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The necrology of our deceased ministers contains the name of one who passed directly from his Vermont work to the other life-William R. Price, the whole ten years of whose devoted and successful ministry were spent in this state. Of all those connected with our Vermont ministry the one of longest service is Azel W: Wild, ten years corresponding secretary of the Con- ference, historian of the early days of our churches, 28 years in the pastorate in Vermont. Next in length of service is Leonard B. Tenney, 17 years with Vermont churches. Charles E. Hitch- cock was 16 years in two Vermont pastorates, with an interval between them. George F. Wright's ten years in a Vermont parish were followed by a long career as geologist and educator. J. Alphonso Belanger was ten years in Vermont. Homer W. Hildreth served Vermont churches for nine years. - William R. Edwards supplied one of our Welsh churches for nine years while living across the New York border. Charles H. Dutton was seven years with Vermont churches, J. Christopher Williams,
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George E. Martin, Frank F. Lewis, and Thomas Simms each five years. Edward P. Stone's four years' service began over fifty years ago, Benjamin W. Pond had three Vermont years in the 60's, while Edward P. Kimball, who had completed more than a century of life, began his ministry with a year's pastorate in Ver- mont more than seventy years ago. Frederick W. Holden and Henry P. Lamprey had each two-year pastorates in our state, and Leroy M. Pierce one year. Natives of Vermont whose min- isterial service was elsewhere are Edson J. Moore, born in Chel- sea; Charles A. White, in Wardsboro; Burton S. Gilman, in Stockbridge; R. Albert Goodwin, in Groton; Austin Hazen, in Norwich ; James B. Chase, in Woodstock.
The number of churches appearing in the tables is now 213, two fewer than last year. The merger of the Second church in Brookfield with the First church in that town was chronicled in last year's report. Wolcott has finally disappeared from the roll, its name being retained last year until the title to its house of worship should be transferred to the Vermont Domestic Mis- sionary Society. There are some other names long carried on the roll but representing no actual life or promise of renewal which the present year may see finally removed. The present legislature has passed an act that may help to bring this about.
A query was raised last year as to the status of our church at Stowe since the organization of the "community church" which seemed to embrace the membership of its three compo- nent elements. It now appears that the three original churches still exist, but are not functioning, the "community church" as a "holding company" taking over all the activities. The Congre- gational church accordingly appears in the tables only for the record of membership and benevolences, the gifts for denomina- tional objects being apparently assigned to the respective units. This is something very different from federation as we have known it.
As to federation, the following unions have been formed during the present year : with the Baptist church at Grafton, and with Methodist churches at Pawlet, Lowell, and Franklin; the last named having just become effective. A few of the federa-
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tions previously reported appear to have lapsed, temporarily or permanently, but most are in successful operation.
These federations reduce the number of vacant pulpits, but this number is too large at the best, and makes a situation diffi- cult to meet. There are now but fifteen installed pastors, one fewer than last year. Three councils have been held for ordina- tion, one for recognition, one for installation, and two for dis- missal.
One task of this report is to interpret the annual statistics, which will appear in due time in the Year-Book and in the Min- utes of this body. Bear in mind that these are in all cases for the calendar year which ended at the close of last December. There is a loss of membership of 43, the present total being 23040. But the additions by confession, 928, have been excelled but once in twenty-five years, and the total additions, 1673, not since the revival days of 1876. The additions by letter, 745, are surpassed only in the report of 1907, when the same cause great- ly swelled their number-the merger of two churches. The re- movals by death, 451, are somewhat more than usual, and the re- movals by letter, 710, are much increased by the same merger, that at Brookfield. But the loss in membership is clearly caused by the removal by revision of 555 names, many more than ever before, through the new zeal for clearing the roll by the removal of absent and unresponsive members. This was manifest in a somewhat smaller degree the year before. One church has thus removed 126 names. The removals by letter have also been largely increased by the same movement. The number of non- resident members has in this way been reduced from 6650 to 6451, so that there is an increase in resident membership of 156,-a . highly encouraging showing.
