New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1917, Page 6

Is proving THE GREATEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR BUSINESS. .The demand for the new piano at $195 is taxing all our efforts to keep pace with it. A new shipment II‘.IDmlIIIHMUW ) ummmmmmwj | m M w!‘w i M SN A I = il I has arrived this morning and is at the disposal of those who for the past two days have been /unable to secure one of these gems. HERE IS OUR OFFER—NEW HANDSOME MAHOGANY CONCERT GRAND UP- RIGHT, MADE BY A THOROUGHLY RELIABLE MANUFACTURER. A PIANO WHICH RETAILS FROM $300 TO $350 AND IS FULLY GUARANTEED FOR THE LOW PRICE OF TERMS $10 DOWN No Interest. Stool and Scarf and Tuning for one year AND $5 A MONTH. Free. Telephone Charter 3644 for evening appointment. SOME OF THE USED PIANOS. Steinway Uprights —We have put three of these pianos in our sale, three of the best styles. Rosewood, cost $600, now only $345. Walnut, cost $750, selling for $390, Aeolin 88-note Mission Player Piano—Used 4 months and recently on exhibi- tion at a department store attracting many admirers. Cost $700. Price $460. Fischer Upright—The daintiest little piano in the world. Small enough to tuck away in your library, it will give all the volume and tone that yau need. It cost $325 when new and is a splendid piano now. All we ask is $70. Bachman Upright, handsome mahogany, full rich tone,responsive touch. Hasn’t been used any to say so. Originally $300 Now $190. Chickering Grand, recently strung throughout, everything done to make it in A-1 order. Not one of those long unsalable pianos but medium length. The tone is wonderful. Don't take our word for it but see and hear it yourself. Cost $1,000. Price $95 cash. } Angelus 88-note Player Piano—We are selling this as used not because it looks or plays so but has been out a few months. Any one looking for an Angelus which is listed at $675 will. find the bargain of a lifetime in this at $380. Steck Upright 88-note Pianola—Very handsome dull finished mahogany. - Just used enough o develop the rich tone peculiar to the Steck. An opportunity to own one of the highest grade Pianolas which cost $850 for the insignificant sum of $450. We have many other USED PIANOS Why won’t you look them over? and an Ebonized amost new, which cost $600, we ask only $395 for. = e Seldom or never is there a chance to buy a Steinway like any of these for anything like the money. Knabe Grand (small)—Here is what you have been waiting for. We have to call it used or you would never know it. It cost $850 when new and although so little used $475 now. Mendelssohn Upright—We will give written guarantee this piano has-not had 2 months’ use. The most popular piano on the market. Will give you plenty of time to buy it for $220, Mason and Hamlin Upright—In oak case. This style cost $450 and is one of “their best specimens. If you only want to spend $125 here is your best money’s worth. Mathusek Upright—Here is another real good make of piano in real good ‘con- dition with many years of real good service. Although it cost $400 when new, retains the tone and'touch of newness, we will sell it for $85. and SEDGWICK & CASEY CORNER ASYLUM AND TRUMBULL STREETS, HARTFORD tcan board of Foreign I.'m. of whom 13 were adults and 39 | A | E i infants. During the year there were ons apportionment 1 14 members married, e Chureh treasurer On Children's Sunday. June 18. b Junior Endeavor | 35 children received Bibles from the | T FIRST EHUR[H { church. On January 13 Herbent JAN | 1itehfield was elected a deacon Sunday school e D. | Women’s Foreign missionary to| society ....... serve for a period of five years. ; Young Women: This church, together with the missionary society South Congregational church, : enter- | Children's Christmas tained in November the State Confer- | ence of Congregational churches at its ! fiftieth anniversary. | Congregational | Report of the Treasurer. slonarvascciety, | | | socier New Cron Bury Foreign Branchés Shm_v_ Results of ! lustry and Good Leadership Home mis- apportion- the ....