SEMI-OEJSTTEKNIAL SERVICES. 



At a church meeting held April 15, 1892, the Standing Com- 

 mittee made a report to the church, recommending that the 

 church should publish a memorial volume embracing a complete 

 history of the church during the fifty years since its organiza- 

 tion and including a church manual. The committee also 

 suggested, as a further commemoration of the semi-centennial 

 of the church, that a day be selected some time in the next 

 autumn, upon which exercises appropriate to the occasion 

 should be held. 



On motion of Deacon David N. Camp, it was voted to publish 

 the memorial volume and hold the commemorative services, as 

 recommended by the committee. On motion of Rev. Charles E. 

 Steele, it was voted that the Standing Committee shall have 

 charge o^ and make arrangements for these commemorative 

 services, including the publishing of the memorial volume. 



The days selected for the semi-centennial services were 

 November 27th and 28th; the Sunday and Monday following 

 Thanksgiving. A large committee of arrangements was ap- 

 pointed from among the ladies and gentlemen of the church 

 and congregation, and the work of preparation divided among 

 them. Invitations were sent to friends of the church and 

 former and absent members. Entertainment was provided for 

 visiting friends and for an anniversary social reunion. The 

 church was elaborately decorated in green and gold, and an 

 interesting collection of portraits and mementoes of former days 

 was exhibited. 



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