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JOURNAL Little Rock Annual Conference The Methodist Church One Hundred and Fourth Session (NINETEENTH SESSION OF UNITED CHURCH) JUNE 5 • 9 1957 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS PRICE $1.50 J. RALPH CLAYTON, Editor LOUIS W. AVERITT 500 West Conway Editor of Statistics Benton, Arkansas 1723 Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas BISHOP PAUL E. MARTIN, D.D., LL.D. Resident Bishop of the Arkansas-Louisiana Area South Central Jurisdiction CLASS RECEIVED ON TRIAL Lewis Marlin Mulkey, Kenneth M. Goode (John Griggs Greening not present.) 4 LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Officers II. Boards, Commissions, Commiiiees, Rolls of Conference Members 1. Boards, Commissions, Committees A. Quadrennial B. Annual C. Institutional D. Officers of Conference Organization 2. Conference Directory A. Retired Ministers B. Effective Ministers C. Ministers on Trial D. Approved Supply Pastors E. Lay Members F. Local Preachers G. Church Lay Leaders III. Daily Proceedings IV. Disciplinary Questions V. Appointments VI. Reports 1. Composite Report of District Superintendents 2. Reports of Board Commissions, and Committees VII. Memoirs VIII. Roll of Dead, Deceased Ministerial Members IX. Historical X. Miscellaneous 1. Standing Rules 2. Resolutions XI. Pastors Record 1. Ministers Service Record 2. Statistical Reports XII. Index THE METHODIST CHURCH 5 I. Officers OFFICERS OF ANNUAL CONFERENCE President-Bishop Paul E. Martin, 723 Center, Little Rock, Ark. Secretary-J. Ralph Clayton, 500 West Conway St., Benton, Ark. Statistician-Louis W. Averitt, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas Journal Clerk-Charles W. Richards, 1524 Pine Valley Road, Little Rock, Ark. Treasurer-Louis W. Averitt, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas Executive Secretary, Board of Education, Roy Fawcett, Methodist Head- quarters, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Missionary Secretary-Bryan Stephens, Stephens, Arkansas. Secretary of Evangelism-D. Mouzon Mann, McGehee, Arkansas. President WSCS-Mrs. M. E. Scott, 1209 S. Washington, El Dorado, Ar- kansas. Director Children's Work-Mrs. John L. Tucker, Room 102, Methodist Headquarters Building, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Director Youth Work-John W. Hassler, Room 102, Methodist Head quarters Building, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Director Adult Work-Louis W. Averitt, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Ar kansas. Lay Leader-Roland M. Shelton, 1509 Fair Park Boulevard, Little Rock, Arkansas. President-Hendrix College-Matt L. Ellis, Conway, Arkansas. Executive Secretary, Town and Country Commission-James E. Major, Methodist Headquarters, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Superintendent, The Methodist Home-Connor Morehead, 2002 Fillmore Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS Arkadelphia-T. T. McNeal, 1060 Caddo, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Camden-W. Neill Hart, P.O. Box 5768, Camden, Arkansas. Hope-Robert B. Moore, Sr., 200 North Pine Street, Hope, Arkansas. Little Rock-Arthur Terry, Room 106, Methodist Headquarters Building, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Monticello-Kenneth L. Spore, 436 S. Main, Monticello, Arkansas. Pine Bluff-E. Clifton Rule, 2719 Cherry, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. JURISDICTIONAL OFFICERS Executive Secretary-Dr. Paul D. Womeldorf, The South Central Juris diction, 809 Colcord Building, Oklahoma City, Okla. 6 LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE II. Boards, Commissions, Committees, Rolls of Conference Members Members of General Boards, Commissions, Committees: Council on World Service and Finance, Joe T. Thompson; Board of Publication, Con nor Morehead; Board of Missions, Mrs. J. Russell Henderson, B. T. Fooks; Board of Social and Economic Relations, Vice-President, Alton B. Raney; Committee on Family Life, Mrs. W. Neill Hart. Members of Jurisdic:tional Boards, Commissions, Committees: Mem ber of Executive Committee, Jurisdictional Council, Aubrey G. Walton; Member of Jurisdictional Council, Secreary, Mrs. E. D. Galloway; Board of Education, Roy E. Fawcett, W. M. Locke; Board of Education, Youth Representative, George Hollenbeck; Board of Evangelism, T. A. Prewitt; Board of Hospitals and Homes, E. Clifton Rule; Board of Missions, Mrs. J. Russell Henderson, T. T. McNeal; Board of Christian Social Relations, D. Mouzon Mann; Woman's Society of Christian Service, Secretary of Children's Work, Mrs. W. Neill Hart; Commission on Town and Country, James E. Major; Committee To Study Areas, Aubrey G. Walton. ANNUAL CONFERENCE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES QUADRENNIAL Commission On World Service And Finance: Virgil D. Keeley, Chair man; Cecil R. Culver, Vice-chairman; Wm. E. Brown, Secretary; E. D. Galloway, Alfred