$ 880.00|day ment Treasurer Philip B. Stanley read his | 400.00 report for 1916 as follows: ansnies i regational church was held in the | Balance on hand, January 1, I aodiety el of the church last - evening. { 1916 000.00 | Young Women's orts of the various church so- | Pledges for ¢ 2,870.18 | gionary society bs were given and all showed that | Christmas offerings of the lcimit e ;i hurch work was far more active | Sunday school for Foreign Junior Endeavor society " the preceding vear. There was | Missions ..... hin in membership of 46 during jFrom individu past year. Rev. Henry W. Maier ; _offerings fidea over the meeting. Accord- | Interest on to the report of Treasurer P. B. | fund R lev there was a balance of hand | From Sophia & 97.57 January 1, 1917. e following officers were elected | he coming vea al erk and registrar—Willlam C. | gerford. H brresponding secretary—Miss Jen- L. Haugh. easurer—Philip B. lember of standing years—Ernest W fissionary committece—H. S. Wal- chafrmin: Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, Marcus White, Mrs. Valentine B. mberlain, Jr., and Robert S. An- V. flicers for the church school were ted as follows: i lepartmental principals: Cradle Miss - Mary Whittlesey; begin- B, Miss Bertha Chamberlain; pri- | [y, Miss W. T. Wells: junior, Mrs. . Sawyer; intermediate, Elmer T. bnes: boys, A. Tayson Hancock: or, G. Bradley; adult, Elmer hienes; director of home depart- t, Mrs. Louis J. Muller; general | } (. etary, Herbert Litchfield; general | giand surer, W. E. Ingham: librarian, | american shall Blakeslee: scout master, | pjssions ght Skinner; scout captain, Miss | American rice Fox; director of service | ciation ing, Miss Annie Bancroft; dlirect | Congregation: bt junior service league, Mrs. r! (i e | work e annual meeting of the First Home 467.70 | For Home 5.00 61 New o New Total ceeeene American missionary ciation apportionment Church treasurer . Sunday school Sarah Boy Total Church building portionment Church treasurer Sunday school Church quarter | Sunday tion For Sund mas tree New Britain Red Cross Armenian and Syrian Church charities New Britain Milk station New Britain General Tho pital | Neighborhood ing work Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy Federal Council of Churches of Christ fie Hartford County Sunday school association Bibles for Sund pupils | Tuskegee uses 83.31 | school ci 400.00 Total G Congregational society apportionment Church treasurer Sunday school Stanley, committee for Christ. 6.82 55.10 416.01 120.31 100.00 Relief 57.16 207.16 93 Congregational Sun. school and Publishing society portionment .. Church treasurer I Sunday school meet- o Prayer i sey . .. ] Ministerial relief society ap- portionment Church treasurer Sunday school in Institute F. M. for Tunch Board Total o Individual contribution: the committee to have been given direct and which, therefore, do not apply on the $4,500.00 apportion- ment for the Seven societies, are as 113.98 69. known to all of 684, war Missiona 560.00 | 340. 4000 board missions ongregational Home sionary society American missiona ciation e Congregational ~ Educational ciety Ministerial Sun of Foreign society 3 Education ‘hienes. Congregational school Forty-six New Members, and Public ne complete report of W. C. Hun- | Consregational ord follows: |Esoctety, e totar Missionary ch on January 1, nagticuy Wwhom 451 were males A ario ales. During this vear there has | Congregational Board added on confession of faith 51, | mMministerial relief 5 etter 13, making the total num- -‘\T'(‘\“\'“Br\!‘l]an\m(‘ ity received during the yvear sixty-|" " e There have been removed by pr 9, by death 8, and one member dropped by his own request, mak- the total number removed during vear eighteen, showing a gain in | bership for the year of 46 per- | 8. The total membership on vary 1, 1917 was 1,180, of whom were males and 74 females. he totat number of haptisms was Gl mis- of Con- Armenian Society membership of this! for 1916 was 1,134, | and 68 Scei relief s Total The Sunday school has tributed the following : - Connecticut Sunday school association s {War children’s Christmas fund National Religious |, tonal asscciation also | Balance on hand January 1917 M F. G. Platt read the report of the missiona committee for the past eaey vear wh is herewith printed: Mount Carmel Children’'s ‘Apportionment for the seven oTe societies ©ieei.....