https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/3124416b4711bdb76701e2c72740285d.pdf 6b66f305cc85f11cbe4f3884cd6acf95 PDF Text Text cmCKASAW COUNCIL. ::s.s •.A.. INC, MINUTES OF .ANWAL MEErING - 1944 The Annual Meeting of Chickasaw Councii, ::Soy Scouts of .America, Inc., was held on Tuesday, December 12, 1944 at 5:00 P.M. in Room 200 of the Hotel Peabody. Mr. Percy A. ClSl'ton, President of Chickasaw Council, presided at the meeting. Mr. 018\Y'ton called on Rev. w. D. Langtry, Pastor of the :Batesville Presbyterian Church, to pronounce the invocation. The following Officers and Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. :Burrow, Vice-President , Mr. Edwin Dalstrom, Vice-President , Mr. R. G. Rams~, Vice-President , Mr. Oran L. Cox, Vice-President , Mr. P. o. Clarke, Secretary, Mr. llmile A. :Bizot, Treasurer, Mr. F. Joe Flanagan, Scout Commissioner, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive and the following Members of Chickasaw Council: Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. John A. Angus, Mr. Henri :Senner, Mr. G. P. :Bohan, Mr. Lew Callow, Mr. Roscee c. Clark, Mr. H. M. 018'Y'ton, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. Paul L. D~, Mr. O. K. Earp, Mr. H. w. Hirsheimer, Very Rev. Harold ::S. Hoag, Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. M. M. Huckabee, Dr. ::s. E. Jacobs, Mr. G.W. MeAuley, Mr. E. L. McGee, Mr. F. F. Munson, Mr. Doddridge Nichols, Mr. J. E. 0 1 Callaghan, Mr. Ira W. Pyron, Dr. Geo. P. Rawls, Mr. John E. Roberts, Mr. Frank L. Scales, Mr. Gu.y H. Scates, Mr. Abe Scharff, Dr. Harry c. Schmeisser. Mr. H. W. Slavick, Mr. Alvan F. Tate, Jr •• Dr. Russell R. Walker, Mr. T. Cecil Wr97. ( ) Mr. :Sob Dozier, Scoutmaster of Troop 90, and Mr. F.ope H. Ford, Camp Director at Camp Currier were also present. The President called the meeting to order and welcomed all of the Seouters. He thanked them for the fine work they had done during the year and for the support they had given him as President of Chickasaw Council. He stated that he looked for Scouting to gow and to serve an ever-increasing number of boys in the Scouting Program. The President then called on the Scout kecutive, Mr. W. Gordon Morris, for a report on the Council activities for the fiscal year ending Dec. 1, 1944. At this point, "The Reports of Committees - 1944" were furnished to all of the Council Members present. The Scout Executive pointed out that in the past year a great deal of progress bad been made in Chickasaw Council. He stated that during the depre.ssion where there were plenty of men but very little money available and now there was plenty of mone7 available but very few men as approximately 480 of our Scouters have been called into the Armed Forces. He stated that it was much more difficult to operate Scouting without men than it was without money. He was proud of the work of the Scoutmasters, the Troop Cammi tteemen, District Commissioners and Council Members in carrying on their difficult job of leading into the right type of citizenship under war conditions. He pointed to pride to the n'tllll1ber of pounds of paper collected for the war effort and for the amount of War :Bonds sold by the Scouts during the Fourth War Loan. He said that these two achievements were the highlights in the Council year, and that every man in the Council had a right to feel proud of the accomplishments of these boys. Mr. P. A. Clayton then called on Mr. H. M. Clayton, Past-President . to report for the Nominating Committee. Mr. H. M. Cl131'ton then furnished all of the / �Members of the Council with a list of the proposed Officers and Council Members for the yea:r 1945. He stated that he was making a report for the Nominating Committee in view of the fact that Mr. W. L. Sharpe, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, was in the hospital suffering from an operation. After the Members had read the ballots nominating Officers and Council Members for 1945 Mr. Clayton made a· motion that the Council Members assembled elect all of the Officers and Council Members as per the list. These included for President, Mr. A. K. :Burrow; for Vice-Presidents, Mr. Oran L. Cox, Mr. w. L. Sharpe, Mr. H. w. Slavick, Mr. Edmund Orgill, Mr. T. Robert Acklen; for Secertar7 1 Mr. J. A. Angus; for Treasurer, Mr. l!Qile A. Bizot; for Commissioner, Dr. :s. E. Jacobs. This motion was seconded by Mr. John E. Roberts and unanimously carried. Mr. P. A. Cl81'ton then asked if there were any- nominees for membership in Chickasaw Council from the Members assembled. The following men were nominated: Nominee Romer c. Finn John H. George M7ron Garber Eugene McGee Chest.er . :P.erey Claude Yankee W. :s. Smith William KenwortlJT H. o. McKenzie I F. F. Munson H. W. Slavick Abe Scharff P. A. Clayton Dean Hoag T. Robert Acklen T. llobert Acklen Alvan Tate, Jr. J. A. Angus The President then asked for election of all of these men and they were unanimously