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Methodist Episcopal Church
One Hundred and Thirteenth Session held, in First Methodist Church {South), Winchester, Kentucky, August 30, 1939
Presiding Bishop: H. LESTER SMITH, D.D., LL.D.
Edited by the Secretary: H. E. TRENT, Paintsville, Kentucky.
Published by the Publishing Committee: O. W. Robinson, W. S. Peters, W. C. Stewart, E. D. Edelmaier J. L. TiLTON, John Venn, W. A. Humphries. H. E. Trent.
CINCINNATI THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN PRESS TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Officers of the Conference. (a) Of the Annual Conference. (b) Of the Lay Conference.
IL Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
III. Daily Proceedings.
IV. Disciplinary Questions.
V. Appointments.
VI. Reports� Historical Sketch. District Superintendents. Committees and Boards. Conference Statistician. Conference Treasurer. Other Treasurers.
VII. Memoirs. "Our People Die Well."
VIII. Roll of the Dead.
IX. Historical. Sessions of Conference.
X. Miscellaneous� Plan of Conference Examinations.
XI. Pastoral Record� Alphabetical List. Probationers.
XII. Index.
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ASSISTANTS TO THE AUDITOR E. W. Elrod, J. P. Stamer, C. N. White
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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS Kentucky J. RALPH WOOD Catlettsburg, Kentucky S. C. RICE 310 Kentucky Avenue, Pineville, Kentucky E. D. EDELMAIER 212 Sterrett Avenue, Covington, Wilmore, Kentucky W. W. SHEPHERD 113 Asbury Avenue,
LAY CONFERENCE Louisville, Kentucky President- Tom Spurrier 920 Market Street, 2d Kentucky Secretary' J H. Richardson 836 E. Street, Maysville, 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Treasurer: John Venn 299 II iSoarbs, Commissiions, Committeesi
(a) BOARDS CONFERENCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES W. W. Shepherd, Chairman; L. D. Rounds, Secretary-Treasurer; S. C. Rice, E. R. Overley, E. D. Edelmaier, H. E. Trent.
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First Class�E. Edelmaier, S. L. Renfro. Second Class�C. N. White, John P. Haswell. Third Class�H. A. Sprague, H. E. Bullock. Fourth Class�W. C. Stewart, A. S. Bennett. Fifth Class�C. E. Vogel, J. H. Richardson. Sixth Class�S. C. Rice, Mrs. F. D. Sampson.
UNION COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ex-Officio Members Bishop H. Lester Smith 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio President Conway Boatman Baldwin Place, Barbourville, Ky. Rev. J. Ralph Wood Barbourville, Ky. Rev. W. W. Shepherd Louisville, Ky. Members Emeriti A. B. Cornett Harlan, Ky. C. B. Nordeman 1650 Beechwood, Louisville, Ky. Term Expires 1940 *Rev. E. D. Edelmaier 212 Sterrett Avenue, Covington, Ky. *S. L. Renfro Williamsburg, Ky. xLuther M. Walter Field Building, Chicago, 111. Term Expires 1941 *Rev. C. N. White 128 Pine Street, Barbourville, Ky. *Judge John P. Haswell Washington Building, Louisville, Ky. ^Kenneth H. Tuggle Barbourville, Ky. Term Expires 1942 *Harry E. Bullock Union Station Building, Lexington, Ky.
JH. R. Kendall . . . Washington National Insurance Company, Evanston, 111. *Rev. H. A. Sprague Third and Guthrie Streets, Louisville, Ky. Term Expires 1943 xRobert A. Barker Benham, Ky. *Rev. W. C. Stewart 316 Prospect Avenue, Bellevue, Ky. *A. S. Bennett Hartford, Ky. Term Expires 1944 {Bishop J. Lloyd Decell Arlington Place, Birmingham, Ala. JDr. George C. Douglass 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio *J. H. Richardspn Maysville, Ky. *Rev. C. E. Vogel 1811 Carter Street, Ashland, Ky. ?Conference Trustees. xAIumni Trustees. tTrustees-at-Large. 300 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 301
Term Expires 1945 *Rev. S. C. Rice Middlesboro, Ky. *Mrs. F. D. Sampson Sampson Hill, Barbourville, Ky. xDr. Allan Tuggle .525 E. 68th Street, New York City $Henry M. Zimmerman 2062 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
KENTUCKY CONFERENCE CONTINUATION COMMITTEE Four District Superintendents: J. R. Wood, S. C. Rice, E. D. Edelmaier, W. W. Shepherd. Covington District: Fred Brettschneider, 212 Sterrett Avenue, Coving ton, Ky. Louisville District: A. S. Bennett, Hartford, Ky. Barbourville District: S. L. Renfro, Williamsburg, Ky. Ashland District: J. H. Richardson, Maysville, Ky.
BOARD OF MANAGERS, PREACHERS' RELIEF Officers: 0. W. Robinson, President; W. C. Stewart, Vice-President; J. R. Coppin, Treasurer; C. W. Krebs, Secretary. Members of the Board: W. C. Stewart, term expires 1940; George E. Engle, 1941; J. R. Coppin, 1942; L. F. Huber, 1943; C. W. Krebs, 1944; O. W. Robinson, 1945; H. E. Trent, 1946; John L. Tilton, 1947; E. W. Pfleuger, 1948.
Notice�The Board of Managers were voted power to dissolve the Corporation at the last session of the Kentucky Conference. This will be the done as soon as it can be learned where all the ministers forming Preachers' Relief Society are permanently located.
CONFERENCE DEACONESS BOARD W. S. Peters, President; A. H. Davis, Secretary. First Year�W. S. Peters, A. S. Morgan, Mrs. Ernest Parsons. Second Year�A. H. Davis, Mrs. W. E. Cissna, Miss Lydia Scheirich. Third Year�E. D. Edelmaier, E. R. Overley, Mrs. Frank Wendt.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY K. J. First Class (term expires 1940)�Pastor of Prestonsburg Church, First Methodist Church Day; pastor Main Street Church, Pikeville; pastor E. S. Shurtleff. of Paintsville; Mrs. Bessie Arnold, John Miller, Ashland Dis Second Class (term expires 1941)�District Superintendent First Church, Ash trict; pastor First Methodist Church of Pikeville; pastor P. B. Stratton. land; Uhlan Taylor, T. W. Oliver, R. A. Venters, H. H. Ramey, Mrs. John Third Class (term expires 1942)�D. T. Keel, A. Chrisman, Fred Brettschneider. DuPuy, Mack Bowles, Frances Rice, N. District Su Members ex-officio: Rev. Thos. B. Ashley, Superintendent; District of Carlisle perintendent of Barbourville District, Superintendent of District, District Superin- District District Superintendent Covington of Lexington District, tendent'of Danville District, District Superintendent District. District Superintendent of Shelbyville JTrustees-at-Large. ^E^erence Trustees. xAlutnni Trustees. Ill
Journal of the Kentucky Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Winchester, Kentucky, August 30, 1939.
The One Hundred and Thirteenth Session of the Kentucky Annual Con ference met in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Winchester, Kentucky, Wednesday, August 30, with Bishop H. Lester Smith presiding. Bishop Smith called the Conference to order at 9 A. M. Hymn No. 402, "And Are We Yet Alive?" was sung. Bishop H. Lester Smith led in prayer. Hymn No. 266, "0 Young and Fearless Prophet," was sung. Bishop Smith's devotional address was based upon The Acts 27. 6. His subject was "The Set of the Sail." In his message the Bishop pleaded that as we enter the new Methodist Church we do not assume the attitude so prevalent in our age to "let her drive," but learn how to overcome the opposition of evil. That we seek and desire the things that are worth while for ourselves and the church. The Bishop declared that following the way of the cross would make us our best, our most, our holiest. "We don't know where we're going," said he, "and how you travel makes no difference, when you get to the end of the journey you're just yourself. The important thing is that we keep Jesus with us." The Bishop bade us: "Seek not the easy way, but the right way�the way of the cross. That way is no easy way; but remember, 'The north winds made the vikings.' Your hardships can make you. Let God have His way." The Bishop closed his devotional message with prayer. After the devotional period the Conference roll was called. Seventy-seven answered present; twenty-two did not respond, of whom four were deceased. The roll of lay delegates was called. The Ashland and Barbourville Dis tricts, by Mr. J. H. Richardson; Dr. E. D. Edelmaier called the names of the Covington District laymen, and Dr. Shepherd checked the eligibility of the Louisville delegates present. O. W. Robinson moved, and W. W. Shepherd seconded the motion that we print separate Kentucky Conference Minutes. After substitute motions were made and withdrawn and the question carefully discussed, the original motion carried. Upon the motion of Dr. W. W. Shepherd, the Conference voted to defer the printing of the Conference Minutes until such time as the members of the Lousiville District, who had not reported, could report in full. Motion carried by a vote of 36 for and 34 against. Bishop Smith presented Dr. George C. Douglass, Publishing Agent of The Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, who addressed the Conference. 302 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 303
Dr. Douglass presented to the Treasurer of the Conference a check for $268.34 for distribution to the Conference Claimants. Upon motion Of H. E. Trent, the Conference accepted the check and expressed thanks and appreciation. Dr. Wm. J. Davidson, representative of the Board of Education in Chi cago, was presented and addressed the Conference. The Treasurer nominated his staff and the following were elected: D. W. Nankivel, J. H. Lewis, G. M. Haggard, J. G. Carr, T. S. Lacks, C. F. Froderman, G. W. Townsend, C. R. Elswick, Ralph Wesley. The Conference Secretary named his assistants, and the following were elected: C. E. Vogel, L. D. Rounds, G. W. Townsend. Upon recommendation of the Statistician, the following staff was elected: C. D. Goodwin, R. T. Wilson, 0. P. Baugh, B. M. Winter, O. S. Gardner, H. H. Kahlo, Elmo R. Figgins, W. A. Humphries, J. E. Wolfe, M. G. Shelley. A letter from Dr. J. O. Gross was read by the Bishop. Two communications from the Episcopal Fund, Dr. George C. Douglass, Treasurer, were turned over to the Conference Treasurer. The Auditor nominated and the Conference elected the following as sistants to the Auditor: E. W. Elrod, J. P. Stamer, C. N. White. The hour for reassembling the Conference was set at 2.30 P. M. After the announcements the Conference was adjourned. Rev. A. H. Davis pronounced the benediction.
The afternoon session of the Conference was called to order by Bishop H. Lester Smith at 3 P. M., Wednesday, August 30. Hymn No. 268, "Are Ye Able?" was sung. Mrs. E. P. Hall presented a basket of flowers to the Conference in mem was made ory of the late Dr. E. P. Hall. Appropriate recognition by Bishop Smith. Brothers O. W. Robinson and Wm. Weiler led the Conference in prayer. The Minutes of the morning session were read and approved. from the Board Bishop Smith presented to the Conference the vouchers As an of Pensions and Relief. From the Chartered Fund, $60. appropriation These vouchers were turned from the Board, $300 for immediate distribution.
over to the Conference Treasurer.
The Board of Ministerial Training reported as follows:
restored without readmis- Question 20.�Who have had their credentials "None." sion to the Conference ? was answered and from what Con Question 21.�Who have been received by transfer, from the Southwest Kansas ference? was answered: Dr. Conway Boatman, Conference as of August 2, 1939.
was answered "None." Question 22.�Who have been readmitted?
received on credentials and from what Question 23.�Who have been churches? was answered "None." 304 Kentucky Conference [1939
Question 24.�Who have been received on trial? was answered: In studies of first year, Charles Robert Elswick, Hugh J. Ray, by unanimous vote of the Conference.
Question 25.�Who have been continued on trial? was answered: (a) In studies of the first year: Jacob E. Wolfe, Lester B. Woosley, Howard B. Daulton, Charles B. Duncan.
Question 26.�Who have been discontinued? was answered "None."
Question 27.�Who have been admitted into full membership? was an swered: (a) Elected and ordained Deacons this year: Ralph Wesley. (b) Elected and ordained Deacons previously: Ottie S. Gardner.
Question 28.�What members are in the studies of the third year: (a) Admitted into full membership this year: Ralph Wesley.
Question 29.�What members are in the studies of the fourth year: Fred E. Saunders.
Question 30.�What members have completed the Conference Course of Study? (a) Elected and ordained Elders this year: Ottie S. Gardner.
Question 31.�What others have been elected and ordained Deacons? (a) As Local Preachers: B. L. Allen, Lucian Wells, R. N. Richardson, Lola R. Doyle.
Question 32.�What others have been elected and ordained Elders ? (a) As Local Deacons: Emmet B. Spear, Miss Edna Judd, Hobert Miller.
Question 35.�Who are accepted as Supply Pastors: B. L. Allen, Miss Ruby Adams, Roland Brooks, D. H. Carr, John L. Coomer, Clarence Dishon, Melvin Dishon, Miss Lola Doyle, Elmo R. Figgins, Jesse M. Florence, Clester D. Goodwin, Finley E. Hardison, Frank C. Hardison, Raymond J. Hardison, W. W. Harrell, M. B. Hodges, T. R. Jenne, Miss Edna May Judd, Herbert H. Kahlo, Raymon Konkright, V. K. Lafon, G. G. Lyle, H. A. Mastin, Roy Mayhew, Hobert Miller, Cecil N. Ogg, D. A. Payton, Walter Piper, R. N. Richardson, Eugene Sargent, E. B. Spear, Prentis Spear, C. N. Tuck, Her bert Van Vorce, Lucian Wells, Mrs. Edna C. Whitson.
Question 36.�What Accepted Supply Pastors now in charge are taking the Conference Course of Study?
In the first year: C. D. Goodwin, Elmo Figgins, V. K. Lafon, M. B. Hodges, T. E. Hurt. In the second year: Raymon Konkright (conditioned in Psychology of Religious Experience), Prentis Spear (conditioned in Biblical Readings). In the third year: Dewey H. Carr, John L. Coomer, H. H. Kahlo. In the Local Preacher's Course of Study:
In the third year: B. L. Allen, Lucian Wells, R. N. Richardson, Lola R. Doyle. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 305
Upon motion of Rev. G. M. Haggard, seconded by Rev. C. N. White, it was recommended that the men in the Conference Course of Study from the date of this Conference complete the Course of Study in accordance with provisions that may be adopted by the Annual Conferences of the Louisville Area of The Methodist Church. Motion carried. Upon motion of Dr. Conway Boatman, the Conference suspended its rule and elected Mrs. Flem. D. Sampson and S. C. Rice as the sixth-year class of the Board of Education, and re-elected them to the Board of Trus tees of Union College. Upon the action of the Conference, the Secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot. The ballot was duly cast. Dr. Conway Boatman and Mr. Clifford Pierce addressed the Conference in behalf of Union College. Bishop Smith presented to the Conference Bishop Straughn, who pre sided over the Conference during the address of Dr. W. J. Davidson. In the period during which Bishop Straughn presided. Bishop Smith addressed the Conference in behalf of the Union College Forward Movement. Senator Alvis S. Bennett moved, and John Worthington seconded the motion that we approve the Forward Movement Program of Union College and recommend the hearty support of it by Kentucky Methodism. This motion carried. The character of each preacher was examined in open Conference.
It was moved to reassemble at 7.30 P. M. Motion carried. the Bene The Doxology was sung, and Dr. Conway Boatman pronounced diction.
order The evening session, Wednesday, August 30, was called to by the was Bishop Smith at 7.30 P. M. Hymn No. 145, "Above Hills," sung. Dr. H. A. Sprague led in prayer. the mes Bishop Straughn based his devotional address upon Scripture of Matthew and the beginning of sages at the end of the eleventh chapter the true the fourteenth chapter of John. Said he: "Jesus gave us concep 'Father' denotes It was tion of God as 'Father,' and that term relationship. between God and man. Jesus' motive and mission to establish this relationship of which was to help effect this We have taken up the unfinished task Jesus, is to become so relationship between God and man. Our first duty, then, others into that relationship. related to God as our Father that we can bring the for admission O S Gardner and Ralph Wesley were asked questions received into full membership by vote into full relationship, and they were of the Conference. report. (See Dr. W. W. Shepherd read the District Superintendents' Report.) to the Conference a reso District Superintendent S. C. Rice presented to H- Lester Smith for lution thanks and appreciation Bishop expressing Con over the affairs of the Kentucky his efficient and effective supervision ference. 306 Kentucky Conference [1939
By standing- vote, the resolution was unanimously adopted. (See Reso lution.) Bishop H. Lester Smith very graciously and appropriately responded. J. M. Literal requested retirement, having reached the Disciplinary age. J. M. Literal was given the retired relation by vote of the Conference.
A motion was made by H. A. Sprague that the District Superintendents each district shall con and a layman appointed by the Superintendent from stitute a Continuation Committee of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to represent the Conference in any general matters that may have been omitted. The action of this committee shall in all cases be the action of the Conference in such matters. Motion carried. A. S. Bennett, J. H. Richardson, Fred Brettschneider, and S. L. Renfro were named as laymen on this committee.
Question 33 was called. Who have been left without appointment to attend one of our 'schools? Jacob E. Wolfe, Lester Woosley, Howard B. Daulton, Clarence B. Duncan.
Question 37.�Who have been transferred, and to what Conference? John O. Gross, lowa-Des Moines Conference, September 1, 1939. Isaac C. Wright to the Ohio Conference, September 12, 1939. John Lowe Fort to the Troy Conference, Spring Session, 1939.
Question 38 was asked. Who have died? J. R. Howes, Charles W. Helwig, L. F. Payne, J. T. Martin.
Question 39.�Who have had their Conference membership terminated? (b) By involuntary location: F. P. Cook.
Question 45.�What institutions and organizations are approved by three-quarters vote of the Conference for appointment of ministers in the effective relation with annuity claim? Louisville Council of Churches. Upon motion of J. R. Wood, carried by the vote of the Conference, the Conference Treasurer was ordered to pay the entertainment fee for the retired brethren attending the Conference.
Question 5.�^What are the items and aggregate of General Conference benevolences apportioned to this Conference? World Service, $16,200; Epis copal Fund, 21/2%; General Administration Fund, Motion carried that Paragraph 1651 of the 1939 Discipline be adhered to except in such instances which shall be better served by sending the funds to the Annual Conference Treasurer.
Dr. Conway Boatman made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. A. S. Bennett, that we recommend a survey of the educational institutions be longing to Kentucky Methodism, to be made by the new General Board of Education of The Methodist Church when that board shall be completed, and that the survey be made on an area basis. The Secretary of the Conference was ordered to notify Bishop U. V. W. Darlington of this action. By vote of the Conference, upon the motion of Dr. T. B. Ashley, the Con ference requested the new Kentucky Conference of The Methodist Church 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 307 to assume the responsibility, previously assumed by this Conference, of electing trustees to the Hospital Board of Trustees as by previous procedures of this Conference, and that the new Board of Hospitals and Homes be re quested to make a survey of these institutions as an area-wide basis.
The Conference session was suspended temporarily and the Conference convened as the Preachers' Relief Association to hear the resolutions of the Board of Managers of the Preachers' Relief Association and enact such business as pertained to that organization. 0. W. Robinson presided; Clarence Krebs acted as Secretary.
Please see Preachers' Relief Association Records for action. At the close of the Preachers' Relief Association meeting. Bishop Smith reconvened the Conference. H. C. Sims requested duplicate credentials for the originals he lost in a recent flood. By action of the Conference, the duplicate credentials were ordered granted. The following resolution was unanimously passed by the Conference: The Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and all does assign and transfer all its property rights and interests in any institutions to properties of its local churches and parsonages and other shall become a in the the new Conferences, of which this Conference part
new Methodist Church. H. J. Hervey read the report of the Resolutions Committee. (See Report.) Report- adopted. Committee was continued By vote of the Conference, the Deaconess until the time of the General Conference. to the State The transfer of Miss Grace Arnold, Deaconess, Wyoming Conference was announced.
a vote of the Conference, the Upon motion of J. L. Tilton, carried by was continued until all necessary Kentucky Conference Board of Trustees instructed to file a request business be transacted, at which time they were State. for dissolution with the Secretary of of J. 0. Gross on the Conference S. C. Rice was elected to take the place Board of Trustees. the Conference, the Board of Stew Upon motion of A. G. Cox, passed by settlement of claims with the Board of ards was authorized to make any be outstandmg. Pensions and Relief in Chicago which may yet the Board of Stewards to pay the The Conference voted to authorize Claimants to the extent of one claims of The Methodist Book Concern against debtors each until paid. fourth of the annuity claim of the year the Treasurer was instructed to turn over By motion of the Conference, left m his of the Conference any amounts the Publishing Committee to for the after all bonding and legal fees hands from "fractional amounts" the bond of last year shall be paid. comSg ye^r shall have been paid and after all of the Conference having Bv vote of the Conference, organizations new Conference to turn them over to the leftover funds were instructed Methodist Church for proper dis- Trealurer of the Kentucky Conference tribution. 308 Kentucky Conference [1939
By Conference vote, the committee of the Preachers' Relief Association was authorized to examine and correct the entire list of Claimants before handing it over to the new Conferences. This committee of the Preachers' Relief Association was continued by unanimous vote of the Conference: J. L. Tilton, H. E. Trent, W. C. Stew art, C. W. Krebs. A motion passed approving and adopting the Minutes without reading and making them the official Journal of this session of the Kentucky Annual Conference. Upon motion of W. W. Shepherd, the Conference ordered a brief his torical sketch of the Conference included in the Journal, the historical sketch to be prepared by the Historical Committee of the Conference. Upon motion, made by H. A. Sprague, and carried by the Conference, A. S. Bennett was elected a member of the Historical Committee in the place of J. 0. Gross.
After the singing of one stanza of "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," the Conference adjourned.
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this volume is a complete and correct record of the proceedings of the Kentucky Annual Conference (1939 Session), and that it was adopted by the Conference on August 30 as its official record.
President.
Secretary. IV
The Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Winchester, Ky., August 30, 1939, Bishop H. Lester Smith presiding. Secretary, H. E. Trent, Paintsville; Statistician, 0. J. Policy, Campbellsville; Treasurer, I. S. Pineur, Pikeville; Registrar, H. C. Sims, West View.
A. UNITED SESSION
1. Who are the members of the Lay Conference present, and who are its officers? President, Tom Spurrier, 920 Market Street, Louisville; Secretary, J. H. Richardson, 836 East Second Street, Maysville; Treasurer, John Venn, 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati.
2. Is the Annual Conference Incorporated According to the Requirement of the Discipline? By Act of Legislature, March 25, 1873. 3. What Officers and Persons holding Moneys, Funds, etc., are Bonded and in what Amounts, According to the Requirements of the Discipline? I. S. Pineur, Treasurer, $2,500. J. R. Coppin, Treasurer Preachers' Relief Association, $2,500. A. G. Cox, Treasurer Board of Stewards, $2,500.
4. What are the Statistical and Financial Reports for the year? See Reports. Conference Benevo 5. (a) What are the Items and Aggregate of General lences apportioned to this Conference? World Service, $16,200; Episcopal Fund, 21/2%; General Administra tion Fund, 1/2%. as minimum for (b) What amounts are fixed by this body the goals General Conference Benevolences for the ensuing year? 1,350 units of $12 each. Conference Boards and 6. What Reports and Exhibits are presented by Institutions? See Reports. Board of Home Missions 7. What is the Annual Report of the Conference and Church Extension? No Report. Board of Foreign Mis 8. What is the Annual Report of the Conference sions? No Report. Funds? 9 What are the Claims on the Conference the Disciplinary For annuity distribution, 765 years, multiplied by for necessitous distribution, $500, total, rate of $14 per year, $12,000; $12,500. 309 310 Kentucky Conference [1939
10. (a) What has been received on these Claims? From the Book Concern, $268; from the Chartered Fund, $60; from Board of Pensions and Relief, $300; from the churches, $4,449; total, $5,077. (b) How has it been Applied? See Report Board of Stewards. 11. What amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within the Conference, to be raised for the Support of Conference Claimants? 6% Pastor's Cash Salary.
12. What are the Items and Aggregate of Annual Conference Benevolences approved by this body for the ensuing year? No Report.
13. What approved financial campaigns are to be carried on in this Con ference during the ensuing year, and for what amounts? Union College, $269,000.
14. What is the schedule of Minimum Support? No schedule.
15. What are the approved claii^s for the support of District Superintend ents, Bishops, and Conference Claimants for the ensuing year? District Superintendents, by Districts; Bishops, 2V2%-, Conference Claimants, 6%.
16. What shall be the Evangelistic and Religious Educational Plan for the ensuing year? No Report.
17. What Standing Committees shall be appointed by this body? None.
18. What other items of business shall be considered by this United Session? See Journal.
19. Where shall the Next Session of the Conference be held? Conference to be dissolved.
B. ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION
20. Who have had their Credentials Restored without readmission to the Conference? None.
21. Who have been Received by Transfer, and from what Conferences? Rev. Conway Boatman, from Southwest Kansas, August 2, 1939.
22. Who have been Readmitted? None.
23. Who have been Received on Credentials, and from what Churches? None.
24. Who have been Received on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year: Charles Robert Elswick, % vote; Hugh Jefferson Ray, % vote. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 311
25. Who have been Continued on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year: Jacob E. Wolfe, Lester B. Woosley, Howard B. Daulton, Charles B. Duncan. 26. Who have been Discontinued? None.
27. Who have been admitted into Full Membership? (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year: Ralph Granville Wesley. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously: Ottie Steward Gardner.
28. What Members are in Studies of Third Year? (a) Admitted into Full Membership this year: Ralph Granville Wesley.
29. What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year? Fred E. Saunders.
30. What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Study? (a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year: Ottie Steward Gardner.
31. What others have been Elected and Ordained Deacons? (a) As Local Preachers: Berkeley Lee Allen, Lucian Elmer Wells, Robert Newton Richardson, Miss Lola Rachel Doyle.
32. What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders? (a) As Local Deacons: Emmet Bedford Spear, Miss Edna May Judd. (b) Under Missionary Rule: None. (c) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere: Hobert Miller, to be ordained in the Louisville Conference.
33. Who have been left without Appointment to Attend One of our Schools? Jacob E. Wolfe, L. B. Woosley, Chas. B. Duncan, Howard B. Daulton. 34. Was the Character of each Preacher examined? This was strictly done in open Conference.
35. Who are accepted as Supply Pastors? B. L. Allen, Miss Ruby Adams, Roland Brooks, D. H. Carr, John L. Coomer, Clarence Dishon, Melvin Dishon, Miss Lola Doyle, Elmo R. Figgins, Jesse M. Florence, Clester D. Goodwin, Finley E. Hardison, Frank C. Hardison, Raymond J. Hardison, W. W. Harrell, M. B. Hodges, T. R. Jenne, Miss Edna May Judd, Herbert H. Kahlo, Raymon Konk right, v. K. Lafon, G. G. Lyle, H. A. Mastin, Roy Mayhew, Hobert Miller, Cecil N. Ogg, D. A. Payton, Walter Piper, R. N. Richardson, Eugene Sargent, E. B. Spear, Prentis Spear, C. N. Tuck, Herbert Van Vorce, Lucian Wells, Mrs. Edna C. Whitson. 36. (a) What Accepted Supply Pastors now in charge are taking I. The Conference Course of Study? 1. In the First Year. C. D. Goodwin, Elmo Figgins, E. H. Lafon, M. B. Hodges, T. E. Hurt. 2. In the Second Year. of Reli Raymon Konkright, conditioned on one subject, "Psychology on "Biblical gious Experience"; Prentis Spear, conditioned Readings.' 3. In the Third Year. Kahlo. Dewey H. Carr, John L. Coomer, H. H. 4. In the Fourth Year. None. 312 Kentucky Conference [1939
II. The Local Preachers' Course of Study? 1. In the First Year. None. 2. In the Second Year? None. 3. In the Third Year? Berkeley Lee Allen, Lucian Elmer Wells, R. N. Richardson, Miss Lola Rachel Doyle. 4. In the Fourth Year? None. (b) Was the character of each Accepted Supply Pastor now in charge examined? This was strictly done in open Conference. (c) What Local Preachers have completed satisfactorily the studies prescribed? None.
37. Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences? John 0. Gross, lowa-Des Moines Conference, September 1, 1939. I. C. Wright, Ohio Conference, September 12, 1939. John Lowe Fort, Troy Conference, Spring Session, 1939. 38. Who have Died? J. R. Howes, J. T. Martin, Chas. W. Helwig, L. F. Payne.
39. Who have had their Conference Membership terminated? (a) By Voluntary Location. None. (b) By Involuntary Location. F. P. Cook. 40. What other personal Notations should be made? None. of 41. Who are the Supernumerary Mmisters, and for what number years consecutively has each held this Relation? None.
42. Who are the Retired Ministers? M. M. Carmichael, S. M. Carrier, W. H. Grain, A. F. Felts, N. G. Griswold, R. T. Harper, Daniel Harrer, R. W. Huntsman, J. M. Literal, W. H. Muncy, Frederick E. Ross, G. M. Ryder, John 0. Sparks, G. W. Wright.
43. Who have been granted Leave of Absence? None.
44. Who are the Triers of Appeals? William Weiler, H. E. Trent, J. L. Tilton, G. M. Haggard, H. J. Hervey. Reserves: Paul Stamer, C. N. White.
45. What institutions and organizations are approved by three-quarters vote of the Conference for appointment of Ministers in the Effective Relation with Annuity Claim? Council of Churches, Louisville, Ky.
46. Where are the Preachers Stationed? See List of Appointments. VI
New Kentucky Conference (Names of supplies in parentheses)
ASHLAND DISTRICT H. L. Clay, Superintendent, 2614 Lynwood Road, Ashland, Ky.
Advance A. S. Godbey Louisa C. F. Froderman Allen Circuit C. C. Newsion Main Street S. W. Funk Ashland: Centenary E. M. Fossett Morgan Creek Circuit Martin Moore First C. E. Vogel Olive Hill H. G. Murrell Second R. T. Wilson Pactolus Circuit To be supplied South J. L. Layne Paintsville: First H. E. Trent Big Sandy Circuit Elmer Moore Mayo Memorial Guf Coffman Catlettsburg Johii L. Tilton Pikeville I. S. Pineur, Dwale A. C. Watkins G. F. Thomas East Point Circuit (Prentiss Spear) Junior preacher, Chas. Ellswick Elkhorn City Circuit C. D. Goodwin Prestonsburg W. B. Garriott Fallsburg Circuit D. A. Hewlett Russell G. W. Townsend Freeburn Circuit C. W. Vansant Meade Memorial O. P. Smith Gallup Circuit C. L. Neff Salyersville O. P. Baugh Golden Ridge N. C. Rector Stone Circuit O. S. Donahue Grassland Circuit (E. L. Everman) Van Lear Circuit H. L. Shumway Grayson C. D. Harsh Wayland R. P. Grumpier Greenup Mission A. Ball Webbville Circuit Fred Van Horn Brewer Greenup Circuit... J. N. Loper West Catlettsburg Circuit A. J. Raceland Circuit T. S. Lacks Wheelwright R. N. D. Yoak Kavanaugh Circuit R. D. O'Dell Whitescreek J. S. Cartmel
BARBOURVILLE DISTRICT J. Ralph Wood, Superintendent, Barbourville, Ky.
Barbourville C. N. White Knox County Parish To be supplied Baxter (H. A. Mastin) Loyal E. F. Burnside T. W. Beeler Benham Russell R. Patton Lynch Black Mountain-Evarts R. K. Lee Mary Helen Onie Kays First F. E. Saunders Blue Diamond: Community. .. .R. D. Huston Middlesboro: Rice Combs-Lothair E. R. PflefEer Twenty-second Street S. C. M. Cumberland E. N. Earley Millstone (C. Horton) T. Harmon Corbin R- F. Ockerman Neon J. E. South (J. M. Florence) Pineville A. Johnson Kitson Chevrolet: Community (R. A. Brooks) Seco George Delbert Harlan G. M. Haggard Vicco Floyd W. H. Poore Hazard G. M. Rainey Whitesburg H. Caswell Hindman Stanley M. Smith Whitley County Parish C. H. Lewis Jackson John H. Lewis Williamsburg Joseph John G. Root Jenkins R- M. Price Yancey
CARLISLE DISTRICT C. A. Sweazy, Superintendent, Carlisle, Ky.
C. C. Tanner Augusta J- S. Howard Hillsboro Eugene Sargant Benson-Curry C. G. Dearing Lair First F. C. King Brooksville P- T. Smith Maysville: Street L. D. Rounds Carlisle G. R. Tomlin Third Central I- J- Scudder Conway (Walter Piper) East E. P. Swann Cynthiana Circuit J- F. Arnold Minerva A. W. Insko Ewing (Gwinn Bierley) Moorefield B. M. Winter Fairview James Bevins Morehead G. B. Trayner Flemingsburg P- C. GiUespie Mount Carmel I. C. Wright Fullerton L- A. Garriott Mount Olivet W. T. Williams Garrison Circuit L- C. Godbey Oakland Mills Garnet Haley Germantown O. M. Simmerman Oddville S. L. Moore Helena-Mount Tabor E. B. Scott 313 314 Kentucky Conference [1939
Richard Clary Piqua-Foster S. E. Adams Sunshine Circuit Paul Osborne Saltwell J. K. Hicks Tilton H. Kahlo) Sharpsburg-Bethel E. M. Armitage Tabor-Tollesboro (H. C. P. Cecil Shannon H. K. Carl Tollesboro Circuit F. T. Howard Sardis W. F. Cochran Vanceburg R- M. Baldwin Sandy Hook (Lucian Wells) Washington A. South Portsmouth (C. F. Harber) Wallingford (D. Payton)
COVINGTON DISTRICT
Edward D. Edelmaier, Superintendent, 212 Sterrett Avenue, Covington, Ky.
Alexandria W. S. Mitchell Fort Thomas W. P. Fryman S. B. Asbury J. L Meyer Hughes Chapel Godbey H. Rule Bellevue W. C. Stewart Dry Ridge-Salem C. A. G. Cox Burlington-Carter's T. O. Harrison Dayton E. Butler S. R. Mann Lenoxburg E. Ashley California H. J. Hervey Ludlow L. O. Logsdon R. R. Rose Covington: First H. F. King Newport: Taylor Street Robinson St. Luke's H. C. Martin Grace O. W. Epworth A. H. Davis Salem J. R- Creamer Immanuel E. W. Elrod Petersburg J. J. Barnett Main Street Alexander Kenner Pine Grove F. B. Baldwin Shinkle H. M. Massie Southgate D. W. Nankivel E. W. Elrod Trinity W. S. Peters Spring Lake Kidwell Erlanger T. J. Hopson Visalia . Elmer Eggleston W. S. Peters Walton J. H. Talley Falmouth G. E. Graden Williamstown K. O. Potts Florence W. B. Conn
DANVILLE DISTRICT Adolphus Gilliam, Superintendent, Danville, Ky.
Berea Jesse G. Carr Madison Charge (Robert Hart) Bethel Ridge (E. B. Spears) Mackville E. C. Johnson Booneville Parish E. W. Ishmael McKendree-Guns Z. G. Jones Bryantsville R. L. Lenox Mitchellsburg (Paul Stewart) Burgin R. L. Anderson Moreland Smith Gilmore Burnside R. M. Green Paint Lick Ralph G. Wesley F. Adams Casey County Parish R. N. Richardson Perryville P- College Hill J. W. Parish Preachersville L. D. Smith Danville J. E. Moss Pulaski Marshall Cavit Ferguson L. M. Rogers Ravenna H. G. Howard Gravel Switch W. H. Mullins Richmond O. C. Seevers Harrodsburg M. P. McClure Robert's Chapel Enos Waggoner Irvine W. S. Maxwell Science Hill O. S. Grain Kings Mountain Elymus Dean Somerset A. R. Perkins Lancaster W. F. Pettus Stanford W. A. Humphries Laurel County Parish E. R. Figgins West Irvine J. B. Hahn London A. E. Smith Whitley City (B. L. Allen) Liberty-Middleburg B. M .Wesley Wilmore V. L. Moore
LEXINGTON DISTRICT J. L. Clark, Superintendent, 159 Kentucky Avenue, Lexington, Ky.
Campton-Hazel Green D. M. Tolson Mount Zion C. H. Greer Centerville O. S. Gardner Mount Hope-Berry (A. L. Osborne) Clay City (G. C. Gaunce) Nicholasville W. A. Wells Cynthiana F. D. Rose Nicholasville Circuit (H. Van Vorce), Frenchburg-Boyd (H. A. Pullen) (A. L. Moore) Georgetown E. H. Barnett Owingsville-Salt Lick W. H. Wilson Grassy Lick-Camargo S. J. Bradley Oxford-Mount Gilead (Albert Sweazy) Herrington W. M. Williams Paris W. L. Clark Hutchison-Ruddles Mill F. P. Jones Pine Ridge (T. R. Woodford) Lexington: First H. W. Whittaker Primrose (Lola Doyle) Epworth W. P. Davis Spears F. E. Mosley Park O. B. Crockett Versailles A. G. Stone Centenary C. W. Krebs West Liberty Kenneth Clay Midway (Cecil Ogg) V/inchester : First To be supplied Millersburg A. D. Houghlin North Main Street (E. H. Cole) Mount Sterling J. E. Savage Woodford Circuit (G. R. Reynolds) 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 315
SHELBYVILLE DISTRICT George D. Prentiss, Superintendent, Siielbyville, Ky.
