History of First Congregational Church, Montclair NJ

Archivist, Annual Report, May, 1987

Contents: Staff Organizational Chart Calendar Directory The Woman's Guild Program 40 pages Size approximate 6" x 9" [yearbook0001-18]

CHURCH GUILD ISSUES RECEPTION INVITATIONS Ministers and Wives Will Be Guests of Honor. Invitations to a reception in honor of the Rev. Dr. Archibald Black, minister of First Congregational Church, and Mrs. Black; the Rev. Dr. George D. Hulst, associate minister of the church, and Mrs. Hulst; the Rev. Hugh Wells Hubbard, and Mrs. Hubbard of Paotingfu, China, and Mrs. Whitney C. Colby, president of the Woman's Guild, have been issued by the guild. The reception will be held for members and friends of the church in the guild room from 8 to 10:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. {January 19, 1937] [CDB1977-03-black] Gifts of Jody Carpenter and Esme Christner

THE ARCHIVIST ANNUAL REPORT 1986-87 This year has been a year to identify things - to answer the question, I wonder who gave us that? With the gracious help of Barbara Vreeland and Jody Carpenter, we discovered some answers and have given them permanence in brass. We have placed plaques on the following gifts to the Woman's Guild in the Guild Room: The beautiful ebony Steinway piano - In memory of Lily Murray Jones, by Wally Jones and his brothers, 1948. The lovely grandfather's clock - In memory of Emma Lippincott Blauvelt, by her daughter, Mrs. A.O. Miller, 1917. The eleven-piece dining room set (long table, side board, small table, and eight red velvet chairs), gift of Lillian Pantall Conwell, 1952. Additional items identified: During the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of our church, the Decker brothers gave a gift to the church in memory of their parents, Josiah and Mary Adelaide Decker, from which the tapestry was purchased for the Guild Room. Two p...