Church of our Father – Meeting Minutes of Jan 2, 1884 (Annual Meeting)

Atlanta Ga. Jan 2, 1884
Proceedings of the Adjourned annual meeting of the Church of Our Father held in the Chapel – Jan 2nd at 4 pm.

Present: Mrs. Morrill, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Lederle, Mrs. Chaney and Mill Cooledge. Messrs. Chaney, Hodge, Burns, Lederle and Klingelsmith.
Mr. Chaney acted as the Chairman. The reading of the Secretary’s report were dispensed with.

The following report was received from the Treasurer.
Atlanta Ga. Jan 2, 1884
Proceedings of the Adjourned annual meeting of the Church of Our Father held in the Chapel – Jan 2nd at 4 pm.

Present: Mrs. Morrill, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Lederle, Mrs. Chaney and Mill Cooledge. Messrs. Chaney, Hodge, Burns, Lederle and Klingelsmith.
Mr. Chaney acted as the Chairman. The reading of the Secretary’s report were dispensed with.

The following report was received from the Treasurer.

Received Amount Total
Subscription $4,195.30
Rent $360.00
Sale of small house $20.00
Cash from Col. Froncier $37.50
Collection (Christmas Festival) $29.45
Sale of Hymn Books $9.00 $4,651.25
Repairs on Dwelling house $835.57
Church $2,167.00
Hymn books $62.05
Christmas Festival $19.35
Expenses $33.85
Insurance $37.50
Furnishing $33.62
Library Books $63.00 $3,701.94
Cash on Hand $949.31
Bills Unpaid
S.C. Planning Mill $632.89
Harwood Seat Co $270.00
Warwick & Son $216.30
Layley & Rormiton $90.00
Upholstering $20.00
Stone Mtn Granite Co $24.50 $1,253.69
Cash on Hand $949.81
Anticipated Deficit $304.31

The Treasurer’s report was received.

An Auditing Committee was appointed to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, as follows: Messrs. Lederle and Burns.

A verbal report was received from the Building Committee and accepted.

It was moved that a Committee be appointed to draft suitable resolutions to express our appreciation and gratitude for the patient and artistic work of our devoted Architect, Mr. G. L. Norrman and that these resolutions be suitably engrossed and a copy furnished Mr. Norrman.
The Chairman appointed as such Committee: Miss Cooledge and Messrs. Hodge and Snowden.

It was moved and seconded that a Standing Committee be appointed or elected for the year 1884 and also a clerk and Treasurer.

After balloting the following were declared elected.
Standing Committee – Messrs. Lederle, Snowden, Norrman and Fisher
Treasurer – J. R. Hodge
Secretary – J.M. Klingelsmith

Moved to Adjourn
J.M. Klingelsmith, Secty

Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 60 Folder: 01   Book: 01   Pages: 122 – 123
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA