Entries Tagged as ‘1942’

January 5, 2009

December 1942

Dec. 27th 1942.
The church voted to start a building fund to erect a parsonage for the church after the duration.  $9.00 cash was raised and there were two pledges being: Mrs. Pearl Gregory $250.00 and Wm Freeze $200.00 this done by order of church.
Claude Gregory, mod.
Nell Ellison, c.c.

January 5, 2009

November 1942

Nov. 29th 1942.
The church voted at this time to pay Mrs. Mary Butler $4.00 per month for janitor work, which she had taken over.  The church also voted to send Rev. R.C. McDaris $10.00 who was a former pastor of our Church.
Bro. Claude Gregory, mod.
Nell Ellison, c.c.

January 5, 2009

November 1942

Nov. 8th.
The church voted to give each teacher the authority to buy a stove for their Sunday School room.  A motion was made and second and the church voted to send all the Soldiers in the community a Christmas present.  A committee was elected to see to this business and report next Sunday.  Bro. Ward [...]

January 5, 2009

October 1942

Oct. 4th, 1942.
The church was called in conference to transact all business that should come before the church.  First business of electing officers and teachers for the coming year.  the first office was the electing of the Superintendent; Bro. Claude Gregory was reelected Superintendent.  Bro. O.F. Burke elected assistant Superintendent.  Nell Ellison reelected Sunday School [...]

January 5, 2009

September 1942

Sept. 20th 1942.
The church went into conference to take up the unfinished business about accepting the resignation of our pastor.  the church voted to keep Bro. Ward for Saturday night and Sunday morning services as long as he could make arrangements for those two services providing he would accept the church that way.  The church [...]

December 17, 2008

September 1942

Sept. 13th, 1942
The church was called in conference to transact all buisness that should come before the church.  First business was the granting of two letters to Bro. and Sister Ben Campbell to Ettowa Baptist Church.  Bro. Ward asked the church for his resignation which the church didn’t accept at this time.  This business to [...]

December 17, 2008

July 1942

July 28, 1942
The church taken up their business meeting.  The only business was about the piano.  Bro. Gregory said if the church would give him authority to trade in the old piano of another one, that he would pay the difference; which the church gladly did.  No other business, the meeting closed by order of [...]

December 17, 2008

July 1942

Saturday
July 11-42
The light fixtures were installed in the church this morning by Dan Lee.

December 17, 2008

June 1942

June 28th – 42
The church went into conference to transact all business that should come before the body.  The church taken action on whom we should help hold the revival.  Bro. Duffer of Monette Baptist Church and Bro. Smith of Walnut Street Church of Jonesboro were suggested, the church voted to have Bro. Ward contact [...]

December 17, 2008

May 1942

May 10th- 42
The church  voted for our revival to begin the last week in July and run into August or as long as we felt that it should continue.  The church to decide at a later date whom we should have to help hold the meeting.
Bro. Ward, mod.
Nell Ellison, C.C.