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ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
Thursday Morning, June 24, 1954
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The order of business this morning is the Report of our Secretary, and
the reading of Communications.
SZCRrTAR¥ O’H~AI~: We have no communications.
As to my report, as usual, I shall make it as brief as I can. I have furnished
each officer with a breakdown of our Receipts and Expenditures for the
year.
Briefly I might say that we ran rather close to previous years; we didn’t
make as much money as’ we did the year before and that should be an objective
for this year, to make more money so that if and when the occasion for need
arises, we have something.
(Secretary O’Hearn ihen read his prepared report.)
TREASURER’S REPORT
1954
Following the custom of past years, your Secretary-Treasurer presents
for your approval, a brief summary report covering membership and financial
standing since our last annual report to closing of the books, on June 1, 1954.
The treasurer’s books show in detail all receipts and expenditures during
the past twelve months as testified to by the Auditing Committee, appointed
by the President, as per by-laws.
The entire financial report is not published as part of our annual report,
but it is available to any member who may des:ire further information than
what is reported here. A further breakdown of receipts and expenditures is
furnished the Directors.
The total membership reported on June 1, 1953, was 1275 of which 735
were active members and 540 were associate members.
During the past year we lost by death 21 members, twenty-two members
resigned and 58 were dropped for non-payment of dues which involved a
loss to the association of $348.00. We admitted a total of 114 new members
during the year giving a net increase in membership of 13 for the year.
At the present time there are 63 members who owe $6.00 each as of June 1st.
There appears to be a slight increase in the failure of members to pay their
dues probably caused by carelessness. Of the total membership 745 paid
dues before the opening of the conference. This relieves, a lot of work at the
registration, desk and I appreciate the cooperation of those members.
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