Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 17, 1920, Page 2

— be much the same as in the old days With the exception of the porch and the: steeple which were added in 1837. The interior of the church on.Tuesday was prettily decorated with chrysanthemums. and foliage of brilliant hue. At the back of the pulpit Was an American flag over wmch was the seriptural text “Glory to layly /increasing. (disrual) to al Worship of God at the o ih el doclety, sasny o ing si% miles therefrom, and that sd. so- clety knowing the dlflicumet am 5. mens" Mbored under, did, April §, 1787, at legal society meeting for that vn WESTMINSTER CHURCH RECALLS : 50 YEARS IN [TS HISTORY the highest and on earth, peace,|held, vote to divide sd. socety by b oot T towrd. mon” & toxk that the| Novin ‘wad Se. tine paraliel with the e Ghurel has almays Jived up:to, Rev. T.|betwsen £1: Canterbaicy and o dei| Sl estmin-y Quinebaug where have Ilive eara| BGward Davies, pastor of the church |of ' Windham crossing the Center -:’: m‘m o B By Wb R L at-| Was the presiding ofticer and delivered | town of Canterbury, etc, Moving that the Ner soms and dsaghters of days gone by| tended that churci. the address of weicome at the morn-|Sd. West part of the sd. town of Can- etarmed to the scenes of their child-| How different the sceme of Tuesday|ing observance which began at 10 o'clock.{ terbury be made a distinct (ine blured, hood 1o gather ones sgain in the house|compared to the first service in the|Rev. R. Humphrey of Canterbury brought!and not legible) the Second Soclety in sd. church back in 1770 when the people from the countryside came in wagons, oin horseback and other afoot bringing their .| foot warmers in winter. Over 30 auto- mobiles were drawn up around the church Tuesday and the old horse shed in the rear of the church is fast becom- ing obsolete. The old church itself must the greetings from the mother church and Rev. A. Barwick of Plainfeld brought greetings from the grandmother church. An interesting address, The Message of Today, was delivered by Rev. John Barstow of Hartford. Historical Sketch The principal event of the morning was the historical sketch of the church and its associations prepared and delievered by Mrs. T. Edward Davies. Mrs. Davies paper was as follows: The majority of present day readers make a practice of skipping tha preface or introductory pages, so you will kindly imagine a rarely fine prelude to this sketcis, which has been skipped by writer and reader alfke. ‘Williams, eler. % * Plainfield, 35th town'in our state, be-| AT important point in consideration of got Canterbury, the 38t of the incor-| the Detition, was if the new proposed so. clety had sufficient ground for Support, porated towns of Conmecticut common- oot Fealth, at first as a settlement within jt-| 204 the following statement on Self about 1899 and then as a legally|Proved Land was submitted. district individual in 1703. “Josiah Hid#, Robt. Rawson both of For eight years after, Canterbury con-| Canterbury for the county of Windham finued to attend “Divine Worship” in|and Elreathan Mainard of Windham for Plainfield, not building a meeting house | sd. county, all of Lawful age tify and until 1711, it having had two others since | say that we are well acquainted with the that date. westerly part of 8d. Canterbury and ge- Several families named- Downing first cording to the best tomputation We cam seitled the extreme western part of the| make, we judge that there is in the town, establishing several mills, plant-| New Proposed Soclety for the West part ing fine orchards, keeping aloof from the|of sd. Canterbury sixteen hundred acres rest of the town in great measure. Down-| of unsettled land yét unimproved and ex- ing’s brook still reminds of them. Can-|cepting a sufficient quantity of wood fand terbury enlarged her borders rapidly to-|left to accommodate /sd. Settiement the ward the west, all her population wor-|other inhabitants in sd. Prosoped Society shipping in the “lst church,” which was|and also sd. Socety is yearly greatly for some unknown reason placed on the| increasing and now settling with new set- extreme eastern boundary of the town. tlers and further say not. She, from early times, was very prom-| Dated at Canterbury, this sd. day of inent In the state; in social, educational| Oct., 1767. and politigal matters, and raésed up men| (This followed by statement of Jacoh known throughout the nation. Simons, Justice of the Peace, that the In 1767 a petition, signed by 33 of the|above 3 men took solemn oath to the prominent famiilies of the western portion | above statement, adding of the town, ans. in the original