https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/ca8a4478636f9376f11d7c181bd41c7b.pdf c85717f0619398a892b7472bd022bd3d PDF Text Text CHICKASAW COUNCIL B. S. A., INC. MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING 1 9 4 ? The Annual Meeting of Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America, Incorporated was held on Thursday, December 10th, 1942 at 5 P.M. in room 212 on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Peabody. I () the meeting. Mr. H. M. Clayton, President of Chickasaw Council presided at Mr. Clayton called on Reverend W. M. O'Donnell, pastor of St. Mark's Methodist Church of Memphis for the invocation. The following Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. :Burrow, Vice President, Mr. Edwin Dalst~om, Vice President, Mr. W. P. HaJ.li~, Vice President, Mr. E. A. Bizot, Treasurer, Mr. P. C. Clarke, Secretary, Dr. J. c• .A\v'res, Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. John A. Angus, Mr. A. E. Bolton, Mr. Henri Benner, Mr. John Cleghorn, Mr. Nelson Castle, Mr. Jesse Cunningham, Mr. Lewis C. Callow, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. P. A. Clayton, Mr. Roscoe Clarke, Mr. C. H. Cowan, Mr. o. L. Cox, Mr. Charles M. Crump, Dr. Charles E. Diehl, Dr. J. Murry Davis, General W. A. Danielson, Mr. Paul L. Da_y, Mr. C. E. Davis, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. Longstreet Heiskell, Dr. B. E. Jacobs, Reverend Frank c. Xing, Mr. B. F. McCamey, Mr. F. F. Munson, !:1r• E. L. McGee, Mr. J. E. 0 1 Callaghan, Mr. John Pilkington, Dr. Arthur R. Porter, Jr., Mr. Marvin Pope, Mr. N. G. Paddison, Mr. R. G. Rams~, Dr. George P • .Rawls, Mr. Ghester Shields, Mr. Abe Scharff, Mr. H. W. Slavick, Mr. Arthur F. Schoembs, Mr. W. L. Sharpe, Mr. J. Lister Skinner, Mr. F. J. Vandermark, Mr. T. Cecil Wr~, Dr. A. B. Weeks. Also, present were Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, who acted as Secretary of the meeting, Mr. Hearn W. Tidwell and Mr. Haskell Mize, Assistant Scout Executives; Mr. Oliver Moore, Scoutmaster, and Mr. Hope Ford, Camp Director of Camp Currier. The President called the meeting to order and welcomed the Scouters present at the meeting. He asked for their continued support of Scouting and requested each man to do his best to aid the boys of the Council by securing additional leaders as the Council is now losing so many men to the Armed Forces and there are at present fifteen Scout Troops without Scoutmasters. () Mr. Cl~ton then called on the Scout Executive, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, for his report of the Council Activities for the fiscal year ending December 1, 1942. The Scout Executive made a brief report in wltich he pointed out some of the major accomplishments of the Council stating that the Council now has the largest number of Scouts and Cubs in its history; that there was a splendid summer camp at Camp Currier, but that the year round attendance at the Camp was considerably less than in 1941 due to the tire rationing; that the boys had done an outstanding piece of work in distributing thousands of posters for the Government, in collecting scrap metal, scrap rubber, waste paper and keys to aid in the war effort; that in the Finance Campaign the Council raised the largest amount of money in its history, $34, 009. 07; that the membership of Senior Scouting, and particularly Sea Scouting, had increased rapidJ.7 during the past year and that he thought that due to the fine leadership of the men progress had been made under adverse conditions. He, also, stated that there was a tremendous need for additionaJ. man-power, particularly Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters. He paid a tribute to all Scout leaders and particular::j.y to the President, Mr. H. M. Oleyton _for his outstanding work during the past year. j �-2At the conclusion of the Scout Executive's report a printed "Report of Committees" of the Council for the year 1942 was given to all of the members present. l • I Mr. Cl~ton introduced a number of the men on the Executive Board and praised all of the :Soard for the outstanding work in leading the Council through difficult times. Mr. Cl~ton called on Mr. James Seddon Allen, a member of the Nominating Committee, to make a report for the Committee for officers and Council Members for the year 1943. Mr. Allen made the report of the Nominating Committee and placed for nomination the following: President••·····••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Percy A. Cl~ton Vice Presidents•••••••••••••••·····•• Mr. A. K. Burrow Mr. Edwin Dalstrom Mr. W. P. Hallidq Mrl R. G. Bams81' Mr. Oran L. Cox Secretary •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Percy c. Clarke Treasurer •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Emile A. Bizot Commissioner •••••••••••••••···••••••• Mr. F. Joe Flanagan National Council Representatives ••••• Mr • Percy A. Cl~ton . Mr. A. K. Burrow Mr. F. Joe Flanagan Mr. H. M. Cleyton Mr. Lewis C. Callow moved that the men selected by the Nominating Committee to be officers for the year 1943 be elected by acclamation. This motion was seconded by Mr. Fred L. Christenbury and unanimously carried. All of the members present were furnished with a copy of the ballot for the election of officers and Council Members at Large for the year beginning January 1, 1943 and Mr. James Seddon Allen nominated the Council Members at Large as per the list attached to these minutes. Mr. H••W. Slavick moved that the Council Members submitted by the Nominating Committee be elected and Mr. Ed\dn Dalstrom seconded the motion. Mr. Cleyton called for nominations from the floor and the following men were nominated: Mr. Earl Moreland by Mr. H. w. Slavick Mr. Sidney Genette by Mr. W. P. Hallidt\v Mr. Clayton then called for the vote and all of the members were unanimously elected• Mr. Clayton then called on Mr. Percy A. Clayton, President Elect, for a few remarks. Mr. Percy Clayton stated that·he was delighted to serve as President of Chickasaw Council and that he appreciated the high homJrr which he,d �-3- been given to him. He said that he felt sure that the Council would continue to make progress for the reason that he had had the assurance of a number of men that they would support the Scouting program in the future as they have in the pa.st and that even with the trying times that we a.re now facing with the nation at war there was every possiblity that Scouting would continue to train boys to · be better men. The President, Mr. Henry M. Olqton again expressed his appreciation of the attendance of the men at the meeting and asked if there was a:n.y further business. There being none the President stated he would appreciate all of the Council Members remaining for the Dinner Meeting at 6:30 in the Ball Room of the Hotel Peabo(ly; then the meeting adjourned at 5:60 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~~o=---===::::::::::==---P. c. Clarke � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Executive Board Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Description An account of the resource Contains Reports of Committees, Annual Reports, Recharters, and Minutes Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I () () CHICKASAW COUNCIL B. S. A., INC. MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING 1 9 4 ? The Annual Meeting of Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America, Incorporated was held on Thursday, December 10th, 1942 at 5 P.M. in room 212 on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Peabody. Mr. H. M. Clayton, President of Chickasaw Council presided at the meeting. Mr. Clayton called on Reverend W. M. O'Donnell, pastor of St. Mark's Methodist Church of Memphis for the invocation. The following Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. :Burrow, Vice President, Mr. Edwin Dalst~om, Vice President, Mr. W. P. HaJ.li~, Vice President, Mr. E. A. Bizot, Treasurer, Mr. P. C. Clarke, Secretary, Dr. J. c • .A\v'res, Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. John A. Angus, Mr. A. E. Bolton, Mr. Henri Benner, Mr. John Cleghorn, Mr. Nelson Castle, Mr. Jesse Cunningham, Mr. Lewis C. Callow, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. P. A. Clayton, Mr. Roscoe Clarke, Mr. C. H. Cowan, Mr. o. L. Cox, Mr. Charles M. Crump, Dr. Charles E. Diehl, Dr. J. Murry Davis, General W. A. Danielson, Mr. Paul L. Da_y, Mr. C. E. Davis, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. Longstreet Heiskell, Dr. B. E. Jacobs, Reverend Frank c. Xing, Mr. B. F. McCamey, Mr. F. F. Munson, !:1r• E. L. McGee, Mr. J. E. 0 1 Callaghan, Mr. John Pilkington, Dr. Arthur R. Porter, Jr., Mr. Marvin Pope, Mr. N. G. Paddison, Mr. R. G. Rams~, Dr. George P • .Rawls, Mr. Ghester Shields, Mr. Abe Scharff, Mr. H. W. Slavick, Mr. Arthur F. Schoembs, Mr. W. L. Sharpe, Mr. J. Lister Skinner, Mr. F. J. Vandermark, Mr. T. Cecil Wr~, Dr. A. B. Weeks. Also, present were Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, who acted as Secretary of the meeting, Mr. Hearn W. Tidwell and Mr. Haskell Mize, Assistant Scout Executives; Mr. Oliver Moore, Scoutmaster, and Mr. Hope Ford, Camp Director of Camp Currier. The President called the meeting to order and welcomed the Scouters present at the meeting. He asked for their continued support of Scouting and requested each man to do his best to aid the boys of the Council by securing additional leaders as the Council is now losing so many men to the Armed Forces and there are at present fifteen Scout Troops without Scoutmasters. Mr. Cl~ton then called on the Scout Executive, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, for his report of the Council Activities for the fiscal year ending December 1, 1942. The Scout Executive made a brief report in wltich he pointed out some of the major accomplishments of the Council stating that the Council now has the largest number of Scouts and Cubs in its history; that there was a splendid summer camp at Camp Currier, but that the year round attendance at the Camp was considerably less than in 1941 due to the tire rationing; that the boys had done an outstanding piece of work in distributing thousands of posters for the Government, in collecting scrap metal, scrap rubber, waste paper and keys to aid in the war effort; that in the Finance Campaign the Council raised the largest amount of money in its history, $34, 009. 07; that the membership of Senior Scouting, and particularly Sea Scouting, had increased rapidJ.7 during the past year and that he thought that due to the fine leadership of the men progress had been made under adverse conditions. He, also, stated that there was a tremendous need for additionaJ. man-power, particularly Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters. He paid a tribute to all Scout leaders and particular::j.y to the President, Mr. H. M. Oleyton _for his outstanding work during the past year. j -2- At the conclusion of the Scout Executive's report a printed "Report of Committees" of the Council for the year 1942 was given to all of the members present. Mr. Cl~ton introduced a number of the men on the Executive Board and praised all of the :Soard for the outstanding work in leading the Council through difficult times. Mr. Cl~ton called on Mr. James Seddon Allen, a member of the Nominating Committee, to make a report for the Committee for officers and Council Members for the year 1943. Mr. Allen made the report of the Nominating Committee and placed for nomination the following: President••·····••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Percy A. Cl~ton Vice Presidents•••••••••••••••·····•• Mr. A. K. Burrow Mr. Edwin Dalstrom Mr. W. P. Hallidq Mrl R. G. Bams81' Mr. Oran L. Cox Secretary •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Percy c. Clarke Treasurer •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. Emile A. Bizot Commissioner •••••••••••••••···••••••• Mr. F. Joe Flanagan National Council Representatives ••••• Mr • . Mr. Mr. Mr. Percy A. Cl~ton A. K. Burrow F. Joe Flanagan H. M. Cleyton Mr. Lewis C. Callow moved that the men selected by the Nominating Committee to be officers for the year 1943 be elected by acclamation. This motion was seconded by Mr. Fred L. Christenbury and unanimously carried. All of the members present were furnished with a copy of the ballot for the election of officers and Council Members at Large for the year beginning January 1, 1943 and Mr. James Seddon Allen nominated the Council Members at Large as per the list attached to these minutes. Mr. H •• W. Slavick moved that the Council Members submitted by the Nominating Committee be elected and Mr. Ed\dn Dalstrom seconded the motion. Mr. Cleyton called for nominations from the floor and the following men were nominated: Mr. Earl Moreland by Mr. H. w. Slavick Mr. Sidney Genette by Mr. W. P. Hallidt\v Mr. Clayton then called for the vote and all of the members were unanimously elected• Mr. Clayton then called on Mr. Percy A. Clayton, President Elect, for a few remarks. Mr. Percy Clayton stated that·he was delighted to serve as President of Chickasaw Council and that he appreciated the high homJrr which he,d l • I -3- been given to him. He said that he felt sure that the Council would continue to make progress for the reason that he had had the assurance of a number of men that they would support the Scouting program in the future as they have in the pa.st and that even with the trying times that we a.re now facing with the nation at war there was every possiblity that Scouting would continue to train boys to be better men. · The President, Mr. Henry M. Olqton again expressed his appreciation of the attendance of the men at the meeting and asked if there was a:n.y further business. There being none the President stated he would appreciate all of the Council Members remaining for the Dinner Meeting at 6:30 in the Ball Room of the Hotel Peabo(ly; then the meeting adjourned at 5:60 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~~o=---===::::::::::==---- P. c. Clarke Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Title A name given to the resource 1942 Minutes of Chickasaw Council Annual Meeting Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chickasaw Council, BSA Minutes