Minutes and reports of the 128th annual meeting of the Vermont Congregational Conference and the 150th annual meeting of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, Part 5

Author: Vermont Congregational Conference. Meeting; Vermont Domestic Missionary Society
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt. : Cowles Press
Number of Pages: 120


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Charles E. Hayward,


James G. Robertson,


Ellis Crossley,


'16


160


166 Thetford,


West,


E. Vernon Young,


'20


173 Tunbridge,


1792 1838 Fred V. Tuller,


Arthur H. Sargent,


'22


William A. Remele,


178 Wallingford,


1792 1829 Jason J. Nye,


a


· North Sherburne.


b Sharon, R.F.D.1.


* Serves more than one church. See summary for list.


'21| '22


John R. Nelson,


George G. Ross,


Clement G. Clarke,


2


0 0


·


0


0


0


0


189 West Fairlee, So. Fairlee, 1809 1856 Miss Marion M. Munn,


0


CHURCH CLERKS


'88


'21


SUNDAY SCHOOLS


Y. P. S. Mem Mem.


CHURCH TREASURERS


A.B.C.


E.S.


C.B.S.


H. M.S.


A.M. A.


S.S.S.


W. Relief |H.Fed. | Items Min.


O.A.


TOTALS


Contbs


Pilg'm Special Unde- Mem'l Cong'l Fund nom'l Gifts


Home Exp.


