Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-03
Annual Parish Meeting
at Woodbridge Presbyterian

By Special Correspondent.
WOODBRIDGE, April 3-The an
nual parish meeting and supper of the
First Presbyterian church was held
at the Parish House last night. Al
seven o'clock the supper was served
under h direction of Mrs. w. III.
Prall, chairman OF the social commit
tee Of the Ladies' Aid.
b. d. Walling, the parish clerk, then
read the call for the meeting M IL.
A. Tappan was chairman. .shrdlu
A. Tappen was chosen as moderator.
The pastor, Rev. l.. V. Buschman, then
made a brief prayer Teh moderator
then called for the reports OF the
treasurers OF the various organiza-
lions of the church, which all told
amounted to $11.421.94 in receipts, not
counting the investment fund of So
900 against which there Is an indebt-
edness of s21,500.
The report of H. A. Tappan. treas
urer of the church was e by A. F,
Randolph. The total receipts being
SS.7SS.S7 disbursements, SS,517.31
leaving a balance of $271.66. Mr.
Randolph also read his report as treas
urer of the Sunday school. the receipts
being S493.6S, disbursements $466.84,
balance s22.S4.
Mrs. S. 3. Brewster reported foI
the Home Mission Department re-
ceipts $137.67, disbursements $137.25,
balance forty-two cents; Foreign Mis-
sionary Department. receipts $10T.S7,
disbursements $107. balance eighty.
| seven cents; Ladies Aid Society, re
ceipts S4S0.53, disbursements S236.S4
balance $193.69: Y. p. s. C. L. Rus
sell Torch treasurer. receipts s313OS,
disbursements $685.. balance $43.75:
Parish House. receipts $441.15, dis
b~ursements $437.86. balance 1929.
! ]. e. breckenridge. treasurer of the
benevolent funds, reported receipts
$709.09, disbursements $510.52, bal
ance $19S.57- Rev. L. ". Buschman
then reported on his work since last
June. which included $50 calls made
In the parish, nine baptisbs, fourteen
funerals, five marriages, twenty-three
received into the church, II ser
mons and four illustrated lesctures.
All these reports were ordered placed
pm file n will be published. The
election of 3. Il. Walling as parish
clerk for the coming year. was nexi
In order. The terms of Hampton
Cutter and j.. Edgar Brown expired
as trustees. Mr.. Cutter was elected
to succeed himself and Theodore
Leber was elected in place of Mr.
Brown.
r. Z Breckenridge was again chosen
as receiver OF the benevolent funds
A resolution was read and approved
providing for the election of two adj
ditional elders, b. b. walling and A.
f. Randolph were unanimously
chosen.
A resolution was also read providing
for a Board of Deacons to consist OF
four members. Two for two years and
two for three year terms.
William Rowe n Roscoe Chase
were chosen for two years and Charles
Mesick and w. II. G.. Miller for three
years.
A resolution was read by the board
of trustees asking for the sanction OF
the Presytery OF EliZaeth in increasing
the salary of the pastor $500 for the
coming year.
Another resolution was passed ex
pressing the appreciation of the con-
gregation of the aid given by Mr.
Koyen In experimenting the repairs
upon h parsonage. p
TIE ruling elder, w. II. Gardner. then
made the closing prayer. Between
$50 and 100 members of the congrega-
ton were present.