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GENEALOGY 974.3 M668VD 1923
MINUTES
OF THE
Vermont
Congregational Conference
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society
1923
MINUTES AND REPORTS
OF THE
One Hundredth and Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting OF THE
VERMONT
CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE
AND THE One Hundredth and Fifth Annual Meeting OF THE
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society
HELD AT
BURLINGTON, MAY, 15-17, 1923
THE COWLES PRESS, INC. St. Johnsbury, Vermont
1923
CONTENTS
CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE
Declaration of Faith 5
Officers of Congregational Benevolent Societies 6
7-10
Minutes
11-23
Roll of Conference.
Report of Statistical Secretary
Obituaries
32-37
Statistics of Churches, Tables, Insert
Ecclesiastical Record 39
Association of Churches
40-46
Incorporated Churches 47
Alphabetical List of Ministers
68-71
APPENDIX
Report of Fairbanks Board of Ministerial Relief. 48
Report of Fairbanks Board of Education 49-50
Report of State Treasurer of Benevolences 50-51
Report of Conference Treasurer 52-53
Report of Directors 54-59
Report of Secretary 59-63
Report of Committee on Religious Education.
63-65
Report of Committee on Evangelism
65
Report of Committee on Ministerial Standing
65
Report of Financial Secretary
66-67
VERMONT DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Officers
74
Minutes of Annual Meeting
75-76
Directors' Report
77-83
Report of Pastor at Large
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Statistics of Aided Churches
86
Report of Treasurer
87-91
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Officers, committees and arrangements for next meeting
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THE DECLARATION OF FAITH OF THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL
Adopted as the doctrinal standard of the Vermont Congre- gational Conference, May 20, 1914.
We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, goodness, and love; and in Jesus Christ, His Son, our Lord and Saviour, who for us and our salvation lived and died and rose again and liveth evermore; and in the Holy Spirit, who taketh of the things of Christ and revealeth them to us, renewing, comforting, and inspiring the souls of men. We are united in striving to know the will of God as taught in the Holy Scriptures, and in our pur- pose to walk in the ways of the Lord, made known or to be known to us. We hold it to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the gospel to all mankind, exalting the wor- ship of the one true God, and laboring for the progress of knowl- edge, the promotion of justice, the reign of peace, and the realiza- tion of human brotherhood. Depending, as did our fathers, upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the kingdom of God; and we look with faith for the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting.
For the action of the Conference on Congregational Minis- terial Standing see pages 6-12 of the Minutes of 1920.
For Act of Incorporation, Constitution, and Rules of Busi- ness, see pages 5-18 of the Minutes of 1919. An amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 creating the office of Treasurer of Benevolences for the Conference. See 1920 Min- utes, pages 20 and 24. An amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1923. See 1923 Minutes, page 16.
OFFICERS OF CONGREGATIONAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES
Commission on Missions of the National Council 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City
Secretary-Charles E. Burton. Associate Secretary-James E. McConnell.
Secretary of Promotion and Editor-William S. Beard. Financial Secretary- John L. Kilbon.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Corresponding Secretaries-Rev. James L. Barton, Rev. C. H. Patton, Rev. Wm. E. Strong. Treasurer-Frederick E. Gaskins, Congregational House, Boston, Mass.
Vermont Branch of Woman's Board of Missions President-Mrs. George S. Mills, Bennington. First Vice-President-Mrs. Paul D. Moody, Middlebury. Treasurer-Mrs. W. O. Lane, Burlington.
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society
Secretary Emeritus-Rev. Charles H. Merrill, St. Johnsbury. Secretary- Rev. William F. Frazier, Burlington. Treasurer-Charles H. Newell, St. Johns- bury. Constituent part of Congregational Home Missionary Society.
CHURCH EXTENSION BOARDS
287 Fourth Avenue, New York City
Treasurer-Charles H. Baker. General Secretary-Rev. Ernest M. Halli- day. Comprising
Congregational Home Missionary Society
(Represented in Vermont by Vermont Domestic Missionary Society) Secretary of Missions-Rev. Frank L. Moore. Secretary Woman's Depart- ment-Miss Miriam L. Woodberry.