Bedford C. P. Pilow New Columbus W. E. Garriott Bloomfield E. K. Arnold Owenton P. C. Long Campbellsburg H. M. Wiley Pleasureville G. W. Hoffman Carrollton H. L. Moore Polsgrove N. C. Gray Chanlin L. F. Moody Port Royal L. C. DeArmond Corinth M. G. Shelley Salvisa K. E. Hill Crestwood M. C. Yates Shelby Circuit F. D. Swanson Eminence J. R. Whealdon Shelbyville B. O. Beck Frankfort C. W. Grant Shiloh R. L. Meyers Ghent E. C. Watts Simpsonville J. H. Neikirk Hinton R. L. Smith Taylorsville E. T. Currey Jonesville J. E. Gilbert Trimble Circuit C. R. Thomas LaGrange E. L. Griffey Warsaw C. L. Neikirk Lawrenceburg E. Tullis Woodlawn W. E. Garriott Milton W. E. Harrison Worthville Eugene Myers New Castle C. L. Cooper
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
S. W. Funk, Ashland District Missionary L. M. Rogers, Danville District Mission Secretary. ary Secretary. T. B. Ashley, Superintendent, Pikeville O. H. Callis, General Evangelist. Hospital. J. W. Carter, General Evangelist. Alfred Smith, Student, Duke University. D. W. Cobb, Conference Evangelist. W. H. Poore, Barbourville District Mis M. H. Richardson, Conference Evangelist. sionary Secretary. T. P. Roberts, Conference Evangelist. Conway Boatman, President, Union Col L. E. Williams, Conference Evangelist. lege. J. R. Parker, Conference Evangelist. Sec W. E. Cissna, Professor Religious Educa A. R. Perkins, Conference Missionary tion Program, Henderson Settlement School. retary. District Mission H. M. Frakes, Associate Superintendent, W. H. Wilson, Lexington Mountain Work, Board of Missions and ary Secretary. Church Extension. H. W. Bromley, General Evangelist. P. C. Gillespie, Carlisle District Missionary J. B. Kendall, General Evangelist. to Africa. Secretary. J. J. Davis, Missionary to Africa. W. P. Hopkins, Conference Evangelist. Alex J. Reid, Misisonary Duke University. G. E. Graden. Covington District Mis W. B. Strother, Student, University sionary Secretary. L. Edward Mattingly, Student, W. G. Cram. General Misisonary Secretary. of Edinburgh. District Mis W. P. Fryman, Conference Director, Golden J. R. Whealdon, Shelbyville and Golden Cross Di Cross. sionary Superintendent H. C. Morrison, President, Asbury College rector. Associate Editor Church and Seminary. L. B. Phifer, Publications. Z. T. Johnson, Executive Vice-President, School Asbury College.
Appointed to the Louisville Conference C. Sidle Auburn, Ky. J. p. Embry, Edgar Louisville: Trinity, Madison Circuit (Henderson District) H. A. Sprague 3d and Guthrie, Louisville H. W. Landreth .... Louisville : Grace Middletown, Ky. Church, 900 Denmark St., Louisville J. P. Stamer Wm. Weiler Louisville: Market St., S. D. Matthews, 2209 Blvd., Louisville Hardinsburg Circuit, Hardmgsburg Napoleon J. W. Worthington . . Louisville : Epworth, Chas. Mitchell Dundee, Ky. 414 West "M" St., Louisville R. C. Nichols Onton, Ky. W P Perkins No Creek Circuit, SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS R. F. D. No. 3, Hartford, Ky. : Wetstein Evangelist, 1770 Chester Phillips. .. Louisville E. R. Overley, Conference Community, 909 Vine St., Louisville Deer Park Ave., Louisville. West T H. Pickerill Kerr Memorial, H. C. Sims, Conference Evangelist, 1302 Adams St., Bowling Green View, Ky. Odis J. Polley Campbellsville To Attend School Pleasant Hill Circuit, H Tilford Sharp Louisville University. (Owensboro District) Hugh J. Ray, Vanderbilt University. Louisville: Wesley, J. E. Wolfe, W W. Shepherd Boston University. 2718 W. Main St., Louisville L B. Woosley,
In the Memphis Conference C. H. Rayl 231 Farley St., Paducah, Ky. VI
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE KENTUCKY CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church came to a close, as an organization, late in the evening, August 30, 1939, at the First Methodist Church in Winchester, Ky. The Conference began its long and dramatic career as an organization in 1821. This year, at the Ohio Conference, the appointments for Kentucky and small parts of Virginia and Tennessee were grouped under the heading "Kentucky Conference." There were about 17,000 communicants in the new organization. In these earlier days, Kentucky's rapidly increasing population had only a small percentage with any church affiliation. The Methodist circuit rider, with his evangelistic sermons and zeal, was equal to the challenge. He was relieved by consecrated lay leaders in the local churches who did much of the work of the modern pastor. In spite of a constant egress of Meth odists to northern and western states, so successful was the evangelization and oversight that the Conference greatly expanded. In 1844 there were approximately 200 preachers and a membership of 50,000. In the fall of 1845 the Kentucky Conference voted to "adhere South" according to the "Plan of Separation" adopted by the General Conference of 1844 and the Louisville Convention of 1845. The small minority of six; which dwindled to three in a few days, proved in later years to be sym bolical of a greater but unexpressed dissatisfaction with the action of the Conference. "The Plan of Separation" provided that local congregations on the border should adhere to the Church, North or South, according to the will of the majority of their members. Augusta chose the North. Maysville had a majority for the South, but a question was raised as to the fairness of the vote and the powers of the groups in such matters. With each division claiming the exclusive use of the property, the difficulty was carried to the civil courts, where the final decision sustained the claim of the Church, South. Following the Conference of 1845, the Methodist Episcopal Church (the official name retained by the Church of the North) continued with a feeble existence in Kentucky. There was no Conference organization from 1845 to 1853. Kentucky circuits and stations were included in the administration of the Ohio Conference. By 1848 the interpretation of the "Plan of Sepa ration" and of what constituted interior charges had become loose. Such cities as Winchester and Lexington received pastors. By 1849 the total membership was 2,000. The growth of the Church in Kentucky would have been more rapid had there been a system of organization closer to the territory. About 1851 No Creek and Green River Circuits, in their Quarterly Conferences, ex pressed a desire for a Kentucky Conference. On June 2, the Quarterly Conference of Maysville Station went farther with the suggestion and 316 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 317
appealed to the ministers of all the churches to petition the Ohio Conference to form a Kentucky Conference, and requested the Presiding Elder to use his influence at the next session to have all of the Kentucky charges or- ganiTied into a separate District. �^^^tucky District was formed as requested, and the next year, 1852, there was the "Cincinnati and Kentucky Coiiference." Listed in the appoint- "i^^i^s of this Conference, along with the districts of the Ohio Conference, was Kentucky Conference," and within it "Maysville" and "Green River" districts. On October 14, 1853, the Kentucky Annual Conference met at Greenup Street Church, Covington, the first time for eight years. The new Con ference found itself in a strange position. Little encouragement could be expected from the Church, South. In addition, largely due to their ignorance of the laws of emancipation, the Conferences of the far North severely criticized the Conferences in Kentucky for permitting the few who owned slaves to remain in the membership of the churches. Stephen M. Merrill, later Bishop Merrill, as Presiding Elder of the Maysville District, rose to the occasion and skillfully answered the agitated fellow Methodists through the columns of the "Western Christian Advocate" from November, 1859 to February, 1860. In the midst of an environment poisoned by the deception and evil passions necessary for war, the churches and ministers in Kentucky were not always, ideal in their conduct, neither were they unmolested. Heroically the Methodist Episcopal congregations carried on in the midst of misun derstanding and opposition. Sometimes what was gained one year in the annual statistics was lost in the next. The increase in the number of com municants from 1853 to 1865 was 327, leaving a total of 2,927. A majority of the ministers of the Kentucky Conference of the Church, South, had been favorable to the preservation of the Union during the war. At the session in September, 1865, at Covington, initiative was taken looking to the reunion of Methodism. But where a union of states was desirable, a union of churches was undesirable. The minority met in the home of John D. Herne. Eighteen of the twenty decided to withdraw from the Conference and unite with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nearly all of them took the rank of local preachers. Choosing two of their number as Presiding Elders, the group made appointments for themselves in places where the Methodist Episcopal Church had no organization. It was a venture with no guarantee of support, but it proved successful. When the Kentucky Conference of the Church, North, convened in February, 1866, at Covington, twenty-six preachers from the Church, South, including the eighteen mentioned before, were readmitted. With the close of the Civil War the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kentucky "grew by leaps and bounds." For ten years there was an aver age annual gain of 1,600 white people. Missions, Sunday schools, and church extension all received much emphasis. Dr. Daniel Stevenson, one of the preachers, was the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Kentucky. White Methodists had cared for the spiritual life of the Negroes from the first. They were members of the same churches. Though deprived of some of the honors in the church, the colored people shared the means of grace, listening to the ministry of white men or unordained colored ministers subject to the white pastor. When they were freed in 1865, a large number reunited, while others joined the Methodist Episcopal Church for the first time. In 1866 the Kentucky Conference admitted five colored preachers who were formed into the "Colored Mission District," with R. G. Gardiner, a white Presiding Elder. Gardiner developed preachers, erected churches, and established day schools. The work progressed in extent and thoroughness. Twenty colored preachers attended the 1867 Conference. By February, 1869, there were 3,526 members of churches. At their own re quest the preachers of color, with Bishop Scott's assistance, organized the Lexington Conference at Harrodsburg. 318 Kentucky Conference [1939
The decade following the Civil War proved to be the most fruitful in Conference. expansion of any in the history of the reorganized Kentucky Beginning with 1875, the ministers and churches, with a membership of approximately 18,000, did their best work in developing that which had been gained. Education in the local church and giving to missions were much stressed. Considerable advance has been made in better training and sup taken port for the ministry, including retirement income. The church has the eastern an active interest in the people of the highlands occupying part of the state. Many beautiful and efficient church buildings have been erected
� in the larger cities and towns�east, central, and west including the north ern section. Even with these the work of the Kentucky Conference has been largely rural. Economic conditions involving the shifting, in the present the to the century, of a great percentage of the population from country our minis cities has retarded many of the circuits. Nevertheless, scores of ters continue to brave the hardships of inadequate support and carry on the work of the Kingdom. The Kentucky Conference has had an active interest in institutions since its organization. Before the coming of the modern high school, by endorse ment, appointment, visiting committees, and publicity there was maintained a close relationship with the academies for girls at Augusta, Bardstown, Shelbyville, and Lexington. Augusta College, "the first successfully estab lished college in the Methodist Episcopal Church," was organized in 1822 by the Ohio and Kentucky Conferences. It continued to render exceptional service until it discontinued in 1849. In 1851 the Conference took over- Transylvania University. Dr. Henry Bascom, a professor at Augusta Col lege and popular orator, became the first president. With the_ bisection of the church, Transylvania was transferred to the southern division. The Board of Education of the Conference took charge of Texas Seminary, in Madison County, in 1871. Leaders of the Conference sensed the great need for better training for the young people of the churches and ministry. Dr. Daniel Stevenson gave impetus to Augusta Collegiate Institute at the location of the extinct Augusta College. A born educator, he took interest in Union College at Barbourville. He bought the property for the Board of Education of the Kentucky Conference in 1886. As president, until his death in 1897, Dr. Stevenson so administered the College as to guarantee its future. Wise leadership has made it one of the outstanding denominational colleges of Kentucky. While pastor at Pikeville, Thomas B. Ashley saw an opportunity for the church to purchase a hospital with which a group of local citizens were having some difficulty. Kentucky Conference acquired this property in 1922 and has successfully operated the Hospital. The Deaconess Hospital at Louisville was organized in 1895. It was a project of the Central German Conference, though affiliated with the Kentucky Conference. In 1933, with the cessation of the Central German Conference, the Hospital and four city churches became an integral part of Methodism in Kentucky. The brevity of this sketch has prevented the giving of space to the out standing men and women of the laity and ministry. It has likewise caused us to merely list the Women's Missionary Societies in their splendid work, and to mention Ruggles Camp Ground with its long record of service. Ruggles, augmented by its Epworth League Institute in more recent years, helped to inspire the creation of two more institutes�Sulphur Springs and Barbourville. For those who care for greater detail, there is a sta tistical summary in the "Report of the District Superintendents" and in the statistical tables in this issue of the "Official Journal." If the present is prophetic of the future, the next 118 years will be blessed of God and well worth the living. J. W. WORTHINGTON, Chairman of the Historical Committee. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 319
REPORT OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS
Bishop Smith and Members of the Conference and Friends:
It is with a sense both of joy and sadness that we present this report. Always our hearts are glad when we meet the brethren in Annual Confer ence and renew our fellowship. However, we cannot help feeling the sorrow of our last meeting. After many years of fellowship and service together we come today to break these ties and join a new relationship. For some it will not be easy to find new friends and form a new fellowship, for this requires time. We will miss our close companionship of the past. However, we are coming into a new and great day in the history of Methodism in Kentucky. Our opportunities are almost unlimited, and we can go forward with courage and confidence. This, our last year of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been full of change and anticipation. The church people have asked many questions, and some are still unanswered. In some instances the churches have been anxiously waiting developments in order that their problems could be understood. In most places the churches have continued their aggressive work and have not waited but worked. Part of the work of the Conference was temporarily halted so that the mergers might be completed and a new basis established. Our people have been loyal in most of the uniting efforts and will be ready to carry on when The Methodist Church begins its forward march. The reports of the districts by their Superintendents are encouraging. From the Ashland District Brother Wood reports: Many revivals have been held in the churches this year, with converts reported nearing the 600 mark and over 300 additions to the church. World Service is about as last year. The Hospital Booth Festival was a success. A number of Daily Vaca tion Bible Schools were held. About seventy-five young people attended Ruggles Institute. The Epworth Leaguers also splendidly supported the World Comradeship Program. Church improvements amounted to $6,500. Church mergers have been voted at Mount Olivet, Germantown, Sardis, Vanceburg, Garrison, Greenup, and Catlettsburg. Rural circuits will be formed by some of the churches connected with the merging churches. From the Barbourville District Brother Rice says: "We are happy to report, through the co-operation of faithful pastors and laymen through the past six years, spiritual progress and an increased interest in all the departments of the church. "I shall always cherish the love, sympathy, and co-operation the pastors and laymen have given the district program. May God be praised for what ever has been accomplished." From the Covington District Brother Edelmaier reports: Good fellow ship has prevailed among the ministers and their churches. Some of the pastors and their families have been stricken with illness and one parsonage home was visited by death. Mrs. Alexander Kenner was taken during the year, thus removing one of the excellent, faithful Christian workers from our Conference. Rev. L. O. Logsdon and Rev. W. A. Humphries suffered severe illness during the year. The daughters of Brother W. A. Humphries and Brother J. F. Arnold and the wife of Brother Herbert Van Vorce underwent major operations. A large increase in the number of conversions and additions to the church electric were installed at are reported. In the way of improvements, lights Layton, Lair, Pleasant Ridge, Neave, Mount Pleasant, and Headquarters. The Lexington and Jonesville parsonages were painted and otherwise im proved. Union Church, Covington, was painted and improved. Midwinter with results were and summer institutes were held. Special meetings good Foster church was closed and the held in many churches. In the mergers, and First Church of furniture was moved to Lenoxburg. Union Church Covington have voted to unite. The Louisville District has had a good year. Many revivals were held 320 Kentucky Conference [1939
with the usual good results. This summer a good institute at Sulphur Springs, with an enrollment of 153, was held. Also an excellent midwinter institute was held at Trinity Church, Louisville. Churches have financed repairs and building. Grace Church, Louisville, reroofed and painted both the church and the parsonage. Wesley has underwritten the old debt and the debt on the annex purchase. Second Church painted the church building and continues to keep payments up on the parsonage debt. Trinity Church for the of the put on an advance program pledging about $20,000 repair church and the organ. Onton is building a basement Sunday-school addition. Paducah is completing her fine church building. This is one great accom plishment. The new Gothic stone structure is a very beautiful church and will have but a comparatively small debt when finished. Union Chapel, on the Scottsville Circuit, has completed a beautiful country church. Other minor repairs have been made. The district brings to the new church many substantial churches and good parsonages. Our Conference brings to The Methodist Church, according to last year's minutes, 264 congregations; 260 church buildings, valued at $1,575,150; 94 valued at a parsonages, valued at $312,719, and other properties $70,689, total value of nearly $2,000,000, Our college and the settlement schools and Woman's Home Missionary Society school, with their endowment and our two hospitals are valued at more than a million, tota;ling around $3,000,000 worth of property. In addition to material values, we bring nearly 100 Con ference members and 35 probationers and supply pastors; 29,149 members; 22,606 Sunday-school scholars; over 3,000 Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Epworth League members. With the above values we bring into the union are to an abundance of good will and prayers for its success. We ready help bear the burdens and carry our part of the load, believing that our God will help us to make a great church that will show forth His praise and that will work for the building of the Kingdom. In the new organization of The Methodist Church we express a hope and
� dare to make a plea for some of the work that is dear to our heart the rural church. The church is now in a position to care for rural Methodism. Many of our country churches have a hard time to continue; yet it is wonderful to note how they live in spite of adversity. Many of them have one or two sermons each month, little pastoral oversight, and one revival a year. They need more preaching and pastoral visiting, more meetings at the churches, and more opportunities for worship. The open country and the village are great opportunities for Methodism to grow. We long to see the day when the rural church shall come into its own. Our new church has a wonderful supply of ecclesiastical machinery. We can follow our "Discipline" and perform any kind of Christian work the church of God should do. A large place is provided for the laymen, and the preacher is harnessed to pull the load so far as the machinery of the church is able to provide the materials. We are exceedingly proud of the fine organization; it is a real church. With this great church we ex press the hope that the Spirit of God may work through us until the revival fires burn again and our hearts are warmed so that religion may be a vital force in our midst, and with our renewed faith we may call sin ners to repentance, bringing joy instead of weeping, and carry the Good News to the ends of the earth. As we write, the clouds of war are gathering, feverish excitement pre vails, uncertainty stalks the earth. Millions do not know which way to turn, and among the statesmen of the nations there is no world leader who can show them the way. Conflicting governmental theories clash for supremacy, and the great mass of the people suffer untold miseries with little hope for release unless the right way is found. If our great church, working with other Christian denominations, can point the way, we will accomplish something worth while. Christ is our only hope, and the church is His authorized messenger. May God help us to take the message the world needs just now. As we say a few words of farewell to our Kentucky Conference, we wish 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 321
to express our gratitude for what it has meant to us. We are deeply grate ful to Bishop Smith for his kindly interest in our Conference and for his help in guiding us to and through the union. We are personally grateful to the church that educated us and has permitted us to serve the Kingdom through her auspices. I speak for our Conference when I say we are grate ful for what our church has meant to us. For one hundred and thirteen years our Conference has carried on, suffering a division and pausing from 1845 to 1853, and now coming to a great reunion to carry on in a united church with prospects bright, with power sufficient to bring the world to Christ. We are grateful for the church that has been; we are rejoicing in the church that is to be. "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever"�to Him we look for victory. We go forward confidently in the great company of Methodists, telling redemption's story to a world in need. W. W. SHEPHERD.
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY Pikeville, Ky.
