New Britain herald., 1922-03-14
ANNUAL MEETING
 OF BAPTIST CHURCH
Reports Received and Officers for
 Coming Year Elected

The annual meeting of the First Baptist church was held last evening and reports of the activities of the past year were received and officers of the church and bible school were elected.
 Trcasurer's Report
 Thesreport of Treasurer ". H. Judd was as follows: March 1, 1921, bal ance, s11.S3; weekly pledges, colec- tions, etc, $6,943.0s; Ladies' society, S2t0; city of New Britain, bell rental, s20O; income, Darius Miller fund, $1,- S14.67; total receipts, $s,669.5S.
 Disbursements, salaries, $5,SS4.77 coal and light, s62S,6O; insurance and taxes and water rents, $439.S6; print ing and postage, $S39.9o; repairs, $795.67: miscellaneous, S329.07; sink ing fund, $200 balance, s51.71; total, SS,669.5S.
 Benevolence contributions, s3,15S,- 6S.
 The report on church membership was presented as follows: Membership March IA, 1921, 460; gain by bap tism, z; by letter, IA loss by death, [; by letter, g.; by erasure, ?; total membership, March, 1922, 463; net gain for year, 8. The membership is classified as follows: Resident mem bers, 361; nonresident members, 102; males, 173; females, 290.
 - Officers Elected
 Officers were elected as follows: Moderator, H. w. Eddy; clerk, A. H. II Tr1d. q cicf and treasurer, Albert N. Scripture; ; auditor, George F. Spear; trus- tee, H. w. Eddy, George Repeye and A. J. Sloper
 Executive committee, pastor, mod orator, clerk, treasurer, deacons and A. N. Scripture and Clifton Mckcn- na; finance committee, F. NJ. Wight man, chairman; A. J. Sloper, w. T.. Soper, w. l.. Damon, w. H. Judd and George P. Spear; prudential commit tee, pastor, chairman; deacons and Clifton McKenna, Mrs. Clifton Me- kenna and T. D. Hallock for one year; Mrs. D. A. Noven, Mrs. J. $. Black and J. s. Black for two years; Mrs. B. I. Knapp, B. l. Knapp and Mrs. George Rapelye for three years; benevolence committee, Clifton Nc kenna. chairman; Mrs c. A. Ludwig son, Rev. William Ross, E. B. Beach and Mrs. E. R. Hitchcock; committee on young peoples work, J. Fl. Gates. chairman; Rev. William Ross, Robert Shaler, Miss Charlotte Whatnall and Miss Helen Connolly; committee on ushers, A. N. Scripture, chairman; ua1nnl Russell H. Smaller, Jr., George Wild and Cliff ford Vivian; committee on trustees Of Burritt Mission, T. A. James and George Wild; trustee African M. F. Zion church, Inc, w. L. Damon; scout committee, James H. Coates, chairman; A. H. Parker and c. A. Ludvigson.
 Bible School .--...
 Officers and committees of the Bible school were elected, as follows: General superintendent, D. R. Hitch cock; first assistant superintendent, w. R. Pondl; second assistant, T. D. Hallock; superintendent of primary department, Mrs. D. A. Niven; of kin dergarten department, Mrs. w. H.. Judd; of junior department, Mrs. C. A. Livingston, of home department, Mrs. J. G. Barney; of cradle roll de- partment, Mrs. William Ross; secre- tary, c. A. Ludvigson; treasurer, A. N. Scripture; librarian, E. H. Carroll; library committee, w. l.. Weld. chair man; Harold Bertini, Mrs. F. W.sAll- ridge; "A. H. Parker, w. R. Pond, J. q. Henderson, F. H. Stewart, Miss 5. Elizabeth Barks, the pastor, superln- tendent and librarian; finance com mittee, w. l.. Weld, chairman; James H. Coates and James G. Henderson.
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