Congregational Church Building Society
Secretary-Rev. J. R. Smith. Field Secretary for New England-Rev. Wil- liam W. Leete, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Congregational Sunday School Extension Society
Secretary-Rev. W. Knighton Bloom.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BOARDS 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
General Secretary-Rev. Frank M. Sheldon. Treasurer-Joseph B. Robson.
Comprising
Congregational Education Society
Corresponding Secretary -- Rev. Frank M. Sheldon. Social Service Secre- tary-Rev. Arthur E. Holt. Missionary Education Secretary-Rev. Herbert W. Gates. Religious Education Secretary for New England-Erwin L. Shaver. Congregational Publishing Society Business Manager and Editor-Sidney K. Weston. American Missionary Association 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City
Corresponding Secretaries-Rev. George L. Cady, Rev. Fred L. Brownlee. Associate Secretary-Rev. Samuel L. Loomis. Treasurer-Irving C. Gaylord. District Secretary for New England-Rev. Alfred V. Bliss, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief 375 Lexington Avenue, New York City
Secretary Emeritus-Rev. William A. Rice. Secretary-Rev. Charles S. Mills. Treasurer-B. H. Fancher. Represented in Vermont by the Fairbanks Board of Relief for Ministers. Treasurer-Alvin C. Noyes, St. Johnsbury.
Congregational Foundation for Education
19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.
President-G. W. Nash. Treasurer-Central Trust Co. of Illinois.
Pilgrim Memorial Fund 375 Lexington Avenue, New York City Treasurer-B. H. Fancher. Executive Secretary-Rev. Charles S. Mills.
Vermont Woman's Home Missionary Union (Auxiliary to All Home Societies) President-Mrs. E. D. Burditt, Rutland. Secretary-Mrs. F. D. Shepardson, Burlington. Treasurer-Mrs. Max L. Powell, Burlington.
State Treasurer of Benevolences
Benjamin E. Bristol, Burlington Savings Bank. Burlington. Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Secretary-Rev. Arthur J. Covell.
OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
President-Mr. Arthur F. Stone, St. Johnsbury.
Vice-President-Rev. Fraser Metzger, Randolph.
Secretary-Rev. William F. Frazier, Burlington. Statistical Secretary-John M. Comstock, Chelsea.
Treasurer-Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland.
Treasurer of Benevolences-Benjamin E. Bristol, Burling- ton.
Auditors-Miles S. Sawyer, Rutland; John C. Clark, St. Johnsbury ; G. Raymond Stimets, Burlington.
DIRECTORS
Ex-Officio-Arthur F. Stone, Conference President ; Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington, President V. D. M. S .; Mrs. E. D. Burditt, President W. H. M. U .; Mrs. George S. Mills, Presi- dent Vermont Branch W. B. M.
At Large-Term expires 1924-Wallace H. Gilpin, Barton : Miss Margaret L. Johnson, Woodstock; Rev. Frank L. Good- speed, Barre. Term expires 1925-Herman W. Vaughan, Rut- land; Rev. Mabel T. Winch, East Arlington; Philip T. H. Pier- son, Bennington. Term expires 1926-Levi P. Smith, Burling- ton; Mrs. Paul D. Moody, Middlebury ; Miles S. Sawyer, Rut- land.
Representing Associations-Term expires 1924-Charles I. Button, Middlebury ; Rev. James A. Lytle, Bradford ; Rev. Hollis M. Bartlett, Jeffersonville; Rev. William A. McIntire, Danby ;
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Rev. William J. Ballou, Chester; H. Gordon Woodruff, Mont- pelier ; Rev. Herbert P. Woodin, Brattleboro. Term expires 1925-Rev. Vincent Ravi-Booth, Bennington; E. H. Cowles, St. Johnsbury ; F. E. McIntosh, Burlington; Rev. F. Wilson Day, Swanton; Rev. Fraser Metzger, Randolph; O. W. Locke, Or- leans; Charles Tuxbury, Windsor.
