# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S577
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FINANCIAL MATTERS

VII. FINANCIAL MATTERS

‘Triennial Report of the Board of Directors
: (Memorial 801)
Organization
. The Board elected at Saginaw in 1944 met to organize on
14, 1944. The personnel of the ‘Board was changed when the
ev. F. A. Hertwig became a Vice-President of Synod after the
. G. Chr. Barth in January, 1946, accepted the call as president
the Springfield Seminary. The Rev. Paul Koenig of St. Louis
chosen to fill the unexpired term.
v2 The Board organized by electing the following officers and
committees: Dr. J. W. Behnken, Chairman; Dr. M. F. Kretzmann,
Secretary; Mr, W. Schlueter, Treasurer; Committee on Colleges:
Dr. P. Schulz and Messrs. E. J. Gallmeyer, J. W. Boehne, Jr., and
Theo. Schlake; Finance Committee: Dr. J. W. Behnken, Treasurer
Schlueter, Rev. Hertwig, and Mr. M. A. Salvner; Fiduciary Com~-
mittee: Messrs. Ewald Schuettner, Chas. Burde, Fred T. Mueller,
‘and L. C. Tirmenstein. When Mr. Tirmenstein resigned toward the
end of the triennium, Mr, Walter F. Streutker was appointed in
‘his place. Valparaiso Advisory Committee: Dr. M. F. Kretzmann,

the Rev. O. Fedder, and Mr. E. Tatge; Committee on Public Rela- -

tions: Dr. J. W. Behnken, Mr. J. W. Boehne, Jr., and the Rev. E. T.
.Bernthal. Pastor Hertwig (later, Mr. Theo. Schlake) was asked to
be our contact man with the Board of Support and Pensions.
Mr. Gallmeyer represented the Board in matters concerning the
‘Lutheran Laymen’s League. The contact man with the Home Mis-
sion Board was Pastor Hertwig (later, Dr. M. F. Kretzmann).
The Secretary was asked to be the contact man with the Board

‘ for Parish Education. The Board was honestly concerned about

carrying out its important assignments strictly within the limita-
tions of its regulations.

3. Meetings. The increasing volume of business has made it
necessary to have monthly meetings, as far as possible. Up to
May 28 twenty-two regular meetings were held, some extending
over several days, while two more meetings are planned before
the synodical convention. Complete minutes of all these meetings
contain an accurate record of all transactions of the Board. The
lay members of the Board particularly (and they constitute a
majority in the Board) are to be commended for their consecrated
interest in the affairs of Synod and for giving so freely of their
valuable time to the meetings of the Board and its committees.

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