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Evergreen
3/25/97
The association gathered at Evergreen
with a good attendance of members the
following guests Caroline H. Miller
Cornelia N. Stabler Carrie S. Bond Elinor
Hough Edith Hallowell Eliz. J. Stabler
Mary Pope of Boston Clara P. Moore
Sarah E. Kirk and Grace Parsley.

Beautiful flowers were contributed by
several, a large bouquet of scarlet and white
lilies being especially noteworthy.
The com. consisting of Eliz. G. Thomas Anna
F. Gilpin and Albina O. Stabler produced a
memoir of Jane T. Porter which was
highly commended and accepted with
thanks. It was decided to place this
testimonial upon our records to send
a copy to the family of our deceased friend.
Anna F. Gilpin read the memoir and she
also gave an appropriate poem entitled
"Recompense" which had never been baptised
in printers ink but was well worth
publication. Sarah A. Bond's sentiment
for the day was "Patience is like the
pearl among gems. By its quiet radiance
it brightens every human grace and adornes
every Christian excellence" Ester Wetherald
read without specacles a pretty little
Canadian story of the "Bell of St.
Regis" which purchased in Europe by
Catholic Indians was wrecked on the

34

Evergreen
3/25/97
The association gathered at Evergreen
with a good attendance of members the
following guests Caroline H. Miller
Cornelia N Stabler Carrie S. Bond Elinor
Hough Edith Hallowell Eliz. J Stabler
Mary Pope of Boston Clara P. Moore
Sarah E. Kirk and Grace Parseley.

Beautiful flowers were contributed by
several a large bouquet of scarlet and white
lilies being especially noteworthy.
The com. consisting of Eliz. G Thomas Anna
F Gilpin and Albina O Stabler produced a
memoir of Jane T Porter which was
highly commended and accepted with
thanks. It was decided to place this
testimonial upon our records to send
a copy to the family of our deceased friend.
Anna F Gilpin read the memoir and she
also gave an appropriate poem entitled
"Recompense" which had never been baptised
in printers ink but was well worth
publication. Sarah A Bond's sentiment
for the day was "Patience is like the
pearl among gems. By its quiet radiance
it brightens every human grace and adornes
every Christian excellence" Ester Wetherald
read without specacles a pretty little
Canadian story of the "Bell of St.
Regis" which purchased in Europe by
Catholic Indians was wrecked on the