Foreign Mission Board Rooms
June 6, 1944
The Foreign Mission Board met in called session on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at
2:00
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with Mr. Jenkins presiding.
The meeting ms opened with prayer by Dr. Ecton.
Present: State Members: M. P. German, D.C.;
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K. Falkenstein, Maryland;
H. H. Fugate, Ya. ; Otto vvhitington, Ark.; C. Roy Angell, Fla.; T.C. Ecton, Ky. ;
M.1V. Egerton, Tennessee; Ralph A. Herring, K.C.; Hyland Knight, Ga.; W. R. Petti¬
grew, S.C.; J. B. Franks, Mississippi.
Local Members: S.B. Cousins, J. L. Evans, Mrs. J.J. Wicker, Jr., John C.
Williams, D.M. Kelson, B.M. Gwathmey, L. Howard Jenkins, Hill Montague, Mrs. T.
Justin Moore, R. Aubrey Williams, T. F. Adams, Mrs. Simeon Atkinson, Mrs. Earl
Wood, J. G. Loving, C. S. Prickett, R. Hugh Rudd.
The President recognized D.M. Kelson,
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P. German, and Mrs. Earl Wood, new
members of the Board.
On motion of Dr. Angell it was voted that the Board go into executive session to
consider the report of the Committee to Nominate the Executive Secretary.
Mr. Egerton read the following report of the Committee to Nominate the Executive
Secretary:
Pursuant to a resolution passed at the meeting held in October, 1943, your
president appointed the undersigned committee to recommend to the Board a successcr
to Dr. Maddry.
At the April meeting of the Board, Dr. Maddry stated that he desired to
retire not later than January 1, 1945.
Your committee has met and desires to submit to the Board as its unanimous
report the following resolutions adopted by the committee.
1. RESOLVED FIRST, that we express our deep and sincere appreciation of
the great work and inspired leadership of Dr. Charles E. Maddry as our Executive
Secretary and recommend that a special committee be appointed to prepare and
present to the Board for its records suitable resolutions concerning him and his
work.
2. RESOLVED FURTHER, tliat we recommend that Dr. Maddry, in accordance with
his request, be retired as Executive Secretary of the Board as of December 31, 1944.
3. RESOLVED FURTHER, that we recommend to the Board the election of Dr.
Maddry as a field secretary to do such writing and field work as may be accept¬
able to him and requested by the Executive Secretary; that this election be f or a
period beginning January 1, 1945, and at a salary to be fixed by the Board.
4. RESOLVED FURTHER, tliat we recommend to the Board the election of Dr.
M. T. Rankin to serve as Executive Secretary of the Board fora period beginning
January 1, 1945.
Respectfully submitted,
M. Vf. Egerton, Chm.
J. W. Storer
F. C. Feezor
H. H. Hobbs
Ryland Knight
R. E. Gaines
Hill Montague
S. B. Cousins
С.
C. Coleman
Mrs . George McWilliams
Paragraph 4, above was unanimously and prayerfully adopted.
On motion of Dr. Knight it was voted that the salaries of Dr. Raikin and Dr.
Maddry, beginning January 1, 1945, be fixed at the 0ctober meeting of the Board.
On motion of Dr. Knight it was voted that the Board suggest to Dr. M.T. Rankin
that he take a vacation of thirty consecutive days before the end of the year.
It was -unanimously voted to adoptthe rest of the above report of the Committee
to Nominate the Executive Secretary.
The executive session ended and Mr. Egerton was asked to announce the Board's
action which he did and presented Dr. M.T. Rankin to the Board. Dr. Rankin spoke
briefly.
