Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes, Nov 18, 1897 (Members to Committees Appointed)

Nov 18, 1897

First meeting of the Board of Trustees after the Annual Meeting Nov 15.

Present: Messrs. Crafts, Frost, St. Amand, Davidson, Mrs. Abel and Mrs. Owen.  Mr. Crafts presided

Mr. J.C. Peck was elected as chairman of the Board and Geo. H. Crafts vice chairman.

The following committees were appointed for the ensuing year.

Ways & Means – St. Amand, Crafts, Lederle
Operation of the Church – J.G. Frost, Mrs. Owen, Rev. Vail, Judge Ward, Miss Yates
Care of the Church Property – J.C. Peck, Dr, Tucker, Judge Hall
Music – Mrs. W.G. Abel, Mr. Harding, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. St. Amand, Miss Gleen
Library and Sabbath School – Davidson, Chillingworth, Menken, Miss Martin, Miss Alice Dixon, Miss Morrell, Miss Harding

Mr. St. Amand reported that the taxes on the church property were due and unpaid and that there was not sufficient money in the Treasury to pay them. It was therefore –

Ordered, that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow the sums of One Hundred Dollars to pay taxes and other pressing indebtedness. The money to be borrowed for the three months.

By vote, the regular monthly meeting of the Board was fixed for the second Monday in each month at 5 pm.

No other business was transacted and the Board adjourned.

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E.A. Davidson, Clerk
Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26 Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 139 – 140
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA