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OF THE MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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Methodist Episcopal Church ( Bishop Edgar Blake , D. D. , LL . D. , Resident Bishop )
ONE HUNDRED -SECOND SESSION FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN JUNE 9-13 , 1937
BISHOP WALLACE BROWN , D.D. , LL . D. , Presiding LLOYD H. NIXON , Secretary
OFFICIAL RECORD
Beulicy Fisiotcai VOLUME 28 Library NUMBER 2 University of Michigan
IHLING BROS. EVERARDCO., PRINTERS, KALAMAZOO, MICH . TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
I I. Officers of the Conference .141
II . Boards, Committees , Commissions and Societies .... 142
A. Trustees B. Boards C. Miscellaneous Committees
D. Officers of Conference Societies
III . Daily Proceedings and Lay Conference .... .149
IV . Disciplinary Questions ... 168-172
V. Appointments ..173-178 1 A. Probationers and Accepted Supplies .... .178
VI . Reports
( a ) District Superintendents .179
( b) Standing Committees and Boards .. .185
( c ) Conference Statistician Alternated . . 207 to 235 ( d ) Conference Treasurer
( e ) Other Treasurers .236
VII . Memoirs .256
VIII . Roll of Dead .270
IX . IIistorical ( Conference Sessions ) .272
X. Ministerial Training (Plan of Studies ) . .274
XI . Conference Rules of Order .... .277
XII . Pastoral Record and Roll .. .279
XIII . Index ..294 I. OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE
Area Superintendent Bishop Edgar Blake , D. D. , LL . D.
President Bishop Wallace Brown , D. D. , LL . D.
Secretary
Lloyd H. Nixon , Battle Creek First Methodist Church
Assistant Secretaries Edmund H. Babbitt , Byron A. Hahn , Leslie J. Nevins
Biographical Secretary
Albert R. Elliott ( Thru 1937 ) Augusta , Michigan
Statistician Blucher B. Swem Assistants : J. Marion DeVinney , Earl Mumby , Thomas Jackson , Thomas Pollard and Robert Bennett .
Treasurer J. Lawrence Ward Assistants : Eaden P. Davis , Ivan E. Hodgson , Harold Jacobs , Levant R. Wheaton , C. T. Wheaton , Myron Clement , Fern Wheeler , Margaret Nash , Olive Knapp , Charles Dobbertin , Howard Fuller , S. J. Headley and Emeral E. Price .
Treasurer of Conference Expense Fund John E. Lockyer , Rockford , Michigan .
Auditor M. E. Bowen Assistants : Harold Dixon , L. M. Whitney , J. A. Rogers , Kenneth Griswold . 142 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
II . BOARDS , COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
A - TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President , C. S. Wheeler Vice President, J. C. DeVinney Secretary - R. E. Meader Treasurer , Hugh Kennedy Asst . Treas ., Gordon B. Wheeler Investment Committee- ( . S. Wheeler , J. C. DeVinney , W. H. Irwin , L. T. Robinson . To serve until 1938—R . E. Meader , C. S. Wheeler , W. C. Perdew . To serve until 1939 – S . B. Niles , L. L. Dewey , W. H. Irwin . To serve until 1940 — Alfred Way , L. T. Robinson , J. C. DeVinney . TRUSTEES OF BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL To serve until 1938 — C. E. Pollock , E. L. Sutcliffe , W. H. Phelps , W. C. Perdew , L. B. Niles , H. J. Cooper , Jacob Kindleberger , W. J. Blood , R. A. Hawley , H. A. Leeson , Mrs. G. C. Wirick . To serve until 1939 —Bishop Edgar Blake , H. W. Ellinger , G. M. Frye, F. S. Goodrich , H. Liddicoat, J , R. Wooten , S. B. Niles , F. L. Fitch , C. S. Campbell , C. A. Krill , W. Shaw , J. F. Daugherty . To serve until 1940 - L H. Nixon , A. HI. Pellowe , M. E. Reusch , W. F. Kendrick , W. H. Helrigel, 0. R. Gratton , C. W. Bra shares, Mrs. C. C. Blankenberg , G. J. Putt , R. H. Elwell , Gould Fox . TRUSTEES , METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN Ex -Officio , Bishop Edgar Blake Ministers Michigan ( 'onference Detroit Conference To serve until 1938 — W. H. Phelps E. J. Warren To serve until 1939 —L . A. Kilpatrick W. E. Harrison To serve until 1910 —Hugh Kennedy To be elected Laymen To serve until 1938– . Arthur Whitworth Charles Nyman To serve until 1939J– W. G. McCune H. C. Baldwin To serve until 1910 — Howard Lawrence To be elected Elected by Foundation Trustees To serve until 1938 — P. W. Voorhies , Stanley S. Kresge , L. T. Wilmarth . To serve until 1939 - W. Clark Dean , C. E. Clark , Archie McCrea . To serve until 1940 - Election to be held . TRUSTEES OF ALBION COLLEGE
