Board Rooms, April 21st, 1936.
The Board met in semi-annual session in the Board Rooms on Tues¬
day, April 21st, at 9:30 A. M. Due to sickness, President L. Howard
Jenkins was absent, and Vice-President J. H. Anderson, of Tennessee,
presided.
The opening devotional period was conducted by Brother Claud B.
Bowen, newly elected Educational Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board.
The following were present: State Members - J. H. Anderson,
Tennessee;
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B. Bobo, South Carolina; J. L. White, Florida; 0. P. Estes,
Louisiana; W. E. Holcomb, Mississippi; W. P. Wilks, Alabama; Ryland Knigljt,
Georgia; C. R. Barrick, Hew Mexico; E. B. Willingham, Missouri; T. W. Me-
dearis, Oklahoma; J, E. Briggs, D. C,; Otto Whitington, Arkansas; H. M.
Fugate, Virginia; Francis A. Davis, Maryland; and Mrs. W. C. Henderson,
Arizona.
Local Members - Basil M. Gwathmey, R. Aubrey Williams, Mrs. T.
Justin Moore, Hill Montague, C. Sylvester Green, Wade H. Bryant, S. T.
Matthews, Miss Alta Foster, J. G. Loving, Mrs. Simeon Atkinson, Solon
B. Cousins,
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C. Coleman, John L. Slaughter, Mrs. J. J. Wicker, Jr.,
and W. A. Harris.
Office force - Charles E. Maddry, Executive Secretary, Miss
Jessie R. Ford, Assistant to the Executive Secretary, R. S. Jones, Field
Representative, E. P. Buxton, Treasurer, Claud B. Bowen, Educational
Secretary, and Miss Mary M. Hunter, Manager of the Book Department.
The following visitors were introduced to the Board: Dr. and
Mrs. W. H. Baylor, Maryland; Dr. W. C. Taylor, Brazil; Dr. and Mrs. M.
T. Rankin, China; Rev. Blonnye Foreman, Brazil; Mrs. F. Y. 0. Ling,
China; Rev. D. F. Stamps, China; Rev. Hundley Wiley, China; Dr. D. G.
Whittinghill, Italy; also Mrs.
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E. Maddry, Mrs. R. S. Jones, Miss
Blanche White and Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Adams.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
. The following committees were appointed to report after lunch:
Par East : W. A. Harris, R. E. Gaines, S. B. Cousins, W. E.
Holcomb, W. R. Wilks and Ryland Knight.
Educational Committee: C. S. Green, Mrs. T. Justin Moore, Mrs.
Julian P. Thomas, J. L. Slaughter, Miss Alta Foster, T. W. Medearis, J.
E. Briggs and Otto Whitington.
Africa, Europe and the Near East: S. T. Matthews, Mrs. Simeon
Atkinson, Mrs. T. Justin Moore,
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B. Bobo, J. L. White and 0. P. Estes.
Latin America: J. L. Slaughter, R. A. Williams, Mrs. J. J. 'Wick¬
er, Jr., C. R. Barrick, Mrs. W. C. Henderson and E. B. Willingham.
Administrative: Hill Montague, Basil M. Gwathmey, Wade H.
Bryant,
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C. Coleman, H. M. Fugate, J. H. Anderson and Francis A. Davis.
Brother M. T. Rankin, Secretary for the Orient, made a verbal
report of conditions, problems and outlook for our work in the Orient.
Brother W. C. Taylor, Secretary for Latin America, made a verbal
report for Latin America, giving conditions and prospects as he saw them
in this vast field.
On recommendation of the Appointment Committee, the following
appeared before the Board for examination and were appointed as mission¬
aries of the Foreign Mission Board to the fields designated:
Dr. and Mrs. H. Glenn Walker, of Texas, to Ogbomoso, Africa
Rev. and Mrs. L. Raymon Brothers, of Florida, to Ogbomoso,
Africa
Miss Frances Jones, of Virginia, to Ogbomoso, Africa
Rev. and Mrs. Clem D. Hardy, of Texas, to Manaus, Brazil
Miss Lucy Smith, of Oklahoma, to Shanghai, China
Miss Lorene Tilford, of Kentucky, to Shanghai, China
Miss Alma Graves, of Louisiana, to Fukuoka, Japan
