Board Meeting Monday, May 24,1926.
The Board met in special session today at 4 P.M.,
. the President in the chair and L. Howard .Jenkins acting
Recording Secretary
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The following were present: Mrs. Thomas, Weeks,
Mrs. Moore, Storer, Waite, Cousins, Montague, Jenkins, Gaines,
Clark, Mahone, Gwathmey, Harris. Also Secretaries Love and
Ray and Treasurer Sanders.
Upon motion, seconded and adopted, the Board went
into the election of officers for the next year. The fol¬
lowing were elected:
President: R.E. Gaines.
Vice-President: Joshua Levering.
Recording Secretary: W. A. Harris.
Corresponding Secretary: J.F.Love.
Associate Cor .Secretary: T.B.Ray.
Auditor: B.M. Gwathmey.
Treasurer: Geo .N. Sanders.
Motion made and adopted that the salaries of of¬
ficers be the same as for the past year.
Motion made andadopted that Dr .J.H.Rushbrooke
be reelected as Baptist Commissioner for Europe.
On motion Rev. W.D. Powell was reelected Field
Representative.
The report on the Far East was read by Secretary
Ray as follows:
Japan — 'That we regretfully accept the resignation of
Mrs . Phebe Lav/ton Faucette of Fukuoka, Japan.
The above was adopted.
China — 1. That the resignation of Dr. and Mrs. R.E.L.
Mewshaw be regretfully accepted.
2. That we regretfully accept the resignation of
Miss Alvada Gunn, who feels that she must remain in America in
order to help take care of her family, this being on account
of the recent death of her father.
3. That we approve the action of the North China
Mission requesting that $369 .00 ,Mex. ,be paid to E.L.Morgan out
of the 1925 medical funds for treatment to his family during
1925.
4. That we approve the action of the North China
Mission in voting to transfer $350 .00 ,'Mex. , balance of the
building fund for the Hwanghsien Evangelistic quarters to the
Chefoo Station for the erection of an additional class room
for the Boys’ Junior Middle School to provide facilities for
the third year class.
The above was adopted.
The following resolution was passed:
Oil Lease — RESOLVED, by the Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, as follows:
FIRST. That the President and Secretary of this
corporation be, and they are hereby directed to execute,
acknow ledge and deliver a certain oil and gas lease dated the
26th day of April, 1926, between this corporation and G.E.
Connell and Josephine Connell, his wife, as lessors, and T.T.
Ware, as lessee, for a consideration of one dollar, according
to the terms and conditions set forth in said lease, all that
certain tract of land situated in the County of Stephens,
State of Oklahoma, described as follows, to-wit: SE/4 of
Sec. 26; E/2,NE/4; and NE/^.SW/4,NE/4 ; and S/2,SE/4; and
NW/4, SE/4; of Sec .35
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; of Sec. 36; all in Township 2
North, Range 6 West, and n/2, NE/4; and SE/4,EE/4; of See. 2,
Township 1 North, Range 6 West, of I.M. , and containing