H. Gordon Woodruff is Chairman of the Board.
BOARDS
Fairbanks Board of Education-Gilbert E. Woods, St. Johnsbury ; E. H. Cowles, St. Johnsbury ; Rev. A. C. DeLapp, St. Johnsbury ; Rev. W. A. Bacon, Lyndonville.
Fairbanks Board for Relief of Ministers-Rev. Charles H. Merrill, D. D., St. Johnsbury ; Alvin C. Noyes, St. Johnsbury ; Arthur F. Stone, St. Johnsbury ; Rev. Chauncey A. Adams, Danville ; Rev. E. Leroy Rice, Newport.
REPORTERS AND RECEIVERS
Addison-Rev. Robert Lawton, Orwell; Bennington-Sey- mour Hard, East Arlington; Caledonia-Rev. C. B. Bliss, Mc- Indoe Falls; Chittenden-Harry S. Howard, Burlington; Essex -Erwin Balch, Lunenburg; Franklin and Grand Isle-Rev. W. C. Clark, Bakersfield ; Grafton-Orange-Rev. James Lytle, Brad- ford; Lamoille -- Rev. H. M. Bartlett, Jeffersonville; Orange- Arthur G. Bigelow, Brookfield; Orleans-Clinton A. Wood, Newport ; Rutland-Rev. O. R. Houghton, Wallingford; Union -Paul P. Jones, Windham; Washington-Herbert W. Denio, Montpelier ; Windham-Rev. A. V. Woodworth, West Brattle- boro; Windsor-Rev. B. A. Lucas, Windsor.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee-H. Gordon Woodruff, Mrs. E. D. Burditt, Rev. W. A. McIntire, Frank E. McIntosh, Charles I. Button.
Printing-John M. Comstock, Rev. William F. Frazier.
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Arrangements for Next Meeting-Rev. H. H. Hines, Arthur F. Stone, Rev. Fraser Metzger, Mrs. E. D. Burditt.
Men's Work-Rev. C. C. Adams, Rev. E. C. Boynton.
Civic Justice and Community Service-Hon. John E. Weeks, Rev. William C. Clark, Wallace H. Gilpin, P. T. H. Pierson, Herman W. Vaughan.
Religious Education-Rev. George S. Mills, Prof. George H. Perkins, Miss Margaret L. Johnson, Mrs. Paul D. Moody, Rev. E. Leroy Rice.
Ministerial Standing-Rev. S. G. Barnes, Rev. H. M. Bart- lett, Rev. C. H. Smith, Rev. H. P. Woodin, Rev. H. C. Newell, Rev. S. H. Barnum.
Benevolence and Missionary Education-Rev. James B. Sargent, Mrs. E. D. Burditt, Mrs. George S. Mills, Rev. T. A. Carlson, Rev. W. A. McIntire, Rev. W. J. Ballou.
Evangelism-Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Rev. E. C. Boynton, Rev. Vincent Ravi-Booth, Wallace H. Gilpin, Rev. C. G. Clarke, E. H. Cowles, Rev. J. A. Lytle.
Recruiting for the Ministry-President Paul D. Moody, Rev. I. C. Smart, Rev. H. C. Newell, Prof. Carl V. Woodbury, Prin. Theodore H. Wilson, Prin. Charles H. Morrill, Prof. Evan Thomas, Prof. Charles B. Wright.
The Secretary of the Conference is Ex-Officio a member of all the Committees.
OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Committee on Nominations-Frank L. Fish, 1924; C. P. Cooper, 1925; Rev. W. A. McIntire, 1926.
Trustees of Vermont Anti-Saloon League-Rev. Charles E. Hayward, Stowe; Rev. William Millar, East Hardwick; Rev. John C. Prince, Waterbury ; Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland ; E. B. Jordan, Jericho ; Rev. C. H. Smith, Ludlow.
