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[Meeting held at the Exchange Hotel
Friday 29th June 1956]
Present:- Mr. R. E. Searle (Chair) and
all other Directors, Secretary in attendance.
Mr. J. Taylor The Chairman extended a warm
258 to Mr. J. Taylor at his first Board Meeting
and Mr. Taylor suitably responded.
Minutes of Meeting of 25th June
were read and confirmed.
Chairman At this juncture Mr. Searle
218 vacated the Chair which was taken by
the Secretary. Mr. N. W. Coffey proposed
that Mr. R. E. Searle be re-elected
Chairman for the ensuring year. This
was seconded by Mr. T. C. Nuttall and
carried unanimously. Mr. Searle then
returned to the Chair, and thanked his
colleagues for their continued confidence
in him.
Vice Chairman On a proposition by Mr. C. H.
Askham, seconded by Mr. E. Green, Mr.
T. C. Nuttall was unanimously elected
Vice-Chairman, and he expressed his
thanks for the honour bestowed on him.
A vote of thanks was passed to
Mr. J. C. Sharps for his detailed report of
the American Tour.
Sub-Committees It was resolved that the Finance
152 Committee, Players Sub-Committee, and
Estate Committee be as last year, and at
Mr. Nuttall's request, that he be allowed to
withdraw from the Floodlight Sub-committee,
and it was agreed that Mr. J. Taylor take
his place.