Superintendent's Report Bishops Smith, Darlington, and Straughn, and Brethren: One thrills to think of the far-reaching consequences of this great united church of ours, here assembled, destined, as it surely is, to become a mighty moral and Christian force in our state and throughout the world. Our world-wide Methodism now presents to God for the forwarding of His Kingdom 2,890 schools and colleges with 285,000 students, 177 hospitals, 133 old people's and children's homes, 225 homes for superannuates, 88 deaconess' homes, 50 Goodwill Industries. The estimated investment of our far-flung interests reach the staggering sum of $1,222,112,000 for the work of Christ's kingdom. To bring this great work closer home, we have 82 hospitals in the United States, with 5,300 nurses caring for 263,000 pa to tients last year, with property and endowment amounting $73,250,000. The total financial obligations of your hospitals in the United States far sur passed the total benevolent gifts of the church last year, which, in my humble opinion, gives justification for the existence of the National Board of Hos pitals and Homes. In Kentucky we have three splendidly equipped hos pitals: the Louisville Deaconess Hospital, the Good Samaritan Hospital of Lexington, and the Methodist Hospital of Kentucky at Pikeville. We verily Christ's chal believe that in Kentucky we are more nearly ready to accept lenge to His church today, "No church is a truly Christian church that will that of and not fulfill the ministry of healing together with preaching in connection teaching." There is no more thrilling and romantic history this with the development of the church than that which relates to par a field of limitless boun ticular branch of its activities and which occupies our children died before reached daries Fifty years ago one half of they of medicine has been transformed the age of five. Meanwhile the science and to convert the bodies and is now ready through health education surgery of health and Just here of men, women, and children into abodes happiness. of the and the hospital becomes the work of art in the hands nurse, physi^an, the Healer of both soul and body. Through surgeon, under the blessings of our own this beautiful and efficient service done in Christ's name m hospital, who came to us last year were claimed only 2.2 per cent of the 1,660 patients their families well and happy The total by death; 97.8 per cent returned to nursing 5,261; number of nursing days given was 12,033; hospitalization days, 4,90ll county nursing days, 1,233; and charity nursing pay nursLg dayf, $8,000. In days 638. Total courtesy and free service given approximates was born m some hospital, but the United States last year every third baby cent of all our babies were born far in our mountain county, 53 per large 25 cent of back in the hills and at the hands of a midwife only. Only per to the when sick, so we are offering our people can afford to go hospital 2 322 Kentucky Conference [1939
to a very generous hospitalization contract, both private and groups, place the service of the hospital within reach of many more, especially those in the lower salary bracket. About 1,400 families are protected by the group contract, and between three and four hundred families by the private con tract. Indeed, this is a great service to our mountain people, for more than and of them so. ninety per cent of them have defective bodies, many seriously Another serious handicap to our people, and that which greatly increases our on relief rolls. our burden, is the fact that there are 2,100 people in county Storms, floods, and strikes have also left their toll among the sick. These none whom have been have come to us in greatly increased numbers, of we that we turned aside, for more and more we realize, as I am sure should, of of micro are perpetually threatened with invasion from billions species scopic disease organisms, capable of killing more of us in one epidemic than all the U-boats that ever frightened fish beneath the sea, could kill in half a century. Incident to the strike among the miners, our income was cut off from the 15th of March to the 16th of May. During this time our income from group hospitalization, amounting to more than $2,400, was taken from us, some of which will be recovered, but which worked a temporary hardship upon us. In spite of all this, we have been able to pay all salaries promptly and to practically balance our current budget every month except the month of May, when we had to ask for a little outside help. You pastors and your people have been most gracious in your response through the Booth Festivals and otherwise, with donations of canned goods, linens, and cash. All the churches of Pikeville have been most co-operative and generous. Rights of designation have been extended by our World Service Commission, and we hope there will be no interference until the time of the first General Conference of the united church, by which time with such help we shall be able to retire our debt without any drive for funds, the balance of which is $5,400, against which we hold a contract with our Fiscal Court for an amount equal to $2,122. I was assured by our county judge the day before my leaving home that this amount should be forthcoming by September 15. When this is applied, it will leave us a balance on our debt of $3,278. Today, when billboards, hot-dog stands, and filling stations have largely replaced the "house by the side of the road," to have found an ideal which commands our highest love and loyalty, to have found a work which com mands our best endeavor and joyous enthusiasm, to have found a friend to whom we never need to make an explanation and who is depending upon us for his sweetest joys�is life indeed. Night and day throughout the past fourteen years we have striven to move close to the heart of the needy and the sick of our vast mountain region in an honest effort to restore life and happiness and to share falling tears with those of sad hearts. We have in vested in this health program $324,417.93. We have ministered to 16,081 patients, giving 112,980 patient days of consecrated service. In such service done in the name of our Christ, we have expended more than $700,000. But in conclusion, what of the future? Ninety-four years ago Morse's telegraph was unknown. Eighty years ago Field and Kelvin had not laid the first cable under the Atlantic. Sixty years ago Mr. Bell had dreams only of the telephone. The street car, airplane, electric lights, automobile, radio, and the like all have come to us in the immediate past�almost beyond human understanding, but tomorrow freight and passengers will be trans ported by way of vacuum tubes at ten times the present speed. There will doubtless be a vast network of tubes above and below the ground which will carry us from Chicago to New York in two hours instead of a full day� twelve hours from Boston to the Pacific Coast with Donald Kehoe in his proposed flight to Europe and back in one day at the speed of a bullet. We are slow to accept the new products and changes in our ways of living. We have been accused, and rightly so, of living twenty-five years behind the times. Television, for example, was patented in 1884. Vitamins were dis covered twenty-seven years ago. The electric range is more than thirty years old. Electrical devices for the diagnosis of the ills of the human body, though 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 323 already a decided accomplishment, are yet to be appreciated. The "Infrared Lamp" is now capable of doing for the human body what the sun is doing for vegetation, which can boil an egg inside a flask of water perched on a cake of ice. Through high-frequency waves, now used in deep therapy, warmth may be directly generated in the human body without wasting heat on the air. The doctor and the health commissioner, instead of warning against congregating in public places during epidemics, will, under modern ized practices, urge public gatherings where the crowds will get baths of invisible germ-killing radiation. I need not say more, I am sure, to convince a group of your intelligence that for the great Methodist Church to efficiently and earnestly fulfill the entire commission of Jesus as it is striving to do through the 251 eleemos- nary institutions, we must pour out generously of our time, talent, love, and life for the service of man and the glory of God. In the lines of a prophet whose name is unknown will be found beautifully expressed my closing thought: "WHEN"
When disaster beats round, the true men are found; And cowards are marked with a brand. They whimper and whine, they cringe and repine At the whip-lash Fate holds in her hand. The brave struggle on though chasms may yawn. And midnight's unlit by a star; How you face defeat in the crises you meet� That measures the man you are.
All through the years there are laughs and tears. But they in the end are the same. A moment of life in the midst of the strife Is worth ages of watching the game. With despair in your heart, if you still played your part. Though bloody and beaten and sore. If your soul flamed white in a hopeless fight. The world will ask for no more. THOMAS B. ASHLEY, Superintendent.
RESOLUTION
Whereas, The Council of Bishops of The Methodist Church has assigned Bishop H. Lester Smith to preside over our Kentucky Annual Conference for the one-day session; and Whereas, Bishop Smith has presided over our Conference for more than two quadrenniums and has proved to have a sympathetic and vital interest in all the work and everyone concerned; therefore be it his leader Resolved, That we express our deep appreciation of spiritual ship and interest in carrying forward the work of our Conference, and pledge to him our prayers and interest in all his future activities.
REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Church has The Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal It enters a new at this session passed its final milestone of history. upon with momentous Not the era of united fellowship' fraught possibilities. Conference is the least of the factors entering into a pleasant and effective and entertamnient careful and thorough preparation made for its work by Methodist the Conference Entertainment Committee of the Episcopal Church, and to all others South To them we hereby express our most hearty thanks, Methodist of Kentucky Wesleyan College, the Winchester Episcopal Church, 324 Kentucky Conference [1939
South, and the Winchester community, who have so graciously contributed to our convenience and comfort. We greatly appreciate the continued services of the Conference officers, the Secretary, the Statistician, the Treasurer, the Auditor, their staffs, and the Committees. We give heartfelt thanks for the efficient and brotherly presidency of Bishop H. Lester Smith over this final session of our Confer and ence. Especially do we wish to thank the Bishop for his earnest inspiring
� to set its sails message ^not to let the good old Methodist ship drive, but to so that the favorable winds of the Spirit will carry it where it ought go. We shall ever remember Bishop Smith's kindly and interested administration among us. We thank the representatives of the various church boards for their words of information and inspiration, the president of Union College for his outline of the Forward Program of Union College, Bishop James H. Straughn for his fraternal visit and felicitous words. measured Finally, we thank God for the unparalleled opportunity, by equal responsibility, set before us in a reunited Methodism. We do not pro fess to know all the answers to the future, but trusting in the Holy Spirit for strength and guidance, patience, and love, we would say, "Lord, we are able." H. J. HERVEY, R. T. WILSON, A. G. COX, E. W. ELROD. STATISTICS ASHLAND DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
District Conference Bap Prepar Pastob Supbr'bnts Bishops Claimants Tol tisms atory Full Membership s s. c� ial B NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OP PASTORS 2. Paid of Sui i Defici B S s E S < B B a> ii ency. o WB � 5' o �� i g-" (=: h-i a a a T
Advance A. S. Godbey $1600 S400 $144 $72 $1846 172- Ashland: First. C. E. Vogel 3600 3600 600 360 360 180 4215 1241 R. T.Wilson 1700 1700 200 180 180 90 2007 408 Catlettsburg W. T.Williams 1400 1400 400 120 120 60 1605 110 East Point Prentis Spear 400 408 60 31 31 439 145 Fullerton 0. P. Baugh 985 915 120 103 95 1073 389 Germantown W. F. Cochran lODO 900 201) 96 S4 1044 407
C*> Greenup County Parish . . T. S. Lacks looo 910 200 96 85 1035 256 26 ^ Lawrence County Parish . CD. Goodwin 540 511 100 52 537 200 Louisa C. F. Froderman . . . 2000 2000 300 208 208 2352 173 Maysville: East E. P. Swann 1500 1500 300 144 144 1746 415 Third Street H. E. Trent 2400 2400 600 216 216 2769 350 Mt. Olivet I. C. Wright 1050 1014 200 102 1181 366 Olive HUl H.G. Murrell 1450 1050 250 144 1210 220 Paintsville G. W. Townsend... 2400 2250 600 216 198 2588 290 Pikeville I. S. Pineur 2400 2400 600 216 216 2769 198 40 40 482 Pikeville County Parish. . Wm.Kelley 420 420 120 275 L. D. Rounds 2220 2220 420 216 216 2589 254
Salt Lick. . . H. B. Daulton and Edna C. Whitson. 260 280 60 24 24 302 71 300 108 96 939 137 Salyersville . Al. Smith 900 800 227 Sardis A. W. Insko 1225 1225 200 123 123 1434 419 774 100 61 845 105 363 Tollesboro. . H. H. Kahlo 808 1100 300 1264 175 Vanceburg . . K.E.Hill 1100 Wallingford. D. A. Payton 875 775 100 163 291
7415 Totals this year . �133233 $32132 $6730 $3214 $3031 $660 $596 $1596 $1379 $37138 $1564 2923 642 578 1557 1334 36625 1322 118 7221 Totals last year . 32878 31790 3109
$513 30 194 Increase. . $355 $343 $105 $108 45 Decrease . $150 ASHLAND DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
EPWORTH CHURCH SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS LEAGUE
a. IX 5-B t3 H Paid �a �3 ness, �o c 2 ss- �2.� NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS on includi Present 2 s-S- itInteres Curren not b Old X a- pens Deb ebte 01 a �S S. &S" 53 3 a. � 0 S TO 1 � B i�
Advance A. S. Godbey $165 $5000 Ashland: First C. E. Vogel 600 150000 10000 2400 $33500 3000 Second R.T.Wilson 593 200 30700 2000 487 $114 2748 685 Catlettsburg W. T. Williams 124 65 8000 3000 75 150 700 146 East Point Prentis Spear 227 20 4600 1100 197 100 Fullerton 0. P. Baugh 250 185 12500 2700 75 200 Germantown W. F. Cochran 335 171 6500 3500 110 119
Greenup County Parish . . T. S. Lacks 240 100 15200 2500 100 200
Lawrence County Parish . CD. Goodwin 225 75 9800 1500 300
. Louisa C. F. Froderman. . . 250 no 16000 3500 100 365 160 Maysville: East E. P. Swann 420 180 15000 4000 1800 435 540 Third Street H. E. Trent 310 277 25000 10000 100 75 680 Mt. Olivet I. C Wright 250 163 9000 3000 85 140 Olive Hill H. G. Murrell 270 146 15000 5000 146 6700 262
Paintsville . . G. W Townsend . . 338 325 25000 5000 250 ' 540 Pikeville L S. Pineur 167 106 25000 5000 375 '310 725 Pikeville County Parish . , Wm. Kelley 230 61 7000 200 260 Russell L. D. Rounds 187 220 45000 5000 739 3004 458 Salt Lick H. B. DauHon and Edna 0. Whitson. 55 30 2000 600 Salyersville . Al. Smith 150 80 12500 3500 150 "300 Sardis A. W. Insko 283 110 10000 2000 50 160
Tollesboro. . H. H. Kahlo 350 120 6300 1000 400
Vanceburg. . K.E.Hill 163 160 20 13000 2500 Wallingford . D. A. Payton 100 55
Totals this year . 570 6720 $3724 678 $479900 $82200 $320 $1259 $47762 Totals last year . 548 6415 3624 589 486000 85200 2100 6534 1794 6576 52275
Increase. . 305 $100 $7900 $1008
Decrease . $3000 S4513 BARBOURVILLE DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
District Conference Bap Prbpar- Bishops Full Membership Pastob Supbr'bnts Claimants ister Total Total tisms ATORT P. fer fer NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS ing Paid Paid Paid Paid Full Rent Total Total Claim Year M Year Rental for Adults fession and Receiv'd Received Roll, Inactive and Deaths cluding Deficiency Children Received Received of Received Inactive Removed House Paid, on by by Claim, Value Min- from from Members During .Faith In . During . Con on Baptized. . . of . . House Rent.. Includ Baptized Renewal.. Trans Denominations.. other Memb's including Members. Withdr'wl. Trans ....
Albany Parish Melvin Dislion S480 $479 $120 $36 S34 $9 $5 $21 $11 $529 $17 � 3 9 2 1 407 85 1 Barbourville C. N. White 2500 2500 500 200 200 50 50 120 120 2870 "2 2 4 12 4 1 17 1 393 65 "ii 1
Baxter H. A. Mastin 940 940 220 72 72 18 18 42 42 1072 11 11 14 1 166 23 . ... 1 Benham R. R. Patton 2180 2180 180 50 50 25 25 2255 2 33 38 40 3 271 16 1
Berea J. G. Carr 1260 1260 360 90 90 23 23 54 54 1427 8 2 .... 124 42 1 1
Bethelridge E.B. Spear 708 708 200 50 50 12 12 30 30 800 ' 18 16 18 228 60 2 Black Mountain-Evarts W. L. Young .... 744 515 144 60 45 15 7 36 20 587 268 54 54 305 51 "7 Booneville Larger Parish . . R. L. Smith 725 591 300 42 27 10 7 25 16 641 161 4 4 3 .... 1 314 40 2 3 2 Casey County Parish .... R. N. Richardson. 510 510 60 45 45 11 11 27 27 593 1 2 1 445 135 1 1 College Hill J. M. Florence 775 785 150 62 62 15 15 37 37 899 *10 4 9 19 342 69 3 4 1 Corbin. ... J. I. Meyer 1800 1800 300 150 150 33 33 90 90 2073 6 6 8 18 10 4 220 28 3 2
Cumberland E. N. Earley 1200 1133 300 90 83 22 16 54 48 1280 86 3 4 3 6 3 6 8 1 150 24 .... 144 22 Harlan. . G, M. Haggard 3000 3000 600 240 240 60 60 144 3444 5 22 25 17 5 20 465 50 "io Kings Mountain D. H. Carr 740 660 100 64 15 16 5 38 10 690 168 6 2 237 77 5 3
175 50 12 10 5 109 7 4 .... 2 72 26 4 Knox County Parish . ... C. F. Chestnut 260 21 187 "4 3 Liberty-Middleburg B. M.Wesley 1000 1000 120 88 88 22 22 52 52 1162 6 6 223 11 '2 2
London ... Elmo R. Figgins 750 780 200 55 58 14 13 33 28 879 ��*27 "io 8 10 18 10 "'2 381 102 240 1425 6 121 Loyall . E. F. Burnside 1240 1240 100 100 25 25 60 60 2 9 3 10 �3 Middlesboro F. E. Saunders 1420 1420 420 100 100 25 25 60 60 1605 9 4 9 9 5 10 "'2 228 50 "4 Paint Lick J. Ralph Wesley 810 810 200 61 61 15 15 36 36 922 33 30 30 30 6 4 362 75 2 Primrose Miss Lola Doyle 160 160 16 16 4 4 10 10 190 10 6 13 3 142 20 4
� � Science Hill . L.E.Wells 825 825 100 72 72 18 18 43 43 958 7 7 '3 3 241 51 '2 3
260 26 20 7 2 15 7 227 ' ' 2 2 12 1 278 110 2 4 Somerset . ... George Stevens 198 'si Wayne County Parish Clarence Dishon 260 232 60 20 20 5 2 12 3 257 40 '3 10 10 256 100 ....
