Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1911 — About Two Hundred Attended Farewell Reception to Minister. [ARTICLE]

About Two Hundred Attended Farewell Reception to Minister.

About two hundred members of the Christian church and Sunday school attended the reception given to Rev. G. H. Clarke and family at the church Monday evening, tho occasion being the removal of the minister to Indianapolis. The evening was devoted to an expression of the mutual benefits and enjoyment of the past six and a half years and the strong tids existing between Rev. Clarke and his family and the congregation were proven by the various speakers. John Merritt spoke for the men’s Sunday school class, which Rev. Clarke has instructed for several years. Mrs. J. N. Leatherman spoke for the ladies’ aid society, and Helen Leatherman recited a declamation telling of the accomplishments of the aid sqciety. Miss Glenn Day spoke for the choir, J. L. Brady for the church and W. S.. Day for the board of elders, and Miss Jessie Makeever for the Christian Endeavor Society. Mrs. Delos Thompson played a piano solo and Miss Wilda Littlefield, Mrs. George H. Healey and Harry Jacobs sang solos. Members of the church presented Rev. and Mrs. Clarke with a beautiful set of silver knives and forks. Refreshments , were served. Rev. Clarke will begin his pastorate of the Sixth Christian church of Indianapolis next Sunday, but his family will not leave here until the latter part of July or even later.