Dedication of Christ Church - 1936

Dedication of Christ Church, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY

October 6, 1936

On Tuesday, October 6th, in conjunction with the one hundred nineteenth meeting of the Convocation, the dedication of the new Christ Church building [was held].  A fair day added to the pleasure of those participating.  The new building is thirty by fifty, built to seat one hundred, and inasmuch as one hundred and seventy-five were present in the morning  service it gave evidence that it is ample to take care of all who come.  The dedication services were in charge of the Rt. Rev. Edward H. Coley, Bishop of the Diocese, following the responsive reading of Psalm 122, the clergy processed around the church, singing the Litany of the Church, after which they entered the chancel where the Bishop dedicated the Church itself.  Then the Bishop accompanied by the clergy, again passed around the church when the Bishop dedicated these memorials and gifts.  The windows, some as memorials, some as gifts in memorial.  The windows:  Morse, Bradbury; Wilson; War Memorial to Soldiers and Sailors of American Wars; Burton-Haven; Gilbert-Mead; Bunnell; DeLaven; and these gifts, The Evans Window, Family of Rev. N.S. Boardman; Mrs. Cora A. Church, Mrs. George Richards.  While in the rear of the church, the Bell, bearing this inscription, was dedicated:  "This Bell placed in remembrance of the faithful service of the Women of this Parish," and the lights, given in memory of Jonah and Nancy Jane Moses," these the gift of Albert an Jesse Moses, of Hamilton.

 

Then these memorials and gifts were dedicated:  Altar Cross and candlesticks, doner Mrs. Gershom Willard Clark, of Owego; Altar Missal Book, green book markers, Litany Book, Clergy Prayer and Hymnal books, the gifts of Mrs. Conrad Klee, of Binghamton; White Book Markers, the gift of Miss Flora Dickinson, of this parish; Communion Purificators, the gift of Mrs. Frances Irene Bowers, of Binghamton; White Superfrontal for Altar and Pulpit Hanging the gift of Mrs. George Perrine, in memory of her husband, a former rector; Offertory Receive, the gift of Mrs. Hirim Whiting, of this parish; Offertory Plates, the gift of Mr. Margraf; Altar Rail, the gift of Mrs. W.W.Nash, of this parish; Chancel American Flag, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tripp, of this parish; Lectern Bible, the gift of Mrs. Mary E. Bunnell, of this Parish, Hymn Board, the gift of Miss Ada Burt and her brother; the Baptismal Font, the gift of the family of L.D. Dexheimer, of this parish; and the Font Ewer, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin K. Zoerb, of this parish.

 

In the evening a very large congregation attended the services at which time the Missal Stand was dedicated, this a gift of Mr. Wm. Baldwin, and Catharine Baldwin Byrd, his sister.  The Bishop spoke in the morning, and the Rev. Dr. Wilson Tanner in the evening.