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The Third Annual Meeting of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 26, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 52.

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The Third Annual Meeting of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association

By GEO. A. IRWIN; D. H. KRESS

The third annual meeting of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association constituency convened in the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Fifty-first and Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., at 3 P. M., Nov. 19, 1907.
At the calling of the roll, forty-six members of the constituency answered to their names, making over three times the number the By-laws prescribe as a sufficient number to transact business legally.
The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said that the Washington Sanitarium Association was incorporated Feb. 11, 1904. During the first two years of the life of the association, its work was confined to the “Branch Sanitarium,” operated in rented buildings, at Nos. 1 and 2, Iowa Circle, in the city of Washington. In the month of June, 1906, ground was broken for the erection of a new building on the site previously purchased near Takoma Park Station. This new building, known as the Washington Sanitarium, was dedicated and opened for patients, June 13, of the present year, so that the association has now two institutions under its management.
Elder I. H. Evans, the treasurer of the association, read a detailed financial report of the association, which, with the auditor’s certificate, was accepted and adopted.
Dr. D. H. Kress, medical superintendent of the Washington Sanitarium, gave a brief verbal report, stating, in substance, that the Lord had greatly blessed this institution during the short time it had been in operation. From the very beginning, they had enjoyed a good patronage, and at present they have about thirty-three workers and students in training.
Remarks expressing confidence in the present and future work of the association were made by Brethren Daniells, Farnsworth, Sufficool, Mitchell, and Palmer.
On motion, the Chair was authorized to appoint the necessary committees, which were announced as follows:—
On plans and recommendations: I. H. Evans, Morris Lukens, W. J. Fitzgerald, Dr. Bailey, and Dr. Kress.
On Nominations: G. B. Thompson, H. H. Burkholder, and H. R. Salisbury.
At a subsequent meeting the committee on plans recommended that Article 4, Section 1, of the By-laws, be amended to read as follows:— “The members of this corporation shall consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of Seventh-day Adventists of the District of Columbia, and Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association. And further, that Article 5, Section 1, be changed so as to read: ‘The members of this corporation shall elect biennially seven persons to act as trustees of this corporation,’ thus making the meeting of the constituency biennial, instead of annual.
The report was adopted without discussion.
The committee on nominations recommended the following-named persons for trustees for the ensuing biennial term:—
G. A. Irwin, A. G. Daniells, I. H. Evans, J. H. Neall, W. A. Ruble, D. H. Kress, and the person chosen as business manager of the Washington Sanitarium.
A motion to adopt the report as a whole was carried.
Later the newly elected board met and organized by electing G. A. Irwin, President; I. H. Evans, Vice-President and Treasurer; D. H. Kress, Secretary; and E. R. Brown, Auditor.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die.
GEO. A. IRWIN, Chairman, D. H. KRESS, Secretary.