Woman’s Alliance – Meeting Minutes Dec 13, 1921 (Social Service to be Main Aim)
Dec 13, 1921
The minutes of the last meeting of the Woman’s Alliance in 1921 should be recorded in red ink for it was a red letter occasion.
First of all it was held in the brand new home of Mrs. Draper on Habersham Road, where in we were received with old time hospitality.
Second the attendance was somewhat above the average and the interest waxed rather than waned with the passing of the year.
Third we were honored by two distinguished guests, our pastor and Dr. Fisher. (Archivist: Dr. Fisher was the former pastor of the Universalist church before its merger with the Unitarian church in 1918)
Fourth, the subject discussed related to the double barred red cross.
The meeting was called to order by President Edwards after which prayer was offered by Dr. Keirn.
The minutes of the previous meeting were then read and approved.
The treasurer read the following reports which were accepted.
| Oct 1 Bal on hand | $16.35 |
| Oct 11 Pledge money | $15.65 |
| Oct 11 Sale of sacks | $7.60 |
| Total | $41.60 |
| Disbursements | |
| Lawrence Floral Co. for McCutcheon | $4.00 |
| Same for Mrs. Hollingsworth | $5.00 |
| Total | $9.00 |
| Balance | $32.60 |
| Convention Dues | $1.02 |
| Material for Choir caps and capes | $5.15 |
| Total Disbursements | $448.16 |
| Total | $32.60 |
| Bal Nov 1 | $32.60 |
| Receipts during Nov | |
| Collected at Supper | $43.25 |
| Collected as Supper | $2.60 |
| Pledge Money | $7.00 |
| Total | $85.45 |
| Disbursements | |
| Supplies for supper | $4.75 |
| Bal Dec 1st | $80.70 |
The corresponding secretary read a letter from Miss Simms of Baltimore who is helping Mrs. Knight with the Post Office Mission asking for Sunday School suggestions. Also a letter from Madame Loyson of France telling of the work and thanking the Union for its contribution. She responded that the gifts of klim (Archivist: A brand of powdered milk sold by Nestlé) and libraries had proved of inestimable value.
Mrs. Edwards then read a letter from Mrs. Pen regretting her inability to be a regular attendant and enclosing a check for $10.00. She also enclosed a clipping from a New York paper which commented flatteringly on a Negro Pageant which had been written by Mrs. Alice Holship Ware a former member of the church and the Union. (Archivist Note: the pageant was “The Open Door” presented at Carnegie Hall on November 22, 1921 featuring music composed by “colored composers” drawn from plantation melodies.)
Dr. Keirn reported that the old Clara Barton Home in Mass. was being restored by the Universalist Women’s Missionary Society to be used as a social center and advised our giving a contribution. A motion to give $5.00 was carried.
Mrs. Gaylord of the Program Committee reported that the members of the committee were at work and asked for suggestions from the members. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that we should make social service the main subject of investigation and bring in literary or aesthetic studies as a side line.
As a nominating committee the president appointed Mrs. Faulkner, Mrs. Stanford and Mrs. Freeman.
Mrs. Jones was directed to write a letter of sympathy to Mrs. Neill whose husband is seriously ill.
The business meeting adjourned at this juncture to enjoy the usual feast of good things.
That part of the program having been satisfactorily dispatched, the meeting was again called to order to listen to an able address by Mr. Faulkner, executive secretary of the Georgia Tuberculosis Association.
The Union reluctantly adjourned to meet again in the new year.
R.G. Faulkner, Secy.
Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 60 Folder: 03
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA