The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-04
Julius Twiss and W. H. Doug lass Disagree Over Dis. posal of Real Estate
 of Society.
LADIES STAND BY FORMER
William Lyon Phelps Reelected q Deacon-Other Officers Chosen for the Ensuing
 Year.

The annual meeting of the mem- bers of the Calvary Baptist church, held last night in the church parlors, resulted in a warm controversy be- tween two of the trustees. Julius Twiss, treasurer ef tie National Saivngs bank, and W. II. Douglas, president of the Mechanics bank. over the sale of the real estate adjoining the church on tie south, which caused some excitement before Mir. Twiss aided by the entire vote of the women members of tho church, carried his point and saved the prop erty for the church.
 The property in question was pur- chased several years ago and is at present leased by the church to pri- vate parties. The property is mort gagged, but the mortgage on several occasions has been reduced. Mr. Twiss said last night that the real estate ought not to be sold, for with the increase in size of New Haven and the shifting of the population, the Calvary church would soon become an institutional church and need the real estate adjoining.
 MT. Douglas responded that the Calvary church had always been and was still family church; that the building at present occupied would be large enough for several decades and that as the church was running behind financially the realty adjoining should be sold. He said that there was no prospect of Calvary church becoming an institutional church. He said the church had the opportunity of taking Sunday school of 150 children of New Haven's Ghetto and had immediately turned it down. He also said that the Calvary church had given little financial and no moral support to other branches which would make 1t an institutional church.
 Arguments on both sides followed and finally the matter was put to a vote, MT, Twiss' side winning by car rying the entire vote of the women, who have been especially interested in retaining the realty.
 The report of the trustees for last year, made by Mir Douglas, showed that a largeamount of money had been spent in repairing the church so that while the debt the year be- fore had been only S1,So0, at the end of the present year 1t is S2,S00. Next year. however, material reduction is expected.
 To reduce expenses 1t was decided not to print the church year book this coming year and not to print such a costly bulletin The trustees were instructed to decrease the cost of the bulletin from $500 year to $1OO a year if possible.
 It was voted to pay the pastor, the Rev. Donald Duncan Munro, the same salary he is getting at present. Other matters for the coming year were left to the board of trustees
 In the report of the trustees. MT Douglas scored the members of the church who promise to give funds and do not keep their word. He said that they would never do such a thing to any institution but a church. Al present he said the whole church was leaning on the efforts of about one third of its members.
 The following officers were elected for the coming year: Moderator Giles Potter; clerk, A. l. Ward; treas urer, Frank B. Walker; treasurer Of the benefit fund, c. J. Curtiss; audi tor, I. D. Weed; trustees, W. A Spaulding, Julius Twiss, Harry Nor rison and W. H. Douglas; deacons pr. E. J. Walker w. x. Marsh, c. P Walker, Burr Brosby and William Lyon Phelps.