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PROCEEDINGS 141
FRIDAY—Evening Session
77. Reassembling in the Bandshell Amphitheater, the Convention
was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by President Neff. Singing was led
by Director McKinney. Bible reading and prayer were led by J. W.
Middleton, Georgia.
78. As announced by Duke K. McCall, the offering last night for
relief and rehabilitation amounted to $10,897.17.
79. The report of the Home Mission Board being the special order,
Courts Redford introduced groups of workers, and the several phases
of the Board's work were presented by G. Frank Garrison, Jacob
Gartenhaus, John Caylor, R. G. Van Royer, L. A. Martin, Willis J.
Ray, M. N. McCall (by message), the President of the Cuban Baptist
Convention, Paul C. Bell, Roland Smith, Alfred Carpenter, Fred C.
Eastham, Fred McCaulley, S. F. Dowis, and John D. Freeman.
After remarks by Pastor J. R. Evans of the Mount Zion Baptist
Church in Miami, a number of spirituals were sung by combined
choirs of Negro Baptist churches in the city.
80. The . newly elected officers were called to the platform and
introduced by the President.
81. President-elect Louie D. Newton was elected fraternal messenger
to the Northern Baptist Convention meeting next week in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
82. The Secretaries were instructed to send greetings to B. D.
Gray, now nearly ninety-one years of age.
83. Executive Secretary J. B. Lawrence made an address on
" 'Widening Reach and Heightened Power' in Home Missions."
84, An appreciation of Jacob Gartenhaus, presented by J. W.
Middleton, was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
85. The Convention adjourned with prayer by the President.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—May 18, 1946
SATURDAY—Morning Session
86. The Convention reassembled at 9:30 A.M. in the City Auditorium
and was called to order by President Neff. The song service
was led by Director McKinney. Arthur Jackson, Georgia, read from
Romans 8 and led in prayer.
87. The journal for Thursday and Friday was read and approved.
88. Chairman S. F. Lowe for the Radio Commission moved the following
change and additions to the Commission as appointed yesterday
:
1. That the name of S. F. Lowe be dropped from the list of members on the
Radio Commission since he is an employee of the Radio Commission.
2. That the following names be added to the Radio Commission as elected by
the Convention in yesterday's session: John L. Waldrop, Georgia; Edwin S.
Preston, Tennessee; Ralph Matthews, Louisiana; E. H. Westmoreland, Texas;
Allen S. Cutts, Missouri; Allen W. Graves, Virginia; W. D. Ogletree, Alabama;
M. J. Berquist, Florida; James W. Wesberry, Georgia; and Luther Knight, South
Carolina.