I. Doss, J. H. Lookadoo, J. L. Dedman, Jr., C. R. Teeter, Carl Hall, Gus Orr, Ralph Wilson. Board Of Evangelism: H. 0. Bolin, Chairman; C. Ray Hozendorf, Vice-chairman; Herston R. Holland, Secretary; Harold K. Davis, H. D. Ginther, D. Mouzon Mann, Robert L. Riggin, A. L. Mathews, W. D. Mc Kay, Jeff Livingston, Allen Berry, L. L. Lipe, Richard Smart; District Superintendents, District Directors of Evangelism, Conference Secretary of Evangelism, Secretary of Spiritual Life of the WSCS, Chairman of Christian Witness Commission of Conference MYF, and General and Jurisdictional Board members residing within the Conference. Board Of Education: J. Kenneth Shamblin, Chairman; John B. Hef ley, Vice-chairman; Charles W. Richards, Secretary; J. M. Hamilton; Vernon Chalfant; R. 0. Beck; J. C. English; John McCormack; M. W. Miller; Kirvin Hale; Harvey Moore, Arkadelphia; Col. Claude Haswell, El Dorado; W. M. Locke, T~xarka_na; Horace Everett, Fordyce; Paul Jones, Stuttgart; James H. RICe, L1ttle Rock. Youth Representative - Jackie Bennett, Nashville. Board Of Missions: Rufus Sorrells, Chairman; Harold D. Sadler Vice Chairman;, Braska Savage, Secretary; Bryan Stephens, Guy C. 'Ames, Mrs. H. Kmg Wade, B. T. Fooks, W. D. Golden, 0. A. Graves, Mrs. E. B. Matkin, James Cuthbertson, Harry Ives Francis A. Buddin, J. Ralph Clayton. Ex-Officio: Aubrey G. Walton, A. C. Carraway, Roland Shelton, D. Mouzon Mann, Mrs. M. E. Scott. Committee On Conference Relations: Terms to Expire 1960: Harould Scott, Chairman, D. James McCammon, Woodrow W. Smith; Terms to Expire 1958: Alfred Doss, W. T. Bone, Noel Cross; Terms to Expire 1959: A. J. Christie, George Reutz, and Joe R. Phillips Jr., Secretary. Board Of Ministerial Training (Nominated by the Bishop): Fred R. THE METHODIST CHURCH 7 Harrison, Chairman; Howard L. Williams, Vice-chairman; R. B. Moore Jr., Secretary; Everett Vinson, Gerald Fincher, Aubrey G. Walton, John B. Hays, Robert Treischmann, Chas. Ashcraft, C. M. Atchley, Ed Rollin beck and Clint Burleson. Minimum Salary Commission: A. C. Carraway, Chairman; W. R. Burks, Secretary; Phil Pierce, M. E. Scott, Curtis Williams, 0. W. Hoover, J. Martin Tackett, Jim Manning, and W. Jack Williams. Commitfee On Investigation (Nominated by the Bishop): Virgil D. Keeley, George Reutz, Doyle T. Rowe, M. W. Miller, Fred L. Arnold; Re serves; George W. Warren, Harry Weed, and C. W. Good. Board Of Christian Social Relations: Charles W. Baughman, Chair man, Cagle E. Fair, J. E. Dunlap, 0. E. Holmes, John P. Miles, Mrs. C. C. Arnold, C. H. Burleson, Rodney Fish, Mrs. H. M. Stephens, Mrs. J. M. Spicer, E. Van Moseley, Mrs. Howard Elder, James R. Scott, Allen E. Hilliard, David M. Hankins, Jr., J. Ralph Sewell, Claud R. Roy, George E. Stewart, John W. Lindsay, Alton B. Raney, Mrs. E. D. Galloway, Robert Beasley, L. 0. Lee, John W. Rushing, George W. Warren, Charles Ramsay, Ralph Lehman, Mrs. R. H. Cole, George Pike, and Mrs. Louis Wilson Ederington. Board Of Pensions: Terms to Expire 1960: Roland E. Darrow, Chair man; 0. C. Bailey, Homer M. Adkins, A. B. Coen, Osborne White, Fred Gantt, and Connor Morehead. Terms to Expire 1964: J. A. Simpson, Vice chairman; George Kerr, Secretary; Luther L. Miller, Taylor Prewitt, Chas. E. Meyer, Jr., and Joe W. Hunter. Inter-Board Council: The Bishop, the District Superintendents, Pre siding Officers of the following Boards and Agencies: Woman's Society of Christian Service, Christian Vocations, Camp, Town and Country Com mission, Arkansas Methodist, Board of Lay Activities, Missions and Church Extension, Temperance, Education, Board of Pensions, Hospital and Homes, Ministerial Training, Evangelism, and such others as shall from time to time be added by the Annual Conference. Board Of Hospitals And Homes: C. Everett Patton, Chairman; Virgil C. Bel1, Secretary; Omma Daniels, W. R. Boyd, Clyde Sw1ft, Fred L. Arnold, Raymond Robertson, J. M. Spicer, Neill Sloan, John Wilson, R. Burney Wilson, W. P. Gulley. Committee On Christian Literature: Alfred DeBlack, Chairman; Wes ley Reutz, Secretary; C. R. Andrews, H. A. F. Ault, Elbert B. Jean, Jerry L. Patterson, Harry Jacobson, Alfred Rose, Mathew Cook, Merle Petter son, and J. Russell Henderson. Historical Society: Harold D. Sadler, Chairman; S. T. Baugh, Secre tary; R. B. Moore Sr., Kenneth L. Spore, Clem Baker, W. D. Golden, W. Braska Savage, Louis W. Aneritt, Fred R. Harrison, and J. Ralph Clayton. Committee On District Conference Journals: George C. Bailey, Chair man; Orrie L. Thompson, Secretary; H. A. F. Ault, Horace Grogan, Robert L. Long, R. L. Diffie, and W. H. Sanders. Insurance Committee: Rufus Sorrells, Chairman; Arthur Terry, Jay W. Dickey, W. R. Harrison, and Fred Gantt. Television-Radio and Film Commission: W. 0. Byrd, Chairman; A. C. Carraway, Secretary; District Superintendent of the Little Rock Dis trict, George G. Meyer, E. D. Galloway, Cecil R. Culver, and other mem bers named in Paragraph 1591 of the Discipline.