The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-01-08
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
By President Of Board Of West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church.
MEMORIAL TABLET TO DR.. GAYLEY.


Published at the suggestion Of
the Board of Trustees OF West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church.
To the Pastor, officials and Members Of
the CONGREGATION Of West Nottingham
Ryes6yteyian Church:
How swiftly the years pass and how
alarmfngly fast do these periods occur,
these Thanksgiving days, these annual
congregational meetings for the purpose
Of holding an election Of the officers Of
this church who have in charge its tenn
poral affairs.
This closes my twelfth year as Presl-
dent Of your Board of Trustees and this is
the tenth annual report that I have sub
mitted to you publicly.
While we are grateful and thankful for
the many. many things that it has been
our lot to enjoy, yet with it all, this
Thanksgiving Day comesto us and brings
along with it cause for sadness and
regret to which will refer later on.
Your Board has held the regular meet
ings as provided by the Rules and Regu-
lations during the last year, but there
seemed to be nothing that made it neces-
sary to call the Board together at any
other time in special session. The attend
ance has been very good. Out of the ten
members of the Board including the
Pastor. the average attendance has been
seven members at each meeting.
The leaks in the roof of the church,
which have given us SO much trouble for
many years, we feel have been remedied,
and that through the skillful workman
ship of young man who only few
hours before the present writing while IN
the prosecution of his daily duties met
with fatal accident, and now lies IN the
cold embrace of death.
We think some action should be taken
to restore the frescoing that was spoiled
BY the leaks in the roof. We do not
think this will be very difficult task nor
cost great deal of money. and it would
add great deal to the appearance OF the
chu-ch.
We again point with pride to the Gem
etery and its appearance. venture to
say that you may visit many scores and
find none in as good condition and well
looked after as our own. At forty-one diff
ferent times during the last year, from the
belfry the bell has tolled to the slow and
solemn tread of forty one funeral process
sions that have entered its gateways.
Last year the number was th;rty-fve, the
year previous forty-two and the year pre-
vious to that thirty-four. From this
source during the last twelve months the
receipts have been as follows:
From the sale of sixteen lots $4,000
From labor and material furnished by
the Cemetery 6So2S
Making a total sl005.2s
Out of this sum, however, material had
to be purchased. The investment of the
Trust fund remains the same, 5000 Co.;
5000 of which is invested in the Sectors
property and the remainder in Bank
stock.
We are not impressed that the. change
of the day of the business meeting of the
congregation from the day just previous
to Communion at the close of the Pre-
paratory Services to Thanksgiving Day
has been an advantage. We spoke of It
Isl year. So many of the congregation
are compelled to be absent out of the
neighborhood., It is time for family
gatherings and family reunions, and /
have thought that at this congregational
meeting the subject should bsacted upon.
1 have nothing further TO say in regard
Ito the old cemeteries at Rising Sun. The
report of two years ago suits the present
conditions exactly.
In the early part of this year. one of
the members of the Board of Trustees,
pne who had been member longer than
Inv of our number, was called to mis-
Eternal Home" Perhaps the most
lifting reference that can be made to him
this connection is to quote the follow
ng resolution which was passed by his
colleagues ct their meeting held July
bib, 1908:
Resolved; That the Board of Trustees of West
Dillingham; Presbyterian Church assembled in
gular session, do hereby record upon our
inutes the death OF one of our members, Joseph
Fryer, who has been member of this Board
heb longer than any other member of the