A Vestry Meeting was held in the School room at English Harbour at half past six oclock in the evening of the 17th of November 1878 and was convened by the Minister of Trinity East by public notice given in the Church the same day in time of Divine worship The Pewholders present were as follows William Beston (Mark) Ch Warden Archibald Beston (Joseph) John Beston (Joseph) Joseph Beston (late Wm) Joseph Penny (Richard) George Forde Senr William Penny (John Arthur Penny (John Samuel Beston (Mark John Beston (Mark William Penny Senr George Penny (late Robert James Penny (Richard William Penny (late Robert George Penny (Richard Peter Penny (Wm James Penny (Cathrine Alexander Penny (John Mark Beston (Mark In all nineteen pewholders The accounts of the church wardens had been read over previously at a meeting of Church members held in the Church on the 8th November instant Proposed by John Beston (Mark seconded by William Beston (Mark 1. That Joseph Penny (Richard) be chosen and appointed by this meeting to be the congregation's churchwarden for next twelvemonth unanimously agreed to 2. It was agreed by a large majority of the Meeting that a Petition be sent to the Rural Dean of Trinity Bay for a License from the Bishop appointing John Sabbin Collis to be the Reader of the Church of Saint Silas of this harbour. 3. The Minister announced to the meeting that he had chosed and appointed Archibald Beston (Joseph) to be the Minister's Churchwarden for the next twelvemonth The meeting was opened and closed with prayers by the Reverend Benjamin Smith who presided in the chair Signed by Benjamin Smith, Minister of Trinity East and Rural Dean