ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 185, 1 May 1920, Page 8

ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH

■—* : ■ ANNUAL MEEI'IMU. The annual meotintr ef the . of St. Thomas's Church, ffettlnsrton South,'» waif hold on Thursday eveniutr. ■ Tliero was an attendance of qver sixty parishioners. The vicar, in his speech. _ Faid' the finances were in a sound rendition, and never in all its history liad the parish been in such a coed financial state Dur- • inu the past year tlie mother church hart freed herself from debt, and they had to thanl: the -workers in the: annual bazaar and two srenerous donors, who came forward to give what was necessary in order that the debt lnisht be wined out. The parish must look forward in the future to a very. important work, the provision of a clnr«"h institute for tne vounu men. . As a Btalt for this undertaking they had to thank an anonymous donor for the gift of £150. The vicar em--phasised this work of the church, and stated that if they were to take caro of the youne men they must provide .places for them in which they could meet and enjoy wholesome recreations, freed from temptation, He'hosed to i have in the institute o, billiard table, otherwise there was the dancer |of the men be'.n? attracted to undesirable places. He trusted that people would trive liberally to this undertaking, for money was the only necessity. Another, neod was the raisins of a suitable memorial for those who had fallen in the war. The vicar welcomed the liev. E. J. Itich to the staff of the parish. If the parish was to be efficiently, worked, another assistant was absolutely essential. The St. Cuthbert's Berhampore part of the parish was crowing every day. The churchroom was too small for the large number of scholars attending that Sunday school. A noble niew of work was being done hy the men ttee to meat this need. Unable through tends to extend the room at tlio. back of the building, the men were performinE the work themselves on Saturday atternooiis. A 1 contract for this work waß put out sorao three years'aco for an estimate: the price then was over £100. This time they ivere buildine a larger room than they had , formerly- intended, and the cost of 'material was'only £50. If ft had been put out to contract it would probably at the present cost of buildine have been from £Kfl to £300, The parishioners W fit Cuthbert had found the money for the .materials of the new room, and the debt on the churchroom was now only'JlOO. This year that would bo wiped out. Ho hoped that before long this district would become a separate parish. The vicar nominated Dr. J. H. Kcuy l as liis warden. Mr. J. W. Salmon was clectr ed people's warden. -A ballot .vus taken 1 for the olection of vestrymen, and the ■ following members elected Messrs. Christie, BaUincer. B. Bell, Avery. Outfield. Edwards, Cooper, Harmer, Diummond. and Grensidc. Messrs. Hall and Watson were elected auditors. The. nomination of ' synodßmon resulted iu the election of Mr. ■ J. \V. Salmon and Mr, Rash.

Votes of symmithy ware Bussed to the families of Mr. 6. Carter, Mr. J. \V. Davica, and the l\cv. W. and Mrs. Hallaohoy. A-votc of condoleiuu was oaesed to St. Peter's parish in the loss of Dr. Kingtou Fyffo. Votes of thanks were carried to Mr. Salmon, tho choir. Sunday school teachers, workers in tho Uzaur, and ail church workors,