Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association.
THE eleventh annual meeting of this Association was convened at the Pacific Press Publishing House, Oakland, Cal., on Monday, April 26, 1886, in accordance with notice published in the Signs of the Times and Oakland Evening Tribune, President S. N. Haskell in the chair. Having been opened with prayer, the President appointed Committees on Nominations and Resolutions, as follows:— On Nominations, Prof. S. Brownsberger, Elder J. D. Rice, and Elder Wm. Ings; and on Resolutions, Elders J. H. Waggoner and W. M. Healey, and Wm. Saunders. The meeting then adjourned to the church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay Streets, for greater convenience. On assembling at the church it was found that 883 shares were represented by stockholders present, and 1,115 shares by proxy, being 175 more than was required by law. The meeting now being ready for business the minutes of the tenth annual meeting were called for, read, and approved. Then followed the reading of the Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for the year ending March 31, 1886, which were also accepted. Addresses were delivered by the President, Vice-President, and by Elder George I. Butler, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, all of which were most interesting and were listened to attentively by the stockholders present. The meeting then adjourned to 2:30 P. M. The committee on Nominations recommended as Directors for the coming year, S. N. Haskell, C. H. Jones, J. N. Loughborough, W. C. White, and Wm. Saunders. These were balloted for and elected. The vote was then made unanimous. E. J. Waggoner and Alonzo T. Jones were elected editors, and J. H. Waggoner, U. Smith, S. N. Haskell, and Geo. I. Butler, corresponding editors of the Signs of the Times for the coming year. C. H. Jones, W. C. White, and E. J. Waggoner were elected as a Publishing Committee. The Committee on Resolutions submitted the following, which were taken up separately and adopted:— WHEREAS, The reports of the workings of the printing office established by the Pacific Publishing Association, during the past year, and its present condition, meet the minds of your Committee as satisfactory, and recognizing the hand of God in the success of the institution, therefore, Resolved, That our thanks are hereby extended to all who have by their counsel and labors assisted in carrying on the publishing work to its present position, and that we will do all we can to sustain it in the future. Resolved, That we consider ourselves highly favored in having Elder G. I. Butler, President of the General Conference, with us to aid us by his counsel and encouragement. Resolved, That we are glad to have Elder S. N. Haskell, President of our Association, present with us in our annual meeting after his protracted absence, and we are cheered by the reports of the work established by him and his co-laborers in Australia. Resolved, That we are pleased to note the increase of our denominational work at the office during the past year, and look forward to the time when all our facilities shall be required to publish the Third Angel's Message. The following resolution was submitted by W. M. Healey and Wm. Saunders, part of the committee. Resolved, That we hereby express our thanks to Elder J. H. Waggoner for his past faithful and earnest labor, as editor of the Signs of the Times, and other publications, and as duty calls him to other fields, our sympathy and prayers go with him. At a meeting held Wednesday, April 28, the Board was organized as follows: President, Elder S. N. Haskell; Vice-President, C. H. Jones; Secretary, S. C. Stickney; Treasurer, E. A. Chapman; Auditor, B. R. Nordyke. Adjourned.
S. C. STICKNEY, Sec.