The additions by confession were to 114 churches, and those by letter also to 114, thus distributing the additions more gener- ally than is often the case. Sixty-eight churches had no addi- tions. The following received ten or more by confession: St. Johnsbury North, 60; Barre, 53; Rutland, 42; Lyndonville, 38; Burlington First, 33; Jericho First, 32; Montpelier, 27; Spring- field, 21; Bennington Second, 20; Swanton, 19; Randolph, St.
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Johnsbury South, and South Hero, 18 each; Danville, 16; Wells River, St. Albans, and Westminster, 14 each; Bennington First, 13; Glover, Newbury, and Weybridge, 12 each; Burlington Col- lege St. and West Rutland, 11 each; Bradford, Cornwall, East Hardwick, Newport, South Royalton, and Waterbury, 10 each.
The loss in Sunday school membership still continues, the total being 421 less than last year. There is a slight gain of 18 in membership of young people's societies, and a loss of six in membership of men's and boys' organizations.
Again we derive great encouragement from the figures of benevolence. The Year-Book will say that the total gifts from Vermont for Congregational benevolence amount to $80,722. To this should be added $6691 assigned by the officials in charge of the Congregational World Movement to Congregational objects not coming under the regular societies, so that $87,413 is really the sum contributed from this state to Congregational missionary and educational work. This is a gain of 851/2% over 1919. In- cluding a small amount assigned to undenominational objects, there had been paid into the treasury of the Congregational World Movement before January 1, $35,513. As the year of pledges did not expire until May 1, a large amount on the pledges of 1920 should have been paid since January 1. Adding to the above sum other amounts for other Congregational objects and undenominational gifts, and $19,291 for the Pilgrim Memorial Fund, the entire reported gifts from Vermont for 1920 were $128,892,-a record which gives no cause for shame.
Home expenses at $307,783 show an increase over the pre- ceding year of $35,400. Legacies to the amount of $19,523 were received by 31 churches. The churches hold invested funds to the amount of $698,404, an increase of $10,026. Church property is now appraised at $2,650,955, an increase of $88,255.
The items that follow have to do with the year ending with the date of this meeting, and not with the calendar year 1920. The high cost of labor and material has prevented many churches from entering upon repairs that could be postponed. And yet the First church of Burlington has expended $13,000 upon its property, much the largest item of the year. Next in size is
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probably $2300 expended at Richmond for extensive repairs upon the parsonage. The new parsonage at West Newbury is com- pleted, and is now occupied. Other churches making repairs upon church property are Ludlow, Johnson, Brookfield, Bakers- field, Lyndonville, Franklin, and Guildhall. It is interesting to note year by year that the coming of a new, pastor connotes the refitting of the parsonage. Northfield has installed an electric motor for its organ. Hardwick has purchased a house for a par- sonage.
Each year sees a number of churches the recipients of lega- cies or substantial gifts from the living. Among such not before noted are the following: legacies of $1000 each to Hinesburg and Newfane; a gift of $1000 to Northfield, the income to be used in the care of the grounds and lawn about the meeting house ; a gift of $1000 to Eden, as a fund in memory of a deceased deacon; at Bakersfield, a legacy of $600 and another of $200; at Westminster West, a legacy of $500 to pay the arrears on the building of a new parsonage; at Lyndon, a gift of $500 for a new organ, from a former resident, in memory of his father ; a gift of $200 to Benson by descendants of the first pastor ; a gift to Glover of $200 as a fund in memory of a recently deceased organist ; a gift of $250 to the ladies' society of Chelsea as a fund; at Hyde Park, the gift of a marble baptismal font in memory of a fallen hero of the World War.
The observance of three anniversaries is noted,-the centen- nial at East Berkshire in July last, and the centennial at Straf- ford in November, and at West Brattleboro the 150th anniver- sary in December, with a two days' celebration, in which former pastors and the ministers of the county had a large part.
