS .- J. J. McCoy, 1852( ?)-1855; Oliver Wat- son, 1855-1856; John White, 1856-1859; H. F. Snyder, 1859- 1861; P. G. Smith, 1861-1864; J. Eutermarks, "treasurer and collector," 1864-1867; James Damant, 1867-1873; John Jer- main Crocker, 1873-1897; William C. Robinson, 1897-1906; Andrew Thomas Page, assistant treasurer, 1905-1906, treas- urer, 1909; Frank Parsons, assistant treasurer, 1910 -.
REGISTRAR .- (This office was created December 18, 1908.) O. R. Howard Thomson, 1908 -.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS .- This po- sition was created by the Vestry in April, 1906, and Mr. Frank Gatward, organist and choirmaster, chosen as its first incum- bent.
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