Chapter III: Part 3

In preparing the biographical sketches of the devoted Christian workers who have served the Church in the office of Deacon, and are now in the presence of their Lord, we had hoped to make the list much more complete than we have been able to do. In some cases all the members of the families of our departed Deacons being dead or having removed from the city and our being unable to locate them, has made it impossible to secure the material for writing an account of their lives.

In the main part of this history some reference has been made to those who filled the office in the earlier years, namely: Thomas Pettingill, Jeremiah Drake, Benjamin Gale, James Holman, Dr. Simon Fitch and A. McL. Seely. Among those who filled the office in later years we recall with grateful hearts the following brethren:

SAMUEL KINSMAN besides filling the Deacon’s office, acted for many years as Treasurer of the Communion Fund, and so long as he was able was always present at the Monthly Conference Meeting, and the older members will recall his oft repeated testimony—“Hitherto the Lord hath helped me.”

WILLIAM BLIZARD A man of retiring disposition, and with few words to say in public, but one whose life spoke loudly through his works in connection with the business affairs of this Church—he having served as Trustee as well as Deacon for many years. Some of the older members will remember his faithful work as usher, he being always at his post on the first stroke of the bell and remaining till the last visitor was seated. For some years after its completion, the vestibule of the former edifice was not protected, as the present one is, by being closed in with inner doors, and heated as well, so that in winter with the doors wide open the post of usher was not one to be coveted.

W. H. HALL, though serving for a shorter term than others of the Deacons, on account of his removal to Woodstock, did faithful work while remaining with us. For some time he acted as Chorister of the Sunday School, during the superintendency of Brother T. P. Davies.

GEORGE W. MARSTERS, after following the sea for years as a master mariner, settled in this city as the representative of the Bureau Veritas, and joined this Church, which he afterward served as Deacon till his removal to St. Martins, where he died. He left behind him not only a reputation for upright Christian character in the community, but to the Church a constant reminder in the Bell which weekly calls us to worship.

It seems but fitting that some reference should be made to Deacon GILBERT M. STEEVES, who previous to his removal to Liverpool, England—though still in the prime of life had—faithfully served as Deacon, Trustee, and in other departments of the work of the Church. As a man of sound business judgment his advice in connection with the finances of the Church was most valuable, he being the first Chairman of the Finance Committee. He also manifested a great interest in the Sunday School, and filled various offices therein. He is still living at Liverpool.

DEACON SOLOMON HERSEY,—Mr. Hersey was born on the Kennebec River about ten miles from Wiscessit in Maine, November 1st, 1783.

When about twenty-one years of age he came to St. George and engaged in milling and other branches of business. In 1820, seeking a wider scope for his abilities and business energy, he came to St. John, and for fifty years he was one of its foremost citizens helping forward its progress.

In 1840 he was baptized by the Rev. David Harriss, was received into the fellowship of the Church, and later chosen to fill the office of Deacon in 1849; so that for thirty years he was a member, and for over twenty-one years an officer of the Church.

His death occurred on the eighty-seventh anniversary of his birth, November 1st, 1870. “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.”

DEACON EDMUND H. DUVAL was born at Hounsditch, London, February, 1805. In early life he was converted and united with the congregation of which Rev. Henry Althans was pastor. Subsequently he was baptized by Rev. John Howard Hinton, and became a member of the Devonshire Square Baptist Church. Coming in contact with many Jews, he sought their conversion, which quickened in him a missionary spirit, and led him to a more thorough study of God’s Word.

In the year 1837 he assumed charge of a school in London. Having distinguished himself as a teacher, the British School Society employed him as a lecturer, to promote the interests of education. In the same interest he was induced to come to this Province in 1845. As principal of a training and model school he discharged his duties faithfully, and to the close of life he was equally distinguished as an efficient Inspector of Schools.

While faithful in the discharge of his secular duties, he was active and zealous in the work of Christ. He was a member and Licentiate of the Germain Street Baptist Church. He labored in the Sabbath School, and for the cause of temperance, and preached the gospel most acceptably, benefiting greatly the destitute and neglected portions of our Province.

