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Foreign Mission Board Booms
October 15, 1941
. The Foreign Mission board met in seni-annual session at 9:00 ". on
Wednesday, October 15, 1941, with President Jenkins in the chair.
The meeting was opened with a devotional led by Dr. E. D. Head of Texas.
The following were present: State members - W. R. Pettigrew, S. C.;
Thomas liansen, Fla.; P.yland Knight, Ga. ; F. F. Gibson, Ky. ; Everett Gill, Jr.,
La.; F. 0. Feezor, II. C.; J. D. Franks, ”iss. ; T. W. Medearis, 01:1a.; E. D.
Head, Texas; Trey V. '"heeler, Ill.; John E. Briggs, D. C. ; Mrs. George A.
McWilliams, Mo.; Otto Whitington, Ark.;
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K. Falken stein, Md. ; H. M. Fugate, Va.
Local members -
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M. Gwgthmey, Mrs. T. Justin Moore, Hill Montague, L.
Howard Jenkins, R. E. Gaines, J. G. Loving, Mrs. Semeon Atkinson, Theodore F.
Adams, ’Made H. Bryant, Carlton S. Prickett, Miss Alta Foster, John C. Williams,
Harold T. Seerer, Jesse F, Wood,
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C. Coleman, Mrs. John J. Ricker, Jr., R.
E. Alley.
Officers - Charles E. Maddry, George W. Sadler, E. P. Buxton, Miss Mary
M. Hunter, Miss Han F. Weeks, A. M. McMillan.
Visitors - Mrs. H. H. McMillan, Mrs. J. D. Franks, Miss Ola Lea, Mrs. M.
T. Rankin, Mrs. 1 . F. Gibson, Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Cummings, Mrs. J. D. Boat¬
wright, Dr. and Mrs. Everett Gill, Sr., T. Rupert Coleman, Mrs. W. "axfield
Garrott, Charles A. Maddry, J. Levering Evans, Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Crabtree,
Mrs. George W. Sadler, J. Hundley Wiley, W. Dewey Moore, George Griffin.
The following officers were unanimously elected:
President
1st Vice-President
2nd Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Auditor
Medical Director
Attorney
Assistant Attorney
On motion of Brother Bryant the
were elected:
Executive Secretary
Secretary for Africa, Europe
and the Hear East
Secretary for the Orient
Field Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Editorial Secretary
Managing Editor, THE COMMISSION
Manager of Literature and Ex¬
hibits
L. Howard Jenkins •
■Finley F. Gibson
R. Aubrey Williams
Wade H. Bryant •
Basil M. Gwathmey-
J. G. Loving
Hill Montague •
John C. Williams
following paid officers of the Board
Charles E. Maddry ■
George W. Sadler
M. T. Rankin
R. S. Jones
E. ?. Buxton •
Everett Deane •
Hen F. Weeks
A. M. McMillan
Mary M. Hunter
The minutes of the September meeting of the hoard were approved as read.
Dr. Maddry presented to the Board the entire office staff.
Dr. Maddry presented the need of reinforcing the missionary personnel in
Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. He also stressed the importance of preserving
the present personnel in China and expressed the hope that the separated
families might be reunited in the near future.
Dr. Maddry expressed great joy at the prospect of opening work in Colombia.
Dr. Sadler reported briefly on conditions in Africa, Europe onr the Hear
East.
On motion of Brother Adams the following report of the Committee on Africa,
OH AFRICA Europe and the Hear East was adopted:
EUROPE MD
NEAP. EAST
