# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S75
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Prof. Walter A. Vahl, chairman of the Committee on Elections, an-
nounces the results of a ballot vote.

Fourth Vice-President: Dr. W. Harry Krieger, Ann Arbor,
Mich. (N)

Fifth Vice-President: Dr. George W. Wittmer, St.Louis (N)

Secretary of the Synod: Rev. Herbert A. Mueller, Dundee,
Il. (N)

Treasurer: Milton Carpenter, St.Louis (R)
Boards

(Figures indicate terms of office in years)

Board of Directors: The President, the Secretary, and the
Oreduer of the Synod, ex officio; Dr. Edwin T. Bernthal,

Detroit (R, 4); Rev. Gerhardt E. Nitz, St. Louis (N, 4);
Dr. William A. Buege, Valparaiso, Ind. (R, 2); Teacher
Walter Steinberg, Evergreen Park, Ill. (N, 4); Harry G.
Barr, Fort Smith, Ark. (N, 4); Walter F. Hinck, Minne-
apolis (R, 4); Jay Pfotenhauer, San Francisco (R, 4);
William F. Fenske, Milwaukee (R, 2); Walter F. Koch,
Denver (R, 2); Richard F. Huegli, Detroit (N, 2); Carl
V. Muhlenbruch, Chicago (N, 2) Rev.

Board for Missions in North and South America: Rev. Nor-

card Brandt, Gary, Ind. (N, 4); Rev. Edward H. Buch-

heimer, Detroit (R, 4); Dr. C. Thomas Spitz, Jr., St. Louis
(R, 4); Rev. Harlan J. Hartner, Mission, Kans. (R, 2);
Rev. Guido A. Merkens, San Antonio (N,.2); Henry J.
Andreas, Fresno, Calif. (N, 4); Oscar T. Doerr, Omaha
(R, 4); Vernon Bryant, Ellinwood, Kans. (N, 2); Galen L.
Gockel, Chicago (N, 2) ;

Board for Missions to the Deaf: Rev. Ernest R. Drews, Saint
Paul (R, 4); Rev. Walter D. Uhlig, Seward, Nebr. (N, 4);
Rev. Elmer Koberg, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (R, 2)3. Paul J.
Gerdes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (N, 4); Fred Fiechtner,
Fargo, N. Dak. (N, 2) _

Board for Missions to the Blind: Rev. Edwin F. Heinicke,
Manning, Iowa (R, 4); Rev. Harry A. Timm, Peoria, Ill.
(R, 4); Rev. Victor M. Selle, Milwaukee (N, 2); Arthur
C. Hoppenstedt, Elgin, Ill. (N, 4); Karl Abel, Tulsa, Okla.
(N, 2)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

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Board for European Affairs: Dr. Martin J. Naumann, Spring-
field, Hl. (R, 4); Rev. Waldo J. Werning, Lincoln, Nebr.
(R, 4); Rev. Herman R. Mayer, Garden City, Kans. (N, 2);
Dr. Otto A. Dorn, St. Louis (R, 4); John F. Ansett, Hills-
dale, Mich. (N, 2)

Board for World Missions: Rev. George Beiderwieden, De-
catur, Ill. (N, 4); Rev. Paul R. Martens, Memphis, Tenn.
(R, 4); Dr. Lorman Petersen, Springfield, Ill. (R, 4); Rev.
Richard F. Jesse, Detroit (N, 2); Rev. Arnold Meyer,
Minneapolis (R, 2); Rev. Roy A. Suelflow, Milwaukee
(N, 2); Paul F. Bente, Jr., Wilmington, Del. (R, 4); Alfred
E. Jordan, Mission, Kans. (R, 4); Robert V. Niedner, Saint
Charles, Mo. (N, 4); Marvin F. Borgelt, Minneapolis (R,
2); Wallace J. Bronner, Frankenmuth, Mich. (N, 2)

Board of Stewardship, Mission Education, and Promotion:
Rev. Paul A. Koehneke, St. Joseph, Mich. (N, 4); Rev.
Richard Raedeke, Hutchinson, Minn. (R, 2); Teacher Ber-
nard Eggers, Topeka, Kans. (R, 4); G. Frederick Schroe-
der, Redwood City, Calif. (N, 4); G. B. Wiederaenders,
San Antonio (R, 2)

Church Extension Board: Rev. Herman F. Zehnder, Bay City,
Mich. (R, 4); Teacher Henry C. Rupp, Fort Wayne (R,
4); A. W. Krieger, St. Joseph, Mich. (R, 4); Fred H. Schin-
del, Boulder, Colo. (R, 4)