At Willow Grove he did much towards the erection of an excellent chapel, and for the elevation of the colored people there. On Friday the 20th September, 1878, his mortal remains were interred near the chapel at Willow Grove. Full of years, and much beloved, he entered his final rest on the 17th September, leaving one son and three daughters to mourn their loss.

DEACON CHAS. C. PARKER.—Charles C. Parker was born in Woolwich, England, October 15th, 1817, and was educated in the Duke of York’s School for Soldiers Orphans. He joined the British army in his fifteenth year, and served with honored fidelity for twenty-six years, first in the 90th Infantry and afterwards in the 72nd Highlanders. He settled in St. John in 1858, from which place he departed “to be with Christ” October 22nd, 1895, aged seventy-eight years. When Mr. Parker came to reside in this country he was a consistent member of the Church of England, but shortly thereafter, during a religious revival conducted by the late Evangelist A. B. Earle, in obedience to his convictions regarding the teachings of God’s Word he was baptized along with his wife, and united with the Brussels Street Church, under the pastoral care of the late Samuel Robinson. He was elected to the Diaconate of that Church and also served for several years as Superintendent of the Sunday School. In 1884 he, with his wife united with the Germain Street Church by letter from the Brussels Street Church. Here also he became a member of the Diaconate, in which office he served the Church most faithfully eleven years, when he was called to the higher service of his Lord and Saviour.

DEACON JOHN H. HARDING.—Deacon John H. Harding passed most of his life in the city. In his business he showed much enterprise and ability, and had been rewarded with a good measure of success. For many years he had been connected with the Marine Department of the Civil Service and was regarded by his department and the general public as a careful and competent officer. He became a member of the Church when a lad, and was connected with it through a large part of its history.

He was appointed Deacon February 2nd, 1877, which office as well as that of a member of the Board of Trustees and other important offices in the Church he filled faithfully and well. In him the pastor ever had a friend who was wont to express his appreciation in kindly words and generous deeds. His death occurred at his home on Germain street, Wednesday, May 22nd, 1901, at the age of eighty-three years.

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”

DEACON JAMES DYALL.—Brother James Dyall united with the Church by baptism March 9th, 1856. For many years he faithfully served the Church as Deacon, and Treasurer of the Poor Fund. Quiet and retiring in his manner, with but little to say in public, he conscientiously performed the duties intrusted to him, thereby speaking the more loudly, through his works and exemplary Christian character and life, than mere words could have done. To many whom he assisted both in his official and private capacity, his memory will be ever revered. His death occurred April 18th, 1888, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.

Elsewhere in this History mention is made of the large amount left to the Church by his wife at her death, which was in accordance with our brother’s wish. To those of us who knew him well, his memory will be ever green.

DEACON GEORGE A. GARRISON.—Deacon Garrison united with the church by letter, November 22nd, 1823. He became a member of the Board of Deacons, the responsible duties of which office he filled with much acceptance, as well as the duties as Clerk of the Church until his departure from the city in 1870. Deacon Garrison, who had served many years as Deacon, Clerk, and Sunday School Superintendent, on leaving the city in 1870 to reside in Washington, was presented with a purse as an appreciation of his labors. He afterwards returned to the city, and was with us till his death in 1887. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Church.

DEACON MANUEL FRANCIS was born in the Faroe Islands, Portugal. Being left an orphan at a very early age he was adopted by a couple who became father and mother to him in all but in name. While a young man he came to Canada and made his home in St. John. He first went to sea, engaging in the whaling business which at that time was not only a popular but also a lucrative avocation. Becoming tired of the sea, he retired from it and permanently settled here, and again took up the trade of his youth, that of a master workman in the shoe business. By careful and strict attention to his work his business gradually developed from small beginnings to one of the leading manufacturing and retail Boot and Shoe business firms of our city.

