Children’s Tea and Parlshioners’ Meeting;.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 24 April 1914, Page 3

Children’s Tea and Parlshioners’ Meeting;.

About six o’clock oil Tuesday eveliirtps. the' Masonic Hall presented an ariiwfated appearance, when the children of PcUil s Sunday School assembled for the sJilitttal tea, and fifty children sat down tt«d stowed away the good things protided* and then were allowed to roliip fur an hour in the large hall. Judging by the noise they made they must h ive enjoyed themselves immensely. At 8 o’clock order was called, and each child was presented with a book. When this was overjthe annual meeting of parishioners was held, and the treasurer, Mr W. H. Bailey, read the balance, which showed that the finances were in a healthy state, In spite of the fact that several large drains had been iiiade on the funds, such- as Huiltly’s share of the expense of doing up the Vicarage, the accounts showed the small debit balance of £4 10s, although the year was begun with a debit balance £74 odd. The Vicar in giving his report quoted statistics which showed that the number of baptisms, and the number of attendances at Holy Communion had increased, burials were about the same, and there had been no marriages at all in Huntly during the year ending March 31st, 1914. He then heartily thanked the churchwardens and vestry, layreaders, Sunday school teachers, organist and choir, Press and auditor. The vestry elected for th ensuing year is as follows : —• Vicar’s churchwarden, Mr Housley; peoples, churchwarden, Mr Edwards; vestry, Messrs W. H. Bailey, F. Harris, J. Fletcher, H. R. Porter, Kilburn, W. Morgan, S. Robinson, W. F. Jolley, and J. W. Burgess. Mr F. Harris, as superintendent of the Sunday school, made an earnest appeal for more teachers and children, pointing out how hard it was for teachers to do justice if the classes were too large ; and, ai so that although the numbers had increased, yet, there were still a lot of Church of England people who did not send their children. The business over, the Vicar on behalf of the parishioners presented Miss Housley with a beautifulgold watch as a token of their gratitude to her for the many years of faithful service she had given to the Church as organist. Mr Housley returned thanks on his daughter’s behalf, and hoped that tire appreciation of her labours shown by the parishioners would spur her on to do even better in the future than she had in the past. Then came a few musical items : banjo songs by Mrs Fraser, a song by Miss Gibb, and a couple of Plantations, songs by Mrs Fraser. Mrs Littieproud, Misses Eddy and Gibb, Messrs McWilliam, Farrar, and J. Parkes also contributed vocal items. Supper was handed round, and brought a pleasant evening to a close.