ST. JAMES'S, LOWER HUTT

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 98, 28 April 1939, Page 16

ST. JAMES'S, LOWER HUTT

The vicar, the Rev. H. E. K. Fry, M.A., presided over a well-attended annual meeting of parishioners of St. [ James's, Lower Hutt, this week. After- the vicar had read his report, in. which he referred to the marked progress which had been made during the past year, the vestry's report and the treasurer's statement of accounts were adopted. The vicar nominated Mr. C. G. Hedge as his warden and Mr. G. L. Giesen was re-elected people's warden. The following w,ere elected members of the vestry:—Messrs. W. 'H. Barker, P. Church, N. T. Gillespie, A. G.;Jarman, H. A. Innes. J. W. McKissack, D. G. B. iMorison, J. A. T. Nash. W. H. Smith, j

G. A. Williams., .parish-, treasurer, Mr..... J E. J. Jones; auditor. Mr. H. B. Gordon. . ■ The annual report of the vestry commented on the value of having the Rev. W. E. W. Hurst and the Rsv. M. R. Pirani to assist tha vicar, the Rev. H. ■E. K. Fry, there having been great growth in the number of families in | the parish during recent years. Attendance at services, the report says,' may be considered good in the light of past years, the weekly average • at- . tendance at Holy Communion bein^ 127 as against 122 last year. The choir arrangements have bsen improved, ano >. the church has been adorned by aY x beautiful memorial window.-. With a view to their becoming some time in the future separate ■■ parishes, the finances of each of the Daughter Churches have been placr^ on a new footing, and,, each now t indies its own finances.