St. John's Church

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 19, 27 July 1886, Page 3

St. John's Church

~~- — :♦; — :t~ -„ .■ ■. }-. The of jpari^ionersf ■was held in-iiie^&rfitJh 1 ScHoolraoin: last night. The Rev... J. . Jones r ,p.resided. The m'e'efing' . prayer; . . This;- RbvcL .bhairmaii re l marked oa' the saiaimess of the attendance of church ( iaeaiber^.". • -Me said it might 'tie ttik^n. as an evidence of the confidence held.,,in the officers who would risjpign pffice that night. The J-, balance sheefc was read •aid adopted ; a also the •;> Churchwardens ' financial statement ujp to July <; Ist,' 1886. -.-• -it ■ 3 *•*- ' l >? l ***> : >- :>I -.; ■ Mr ft. Gooabeh&e'^k* .hopefully, ef the ■ prospects % o^ . tiie. 'ohuxph., , <H¥? M nsideued there' ought to' oe no/dinir: culty in collecting' t&Q^ubsp^p^n?. V<_ The Curate said;tfiJ9 'able I [swvsis: of the retiring 'church^^den^^^es^'i, men oug&t tolje je^gnise3.,;f -r-'^n Mr Beirry, propbse<l and ,Mr; Jgnningp • seconded, Th'aifr. a; ,^rot^ ©i' thanks Ife < accorded; to ; . the -retiring; Vestry. -£? Carried/ '• ._ > „ ■ „-.;■••""' The Curate said}Mr}m ; & ShieVwjll had been- again appointed cletgyinati's, churchwarden. ,> ■■}. '/•.".. ':. ';_-^ />O; Mr C. ! Bray was nominated and : elected parishioners-'. . churchwarden. . The ' , fello jiringj., , gentleiaen ;■■*•: kert elected ', .; yfetrymeja i^Meefcrs; falter Bailey, -Fry, Haybittle, Rutherford; Ooodbehere, Kirton, and Young. , Mr Edmund ISoodbenere %»b re-v «lectei auditor - : . .- 1 Thi* cbneltjtcled' the formal business ; of the evening. : '* ■'. . > ;■••/■' Mr Sherwill proposed and Mr Bray seconded/ A Vote of thanke to.Mr (Joodbehere for his* services as bookkeeper. — Carried. . ,_ •-■■ -; . Mr \Biitherfor4 proposed, and Mr Bei^.^(K»nde4i;^;.;Vjote of thanks to Mr Edmund Goodbehere who had acted as.audil^ for the, past yearCarried; • '■''- : v--. ! :-_:r-\.\ .;;* Mr- Sherioll proposed and Mr Bray seconded, That a vote of thinks be accorded to Mws Jones and Miss E. Oopdbehere for their services as organists, and a special yote to the latter, ior her services as collector to the general church fund. — -Carried • Mr Berry proposed and Mr' Rutherford seconded, That a vote of thanke be given to those*' ladies and gentlemen who'eo ably assisted at the bazaar. — Carried- . ~- ..'•--.

Mr Bray proposed and Mr Owen seconded,' A vote of thanks to 'the ehoTiHteru* guild for their help in the church: music, and for doing the work of the verger. — Carried. 7 , Mr Berry proposed and Mr Sherwill seconded, A vote of thaaks to. the euperintendant and teachers of the Sunday school. — Carried. The Gurate iafojcmed the meeting that the %nud #ottld^aeet'dn fhe'siii of September. .He was not certain whether US 'fyit^'i&^ft*f&'&Us? but that wotlitf' dot niitiHf^ Against the interests of :^ jJai?^f ; w(?«W be well protepfed ty iT.essi"s JZohrab aud Cle^^wb^ rfp^seent^iit-.v/' id.v^iTh« meeting was theu^isoitght to & close in the usual Eiauner'