The Nenana daily news., 1919-01-17
CHURCH COUNCIL
 MET LAST NIGHT


 immediately after Dr. Diven was { through with the session of Night School, the three official boards of Grace church,-elders, deacons and trustees-assembled round two large tables in the chapel and were duly constituted as the Church Council. At one table sat Dr. Diven, who is the Councils presiding officer, and at his right sat the three elders, J. 4. Slippern, Dr. David More and Kenneth Diven, arranged in order of their respective terms of service ; at the chairman's left were the three deacons, John H. Flower, Carl chmidt and Alex Funk, seated in the same order as the elders. At the larger table, exactly in front of the chairman, sat eight of the nine trustees, with George Markus at the head of the table and Erie Brown, Oscar Rothenburg, H. B. Joseph to the right and R. S. Me i Donald, Dr. J. R. Bowen, F. D. Browne and Alex Fowler to the left. The unoccupied sat at the trustees table being that of Mike Cooney, | hn hn ,,+
 After the chairman had explained in detail the purpose of the Council and had outlined the duties of the different boards, the following busi- ness was transacted, keen and thoroughly businesslike interest be- ing manifest in the handling of each detail:
 Carl Schmidt was elected secre- tary of the Council for one year.
 Erie Brown was designated Church treasurer for one year. ! John H. Flower was elected chief uSHeF TOT one year.
 -hlex Funk was elected to repre- 1 sent the church organization on the , City Board of Public Works and i Charities.
 At this point in the proceedings 1 the Council gave opportunity to the 1 board of trustees to affect a formal organization, for the undertaking and orderly handling of the import ant brs,"oas belonging specifically to that board. George Markus was elected chairman and Alex Fowler secretary.
 When the trustees had completed their organization and the Council was again ready to take up the Work of the evening, Mrs Diven and the daughter of the manse ap- peared with. some things that men usually like to eat, and for time the fifteen men dropped business and took care of the asparagus salad, creamed chicken on toast, ice cream, cake and coffee. The next item of business was "The Budget for 1919." After careful analysis and considerable dis cussion by the Council, the budget was taken in hand by the board of trustees, who, with genuine busi- ness acumen, took immediate steps to make provision for its various items. F. D. Browne was elected chairman of the trustees canvassing committee and subscription list with the following heading was pre- pared, ready for presentation to the community in the very near future:
 "We, the undersigned, recogniz- ing the church as an important asset of our community, do hereby subscribe the sums we have placed opposite our names for the main- tenance and work of the church for the year 1919. The pledges shall be paid in the manner we have in- dNidually designated, or in any other manner that may later seem more convenient to the subscriber. It is understood and agreed, that in case of business disaster such as makes the payment of pledge en- barrassing or impossible, or in event of the death of the subscriber, no such pledge shall become a claim against subscriber or estate" There was some discussion of things that will shortly need to be