elected to membership in Shickasaw Council for 1945. Mr. Henry M. Clayton then pointed out the- fact that he had not called for the election of the National Council Representatives of Chickasaw Council for 1945, and he made a motion that Mr. A. K. Burrow, Mr. P. A. Clayton, Dr. B. E. Jacobs, Mr. Henry M. Ol~ton and Mr. Ja.mev Seddon Allen shQuld be National Council Representatives of Chickasaw Council for the year 1945. This was seconded by Mr. James Seddon Allen and unanimously carried. Mr. Abe Scharff addressed the chair and stated that he thought that the fine leadership of Mr. P. A. Clayton as President of Chickasaw Council had resulted in so many new men comi!).g into the Council and for the Council doing such a splendid job during the past year. Mr. P. A. OlSl'ton then called on Mr. A. K. Burrow, President Elect and Mr. Burrow ma.de a short acceptance speech in which he stated that he would be glad to serve Chickasaw Council to the best of his ability for he felt that.there was a great need for Scouting, in fact the greatest need than has ever been. and he hoped to see the Council grow as the years progressed. Mr. Edwin Dalstrom then made a short talk in which he congratulated Mr. P.A. Clayton on the work that he had done as President of the Council and stated that it wad due to his untiring energy- and intelligent leadership which made the Council go forward during the past year under ver:1 difficult circumstances. Mr. P. A. Cl~ton thanked Mr. Dalstrem and the men present for the work of the Committees and stated that he appreciated the fine support of the Leaders of the �-~ Council that he had received as President of the Council. He then invited all of the men present to remain for the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Council to be held in the :Ball .Roam of the Peabody at 6:30 P.M. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:45 P.M. Respectf'ully submitted. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATIEND ITS ANNUAL DINNER MEETING IN THE BALLROOM OF HOTEL PEABODY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 6:30 P.M. * OUR HONORED GUEST AND SPEAKER WILL BE ·.< ••• HON. WALTER CHANDLER MAYOR OF MEMPHIS * As the number of plates is limited ... please phone your reservations to Council Headquarters, 5-2351, not later than December 11th. Ladies are especially invited. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B.S.A., INC. TICKETS $1.50 EACH. � 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 cmCKASAW COUNCIL. ::s.s •. A.. INC, MINUTES OF .ANWAL MEErING - 1944 The Annual Meeting of Chickasaw Councii, ::Soy Scouts of .America, Inc., was held on Tuesday, December 12, 1944 at 5:00 P.M. in Room 200 of the Hotel Peabody. Mr. Percy A. ClSl'ton, President of Chickasaw Council, presided at the meeting. Mr. 018\Y'ton called on Rev. w. D. Langtry, Pastor of the :Batesville Presbyterian Church, to pronounce the invocation. The following Officers and Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. :Burrow, Vice-President, Mr. Edwin Dalstrom, Vice-President, Mr. R. G. Rams~, Vice-President, Mr. Oran L. Cox, Vice-President, Mr. P. o. Clarke, Secretary, Mr. llmile A. :Bizot, Treasurer, Mr. F. Joe Flanagan, Scout Commissioner, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive and the following Members of Chickasaw Council: Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. John A. Angus, Mr. Henri :Senner, Mr. G. P. :Bohan, Mr. Lew Callow, Mr. Roscee c. Clark, Mr. H. M. 018'Y'ton, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. Paul L. D~, Mr. O. K. Earp, Mr. H. w. Hirsheimer, Very Rev. Harold ::S. Hoag, Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. M. M. Huckabee, Dr. ::s. E. Jacobs, Mr. G.W. MeAuley, Mr. E. L. McGee, Mr. F. F. Munson, Mr. Doddridge Nichols, Mr. J. E. 0 1 Callaghan, Mr. Ira W. Pyron, Dr. Geo. P. Rawls, Mr. John E. Roberts, Mr. Frank L. Scales, Mr. Gu.y H. Scates, Mr. Abe Scharff, Dr. Harry c. Schmeisser. Mr. H. W. Slavick, Mr. Alvan F. Tate, Jr •• Dr. Russell R. Walker, Mr. T. Cecil Wr97. ( ) Mr. :Sob Dozier, Scoutmaster of Troop 90, and Mr. F.ope H. Ford, Camp Director at Camp Currier were also present. The President called the meeting to order and welcomed all of the Seouters. He thanked them for the fine work they had done during the year and for the support they had given him as President of Chickasaw Council. He stated that he looked for Scouting to gow and to serve an ever-increasing number of boys in the Scouting Program. The President then called on the Scout kecutive, Mr. W. Gordon Morris, for a report on the Council activities for the fiscal year ending Dec. 1, 1944. At this point, "The Reports of Committees - 1944" were furnished to all of the Council Members present. The Scout Executive pointed out that in the past year a great deal of progress bad been made in Chickasaw Council. He stated that during the depre.ssion where there were plenty of men but very