https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/2995edbe6ddc52090a93f7e9c0174b56.pdf 20cdf09feac5948c1268dffb0dc7469b PDF Text Text / CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. s. A•• INC, MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING - 1945 .\.,_ The .Annual. Meeting of Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, Incorporated was held on Monday, December l?, 1945 at 5:00 P.M. in the Louis XVI Room of Hotel Peabody. Mr. A, K. Burrow, President of Chickasaw Council, presided at the meeting. Mr. Burrow called on Rev. W. D. Langtry, Pastor of tne Batesville Presbyterian Church and District Commissioner, to pronounce the invocation. I I,,. \. J The following Officers and Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. Burrow, President; Mr. Oran L. Cox, Vice-President; Mr. H. w. Slavick, Vice-President; Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Vice-President; Mr. John A. Angus, Secretary; Dr. :s. E. Jacobs, Scout Commissioner; and Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. A. Glover Davis, Mr. Ed DaJ.strom, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. Hen'ry M. Clayton, Mr. P. A•. Clayton, Mr. Jesse Cunningham, Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, Mr. Joe Hopper, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. E. B. Jenkins, Mr. A. D. McWhorter, Mr. F. F. Munson, Mr. R. G, Ramsay, Mr. John E. Ro-berts, Mr. Abe Scnarff, Mr. Arthur F. Sc.no embs, Dr. Harry Schmeisser, Mr. c. B. Senhausen, Mr. Alfred So.nm, Mr. J. Chester Shields, Mr. G. D. Strauss, Mr. Al.van F. Tate, Jr., Mr. Fred J. Vandemark, Mr. J. W. Wease, Mr. c. R. Woodall, Mr.W. Gordon Morris, Scout. Executive, Mr. G. B. Pouncey, Asst. Scout Executive, Mr. R. R, Creamer, Asst. Scout Executive and Mr. Hope H. Ferd were also present. .i<' The President called the meeting to order and welcomed all of the Scouters and thanked them for aJ.l of the fine work they had done during the yea:r and for the support they have given him as President of Chickasaw Council. He stated that he looked for Scouting to grow in the Council during the coming yea; and that there was every possibility of increased leadership from men coming back from the Service. The President then called on the Scout Executive, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, for a report on the Council Activities for tne fiscal year ending December 1, 1945. The Scout Executive stated that one of the highlights of the past year was the Boy Scout Circus held on June 1st at Crump Stadium with approximately 10,000 people in attendance. He stated that there were about 3,500 Scouts and Cubs in this Circus and that a net-profit of $8, 005.00 was made on this undertaking. He stated that the Kiwanis Club was due a great deal. of credit for having furnished the man-power and the financial assistance in making this Circus such a grand success. He stated that the Kiwanis Club underwrote the Circus for a $1,000.00 and that without the guarantee from the Club for this money and the support they gave thrqugh their membership that the Council ~~uld not have undertaken this grand activity. The Executive reported-that the Court of Honor had shown some progress during the past year and that 267 more Merit Badges were awarded than in 1944. He said there were a few more boys who advanced in First Class, Star and Life Rank but 27 less boys reached the highest rank, that of Eagle Scout. In camping, he said ootn the Negro and White Scouts .had no9 shown as good an all-around attendance at camp as in the previous year. He said there was a gain of 48 Scouts at Camp Currier for the summer camp but at the summer ca.mp at Camp Daniels there was a loss of 25 boys as compared to last year. He told of the marvelous record the Scouts and Cubs made in collecting over a .IJ.aJ.f'-million pounds of paper for the Government and that the correct amount of 556,410 pounds was 66 9 000 pounds �-2- more than was collected last year. He stated the Government needed paper and it asked the Scouts to collect 150,000 tons and they responded by collecting 318,000 tons. He said further that the Council showed a net loss of 145 White Scouts and a net gain of 53 Negro Scouts making a net loss of 92 Scouts in the Council for the year, but that the Cubs had made remarkable progress and that there was a gain of 124 White and 124 Negro Cubs or a total gain of 248 Cubs. He stated there were more Troops in the Council than last year but there were smaller number of boys in these Troops. He said he was glad to report that the Council now has the largest membership on record with a total of 4,527 boys which is a gain of 156 boys over last year. He reported that the Council.is entirely free from debt and living within its budget. He said tnat leadership was tremendously needed as there had been a terrific . turn-over in men after the end of the War and that not enough members of the Armed Services had come back to replace the men who had moved awa;r or left Scouting for one reason or another. He thanked all of the Scouters for their fine cooperation and paid particular tribute to Mr. A. K. :Burrow, President of Chickasaw