He was converted, and united with the Germain Street Baptist Church March 26th, 1848. Shortly after his uniting with the Church he was made a member of the Board of Deacons, and was also for many years the Treasurer of the Poor Fund.

Deacon Francis was a man of strong religious convictions, of sound judgment and of a loving and sympathetic disposition. He was loyal to his Church, a staunch supporter of his pastor and a loving friend to the poor. “A friend in need is a friend indeed” was fully exemplified in the life of Deacon Francis in the multiplicity of his quiet and unostentatious deeds of charity. He died September 29th, 1891.

“Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”

DEACON JOHN FISHER. Deacon John Fisher was born in Plymouth, England. In early manhood he left his old home and came to Canada and settled in Weymouth, N. S. Subsequently he came to St. John, which he made his permanent home. He first laboured as foreman in the shipyard of the late James Smith. Later he commenced to build ships on his own account, and soon became one of the foremost shipowners of our city. In March, 1853, he was baptized and united with the Church. Some time after he was chosen a Deacon, in which office as well as that of Trustee he rendered most effective service up to the time of his death. He ever displayed a hearty interest and co-operation in all the concerns of the Church, and contributed liberally of his time and means in assisting in carrying on the work of Him whom he loved and served. His strong vigorous faith, sound judgment and zealous activity made him a power for good both in the Church and in the Community. He died December 8th, 1882, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”

DEACON JAMES J. BOSTWICK. Deacon J. J. Bostwick united with the Church by letter from the Second Cambridge Baptist Church, Queen’s County, N. B., January 4th, 1867. His sound judgment, executive ability and conservative business acumen placed him at once in the active work of the Church, and from the first he was able to secure, and ever enjoyed in a marked degree, the confidence and love of his brethren.

In 1879 he became a member of the Board of Deacons. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees and of the Finance Committee for about as long a time as he was a member of the Diaconate, while at the same time he was identified in one way or another with many of the other branches of Church work.

He loved the Church and was constantly seeking to promote her interests, and was seldom if ever absent from any of its meetings when it was possible for him to be present.

The pastor found in him a supporter ever strong in sympathy and words of encouragement, and a friend to be relied upon. His death came suddenly to both family, friends and the Church on Sunday, February llth, 1900, while comparatively a young man, being only in the fifty-third year of his age.

DEACON THOMAS S. SIMMS.—“A man to whom God hath given honor.” Deacon Simms was born near Portland, Maine, September 12th, 1845. As a young man he took up his residence in St. John and engaged in the Brush making business in partnership with John Murphy, Esq. In 1872 he branched out on his own account and through his executive ability, energy and integrity, his business gradually forged to the front until the Brush making Factory of T. S. Simms & Co., Ltd., became one of the foremost and most up-to-date factories and business houses not only of our city but also of Canada.

Mr. Simms united with the Church in 1876 by letter from a Free Baptist Church at Portland, Maine, thus antedating the union of the Baptist and Free Baptist Churches, which has since taken place. Here also his abilities were soon recognized and by his readiness and willingness to give not only of his means but also of his services and advice he was ever one of the Church’s principal office bearers. He became a member of the Diaconate, March 31st, 1879. He also filled from time to time the office of Trustee, and many other important positions in the Church. In the Sunday School he filled the position of Superintendent for twenty-five years. Mr. Simms took a great interest in the Denomination at large, in Home and Foreign Missions and in the New Brunswick Sunday School Association. He was a zealous advocate and worker in the Layman’s Missionary movement, being at the time of his death Vice-President of the Provincial Council of that body. His sudden death on Friday, December 18th, 1908, removed from our midst one of our strongest men, whose loss was felt with sincere regret and sorrow by his family, his friends, the Church and the Community at large.