Salaries


Value Ch. Property


yrus A. Bump,


75


28|Austin D. Beach,


$52


$32


$6


$14


$50


$19


$3


$3


$32


$18


$229


$30


$


$


$1,000| $1,200


$8,000


infred J. White,


40


0 Mrs. Mary N. Gibson,


18


11


2


5


18


7


1


1


11


6


80


13


0


0


1,250


900


*6,000


lorton D. Meck,


13


4


9


6


1


2


9


3


1


1


6


3


41


52


359


1,200


*2,500


hn E. Davis,


40


0 Henry W. Taylor, 0 E. H. Moore,


102


51


13


26


118


38


6


6


35


30


425


53


25


11


2,437


1,300


*16,000


rs. O. D. Fifield,


e


97


22 Mrs. Hazel R. Allen,


60


73


8


16


69


23


3


4


70


21


347


24


2,060


1,500


*7,000


ana S. Brownell,


360


13 Malcolm E. Stearns,


1,126


668


135


294 1,189


416


61


73


669


406


5,037


17


63


0


7,100


4,000


*28,500


liss F. S. Walkley, e


63


22 Miss Alice K. Chedel, ·


14


9


1


4


14


5


1


1


0 9


6


64


0


27


12


1,003


1832


3,000


enry B. Cummings,


25


0 Henry B. Cummings,


23


25


3


6


25


9


1


2


24


7


125


22


0


0


913


1,500


*5,800


rank J. Phelps,


c


47


0 Alverton G. Jones,


16


9


2


4


19


6


3


1


9


6


75


0


0


1,475


+1,400


*3,300


[rs. A. S. Fleury,


e


190


60 Mrs. E. W. Jewett,


23


14


3


6


34


9


1


2


49


7


148


52


200


200


3,000


2,000


*24,000


arley C. Sanborn, h


60


0 Ellsworth H. Sargent, 0 Clinton A. Adams,


76


27


5


12


58


17


3


3


56


16


273


11


1,850


1,000


*14,000 *7,500


linton A. Adams, e


62


44


26


5


11


45


16


2


3


26


14


192


47


0


8


892


1,500


*6,000


harles A. Wilcox, R. McColl,


130


22 C. C. Robinson,


17


24


2


4


19


6


1


1


10


7


91


5


5


2


1,250


1,000


*7,000


e


Irs. C. W. Dunbar, [rs. W. D. Kelley, C


41


27 Mrs. C. W. Dunbar, H. R. Gardyne,


87


51


10


22


82


31


5


6


51


30


375


52


2,175


1,320


*15,000


105 0


0


1


1


0


#


1


1


0


0


1


0


5


. 0


0


0


2,000


nest E. Sleeper,


20


0 Miss Anne R. Howe,


18


11


2


5


18


7


1


1


11


6


80


35


0


10


500


750


*5,000


iss Alice E. Ayer,


e


76


13 Charles E. Ayer,


37


24


5


10


43


5


3


25


14


173


40


90


15


702


350


4,000


erbert W. Day,


138


0 Wayland S. Bristol,


149


145


18


39


172


55


8


10


145


49


790


122


130


3,024


1,600


*50,000


rank Parker,


0 Benjamin F. Fuller,


9


2


4


13


6


1


1


9


5


61


0


752


+720


*2,500


rs. E. H. Jones,


C


73


25 Miss A. M. Bushnell,


33


18


3


6


32


12


2


2


30


9


147


34


54


36


1,459


800


*10,500


e


176


147


105


18


38


146


54


8


10


87


49


662


426


80


1,921


1,300


*23,500


0


18


7


2


3


14


5


1


1


7


5


63


0


0


0


200


200


4,000


than A. Scranton,


20


0 Lewis K. Webster,


3


2


#


1


3


1


2


2


1


15


0


210


200


1,000


e


109


0 John L. Spalding,


44


26


5


12


46


16


2


3


26


15


195


75


200


1,420


11,100


2,000


0


0


6


3


1


1


6


2


#


#


3


2


24


11


381


256


*4,500


14


0


0


1


#


1


#


1


#


1


1


5


0


0


10


415


318


3,000


5


3


1


1


5


2


#


#


3


2


22


5


0


0


0


0


0


iss W. E. Perkins,


29


0 Ralph R. Perkins,


10


6


1


2


9


3


1


1


6


3


42


0


5


238


4,000


rs. W. H. Haskell, 20


0|Mrs. B. Chamberlain,


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


20


100


2,000


25


0 George H. Fitch,


0


0


0


0


8


0


0


0


23


0


31


20


0


0


120


156


3,500


25


0 Miss M. M. Munn,


22


13


3


6


21


8


1


1


13


5


93


0


0


0


1,625


1,200


omer B. Hitchcock,


35


30 William B. Gilpin,


26


15


3


7


28


10


1


2


15


9


116


32


50


1,000


750


*12,000


rs. Loula Macomber,


25


Mrs. Chester Hall,


15


9


2


4


16


6


1


1


9


6


69


10


20


1,275


1,000


*9,500


anley Fullam,


e


156


19 Miss Ida L. Wright,


89


25


11


23


93


33


5


6


25


27


337


40S


55


0


1,954


1,800


*9,000


. H. Ranney,


e


531


Walter F. Buxton,


48


60


5


11|


43|


16


10|


3


26


141


236


27|


0l


62|


914


7001


*9,000


udes Home Department. c Includes Cradle Roll. e Includes both Home Department and Cradle Roll. * Church has parsonage.


į Payment for summer supply or the like.


# Contributes less than fifty cents.


Vermont.


hn W. Mobus, . R. Demeritt,


e


179


26 Mrs. W. B. Clark,


157


77


18


37


148


64


8


19


82


42


652


34


15S


300


5,030


2,000


*17,500


rs. Julia Bedell,


0


Mrs. Flora Wallace, 0


36


2


4


15


5


13


1


17


5


112


1


5


15


4,880


1,000


+700


*3,000


13


8


2


4


13


5


1


1


8


4


59


1


110


*6,000


20


22


2


5


27


8


11


1


23


7


126


21


24


0


0


0


300


+¥288


800


6


3


1


2


5


2


#


#


3


2


ussell J. Easton,


e


84


C


40


0 Mrs. A. B. Palmer,


875


7


C


20


11


illiar .. P. Cary,


41 Fred H. Doubleday, 0 Ozi S. Law,


8


·


1 Salary includes Missionary Aid.


Superintendents


W. F.M. |F.Bds.


GIFTS ON BENEVOLENCE APPORTIONMENT


LOCAL FINANCES


iss Sarah E. Warren,


14


.


CHURCHES


CHURCH CLERKS


Names


Ord. Cld.


Ma.


Fe.


To.


Ab.


Conf. Let. | To.


Dth. | Let. |Rev


To.


Ad. Inf.


194 Westmore,“


1893|1894| Mrs. Elma O. Knight,


Theophilus H. Root,


'92| '211


17


14


31


13


1


2


3


0


1


2


3


0


36


195 Weston,


1799 1839 Dr. Carson A. Smith (act.),


'93


'19


42


73


115


12


7


0


7


6


1


0


7


6


89


197 Weybridge,b


1794 1848 Charles S. James,


Samuel H. Barnum,


'83


55


5,5


110


35


5


1


6


2


1


1


4


2


0


1


70


198 Whiting,


1799 1811 Mrs. Addie C. Wooster,


'09


'19


30


62


92


28


8


2


10


1


1


0


2


7


0


65


199 Williamstown,


1800 1830 William M. Barber,


[William H. Marshall, M.E.]