Council. Mr. '.Burrow then called on Mr. T. Robert Acklen for a report from the Constitution & By-Laws Committee. Mr. Acklen stated that at a meeting of the Executive Board on October 19, 1945 a motion was made and carried that At'.tiele V, Section I of the By-Laws of Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America be changed to read as follows: "The regu1ar meetings of the Members of this Couneil (Tne Corporation) shall be held in such place within the territory under the Council's jurisdiction as the President or the Executive :Board m~ direct, a.nd may be in their discretion held in the month~ of April, September and November. The November meeting lhall be the .Annual Meeting and shall be held between November 15th and 30th of each year. At least 5 days' notice of the time and place shall be given of all regular meetings 11 • Mr. Oran L. Cox moved that the ena.nge in By-Laws be adopted. ·by Mr. Edwin Dalstrom and unanimously carried. This was seconded Mr. Burrow then called on Mr. P. A. Cl~ton, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, for a report of the nominees of Officers and Council Members for 1946. All the Members present were furnished with a 9allot showing the names of the Officers and Council Members and National Council Representatives which a Committee proposed for 1946. Mr. Cla;rton then asked for any nominations for New Members from the floor. The following men were'nominated: Nominee Mr. c. c. Holloman Mr. James Foltz Mr. Herman Osteen Mr. Ed Wagner Mr. Erskine Williams .& Rev. w. D. Langtry Mr. H. W. Slavick Mr. P. A. Clqton · Mr. A. G. Davis Mr. Alvan F. Tate, Jr. On motion by Mr. Edwin Dalstrom, seconded by Mr. Henry W. Slavick the Council Members voted to elect all of the Officers and Council Members by acclamation. Mr. A. K. Burrow then introduced the new Officers. �. -3- Mr. P. A. Clayton spoke of the serious illness of Mr. E. A. Harrold who has been confined to his bed for several weeks and following that he requested that a pr~er be offered by Rev. W. D. Langtry for his recovery. Following the pralfer Mr. John E. :Roberts stated tnat Dr. J. o. Ayres who is a long time Member of Chickasaw Council and former Presiaent was also ve~J seriously ill and requested that the Members also include him in this service. Mr. H. M. Ol~ton moved and Mr. John E. :Roberts seconded the motion that the President be authorized to send a letter of sympatb;y to both Mr. E. A. Harrold and Dr. J. ·o. ~res. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted, � 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/. 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Langtry, Pastor of tne Batesville Presbyterian Church and District Commissioner, to pronounce the invocation. The following Officers and Council Members were present: Mr. A. K. Burrow, President; Mr. Oran L. Cox, Vice-President; Mr. H. w. Slavick, Vice-President; Mr. T. Robert Acklen, Vice-President; Mr. John A. Angus, Secretary; Dr. :s. E. Jacobs, Scout Commissioner; and Mr. James Seddon Allen, Mr. A. Glover Davis, Mr. Ed DaJ.strom, Mr. Fred L. Christenbury, Mr. Hen'ry M. Clayton, Mr. P. A •. Clayton, Mr. Jesse Cunningham, Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, Mr. Joe Hopper, Mr. T. P. Howard, Mr. E. B. Jenkins, Mr. A. D. McWhorter, Mr. F. F. Munson, Mr. R. G, Ramsay, Mr. John E. Ro-berts, Mr. Abe Scnarff, Mr. Arthur F. Sc.no embs, Dr. Harry Schmeisser, Mr. c. B. Senhausen, Mr. Alfred So.nm, Mr. J. Chester Shields, Mr. G. D. Strauss, Mr. Al.van F. Tate, Jr., Mr. Fred J. Vandemark, Mr. J. W. Wease, Mr. c. R. Woodall, Mr.W. Gordon Morris, Scout. Executive, Mr. G. B. Pouncey, Asst. Scout Executive, Mr. R. R, Creamer, Asst. Scout Executive and Mr. Hope H. Ferd were also present. The President called the meeting to order and welcomed all of the Scouters and thanked them for aJ.l of the fine work they had done during the yea:r and for the support they have given him as President of Chickasaw Council. He stated that he looked for Scouting to grow in the Council during the coming yea; and that there was every possibility of increased leadership from men coming back from the Service. The President then called on the Scout Executive, Mr. w. Gordon Morris, for a report on the Council Activities for tne fiscal year ending December 1, 1945. The Scout Executive stated that one of the highlights of the past year was the Boy Scout Circus held on June 1st at Crump Stadium with approximately 10,000 people in attendance. He stated that there were about 3,500 Scouts and Cubs in this Circus and that a net-profit of $8, 005.00 was made on this undertaking. He stated that the Kiwanis Club was due a great deal. of credit for having furnished the man-power and the financial assistance in making this Circus such a grand success. He stated that the Kiwanis Club underwrote the Circus for a $1,000.00 and that without the guarantee from the Club for this money and the support they gave thrqugh their membership that the Council ~~uld not have undertaken this grand activity. The Executive reported-that the Court of Honor had shown some progress during the past year and that 267 more Merit Badges were awarded than in 1944. He said there were a few more boys who advanced in First Class, Star and Life Rank but 27 less boys reached the highest rank, that of Eagle Scout. In camping, he said ootn the Negro and White Scouts .had no9 shown as good an all-around attendance at camp as in the previous year. He said there was a gain of 48 Scouts at Camp Currier for the summer camp but at the summer ca.mp at Camp Daniels there was a loss of 25 boys as compared to last year. He told of the marvelous record the Scouts and Cubs made in collecting over a .IJ.aJ.f'-million pounds of paper for the Government and that the correct amount of 556,410 pounds was 66 9 000 pounds -2- more than was collected last year. He stated the Government needed paper and it asked the Scouts to collect 150,000 tons and they responded by collecting 318,000 tons. He said further that the Council showed a net loss of 145 White Scouts and a net gain of 53 Negro Scouts making a net loss of 92 Scouts in the Council for the year, but that the Cubs had made remarkable progress and that there was a gain of 124 White and 124 Negro Cubs or a total gain of 248 Cubs. He stated there were more Troops in the Council than last year but there were smaller number of boys in these Troops. He said he was glad to report that the Council now has the largest membership on record with a total of 4,527 boys which is a gain of 156 boys over last year. He reported that the Council.is entirely free from debt and living within its budget. He said tnat leadership was tremendously needed as there had been a terrific . turn-over in men after the end of the War and that not enough members of the Armed Services had come back to replace the men who had moved awa;r or left Scouting for one reason or another. He thanked all of the Scouters for their fine cooperation and paid particular tribute to Mr. A. K. :Burrow, President of Chickasaw Council. Mr. '.Burrow then called on Mr. T. Robert Acklen for a report from the Constitution & By-Laws Committee. Mr. Acklen stated that at a meeting of the Executive Board on October 19, 1945 a motion was made and carried that At'.tiele V, Section I of the By-Laws of Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America be changed to read as follows: "The regu1ar meetings of the Members of this Couneil (Tne Corporation) shall be held in such place within the territory under the Council's jurisdiction as the President or the Executive :Board m~ direct, a.nd may be in their discretion held in the month~ of April, September and November. The November meeting lhall be the .Annual Meeting and shall be held between November 15th and 30th of each year. At least 5 days' notice of the time and place shall be given of all regular meetings 11 • Mr. Oran L. Cox moved that the ena.nge in By-Laws be adopted. This was seconded ·by Mr. Edwin Dalstrom and unanimously carried. Mr. Burrow then called on Mr. P. A. Cl~ton, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, for a report of the nominees of Officers and Council Members for 1946. All the Members present were furnished with a 9allot showing the names of the Officers and Council Members and National Council Representatives which a Committee proposed for 1946. Mr. Cla;rton then asked for any nominations for New Members from the floor. The following men were'nominated: Nominee Mr. c. c. Holloman Mr. James Foltz Mr. Herman Osteen Mr. Ed Wagner Mr. Erskine Williams & . Rev. w. D. Langtry Mr. H. W. Slavick Mr. P. A. Clqton · Mr. A. G. Davis Mr. Alvan F. Tate, Jr. On motion by Mr. Edwin Dalstrom, seconded by Mr. Henry W. Slavick the Council Members voted to elect all of the Officers and Council Members by acclamation. Mr. A. K. Burrow then introduced the new Officers. . -3- Mr. P. A. Clayton spoke of the serious illness of Mr. E. A. Harrold who has been confined to his bed for several weeks and following that he requested that a pr~er be offered by Rev. W. D. Langtry for his recovery. Following the pralfer Mr. John E. :Roberts stated tnat Dr. J. o. Ayres who is a long time Member of Chickasaw Council and former Presiaent was also ve~J seriously ill and requested that the Members also include him in this service. Mr. H. M. Ol~ton moved and Mr. John E. :Roberts seconded the motion that the President be authorized to send a letter of sympatb;y to both Mr. E. A. Harrold and Dr. J. ·o. ~res. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Note Note for historical disclaimer <small><i>Please note that these documents are presented as they existed in their original form for historical accuracy. This document may contain racial or culturally insensitive language. Since the beginning in 1916, Scouting in Memphis has been regarded as a pioneer in interracial Scouting and equality; however, it still existed within the context of a segregated South. The material reflects the culture and context in which it was created and does not reflect the views and principles of the Kia Kima Alumni Association, the Chickasaw Council, or the Scouting movement.</i></small> 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 1945 Title A name given to the resource 1945 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