Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1961 - Rparchives.org

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 85
The Christian Statesman, as a witness and as a watchman on
the walls.
As an organization it is deeply indebted to the Covenanter
Church, which for almost a century has provided the bulk of the
financial support and the leadership without which the Association
would not long have survived in the past, and without
which it could not long survive in the future.
The Charter of the National Reform Association calls for a
Board of Directors of 27 members. Our present Board consists of
26 members,, nine of which are members of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church and one is an adherenr who attends regularly and
whose wife is a faithful member. The one vacancy on the Board
was created by the death of Dr. Frank H. Lathom, anothet Covenanter.
This means that approximately 40% of our Board of Directors
are from the Covenanter Church. In addition to this, all the
regular employees of the Association are members of the Covenanter
Church. All of this means that the jugular vein of the National
Reform Association is the Covenanter Church of which we are a
part.
Our Board meets regularly on the first Mondays of May and
December, with other meetings called as they are needed. Officers
are Frank H. Davis, President; E. Clay Young, Vice President;
and James D. Carson, Secretary. The officers of the Association
are as follows: Dr. W. W. McKinney, pastor of the Ambridge
Presbytetian Church and Secretaty of the Executive Committee
of the Christian Amendment Movement, is president. The
office of Vice President is vacant as a result of the death of Dr.
Lathom. Kermit S. Edgar is Secretary, Knox M. Young is Treasurer
and Chester R. Fox is Assistant Treasurer.
The annual meeting of the Association was held in the
Second-Fifth U. P. Church, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa., on November
10, I960, at which there were about 75 persons present.
The report of the Treasurer made at this meeting and to be
read with this report showed that receipts for the year, November
1, 1959-October 31, I960, totaled $21,029.42. This represents
one of the best financial years the Association has had in over a
third of a century. The increase in receipts this past year was
due largely to the returns resulting from the operation of our printing
department which is rapidly becoming one of our primary
sources of income, and of great help in the financial support of
our work.
Our printing department has been most active throughout the
year. The spacious accomodations we now have on the third floor
of the Suburban Building Company have greatly facilitated the
operation of this department. The new press added a year ago
has proven most satisfactory and enabled us to greatly increase