Various items of church annals and methods not readily classified are noted. Post Mills has fostered a country fair for two successive years, and West Fairlee under the same pastor a farmers' picnic with similar features. At East Charleston, mov- ing pictures have been used in the Sunday evening services, em- ploying only Biblical subjects. Richmond attacks the problem of the Sunday evening service by a series of varied programs, musical, literary, stereoptical, etc. Chester had a mission study
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class for six weeks with varying methods. Newport presented the Pilgrim Pageant in December. At East Hardwick since October a reading room has been maintained in the chapel, open to the whole community and supported by it, also a community library of 220 volumes. Both were much used during the win- ter. At Bennington Second, three churches co-operating, a school of missions was a second time held for six weeks in Oc- tober and November, followed by a Sunday evening forum for eight weeks in union with the Baptist church, with distinguished speakers on vital current questions. It is the local conviction that these events were distinctly worth while. At Springfield there are several noteworthy items. A men's class has been formed under the pastor's leadership, with an enrollment of 100 and an attendance from 30 to 60. Four successful men's meet- ings have been held, with an attendance from 80 to 150, with a speaker from outside and refreshments. The Interchurch World Survey has been studied at the mid-week service. On Sunday evening, union, or community, services have been held, in sum- mer in the open square and the rest of the year in a theater. The four ministers of the town take turns in speaking, and the au- diences have been large, including many who do not attend the more formal church services. From Windsor Association comes the cheering note that nearly all the churches report increase in attendance.
The fourth annual convocation at Middlebury in September was a source of much intellectual and spiritual uplift to the min- isters who attended, and through them to their parishes. The systematic pastoral evangelism fostered by this meeting and other forms of team work have largely superseded the evangelism of the older type. Rarely now is there noted the employment by our churches of the visiting evangelist. A nearly solitary in- stances this year is at Colchester, where the federated churches had evangelistic meetings in January under Rev. T. E. Richards, both churches receiving a large number of additions as a result. Mr. French as pastor-at-large has been very helpful in several communities in assistance to the pastor in evangelistic work. The Lenten season has been largely employed for pastoral evan-
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gelism, and large additions at Easter and in May will be manifest in the statistics gathered at the close of the year.
Hindrances have been many in the work of the year. In some quarters there is real ground for discouragement at the out- look. But on the whole the results of faithful labor are appar- ent, and optimism prevails. The topic of the spring Association meetings calling for an increase of laborers is timely, and seems to voice the greatest need of the hour. May it meet with the re- sponse it deserves !
JOHN M. COMSTOCK
Statistical Secretary
OBITUARIES
Note. These obituary notices are intended to include the names of all former pastors of our churches whose deaths have been reported during the Conference year, and to mention more briefly Congregational ministers born in the state who have never held pastorates here.
Rev. Joseph Alphonso Belanger, born in Quebec, Que., Oc- tober 9, 1857. Studied in the English course at Oberlin Seminary, 1893-5. Pastor, Pittsfield, Ohio, 1894-5, being ordained there May 22, 1894; Brookline, N. H., 1895-9. Pastor at Wallingford, June 1899 to June 1902; at Wells River, June 1902 to November 1909. Pastor, Paterson, N. J., 1909-13; Spring Valley, N. Y., 1913 until his death at Woodridge, N. J., September 11, 1920, of apoplexy. A widow and three children survive.
Rev. Charles Henry Dutton, born in Shirley, Mass., January 26, 1865. Amherst College, 1887; in Hartford Seminary, 1887-9, but graduated from Oberlin Seminary, 1910. Acting pastor at Bethel, June 1887 to June 1888; pastor, Ashland, Mass., 1889-92, being ordained there February 24, 1890; Wilton, N. H., 1892-9. Pastor at New Haven, July 1900 to May 1906. Pastor, Water- town, N. Y., 1906-9; in Oberlin Seminary, 1909-10; East Cleve- land, O., 1910-11; Kane, Pa., 1911-15; South Natick, Mass., 1915- 18; treasurer of Lincoln Inst., Lincoln Ridge, Ky., from 1918 until his death, June 11, 1920, from basilar meningitis, leaving a widow and two children. Received degree of D. D. from Penn College, Iowa, in 1913.