To serve until 1938 - IIugh Kennedy , V. V. Moulton , Lansing . To serve until 1939 — L. T. Robinson , Howard Lawrence , Grand Rapids . To serve until 1940–1). S. Coors , C. R. Sylvester , Battle Creek . TRUSTEES OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
To serve until 1938 — W. A. Vowter , To serve until 1939- ( . E. Pollock . TRUSTEES OF THE MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
To serve until 1938 - A, F. Way , R. W. Merrill . To serve until 1939 - X. A. McCune , G. M. Frye .
M. J. CLARK MEMORIAL HOME President , Hugh Kennedy Secretary , Harold W. Bryant Vice President - L. A. Kilpatrick Treasurer - L. W. Goddard 1937 ) ('ONFERENCE BOARDS 143
TRUSTEES OF CLARK MEMORIAL HOME L. L. Dewey , J. ( . Floyd , Hugh Kennedy , C. S. Wheeler , W. F. Kendrick , L. A. Kilpatrick , H. W. Bryant, Mrs. W. H. Veenboer, L. W. Goddard , Mrs. Ida Hicks Bishop , Trustee Emeritus. CONFERENCE ADVISORY BOARD , CLARK MEMORIAL HOME Bishop Edgar Blake , A. H. Pellowe , V. W. Thrall , G. M. Frye , H. W. Ellinger, members at large . To serve until 1938 — Archie McCrea , Mrs. A. H. Sargent , Mrs. S. J. Barkwell , H. S. Lucas , Don Harrington, Mrs. C , A. Krill. To serve until 1939--1 ).S. Coors , Mrs. S. J. MacDonald , Mrs. Arthur Blagdon , Dennis Miller , C. C. Barnes . To serve until 1940 - L. H. Nixon , L. D. Dickenson, Mrs. Charles R. Sligh , Mrs. L. E. Buss , Mrs. M. L. Fox, H. C. Lawrence , Mrs. H. A. Roseberry , Mrs. Harry Laity . TRUSTEES OF WESLEYAN FOUNDATION At Ann Arbor - S. B. Owens , Louis H. Grettenberger , Grand Rapids. At Ypsilanti — 'llark Phillips , Don Harrington , Albion . At Kalamazoo -- R. B. Spurlock , John Wood . At Mt. Pleasant - J . ( ). Randall, E. J. Merrill , Mt. Pleasant . TRUSTEES OF THE METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY To serve until 1938 — W. W. Whitehouse , V. V. Moulton , Mrs. Russel McPeek . To serve until 1939-- A. H. Pellowe , M. D. McKean , W. Paul Eubank . To serve until 1940 - V. W. Thrall , Mrs. Sam T. Johnson , Reed City ; Mrs. Leland Carr , Lansing . TRUSTEES OF THE ANTI -SALOON LEAGUE F. E. George, Sr. , T. G. R. Brownlow , R. V. Birdsall , E. L. Sutcliffe , H. A. Bedient . TRUSTEE OF THE PEOPLE'S CHURCH , EAST LANSING Albert H. Pellowe . B_BOARDS BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS The District Superintendents and the District Missionary Secretaries . Albion -Lansing —Mrs . W. A. Tholen , First Church , Battle ( ' reek . Big Rapids - F. E. Robinson , Mt. Pleasant. Grand Rapids - E . V. Hartman , Holland . Grand Traverse -- Mrs . Thomas Ray , Manistee . Kalamazoo , Mrs. F. U. Doubleday , Kalamazoo . BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION The District Superintendents and the District Missionary Secretaries . Albion -Lansing —Mrs . E. Van Camp , Battle ( reek . Big Rapids - 0. D. Hilderly, Big Rapids . Grand Rapids - Ed, Quick , Muskegon . , . Grand Traverse --- Mrs . Joseph McCrae Pellston , Kalamazoo - Mrs . A. R. Parker Kalamazoo . BOARD OF MINISTERIAL TRAINING , , ( Chairman D. S. ( oors' Registrar laude W. Satterlee , , , , Floyd S. Kinnery Wm . E. Beckett James Bowker Wm . H. Helrigel Myron E. , , , , , Hoyt W. Jaylan Jones Raymond B. Spurlock L. W. Stone George A. Mooers , , , Robert Miller Richard Miles L. T. Robinson A. M. Jayne . BOARD OF STEWARDS , A. , Secretary President Lester J. Kilpatrick W. Klaiber , , A. R. Vice President W. M. P. Jerrett Treasurer Elliott , , , To serve until 1938 — II . V. Wade A. R. Elliott II . R. E. Quant A. W. Klaiber . , , , To serve until 1939 -- Lester Kilpatrick I. W. Minor Warren Brown W. M.
