SALE OF WORK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 53, 27 February 1912, Page 5

SALE OF WORK.

IN AID OF THE WESLEYAN CHURCH FUNDS. A FINE'DISPLAY. This afternoon a sale of produce and sifts' i ! s being held by the members of the Wesleyan Church. For Some tune past the church workers have been extremely busy, and the result of their labours is to bo seen in the extremely fine display at the Old Masonic Hall. The main object of the sale is to clear off a sum of £53 which remains as a debt on the circuit, and this the promoters of the bazaar have every hoph of doing. . In the course of his remarks in opening the bazaar, his Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. Masters) gave the following figures, as showing the financial position of the church:— Income from Ist Anri) T 909, to December 31st, 1911.

Reduction in liability since 1909 398 7 1C We have renovated the parsonage, installed electric light, and painted the church, at a cost of £SO Is 6d. The stipend has also been ra-sed from £BO to £2OO, and the Home Mis sidn grant of **3o per annum has beer done away with. . Our circuit property is valued a. £1855. leaving the balance of assetr over liabilities at £1668 4s 6d. The stallholders are as follows: Sweets; Mesdames Handley, Reira and Dillon. Ladies’ General: Mesdames Dobson R. H. White, and H. Masters. Home Produce: Mesdames Harrison, J. Boon, and Beckett. Produce and Jumble: Messrs. Harkness and H. Masters. Fruit Stall and Fruit and Jelly Supper: Messrs. Marratt and Hogg. The afternoon tea arrangements an under the management and control o J Mrs. White’s young ladies’ Bible class. In the evening a number of compe titions, weight-guessing, nail-drivinf and sawing for ladies, etc., etc., wil be gone through, and an enjoyabh evening is guaranteed. The local Wesleyan Church is for tunate in having as its head a capable and enthusiastic man, and if the sal< does not- produce the sum {required r wi]l be ;no fault of the Rev C. C. Harrison/ to whom every credir must be ! given for inspiring; the loya assistance'of his -congregation in removing the church from any financial encumbrance. ' ' : ' : ‘

£ S. d. For trust purposes, church and parsonage ... ... bOo lb 2 Circuit, counexional, and Home and Foreign Mission ••• C92 2 S Sunday School 62 0 C Total 1658 0 1C The total Liabilities on 1st of April. 1909. were as follows;— £ s. d. Church trust 67 2 1 Overdraft at bank for parsonage ... Mortgage on parsonage ... 020 1 0 r 0 Circuit debt bo 0 I ■■ ■' ; • 585 3 4 Present liability 186 15 C