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the funds of this Board to be disposed or expended in any manner it may decide. The writ.or ot tins history retm'mlx'rs this day well a.s I In one on which she entered the fellowship of this church by letter.
In March of this year the church granted the request for an architect to be hired. The building program had begun in earnest. It was decided to purchase a sign for the front of the church lot. A colonial type of building with seating capacity of 192 was recorrmended and adopted. It was agreed to transfer 50% of surplus funds to the Building Fund and also 50% of each month's surplus of regular monthly funds.
The Church accepted the offer of one thousand dollars cash from Mrs. Mary Touchard for the lot formerly purchased by the church. The resolution read:
"Whereas it now appears th^/t said property will not be needed as a site for a new church building, the church having acquired a more desirable lot. and that it would be to the best interest of the church to dispose of said property and use the proceeds in a new church building on another lot." Fie it further resolved that the church pay the real estate agent 5% of price or $50.00. After 16 years of dedicated service to our church Reverend W. S. Allen resigned as Pastor in March 1945. A corrmittee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions expressing appreciation of his faithful services. A corrmittee was also appointed to canvas the membership to raise funds to pay the deficiency in the pastor's salary during previous years where the church was not raising enough funds to cover all its local expenses.
The names of Dr. T. B. Sellers, II. B. IXiekuorlh, David Middleton, W. W. Stockstill, and Dr. A. P. Smith were put on the Building Fund Camiittee. At a supper meeting at Hotel Reed the group was warned by Mr. E. C. Williams, State Sunday School Worker, to refrain from entering into the building program without a vision of future needs. The old recomnendation of 192 as seating capacity was ch;mged to 300 and an educational plant that would aecorrxxlate a similar numlx>r was added.
On .Tune 3, 1945 Reverend J. T. Dearing c.amo into the pulpit of the church as the first full time pastor in the church's history. Representatives from the Episcopal and Methodist Churches were present. The city government was also represented. The