21


17


27


44


17


0


0


0


0


2


0


2


0


0


33


201 Wilmington,


1855 1884 Charles H. Parmelee,


Frederick N. Rutan,


'87 '21


33


73


106


31


13


14


27


3


5


0


8


8


3


106


202 Windham,


1805 1802 Paul P. Jones,


Burton A. Lucas,


'97 '16


47


108


155


64


10


9


19


4


0


0


4


4


2


95


203 Windsor,


1836


Mrs. W. E. MacBride,


15


35


50


30


0


0


0


0


2


0


2


0


0


205 Woodbury, South,


1875 1872 Mrs. Satira L. Sabin,


9


18


27


17


1


0


1


2


2


0


4


0


0


43


206 Woodstock,


1781 1808 Dr. Henry C. Jackson,


Herbert H. Hines, r.


'20


'20


73


151


224


29


5


4


9


4


4


0


8


3


7


200


Membership of dropped churches,


a Orleans, R.F.D.2.


b Middlebury, R.F.D.1.


* Serves more than one church. See summary for list.


NAME OF STATE ORGANIZATION: VERMONT CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE.


NAMES OF CHURCHES DROPPED: (7), Alburg, Springs; Burke, Second; Calais, Christian; Leicester; Plainfield; Ripton; Worcester.


CHURCHES: Supplied by,-Pastors installed, 14; pastors recognized, 6; pastors, 135; licentiates, 7; supplies, 2; vacant, 42. Total, 206.


ORDAINED CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS: Pastors installed, 13; pastors recognized, 6; pastors, 96. Total, 115. Without charge, 51. Total number of ministers, 166. MEMBERSHIP: No. of men, 8,016; No. of women, 15,506. Total, 23,522. Absent, 6,250. Additions,-on confession, 904; by letter, 517. Total, 1,421. Removals,- death, 395; letter, 495; revision, 277. Total, 1,167. BAPTISMS: Adults, 541; infants, 560; FAMALIES, 17,035.


SUNDAY SCHOOLS: Members, 17,936. YOUNG PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS: 97; members, 3,440.


CONTRIBUTIONS: American Board (185), $18,834; Woman's Foreign Boards (187), $12,561; Education Society (184), $3,242; Church Building Society (188), $6,276; Home Missionary Society (192), $24,762; American Missionary Association (185), $9,118; Sunday School Extension Society (184), $2,061. Board Ministerial Relief (184), $2,475; Woman's Home Missionary Federation (184), $837-total $11,887, less $11,050 distributed; Other Apportionment Items (178), $4,986; Total Appor- tionment (193), $85,152; Pilgrim Memorial Fund (169), $11,098; Special Congrega- tional Contributions (94), $11,665; Undenominational Gifts (102), $15,903 ;. Grand Total (202), $123,818.


Statistics.


PASTORS


MEMBERS


ADMITTED


REMOVED


BAPT.


FAM.


Cities or Towns


Org. Erctd


196 West Rutland, Federated, 1773 1885 Mrs. Harriet D. Parker,


Thomas A. Carlson,


5


11


16


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


1


0


104 0 4


19


38


57


12


13


6


19


1


0


0


1


13


11


28


39


24


1


1


2


0


0


1


1


0


0


30


1768 1798 Walter W. Blanchard,


204 Winooski,


1


16


78


95


45


200 Williston, Federated,


1795 1812 Miss Mary E. Waterman,


* Charles E. Walsh,


'19


SUNDAY SCHOOLS


perintendents


Y. P. s. Mem Mem.


CHURCH TREASURERS


A.B.C.


E.S.


C.B.S.


H. M.S.


A.M. A.


S.S.S.


Min. W. Relief |H.Fed.


O.A. Items


TOTALS


Pilg'm Special Unde- nom'} Gifts Mem'l Cong'l Fund


Home Exp.