Members Governing Board Boston Seaman's Friend Society -Rev. Walter Thorpe, 1924; Rev. E. C. Boynton, 1925; Rev. E. S. Worcester, 1926.
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Directors of Board of Pastoral Supply-Rev. Herbert P. Woodin, Warner A. Graham.
Delegates to National Council-Term expires in 1925-Rev. George S. Mills, Alternate, Rev. Chauncey A. Adams; Term ex- pires in 1927-Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland, Alternate, George L. Dunham, Brattleboro.
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
The next annual meeting will be held at Woodstock May 13-15, 1924.
Preacher-Rev. Clement G. Clarke, Springfield.
Alternate-Rev. Chauncey A. Adams, Danville.
MINUTES
The Vermont Congregational Conference convened for its One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting in the First Church of Burlington on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 2.00 P. M., with the President, Rev. Walter Thorpe of Brandon in the Chair.
Devotional services were led by Rev. F. W. Hazen of Rich- mond.
Rev. John C. Prince of Waterbury was elected Scribe, and Rev. Charles C. Claris of Pittsford, Assistant Scribe.
The President appointed Rev. C. H. Smith, Ludlow ; Mr. E. A. Thomas, Randolph and Rev. E. S. Worcester of Bellows Falls as Business Committee.
Mayor J. Holmes Jackson, Burlington, extended the wel- come of the city to the Conference.
CONFERENCE ROLL
Church
Pastor
Delegate Mrs. Francis L. Maurice
Alburg Bakersfield
William C. Clark
Mrs. W. C. Clark
Barre
Frank L. Goodspeed
Marion F. Stickney
Barre, East
James Ramage
Madeline Whitcomb
Barton
James J. Hutchinson
Mrs. J. J. Hutchinson
Fellows Falls
Edward S. Worcester
L. H. Hayes
Bennington First
Vincent Ravi-Booth
Bennington Second
George S. Mills
Mrs. George S. Mills
Benson
J. C. Emerson
M. C. Harrison Mrs. S. G. Wood
Berkshire, East
S. G. Wood
Bethel
A. B. Christy
Mrs. A. B. Christy
Braintree, E. and Brookfield, W. Brandon
Prof. C. V. Woodbury Walter Thorpe
Mrs. Walter Thorpe
Brattleboro, W.
Frederick K. Brown
Brattleboro Center
George H. Clapp Prof. A. H. Gilbert
Burlington First
Burlington College St.
Calais, E.
Chelsea Chester
Otis F. Rockwood (H. L. Ballou Pastor Emeritus)
Fannie Haseltine
Cornwall Craftsbury, N. Danby Danville Dorset
W. A. McIntire Chauncey A. Adams
Mrs. C. A. Adams
Flora G. Gilbert L. A. Wade
Mrs. G. H. Fairbanks
F. W. Post
Essex Junction Fairlee
Glover, West
H. P. Woodin C. C. Adams I. C. Smart
Esther Dwinell
Mrs. E. A. Lewis
W. J. Ballou John Irons Carl J. Peterson
C. H. Root
Dorset, East
Enosburg
William Millar E. L. M. Barnes
Mrs. R. W. Buchanan
Ernest L. Rand
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Greensboro
E. R. Gordon
Mrs. Bertha M. Miller
Hardwick Hartland Hinesburg
L. H. Stoughton
C. O. Gill
G. C. Cornell E. C. Hayes
L. H. Lewis
H. M. Bartlett
Robert G. McLeod
A. B. Ross
G. H. Dierlamm
Mrs. George Curtis
Mrs. Martha L. Smith
L. A. Pierce
Manchester
John E. TenDyke
H. W. Elliott Gladys Thompson
Milton
F. H. Phillipson
Mcs. Kate A. Jackson
Montpelier
C. N. St. John
Benjamin A. Sumner
Morrisville
G. E. Goodliffe
Anna L. Mower
Newport
E. Leroy Rice
F. E. Davison
Northfield
C. C. Creegan
W. W. Holden
Orwell
Robert Lawton
D. L. Wells
Pawlet
J. F. Owens
Mrs. J. F. Owens
Pittsford Randolph (Bethany)
C. C. Claris Fraser Metzger
Frank W. Hazen
James B. Sargent Mrs. George A. Laird
Rupert Rutland Rutland, West
J. Duke King
Mrs. J. D. King