850 850 150 70 70 14 14 42 42 976 8 15 118 7 118 ... Whitley City ... B. L. Allen 8 Whitley County L.B. Pfaff 130 130 13 13 3 3 5 5 151 " 9 15 '3 172 91 1 120 120 30 30 72 72 1722 1 8 4 8 4 8 143 17 30 3 Williamsburg . J. H, Lewis 1500 1500 300 "'8
$27027 $26381 $5374 $2013 $1913 $486 $435 $1188 $1092 $29821 $893 81 262 118 126 215 297 117 35 6798 1428 85 48 28316 27486 5850 2080 1952 505 441 1232 1088 30967 1116 59 225 215 836 74 287 104 51 6390 1381 86 59
$4 22 37 141 10 13 408 47 $1289 $1105 $476 $67 $39 $19 $6 S44 $1146 $223 97 710 "16 "1 "ii
�Excess. BARBOURVILLE DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
EPWORTH CHURCH SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS LEAGUE
MB 5" 5-B NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS
y. a. OS- -�CD g'tO w o 2-3
Albany Parish Melvin Dishon. . . . 23 $35 $4000 $1500 $1000 $130 Barboiu-ville C.N. Wbite 252 252 6000 3000 300 225 Baxter H. A. Mastin 125 60 3000 2000 1100 $900 150 Benham R. R. Patton 352 199 30 10000 3000 50 240 Berea J. G. Carr 101 52 9000 6000 28 $144 489 Bethebidge E.B. Spear 220 54 3000 1500 35 175 2500 60 . 35 Black Mountain-Evarts . W.L.Young 309 127 40000 10 40 Booneville Larger Parish . R.L.Smith 244 105 4500 5000 71 . . . 150 t3 Casey County Parish . R. N. Richardson. 490 40 6000 1000 College Hill J. M. Florence 188 47 5000 3500 113 144 Corbin J. I. Meyer 150 125 20000 200 500 225 Cimiberland E. N. Earley 159 72 20000 275 300 4175 171 4534 1466 Harlan G. M. Haggard. . . 265 364 65000 3000 Kings Mountain D.H.Carr 150 90 3000 500 15 110 154 48 . . 800 Knox County Parish C. F. Chestnut. . 95 77 2000 Liberty-Middleburg B. M.Wesley 288 108 1000 1500 87 290 240 260 325 354 London Elmo R. Figgins . . 712 134 20000 2000 Loyall E. F. Burnside 118 90 12000 50 9000 157 5000 75 1700 250 Middlesboro F. E. Saunders. . . . 200 196 16000 ieoo 7000 3500 150 135 Paint Lick J.Ralph Wesley. . 240 75 40 Primrose Miss Lola Doyle. . 98 20 3000 Science Hill L. E.Wells 150 115 50 4000 1500 10 5000 61 Somerset George Stevens . . . 2000 300 400 Wayne County Parish . . , Clarence Dishon . . Whitley Qty B.L.Allen 60 7000 1200 200 150 Whitley County L.B. Pfaff 87 3400 32 132 Williamsburg J. H. Lewis 215 6000 3000 420 120
Total for this year. 485 5413 642 $51300 $1500 $2924 $16732 $5231 147 10110 5855 Total for last year. 456 5324 2527 584 294250 48500 1624 5476
$6622 Increase. . $272 58 Decrease. $7350 $124 $9430 $2652 $624 COVINGTON DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
District Conference Bap Prepar- Bishops Pastob Super'ents Claimants tisms ATORI Full Membership
p h3 p B NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS TOR- Ft*'' P g C p. p o Year. Receivi o id itive and lovef 1 1 Durii iRolL. B a.3 a- c � a �- tzr � B P
Asbury B. M. Winter $1300 1144 $108 $22 $72 $362 135 Augusta H.J. Hervey 1450 1450 300 138 138 28 69 1685 383
Bellevue W. C. Stewart. . . . 2142 2142 400 209 209 43 104 2498 259 Centerville 0. S. Gardner 720 720 120 72 72 15 36 843 228 Conrey Walter Piper 100 100 12 12 2 120 35
Covington: Epworth , . . . A. H. Davis 1660 1660 360 156 156 32 1926 278 Immanuel E. W. Elrod 2900 2915 600 276 276 57 3386 637
Main Street Alexander Kenner . 1700 1700 300 168 168 35 1987 326 Shinkle W. A. Humphries. 2240 2240 420 218 218 45 2612 412 Trinity W. S. Peters 2160 2160 360 216 216 45 2529 353 Union J. L. Tilton 1900 1450 600 156 102 20 1623 544 335 Cynthiana J.F.Arnold 1200 1200 250 114 114 24 1392 300 Dayton A.G. Cox 1800 1800 600 144 144 30 2046 142 Eggleston W. S. Peters 120 120 14 14 3 144 54 Jonesville M. G. Shelley 850 750 72 10 859 Lair 'Eugene F. Sargent. 100 48 48 Layton 0. W. Robinson. . . 40 5 45 34 Lenoxburg E. E. Ashley 800 800 150 78 78 36 930 275 Lexington C. W. Krebs 2400 2400 600 216 216 108 2769 267
Ludlow L. 0. Logsdon. . . . 1700 1700 500 144 144 72 1946 323 Midway Cecil Ogg 800 800 100 84 84 42 943 135 Nicholasville-Mt. Beulah. H. Van Vorce 1044 1044 150 107 107 53 1225 24 250
Newport: Grace 0. W. Robinson. . . 2700 2700 900 216 216 108 3069 452
Salem J. R. Creamer .... 2020 2020 400 144 144 97 2301 320
Southgate D. W. Nankivel. .. 1720 1720 420 156 156 78 1986 230 Spring Lake E. W. Elrod...... 110 12 12 6 116 57
Totals this year . $35936 S35075 $3181 $1663 $1597 $40512 $1067 6318 3300 718 1731 1642 41071 1488 6240 Totals last year . 36664 35440
151 Increase. .
Decrease . $728 $365 $161 $119 $30
*Excess. COVINGTON DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
EPWORTH CHURCH SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS LEAGUE
^ Paid Paid Paid ety by or No. Total 5' Value ness, Local Senior 2 Land Land erties, on of NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS Officers Church Bonds, of for Present Current Amount Number and and and for Interest Current Support of and Estimated Parsonages Estimated Etc not Old including Including Advocates. bubscribers Ladies' Departments School Other Indebtedness to Preaching Enrollment Young Value Value Improvements Building Debt Expenses, Preachers the Aid church in Expenses of of Interest
Places.. . Buildings Soci . Buildings. . Prop and on Not all Teachers. . Indebted . Current . Endowments, on including Indebtedness, Ministerial Contributed Congregations Asbury B. M. Winter 1 16 175 $110 1 $18000 1 $6000 $100 $20 $50 $350 $195 13 $200 1 27 290 2 Augusta H. J. Hervey -. .... 2 23 255 195 2 23000 1 3000 $2500 56 310 585 Bellevue W. C. Stewart 23 257 144 20 14 20000 1 7000 108 18 225 205 777 22 220 Centerville 0. S. Gardner 15 194 56 38 30 4500 265 12 260 107 2 165 Conrey Walter Piper 500 20 10
Covington: Epworth . . A. H. Davis 23 288 345 15 5500 1 4300 61 240 "l7 100
Immanuel E. W. Elrod . . 42 446 485 25 20 30 35000 1 6250 6300 66 5 100 200 2136 120 200 22 Main Street . . . Alexander Kenner 12 120 86 20000 1 5000 40 633 282 Shinkle W. A. Humphries 28 289 500 10 21 50000 1 6500 750 156 550 1109 12 650 Trinity W. S. Peters 29 290 200 35 40000 1 2500 110 400 613 718 8984 1250 35 750 Union J. L. Tilton 23 116 173 30 80000 1 20000 1500 2806 1244 680 23 313 Cynthiana J. F. Arnold 28 185 85 20000 1 2000 125 300 30 147 Dayton A, G, Cox 10 127 75 20000 1 8000 33 135 200 2700 400 14 163 Eggleston W S Peters 8 57 28 17 1500 27 50 1 Jonesville M G Shelley 18 148 48 6000 1 1000 48 78 3 Lair 20 2000 74 16 Layton 0 W Robinson 4 SO 125 Lenoxburg B. E Ashley 24 250 150 50 6000 1 3000 300 400 1 16 3 Lexington C. W. Krebs 20 160 130 25 25000 1 5000 600 113 237 2071 1200 44 336 Ludlow L. 0. Logsdon 18 191 148 40 20000 1 5000 156 55 60 1100 513 30 341 Midway Cecil Ogg 6 71 77 20 4000 61 "l 7 50 Nicholasville-Mt. Beulah H Van Vorce 13 250 200 52 6500 1 2000 100 150 3 9 150 Newport: Grace 0. W. Robinson 24 212 525 30000 1 15000 16000 1600 500 1000 6000 1800 3 41 800 Salem J. R. Creamer 35 350 720 31 20 35000 1 5000 260 175 76 1550 1 25 260 Southgate D. W. Nankivel 21 276 183 18 7500 125 90 500 1000 100 2 12 200 Spring Lake E. W. Elrod 11 85 223 23 4200 600 34 360 205 1 10 66
Totals this year 33 474 4758 $4886 389 80 135 36 $484200 18 $106550 $35410 $8866 $1595 $3661 $26139 $18094 19 429 $5672 34 Totals last year 30 509 4776 4311 472 94 141 37 466800 19 109819 67500 25431 1584 3824 25313 19033 23 558 6960 37
Increase 3 $575 $17400 $11 Decrease 35 18 83 14 6 1 $3269 $22090 $16666 $163 $174 $939 4 129 $1288 3 LOUISVILLE DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
District Conference Bap Prepar Pastor Bishops Full Membership Super'ents Claimants ister Total Total tisms atory NAMES OF CHARGES NAMES OF PASTORS Rent Total ing Total Paid Paid Paid Paid Year fer Full fer Year Rental for Adults fession and Received Roll, Inactive and Deaths Children Received Received of Received Receiv'd Inactive Removed cluding House Paid, by Claim, Value Min- from on from Members by During .Faith
In . . . Rent. During Con of Baptized. on . . . . House . Includ Baptized' Renewal.. Trans Denominations. other Memb's including Members. Withdr'wl. Trans
Bethel.. Charles Mitchell $820 $720 $120 $70 $60 $17 $15 $42 $36 $831 $118 1 2 2 2 1 313 50 .... 3 Bowling Green T. H. Pickerill 1300 1300 300 100 100 25 25 60 60 1515 6 6 7 13 265 6 1 Bowling Green Circuit . Jesse Landrum 375 325 200 37 33 9 5 22 5 368 85 7 8 172 30 2 Clifty J. L. Coomer .... 600 600 100 50 50 12 12 30 30 629 14 354 90 2 Dexterville V. K. LaFon 325 246 50 27 25 7 3 16 1 275 100 10 7 6 6 4 340 92
Greenville H. T. Sharp 900 900 200 70 70 17 17 42 42 1029 2 67 85 340 65 "1 .... Hardinsburg-Grahamton S. A. Matthews 1375 1375 300 80 80 20 19 48 45 1239 9 5 9 5 5 1 9 3 ' ' 205 2 Hickory . . Frank C. Hardison 750 750 200 55 55 13 13 33 33 851 .... 11 11 4 '3 299 74 "io 2 Hopkinsville-Madisonville J. P. Embry . 600 500 60 45 15 5 36 10 560 "isi 12 13 12 338 100 3 Leitchfield-Clarkson Finley Hardison 700 700 125 57 57 13 13 34 34 804 52 52 19 567 126 ' ' 7 Louisville: Epworth J. W. Worthington 2400 2400 600 180 180 45 45 108 108 2733 "5 4 5 13 10 8 21 416 79 8 1 Grace H. W. Landreth 1100 1100 300 80 80 20 20 48 48 1248 3 3 4 4 159 50 6 Market Street Wm. Weiler 3000 3000 600 240 240 60 60 144 144 3444 "io 5 13 13 5 451 94 4 "e
Second Church J. P. Stamer 2100 2100 500 160 160 40 40 96 96 2396 2 3 2 ' ' 2 9 6 2 210 23 4 1 Wesley Odis J. Polley 2400 2400 600 180 180 45 45 108 108 2733 11 34 34 '8 34 20 8 402 10 7 3 192 8 5 971 146 17 6 . . 320 320 80 80 192 4392 9 60 10 13 18 Trinity . . H. A. Sprague 3800 3800 600 "4 W^etstein Conmiunity Chester Phillips 1300 3100 62 62 1362 3 7 2 60 4 1 1 MunfordsvillG G. G. Lyle 545 545 120 42 42 11 11 25 25 623 2 38 38 2 6 265 35 1 No Creek Roy Mayhew 826 700 150 67 52 17 10 40 10 772 177 10 3 3 360 3 5 Onton R. C. Nichols 850 850 150 70 70 18 18 42 42 980 6 10 254 10 252 70 2 Owensboro-Sulphur Springs Hobert Miller 970 995 320 65 67 17 17 39 40 1119 "*28 "3 36 3 3 44 3 7 571 2 "2 8 2000 2000 300 170 170 42 42 102 102 2314 4 10 3 347 42 3 Paducah . C. H. Rayl Riley T. R. Jenne 196 118 36 16 14 4 3 9 8 143 "82 "3 2 142 39 4 Sacramento R. J. Hardison 750 750 150 60 60 15 15 36 36 861 2 8 14 364 75 ...... Scottsville E. C. Sidle 1100 1100 250 85 85 21 21 51 51 1257 4 15 15 7 252 40 Scottsville Circuit W. W. Harrell 625 625 125 50 55 12 9 30 21 695 "'22 44 54 "54 44 4 6 548 86 4 6 2 Sparksville M B Hodges 625 400 100 52 38 13 32 438 284 .... 41 41 610 725 626 100 62 60 16 10 38 34 730 111 4 7 7 2 1 1 423 45 1 7 Westview .... W. P. Perkins
S33056 $32325 $6596 S2505 $2408 $624 $567 $1565 $1408 S36034 $1101 72 412 181 404 91 476 119 47 9996 1475 70 75 33608 32549 6436 2590 2441 645 556 1557 1320 36866 1544 86 458 332 248 134 498 SO 85 9298 1438 89 83
$160 $11 $8 $88 156 39 ' 698 37 Decrease $552 $224 $85 $33 $21 $832 $443 12 46 151 41 22 38 "ig "8
�Excess. LOUISVILLE DISTRICT�STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
EPWORTH CHURCH SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS LEAGUE
J) or s- Paid Paid Paid by No. Total 5 ety. Land Land Value ness, [Local , Senior i . of NAMES OF CHARGES Officers Church I erties, on NAMES OF PASTORS Bonds, of for Present Current Number and and for Interest Current SuoDort Amount of and and Estimated s Estimated Etc not Old including Including b . Advocates. subscribers Ladies' School Other Indebtedness to Preaching Enrollment Young Value Value Imorovements Building Debt Preachers the Aid church in Expenses Expenses, of of Interest
. . Places. Teachers, all .Buildings. Buildings.. Prop and on Not Soci . . . Indebted . Current Endowments, on including Indebtedness, Ministerial Contributed Congregations
Bethel 1 Charles Mitchell 10 125 $36 40 ' 1 $2000 $1200 $20 .$350 27 1 Bowling Green T. H. Pickerill 1 11 211 179 1 '26 1 7000 5000 $2000 58 $128 $11 227 1 Bowling Green Circuit Jesse Landrum 4 24 240 80 4 2000 2500 200 41 1 1 4 Clifty J. L. Coomer 3 16 125 35 4 1000 2500 100 50 2 19 $37 4 V. K. La Fon 3 15 165 15 3 2500 500 10 $1 5 30 1 4 Greenville H. T.Sharp 2 14 125 30 2 5000 1000 500 45 21 75 2 Hardinsburg-Grahamton S. A. Matthews 2 16 109 80 2 6000 1500 275 274 2 13 44 2 Hickory Frank C. Hardison 2 15 105 75 17 2 3500 2000 50 125 15 210 1 10 5 Hopkinsville-Madisonville J. P. Embry 2 20 195 450 50 2 15 5 Leitchfield-Clarkson Finley Hardison 4 21 240 100 20 5 8000 2000 100 2 14 45 5 Louisville: Epworth J. W. Worthington 1 18 260 260 25 18 14 1 25000 6000 300 500 30 102 1 Grace 1 H.W. Landreth 10 100 104 22 2 6000 2500 450 100 "l ' 125 2 Market Street Wm. Weiler 1 45 527 556 79 1 50000 10000 i765 952 550 3405 6 60 25 1 Second Church J. P. Stamer 1 21 194 132 19 1 18000 6000 400 206 275 3200 662 3 24 160 1 Wesley Odis J. Polley 1 23 347 354 45 1 25000 3500 350 240 600 3000 800 1 42 479 1
Trinity H. A. Sprague . 1 30 346 249 35 1 60000 8000 1000 686 91 240 1280 3860 5 82 2816 1 Wetstein Community Chester Phillips 1 7 63 75 25 1 2000 1200 126 211 7 1 Mimfordsville G.G. Lyle 3 15 110 25 4 35000 800 25 25 20 20 4 Roy Mayhew 4 22 260 70 80 15 4 5000 1600 50 150 26 85 4 Onton R. C. Nichols 1 17 185 95 1 30000 1300 1000 20 75 1
Owensboro-Sulphur Springs Hobert Miller 50 30 350 50 7 6500 3000 100 1 ' 150 7 C.H.Rayl 1 16 240 250 56 18 1 65000 2500 31000 180 720 5000 1 32 2 Riley T. R. Jenne 1 3 93 7 2 2200 500 3 5 R. J. Hardison 4 24 193 85 35 15 10 4 5000 1000 175 100 1 21 2
Scottsville E. C. Sidle 2 24 200 208 37 2 17000 1500 225 664 353 � � 46 7 W.W. Harrell 5 35 315 46 8 2500 1500 200 2 7 Sparksville M. B. Hodges 5 36 450 150 150 7 4000 1500 50 100 150 7 11 23 6 W. P. Perkins 5 25 400 75 6 5000 1000 105 3
Totals this year 57 783 6073 $3421 645 107 50 78 $400200 29 $71600 $5215 $37132 $718 $2328 $13776 $11782 42 544 $4261 86 64 573 6091 2318 694 35 118 88 328100 28 69200 9465 37982 765 6233 15396 12574 38 588 4832 88
210 72 $72100 1 $2400 7 18 $1113 49 68 10 $4250 $850 $47 $3905 $1620 $792 4 44 $571 2 C
o � Inactive Members. 1752 1428 1032 1475 5687 6327 CO �
Full Members on Roll, including 7416 6798 6318 9986 1378 Inactive Memb's . 30527 29149
-^H kri !>. !>. � Received from other �1 CO cc �"I' ^
