Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-10-17

These designations created the;
third and fourth vacancies filleH
by the newly-constituted boariF
since the last membership meet
ing in August. Of the five who
were holdover directors at thai
meeting, only two now rematls
on the board. They are Lloyd B.
MacEwen and Mrs. Ella G. Roller.
Three Of those recently appointed
have been from among the slate
at the last election
Mr.. Hyman, who was one of the
Is candidates for the four boar4
positions two months ago, has
been a resident Of the community
for about three years. He has
been closely informed and inter-
ested in the activities, problems,
and policies of the cooperative,
according to his statement made
when he was a candidate.
On the faculty at the UniveR-
sity of Maryland, DIR. Clark is u
teacher who specializes in cooper
atives. He has been active in the
Greenbelt co-ops, serving for sew
eral months on the Health Ass0-
Citations board and participating
in meetings of G. C. s. stockhold-
ers.
Another action taken by the
board was to authorize q QuaR-
terly payment Of 81 900 on Green
belt Consumer Services loan frona
Consumer Distribution Corpora
ton. When the membership tool
over control Of G. C. S. in Janu-
airy, 1910, the indebtedness to c.
d c., which financed, installed ana
operated the stores at no pro6k
until the local residents were
ready to assume control, amount
ed to about $4,000
The financial agreement with
c. D. C. calls for a $4,000 pay
ment each year. Payments 90
that organization have reduced the
Indebtedness to approximately
$1,000. Every payment, besides
reducing the Indebtedness to {.
d. c., increases local ownership
in the cooperative by the amount,
it was emphasized
Board members discussed at
some length plans for introducing
the coop to the people who wiia
occupy the homes now under con-
struction, and interesting them IN
becoming active participants in
the affairs of G. C. s. While the
details Of this share drive are IN
the embryo stage, one of the plans
under discussion is to introduce
the so-called "neighborhoo0
nights" among the new residents.
The cooperative will sponsor
these meetings which may be held
in the homes of nearby "old-tim-
ers." Literature describing the
coop and pointing out its pur-
poses, achievements and aims VIII
be distributed. Staff and board
members will be present to dis
cuss the setup and to answer
questions. 1t is quite likely that
refreshments for such gatherings
will be furnished by the coop.
Hostesses will be recruited
from among those ladies willing
to aid, if this plan is carried out,
and officials of G. C. S. expect
that Greenbelters will gladly as
sist them in this effort to increase
the cooperative' capital Addi-
tional capital investments in G.
C. S. by local residents is sorely
needed in view of present econ
nomic conditions and the immi-
nent need for additional services
when the new families arrive, ID
was stated.
At its next meeting on o.
tober %, the board will complete
the agendpm and plans for the
membership meeting to be held ON
November 5. Tuesday, October
21, is the deadline for submit.
ting items for the agendum ana
for becoming the owner of at least
one share of Series A (votingl
stock in order to participate al
the meeting. -