Rev. William Robert Edwards, born in Park, Bala, Wales, September 19, 1858. Bala College, 1881. Ordained January 10,
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1881, and held pastorates in Wales. Came to America in April 1896. Pastor, Welsh churches at Granville, N. Y., and West Pawlet, April 1897 to March 1906; Tabernacle church, Scranton, Pa., 1906 until his death, February 23, 1921, of nephritis and pneumonia.
Rev. Homer Wesley Hildreth, born in New York city,, Au- gust 24, 1871. Union Seminary, 1897. Pastor at Albany, May 1897 to November 1899, being ordained there June 16, 1897; at Rochester from November 1899, being installed August 22, 1900, and dismissed November 4, 1906. Pastor, Prospect, Conn., 1906-9; Cromwell, Conn., 1909-19; Enfield, Conn., 1919 until his death at Hartford, Conn., October 28, 1920, leaving a widow and two children.
Rev. Charles Edward Hitchcock, born in Hudson, O., June 29, 1859. Western Reserve University, 1883; Yale Divinity School, 1886. Ordained in Pres. church, April 11, 1888. Pastor, Cuya- hoga Falls, O., 1889-91; graduate student, Yale Divinity School, 1891-2. Pastor at Benson, March 1893 to April 1903; Claridon, O., 1903-8; Bath, N. H., 1908-12; North Pownal, January 1913 to July 1919. Lived thereafter at Cuyahoga Falls, O., until his death, May 4, 1921, of pneumonia, leaving a widow and two sons.
Rev. Frederick Augustus Holden, born in Fitchburg, Mass., August 12, 1854. Amherst College, 1878; Hartford Seminary, 1883. Acting pastor, Windham, Conn., 1883-4; resident licen- tiate, Andover Seminary, 1884-5; pastor, Barrington, N. H., 1885-9, being ordained there September 18, 1885; Granby, Mass., 1889-91; West Peabody, Mass., 1892-5; Buckingham, Conn., 1895-6; Burlington, Conn., 1896-8; Morris, Conn., 1898-1903; Huntington, Conn., 1903-9; Preston, Conn., 1909-11. Pastor at New Haven, June 1911 to October 1913; Salmon Falls, N. H., 1917-18. Died in Melrose Highlands, Mass., November 22, 1920, leaving a widow and seven children.
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Rev. Edward Pickett Kimball, born in Bath, N. H., July 25, 1819. Bangor Seminary, 1850. Acting pastor at Walden, 1851- 2. Pastor, Halifax, Mass., 1852-4, being ordained there Decem- ber 8, 1852; Chiltonville, Mass., 1855-6; Newton, Iowa; Wilton, Iowa; Monticello, Iowa, 1861-3; Blairstown, Iowa, 1866-7. Home at Monticello, Iowa, 1872-88, and thereafter at Waterloo, Iowa, where he died June 6, 1920, of old age, leaving two child- ren.
Rev. Henry Phelps Lamprey, born in Groton, N. H., No- vember 2, 1832. Dartmouth College, 1862; theology at New Hampton Institution, 1864-6. Pastor, Free Baptist church, Phillips, Me., 1866-8, being ordained there May 30, 1867; Wilmot, N. H., 1868-71; Brunswick, Me., 1871-2; East Corinth, Me., 1872- 3; South Parsonsfield, Me., 1873-6; Northwood, N. H., 1876-8 ยท Pastor, Congregational church, West Stewartstown, N. H., 1879- 80; Danbury, N. H., 1880-2; Acworth, N. H., 1885-7. Pastor. Lower Waterford, 1887-9 ; Ossipee Center, N. H., 1889-91. Home thereafter at Concord, N. H., where he died January 17, 1921, of old age, leaving a widow and two daughters.
Rev. Frank Fales Lewis, born in Stillman Valley, Ill., No- vember 11, 1861. Beloit College, 1884; Yale Divinity School, 1888. Ordained pastor at Putney, November 2, 1888; dismissed, March 5, 1893 ; also at Dummerston, 1888-90 ; Hardwick, Decem- ber 1893 to June 1898. Pastor, Holdrege, Neb., 1898-1901; Syracuse, Neb., 1901-4; St. Charles, Ill., 1905-7; Chillicothe, Ill., 1907-9 ; Endeavor, Wis., 1909-12; New Richmond, Wis., 1912-14; Metropolis, Il1., 1914-17; Tonica, Ill., 1918-20; Cornwall, Ill., 1920. Died at Geneseo, Ill., July 7, 1920, leaving a widow and three sons.
