The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-31
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING.
Of the City Missionary Association
Held Yesterday Afternoon

OF the City Missionary Association
Held Yesterday Afternoon.
The, meeting of the City Missionary
association held yesterday afternoon at
English hall was of business nature
only, and preliminary to the annual
meeting to be held about two weeks
later.
The president of the association, Rev.
DR.. Phillips, called the meeting to or
der, and after prayer by Mr.. w. r..
Downs, the record of the last annual
meeting of the association was read by
the secretary, Mr.. c. e. p. Sanford.
The nominating committee, Messrs
Welch, Bodwitch and Roland, present.
ed for officers the names of Rev Dr. w.
l.. Phillips, as PRESIDENT Rev DR..
Sage, of the Grand avenue Baptist
church, as vice president; G. E. p. San
ford, as secretary, and Pierce N.
WEIGH, of the First National bank, as
treasurer. These officers We're unani-
mously elected, as were also the follow
ing directors, whose three years term
of office had expired, viz, Messrs. j. M.
Peck, A. e. Lines, J. d. Whitmore,
Robert |. Couch and Charles l.. Bald
win. The other members of the board
of directors, fifteen in all, are: Messrs
Newton, Bowditch, Hartshorn, McDer-
mott, Rowland, Sanford, Honey, WEIGH,
Thomas and Downs.
A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Ell. G. Newton, M. Peck, w. r. Downs,
with Mrs. H. B. sturgess and Mrs. o.
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in connection with one Of the churches
for the annual supper and the public
| meeting for reports during the second
| week in November.
AT the close of the meeting of the
association, the board of directors met
and organized with Hon. Fl. G. Newton
| as chairman and G. e. P. Sanford as
| secretary. The standing. committees OF
| the association were then appointed as
| follows: observation-disclosures Rowland
McDermott and Hortshorn. Finance
| Messrs. WEIGH, Rowland, Newton
Hartshorn and Peck. Building-Mess
| WEIGH, Peck, Roland, Mossman, Sloan
| Membership-Mr F. E. Hartshorn was
| appointed chairman with power to Sc
lect his committee from members of the
| different churches.
The office of missionary pastor was
several years ago made permanent
| one, and Rev. Mr.. Mossman was al
! that time selected to FIJI the place, ant
| holds the office without reelection. Mr.
| Mossman was reelected general SUI
| perintendent and Miss Sarah J. Hume
was reelected lady missionary for one
| year. The finance committee was au-
| thorized to employ a financial agent,
| and the building committee secretary
| for the ensuing year.
The report of the finance committee
was the financial statement for the
year by Pierce N. WEIGH, treasurer of
the association, and the statement of
the building committee. of which Mr..
WEIGH is also chairman, were both
made at the business meeting of the
association, and will be made public at
the coming annual meeting for reports.
All bills have been paid. There is a
| balance in the treasury. The secreta-
rvs report shows a gain in member
ship. Several thousand dollars have
been added to the building fund, all of
which in a year of extreme financial
pressure, shows a very favorable feel
ing on the part of the people of New
Haven toward the work of their City
Missionary association.