manu-| “Sam'l Hunting, Bsq,, Soclety Clerk of seript es follows: first Soclety in sd. Canterbury and one of. Upon the memo. of Stephen Frost and|the principal inhabitants of the place of| others of the First Society, Canterbudy,isd. Socicty notifiel and present and representing to this assembly that they|Thomas Bassel of sd. Sociéty a principle are 80 situated and do we and belong|member of the Sebardte Church and Com- to the West portion of sd. town of Can-| munity and the rest of the members of the community notified and not present.” But the unexpected obstacle to the ex- pected division of ‘he town came in the shape of a protest against it from 50 members of the 1st Soc. Who claimed that the former consent to the division was too hasty and that to divide would mean the death of the first Soclety. Another hindrance was from the center of the town, where seven men objected town that within memo on file, ete. Resolved. by this assembly that Saml Coit and Nathaniel Brown of Preston in New London county and. Mr. Saml. Croft of Pomfret be a committee and they are. hereby appointed & committee -on the memorial to report to sd. First Society of Canterbury on_the tances of how the memotial by and al perform con- cerned and make report of what they! shall find with their opinion thereon to this assembly in Octo. next at the cost of sd. First Society of Canterbury. (May, 1768.) passed the Upper Hm-e seb. George Wylly Se. H. Concurred in lowet lee Segt. Wm. ‘West parte as per Made by Sanford Mills For Motor Comfortin all Seasons Robes of distinctive designs add so much to the well-equipped appearance of your car! Careful motorists choose light motor robes for Fall use and heavy robes for Winter. Chase Phush Robes offer a wide choice in beautifal terbury and that their places of abode are generally at a grate distance from the place of Publick Worship in sd. society and that there numbers are large and Sharpens Vision Porteous & Mitchell Co. Bel - i because théy said by the proposed divi- ps ’"_m’“ sion they, Thomas Bradford, Joseph Wit- Weak 8 |ter Abijan Cady, Jucob Smith, )John T ‘Wheeler, Jagob Green and John Pellet L. L. Chapman Co. Eyes B t() would be on extreme eastern edge of the On‘ p new Society and just as far from their meeting-house if .they ever build one as now from that of First Society. And new we have a good road to chureh, if in New Proposed Soc. the.way is so bad that it is impossible there will ever be a good road made. Next came a_proposition that the .lst and proposed Soeiety unite in butdling a new church at the Plains but no vote Relieves gh’l’noflu‘n" e N8 on-Opto_gives guick relief to in- !hmad aching, itching, burming, work- strained and watery eyes. Best drug- { could be had and the efforts of petitioners ts recommend and guaraptee satis- | continued, E’;flm or will refund your money. I quote another legal document of fn~ Easy Payments ]T 88 Arranged td Suit Your Convemence E] BUYING YOUR NEW OUTFIT HERE IS BOTH EASY AND PROFIT- ABLE BECAUSE OUR STOCKS ARE ALWAYS COMPLETE—OUR STYLES ALWAYS RIGHT-UP-TO-THE-MINUTE—OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE. Special Values in COATS $35.00 Special lot of Women’s and Misses’ Coats in Velour Sil- Open a Charge Account Today Extremely Smart SUITS $30.00 An unusual group of smart Tailored Suits in Velours, Silvertone, Oxfords, Boli- vias and other materials. Long straight line belted models, dressy gippled styles and_strictly tailored suits— some with fur collars. Navy, taupe and brown are the prominent colors. Jersey and Tweed‘ Suits $22.00 to $35.00 Velour, Bolivia, Tinseltone; Duvet-de-Laine Suits $55.00 Fur-Trimmed Suits $45.00 to $65.00 vertone and Marvella. Top coats, sport coats, three- quarter length and full length coats—many styles, raglan and set-in sleeves, large or small collars, some fur trimmed—all sizes, Serge, Satin, Tricotine, Jersey and Wool Velour Dresses at this remarkably low price. 'Afl of them look as if they cost dollars more, and they should, for they are very specially priced. Lower Price Blouses, $1.75 A very low price for these charming Batiste . Blouses with the dainty frills of fine tucking, ‘and pearl button trimming. A splendid Blouse for suit or sweater wear. g warned it was put to vote whether the Sociéty will chuse an agent to ‘m the Genl. Assembly at W it Oct. sessior to ans. to the memorial Pt ot the el R wulers part of. the Society praying to be maid a mnmg Eecl-lullul Society and to ‘show .fium of #d. memorial of ll passed in the nega- “Test. Samuel tive. Sotlety clerk.™ A list ‘prepared in comwestion with the petition showed 112 famiNé8 in proposed new rate totailing 4363 1b.-12s.-Gtence, At the next General Assembly, the Western half of Cants was by them @n independent society in the following, declaration: “Upon memorfal of Stephen Frost, Robt. Herrick, Ebenezer Goodell and oth- ers, inhabitants of the first Soclety of town of Canterbury, situated in west part of sald soclely, showing to this assembly theéir great distance from established place of worship in said seclety whereby they and their numerous familles are very unable to attend the same; dlso showing t6 the assembly the vote of said society signifying their conséent to have the same equally divided into distinct Bcclestadtical Societies by a north and south line par- allel with the line dlviding between the towns of idham and Cantérbury, at the center of 8aid 1st Socisty, ascértained by a late sarvey made by Seth Paine, county surveyor, nwnved by said so- cle —praying this assembly io make and itute the men situate on thé west llfll: of said north and south line & dis- tihet Heclesiastioal soelety according to the form and extent of said vote, and to e invested with all the rights and priv- ilexes to such societies appertaining (e cept such jnhabitants as afe by Iaw ex- empt trom contriBULIng o the SADPOFt of the established ministry). 1t is resolved by this assembly that the inhabitants liv- ing within the limited aforesaid (except- ing as before excepted) shall be, and they afe hereby made, erected and constituted a distinct ecclesiastital soclety, endowed with all the powers, privileges and im- Huntingtan, known and called by the name of West- minister, Oct.. 1769, The ecclesiastical organisation was: soon completed, a gift of from 4 to 6 acres of land. accepted from John Park and— for a church, burial ground and common; and with the financial aid of a lottery, to raise money in building the Plainfleld Congl. church and one of the three that have been at Canterbury Green, also used Sterebiah Butts as master-builder this church In Which we are now worshipping was ready for dedication on Tugs. No 20, 1920, (We afe observing its 150th anniversary today, Tuesday, November 15, not being able to use both the same day of the week and of the month). I do not feel sure that the building was absolutely. complete for the dedication and incorporation of the church-body, sifice the recerd transcribed from council rec- ords by Rev. John Staples and copied by Rev. E. Learned, 2nd pastor, states that the “sacred solemnity” was at Déa. Ste- phen Frost’s house, and in the fragmen- taty records not lost or destroyed, are several references to seating the church. Had you attended the “sacred solemn- ity” Tuesday, November 2th, 1770, you ‘would probably have come on horse and dismounted on the stone “horse block” still remaining at the north-east corner of the building. The entrance and windows now on south end of our church ware then at the north end. A large door was on the ‘west ; In the middle on the east side, thefe Was but one w§idow and that in the middle over the pulpit, ascend- ed about § steps, T am told, and with a fine sounding boatd over it. Later square, high pews were Put In the church by private enterprise and these then given to the coclesiastical society. The colored folk had seats In a cornet of the g ‘Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Preventive. - ToCure aCold in One Day Take Grove’s Laxative Bromo -« Quinine Popular all over t.he World as a remedy for Colds, Grip and Influenzd and as a Be stre its Bromg 'fi:e genuine bears I this signature 5 o lery until about, 1835, when they were allowed to sit in the 80. east corner down- stairs, The singers had seats in the gallery and the audience turned around for the singing until about 1881 when they came down stairs, near the door; later trans- ferring to their present location. it I understand rightly, there was no steeple at first. These added about 1836 The building preceded the formatipn of thin church, an unusual fact, Wottii ho- tice. - Fifteen men are all who ate hamed as forming the church Nov. 20, 1770. We, wonder what 6 the women? In connec- tion With the council a unanimous invi- tation was given to Mr. Elijfah Fitch to become pastor, but he ref not untl Nov. 13, 1771, almost a year later, that it was unanimously voted 16 call Mr, John Staples, pastor—ordained ApFil 17, 1772, and settled by couneil at that time, he not having aceepted the cail until Mar. 8th, 1773, Pastor Staples spent the balance of s life - self-forgetful service, greatly be- loved. His death resulted ffom an ill- ness contracted when hurriedly summbnéd in the night to pray with a dying woman,! he neglected to put on his Wiz and &6, sed and It was| took & #evere lliness. During his pastor- ate of 31 years, Mr. Staples at one time ated 30 pound of bis salary “to lighten the heavy tax on (he society for payment of the minister’s salary. To prevent any gecurrence, “u perpetual fund was es- tablished to support a preached, gospel. performed by men of zeal, practical piety, Calvinistic princigle. aui approved by the Windham Co. Assoctation. Over 400 pounde were subseribed and . POETRY ‘ NOW 18 THE ACCEPTED TIMR' We shall do 80 n the years to come— But wint have we done today? We khail 1ift the heart and dry the tear. Dut w We shat nm 2 hooe in U shall speak B word "ot Chees But What shall we #peak tolny T We -nn k kind In the aftershie: Rut \1 'n b-a J Ana ste: We shall carth— Dut whom have we fed today? —Anon THUS. we ate oo iiuich., you #8d L and we all the wor 4 be-scrapulous Sbd et be Be ¢ 80 sirange perfectivn, ouid have you understand Uile e L cach word 1 speak can find in '?.'.'n.,xor chime, and everything 1 A shadow of your khowing shadow ba Then 1 would be & very sechet thing, T come ind §o Just Ak the allent’ A me afiazed at your Bo mn eih look, each slightest whisper. ng, Is n\mele. and e !l of In*’ ‘Passenger. Its Makes un the dear —Helen Dircks, in ] HARLEQUIX. And who shall sty how many Jowes e A lhounnd beauties heard his Jightest A lh.uland Deauties answered wheh e Them th!'e Jetr worid—and follow Yot above all thats life ot m On ersiuamay et 10 ¥ “He b;?ke n heart for love that might ave ¢ He died for love of loves he néver - —Robert A, Simon, in New York Evestag Post. HUMOR OF THE DAY Little Bobby—Say, Uncle Jack? Uncle Jack—Well, what is It, lttle al? Little Bobby—Who loset all the faults our neighbors find? “What made you have that Beckler put out ef the meeting?™ “He wagno good,” answered Senutor Sorghum. talled to attend a re- hearsal and got His questions all mix- ed up."—Washington Post Bobbie--My father must have beer up to all sorts of mischie! wWhen bhe was a boy. Johnny—Why? Bobbic—Cos he knows ‘gactly what questions to ask me when he wants to know what I've been doing—Exchange. Mr. Crow (reading newspaper aloud) —*“Young man eludes police by leap ing_three stories to shed, the Dt to branch of tree and swings himsell on 1o the roof of & passing train., Po- lice are puzzied over his identity.” Jimmy Crow—"Eay, dad, sounds like 1t might be Douglas Fairbanke."—Filn invested, being knowa, I am toid, as the| Fun. “Westminister Bank,” ot “Bank of West- minister” 2t {imes drawing quite a bus- lnegs i loaos, and havie lost 2 large sum through unfortunate _invest 1930 is the first year In which no -loan committes” appears in thie list of the So- clety’s officers. The Society'’s funds are all mow in- vested in & eafe gavings bank amotn fng 18 about $13,0 Semetery funds as follows: Due of $500/ Li#4 Winchiester, given in 1555 one- half of its income to eare fof the ceme- tery of that name. The Westminister Hill Cemétery Fund, secured by A. G. 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Can it be possible In & elvilised country ™ —Atlanta Journal “Those new atrivals at Seaview Inn seem 6 be quiie wealthy.” .They are prudent, too.” “How's that? “They had been here only & few days, when they contrived to gét the® word passed around that they amags- ed every dollar of thelr fortune be- fore the war started.”—Birminghmat Age-Herald. Passenger—Is this the limited? Porter—Yessir; everything's lifaited ‘ceptin’ de charges in de dinin’ éall— Boston Transcript, The Rhine has been crossed Wy French armies more than 30 times ia the last 120 years. To hold a wrist watch on Ile of a hand bag is the alm of & patented attachment. After years.of surface mining, Ni- caragua’s gold deposits are fo be de- veloped sclentifically. New Zealand has planted nearly rooe acres of trees since it began af- orestation work in 1896, England has organized § museam in which will be displayed models of famous and historic alr craft. An inventor had combined a farm tractor dud hay preps with which ra- pid work can be done in fields. Attorneys at Reckville, Ind., a question of etiquette caused by the impaneiling of 13 women for duty when they in the Parke county court in full évening dress. erning pri The flucuuu.a- of the yalie of the mark are so and violent, the impracticabil ly -( forecasting - rintions to even an approximate de- gree has made it almost German buyers to safely the most necesshry goods. left it at a ary goods morning: she -nnt retutn the United States. In & numbef of casés these goods were pufchased at such a low rate that after the rise of the dollar they ‘eould .Dcll nld in the lnnu“mne. Jfl' “h. o .. | ol 5 “