Rev. George Edward Martin, born in Norwich, Conn., Jan- uary 27, 1851. Yale College, 1872; Yale Divinity School, 1878. Pastor at Brattleboro from July 1878, being ordained pastor July 9, 1897, and dismissed September 6, 1883. Pastor, First church Brockton, Mass., 1883-4; First Presbyterian church, St. Louis, Mo., 1884-98; Holland Memorial church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1898-
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1901; Kirk St. church, Lowell, Mass., 1902-9; Lexington, Mass., 1911-14. Home then at Auburndale, Mass., but supplied for some time the church at Fairhaven, Mass., where he died Novem- ber 15, 1920, of apoplexy, leaving a widow. Received degree of D. D. from Wabash College, 1895.
Rev. Leroy Matthew Pierce, born at Olney, Ill., January 14, 1842. Home from childhood in Londonderry, Vt. Middlebury College, 1866; Andover Seminary, 1869. Pastor, Glenwood, Mo., 1869-71, where he was ordained February 4, 1870 ; Bernard- ston, Mass., 1872-83; Blackstone, Mass., 1884-96; Medfield, Mass., 1897-1909; Guildhall, Vt., June 1910 to April 1911. Re- sided in Boston, 1911-16; Medfield, Mass., 1916-18; Springfield, Mass., 1918-20 ; Londonderry, Vt., 1920 till his death, of apop- lexy, March 1, 1921.
Rev. Benjamin Wisner Pond, born in Bangor, Me., March 26, 1836. Bowdoin College, 1857; Bangor Seminary, 1861. Pas- tor at Barton, from October 1861, being ordained pastor January 28, 1862, and dismissed October 5, 1864. With Freedman's Re- lief Association in Washington, D. C., and N. C., 1864-6. Pas- tor, Charlemont, Mass., 1867-70; York, Me., 1870-3. Examiner in Patent Office, Washington, D. C., 1873-1913. Home from 1873 to 1892 at Falls Church, Va., where he often preached; in Washington thereafter. Engaged in Chinese mission work in Washington over 20 years. Died in Washington, March 1, 1921, leaving a son and three daughters.
Rev. William Ross Price, born in Quebec, Que., July 20, 1859. In Y. M. C. A. work for 15 years. Acting pastor at East Charleston, August 1908 to May 1910, and February 1911 to No- vember 1914, being ordained January 13, 1914; West Charleston, December 1914 to December 1917; (also Morgan, August 1908 to May 1910 and February 1911 to March 1916) ; East Berkshire, January 1918 until his death, at St. Albans, September 24, 1920, after a surgical operation. A widow survives.
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Rev. Thomas Simms, born in Bath, England, May 17, 1854. Wesleyan University, 1883. Ordained in M. E. church, July 17, 1887, and held pastorates in that denomination. Pastor, Green- ville church, Norwich, Conn., 1888-91; South Manchester, Conn., 1891-1900; Middlebury, Vt., February 1901 to October 1906; Braintree, Mass., 1906-11; Gorham, Me., 1911-18; Ipswich, Mass., 1918 until his death, August 27, 1920, of cancer of the bladder. A widow and four children survive.
Rev. Edward Payson Stone, born in Hartford, August 1, 1830. Middlebury College, 1853. Ordained at Montpelier, Oc- tober 14, 1861. Chaplain 6th Vt. Volunteers, 1861-3. Pastor, Centerville, Mass., 1863-5 ; agent of A. M. A. at Boston, 1865-9. Pastor, Lower Waterford, January 1870 to May 1871; Essex, September 1871 to August 1874, and at Underhill also from No- vember 1871. Pastor, Pembroke, N. H., 1875-7; Center Harbor, N. H., 1877-9; Colebrook, N. H., 1879-81. Then for some years general missionary of the C. H. M. S. in Michigan, living at La- peer ; finally lived at Rutland, where he died September 11, 1920.