Board of Parish Education: Rev. Justus P. Kretzmann, Flo-
rissant, Mo. (R, 4); Rev. Arthur H. Ziegler, Cleveland
(R, 4); Rev. Albert H. Miller, Vancouver, B.C. (N, 2);
Teacher B. H. Arkebauer, Milwaukee (R, 4); Teacher
Walter F. Dobberfuhl, Milwaukee (N, 2); Teacher Arthur
F. Wittmer, Bogota, N. J. (R, 2); Howard F. Lawonn,
Lakewood, Colo. (R, 4); Charles Lawrence, East Lansing,
Mich. (N, 4); Milton Marten, Bloomington, Ind. (N, 2)

Board for Young People’s Work: Prof. Michael J. Stelmacho-
wicz, Seward, Nebr. (N, 4); Rev. Gilbert Oldsen, Batavia,
N. Y. (N, 2); Prof. Warren N. Wilbert, Springfield, Il.
(N, 4); Teacher Eldor G. Kaiser, Wichita, Kans. (N, 4);
Teacher Leonard C. Ramming, Fort Wayne (R, 2); Alvin
W. Graef, Louisville, Ky. (N, 4); Robert T. Sohn, Mem-
phis, Tenn. (N, 4); Elmer W. Schroeter, Buffalo (N, 2);
Norman E. Wright, Amarillo, Tex. (N, 2)

Commission on Theology and Church Relations: Rev. Nor-
bert H. Mueller, Bridgeport, Mich. (N, 4); Rev. Herbert
E. Hohenstein, Richmond Heights, Mo. (R, 2); Rev. Alvin
E. Wagner, North Hollywood, Calif. (N, 2); Teacher Carl
F. Halter, River Forest, ll. (N, 4); John E. Jass, Peoria,
ni s 4); Richard Korthals, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Commission on Mission and Ministry in the Church: Dr.
Arthur C, Nitz, San Francisco (N, 4); Rev. William F.
Bruening, Washington, D. C. (N, 4); Rev. Theodore A.
Zeile, Flint, Mich. (N, 2); Rev. William S. Graumann,
Riverside, Calif. (N, 2); Teacher Walter H. Hartkopf, San
Bruno, Calif. (N, 2); Teacher Donald L. Kell, Dundee, III.
(N, 4); James Bode, East Point, Ga. (N, 4); Walter L.
Stocker, Chicago (N, 4); Victor V. Graf, Tulsa, Okla. (N,
2); Kenneth A. Roffman, Ferguson, Mo. (N, 2)

Commission on College and University Work: Dr. Donald L.
Definer, Richmond Heights, Mo. (R, 4); Rev. Paul W.
Harms, Fort Wayne (N, 4); Rev. Arnold H. Bertram.
Storm Lake, Iowa (N, 2); Walter H. Gross, Chicago
Heights, Ill. (R, 4); Charles Wright, Golden Valley, Minn.
(N, 2)

Board of Appeals: Rev. Theodore Brackman, Yakima, Wash.
(N, 4); Rev. Lorenz Wunderlich, Maplewood, Mo. (R, 4);
Rev. Arthur J. Meyer, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (R, 2); Prof.
Daniel E. Poellot, River Forest, Ill. (R, 2); Teacher Her-
bert H. Gross, Rivert Forest, Ill. (R, 4); Julius M. Fried-
rich, Denver (R, 4); Carl J. Thrun, Detroit (R, 4); Wal-
ter A. Christopher, River Forest, Ill. (N, 2); Elmer H.
Theiss, Corpus Christi, Tex. (R, 2)

Concordia Publishing House Board of Directors: Carl A.
Dauten, Kirkwood, Mo. (N, 4); Edwin J. Koch, Indi-
anapolis (R, 4); Ralph F. Mueller, St. Louis (R, 4); Ray-
mond Bauer, Frankenmuth, Mich. (N, 2); Alfred T. Leim-
bach, Kirkwood, Mo. (R, 2)

Committee on Convention Nominations (all for 2 years):
Rev. Victor Brandt, Palos Park, Ill. (N); Prof. Harry G.
Coiner, Maplewood, Mo. (N); Rev. Martin J. Hartenber-
ger, Wichita, Kans. (N); Rev. Carl Hiller, Santa Fe, N.
Mex. (R); Rev. Walter M. Schoedel, Fort Wayne (N);