little money available and now there was plenty of mone7 available but very few men as approximately 480 of our Scouters have been called into the Armed Forces. He stated that it was much more difficult to operate Scouting without men than it was without money. He was proud of the work of the Scoutmasters, the Troop Cammi tteemen, District Commissioners and Council Members in carrying on their difficult job of leading into the right type of citizenship under war conditions. He pointed to pride to the n'tllll1ber of pounds of paper collected for the war effort and for the amount of War :Bonds sold by the Scouts during the Fourth War Loan. He said that these two achievements were the highlights in the Council year, and that every man in the Council had a right to feel proud of the accomplishments of these boys. Mr. P. A. Clayton then called on Mr. H. M. Clayton, Past-President. to report for the Nominating Committee. Mr. H. M. Cl131'ton then furnished all of the / I Members of the Council with a list of the proposed Officers and Council Members for the yea:r 1945. He stated that he was making a report for the Nominating Committee in view of the fact that Mr. W. L. Sharpe, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, was in the hospital suffering from an operation. After the Members had read the ballots nominating Officers and Council Members for 1945 Mr. Clayton made a· motion that the Council Members assembled elect all of the Officers and Council Members as per the list. These included for President, Mr. A. K. :Burrow; for Vice-Presidents, Mr. Oran L. Cox, Mr. w. L. Sharpe, Mr. H. w. Slavick, Mr. Edmund Orgill, Mr. T. Robert Acklen; for Secertar7 1 Mr. J. A. Angus; for Treasurer, Mr. l!Qile A. Bizot; for Commissioner, Dr. :s. E. Jacobs. This motion was seconded by Mr. John E. Roberts and unanimously carried. Mr. P. A. Cl81'ton then asked if there were any- nominees for membership in Chickasaw Council from the Members assembled. The following men were nominated: Nominee Romer c. Finn John H. George M7ron Garber Eugene McGee Chest.er .. :P.erey Claude Yankee W. :s. Smith William KenwortlJT H. o. McKenzie F. F. Munson H. W. Slavick Abe Scharff P. A. Clayton Dean Hoag T. Robert Acklen T. llobert Acklen Alvan Tate, Jr. J. A. Angus The President then asked for election of all of these men and they were unanimously elected to membership in Shickasaw Council for 1945. Mr. Henry M. Clayton then pointed out the- fact that he had not called for the election of the National Council Representatives of Chickasaw Council for 1945, and he made a motion that Mr. A. K. Burrow, Mr. P. A. Clayton, Dr. B. E. Jacobs, Mr. Henry M. Ol~ton and Mr. Ja.mev Seddon Allen shQuld be National Council Representatives of Chickasaw Council for the year 1945. This was seconded by Mr. James Seddon Allen and unanimously carried. Mr. Abe Scharff addressed the chair and stated that he thought that the fine leadership of Mr. P. A. Clayton as President of Chickasaw Council had resulted in so many new men comi!).g into the Council and for the Council doing such a splendid job during the past year. Mr. P. A. OlSl'ton then called on Mr. A. K. Burrow, President Elect and Mr. Burrow ma.de a short acceptance speech in which he stated that he would be glad to serve Chickasaw Council to the best of his ability for he felt that.there was a great need for Scouting, in fact the greatest need than has ever been. and he hoped to see the Council grow as the years progressed. Mr. Edwin Dalstrom then made a short talk in which he congratulated Mr. P.A. Clayton on the work that he had done as President of the Council and stated that it wad due to his untiring energy- and intelligent leadership which made the Council go forward during the past year under ver:1 difficult circumstances. Mr. P. A. Cl~ton thanked Mr. Dalstrem and the men present for the work of the Committees and stated that he appreciated the fine support of the Leaders of the -~ Council that he had received as President of the Council. He then invited all of the men present to remain for the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Council to be held in the :Ball .Roam of the Peabody at 6:30 P.M. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:45 P.M. Respectf'ully submitted. ·.< ••• CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATIEND ITS ANNUAL DINNER MEETING IN THE BALLROOM OF HOTEL PEABODY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 6:30 P.M. * OUR HONORED GUEST AND SPEAKER WILL BE HON. WALTER CHANDLER MAYOR OF MEMPHIS * As the number of plates is limited ... please phone your reservations to Council Headquarters, 5-2351, not later than December 11th. Ladies are especially invited. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B.S.A., INC. TICKETS $1.50 EACH. 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 1944 Title A name given to the resource 1944 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