FAR EAST COMMITTEE
LATIN AMERICAN COM¬
MITTEE
ADMINISTRATIVE COM¬
MITTEE
Board Rooms January 14th, 1937
The Board met in regular session at 4:00 P. M. with President
Jenkins in the chair.
Mr. Jenkins recognized Mr. Jesse F. Wood as a new member of the
Board, then Mr. Wood led the meeting in prayer.
The following were present: Brethren Jenkins, Gwathmey, Loving,
Coleman, Adams, Slaughter, Wood, Gaines and Harris, Mrs. Moore, Mrs.
Wicker and Mrs. Atkinson, also Assistant Executive Secretary, Miss
Ford, Field Secretary Jones, Treasurer Buxton and Educational Secre¬
tary Bowen.
The minutes of December 8th were read and approved.
On motion the Executive Secretary was instructed to send a
letter to the D. F. Stamps expressing sorrow over the death of their
son Winston.
Assistant Executive Secretary Ford reported that the South Brazil
Mission asked that Brother Luper not be appointed as missionary and
he had been so informed.
The report of the Far East Committee was read by Brother Harris
and adopted as follows :
That we say to Mrs. W. W. Lawton, Jr., that while it is not the
policy of the Board to assist the missionaries in the payment of their
dental bills, in view of the circumstances and the heavy expense to
which she has been put, we will make a special grant of $75.00 to
assist her in the payment of these bills.
W. A. Harris
Mrs. S. M. Atkinson
The report of the Latin American Committee was read by Mrs.
Wicker and was adopted as follows:
That the sum of $20.00 per month be granted for hall rent for
the Second Baptist Church of Montevideo, Uruguay, this item having
been promised by Dr. Maddry when there, but overlooked in making up
the budget for 1937.
That the sum of $200.00 be granted to Dr. L. M. Bratcher to
cover his traveling expenses as secretary for the Home Mission
Board of the Brazilian Baptist Convention, a mistake having been
made in making the budget in including only $50.00 instead of $250.00
as recommended by Dr. Maddry.
That we say to the missionaries in South Brazil who have children
of school age, that we shall be glad to make such adjustments in the
school allowances as may be necessary on receipt of information from
them as to the amount needed in each case.
John L. Slaughter
Mrs. John J. Wicker, Jr.
The report of the Administrative Committee was read by Brother
Gwathmey and adopted as follows:
That we appropriate $100.00 of the amount already received by
the Board and placed in current funds, to be sent to the College at
Pernambuco, Brazil, for the Birdie Blake Scholarship Fund.
That the • Board approve the action of the attorney and secretary
in accepting the telegraphic offer for the lease of forty acres of land
in Louisiana to the Standolind Oil and Gas Company, and that the proper
officers be authorized to execute the necessary papers.