Salaries


Value Ch. Property


T. H. Root,


e 81


0


3


2


#1


1


3


1


2


1


13


10


0


0


0


0


$*5,500 1,000


[. Bowker,


101


0|T. B. Wheeler,


69


78


7


16


136


23


3


4


73


12


421


25


154


296


1,865


1,500


*17,500


ard W. James, em


121


41 Mrs. R. M. James,


107


49


8


17


41


25


10


5


66


23


351


61


0


20


965


800


*10,500


. Hubbard,


50


15 A. G. Freegard,


9


5


1


2


8


3


#


1


5


3


37


11


0


0


1,350


1,200


*6,000


. C. McAllister, c


90


20 Mrs. Leon E. Poor,


87


32


10


22


83


32


9


6


0


32


313


42


471


1,246


1,050


*10,000


0


0 William M. Barber,


74


38


6


13


60


23


3


8


37


17


279


47


8


98


750


1,200


2,500


rles H. Parmelce, c


100


20 Mrs. Inez Rice,


32


30


4


18


30


12


12


7


19


10


174


13


200


2,000


1,740


8,000


P. Jones


e


43


12 Mrs. Hattie P. Jones,


19


11


2


5


29


7


1


1


11


7


93


15


20


8


443


11,200


*3,500


B. A. Lucas,


100


0 Mrs. G. M. Brigham,


97


15


11


22


90


33


5


6


20


30


329


44


0


0


16,000


1,400


35,000


0


0 Frank E. Bigwood,


35


20


4


9


33


13


2


2


20


14


152


0


0


0


0


20


0 Miss M. M. Lance,


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


145


2,000


136


0 Miss E. W. Mitchell,


252


251


37


63


262


99


38


16


190


84


1,292


83 1,184


220


7,073


2,000


*45,000


I. F. distribution,


es Cradle Roll. e Includes both Home Department and Cradle Roll. m Includes Branch or Mission School.


* Church has parsonage.


1 Salary includes Missionary Aid.


# Contributes less than fifty cents.


XPENSES: No. of churches reporting, 194; amount, $376,406. F CHURCH PROPERTY: No. of churches reporting, 204; amount, $2,725,100. D FUNDS: No. of churches reporting, 156; amount, $753,438. No. of churches reporting, 24; Amount, $28,963


s: No. of churches reporting, 171; amount, $210,237. Missionary Aid, 29: it, $7,687. Total, $217,924. Summer supplies, 4; amount, $468. Pastoral 154. Average, $1412. ES WITH PARSONAGE: 150


E: Members, 254; Home Expense, $31,650; Value of Property, $58,650. BE: Churches, 7; Sunday School Members, 394; Young People's Society Mem- 383; Gifts on Apportionment, $16,034; Other Congregational Gifts, $5,918;


Undenominational Gifts, $841; Total Benevolence, $22,793.


LEGACIES: (22), Bakersfield, $1,835; Barre, East, $800; Bennington, First, $2,000; Bridgewater, $1,300; Essex, $500; Georgia, $500; Hardwick, East, $251; Jericho, Second, $50; Lyndon, $300; Newfane, $1,000; Northfield, $5,000; Peacham, $900; Pittsford, $2,000; Rockingham, Bellows Falls, $1,200; Rutland, $1,500; St. Johnsbury, North, $6,000; Shoreham, $500; Springfield, $2,550; Swanton, $150; Townshend, $500; Wardsboro, $7,500; Weathersfield, Ascutneyville, $1,000. Total, $37,336.


YOKED CHURCHES: Churches Nos. 5-66; 10-73; 23-78; 31-199; 41-42-112; 48-49; 61- 99; 81-82; 95-174; 125-Granville, N. Y .; 128-139; 129-130; 134-148; 144-145; 178- 179; 188-Claremont, N. H.


Vermont.


$


$5) $1,074| 11,000|


$34


$11


$4


$91


$31


$14


$2


$2


$11|


$11


· 129


$0


0


c


iel C. Wilbur, ard W. Abbott, esignated gifts,


e


1,903


940


0


0 1,513


131


0


760


13


0 5,260


301


1,083 1,961 4,587 2,389


595


435


#3


.


c


0| Marshall E. Calkins,


w. F.M. | F.Bds.


GIFTS ON BENEVOLENCE APPORTIONMENT


Contbs


SUMMARY


Church Members


Admissions


Removals


Associations


Ma.


Fe.


To.


Ab.


C.


L.


To.


De.


Di.


R.


To.


Addison


12


535


995


1530


444


63


26


89


31


56


33


120


Bennington


10


429


871


1300


260


75


25


100


19


22


8


49


51


Caledonia


17


978


1751


2729


771


67


70


137


46


65


7


118


19


Chittenden


16


897


1686


2583


763ª


59


57


116


35


55


1


91


25


Essex


3


46


64


110


36


9


7


16


6


0


0


6


10


Franklin and G. I.