DEACON LAURENCE McMANN.—Deacon McMann was baptized September 5th, 1858, during the pastorate of Rev. I. E. Bill. He soon identified himself with the activities of the Church, and was at all times one of its most devoted members. For many years he served the Church as Deacon, Trustee and Treasurer, and ever esteemed it a privilege to do all in his power to advance its interests. After a long life devoted to the service of his Saviour, when nearing the Borderland, he said that his only regret was that he had not done more for Him. His death occurred May 23rd, 1881, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.

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Since making out the list of the members of the Church at the time of our Centennial, three have passed to that bourne from whence no traveler e’er returns.

Our sister, Miss Hattie Gertrude McNichol, daughter of Mrs. Harriet and the late John McNichol, on the eleventh of June.

Our sister, Miss Alice Josephine Woodley, daughter of Mrs. Rebecca and the late John Woodley, on the twenty-eighth of August.

Our aged sister, Mrs. Mary Spurr Harding, widow of our beloved brother, the late Deacon John H. Harding, on the seventeenth of September, in her eighty-ninth year. For some time previous to her death, Mrs. Harding was the oldest member of this Church, and so long as her strength permitted, was a regular attendant at the Sunday and week-night services. For years she took an active part in the work of the Church, and was a leader in the women’s societies. Her gentle, loving spirit and thoughtful consideration of others, as well as her simple faith and trust in her Heavenly Father, endeared her to all the members of the Church, and those who knew her longest, loved her best.

“Oh, though oft depressed and lonely, All our fears are laid aside; If we but remember only, Such as these have lived and died!”

HISTORY OF THE MORTGAGES.

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The church that was on this corner, and destroyed by the fire of 1877 was free from debt, the mortgage and floating liability having been paid in 1873. The present Church and Parsonage were built in 1877-78, and cost complete, furnished, about $46,000.

The first mortgage put on the property was for $2,500, on the parsonage only. It was dated December 4th, 1878, and given by the Trustees to Mary K. Carey, wife of Rev. G. M. W. Carey, then Pastor of the Church. It was for five years, at a rate of interest of seven per cent, per annum, but in March, 1881 a little over two years after it was cancelled, and another one for the same amount, at six per cent, rate of interest, was given to Sophia Isabella Bliss Robinson, of Fredericton. In 1878 a mortgage for $9,000 was put on the Church, particulars of which is given below. On November 24th, 1884, a mortgage for $2,100, also at six per cent, interest, was given to the Executors of the will of the late James H. Moran. This was paid on August 30th, 1893, as follows:

$1,100 from Estate of the late Deacon Dyall.

$500 from Sinking Fund in Savings Bank.

$500 donation from the Executors of the Estate of late James H. Moran. Mr. Moran had subscribed and paid $1,000 towards the new Church before his death.

In regard to the mortgage for $9,000 mentioned above. This was given on February 8th, 1878, to George Thomas, Executor of the Estate of Thomas Gass, Ship Builder, in this city. It was for a period of five years, at six per cent, rate of interest. On June 1st, 1881 a little over three years after, it was assigned to George Wright Gass, of Liverpool, Eng., and on September 30th of the same year Mr. Gass assigned it to Lucy A. Gregory, Widow, of Fredericton, when a new mortgage was made out between the Trustees of this Church and Lucy A. Gregory. This new mortgage was dated October 5th, 1881, and in December, 1884, part of it was transferred to T. W. Daniel, John Boyd and H. W. Frith of this City, Trustees of the Estate of John Gillis; and five years later, January, 1889, $5,000 was assigned to J. Colebrook Carter, of England. On March 7th, 1896, $2,300 was paid on this $9,000 mortgage, reducing it to $6,700, and the rate of interest was reduced to five per cent. After these transfers had been made, the interest on the total amount was paid by the Church to Mr. H. Lawrance Sturdee for Lucy A. Gregory and others. This was done up to 1901 when Mr. Sturdee was paid interest at five per cent, on $1,700 only, and Messrs. G. C. & C. J. Coster, acting for Mr. J. Colebrook Carter, of England, received the interest at five per cent, on $5,000, but in the year 1902, the $9,000 mortgage which had become somewhat mixed up by transfers, etc., was cancelled, and a new mortgage of $8,000 was placed on the Church property, everything being straightened out to the satisfaction of the Trustees and their Solicitor.