Rev. Leonard Baker Tenney, born in Jaffrey, N. H., Septem- ber 12, 1854. Dartmouth College, 1875; Union Seminary, 1881. Missionary of V. D. M. S. at Warren, May 1878 to May 1879. Ordained at Barre, April 14, 1882 ; pastor, Tucson, Ariz., 1882-4. Pastor at North Troy, April 1885 to April 1887; Jeffersonville and Waterville, May 1887 to January 1890; Essex, March 1890 to November 1899, preaching also at Jericho First to June 1892; South Hero and Grand Isle, November 1899 to January 1902. Pastor at Harrisville and Nelson, N. H., 1902-4; Niantic, Conn., 1904-5; Scotland, Conn., 1906-13; Bristol, Mc., 1913-16; South Portland, Me., 1916-19 ; Bartlett, N. H., 1919 until his death, May 18, 1920, of edema of the larynx. A widow survives.
Rev. Azel Washburn Wild, born in Brookfield, June 12, 1836. Middlebury College, 1857; Andover Seminary, 1862. Acting pastor at Pittsfield, March 1862 to March 1864; pastor at Greens- boro from May 1864, being ordained October 26, 1864, and dis- missed October 14, 1873; installed at Peacham, January 22, 1874, and dismissed December 21, 1881 ; pastor at Charlotte, July 1882
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to January 1890; Elizabethtown, N. Y., 1890-8. Corresponding Secretary Vermont Congregational Conference, 1880-90. Au- thor of "Early History of Congregationalism in Vermont" (in MS.) Home for some years at Cambridgeport, until his death from uremia January 7, 1921. Three children survive, one be- ing Rev. Edward W. Wild, late pastor at Westminster.
Rev. John Christopher Williams, born in Carmarthen, Wales, December 27, 1852. Clifton College, England. Pastor at Or- lando, Fla., 1890-4, being ordained there February 23, 1890 ; Eden, Fla., 1894-5; Linden church, Malden, Mass., 1895-1902; Wood- ville, N. Y., 1902-3; South Brewer, Me., 1903-7. Pastor at Or- well, September 1907 to July 1913. Pastor, Waldoboro, Me., 1913-17; Dennis, Mass., 1917 until his death in Boston, Septem- ber 25, 1920. A widow survives.
Rev. George Frederick Wright, born in Whitehall, N. Y., January 22, 1838. Oberlin College, 1859; Oberlin Seminary, 1862. Pastor at Bakersfield from September 1862; ordained there August 25, 1863; installed, January 16, 1866; dismissed, May 14, 1872. Pastor Free church, Andover, Mass., 1872-81. Professor New Testament Language and Literature, Oberlin Seminary, 1881-92 ; of Harmony of Science and Revelation, 1892 till decease. . Received degree of D. D. from Brown University in 1887, and of LL. D. from Drury College in 1887. Died at Oberlin, Ohio, April 20, 1921.
Rev. James Balloch Chase, born in Woodstock, August 12, 1837; died in Russell, Iowa, June 9, 1919.
Rev. Burton Smith Gilman, born in Stockbridge, May 15, 1864; died in Gardner, Mass., October 20, 1920.
Rev. Reuben Albert Goodwin, born in Groton, September 19, 1880; died in Hardwick, Mass., November 23, 1920.
Rev. Austin Hazen, born in Norwich, September 20, 1863; died in Thomaston, Conn., March 13, 1921.
Rev. Edson Joiner Moore, born in Chelsea, February 28, 1828; died in Norfolk, Mass., May 29, 1920.
Rev. Charles Abner White, born in Wardsboro, November 2, 1842 ; died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 5, 1920.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS
I. ADDISON ASSOCIATION
June 15, 1808. Rev. W. F. Frazier, Registrar. Meets third Tuesday of January, March September and November, and second Tuesday of May
II. BENNINGTON ASSOCIATION
February 1, 1812. Last Tuesday of January May, and September.
III. CALEDONIA UNION
January 10, 1811. Robert Clark, Scribe. Third Tuesday of January, March, May, September, and November.
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