$4,400.00 | American Tnternational Educa- Fur; col- sion: Waldensian New Britain Childrer { School cieties, {Sunday school v Britain milk New Britain hospita Neighborhood ings o School of Religious ogy Federal council New McAll s 25 . Special church charities ... Hospital day October, Friday in November and meeting of Wecnesday last show an encouragin work and co-operation was shown at of branches, Spiritually ‘Women's record for the beginning of the year| The report of its treasurer, I. P. Goss, indicates a decided gain both in membership and finances past year: Cash on hand Jan. 1, From three church suppers .. Two entertainments Special contributions 1917, Home Foreign miss cen Of this the foreign and work home hos- Britain General pital nwell ritt mi of Religious Total This sum tions for the Seven societies total contributions school $517.23 Besides the gifts to the seven has contributed: 120.31 | 459.82 | 100.00 | i 37.83 | 0.00 | Gifts of flower the church church charities -3 tation v Britain City m Vacation school work Hartford school Tusikegee County association Institute s’ Thursday club prayer Sunday meet- of churches Britain Red Cross so- ety mission ,480.10 Members of the church have contributed for and Syrian relief Armenian rand Total Report of Women's Socicty. he report of M of the Women's society follows: he three ladies’ night its gain. A new these meetings and all nine in number, loak ar of results, and financially society presents d to a a in 1916108 al committee memberships Disbursements. Adkins Printing Co. Special contributions Woreign missions . ... Home missions nishing fund missions ons home ary depagytments have each makes of the Sun- Frances Whittle- was meetings of the society, held an the first Friday | Cleaning curtains the second |Cleaning kitchen annual spirit of for- the clean the 1. .00 s0- 10 25.00 178.00 .00 .00 70.00 mis« Te- ceived $70, or a total of $140 each for the year, leaving in the treasury $8.27. Young Women’s Home Missionary : Society. The report of the financial _con- dition of the Young Women's Home Missionary society was read by the treasurer, Mrs, Frank Hale, and is Lerewith printed: - | Cash on hand Jan. Dues . {Women's society Banquet Money for count 1916 ...$138.48 6.75 pledges Social her's birthda, Christmas gifts bank account Girls' College, Grand ebraska school, Work at Santee, | Miss Gibson's Mateo, Cal. | Mr. Each, orce | Children’s Home Boys' club | Burritt Mission . Delegates to Northfield | Children’s Day gift Industrial work Sundries Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917 ....$192. Furnishing Fund. The report of the furnishing fund for the year 1916 was read by Mrs. A. K. Thomson as follows Balance on hand Jan. 7, as | Interest and Cleaning parsonage Tlowers for state conference .. Furniture Tadies’ ni St Rugs for Parsonage Table linen and towels supplies its Balance Jan. 10, 1917 $813 Missions Department. Parker read the report Missionary depart- Mrs. of the ment. Tight regular meetings have Teld by the Foreign Missionary partment of the Women's society which officers are: President—Mrs. Marcus White. Vice President—Mrs. H. S. Blake. Secretar: . W. E. Parker Mrs. F. A. Porfer. Last vear we combined with the Young Women for three niectings at which they furnished very interesting programs and we have the same plans for this year. The sum of $445.63 has been contributed this year. with $654.95 toward the Jubileo fund. Homo Missionary Department. Mrs. H. D. Litchfield’ gave the fol- 40 66 15 been de- of lowing report of the Home Missionary departmen President—DMiss I.. J. Hine. Viee President—DMrs. . W. Peck. Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. D. Litchfield. The society is following up three lines of work: Sewing for charity, pre- paration of missionary box and mak- ing domestic articles. Twelve meet- | ings were held during the year with an average attendance of eighteen. Receipts Balance January 1, 1916. Local funds Gifts and pledges Women's society 4 Comfortables and aprons ) Disbursements Congregational Home Mission- ary UNnion c i esssees H. $ 57.75 90.00 166.95 140.00 32.00 Purchases for box and sewing material E Balance January 1, 1917 ..... $151.13 | Missionary box valued at $168 was sent to Rev. E. C. Salter Miller, South | Dakota. Young People’s Society. 