1950
November 18, Downtown Club, Dallas
Officers
President: Lon Tinkle
Vice-President: Loula Grace Erdman
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann
Councilors
Unknown.
1951
November 16. Downtown Club, Dallas
Officers
President: Lon Tinkle, Dallas
Vice-President: Arthur Sampley, Denton
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann
Councilor
Unknown.
1952
November 14 – 15 Dallas. Cokesbury Book Store for the Afternoon Session; Downtown Club for the Awards Banquet
Officers
President: Arthur M. Sampley
Vice-President: Frank Wardlaw
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann
Councilors
Laura Hamner
Margaret Lee Wiley
Lon Tinkle
1953
October 30, Cokesbury Book Store, Dallas; October 31, Downtown Club
Officers
President: J. Frank Dobie (1953-57)
Vice President: Allen Maxwell, Dallas
Secretary-Treasurer: William H.Vann, Belton
Councilors
Arthur Sampley, Denton
George Fuermann, Houston
Lexie Dean Robertson, Rising Star.
1954
No meeting was held this year.
1955
March 3, Downtown Club, Dallas
Officers
President: J. Frank Dobie (1953-57)
Vice President: Allen Maxwell, Dallas
Secretary-Treasurer: William H.Vann, Belton
Councilors
Arthur Sampley, Denton
George Fuermann, Houston.
1957
February 1, Downtown Club, Dallas
Officers
President: J. Frank Dobie
Vice President: Frank Wardlaw
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann
Councilors
Unknown.
1958
February 22, Downtown Club, Dallas
Officers
President: Frank H. Wardlaw
Vice President: Frank E. Vandiver
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann
Councilors:
Allen Maxwell
Fred Gipson
Mabel Major
1959
March 13, Dallas – Downtown Club *
Officers
President: Frank H. Wardlaw
Vice President: Frank E. Vandiver
Secretary-Treasurer: William M. Hudson
Councilors
William H. Vann
Camilla Campbell
Allen Maxwell
*William H. Vann announced he would retire as secretary-treasurer before this meeting, and Wilson M. Hudson was chosen to succeed him. President Wardlaw appointed a committee with Lon Tinkle as chairman to prepare an expression of appreciation to Vann for his services. The citation was presented, emblazoned on a scroll designed by Carl Hertzog, saluting Vann for his twenty-three years of service and “dedication to the purposes of the Institute,” formulated, in his own words, “‘to foster the growth and appreciation of creative writing in the state of Texas.” Later, the Council was authorized to secure funds for the printing of a history of the organization which the retiring secretary-treasurer was requested to write.