Membership Denominations . . . CO 03 as .-1 o Receiv'd by Trans CO T-< Full fer and Renewal.. -Itl - t~ CD � Received on Con as t-- 1:^ ^ (M (Mi-H MEMBERSHIP . . fession of Faith. 1189 1223; O) �o ^ C3S 02 o CO �-l O OS O Received from (M T-l P. M O CO CHURCH 1-H cq CO o Now on Roll �-l CO ^ 1078 2509 1431 Tjl oo o ^ CO Received During CO T-H CO 00 atory kO OO Prepar Year | Total Deficiency $1564 893 1067 1101 $4625 5470 OO Total Paid for Min p isterial Support $37138 29821 40612 36034 $143506 145529 Paid $1379 1092 1597 1408 $5476 6384 i Conference Claimants $1596 1188 1663 1565 $6011 6077 CD Paid $596 435 659 567 $2257 2264 o o o SUPPORT CO T-l Bishops $660 486 690 624 So Paid $3031 1913 3181 2408 $10533 10616 a� O MINISTERIAL District Super'ents Claim $3214 2013 3290 2606 $11022 11230 Rental Value of 5374 8080 6696 Parsonage $6730 $26780 26908 Total Paid, Includ House Rent . . 26381 35076 32325 $1352 Pastor ing $32132 $125913 127265 Total Claim, In (M House CM cluding 27027 35936 33056 �@ Rent $33233 131466 1 $129262 DISTRICT c OF 1 Wood c Edelmaier Ralnh D. NAMES SUPERINTENDENTS .T. E. �- S t>�> > DISTRICTS 1 i ! OF c \ 1 1 "t li5 X NAMES ( 1 1 '.1 I {- c 334 CO O CO I cc* No. of Congregations CO t~- CO 00 lO CO or Preaching Places. . Amount Contributed by Ladies' Aid Soci- ety Subscribers to the Advocates CO "^J* 02 C<1 Local Preachers Current Expenses, Not Including Ministerial Support Present Indebtedness, including Debt on ^ Current Expenses . . . Paid on Old Indebted O Paid for Interest CO i-H �0 Indebtedness CVI T*1 CO (M -.JH CO CO CO Paid for Building and kr5t^00.-H Improvements Value of Other Prop erties, Endowments, Bonds, Etc O O "5 O Estimated Value of cq ^ CO ^ Land and Buildings. ooioot^ Parsonages . o o o ira Estimated Value of Land and Buildings. . Church Buildings. I:^ C3S ITS o Juniors. �^ M cq Intermediate. Senior and Young People Church School Current (M 05 00 Total Enrollment in all Departments c<) CO CO o Officers and Teachers. Number of church Schools fe -Si 3 C8 J o o 335 336 Grand Total Disciplinary and Annual Conference Benev olences, Other Items �* O CO cOTticOTtH(r^coc kO -coirs - (M -t^i-IO Area Expense Fund Secretarial Ex pense Fund Minutes Publica- cation Fund .... Travel and Enter tainment Sulphur Springs Ruggles Other Annual Conference Benevolences Sustentation Fund City Missionary or Church Extension So ciety Annual Conference In vestments (Conf. Claim ants) Berea Home. Bethesda Hospital. Deaconess Hospital. HOCOOt-IMOO'* 03 O � OS OS 1>- i-li-ICOCOi- Union College. Me S-a flic 337 cc CC (M General Administration Fund (M 00 o O CO O ec CC CN cq i�5 00 T*ioc^ooo�oi^�ocqoooiocqi^oooOT-H cocq ooocco CCOI:*mcniO-*C<)-t}HCOioas-*.-H^OOlOOOCO 1-1 cq cq 1-1 c '� � , . - O 05 O CO O (M O -il^ O Tti .-H .-I � cq � cq o �* �o � -cOt-icocsicd Total Disciplinary Be nevolences Woman's Home Mission ary Society Woman's Foreign Mis sionary Society Children's Day Fund (Board of Education) . . CO i-f CO w Total World Service. Additional Contri butions to World Service COi-H cocq (M World Service on Apportionment iSHOQOOcqcoooooooc OcocqoOi*OQOT!4-:i< g g � 338 00 lO C> �0 CO f-l Total Annual Conference Be nevolences, etc Area Expense Fund Secretarial Ex pense Fund Minutes Publica- cation Fund .... Travel and Enter tainment Sulphur Springs. Ruggles Other Annual Conference Benevolences Sustentation Fund City Missionary or Church Extension So ciety Annual Conference In vestments (Conf. Claim ants) Berea Home. Bethesda Hospital. . Deaconess Hospital. Pikeville Hospital . Union College. 339 COVINGTON DISTRICT�CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT DISCIPLINARY BENEVOLENCES OTHER ITEMS World Sbryice Support of WE s s o a p 5' NAMES OF CHARGES o o. 3- If o'co i 3- Asbury $76 $54 Augusta 77 $160 $186 138 69 Bellevue 320 320 $266 $240 826 209 129 Centerville 20 32 48 53 72 36 Conrey 10 2 2 6 Covington: Epworth. 180 320 322 58 219 599 156 78 Immanuel 28 944 1103 229 368 1700 276 138 Main Street 13 195 195 53 68 316 168 84 Shinkle 109 222 223 221 133 587 218 109 Trinity 169 511 514 119 342 975 216 108 *Union 103 146 183 186 44 413 102 50 Cynthiana 77 10 10 41 51 114 57 Dayton 27 60 61 109 144 72i Eggleston 26 11 11 11 14 7 Jonesville 34 3 3 72 27 Lair , Layton Lenoxburg 44 44 73 Lexington 67 311 311 124 486 Ludlow 241 246 26 343 Midway 105 42 147 Mt. Beulah.... Newport: Grace 310 310 626 216 108 Salem 150 175 542 194 Nicholasville 55 55 55 107 Southgate 227 228 335 156 Spring Lake 24 24 24 24 12 Total. $1495 $4392 $285 $4677 $59 $2057 $8462 $3213 $655 $1626 *Add $38 to Union Total. See Balance Sheet. Q0i-HC0C0OC0OCC00UD�-cc005t^ iJicDCDfrqi-HcoiO-^t^rtit-^OiCOCqo �^C<1 Ui (M cc C35 i-l-f�^ Total Annual Conference Be nevolences, etc i-lt- OS -CD Area Expense Fund Secretarial Ex pense Fund Minutes Publica- cation Fund .... t-- � . l-H 05 CC CC -o Travel and Enter tainment Sulphur Springs. Ruggles. Other Annual Conference Benevolences Sustentation Fund City Missionary or Church Extension So ciety Annual Conference In vestments (Conf. Claim- Berea Home. Bethesda Hospital. . Pikeville Hospital . . Union College. .-Saga o i.a.g;a g g : _S � c o� 2-9 c t-l 341 LOUISVILLE DISTRICT�CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT DISCIPLINARY BENEVOLENCES OTHER ITEMS World Service Support of 2.^ 05 ^ D B COCT"c �a S NAMES OF CHARGES O ^2 Bethel $56 $64 $17 $37 Bowling Green 47 $77 100 25 60 Bowling Green Circuit 25 8 7 Clifty 60 12 30 Dexterville 21 5 2 Grahampton No OJ Greenville 17 42 Hardinsburg 22 54 Hickory 55 13 33 Hopkinsville-Madisonville. . 40 10 24 Leitchfield-Clarkson 67 13 34 Louisville: Epworth 126 $10 136 $15 49 246 180 46 108 Grace-Wesley 3 3 80 20 48 Market Street 1620 1868 194 2424 240 60 144 Second 125 125 63 256 160 40 96 Trinity 1089 1118 543 2326 320 192 Wesley 250 250 106 451 180 108 Wetstein Community. . . . 40 63 63 62 Munsfordville 5 5 5 9 No Creek 46 46 49 17 Onton 24 24 24 42 Owensboro-Sulphur Springs 15 40 Paducah 40 102 Riley 6 5 Sacramento 36 Scottsville 43 61 Scottsville Circuit 21 Sparksville No West View Totals $2811 $3611 $410 $4021 $53 $1292 $1015 $6381 $2397 $580 $1440 ^ CO O CO cc CO CO OS �* 00 O -St* O CO 00 cq lO l-H ^ cq cq 1�I 00 eo Grand Total and CO cq o CO io cq 00 o TP cq ir:) cc oa CO cc CO CO cq T-H OS o (N Disciplinary i;^CC T-l T-H cq T-t T-l OS T-H CO lO C3S l-H T-H cc cc T-l (N 1-1 t-h Annual Conference Benev olences, Other Items 1 lO CO � 00 CO CO Area Expense Fund Secretarial Ex pense Fund Minutes Publica- cation Fund .... Travel and Enter tainment Sulphur Springs. Ruggles . Other Annual Conference Benevolences Sustentation Fund City Missionary or Church Extension So ciety Annual Conference In vestments (Conf. Claim ants) Berea Home. Bethesda Hospital. Deaconess Hospital. Pikeville Hospital . Union College. Q a c 0 = OO ba tad fe-aS � !3 g.S S-S'S S!2;oOPHpHCoa!o202ts 343 OCO Total Other Items. General Administration Fund Conference Claim ants Bishops (Episcopal Fund) T-H �-( OS District Superin tendents -i-H cq COQO Total Disciplinary Be nevolences Woman's Home Mission ary Society OTP OS cq 00 coos Woman's Foreign Mis (M CO CO (M sionary Society Children's Day Fund (Board of Education) . . . Total World Service. Additional Contri butions to World Service .-HO Cq TP T-H OS .-I on t^kO CO CO World Service IM T-H TP CO Apportionment.. . . Apportioned for World Serv ice Total Cash Payments for All Purposes sj.s.i 3 i > 3 m 03 O o 344 Grand Total Disciplinary and Annual Conference Benev olences, Other Items Total Annual Conference Be nevolences, etc Area Expense Fund Secretarial Ex pense Fund Minutes Publica- cation Fund .... Travel and Enter- taiimient Sulphur Springs. Other Annual Conference Benevolences T-H TP O -11 Sustentation Fund. City Missionary or Church Extension So ciety Annual Conference In vestments (Conf. Claim ants) Berea Home. Bethesda Hospital. Deaconess Hospital . Pikeville Hospital . Union College. -2.3 tSP 345 346 Kentucky Conference [1939 TREASURER'S REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET Analysis of Receipts and Disbursements for the Conference Year 1938-39 RECEIPTS Cash Vouchers Cash on Hand Received from Charges: Ashland District 2,203 00 $9,059 00 Barbourville District 1,919 00 5,045 00 Covington District 1,499 00 14,791 00 Louisville District 2,811 00 12,549 00 In Fractional parts of one dollar 10 12 From Methodist Book Concern 268 34 From Chartered Fund 60 00 From Board of Pensions and Relief. . 300 00 Union Church, Covington 38 00 Total Receipts ,143 95 $41,444 00 DISBURSEMENTS Cash Voucher?' Total To World Service: $1,926 00 $10,513 00 $12,439 00 28 00 1,074 00 1,102 00 To Children's Day Fund (Board of Education) 63 00 151 00 214 00 To Woman's Foreign Missionary Society 23 00 4,842 00 4,865 00 5 00 3,730 00 3,735 00 To Support of District Superintendents: 161 00 2,692 00 2,853 00 60 00 1,859 00 1,919 00 35 00 3,178 00 3,213 00 1,805 00 1,805 00 1,468 00 856 00 2,324 00 4,401 07 1,805 00 6,206 07 190 00 153 00 343 00 To Educational Institutions: 25 00 1,269 00 1,294 00 1 00 9 00 10 00 To Hospitals and Homes: Pikeville Hospital 35 00 1,054 00 1,089 00 5 00 1,932 00 1,937 00 65 00 65 00 104 00 104 00 60 00 60 00 To City Missionary or Church Extension Society 1,025 00 1,025 00 380 00 79 00 459 00 To Other Conference Benevolences: 2,053 00 2,053 00 339 00 339 00 328 00 328 00 To Conference Travel and Entertainment Fund 71 98 248 00 319 98 To Conference Minutes Publication Fund 33 30 159 00 192 30 To Secretarial Expense Fund 7 15 7 15 To Area Expense Fund 159 00 62 00 221 00 Balance in Treasury 66 45 66 45 Total Disbursements $9,143 95 $41,444 00 $50,587 95 (Signed) I. S. PINEUR, Conference Treasurer. CERTIFICATE The above Report and Balance Sheet has been carefully audited, together with other records of the Treasurer's Office, and is found to be correct. H. J. HERVEY, Conference Auditor. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 347 Retired Ministers Name and Address Retired Ministers Carmichael, M. M., Columbus, Ind $90 $25 $70 Carrier, S. M., Middleburg, Ky 157 147 Crain, W. H., Butler, Ky 165 154 Felts, A. F., Delaware, Ohio 225 210 Griswold, N. G., Wilmore, Ky 285 266 Harper, R. T., Beaver Dam, Ky 142 133 Harrer, Daniel, Pasadena, Calif 150 140 Huntsman, R. W., Maysville, Ky 68 50 63 Literal, J. M., 3434 Ault View, Cincinnati, Ohio. 225 210 Muncy, W. H., Greenup, Ky 225 196 Ross, F. E., Columbus, Ohio 345 56 Ryder, Geo. M., Sulphur Springs, Ark 217 Sparks, John 0., Maysville, Ky 105 Wright, G. W., Science Hill, Ky Totals 329 $2,467 $125 $1,792 Widows Name and Address Widows Bradford, Mrs. G. W., Chicago, 111 $15 $14 Cheap, Mrs. John, Louisa, Ky 135 84 Conrey, Mrs. T. H., Augusta, Ky 180 112 Davenport, Mrs. W. H., Punta Gorda, Fla . 157 98 Fischbach, Mrs. Mary, Louisville, Ky 240 150 28 Fitzgerald, Mrs. Alice, Los Angeles, Calif. . . 45 Fryman, Mrs. V. E., Ashland, Ky 90 56 Godbey, Mrs. L. R., Riley, Ky 165 101 Hall, Mrs. E. P., Ft. Thomas, Ky 135 84 Harrop, Mrs. F. W., Covington, Ky 60 35 Helwig, Mrs. Chas. W., Seattle, Wash 202 126 Hill, Mrs. E. B., Somerset, Ky 187 119 Hughes, Mrs. Bird, Mt. Olivet, Ky 68 42 Jaggers, Mrs. Granville, Bowling Green, Ky 83 45 Jolly, Mrs. G. N., Maysville, Ky 187 115 Kelley, Mrs. F. T., Cincinnati, Ohio 90 56 Martin, Mrs. J. T., Middlesboro, Ky 157 101 Morris, Mrs. Mary, Lexington, Ky 63 Payne, Mrs. L. F., College Hill, Ky 73 Smith, Mrs. C. S., Bowling Green, Ky 21 Stump, Mrs. C. T., London, Ky 38 Wardrip, Mrs. S. B., Bethelridge, Ky 45 28 105 Young, Mrs. N. H., Ashland, Ky 165 Totals 488 364 $2,730 $110 $1,656 Children J2 25 o \?te Other Total of Fathers Years Annuity Name of Child Fourth of Guardian Name Birthday on a. Funds Child Basis Last Effective One $15 $10 $25 1 Brown, W. Guy Simms, Betty J . . 11 g 2 Grand Totals. $5,212 $245 $3,448 $8,905 348 Kentucky Conference [1939 FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONFERENCE STEWARDS Kentucky Annual Conference Date of Session, August 30 to September 3, 1939 Actual Disbursements On Basis of Service: To Preachers $2,467 00 To Widows 2,730 00 To Children 15 00 Total Regular Annuity $5,212 00 On Basis of Regular Relief: To Preachers $125 00 To Widows 110 00 To Children 10 00 Total Regular Relief 245 00 On Basis of Emergency Relief: Administered Separately by Preacher's Relief Association 3,448 00 Expenses Board of Stewards 42 00 Balance on Hand 78 00 Total $9,025 00 Receipts For Annuities: From Pastoral Charges $4,949 00 From Book Concern 268 00 Total for Annuities $5,217 00 For Regular Relief: From Board of Pensions and Relief $300 00 Total for Regular Relief 300 00 For Emergency Relief: From Chartered Fund $60 00 3 448 00 Administered Separately by Preachers' Relief Association , Total $9,025 00 Years of Service (Responsibility Basis) Retired Ministers 329 Widows (three-fourths basis) 364 Children (one-fourth basis) 2 Claimants' Years Relinquished 150 Total Responsibility in Years 695 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 349 Vital Statistics (Membership Basis) Retired Ministers Widows Children Number Paid 14 23 1 Number Relinquished 4 2 .... Total 18 25 1 Legal Annuity Rate (For Current Quadrennium Number of Effective Members Counted 94 Total Cash Salary Paid to Them $100,000 House Rent Equivalent Value (15 per cent) 15,000 11 5 000 Total Support Counted , 1 223 Average Support , Minimum Annuity Rate 14 List of Officers�^Board of Conference Stewards Wm. Weiler, President, 2209 Napoleon Blvd., Louisville. A. G. Cox, Secretary-Treasurer, 524 Fifth Ave., Dayton. Certificate of Secretary I certify that this report, together with the supporting data on Forms 5A, 6A, and 7A accompanying, has been carefully inspected and that to the best of my knowledge is correct. ^ q ^qx. Secretary. TREASURER OF THE CONFERENCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 35 Balance on hand, September 24, 1938 $202 Interest received on account, August 25, 1939 2 05 Total Assets $204 40 Disbursed on order of the Annual Conference of 1938 : Oct. 25, 1938� Check to trustees of Sparksville parsonage $100 00 Oct. 25, 1938�Check to trustees of Wesley Church, Sacramento charge 50 00 Total Disbursements $150 00 40 Balance on hand, August 30, 1939 $54 Respectfully submitted. L. D. ROUNDS. 350 Kentucky Conference [1939 PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION Financial Report�August 25, 1939 ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS s� % IHoboken, N. J $1,000 $1.000 00 2 Philadelphia, Pa 4 1,000 2,000 00 5 1 000 � 000 00 1 Grant County, Ky , J 1 Vanceburg, Ky. ^Yi 1,000 1,000 00 4 1 000 1 � 000 00 1 Owen County, Ky , 1 Palmetto, Fla 6 500 500 00* 1 Beauregard, La 5 500 500 00* 1 Murphy, N. C 6 500 500 00 1 Santa Rosa County, Fla 6 500 500 00 1 Daytona, Fla 500 500 00 1 Scott County, Va 5 500 500 00 1 DeFuniak Springs, Fla 6 1,000 1,000 00* 1 Carthage, N. C 6 500 500 00 1 Paintsville, Ky 6 500 500 00 2 DeSoto County, Fla 6 500 1,000 00* 1 Fulton, Ky 5 500 500 00 4 Covington, Ky 4 1,000 f, 000 00 1 Sheffield, Ala 5 1,000 LOOO 00* 2 Webster, Fla 6 1,000 1,000 00* 3 Columbia Gas & Electric Co 5 1,000 3,000 00 3 Kansas City Public Service 6 100 300 00* 1 Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 3 1,000 1,000 00 2 Coal and Iron Bldg., Cleveland 6 1,000 2,000 00* 1 F. J. Ruh 6 500 500 00 1 W. C. Schrader 6 500 500 00* 1 H. A. Weichelman 6 1,000 1,000 00* 10 Cassidy Hardware 6 500 5,000 00* 3 R. A. Ensweiler 6 1,000 3,000 00* 1 Washington Lodge 6 l-.OOO 1,000 00* 8 Boyd County, Ky ^Yi. 1,000 3,000 00 1 000 3 000 00 3 U. S. Treasury 2 M , , 2 Orleans Levee, La Z%. 1,000 2,000 00 3 Cincinnati Street Railway 5H 1,000 3 ,000 00 2 Akron, Ohio 4}^ 1,000 2,000 00 1 Henderson County, Ky 4M 1,000 1,000 00 3 Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1,000 3,000 00 1 Kenton County, Ky 5 500 500 00 Total Bonds $54,300 00 Stocks� 124 shares National Lead Co. (pref.) 100 $12,400 00 30 shares Covington and Cincinnati Bridge 100 3,000 00 16 shares Fifth-Third Union Trust 100 1,600 00 12 shares Procter and Gamble (pref.) 100 1,200 00 22 shares Procter and Gamble (com.) 40 880 00 6 shares Peoples Liberty Bank and Trust 100 600 00* 6 shares National Bank, Cynthiana, Ky. 100 600 00 10 shares Mt. Sterling National Bank, Ky 100 1,000 00 30 shares First National Bank, Covington 10 300 00 2 shares Kansas City Public Service (pref.) 100 200 00* 7 2/10 shares Central Acceptance Co. (pref.) 6 shares Central Acceptance Co. (com. A) 225 00 12 shares Central Acceptance Co. (com. B) shares First National Bank & Trust Co 9/5000 225 00 Realization & Trust Total Stocks $22,230 00 Notes�� J. Lowe Fort 250 00* Deaconess Hospital 5,000 00* C. Willemsen 3,764 37 C. Willemsen 370 47 L. H. Hobson, Akron House sold on contract 3,443 90 Total Notes $12,828 74 Total Investments $89,358 74 *Not paying. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 351 INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS August 25, 1939 Interest on Bonds and Notes� Christian County, Ky $45 00 Grant County, Ky 50 00 Vanceburg, Ky 55 00 Owen County, Ky 45 00 IVlurphy, N. C 30 00 Santa Rosa County, Fla 30 GO Daytona, Fla Ill 92 Scott County, Va 25 00 Carthage, N. C 30 00 Paintsville, Ky 15 00 Fulton, Ky 25 00 Covington, Ky 160 00 Lexington, Ky 25 00 Columbia Ga 150 00 Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 30 00 F. J. Ruh 30 00 Boyd County, Ky 135 00 U. S. Treasury 41 25 Orleans Levee, La 75 00 Cincinnati Street Railway 165 00 Akron, Ohio 85 00 Henderson, Ky 47 50 Cuyahoga County, Ohio 105 00 Kenton County, Ky 25 00 C. Willemsen 245 00 L. H. Hobson, Akron House 208 79 Interest on deposit 52 51 Fanny Nast Gamble Trust 106 84 Dividend on Stocks� National Lead Co 651 00 Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Co 360 00 Fifth-Third Union Trust 64 00 Procter and Gamble Co. (pref.) 96 00 Procter and Gamble Co. (com.1 60 06 National Bank, Cynthiana, Ky 48 00 Mt. Sterling National Bank, Ky 150 00 First National Bank & Trust, Covington, Ky 9 00 Central Acceptance Co 2 16 589 0 3 Total for Distribution $3 , 352 Kentucky Conference [1939 MISSIONARY MAINTENANCE�1938-1939 Ashland District East Point $100 00 Fullerton 100 00 Greenup County Parish 270 00 Lawrence County Parish 200 00 Pike County Parish 300 00 Tollesboro Circuit 100 00 Vanceburg 100 00 Wallingford 100 00 District Superintendent (Travel Expense Aid) 260 00 $1,530 00 Barbourville District Berea Booneville 750 00 College Hill 100 00 Cumberland 100 00 Evarts-Black Mountain 500 00 District Superintendent 995 00 $2,545 00 Covington District Jonesville $125 00 Lenoxburg 125 00 Midway 50 00 $300 00 Louisville District Bethel $100 00 Greenville 100 00 Hardinsburg 60 00 Onton 60 00 Scottsville 100 00 West View 70 00 Louisville: Grace 150 00 District Superintendent 460 00 $1,100 00 VII Mmoixi THE REV. CHARLES WESLEY HELWIG The Rev. Charles Wesley Helwig, son of Julius and Katherine (Ploch) Helwig, was born September 18, 1860, at German Ridge, Perry County, Indiana. In 1882 he entered German Wallace College at Berea, Ohio, to prepare for the ministry. His appointments were: Brookville, Lawrenceburg, Madison, Booneville, Can- nelton, Mount Vernon, and Evansville, in Indiana; like wise Defiance, Spencerville, and Marion, in Ohio. He was married to Anna Borneman, September 26, 1888, who faithfully shared thirty-seven years of active service in the pastorate with him, and fifteen years, since 1924, in retirement. To this union four children were born, all of them, with their mother, surviving. The names of the children are: Julius, Oscar, and Dr. Carl Helwig, residing in Seattle, Washington, and Mrs. Florence Groat, of Seymour, Wisconsin. The deceased began preaching in 1888 in the former Central German Conference. At the merger of that Conference, in 1933, he was transferred to the Kentucky Conference. Only a year ago he celebrated his golden wedding with his wife in the immediate circle of their children and grand children. Brother Helwig was a beloved husband and a kind father. Within the wider relation circle he was mostly referred to as "Our Uncle Charley." In his pastorates he was much appreciated for his plain preaching of Christ and Him crucified, and for the abundance and helpfulness in pastoral work. His brother pastors knew him as being of the Nathanael type, ever willing and true and eager. Since his retirement he lived in Seattle, Washington, before 1939. still busy as much as his strength allowed until shortly July 9, In the early hours of that Sunday morning God called him home. His funeral service was conducted by Dr. John Magee, of First Methodist Church, Seattle, Washington, where he and his wife had made their church home. THE REV. JOHN R. HOWES The Rev. John R. Howes, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Howes, was born near Paintsville, Kentucky, July 19, 1856. He passed away to be with his Lord late Sunday evening. May 7, 1939, at his home in Ger mantown, Kentucky, at the age af eighty-two years, nine months, and twenty-nine days. He was united in marriage to Miss Helen Turner, October 13, 1881. To this union were born seven chil dren, five of whom survive. Mrs. Howes passed away about four years ago. Soon after his marriage Mr. Howes was granted he became a a license to preach, and in October, 1885, member of the Kentucky Conference. From that time as a minister of until 1924 he was active in the work in Ken- charges � . the gospel, serving several important �, j. District tuckv Twice during his ministry he was appointed Superintendent the Barbourville Districts. Even by his Bishop, serving the Ashland and the Rev. Howes continued the fifteen years of his formal retirement during Methodist Bible class religiSus work, and was the teacher of the Broadway in Germantown. 353 354 Kentucky Conference [1939 of The Rev. Howes was loved and held in high esteem by all the people his section of the country. He is survived by five children: Mrs. Grace Kearns, Germantown; Mrs. Frances Thomas, Dover; the Rev. Robert Howes, Pataskala, Ohio; Mr. Charles Howes, Akron, Ohio; Mr. Bruce Howes, Hunt ington, West Virginia. Four brothers, one sister, and eleven grandchil him. also survive . . dren ^, . , His funeral was conducted from the Germantown Christian Church, m charge of his pastor, W. F. Cochran. He was assisted by District Super intendent J. Ralph Wood, the Revs. A. H. Davis, H. E. Trent, 0. M. Simmer- A. W. E, P. I. C. man, J. L. Tilton, W. C. Stewart, K. E. Hill, Insko, Swann, Wright, A. D. Hoagland, the Rev. Howard, the Rev. Wade Cardwell, and the Rev. Brennen. After impressive funeral services he was laid to rest in beautiful Germantown cemetery. THE REV. J. T. MARTIN The Rev. J. T. Martin was born in Knox County, April 10, 1873, and passed from this life April 14, 1939. He was converted at the age of eleven, and had the dis tinction of being the youngest person to serve in the capacity of Sunday-school Superintendent in Kentucky Methodism, being selected at the age of fourteen to fill this responsible position in the church he attended dur ing his boyhood. It is said that of the thousands of persons whom he served as pastor, seventeen of the number are now taking prominent lead in the Methodist Conference, and one is presiding as District Superin tendent of the Barbourville District. He served the following charges: Booneville, 1909; Woodbine, 1910; Middlesboro, 1911-15; Southeastern Kentucky, 1916; Louisville (Epworth), 1917-19; Mid dlesboro, 1920-21; Louisville (Epworth), 1922-25; Berea, 1926; Williams burg, 1927; Southgate, 1928; Cattlesburg, 1929-31; Pikeville, 1932-33; Loyall, 1934-35; Advance, 1936; Hardinsburg, 1937. He retired from active service at the Conference held at Benham, Kentucky, in 1938, living just a few months after his retirement. His great aim was to be a good minister of Jesus Christ, and that aim was realized. To know him was to love him. The funeral service was conducted at First Methodist Church, Mid dlesboro, Kentucky, April 16, 1939. Officiating was the pastor, Fred Saun ders. Pastors assisting were: S. C. Rice, District Superintendent, Barbour ville District; Neville White, Wayne T. Gray, E. F. Burnside, G. M. Hag- ard, W. E. Cissna, the Revs. Ockerman, Reeves, Elwood, and Doak. A ost of friends, including many of the members of the Kentucky Confer ence, were in attendance. His wife, Mrs. Amanda Martin, and a son, Elmer C. Martin, survive. SAINTED He loved the house of God; His dearest wish to be A minister within her walls In service full and free. Beautifully he lived. We, who well loved him, know; Blessing with kindly hands our dead. Softening death's cruel blow. Beautifully he died�� The temple floor he trod To pass to his reward within, The altar of his God. �Estella Shields Fahungir. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 355 THE REV. LEWIS FRANKLIN PAYNE The Rev. Lewis Franklin Payne was born September 15, 1875, near Berea, Kentucky, the third son of Joseph and Louisa Lane Payne. He died March 9, 1939, at his home at College Hill, Kentucky, aged sixty- three years, five months, and twenty- four days. Funeral services were conducted March 12 in the church at College Hill by the Rev. S. C. Rice, District Su perintendent, assisted by the Rev. Jesse Florence, pastor of the church; J. G. Carr, pastor at Berea; and Eugene Ishmael, pastor of College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Interment in the Richmond cemetery. He was united in marriage to Maria Elizabeth Humfleet August 4, 1898, who survives him. To this union were born thirteen children: Henry Payne, Livingston, Kentucky; Ancil Payne, Gainesville, Florida; Ethel Payne, College Hill, Kentucky; Myrtle Payne House, London, Kentucky; Jesse Payne deceased; Ernest Payne, de ceased; Sadie Payne Herron, London, Kentucky; Paul Payne, Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Audra Payne, deceased; Homer Payne, Atlanta, Georgia; Anna M., Violet, and Mildred Payne, Col lege Hill, Kentucky. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Billy Joe Payne, John Franklin Payne, Ancil Payne, Jr., Margaret Elizabeth Herron, Bennie Louis, and Betty Ann House. He was a loving and devoted husband and father. He was converted early in life and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the An serving ten years as a local preacher before joining Kentucky nual Conference at Berea in 1916. He was ordained Elder in 1920 by Bishop W. F. Anderson at Barbourville. He served the following churches: Whit ley City, 1906-09; Sparksville, 1909-15; Riley, 1915-19; Sacramento, 1919- 1921; Corbin, 1921-23; London, 1923-27; Baxter and Wallins, 1927-29; Lon don, 1929-31; College Hill, 1931-37. He retired from the active ministry at Newport in 1937, and made his home at College Hill until his death. He was an earnest and enthusiastic minister, very much devoted to his people and work. His fellow ministers loved and respected him. He was a firm believer in the tenets of the Christian religion and the Methodist Church. He wanted to live to see the unification of Methodism in his beloved land, and we feel sure his heart would rejoice at its accom A little his own plishment so soon after his departure. poem, composition, his faith. found among his papers after his death, illustrates great LAST CALL The Lord is calling me home; My friends are beckoning me, too. Farewell, friend, no more to roam. I can see my pathway through. I'm going home, no more to roam. What joy, what rest and peace. With father, mother, and kindred, too. We will rest at Jesus' feet. 356 Kentucky Conference [1939 For years I wandered here below. There's been joy, sorrow, pain, and woe, I've fought the battle brave, I trust. And now I'm consigned dust to dust. Written by Ancil Payne, MRS. LULA ARNOLD KENNER Mrs Lula Arnold Kenner entered this life on Feb ruary 3, 1885, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and departed this life Wednesday evening, January 25, 1939, in Covington, Kentucky, after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Booth Arnold, of Wilmore, Kentucky. She grew to young womanhood in Nicholas County, Kentucky. She was the oldest sister and the third child of a family of eleven children. Her father, two brothers, and two sisters await her on the other side of life. Her brother, W. H. Arnold, died on December 20, 1938, just thirty-seven days prior to her going and of the same general trouble. She leaves the following brothers and sisters: the Rev. E. K. Arnold, Bloomfield, Kentucky; Rev. S. A. Arnold, Louisville, Kentucky; Dr. H. C. Arnold, Miami, Florida; Prof. J. Frank Arnold, Leesbury, Florida; Mrs. W. L. Hall, York- town, Indiana, and Mrs. J. T. Wills, Louisville, Kentucky, and her husband. Rev. Alexander Kenner, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church, Covington, Kentucky, to whom she was married August 20, 1919, at George town, Kentucky. She was never the mother of children, yet she had the mother spirit and many found in her the interest and counsel and love of a mother. She was truly a mother in Israel, in a spiritual sense. For twenty years she walked beside her husband in unusual happiness. She was a helpmate indeed. She shared with him her hand and heart, going with and taking part in all the work of the pastorate of a Methodist min istry, even at times and on occasion filled the pulpit of her husband, for she was an ordained preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was licensed to preach July 9, 1922, and ordained as Local Deacon September 10, 1925. She had the distinction of being the first woman preacher ordained by Bishop McDowell, the first woman in Kentucky Methodism, and perhaps the first after the law authorizing orders in the church. She was active in her Conference and in the Young People's organiza tions. She received her scholastic training in Asbury College and taught in its academy for eleven years. This experience specially fitted her for the work which she was destined to follow. She was capable of fitting into many places in the church. Not only was she teacher, but a leader as well, often directing the choir and acting as organist and as pastor and preacher. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Little Rock, Bour bon County, Kentucky, on March 30, 1900, and was brightly converted on June 11 of the same year. Giving her heart to God in early life, she never knew the follies of sin, of wasted years, of godless and aimless living, nor of worldly and sensual pleasures. She chose the better part and devotedly and loyally served her Lord, her church, and generation with a consecrated devotion. She was a Methodist Christian. She believed in its teachings and its life. She loved her home; she had a home and lived in it, and for the things that make a happy home. In an appreciable degree there dwelt in her the combined characters of Mary and Martha. She loved people, and through the years many passed her way and stopped for a while as welcome guests. She entertained and fed them with ease and care, yet the entertaining never overshadowed Mary, who chose the better part. She loved her own people, her family, her kin, and was loved by all. 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 357 Her deep concern followed them in every phase of life and she was happy in their presence. Mrs. Kenner lived a welLrounded and beautiful life. There was quality � in it. Hers was a sensitive soul�sometimese, perhaps, oversensitive ^but her love for the right and her high sense of justice soon led her feet along the good and right way. A good woman has gone out from us; a good life has been lived in our midst; a true friend has slipped away; a devoted wife, faithful daughter, and a sister beloved. May her mantle fall this day upon some member of the family, yea, upon others also, like the mantle of Elijah upon Elisha, and with a double portion of his spirit. Servant of God, well done! Rest from thy loved employ: The battle fought, the victory won. Enter Thy Master's joy. The pains of death are past, Labor and sorrow cease, And life's long warfare closed at last. Thy soul is found in peace. James Montgomery. Sleep on, beloved; sleep, and take thy rest; Lay down thy head on the Saviour's breast; We loved thee well, but Jesus loved thee best. Goodnight! Goodnight! Goodnight! VIII Eoll of (^ux ^onoreb licab. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."�Rev. xiv, 13. The first Conference in Kentucky was held in 1790; but the work in Kentucky was not set apart as the Kentucky Conference till 1821. Meanwhile, death was claiming its own in in among the preachers. Henry Birchett died in 1794; Francis Acuff, 1795; Lewis Hunt, 1801 ; Learner Blackman, in 1815. The roll since that time is, approximately, as follows: Born Ministry. Entered Died Adams, William, 1785 181 3 1835 Edmunds, Wm. B., . 1806 1843 1884 Mbritton, Adam, 1 841 1868 1874 Elliott, Elias D., . 1830 1868 1907 Bell, Angus, . . 1826 1857 1861 Finley, John P., . 1783 1810 1825 Black, Daniel, . 1795 1823 1827 Fields, Jasper, . 1847 1886 1909 Black, W. H., . 1832 1853 1909 Fishbach, B. E. E. . 1865 1889 1934 Bradford, W. G., 1850 1881 1935 Fisk, John, .... 1804 1824 1829 Brown, J., . � � 1788 1810 1856 Fitzgerald, F. P., . . 1857 1885 1893 Brown, George, 1771 1818 1823 Foster, Jedediah, . . 1811 1836 1896 . Bennett, Obed, . 1850 1877 1882 Fox, Absalom D., 1825 1838 Blaisdell, Henry R. 1836 2 1899 Flint, Martin, . . . 1799 1819 1825 � . . . Boreing, Amon, . 1843 1867 1925 Fryman, V. E., 1886 I917 1933 Bosley, Elijah M., 181 1 1834 1839 Furniss, Wm. L., � � 1813 1858 1883 Bruce, John G., . 