1%, H. Andres, president Young People’s societ ead nual report for that society lows: The past year has been one of de- cided growth for this society. Our membership now numbers over 120 with an average attendance per Sun- day of 90 to 100 Tuesda night of each week the society furnishes in~ structions at the Burritt Mission. The Thursday club for boys is also con- ducted by this society. Our aim is to make this club for the use of the street boys giving them an opportun- ity to learn woodworking and other things of service to them, thereby do- ing for the boys what the sewing club is doing for the girls. We olso contribute largely to the summer daily vacation school both in money and in teachers. The past season opened so late, owing to the local health conditions, that it has made the work of the society somewhat backward and as a consequence our treasury is somewhat low at present. Owing -also to the larger growth in new members and the dropping out of many of the more experienced workers, there is at present a lack of responsible leaders to direct the activities of the society I believe that the society is an im- portant part of the church organiza- tion, as it furnishes a chance for real vice and social intercourse not otherwise obtained. { Women’s Foreign Missionary Society. Secretary Mabel Read of the Wom- en's Foreign Missionary Society read the following report of that organiza- tlon’s work: President—Mrs. V. Jr. Vice president—2)rs. Arthur Bacon. Secretary—Mrs. Nathan Reed. Treasurer—Mrs. Eldridge Beecher. The Y. W. F. M. S. has divided its meetings into two classes: Joint edu- cational meetings with the senior mis- sionary and a series of sewing meet- ings. Tast winter olir soéiety haa®l of the the as fol- se; B. Chamberlain, charge of three of the regular mee ings and this year the same numbe Our work meetings were devoted making 100 articles for Dr. Parker! hospital at Medura. This winter are to work for Mr. and Mrs. Wood ward, who spoke at a mid-week sery ice here. With the help of our Mot er's society a box of medical su plies, bandages, surgical instruments communion ‘linen was sent to Mr. ang Mrs. Woodward in November. THi next box for them, to be sent in thg | spring, will be filled with babies’ and ! children’s dresses. E We report ten new members sinds last January and look ‘forward to successful finish of this yearls worl Let me say a word for the Nort fleld conference. Last summer the: were three young women from o | society at the Foreign Missions co ference. There is no more delightf| | way to stimulate interest in churi { work than a week at Northfield. The treasurer’s report was read Miss Florence H. Beecher: Cash on hand January 1, 1916.% 21 Dues 5 5 Collections . Individual r:mlrihll(ior’\s | From charity funds Pledges Cake Coln ie ale DISBURSEMENTS. To Hartford branch. .. Golden anniversary gift. .. Sending package to India. Sewing material orthfield delegate Mr. and Mrs. Woodward. Miscellaneous $114.90, Balance on hand January 1, 1917, $58.86. Pastor's Report. The pastor told of his work as folk lows: + i The reports already given in youph | hearing cover much of what might heh in the report of the pastor. The stas tistical report has been mado hy the (] clerk, and the financial report by the' &4 treasurer: that of the church Bible school by the director of religious ed: cation; while the missionory activi® ties have been reported on by the chairman of the ssionary commits tee and the missionary socletics. There S} are some features of these reports that ] will bear some emphasis. The report of .the society’s committee shows th <ring a period of nearly ten years. " Our church schoel, undor the effla clent leadership of Mr. Thienes, fl:} i} probably the best organized in fllg o state, with the best cumriculum.: Ouf @3 problem here is the scholar, and we *( need the co-operation of the parentsy !‘ i assisting the officers amnd teachers & ¥ looking to better attendance of schol= * il ars, 2 The Every-Member-Canvass whicli was carried out in December result best year of the present pastorate cova in a pledged support be bevond thafl ; (Continued dn [Bighth Page.y” ¥ y Y3