1954 - Special Collections

72 YEAR B OOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY
Membership Fund, be consolidated and deposited to the General Fund of the
Society." Thi s was voted on and carried.
4. Presented for discussion by the Chieftain, Gen. Ma rsha ll Magruder, and
moved by Douglas Neil Magruder and seconded by H erbert T. Magruder and Miss
Emma Muncaster : "Be it resolved that a committee be appointed and fifty dollars
($50.00) per yea r be set aside fr om the T reasury toward s plans for the celebra tion
of the 50th Anniversary of this Society in the year 1959." Voted on and approved.
5. It was moved by Thomas G. Magruder and seconded that the "Five-Year
Survey F inancia l Report" presented by Douglas Neil Magruder, be accept ed as
th e aud it for the past year. Th is was voted on and approved.
6. Miss Regina M. Hill presented the following Amendment to th e Ru les :
"I move that the Council recommend at the 1954 Gathering's Business Sess ion
of the Clan the following : "To change Rule XVII by makin g Section 2, Section 3,
and add as Section 2 the following : That the Assista nt to the Chieftain be authorized
to sign checks with the Chief tain and /or the T reas ure r, in the inability of
either one of them to do so." Thi s Amendment was signed by the following
persons: Douglas Neil Magruder, Mar shall Magrude r, Louise Verdery, E lizabeth
H . Dwyer, Marjorie H . Loveless, Emma ,"V. Mu ncaster, Mrs. Basil W. W aters, Ir.,
Regi na Mag ruder Hill, Ma ble T . Rhoades, Colma L. Allgeyer, Th omas G. Magruder,
J 1'., H erbert T. Magruder, C. Virginia Diedel, and Anna Louise Reynolds.
T he Amendment was voted on and approved,
7. It was recommended that a committee of three be appointed to make a
"Study" of markers ; to establish a complete record of marke r s that have been
erected and to plan for the erection of futu re ones. T his was voted on and approved.
8. Douglas Neil Magruder made a motion that Mrs. Susie May Geddes van
den Berg, in recognition of her life-long devotion and efforts in behalf of this
Society, be made an "Honorary Life Member" of the American Clan Gregor
Society. Thi s was seconded by all present and unanimously voted on. All prese nt
stood in approva l.
Th e question of the number of Year Books to be ordered in the future and
the price of back issues to be sold, be referred hereafter to th e Chieftain and
the Editor.
Th e report of the Nominating Committee was given by the Chairman, T homas
Garla nd Magruder, Ir., as follows, and recommended to the Business Ses sion :
Chief tain Brig. Gen. Ma rshall Magru der
Ranking Deputy Chieftain
Rev. Daniel Randall Magruder
Assis tant to the Chieftain
Mr. Forrest S. H olmes
Scribe
Miss An na Louise Reynolds
Deputy Sc ribe
Mrs. Colma L. Allgeyer ( Mrs. James E.)
Registrar
Mrs. Sus ie Ma y Geddes van den Berg
Hi storian
Miss Regina Magruder H ill
Treasurer
Mr. Clarence Wi lliam McCormick
Surgeon
Dr. Roger Grego ry Magru der
Editor.
Mr. Th omas Garland Magruder, Jr.
Chancell or c. Virginia Diedel ( Mrs. Jacob Milwit )
Chaplain
Rev. Reuel Lampi er H owe
The Council adj ourned at one o'clock P .M., and the members assembled in
th e dining room of the Sheraton Park H otel for luncheon.