Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes of Mar 18, 1902 (Financial/Library)

Atlanta, Ga. March 18, 1902

The meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Church of Our Father was called to order at 8:20 P.M. with John L. Moore in the chair.

Present: Mesdames Daniels and Behre and Messrs. Moore, St. Amand and Walker.

On motion, C.A. Langston was appointed clerk pro tempore.

The resignation of Minnie Evans Owen as a member of the Board of Trustees was submitted and on motion of Mr. St. Amand, Mrs. Owen’s resignation was accepted with regrets.

On motion of Mr. St. Amand, Mrs. Daniels seconding, Mrs. Metta Foster was elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of the church.

On motion Rev. C.A. Langston, J.G. St. Amand, and Mrs. Charles Behre were instructed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of Mr. Robert P. Beecher and that copies of the same be sent to his family and to the Sunday school of The Central Congregational Church. This ac­tion was taken in appreciation of the donation of carriage block by Mr. Beecher.

The Treasurer submitted statement of receipts and disburse­ments from January 1 to March 18.

Receipts: $172.84
Disbursements: $159.33
Balance in hands of treasurer: $13.51

On motion, the Branch Alliance was empowered to dismiss present janitor and to employ another one satis­factory to themselves for the balance of the year at an expense not exceeding $1.76 per week.

A committee representing the Branch Alliance requested the permission of the Board to place the library in order. On motion Rev. C.A. Langston and the ladies of the Alliance were authorized to overhaul the library and report to the next Quarterly Meeting as to disposition of books not needed.

There being no further business, meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.

C.A. Langston, Clerk Pro Tem.

Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26   Folder: 02  Book: 02 Pages: 168
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA