William Penn Life, 1970 (5. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1970-11-01 / 4. szám

Official Notice To All Members of William Penn

CERTIFICATE

We do hereby certify that the Merger Agreement between the William Penn Fraternal Association, a Pennsylvania Corporation, and the American Life Insurance Association of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was approved by a majority vote being in excess of two-thirds of the qualified delegates of the 1967 Convention entitled to vote through adoption of a Resolution as provided under the By- Laws, the same constituting the supreme legislative or governing body of the Association with 114 delegates voting aye, 11 naye and 7 abstentions out of a total of 132 delegates eligible to vote, through a mail referendum, closed on November 2, 1970 as the same appears on the official records of the Association.

The Resolution as adopted reads as follows:

RESOLUTION

RESOLVED THAT, WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the William Penn Fraternal Association and American Life conducted negotiations to establish a basis for merging the two societies, and

WHEREAS, after numerous meetings they did establish terms and conditions under which a merger can be effectuated; and

WHEREAS, the terms and conditions

Election of District

Session Representatives

Section 31 (a) of the By-laws provides that representatives to the Convention Districts shall be elected at the December Branch meeting. This applies only to those smaller Branches which have less than 400 adult members in good standing. All members are urged to attend the December meeting of their Branch and exercise their membership right to vote. The properly elected District Session Representatives will then be notified in 1971 as to when and where their Districts will meet for the purpose of electing Convention Delegates. Usually the Board of Directors set the month of June for this purpose, therefore all interested members are asked to read Excerpts of the Minutes of the Board of Directors meetings for further information.

to govern the merger have been incorporated in a proposed merger agreement which has been approved by the respective Boards of Directors of the two societies, and

WHEREAS, the William Penn Board did at a regular meeting held on September 14. 1970, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, authorize a mail referendum vote by the 1967 Convention Delegates upon the said Merger Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE. BE AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Delegates of the William Penn Fraternal Associa-WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION

Officers, Board of Directors, Auditing Committee and Employees.

tion in unassembled convention that the Merger Agreement between the William Penn Fraternal Association of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the American Life Insurance Association of Bridgeport, Connecticut, be and the same is hereby approved and adopted in the form presented accompanying this Resolution, and which is incorporated herein by reference,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the National President and National Secretary be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Merger Agreement for and on behalf of the William Penn Fraternal Association.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the results of the balloting shall be certified and published in the next edition of the Official Publication and the Resolution, if carried, -shall take effect as of the date of publication.

AFFIDAVIT

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss:

On this 2nd day of November, 1970, before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Elmer Charles, National President and Albert J. Stelkovics, National Secretary of the William Penn Fraternal Association, who after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that they are respectively the National President and National Secretary of the William Penn Fraternal Association, and further depose and say as follows:

1. That the foregoing Certificate showing the vote of the William Penn Convention Delegates in the matter of the merger between the William Penn Fraternal Association and American Life Insurance Association is made in compliance with the Statutory requirements for Mergers.

2. That the mail referendum was conducted by mailing a copy of the explanatory letter, copy of the Resolution and Ballot to each of the delegates entitled to vote by placing the same in the U. S. mails on October 1, 1970.

3. That notice was given to the members by publishing the full text of the Agreement in the official organ of the Association, which was mailed to the

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