1810 1831 1891 Gardiner, R. G., . . 1806 1832 1888 Bristow, James H., 1813 1870 Gill, J. C, . . . . 1835 1877 1891 Callahan, Robert D 1807 1901 Gibbons, Thomas H., 1807 1829 1838 � � Cantrell, J. W. 1863 1897 1938 Godbey, John, . . 1841- 1866 1935 Centers, Martin L., 1829 1857 1894 Godbey, Logan R., i860 1890 1925 Cheap, John � 1858 1888 192.5 Graessle, David, . . 1851 1873 1936 Childers, W. H 1839 1874 1917 Gragson, J. B., . . . 1832 1867 1875 Clarke, G. M., 1885 1889 Greqnup, James L., � 1805 1825 1874 Cline, Isaiah, . 1894 1927 Gray, David, .... 1791 1819 1823 Cole, Leroy, 1749 1777 1830 Green, Elihu, . . . 1814 T838 1843 CoUedge, Aaron B. 1825 1866 1897 Gragg, John L., . . 1833 1866 1904 Conrey, Thomas H. 1853 1926 Grinstead, J. P., . . 1810 1840 1888 Cook, I. M., . . . 1837 19TI Grider, F., 1830 1866 1902 Corwine, Richard, 1789 1817 1843 Hall, E. P., . . . . 1881 1908 1937 . . Cisney, R. A., 1840 t868 1872 Flanford, Thomas, . 1838 1877 I915 Crislip, A. R., . . 1825 1869 1903 Hanks, L. P 1859 1886 1899 Cox, John S., . � � 1835 1856 1907 Banner, J. Fletcher, 1839 1868 1876 Davenport, W. H., i860 1895 1933 Harber, Obadiah, . . 1790 1821 1827 . . . Davis, E. A., 1831 1853 1894 Harrison, Samuel, . 1782 1808 1834 Nimrod . . Davis, R., 1814 1867 1879 Harrison, L F., . 1812 1848 1875 . . I Denham, John, 1820 1843 Harrison, J. C, . . . 1809 183c 1878 . . 1822 � Dills, Nelson, f796 1827 Harrop, Fred W., . 1864 1890 1924 r8o8 1828 Decker, John A., 1844 Hayes, J. H 1846 1889 I914 � � � Dover, J. G., 1851 1885 1923 Helwig, Chas. W., . i860 1888 1939 Duke, Henry S., . 1805 1824 1836 Hill, E. B. 1853 1876 1934 Eads, John R., . . 1829 185 1 1891 Hill, C. T., 1819 184^; 1874 Ebright, P. H., . . 1840 1882 1912 Holman, William, . 1790 1812 1867 � Evans, Hooper, . 1790 1828 1837 Hopkins, J. F., � � i860 1894 1936 358 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 359 ROLL OF OUR HONORED DEAD.�Continued. go �5 . � � Howes, John R., . . 1856 1885 1939 Perryman, J. B.,. 1852 1888 1926 Hughes, Bird, . . . 1855 1893 1914 Piersel, L. B. 1844 1866 1904 Humphrey, John A., 1832 1855 1883 Power, Joseph B., . 1802 1826 1833 Hunt, Absalom, . . 1773 1815 1844 Pullman, Peter, . 1868 Hunt, W. R 1854 1908 1928 Purdom, L. W., . . . . i'873 1898 1 901 Ingram, W. C. S., . 1817 1857 1893 Ragan, J. G. 1853 [887 1937 Jaggers, Granville, � 1888 1921 1936 Ramey, H. J., . . . . 1837 1865 1914 . Jeffries, G. P., . . � 1832 1868 191 1 Rankin, Thomas, . . 1796 1827 1881 . . . Jolly, G. N., . . . . 1850 1878 1928 Roberts, Edwin, i8i5 1836 1841 . . . Jones, William,. � � 1853 1925 Robinson, Alex., 1834 1841 . � Keach, John R., . . 1795 1817 1826 Roundtree, M. M., I'ss'e 1890 1926 . . . . Kelley, F. T.,. . . . 1875 1897 1918 Riffle, Cyrus, 1847 1884 1916 . . . Kelley, Greenup, . . 1806 1827 1830 Ridgell, Joel W., 1815 1846 1868 � � � E. L. Kelley, S. F., . 1846 1879 1925 Shepard, 1848 1870 1919 � Kennerly, Philip, . 1769 1804 1821 Sims, O. C, 1884 1923 1930 . � Kerr, D. F., .... 1849 1882 1923 Smith, Charles S., 1839 1885 1897 . . Landrum, Francis, . 1789 181 1 1835 Stevenson, Daniel, 1823 1851 1897 . Lashbrook, R. D., . . 1822 1852 1897 Stewart, Robert, 1865 1867 � Lennin, J. H., . . . 1834 1859 1902 Stratton, Thos. B., 1854 1884 1936 ... Lindsey, Marcus, . . 1786 1809 1833 Stump, C. T., 1847 1890 1931 . 1866 . 1828 Littlejohn, John, . 1756 1775 1836 Taylor, Joshua S., 1915 . . . Maltbie, W. F., . . 1836 1877 1905 Taylor, Z. M., 1815 1840 1885 Martin, J. T 1873 1809 1939 Thomas, John, . . . 1843 1879 1898 1812 1882 Meeks, Peter O., . . 1815 1838 1841 Thompson, J. C. C, 1835 . . 1802 1880 McHenry, Barnabas, 1767 1787 1833 Turner, Samuel, 1834 . McNelly, George, . 1793 18 1 4 1839 Vance, Thomas P., 1829 1835 1 H. . � McKnight, Wm. P., . 1829 1834 Vandyke, N., i'8i4 T835 841 . . . 1822 Morris, W. H 1873 1907 1926 Veach, Samuel, 1791 1867 . . . . Murphy, Miles D., . 1873 1885 Walsh, J. D., 1838 1867 1928 . Newman, Herman, . 1816 1837 1885 Wardrip, S.B., 1863 1893 1930 . . 1866 � B. Northcott, H. C, . 1822 1847 1918 Whiteman, F., 1830 1913 . . � Ogden, Benjamin, . 1764 1786 1834 Willis, V. T., . 1847 1877 1925 . � � Oliver . M., Oliver, J. M., . 1853 1877 1925 Wilson, 1867 T895 1897 H. . . . Outton, William, . . 1814 1833 1835 Wisner, S., 1847 1887 1887 . . Parsons, Charles B., . 1805 1839 1871 Wyatt, William, 1814 1833 1890 . . . i86f Patrick, Ebenezer, . 1835 1841 Young, N. H., i8gt 1927 . . 182c)i825 Payne, L. F., . . . . 1875 1916 1939 Young, William, 179? W. i86t Pell, Henry Clay, . . 11825 1855 1868 Zimmerman, John 183? 1924 Perry, HartwellJ., . 1 1806 1830 1885 IX historical CONFERENCE SESSIONS. PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. 1821 I^exiagton E. George . . . W. Adams. 1822 Lexington E. George . . . W. Adams. . . . W. Adams. 1823 Maysville E. George . W. Adams. 1824 Shelbyville R. R. Roberts . R. D. Neall. 1825 Russellville R. R. Roberts 1826 Louisville J. Soule .... W. Adams. .... W. Adams. 1827 Versailles J. Soule 1828 Shelbyville J. Soule . . . W.Adams. . W.Adams. 1829 Lexington R. R. Roberts .... W.Adams. 1830 Russellville J. Soule . . W.Adams. 1831 Louisville E. Hedding. . . . W.Adams. 1832 Harrodsburg J. Emory . W. Adams. 1833 Greensburg R. R. Roberts .... W. Adams. 1834 Mt. Sterling J. Soule 1835 Shelbyville J. O. Andrews . W. Phillips. 1836 Louisville J. Soule . . . G. McNeeley. 1837 Frankfort R. R. Roberts . G. McNeeley. 1838 Danville B. Waugh . . . G. McNeeley. 1839 Russellville J. Soule .... T. N. Kalston. 1840 Bardstown Thomas A. Morris T. N. Ralston. 1841 Maysville J. Stamper . T. N. Ralston. 1842 Lexington B Waugh . . T. N. Ralston. 1843 Louisville Thomas A. Morris T. N. Ralston. 1844 Bowling Green E. S. Janes . . T. N. Ralston. 1845 Frankfort J. Soule . . . T. N. Ralston. 1853 Covington E. S.Janes . . J. M. Gatch. 1854 Germantown Levi Scott . . J. M. Gatch. 1855 Maysville Thomas A. Morris J. M. Gatch. 1856 Wesley Chapel, Ohio County E. R. Ames . S. F. Conrey. 1857 Augusta M. Simpson . S. F. Conrey. 1858 Covington Thomas A. Morris S. F. Conrey. 1859 Alexandria Thomas A. Morris S. F. Conrey. i860 Germantown M. Simpson . S. F. Conrey. 1861 Maysville E. R. Ames . S. F. Conrey. 1862 Asbury Chapel Levi Scott . . S. M. Merrill. 1863 Covington Thomas A. Morris S. M. Merrill. 1864 Augusta M. Simpson G. W. Johnson. 1865 Newport Thomas A. Morris G. W. Johnson. 1866 Covington D. W. Clark . G. W. Johnson. 1867 Lexington E. Thomson G. W. Johnson. Newport C. Kingsley . G. W. Johnson. Harrodsburg Levi Scott . . D. Stevenson. 1870 Maysville E. Thomson . D. Stevenson. 1871 Louisville D. W. Clark D. Stevenson. 1872 Covington Levi Scott . . B. A. Stubbins. 1873 Lexington I. W. Wiley . B. A. Stubbins. 1874 Covington S. M. Merrill B. A. Stubbins. 1875 Louisville R. S. Foster . Duke Slavens. 1876 Newport I. W. Wiley . Duke Slavens. 1877 Lexington Thomas Bowman J. W. Muse. 1878 Covington Jesse T. Peck. J. D. Walsh. 1879 Somerset Levi Scott . . J. D. Walsh. 1880 Danville M. Simpson . J. D. Walsh. 1880 Hardinsburg E. O. Haven . B. A. Stubbins. 1881 Maysville . S. M. Merrill B. A. Stubbins. Louisville E. G. Andrews C. J. Howes. Barbourville R. S. Foster . C. J. Howes. Catlettsburg J. M. Walden J. D. Walsh. D. Covington W. L. Harris . J. Walsh. Lexington C. D. Foss . . J. D. Walsh. 360 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 361 CONFERENCE SESSIONS �Continued. YEAR SEAT. PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. 6l 1887 Greenup E. G. Andrews .... J. D. Walsh. 62 1888 Louisville J. H. Vincent J. D. Walsh. 63 1889 Ashland S. M. Merrill J. D. Walsh. .... D. Walsh. 64 1890 Barbourville .... W. F. Mallalieu J. 6S 1891 Newport R. S. Foster Thomas Hanford. 66 189a Louisa C. D. Foss Thomas Hanford. Thomas Hanford. 67 1893 Hardinsburg .... H. W. Warren 68 1894 Louisville S. M. Merrill Thomas Hanford. 69 189s Covington C. D. Foss Thomas Hanford. 70 1896 Vanceburg John F. Hurst Daniel Stevenson. . . Hanford. 71 1897 Pineville W. F. Mallalieu . Thomas 72 1898 Maysville W. X. Ninde E. L- Shepard. Walsh. 73 1899 Newport J. N. FitzGerald .... J. D. Holt. 74 1900 Somerset Earl Cranston D. P. W. 75 1901 Ashland E. G. Andrews F. Harrop. F. W. 76 1902 Louisville J. M. Walden Harrop. 77 1903 Covington I. W. Joyce E. L. Shepard. L. 78 1904 Barbourville H.W.Warren E. Shepard. 79 1905 Lexington D. A. Goodsell E. L. Shepard. N. 80 1906 Greenup W. F. McDowell .... G. Jolly. . . N. 81 1907 Louisville Henry Spellmeyer G. Jolly. . . . G. N. 82 1908 Barbourville . . . . David H. Moore Jolly. G. N. 83 1909 Maysville L. B. Wilson Jolly. G. N. 84 1910 Paintsville H. W. Warren Jolly. . . . G. W. Bunton. 85 1911 Newport David H. Moore, . G. W. Bunton. 86 1912 Barbourville, . . Wilbur P. Thirkield, .... G. W. Bunton. 87 1913 Ashland W. F. Anderson G. W. Bunton. 88 1914 Covington (Trinity) F. D. Leete O. Carder. 89 1915 Covington (Union) . F. D. Leete J. . . . . O. Carder. 90 1916 Berea W. F. Anderson J. Anderson . . . O. Carder. 91 1917 Maysville W. F. J. O. Carder. 92 1918 Harlan F. D. Leete J. Anderson . . . . E. R. Overley. 93 1919 Louisville W. F. . . . R. . E. Overley. 94 1920 Augusta W. F. Anderson . . . . E. R. Overley. 95 1921 Covington (Union) . W. F. Anderson . . . . E. R. Overley. .... Anderson 96 1922 Barbourville W. F. . . . . E. R. Overley. 97 1923 Lexington, W. F. Anderson, . . . . O. W. Robinson. 98 1924 Ashland, T. S. Henderson, . � - � O. W. Robinson...... F. 99 192 s Newport, W. McDowell, Henderson Edw. J. Rees. 100 1926 Maysville T. S. Leete Edw J. Rees. loi 1927 Pikeville, F. D. Henderson, ... W. W. Shepherd. 102 1928 Corbin T. S. Lester Smith . . . W. W. Shepherd. 103 1929 Covington H. H. Lester Smith . . . W. W. Shepherd. 104 1930 Ashland Blake W. W. Shepherd. los 1931 Louisville Edgar H. Lester Smith . . - W. W. Shepherd. 106 1932 Newport . . � W. W. Shepherd. .... Lester Smith 107 1933 Covington H. Burns W. W. Shepherd, 108 1934 Barbourville .... Charles Wesley . . W. W. Shepherd. 109 I93S Louisville H.Lester Smith, . . . H. E. Trent. 110 H. Lester Smith, 1936 Maysville H E. Trent. III 1937 Newport (Grace) . � Titus Lowe, . . Trent. H. Lester Smith . H. E. 112 X938 Benham . . . H. E. Trent. . . Smith . . H. Lester 113 1939 Winchester X pastoral 3^ecorb CONFERENCE ROLL Explanatory Note.�E. indicates Effective; Rt., Retired; a, Absent; S. at School; *, Entered Kentucky Conference. Rela- No. Name tion on Trial Street Address Post Office 1 Arnold, John E E. 1926 316 E. March Cynthiana 2 Ashley, Earl E E. 1933 R. F. D. No. 1 Foster 3 Ashley, Thos. B E. 1912 Methodist Hospital Pikeville 4 Baugh, O. P E. 1923 Salyersville 5 Boatman, Conway.. . E. *1939 Union College Barbourville 6 Burnside, E. F E. 1915 Loyall a7 Carmichael, M. M.. . Rt. 1914 R. F. D. No. 11 Columbus, Ind. 8 Carr, Jesse G E. 1933 Berea 9 Carrier, S. M Rt. 1904 Middleburg alO Cissna, W. E E. 1906 Frakes 11 Cochran, W. F E. 1919 Sardis 12 Cox, A. G E. 1926 524 5th Ave Dayton 13 Grain, W. H Rt. 1887 Butler 14 Creamer, John R. . . . E. *1935 810 York St Newport 15 Davis, A. H E. 1896 1281 Parkway Covington 16 Earley, E.N E. 1915 Cumberland 17 Edelmaier, E. D E. 1910 212 Sterrett Ave Covington 18 Elrod, E. W E. *1935 1724 Scott St Covington al9 Embry, J. P E. 1921 a20 Felts, A. F Rt. 1896 324 E. Williams St Delaware, Ohio 21 Frakes, H. M E. 1922 Frakes 22 Froderman, Carl F. . E. 1932 Louisa 23 Gardner, O.S E. 1937 Wilmore 24 Godbey, A. S E. 1909 Flatwoods 25 Gray, W. T E. 1930 Union College Barbourville 26 Griswold, N. G Rt. 1888 Wilmore 27 Haggard, G. M E. 1924 201 Mound St Harlan a28 Harper, R. T Rt. 1907 Beaver Dam a29 Harrer, Daniel Rt. 1897 Pasadena, Cal. 30 Hervey, H. J E. 1929 California, Ky. 31 Hill, KarlE E. 1923 Salvisa a32 Hilliard, H. M E. 1926 Box 193 Mountainair, N. M. 33 Humphries, W. H. . . E. 1916 Stanford 34 Huntsman, R. W.. . . Rt. 1920 318 Market St Maysville 35 Insko, A. W E. 1914 Minerva 36 Kelley, Wm E. 1216 Praise 37 Kenner, Alexander . . E. 1920 834 Wihard St'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Covington 38 Kenyon, J. B E. 1916 Wilmore 39 King, Newton, Jr . . . E. 1921 Wilmore 40 Krebs, C. W E. 1931 104 Victory Ave Lexington 41 Lacks, Timothy S. . . E. 1927 Raceland 42 Landreth, Henry W . E. 1914 900 Denmark Louisville 43 Larrabee, F. H E. 1902 Wilmore 44 Lewis, J. H E. 1919 Williamsburg 45 Literal, J. M Rt. 1908 3434 Ault View Cincinnati, Ohio 46 Logdson, L. O E. 1921 449 Victoria Ludlow a47 Matthews, S. A E. 1920 Hardinsburg 48 Meyer, Jesse I E. *1936 Cold Springs 49 Mitchell, Chas E. 1911 Dundee 50 Muncy, W. H Rt. 1907 Greenup 362 1939] Methodist Episcopal Church 363 Rela- Received No. Name tion on Trial Street Address Post Office 51 Murrell, H.G E. 1917 Olive Hill 52 Nankivel, D. W E. 1920 149 North St Southgate a53 Nichols, R. C E. 1924 Onton 54 Overley, E. R E. 1908 1970 Deer Park Ave . . . Louisville 55 Patton, Russell R . . . E. 1928 Benham a56 Perkins, W. P E. 1920 R. F. D. No. 3 Hartford 57 Peters, W. S E. 1917 103 E. Southern Ave. . . Covington 58 Phifer, L. B. E. 1923 420 Pltim St Cincinnati, Ohio 59 Phillips, Chester E. 1936 909 Vine St Louisville 60 Pickerill, T. H E. 1927 1302 Adams St Bowling Green 61 Pineur, I. S E. 1925 111 Main St Pikeville 62 Polley, Odis J E. 1924 Campbellsville 63 Rayl, C. H E. 1929 231 Farley St Paducah 64 Rice, S. C. . . : E. 1918 Middlesboro 65 Robinson, O. W E. 1918 610 Nelson Place Newport a66 Ross, F. E Rt. *1930 Columbus, Ohio a67 Ryder, G. M Rt. 1908 Sulphur Spr'gs, Ark. 68 Rounds, L. D E. 1918 217 Wall St Maysville 69 Saunders, F. E E. 1936 605 Ilchester Ave Middlesboro 70 Sharp, H. Tilford. . . E. 1930 71 Shelley, M. G E. 1919 Corinth 72 Shepherd, W. W . . . . E. 1905 2718 W. Main St Louisville 73 Sidle, Edgar C E. 1929 Auburn 74 Sims, H. C E. 1917 Westview 75 Smith Robert Lee ... E. 1932 Hinton a76 Sparks, John O Rt. 1919 310 E. Fourth Maysville 77 Sprague, H. A E. *1931 Third and Guthrie Louisville 78 Stamer, J. P E. 1920 Middletown (Jeffer son County) 79 Stewart, W. C E. 1911 316 Prospect Ave Bellevue 80 Swann, E. P E. 1924 Forest Ave., R. F. D. 3 . Maysville 81 Tilton, J. L E. 1918 3226 Oakland Ave Catlettsburg 82 Townsend, G.W. . . . E. 1924 241 Front St Russell 83 Trent, H. E E. 1913 495 Church Paintsville 84 Vogel, C. E E. 1919 1811 Carter Ave Ashland 85 Weiler, Wm E. 1903 2209 Napoleon Blvd . . . Louisville 86 Wesley, B.M E. 1917 Middleburg 87 Wesley, Ralph E. 1935 Paint Lick 88 White, Charles Nevil E. 1928 128 Pine St Barbourville 89 Wilson, R. T E. 1931 2232 Home St Ashland 90 Williams, W. T E. *1931 Mt. Olivet 91 Winters, B. M E. 1925 Moorefield 92 Wood, J. Ralph E. 1923 Barbourville 93 Worthington, J. W. . E. 1922 414 W. "M" St Louisville a94 Wright, G.W Rt. 1921 Science Hill PROBATIONERS Rela Entered Post Office No. Name tion Conference Street Address 1 Daulton, Howard B . E. 1937 Barbourville 2 Duncan, C. Blaine.. . E. 1937 Pikeville 3 Ellswick, Charles . E. 1939 Louisville 4 Ray, Hugh J E. 1939 Tenn. 5 Wolfe Jacob E E. 1937 Vanderbilt University. .Nashville, Mass. 6 Woosley, Lester B.. . E. 1937 Boston University Boston, 3nbex I. Officers of Conference 299 II. Boards, Commissions, and Committees 300 III. Proceedings 302 Official Certification 308 IV. Disciplinary Questions 309 V. Appointments 313 VI. Reports 316 Historical Sketch 316 District Superintendents 319 Methodist Hospital of Kentucky 321 Resolution 323 Resolutions Committee 323 Statistics 326 Statistician's Report 326 Treasurer's Report 336 Treasurer's Report and Balance Sheet 346 Disbursements, Board of Stewards 347 Financial and Statistical Report of Board of Conference Stewards. 348 Preachers' Relief Association 350 Missionary Maintenance Disbursements 352 VII. Memoirs 353 VIII. Roll of Honored Dead 358 IX. Historical�Confehence Sessions 360 X. 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