14


429


800


1229


308


71


45


116


17


10


11


38


78


Grafton-Orange


12


309


719


1024


267


51


20


71


30


20


0


50


21


Lamoille


9


193


477


670


179


19


11


30


15


29


17


61


Orange


10


410


780


1190


325


39


28


67


13


19


4


36


31


Orleans


19


519


1075


1594


457


69


41


110


29


20


61


110


Rutland


20


987


1896


2883


744


97


45


142


43


37


4


84


58


Union


12


456


783


1239


341


77


42


119


15


32


4


51


68


Washington


15


588


1214


1802


367


80


26


106


37


37


72


146


Windham


19


714


1336


2050


552


84


64


148


35


60


76


171


Windsor


18


523


1059


1582


436


44


42


86


24


33


11


68


18


Total


206 8016 15506


23522


6250 904


*549


1453


395


495


309


1199


254


*- Including 49 added by revision of roll


Bapt.


S. S. Memb.


Y. P. Soc.


Appt.


P. M. F.


Other


Cong. .


Other


Home Exp.


Valuation


Associations


37


31


1016


1174


192


4494


806


505


161


20172


2138


Bennington


39


36


983


857


130


5447


787


686


1455


24102


2495


Caledonia


43


67


1716


2012


465


8581


1392


2026


3072


39077


. 280


Chittenden


30


49


1382


1478


457


12328


1305


1155


3649


34718


2860


Essex


3


9


118


227


6


234


66


0


43


2369


155


Franklin and G. I.


32


11


772


802


195


2544


411


632


819


16497


1347


Grafton-Orange


37


41


949


792


151


2809


284


141


191


22753


1038


Lamoille


12


34


730


705


128


1765


139


555


135


9901


773


Orange


32


18


794


851


250


3319


400


464


614


16505


1215


Orleans


44


51


1277


1648


261


5913


719


678


666


27420


2127


Rutland


57


77


1668


1737


165


8630


2363


740


1882


35774


2740


Union


50


15


737


976


157


6619


203


250


145


15294


942


Washington


35


38


1734


1476


285


4787


397


820


979


31073


2335


Windham


61


51


1694


1688


380


8644


1174


1257


1207


31952


2033


Windsor


29


32


1465


1513


218


3778


652


1455


885


48799


2244


Total


541 560


17035


17936


3440 *85152


11098 +11665


15903


376406


27251


*- Including $5260 undesignated


1-Including $301 undesignated


Benevolences


Ad.


Inf.


Families


Addison


Churches


Net Gain


ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD


CHURCHES DISBANDED


Alburg Springs, Burke Second, Calais, Leicester, Plainfield. Ripton, Worcester.


MINISTERS ORDAINED, INSTALLED, AND RECOGNIZED


WALTER R. BLACKMER, i., Saxton's River, May 22, 1922. EVERETT L. SHAW, o., Norwich, June 16, 1922. RICHARD F. BEYER, o., North Pomfret, June, 19, 1922. JOHN E. TENDYKE, o. and i., Manchester, June 22, 1922. SYDNEY J. L. COUCH, o. and r., Westminster, June 26, 1922. JOHN R. NELSON, o., Shoreham, July 26, 1922. OTIS F. ROCKWOOD, o. and r., Chelsea, Aug. 22. 1922. EDWARD C. BOYNTON, i., Rutland, Oct. 5, 1922. EDWARD S. WORCESTER, i., Bellows Falls, May 8, 1923.


MINISTERS DISMISSED


JAMES B. SARGENT, Northfield, June 20, 1922. LELAND A. EDWARDS, Newport, Sept. 20, 1922.


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MINISTERS DIED


THOMAS HALL, p. em., (Island Pond), Old Orchard. Me .. Aug. 7, 1922.


EDWARD E. HERRICK, w. c., Milton, March 17, 1923. RAYMOND A. FOWLES, p., South Royalton, May 13, 1923.


ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES


I. ADDISON ASSOCIATION


Organized as Consociation, June 13, 1804; as Conference, September 10, 1861; name changed to Association, May 20, 1908.


Registrar, Rev. Robert Lawton, Orwell.


Churches-Bridport, Bristol, Cornwall, Ferrisburg, Middlebury, New Haven, Orwell, Salisbury, Shoreham, Vergennes, Weybridge, Whiting.


Met at Bridport, May 23, 1923. Topics treated: Men's organizations as a power for evangelism; Relating the local church to the missionary problem. Sermon by Rev. J. R. Nelson.


