Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes, Nov 15, 1895 (Committee Members Appointed)

Nov 15, 1895

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. First meeting after the annual church meeting.

There were present: Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Swift, Messrs. Peck, Crafts, Lederle, Harding and Menken. Mr. Crafts was elected chairman and W.D. Menken as Clerk of the Church was instructed to assume the duties of  Secretary.  Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.

Archivist Note: This regular board meeting is the first attended by women as members of the board.  Mrs. Owen  and Mrs. Swift were voted to the Board of Trustees at the annual meeting.

The following committees were appointed for the ensuing year

Ways & Means – Geo. Crafts, Mrs. Swift, Mr. Peck and Mr. Lederle
Operations of the Church – Mrs. Owen and W.D. Menken
Care of the Church – Mr. Peck and Mr. Crafts
Music – Mrs. Harding
Library – W.D. Menken, Mr. Lederle

It was proposed that the Board of Trustees meet on the third Wednesday of each month at five o’clock.

Adjourned.

Walter Menken, Clerk
Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26 Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 131
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA