nineteen hundred and forty-six - Amazon Web Services

PROCEEDINGS 75
On motion of Duke K. McCall, seconded by Frank Tripp, and
endorsed by R. Paul Caudill, a cash offering was made toward the
$3,500,000 fund for world relief and rehabilitation. The offering
amounted to above $10,000.
On motion of Chas. S. Henderson, Mississippi, the Convention sent
a message of love and appreciation to Executive Secretary Emeritus
Charles E. Maddry, detained by illness from attendance.
48. The election of officers being the special order, nominations
for President were made: David M. Gardner, Texas, nominated Louie
D. Newton, Georgia; John Jeter Hurt, Tennessee, nominated Robert
G. Lee, Tennessee; Chester L. Mann, Oklahoma, nominated W. R.
White, Texas; Porter Bailes, Texas, nominated John Dean Crain,
South Carolina; R. C. Campbell, South Carolina, nominated Ellis A.
Fuller, Kentucky; Chas. S. Henderson, Mississippi, nominated Frank
Tripp, Alabama.
To take the vote the following tellers were appointed:
George J. Burnett, Tennessee, Chairman; Wilson Woodcock, A. S. Sauls,
W. M. Marshall, J. E. Martin, Jesse R. Hite, Grover F. Tyner, S. J. Ezell,
B. V. Ferguson, C. M. Rock, J. B. Sims, Paul Wheeler, D. A. Howard, Walter
L. Johnson, James V. Lamb, Kyle M. Yates, George W. Griffin, Howard G.
Dawkins, O. L. Gibson, H. F. Burns, A. L. Gillespie, Wm. M. Orndorff, O. R.
Mosley, Arnold Long, J. Ben Eller, J. W. Kincheloe, C. E. McKay, B. P. Maddox,
A. E. Hughes, J. M. Jordan, O. B. Martin, Carl A. DeVane, C. D. Creasman,
Norris Gilliam, J. G. Hughes, L. R. Lamb, J. Lester Love, Garis T. Long, J. W.
Marshall, H. C. Bass, J. D. Franks, James P. Wesberry, George E. Hays, J. Frank
Barton, A. B. Hawkes, E. M. Barnett, E. D. Estes, Allie Henton, David T. Tally,
W. L. Howse, C. A. Waller, O. K. Webb, W. E. Denham, Jr., Fred D. Dean,
Bryan Simmons, George A. Hammon, George F. Elam, R. K. Redwine, Willis E.
Howard, Merrill D. Moore, W. Douglas Hudgins, W. L. Borom, G. R. Orrell,
W. Perry Crouch, W. F. Howard, H. W. Tiffany, W. Herschel Ford, O. M.
Seigler, CM. Crosswy, Oswell Smith, J. D. Herndon, Ben L. Bridges, Milton
E. Cunningham.
For First Vice-President, Dick Hall, Jr., Georgia, nominated C.
Roy Angell, Florida; Luther Knight, South Carolina, nominated R. C.
Campbell, South Carolina. On motion, nominations were closed and
Secretary Burnett cast the ballot of the Convention for C. Roy Angell
for First Vice-President and R. C. Campbell for Second Vice-
President.
For Senior Recording Secretary, Rupert Naney, Oklahoma, nominated
Porter Routh, Tennessee, and there being no other nomination,
Secretary Burnett cast the ballot of the Convention for Porter Routh
as the Senior Recording Secretary.
For Associate Recording Secretary, John Jeter Hurt, Tennessee,
nominated Walter Warmath, Tennessee, and Harvey Gray, Tennessee
nominated Joe W. Burton, Tennessee. Ascertaining the choice
by 'the voice vote, the ballot was cast by Secretary Burnett for
Joe W Burton for Associate Recording Secretary of the Convention.
Standing votes of appreciation were extended to the retiring President
and Secretaries.
The first ballot for President resulted in no election, the tellers
reporting that Louie D. Newton and Robert G. Lee received the largest
number of votes.