Ministers- Samuel H. Barnum, Charles H. Dickinson, William F. Frazier, Hervey Gulick, John Irons, L. Myrven Isaacs, Robert Lawton, J. Hall Long, William G. MacFarlane, Paul Dwight Moody, John R. Nelson, Henry C. Newell, Thomas M. Ross, R. Barclay Simmons, E. Vernon Young.


Licentiates-Edwin D. Collins, Wilfred E. Davison, Allen M. Kline. Advisory Committee and Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. H. C. Newell, Rev. S. H. Barnum, Mr. A. W. Eddy.


Committee on Benevolence-Mr. Davis L. Wells.


II. BENNINGTON ASSOCIATION


Organized December 10, 1872; name changed to Association, June 30, 1908.


Registrar, Rev. W. LeRoy Haven, Dorset.


Churches-East Arlington, Bennington First, Bennington Second, North Bennington, Dorset, East Dorset, Manchester, Peru, North Pow- nal, Rupert.


Met at North Pownal, May 22, 1923. General topic: Men's organiza- tions within the church. Next meeting at Manchester.


Ministers-C. F. Hill Crathern, George H. Gilbert, William R. Hamlin, W. LeRoy Haven, J. Duke King, Clarence C. Lyon, John A. MacColl, George S. Mills, Vincent Ravi-Booth, John E. TenDyke, Mabel T. Winch.


Advisory Committee and Committee on Benevolence- Rev. Vincent Ravi-Booth, Rev. W. L. Haven, Mr. R. A. Jones, Rev. G. S. Mills, Mr. P. T. H. Pierson.


Committee on Ministerial Standing -- Rev. W. R. Hamlin, Rev. Mabel T. Winch, Rev. J. E. TenDyke, Mr. W. W. Fahnestock, Dr. H. W. Elliot.


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ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES


III. CALEDONIA ASSOCIATION


Organized October 23, 1834; name changed to Association, June 1, 1909.


Registrar, C. A. Adams, Danville.


Churches-McIndoe Falls, Barnet, East Burke, Danville, Greens- boro, East Hardwick, Hardwick, Kirby, Lyndon, Lyndonville, Peacham, St. Johnsbury Center, St. Johnsbury North, St. Johnsbury East, St. Johnsbury South, Lower Waterford, Waterford.


Met with North Church, St. Johnsbury, June 1, 1923. General topic: "The world to Christ we bring". Next meeting at St. Johnsbury Center.


Ministers-Chauncey A. Adams, Henry T. Barnard, Charles B. Bliss, Andrew S. Bole, Robert Clark, Ambrose C. DeLapp, Albert V. Fisher, Edward G. French, Edwin R. Gordon, Edwin E. Grant, Arthur E. Gregg, Charles H. Merrill, Charles H. Morse, J. Newton Perrin, Jr., Frederick B. Richards, Lewis H. Stoughton, Miles G. Tupper, Hiram Q. Ward, Theodore H. Wilson.


Licentiate-Arthur P. Fitt.


Advisory Committee-Rev. A. E. Gregg, Rev. W. A. Bacon, Mr. E. H. Cowles.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. A. C. DeLapp, Rev. C. A. Adams, Rev. F. B. Richards.


Committee on Benevolence-Rev. Robert Clark, Mr. L. D. Shonyo, Rev. William Millar.


IV CHITTENDEN ASSOCIATION


Organized as Consociation July 4, 1828; as Conference, June 10, 1851; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.


Registrar, Rev. F. W. Hazen, Richmond.


Churches-Burlington First, Burlington College St., Charlotte, Col- chester, Essex, Essex Junction, Hinesburg, Jericho First, Jericho Second, Milton, Richmond, South Hero, Underhill, Westford, Williston; Win- ooski.


Met at Charlotte, May 24, 1923. Sermon by Rev. F. W. Hazen. Next meeting with Jericho Second.


Ministers-Chauncey C. Adams, Stephen G. Barnes, William Cash- more, Rollins B. Fay, Charles E. Hayward, Frank W. Hazen, William Hazen, William Millar, Francis H. Phillipson, I. Chipman Smart, Evan Thomas.


Licentiate-Samuel F. Emerson.


Advisory Committee-Mr. F. W. Nash, Rev. William Cashmore. Dr. C. M. Ferrin.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Mr. S. G. Macomber, Rev. C. C. Adams, Rev. I. C. Smart, Rev. F. W. Hazen.


Committee on Benevolence-Rev. G. G. Ross, Mr. F. S. Pease, Mr. F. W. Nash.


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VERMONT CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE


V. [COOS AND] ESSEX ASSOCIATION


Organized February 19, 1833; name changed to Association, June 17, 1908.


Registrar,


Churches-Granby and Victory, Guildhall, Lunenburg; also nine New Hampshire churches.


Minister-William A. Bacon.


This Association meets in the fall. Its officers, as well as its churches, are mostly in New Hampshire.


VI. FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE ASSOCIATION


Organized as Conference June 14, 1808; as Conference, June 7, 1865; name changed to Association, June 4, 1908.


Scribe, Rev. F. W. Day, Swanton.


Churches-Alburg, Bakersfield, East Berkshire, Berkshire Second, Enosburg, Fairfield, East Fairfield, Franklin, Georgia, Highgate, Mont- gomery, St. Albans, Sheldon, Swanton.


Met at Alburg, May 25, 1923. Topics treated: The men of our churches; The church and her youth. Sermons by Rev. F. W. Day and Rev. S. G. Wood. Next meeting at Franklin.


Ministers-Arthur Brotherson, Richard A. Burn, William C. Clark, Stanley Cummings, F. Wilson Day, W. Parkyn Jackson, Evarts Kent, Wilmot M. Mayhew, H. Clay Searles, Edgar S. Vradenburg, Sumner G. Wood.


Advisory Committee and Committee on Ministerial Standing-Dr. G. O. Mitchell, Mr. A. S. Sykes, Mr. E. L. Rand.


VII. GRAFTON-ORANGE ASSOCIATION


Secretary, Rev. L. G. Chase, West Lebanon, N. H.


Churches-Bradford, Corinth, East Corinth, Fairlee, Newbury, Wells River, West Newbury, Thetford, Post Mills, North Thetford, Vershire, West Fairlee; also thirteen New Hampshire churches.


Met at Bradford, Oct. 4, 1922. General topic: The world challenge to Congregationalism.


Met also at Bath, N. H., June 5, 1923. Open discussion on timely topics. Next meeting at Lyme, N. H.


Ministers-J. Lambert Alexander, Donald Fraser, Henry S. Ives, James A. Lytle, Arthur H. Sargent, William Slade.


Licentiate-George S. Worcester.


Advisory Committee-Rev. A. I. Davis, Mr. S. E. Clark, Prof. C. D. Adams, Rev. F. G. Chutter, Rev. A. T. Boland.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. H. S. Ives, Rev. A. T. Boland, Mr. J. A. Johnson, Rev. G. M. Woodwell, Rev. L. G. Chase.


Committee on Benevolence-Dr. W. S. Cole, Rev. William Slade, Rev. J. A. Lytle.


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ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES


VIII. LAMOILLE ASSOCIATION


Organized June 1840; name changed to Association, June 2, 1910. Registrar, Rev. H. M. Bartlett, Jeffersonville.


Churches-Cambridge, Jeffersonville, Eden, North Hyde Park. Hyde Park, Johnson, Morrisville, Stowe, Waterville.


Met at Stowe, May 29, 1923. General topic: Vital questions before our churches today.


Ministers-Hollis M. Bartlett, Herbert W. Cummings, Lemuel Davis, George E. Goodliffe, Vitellus M. Hardy, Harry E. Harned, Charles A. Hatch, Henry C. Howard, Arthur Mercer, Wilbur Rand, Arthur B. Ross.


Advisory Committee-Mr. H. M. Maxfield, Mr. L. M. Drew, Rev. E. C. Hays.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. A. B. Ross, Mr. H. W. Varnum, Rev. G. H. Dierlamm.


Committee on, Benevolence-Rev. G. E. Goodliffe, Mr. H. M. Max- field, Miss Laura Thomas.


IX. ORANGE ASSOCIATION


Organized October 5, 1830; name changed to Association, June 17, 1908.


Clerk, Mr. John M. Comstock, Chelsea.


Churches-Braintree First, East Braintree and West Brookfield, Brookfield First, East Brookfield, Chelsea, Randolph Center, Randolph, Strafford, Tunbridge, Williamstown.


Met at Chelsea, May 31, 1923. Topics treated: Modern inventions -- an aid or a competitor to Christian work; The Christian message to young men and women, and the way of approach to them. Next meet- ing at East Braintree.