From the estate of our late beloved Brother and Sister Dyall, the Trustees were enabled to pay off the mortgage for

$2,500 held by Sophia Isabella Bliss Robinson, $1,100 on the mortgage held by J. H. Moran s Executors, $2,300 on the Lucy A. Gregory mortgage, making a total paid on mortgages from this Estate of $5,900. This is in addition to $2,000 given by Brother and Sister Dyall during their lifetime.

You will notice that there were mortgages on this property amounting to $13,600, all at the rate of interest of six per cent, or an annual interest charge on mortgages alone of $870.00. In addition to these mortgages, the Trustees were carrying a heavy liability on notes and unpaid bills. At one time there were $3,770 running in notes, and $2,465 of unpaid bills. In 1879 the debt was reduced $4,000, but from the year 1879 to 1902 twenty-three years in all the Church did practically nothing to reduce the mortgages, except the raising of about $600.00 through the Sinking Fund.

In regard to the last mortgage that has just been paid. In 1902 eight years ago the balance due on the $9,000 mortgage was $6,700, at five per cent, rate of interest, and owing to heavy expenditures on the south wall of the Church which was practically rebuilt, and other necessary repairs, and to wipe out some notes then running, the Trustees borrowed from the late William L. Waring and Addie M. McLean, Guardians of Hugh McLean s Infants, $8,000 at four and one-half per cent, rate of interest. This enabled the Trustees to pay off the $6,700 mortgage and all other liabilities of the Church. This mortgage was drawn giving the Trustees the privilege of reducing it $1,000 every two years, and at its expiration in May, 1907, they could pay as much as they wished.

A few months before this mortgage was given, it was decided at one of our business meetings to take a Thanksgiving Offering each year, on the Sunday preceding Thanksgiving, and raise at least $500.00 towards the Mortgage. The result of the appeals each year was beyond our expectations, following amounts being received:

1902 ............... $608.00 1903 ................. 627.00 1904 ................. 686.00 1905 ................. 596.00 1906 ................. 905.00 1907 ................. 646.00 1908 .............. 1,128.00 1909 .............. 1,075.00 1910 .............. 2,516.00 ———— Total . . $8,787.0

The people took hold of the idea with great interest and enthusiasm.

In eight years we have received sufficient money to entirely wipe out the mortgage and partly pay for the improvements recently put on the lower flat of parsonage and Church parlors, and tonight I am glad to report that there is no mortgage on this dear old Germain Street Baptist Church, now one hundred years old. It has been paid in full—cancelled at the Registry Office—and in a few moments we will see it go up in smoke.

During the eight years we have been working to reduce this mortgage nearly all of our people have helped in its reduction, and tonight as we burn it, no one can say that it was paid by only a few, but all have come to our help. Many have had this very much at heart, and denied themselves considerably in order to give their assistance in this noble work.

I am also happy to report that in all the pledges of the past eight years of over $8,000, the shrinkage has been less than one per cent., which speaks well for this dear old Church.

Now Brethren, here is the Mortgage. It is signed for the Trustees of the Church by our late beloved Deacon T. S. Simms, Chairman, and G. U. Hay, Secretary, and is marked “Cancelled by Certificate No. 83,348, May 23, 1910. J. V. McLellan, Registrar.”

DONALDSON HUNT, Treasurer.

May 25, 1910.

Officers and Committees for 1910.

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T. H. BELYEA, Church Clerk. D. HUNT, Treasurer.

DEACONS.

WILLIAM LEWIS. W. H. COLWELL. W. C. CROSS. S. H. DAVIS. DONALDSON HUNT. J. H. WASSON. J. P. DUVAL.

CHURCH STEWARDS.

