# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S709
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PRESIDENT’S TRIENNIAL REPORT 11

to another State. These vacancies were filled by the appointment
of Mr. L. C. Heine and Mr. W. A. Leppin.

Because of the change in the District Presidency, President
H. A. Gamber succeeded the Rev. Robert Heyne as member ex
officio of the Board of Control at Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn.

The Rev. Leo Fenske was appointed to replace the Rev. L. W.
Brandt on the Board of Control for St. John’s College, Win-
field, Kans.

Because Mr. Paul G. Bouman found it impossible to serve on
the Board of Foreign Missions, Mr. Louis Dau of St. Louis was
appointed to fill the vacancy.

A number of vacancies had to be filled on the Board of Mis-
sions to the Blind. The Revs. George Brueggemann and E. Tieman
were appointed to replace the Revs. M. Strasen and A. H. Oswald,
and Mr. Ernest Buerger to replace Mr. Theo. Lay.

: Because of illness the Rev. E. C. Fackler could not serve on
~ the Board for Public Relations. The Rev. H. W. Gockel was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.

‘On the Board for Parish Education the Rev. E. A. Krause suc-
ceeded the Rev. P. W. Streufert. Mr. Fred L. Kuhlmann succeeded
Mr. John Wegner, and Teacher E. C. Gutz succeeded Teacher
George Brandt.

On account of the death of Mr. Theo. Doering and the resig-
nation of Mr. George Halter, Messrs. Arthur H. Hahn and Alfred
E. Handrich were appointed to membership on the Board of Sup-
port and Pensions.

Mr. John Luecke, elected to the General Church Extension
Board, accepted membership on a Southern District board and was
replaced by Mr. Elmer H. Fischer.

When Teacher George Stohlmann resigned because he was
elected to a Western District board, Teacher Rudolph Baerns was
appointed to fill this vacancy.

Dr. Theo. Hoyer declined reappointment to the Synodical Cen-
tennial Committee. Dr. H. M. Zorn was appointed to replace him.

At the request of the Committee on Allocation of Funds for
Scholarly Research that its committee be augmented, Prof. Martin
Coyner and the Rev. Roger Sommer were added to the committee.

After the Committee to Study the Matters of Marriage, Divorce,
and Re-marriage and Related Subjects, as resolved by the Cen-
tennial Convention, was appointed, it developed that the work of
= this committee would overlap with the work of a subcommittee
¢. of our Board for Parish Education. Upon the suggestion of both
groups these committees were merged.

The Survey Committee appointed according to resolution of
Synod to investigate the entire field of social welfare in our Church