Ministers-James S. Clark, John A. Lawrence, J. Frank Locke, Fraser Metzger, Otis F. Rockwood, Willis T. Sparhawk, Charles E. Walsh, Ivor S. Williams.


Advisory Committee and Committee on Benevolence-Rev. C. E. Walsh, Rev. Fraser Metzger, Mr. W. E. Huggard.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. O. F. Rockwood, Rev. C. E. Walsh, Rev. J. G. Robertson.


X. ORLEANS ASSOCIATION


Organized June 18, 1839; name changed to Association, June 2. 1909.


Registrar, Rev. C. J. Peterson, North Craftsbury.


Churches-Albany, Barton, Island Pond, Brownington and Orleans, West Charleston, East Charleston, Coventry, North Craftsbury. Derby,


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VERMONT CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE


Glover, Holland, Irasburg, Lowell, Morgan, Newport, North Troy, Troy, Westfield, Westmore.


Met at Westmore, June 5, 1923. Topic discussed: Spiritualize the secular, (a) Church advertising, (b) By giving. Sermon by Rev. E. L. Rice.


Ministers-Frank E. Davison, George H. Dierlamm, Rollo A. Hamil- ton, James J. Hutchinson, Carl J. Peterson, Theophilus H. Root, Caleb L. Rotch, Wilmond A. Warner.


Advisory Committee-Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Rev. E. L. Rice, Rev. G. H. Dierlamm.


Committee on, Ministerial Standing-Rev. F. E. Davison.


XI. RUTLAND ASSOCIATION


Organized as Consociation, June 6, 1797; as Conference, June 1860; name changed to Association, September 23, 1908.


Churches-Benson, Brandon, Castleton, Clarendon, Danby, Fair Haven, Fair Haven Welsh, Hubbardton, Middletown Springs, Pawlet, West Pawlet, Pittsford, Florence, Proctor Swedish, Rutland, Center Rutland Swedish, Sudbury, Wallingford, South Wallingford, West Rut- land.


Met at Rutland, Oct. 5, 1922. Program included installation of Rev. E. C. Boynton over the Rutland church.


Ministers-Robert H. Ball, Edward C. Boynton, Walter P. Brad- ford, Thomas A. Carlson, Charles C. Claris, Joseph Evans, Ola R. Houghton, John H. Kingsbury, William A. McIntire, Robert G. Mc- Leod, John D. Owen, George B. Roberts, Charles Swanson, Walter Thorpe.


Advisory Committee and Committee on Benevolence-Rev. G. B. Roberts, Rev. W. A. McIntire, Mr. R. C. Taft, Mr. J. R. Hoadley, Dr. E. R. Clark.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. R. H. Ball, Mr. G. W. Young, Rev. O. R. Houghton.


XII. UNION ASSOCIATION


Organized September 30, 1885; name changed to Association, October 7, 1909.


Registrar, Mrs. W. J. Ballou, Chester.


Churches-Simonsville, Chester, Grafton, Londonderry, Ludlow, Tyson, Springfield, Weathersfield First, Weathersfield East, Ascutney- ville, Weston, Windham.


Met with First church, Weathersfield, Oct. 4, 1922 Next meeting at Londonderry.


Ministers-Earle H. Ballou, Henry L. Ballou, William J. Ballou,


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ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES


Clement G. Clarke, Thomas D. Davies, William W. Evans, Leslie H. Metcalf, Clifford H. Smith, Samuel L. Vincent.


Advisory Committee-Mr. H. H. Blanchard, Mr. F. H. Smith, Rev. W. J. Ballou.


Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. C. G. Clarke, Rev. H. L. Ballou, Rev. C. H. Smith.


XIII. WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION


Organized November 29, 1837; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.


Registrar, Mr. Herbert W. Denio, Montpelier.


Churches-Barre, East Barre, Berlin, Cabot, East Calais, Duxbury, Marshfield, Montpelier, Northfield, Orange, Roxbury, Waitsfield, War- ren, Waterbury, South Woodbury.


Met at Berlin, June 6, 1923. Next meeting probably at Waterbury.


Ministers-John W. Barnett, Frank Blomfield, Howard L. Brown, Elisha S. Fiske, George A. Furness, Frank L. Goodspeed, Morton W. Hale, Edward C. Hays, Amos J. Lord, John C. Prince, James Ramage, . William A. Remele, Charles N. St. John, James B. Sargent, Frank L. Stacy, Frank C. Wright.


Licentiate-Carl V. Woodbury.




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