What is church membership?
When Miss Caroline J. Lamson of Manhasset, New York, who had joined Metropolitan in the year 1900, wrote to the church secretary in 1963 requesting to be “removed from the mailing list,” she received the most startling reply.
When Miss Caroline J. Lamson of Manhasset, New York, who had joined Metropolitan in the year 1900, wrote to the church secretary in 1963 requesting to be “removed from the mailing list,” she received the most startling reply.
"Dear Miss Lamson
I received your card a few days ago. If it is all right with you we should, like to continue to send you the Metropolitan Messenger and to keep your name on our church roll. You have been a member of long standing at Metropolitan and we appreciate that."
I received your card a few days ago. If it is all right with you we should, like to continue to send you the Metropolitan Messenger and to keep your name on our church roll. You have been a member of long standing at Metropolitan and we appreciate that."
Whatever church membership is, it certainly isn't that!
As best I can tell, of the 30 members that were celebrated in 1963 for 50+ years of membership, only 2 seem to have resided in the District of Columbia. The rest were in Massachusetts, Florida, New Mexico, and New York.
What were they keeping them on the roll for? Souvenirs?
What were they keeping them on the roll for? Souvenirs?
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