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'â- â- 'â- $j!s$3$!fjP$..a We' B&E:g»™>g â„¢^ FRIDAY. MAY 19, 1922 Annual Meeting Shows the $ I Church Makes Strides ^t~SSo(hGr milestone was passed Wednesday evening of this week by the WilmGtte Baptist church on the occasion of its Ninth Annual meet- ing. The occasion itself was the more significant because it was the first an- nual gathering held in the church Shailer Mathews served in the spacious new dining room of the church by a committee of the Woman's society, opened the pro- gram of the evening,, a larger number sitting down than have ever attended the annual meeting or have ever been served in the new building. |||;|^| spv~-; â- - Hear Various Keports. §|; *fe After the courses, the pastor; \<B$r; Francis C. Stifler, acting as toastmas- ter, calledL tojLjhejvjaxlous^i«portSc A hovel feature of the- proceedings was • the entire ellminatlcm of the long and •'tiresome reading of statistical records from the^-various departments of the church|||Some i!days ago^-jthese jwere all submitted to an editing committee, one of whose members, Miss Annie S. Beach, read a most beautifully written and Intensely interesting story of the years' work. In similar fashion all the financial transactions of the various departments of the church were com- piled into a single statement, copies of whicii were before all the members. -These figures were interpreted by G. ^ Thompson, chairman of the Board miM^e!-*^^ â-  .....-:â- â- -'. ;,i^ i^#:€||SS;Blfl.' Membership IncreaseaK-Jp; Wi^lic^ck/record for the year were the l^^following: The membership of the il ^chwch showed its greatest artnual Iffi'"^crease,' one Of 18 per cent, sixty |;Ii Snew members being received during II i siithe year. The -Bible school average S? ^fltttendance increased 28 per cent. The IHllatiendance-.at"' the morning ^jrsh? ^M^C-BhaweA an average increase of 13 per is? cent with a similar increase in the Igl^giigpjjr^^ : " w of the church is i 255.1Tie_Xoung! PeopleSftsSoeiety^e^ istered a year of phenominal growth. p Its membership was just doubled and S B5 the attendance at weekly meetings was 104 per cent of the membership. For this record the local society is ex- pecting national recognition. In its Stewardship the church, in spite of greatly increased expenses due to entering the new building, and inllspiteittt tiines-of money-atringen- cy, surpassed any previous* year in its gifts for various causes. For the running expenses of the church $7,- 696.76 was contributed; for; benevo- lences, including all the various World enterprises of the Baptist denomina- tion and many gifts to local causes, $3,329.77, which is considerably larger than the gifts ever made before to other^bjects; for the building fund, $19,866X9; making a grand total of actual gifts for all causes of $30,893,- 12, which is greater by more than $1,800 than the total funds raised last y£ar - ~w-~- .......â- â- -""..... ......... .â€"_r~i-Adppt New Budgets. ? By unanimous vote of the members the following budgets were adopted for the ensuing year: For benevo- lences, a total of J^QO&JSJâ„¢â€"_ siae-^Be~"greatnBaptist World enter- - -pTiserth^-CWc^^^hTlrctrTe^^ the Wilmette charities, the Woman s Protectorate and other local causes; for current expenses a budget of $9,932 was adopted. These budgets have already been provided for by the generous subscriptions of the mem- bers and friends. It is expected that more than $20,000 will be raised for the building during the year, insuring the completion and furnishing of the auditorium. â- â-  . â- ' The annual election of officers for the year followed the presenting the:: budget. -W:i(IWMHIM:M^: Mathews £*al«iaChuriJuiL. The speaker of the evening was Dean Thaller Mathews of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, who, ten years ago, -as chairman of building, which was occupied for the ifirst time last September. «-v.^-v~ *rzr-_"?r;A A^^n n* r»hi- ^-^tm^m- dinner, bftn^ttfu«y= tft» BaptM, ^f^S^P^^JSA cagoi called together a small grouiruf men who later became the founders of the local church. Dr. Mathews is one of the nation's greatest Christian statesmen and in his usual happy vein he pictured the prospects of this growing church so that every member present was ehcouraged to do his ut- most. An interesting feature of the gather- ingl wasHthezpresence at the meeting of all the founders of the church save one Mr. J. D. Greig, who now lives in Florida. Two of the others of this founders' group, how living else- where, were the popular guests ef the occasion, Mr.; A, E: ^Mtote^Bostoiv and Mr. P. It. Finlay, of Keokuk, Iowa. The meeting closed with, presenta* tion of the progranr>«Qr the year as planned by the Building committee which, if the times warrant, will bring the present unit of the - building to completion- before another annual meeting and will leave the way open for the contribution of the other large unit of the plant designed for school and recreational purposes to be placed _aEthe rear-of ^the present structure* imM iSiillP.................,.,, .mm loaf ^^comfort in a of our bread. Many _j ol delicious food it wUt help you enjoy mpowr foreaya^i4wu^ and supp^ Whatever iybu'--calll^rpur": three: meals i^ay^call for GOOD COMPARISON| Report of Condition of ttiiffii THE WILMETTE STATE BANK At Close of Business May 5, 1922 || Submitted, to the State Auditor of Public Accounts, Sprmgfieldg |ng| RESOURCES Loans and Discounts..T.. .: .$' 912,606.78 Overdrafts..............? • â-  • mM U. S. Government Bonds.....168,754.34 Other Bonds ..T.... BankingJHouse^ Furniture and 332,679.67 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ... Surplus ....... .._._. ^Undivided Profits DEPOSITS .;. • • t3T "Reserves l 100,000.00 I 50.000.00 I 1,543.026.45 ^SSSfTAND^UEFROM BANKS............. ^ 245,164.02 Dividends Unpaid 60.11 TotalResources .$1,724,070.11 Total Liabilities â- V. .$i,724,070.lf ESTABLISHED 1905 Deposits May 5, 1912........ .$ 274,907.01 Deposits May 5, 1918.........' 699,220.09- Deposits May 5, 1920......^. 1,346,227.59 Deposits May 5, 192^ ^1:^^ 1,543,026^ tf^M^i ISSiiSfSSrlP^ Plffi â- ipszfffi; ?Mr; \^'£'"%$$$&& iOUBlHOME BANK ^y«»ll*lgg»»gTTyT»TTggT»«T«TTTTTl«TTIllIIIilMâ„¢l*** M ttiM&M "Mi. Mm$k ^^WS^BiSW^S Wilmette Illinois la IVEEIi lAntonia Olive 0^.,Q^,M^X$m^WW^§^^1'S6 vo0M{i:Mmm^ 32c Heinz Beans (Medium size)^Per doz.|||;.. .|1.75 ^Iris Preserved Fruits. QtrJars^>T7V7^ Xv.v;. JfpBc Imported Belgium ftailS!"Do«^^^^*"i?i^>^PM* jAnza Coffee. Per Ib.^^.**.. z^pkieBeT^u^SonTl^ fc nook. Doz. • «t'»-»;» •, • '•â- '• aU cans. Royal CUu^ * || |> j^o^Se JSfc Root Beer, Pts. 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