ST. GILES'S, KILBIRNIE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 18

ST. GILES'S, KILBIRNIE

ANNUAL MEETING

.. -.:■ The .annual..meeting of the congregation .of St. Giles's Presbyterian". Church, Kil-/:---bjMiie,.' wasrheld: in ■•'the-Glnirch- Hall on S(kJV' the Key- E- *■ **«w-^ ' :*i. The .^ eporfc showe(l that the number on .the roll was 397, 64 new members having ,- ,been admitted,-while 59 were lost, SS -.-through, removals from the district. Attendances at;/the Sunday services have ... been well-maintained, the attendance at '" v,«L m™? 11 Bervice ia -April last : being; 298, an increase of 48 over the best I for the previous year. St. Giles was now ...amongst the first four churches, in point f ter" m thC Wellin Sto» PIW ■U, I PERIOD OF PROGRESS. !,;> The past sixteen, months had. been a ....period of great importance in the history ;■■:.■■<*. tha charge, one. noteworthy . feature ;;.bemg the, enlargement and renovation of -.the church, building. The response by ;'-^rrt" t0 c appeal for funds to^arr? ..out this work was most liberal and encouraging. ;.■:.., The chairman spoke regarding' the finan- , cml position of the Presbyterian Orphan.ages, ; and the necessity for support for - these institutions. It is proposed to make ;,-,., a special effort in tliis direction durinc v.- ; tte coming year. The decision of thf ..-.-.oi drfect gmng in. Jieu of sales of work ,-..-■ was al«o referred to by the chairman, who I- fiP- be-considered the ohange a good one : tor many.-reasons; and was confident of .. a successful, result. .. -. -: . !: iZ~?e/ ej>oT} !nd^•>lance.sheet ■' were ,-:. adopted, .and the reports o£ the various :._ organisations, connected with the- church y were, read, and proved of great interest, '• SiS^f T ienTs % Kve spirit whicfe , exists in these bodies. ' ' i.+/ rh?v«Wff ti°n of raising the stipend of ;• the minister (the Key. E. J. Orange) was , brought iip-by Mr -A. A. Gellatlyfah?a ; motipn, was.passed by; the meeting that ..the utipend-.be increased by two annual ;v increments of £25 each during the next '■■ two -years.". '. ' h "Messrs. H:V Catanach, t. George; H ..Clark, and/. B. Watson, tlie^etiring .•-members of the Board of Management, -.. were.; re-elected, with the addition of Mr '■■:G J ?? r*«''-.-wh6.wiir.flll.the---vadancy can* .-,.. Ed by Mr. M, W. Bennett, who is leav- ■■" ing the district.;' .v ■ ■•' .

An effort is being -made to find more discriminating names for the country and its inhabitants than the United States of America, and Americans. "Unista," made ,up from the first letters in the present title, has been proposed, and also "Uais- ; .tanß,. T ßignifying,inhabita.nls-.of the.coun-■*W-y- i ßoth;'teems;,however*, seem to lack something of dignity as well as euphony.