RUPERT G. HALEY DAVID DEARNESS. F. C. FISHER, Treasurer of Denominational Funds. J. W. VANWART AND W. F. NOBLES, Pew Stewards. W. H. COLWELL AND J. H. WASSON, Assistant Treasurers. S. H. DAVIS, Church Accountant.

TRUSTEES.

J. W. VANWART. WILLIAM LEWIS. W. H. COLWELL. SILAS McDIARMID. DR. G. U. HAY. DAVID F. BROWN. D. HUNT. W. C. CROSS. E. L. RISING.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

S. H. DAVIS. D. HUNT. W. H. COLWELL. F. C. FISHER. H. H. REID. S. E. FISHER. E. L. RISING. W. F. NOBLES. W. C. CROSS. J. H. WASSON. J. W. VANWART. T. H. BELYEA. R. G. HALEY. H. W. ROBERTSON. CHAS. R. WASSON. LEWIS W.

Officers and Committees for 1910.

USHERS.

W. F. NOBLES. G. F. H. BUERHAUS. W. H. COLWELL. DR. G. U. HAY. D HUNT. DAVID DEARNESS. H. H. REID. J. W. VANWART. J. P. DUVAL. E. L. RISING. S. H. DAVIS. T. H. BELYEA. J. H. WASSON. F. C. FISHER. W. C. BROWN.

CHOIR COMMITTEE.

S. E. FISHER. G. F. H. BUERHAUS. W. F. NOBLES. GEO. W. PARKER.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE.

THE PASTOR, THE DEACONS AND THE CHURCH CLERK.

BAPTISMAL COMMITTEE.

DEACONS S. H. DAVIS, W. H. COLWELL, D. HUNT, AND THE CHURCH CLERK. MRS. DEARNESS, MRS. SIMS AND MRS. TITUS.

LAYMAN’S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT COMMITTEE.

W. C. CROSS, Convener. W. F. NOBLES. R. G. HAYLEY. H. H. REID. S. E. FISHER. C. R. WASSON. J. W. VANWART. G. F. H. BUERHAUS. S. H. DAVIS. J. H. WASSON. L. W. SIMMS. E. M. SIPPRELL. DAVID F. BROWN, Building Inspector. H. H. REID AND G. F. BURNETT, Auditors. GEO. OLDFORD, Sexton.