Mrs. E. D. Buditt
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury (North)
Dr. F. B. Richards
St. Johnsbury (South)
Ambrose C. DeLapp
Mary Wheeler
Saxtons River
Walter R. Blackmer John R. Nelson George G. Ross Clement G. Clarke James G. Robertson C. E. Hayward F. Wilson Day Richard H. Bosworth
A. R. Straw C. L. Smith
Vergennes Wallingford
E. S. Bristol Mrs. O. R. Houghton
Waterbury
John C. Prince
C. D. Swasey S E. Clark
Westford
A. M. Watts
Westminster
S. J. L. Crouch
Weybridge Wilder
George H. Locke
Williamstown
Charles E. Walsh
Mrs. C. E. Walsh
Wilmington
F. N. Rutan
Mrs. F. N. Rutan
Woodstock
H. H. Hines
Margaret L. Johnson
Members Ex-Officio Not Otherwise Listed
President-Rev. Walter Thorpe.
Secretary -- Rev. William F. Frazier.
Statistical Secretary-John M. Comstock.
Treasurer of Benevolences-Benjamin E. Bristol.
Auditor-Miles S. Sawyer.
Directors-H. Gordon Woodruff, Mrs. G. S. Mills, W. H. Gilpin.
E. H. Weston
Mrs. R. H. Holmes
Shoreham South Hero
Springfield
Strafford
Stowe Swanton Townshend Troy, North
E. Vernon Young James S. Clark
O. R. Houghton
Wells River
S. H. Barnum
Andres Nelson C. S. James David Palmer
Richmond Royalton
Edward C. Boynton T. A. Carlson Stanley Cummings
Mrs. T. A. Carlson
Minnie L. Hogan
Mrs. F. B. Richards
Middlebury
C. H. Smith
E. B. Jordan Helen J. Collins
Hyde Park Jeffersonville Jericho Center Johnson Lowell Ludlow Lyndon
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MINUTES
Financial Secretary-Rev. James B. Sargent.
Committees-P. T. H. Pierson, Rev. S. G. Barnes, E. H. Cowles, Levi P. Smith.
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society-President, George H. Perkins; Treasurer, Charles H. Newell; Pastor-at-Large, Rev. A. S. Bole.
Summary :
Number of Pastors Present 71
Number of Delegates present 62
Number of Ex-Officio Members 13
Total Members 146
Number of Churches represented, 80.
Total registered at Entertainment Desk, 141.
The Conference program was presented by Rev. C. C. Adams, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, with "The Church and Her Youth" as theme. Rev. F. B. Richards of St. Johnsbury presented the report of the Fairbanks Board of Education for Gilbert E. Woods, the Treasurer, and J. C. Clark. Auditor. The report was accepted. (See Appendix B.) Rev. C. A. Adams of Danville read the report of Alvin C. Noyes. Treasurer of the Fairbanks Board for Relief of Ministers and of J. C. Clark, Auditor. The reports were accepted. (See Ap- pendix A). Rev. James B. Sargent of Richmond, Chairman of the Committee of Benevolence and Missionary Education, gave a verbal report which was accepted. Rev. S. G. Barnes of Essex Junction, Chairman of the Committee on Ministerial Standing. read his report, which was accepted. (See Appendix I). Rev. George S. Mills of Bennington, Chairman of the Committee on Religious Education, presented the report of the Committee and, commenting on the Vermont Summer School of Religious Edu- cation at Saxtons River, urged its support. The report was ac- cepted. (See Appendix G).
On motion of Rev. F. B. Richards it was voted that the
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suggestion of the pastor of the entertaining church, Rev. C. C. Adams, concerning a possible change of dates for holding the State Conference and especially as to the value of including Sat- urday and Sunday in Conference days, be referred to the Busi- ness Committee for consideration and report.
