8. That we tender our thanks to the Pastor and Congregation for the
use of this Church, and also to Mr. I. C. Cabell for his valuable
services as organist.
The Committee was composed of J. R. Jefferson, Mary M. Brown, Dr. W.
T. Merchant, C. H. Payne, Miss Luella Ferguson and Atty. M. H. Jones.
[33] This account of the early meetings of the West Virginia Teachers'
Association is found in the Twelfth Biennial Report of the State
Superintendent of Schools of West Virginia, 1895-1896, pp. 111-113.
[34] At the Huntington meeting in 1892 an original poem on
Thanksgiving Day was read by Miss Leota Moss. The poem was written by
Paul Lawrence Dunbar for this special occasion at the request of Byrd
Prillerman, the president. The price paid Dunbar for this service was
$2.00.
[35] The more recent record of the West Virginia Teachers' Association
was given by Byrd Prillerman, who served that body nine terms as
president.