Resident Membership of the Church

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ARMSTRONG, Mrs. Andrew ALLAN, Mrs. Fred. ALLAN, Mrs. C. B. ARCHIBALD, Mrs. Edgar ASHFORD, Hugh G. BARBOUR, Mr. and Mrs. Robert BARBOUR, Miss Alice BELDING, Mrs. Eliza BARTLETT, Mr. and Mrs. Robert BERRYMAN, Miss Anne BARKER, Mrs. G. M. BARKER, Fred R. BARKER, Miss Florence Vera BONNELL, Mrs. W. P. BONNELL, Percy L. BROWN, David F. BELYEA, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. BELYEA, Walter R. BOWMAN, Miss Bessie BLACK, Mrs. S. McCully BLACK, Miss Margaret BELYEA, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. BISSETT, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. BARNES, Mrs. Charles BARNES, Miss Bessie BROWN, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. BROWN, Mr. and Mrs. C. Winter BROWN, Mrs. E. Clinton BURDITT, Miss Edith BURLEY, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred BURNS, Mrs. Andrew BURNETT, G. H. BUERHAUS, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. H. BUERHAUS, William R. BAKER, Mr. and Mrs. Avery O. COMPTON, Miss Annie C. COMPTON, Miss Annette COMPTON, Mrs. F. G. COMPTON, Miss Cline CATHERINE, Mrs. Samuel R. CROSS, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. CROSS, Lois M. CROSS, Audrey F. CROSS, Paul B. CASE, Mrs. Bradbury J. CASE, Miss Eulila COLWELL, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. COLWELL, Miss Annie COLWELL, Miss Nettie COLWELL, Miss Emma CALHOUN, Mrs. J. R. CHRISTIANSEN, Mr. and Mrs. L. CLIFFORD, Armstrong CURRIE, Miss Ada CURRIE, Miss Rosalie COOPER, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. CHEYNE, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. COOKSON, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. COOKSON, Miss Hazel S. COOKSON, Miss Ina M. CASSIDY, Mrs. A. F. CARR, Mrs. Arthur CAMPBELL, Mrs. P. W. D. CLARK, Mrs. J. Alfred CAMPBELL, Miss Bertha B. COFFIN, Miss Mary DENHAM, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. DENHAM, William T. DENHAM, Miss Muriel DAY, Mrs. Geo. W. DAVIS, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. DAVIS, Kenneth DAVIS, Vera Edna DAVIS, Robert W. DICK, Miss Ella DICK, Mrs. H. J. DALEY, Mrs. Annie DUVAL, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. DUVAL, Foster DUVAL, William DEARNESS, Mr. and Mrs. David DEARNESS, Miss Margaret DEARNESS, Arthur J. DURBIN, John DEAN, Richard N. DYKEMAN, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. DYKEMAN, Miss Lota DYKEMAN, Ewart DODGE, Miss Georgie DODGE, Miss Gladys DODGE, William DISHART, Miss Kate DISHART, Hattie DUNBRACK, Miss Winnifred DAYE, Mrs. Fred T. ESTABROOK, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. ESTABROOK, Miss Maud ESTABROOK, Miss Nan ESTABROOKS, Mrs. T. H. ESTABROOKS, Miss Elsie ESTABROOKS, Miss Marion ESTEY, Mrs. Jas. A. ESTEY, Miss Lu ESTEY, Miss Ethel ESTEY, Miss Alice ESTEY, Miss Eva EVERETT, Mrs. H. L. FRANCIS, Hugh L. FRANCIS, Miss Ella FRANCIS, Sydney S. FISHER, Mrs. E. K. FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Fred. C. FERRIS, Joseph FOWLER, Burpee A. FINLEY, Mrs. Joseph GOLDING, Mrs. Emily GILMOUR, Mrs. A. B. GIFFORD, Mrs. Mary GIFFORD, Lewis GIFFORD, Miss Mildred GIFFORD, Hildur N. GIFFORD, John T. GARRICK, Miss Pearl GRAY, Miss Emma GRAY, Miss Muriel GRAY, Gerald L. HARDING, Mrs. Mary HUNTER, Mrs. Wm. J. HARDING, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E HARDING, Miss Marion HARDING, Miss Olive HARVEY, Henry P. HATFIELD, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson HATFIELD, Miss Nettie HATFIELD, Miss Mabel HAY, Dr. and Mrs. METZ, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. MARTIN, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. MARTIN, Chester MARTIN, Grover C. MARTIN, Miss Melita MOTT, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. MOTT, Clair MATTHEWS, Miss Mary MORIARTY, Mrs. J. R. MARR, Mrs. H. G. MARR, Miss Helen K. MARR, John H. MULLIN, John R. MULLIN, Tyler B. MORGAN, Mrs. Joseph McLEOD, Miss Alberta McNICHOL, Mrs. Harriet McDIARMID, Mr. and Mrs. Silas McDIARMID, Miss Enid McDIARMID, Miss Grace McDIARMID, Miss Audrey McDIARMID, Miss Elsie MCLELLAN, Mrs. David McINTYRE, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. McINTYRE, A. Gordon McINTYRE, Willard MACKINNON, John G. MACKINNON, Miss Lizzie MACAULAY, Mrs. Grace McMANN, Boyd McNALLY, Miss Frances MACFARLANE, Mrs. John E. McKEE, Mrs. Jas. L. NOBLES, W. F. NORTHRUP, Miss Leah NORTHRUP, Gerald NORTHRUP, George NOBLES, Miss Maude OULTON, Mrs. Geo. W. PERLEY, Mrs. Harold PERKINS, Mrs. Thos PARKER, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. PARKER, Miss Mildred PATERSON, Mrs. W. F. 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