Fraternal greetings were brought by Rev. Mark Kelley of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Rev. S. H. Mitchell of the First Church, Unitarian, of Burlington.
The Moderator responded appropriately to these addresses.
Rev. Arthur J. Covell, Secretary of the Board of Pastoral Supply, brought the greetings and report of the Board. The President, Rev. C. G. Clarke of Springfield, brought the report of the Anti-Saloon League. Rev. Merritt A. Farren, Secretary of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, reported for that organ- ization.
The President, Rev. Walter Thorpe, addressed the Confer- ence on the theme, "The Three Essentials of Christianity."
After a brief recess, the Conference was called to order and Rev. F. L. Goodspeed of Barre delivered the Conference sermon on the theme, "Christ Exalted." Text, Rev. 1:17.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was observed with Rev. Ambrose C. DeLapp of St. Johnsbury and Rev. Sydney J. L. Crouch of Westminster, officiating. The deacons were C. H. Root, Craftsbury ; S. E. Clark, Wells River; E. H. Cowles, St. Johnsbury; W. W. Holden, Northfield; C. F. Purinton and F. W. Nash, Burlington.
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION
The evening session was called to order by President Thorpe. Rev. E. Leroy Rice of Newport led the devotions. The organist and male quartet of the entertaining church ren- dered excellent musical selections.
The memorial service for deceased, pastors was in charge of Rev. S. G. Barnes, D. D., of Essex Junction.
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MINUTES
The report of the Statistical Secretary was read by Mr. John M. Comstock of Chelsea.
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D. D., of New York gave an il- luminating address upon "International Imperatives" at the close of which the session was adjourned with benediction by the speaker.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
The morning session was called to order at nine o'clock by President Thorpe. After singing, Rev. W. J. Ballou of Chester offered prayer.
The President appointed P. T. H. Pierson of Bennington and Rev. W. A. McIntire of Danby to serve on the Committee of Nominations in the absence of Frank L. Fish and C. P. Cooper.
Secretary W. F. Frazier read his report. The report was accepted. (See Appendix F).
The Conference Treasurer's report was presented by Justus R. Hoadley of Rutland which was accepted and approved. (See Appendix D).
The Treasurer of Benevolences, Benjamin E. Bristol of Bur- lington made his report which was accepted and approved. (See Appendix C).
The period of prayer and meditation at 9.45 was led by Principal John E. Colburn of the Edmunds High School. Bur- lington. The theme was "The Youth's Conception of Religion."
It was voted on motion of Rev. C. H. Smith, Chairman of the Business Committee, that the Conference meet for business at 1.45 o'clock this afternoon, at 7.00 o'clock this evening and at 8.30 o'clock on Thursday morning.
The Conference adjourned.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
The session of the Conference came to order at 1.45 with President Thorpe in the Chair.
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Mr. H. Gordon Woodruff, Chairman, read the report of the Board of Directors which was accepted. (See Appendix E).
It was voted that the recommendation, placing the assess- ment for Conference expenses at 111/3c be adopted. The one- third cent being to meet the request of the Board of Pastoral Supply because of the increased expenses connected therewith.
On motion of Rev. G. S. Mills it was voted that the recom- mendation of the Directors nominating Rev. W. F. Frazier as Secretary be adopted with appreciation for his service during the past year.
Mr. H. Gordon Woodruff read the following resolution of the Directors :
"That Article IV, Section 3 B of the Constitution as printed in the Minutes of 1919 be amended in the first line by substitu- ting the word "twenty-seven" for the words "twenty-one" and in line three by substituting the word "nine" for the word "three" and that Article 4, Section 3 G shall be amended to read as follows :
"In 1923 three members-at-large of the Board of Directors shall be elected for one year, three for two years and three for three years and in each subsequent year three shall be elected for three years. Such members-at-large shall be eligible to one re-election and then for a period of one year shall be in- eligible for election to the Board. Whenever for any cause a vacancy shall have occurred in the office of a member-at-large whose term of office shall not have expired. there shall also be elected at such annual meeting a member-at-large to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. And that the President and Secretary of the Conference be authorized to take such action as may be necessary to amend the articles of incor- poration of the Conference."
