# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S61
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Nominating Ballots Recorded

1983 1981 1977 1973
or President .......-..--- 2,923 4,890 2,921 4,112
or First Vice-President .. 2,819 4,430 2,738 3,899
5,742 9,320 5,659 8,011
Nominating
Ballot Election Ballots
Other Vice-Presidents (1) (2) (3)
yatt, Gerhardt W. ..... 607 791
is, Joseph ........ 595 714
‘Maier, Walter A. ........ 501 500 593
Merkens, Guido ......... 447 declined
Hinz, Richard .......... 344 declined
Behnken, L. Lloyd ...... 159 declined
Mueller, Charles ........ 140 333 518
Wollenburg, George ..... 124 340 540 488
Zimmerman, Paul ...... 719 declined
Kuntz, Arnold .......... 62 declined
Martens, Ray ........... 53 158
Harnapp, Harlan ....... 51 172
Mennicke, August ...... 51 declined
Bernthal, August ....... 50 273
Schlecht, Richard ....... 50 declined
Preus, Robert ........... 33 218
Spitz, Paul Ph. .......... 29 declined
Hoffmann, Oswald ..... 25 329 525 444
Bornemann, George ..... 21 142

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- Secretary
PASTOR
Howard Kramer (MC) ...........--- 167
Richard A. Krogen (MNS) ........-- 103
*Walter L. Rosin (MO) .........-..--- 783
Treasurer
LAYPERSON
*Norman D. Sell (MO) ........----5-- 999
Board of Directors
PASTORS
Ernest Bartels (ND) .......--------- 369
J. Arthur Cox (SO) ......------.-++- 166
Wilton Fluegge (MC) ...........---- 175
Thno A. Janssen (EN) ..........---- 274
*Ervin R. Lemke (SW) .........------ 488
*Victor H. Marxhausen (MNS) ....... 546
TEACHER
*William E. Ludwig (MT) ...........- 617
Edwin E. Zielske (FG) ......--...--- 369
LAYPERSONS
John L. Daniel (SELC) ..........--- 464
*David H. Goertz (ON) ..........---- 578
*George H. Mohr (SW) ......-..------ 588

*Florence Montz ND) .........--.---- 494

Ballots
(2) 3)
331 402
253

449 485

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Barth, Karl ............. 19 declined
Kromphardt, Arnold .... 17 declined
Sohns, Wilbert .......... 16 15
Fink, Ronald ........... 15
Meyer, Eldor ............ 15
O’Shoney, Glenn ........ 15
Biesenthal, LeRoy W. ... 13
Happel, Edmund ........ 13
Meyer, Richard H. ...... 12
Nieting, Ellis ........... 12
Mueller, Herbert ........ 11
Oswald, Orval .......... 11
Reimnitz, Alwin ........ 9
Westcott, Edward ....... 9
Simon, Henry ..........- 8
Barry, Al ..........-.... 7
Cloeter,O. H. ........--- vi
Griesse, Wilbert ......... 6
Zeile, Walter ............ 6
Fritz, Ronald ........... 5
Marcis, Albert .......... 5
Pittelko, Roger .......... 5
Kolimann, Alvin ........ 4
Kraus, George .......... 4
Scaer, David ...........- 4
Weber, Paul ............ 4
Bailey, Robert .......... 3
Bauer, Erhart ........... 3
Hermetz, Harold ........ 3
Hoffman, Walter ........ 3
Holm, Roy ..........-..-. 3
Janssen, Ihno .......... 3
Lundi, Martin .......... 3
Phipps, Ralph .......... 3
Rosin, Walter ........... 3
Sauer, Robert ........... 3
Thompson, William ..... 3
* Elected

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+ Persons who received fewer than 7 nominating votes are listed in the

Workbook.

Ralph Niedert (FG) .........--..-+-- 384
*Donald Snyder (EA) ..........-.---- 493
Gordon Tagge (NOW) ............-- 347
Philip Tanger (IN) ..........-.--+-- 480
Board for Evangelism Services
PASTORS
Harold Draeger (CNH) ............- 302
*Thno A. Janssen (EN) ...........--- 410
Juan Martin (NI) ...........--..--5- 251
Robert Scudieri (NJ) ...........----- 339
*Andrew Simcak (TX) ............--- 439
Delbert C. Tiemann (EA) ........... 289
TEACHER
*Ralph L. Geisler (NEB) .........---. 434
Emil Hoehne (MO) ..........-..---- 295
William Preuss (NEB) .........-..-- 226
LAYPERSONS
*Ted Aalbersberg (MC) .........-...- 488
Lydell Downen (SI) ..........--..--- 484
*Gerhard E. Koehlinger (IN) ......... 624
Larry Zehner (FG) .........-..---5- 359
Board for Mission Services
PASTORS
Charles Brehmer (SC) ..........---- 139
Theodore W. Eisold (FG) ............ 201

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306
506

367

517
303

668
302

567
400

213

Ballots
(3)

- Following are the results of balloting for offices and boards other than President and Vice-Presidents.
Individuals who were elected are indicated by means of an asterisk to the left of the nominee’s name.

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