Item Item: - Two entries: Ray Bair to Bender, Sept. 24, 1953

Ray Bair to Bender, September 24, 1953 [from rural route Louisville Ohio]: apology for delay letting you know of your speaking appointments September 27-October 11; listed appointments in Kidron Mennonite Church, Berlin Mennonite Church, Martins Creek Mennonite Church, Pleasant View Mennonite Church, all in Ohio; suggested he work out transportation details with D. D. Miller [sic, but surely David D. Miller, not Daniel D., the father of Orie O. Miller]....; that he (Bair) was sending some minutes and “a copy of our first informational leaflet”, and “Another pamphlet will be ready when you come and speak”. ATTACHED, three multilithed sheets, apparently documents in the formation of a “Christian School”; first sheet--“A Survey of the Minutes of the meetings held since the last Prospective Patrons met at the Orrville Church, June 9, 1953”, giving information on meeting of June 9 “conducted by the Steering Committee”, of June 30 “of the Board of Trustees, convened by Harold Bauman”, of July 10, a “meeting of the Board of Trustees, convened by temporary chairman Bauman, electing Bowman president, Charles Kreider vice-president, Gerald Studer secretary, Melvin Hartzler treasurer, and Homer Kandel Fifth Member, and further information, of July 24 meeting of the Executive committee (included the selection of a slogan, “The Best in Education with Christ as the Center”), of August 15 “meeting of the Board of trustees”, who discussed and signed “Incorporation Articles” and considered some methods of promotion, including a leaflet; second sheet--continuing the “Summary of Minutes” begun on first sheet, of September 1 “meeting of the Board, recorded by Gerald Studer, including appointment of Elmer Hilty, Ray Bair, and Don Augsburger as a “Campaign Committee” and a list of changes to the Constitution; third sheet giving minutes, reported by Ray Bair, of “the Christian School Patrons Assoc. meeting at Martins Church, Sept. 18 [1953]...”, including constitutional changes made, and “for solicitation purposes, we designate the site of the school as between Orrville and Kidron”, “that we plan for a high school and begin with at least grades 9 and 10” and authorization for the Board of Trustees “to secure an architect and prepare plans for a school”.