The resolution will come before the Conference Thursday morning for action.
Rev. F. B. Richards reported for the Committee on Nomina- tions the following list of nominees for the coming year. The report was adopted and the nominees declared elected.
President-Arthur F. Stone, St. Johnsbury.
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MINUTES
Vice-President-Rev. Fraser Metzger, Randolph.
Treasurer-Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland.
Auditors-Miles S. Sawyer, Rutland; John C. Clark, St. Johnsbury; G. Raymond Stimets, Burlington.
Representing Associations-Bennington, Rev. Vincent Ravi- Booth; Caledonia, E. H. Cowles; Chittenden, F. E. McIntosh : Franklin and Grand Isle, Rev. F. Wilson Day; Orange, Rev. Fraser Metzger; Orleans, O. W. Locke; Windsor, Charles Tux- bury.
BOARDS
Fairbanks Board of Education-Gilbert E. Woods, St. Johnsbury ; E. H. Cowles, St. Johnsbury; Rev. A. C. DeLapp, St. Johnsbury; Rev. W. A. Bacon, Lyndonville.
Fairbanks Board for Relief of Ministers-Rev. Charles H. Merrill, D. D., St. Johnsbury; Alvin C. Noyes, St. Johnsbury ; Arthur F. Stone, St. Johnsbury ; Rev. Chauncey A. Adams, Dan- ville ; Rev. E. Leroy Rice, Newport.
REPORTERS AND RECEIVERS
Addison-Rev. Robert Lawton, Orwell; Bennington-Sey- mour Hard, East Arlington; Caledonia-Rev. C. B. Bliss, Mc- Indoe Falls; Chittenden-Harry S. Howard, Burlington; Essex -Erwin Balch, Lunenburg; Franklin and Grand Isle-Rev. W. C. Clark, Bakersfield ; Grafton-Orange-Rev. James Lytle, Brad- ford; Lamoille-Rev. H. M. Bartlett, Jeffersonville; Orange- Arthur G. Bigelow, Brookfield; Orleans-Clinton A. Wood. Newport; Rutland-Rev. O. R. Houghton, Wallingford ; Union -Paul P. Jones, Windham; Washington-Herbert W. Denio. Montpelier ; Windham-Rev. A. V. Woodworth, West Brattle- boro ; Windsor-Rev. B. A. Lucas, Windsor.
Committee on Nominations-For three years-Rev. W. A. McIntire, Danby.
Trustees Vermont Anti-Saloon League-Rev. Charles E. Hayward, Stowe; Rev. William Millar, Essex Junction ; Rev.
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John C. Prince, Waterbury ; Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland; E. B. Jordan, Jericho ; and Rev. C. H. Smith, Ludlow.
Board of Pastoral Supply-Rev. Herbert P. Woodin, War- ner A. Graham.
Members Governing Board, Boston Seaman's Friend Socie- ty-Rev. Walter Thorpe, 1924; Rev. E. C. Boynton, 1925; Rev. E. S. Worcester, 1926.
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
Preacher-Rev. Clement G. Clarke, Springfield.
Alternate-Rev. Chauncey A. Adams, Danville.
Delegate to National Council-Justus R. Hoadley, Rutland. Alternate-George L. Dunham, Brattleboro.
At 2.25 o'clock Principal John E. Colburn conducted the devotions, speaking upon "The Country Church," using the text, "He that shall endure unto the end shall be saved."
The program continued with a symposium on "The Church at Work with Young People," with the following addresses : "The New World and Youth," by Rev. Edward C. Boynton of Rutland; "The Message of Christianity to Youth" by Rev. George S. Mills of Bennington and "Organization Within the Church" by Rev. F. Wilson Day of Swanton.
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