P. Jerrett . , , , . 0. R. C. E. To serve until 1940 - Wm . Chapman Thies W. W. Slee Gratton 144 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE RELATIONS
Chairman , W. H. Irwin Secretary , G. A. Osborne To serve until 1938 -- P. J. Maveety , W. II . Irwin , F. H. Cramer . To serve until 1939 — T. H. Leamon , J. C. Del'inney, John Clemons . To serve until 1940 - C. J. Kruse , W. P. Manning , Geo . A. Osborne . CONFERENCE DEACONESS BOARD The District Superintendents and Licensed Deaconesses employed by the Board , and C. W. Satterlee , L. W. Stone , L. M. Whitney , H. R. E. Quant , M. A. Braund . BOARD OF EDUCATION The District Superintendents and Administrative Heads and Albion -Lansing - Frederick Spence , S. B. Owens , G. Gardner , Lansing . Big Rapids — C. W. Mackenzie , J. A. Rogers , Frank Robinson , Mt. Pleasant . Grand Rapids — M. A. Braund , F. G. Dunbar, Gordon Wheeler , Grand Rapids. Grand Traverse_J. W.Alexander , Leslie Nevins , J. W. Scoggin , Petoskey . Kalama200 — R. D. Wearne , P. H. Murdick , R. T. Fuller , Kalamazoo .
BOARD OF CHURCII LOCATION AND BUILDING Each District Superintendent on his own district and Albion -Lansing - F. M. Thurston , G. D. Chase , I. E. Carley , John Clement , C. Sylvester , B. Ball . Big Rapids - Elihu Mayhew , J. W. Stanton , W. D. Robinson , Arthur Adamy , Dr. L. A. Lampman . Grand Rapids - John Broxholm , John W. Cermack , Leon Manning , W. A. Prescott , Paul Elliott , Gordon B. Wheeler . Grand Traverse - W. A. Eley , Paul Boodagh , L. S. Reed , G. E. Whitney , Dr. F. F. McMillan , Lynn Mathewson . Kalamazoo ~—D . L. Reedy, W. B. Oldt , Victor Nilles, C. A. Krill , A. M. Man . ning, S. T. Sylvester .
BOARD OF HOSPITALS , HOMES , AND DEACONESS WORK The District Superintendents and Albion -Lansing - F. E. George, Sr. , A. L. Heimback , Coldwater ; Dr. E. Van Camp , Battle Creek . Big Rapids - Karl Keefer , Mrs. C. E , Vowles , Mt. Pleasant . Grand Rapids-- W. Maylan Jones, Mrs. Ed . Quick , Muskegon . Grand Traverse_H . M. Smart , Mrs. C , R. Dye, Traverse City . Kalamazoo ~—T . O. Lee , Royal Ward , Dowagiac .
( MISCELLANEOUS , COMMISSIONS , COMMITTEES, ETC.
MICHIGAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Frederick Spence, Scott MacDonald , W. R. Prescott , Jay Sexton , Lansing ; Jacob Kindleberger , Kalamazoo ; C. L. Shaffley , St. Johns . STATE WORLD SERVICE COUNCIL Bishop Edgar Blake , the District Superintendents , resident members of the World Service Commission , and To serve until 1938 — A. F. Way , L. J. Kilpatrick , F. M. Thurston , T. 0. Huckle , J. J. Chase , Ray Munger . To serve until 1939 - S. W. Large , J. M. DeVinney , Jas. A. Bowker , W. C. Dean , Albion ; L. P. Flanders , Battle Creek ; R. W. Fenner . 1937 ] CONFERENCE BOARDS 145
COMMISSION ON FINANCE Chairman , Archie E. McCrea Vice -Chairman , L , L. Dewey Secretary - Treasurer , C. S. Wheeler The District Superintendents and Albion -Lansing - S. B. Owens , R. E. Adrianson , Battle Creek ; ( one year ) , Bruce Ball , Mason ; ( two years ) . Big Rapids — F. J. Schleuter , M. W. Fisher, Greenville , ( one year ) ; C. C. Barnes , Mt. Pleasant , ( two years ) . Grand RapidsL. B. Niles , Archie McCrea , Muskegon , ( one year ) ; F. F. Coons , Lowell, ( two years ) ; Grand Traverse Paul Boodagh , W. G. McCune , Petoskey ( one year ) ; John Muche , Cadillac, (two years ) . Kalamazoo - H F. Weston , H. T. Kreager , Wayland , ( one year ) ; C. A. Krill , Kalamazoo , ( two years ) . COMMITTEE ON GENERAL CONFERENCE LEGISLATION ( To serve through the Quadrennium ) The Delegates to the 1936 General Conference , namely : L. T. Robinson , A. H. Pellowe , D. S. Coors , J. L. Seaton , L. H. Nixon , Luren Dickenson , Smith Burnham , Mrs. W. H. White, E. C. Warriner , T. 0. Huckle . GENERAL CONFERENCE BENEVOLENCES
Ministers - A. W. Klaiber , F. E. George , Jr. , Robert Miller , T. H. Leamon , J. F. Bowerman , Thomas Rice , Charles Oughton , Emil Runkel, F. G. Wright, W. J. Atkinson . Laymen - J. J. Cox, Scottville ; M. B. McPherson , Lowell ; Mrs. J. E. Strong, Grand Rapids ; Henry Wigman , Lansing ; N. J. Stone, Petoskey ; Mrs. F. U. Doubleday , Kalamazoo ; Roy Gibson , South Haven ; Luren Dickenson , Charlotte . REPRESENTATIVES TO LORD'S DAY ALLIANCE Byron A. Hahn W. G. Flowerday F. S. Kinney TRUSTEES OF LAKE LOUISE Michigan Conference Detroit Conference One year - E. E. Horner Two yearsV . W. Thrall Three years — Ray Merrill Four yearsWill Pearson ( To be supplied ) COMMITTEE FOR CLARK HOME CAMPAIGN FOR $100,000 Hugh Kennedy , L. L. Dewey , L. H. Nixon , D. S. Coors , Don Harrington , C. C. Barnes , A. E. McCrae . SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND PROMOTE CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS FUND C. S. Wheeler , Hugh Kennedy , L. Kilpatrick , L. T. Robinson , V. W. Thrall , D. S. Coors , W. C. Perdew , E. H. Babbit , W. R. Prescott , L. B. Niles , G. M. Frye , Dempster Yinger. SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND PLAN CO -ORDINATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK
Conference Secretary of Young People's work of the W. F. M , S. Conference Secretary of Young People's work of the W. H. M. S. State President of the Epworth League . V. W. Thrall E. H. Babbitt TRIERS OF APPEALS Joshua Randall, L. N. Niles, W. A. Eley , Geo . A. Brown , A. T. Cartland ; and Reserves : L. M. Whittemore and M. W. Duffey . SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORSHIP CENTER AT ALBION Hugh Kennedy , D. S. Coors , W. H. Phelps , G. M. Frye, M. W. Duffey , Richard Toncray , Evan Weidman .. 146 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOINT FALL CONFERENCE S. B. Owens , C. W. Mackenzie , L. T. Robinson , ( harles Thies, W. C. Perdew . OFFICERS OF THE LAY CONFERENCE President - Roy E. Adrianson , First Church , Battle Creek . Vice President -- Mrs . Thomas Ray, Ludington . Secretary - Earnest V. Hartman , Holland . Treasurer - C. E. Lewis , Lawton . COMMITTEE ON PROPORTIONAL PAYMENTS E. H. Babbitt , member at large . Albion -Lansing - J. F. Bowerman . Big Rapids - F. N. Drake . Grand Rapids — C. H. Phillips . Grand Traverse - J. W. Alexander . Kalamazoo_ Victor B. Niles .
COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE PROGRAM The District Superintendent and Pastor of the entertaining Church and For one year - Floyd George , Jr. For two years — John L. Seaton For three years - A. M. Jayne. CHAIRMEN OF CONFERENCE COMMISSIONS
Evangelism : Geo . A. Mooers . World Service : L. T. Robinson . Religious Education : M. D. McKean . Citizenship : A. M. Jayne. Conf. Institutions and Benevolences : W. C. Perdew . Local Church Administration : C. M. Mackenzie . LAY NOMINATING COMMITTEE T. 0. Huckle , Cadillac ; Mrs. L. W. Stewart , Ionia ; R. E. Adrianson , Battle Creek ; W. H. Shumaker , Three Rivers. RADIO COMMITTEE
Frederick Spence , G. M. Frye , N. A. McCune , Wayne Fleenor , Royal G. Hall . COMMITTEE ON BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL
N. A. McCune , W. ( . Perdew , James Bowker , Glenn M. Frye, L. H. Stone , Oliver Drake , John Marshall, Prof. Merrill , Paul Elliott , Floyd Rothles berger , Carl Fisher . STANDING COMMITTEES
Epworth Leagues - Wayne Fleenor , Raymond Norton , Wm . Blanding , L. M. Rigelman , H. A. Carey .
Evangelism - R. V. Birdsall , Amos Bogart , G. A. Mooers , J. A. Brown , F. M. Clough , Ralph Bates , George Brown .
Finance Henry Liddicoat, R. M. Prescott , A. T. Halsted , W. S. Phillips , Karl Keefer , Fred Schaenzlen , J. E. Bartlett, Jr.
Memoirs - F. N. Drake , John Broxholm , Kenneth Hoffmaster , President , Board of Stewards .
Periodicals —Dempster Yinger , Stanley Thayer , T. W. Jenne , E. D. Finkbeiner , W. E. Brown , C. M. ('onklin , D. L. Reedy , Charles Oughton .
Resolutions - E. K. Lewis, Robert Geiger , C. H. Bacon , W. B. Oldt, E. T. Smith , Joseph Tuma . 1937 ] CONFERENCE SOCIETIES 147
Retired Ministers — C. E. Davis, H. F. Weston , J. H. Rayle , T. 0. Lee , Henry Hulme, L. S. Reed , John Biery .
Christian Citizenship and Social Service -Royal G. Hall , N. A. McCune , F. G. Dunbar , John 0. Hagans , L. G. Beacock , Jr. , J. R. Wooten , M. W. Duffey .
Stewardship - R. M. Lawrence , Stanley Buck , W. A. Exner, E. I. Prosser , W. W. Hurd , A. W. Baker , W. A. Eley .
Nominations — E. A. Armstrong , Chairman ; Leroy M. Whitney , Secretary . To serve until 1938M . C. McKean , A. T. Cartland . To serve until 1939 –J . M. DeVinney , Leroy M. Whitney . To serve until 1940_J. A. Rogers , E. A. Armstrong .
D_OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE SOCIETIES
MINISTERS ' WIVES ASSOCIATION
President - Mrs. Victor Thrall . 1st Vice - Mrs . Morris McKean . 2nd Vice - Mrs. Spencer ( wens . Secretary - Mrs . Richard Niles . Treasurer -- Mrs. Arthur Buege. 1 WOMEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
President - Mrs . F. C. Doubleday , 1114 Jefferson Ave. , Kalamazoo . Corresponding Secretary - Mrs . E. O. Izant, 531 Capital Ave. , Lansing . Treasurer - Miss Lillie Phelps , Bay View . Field Support Secretary - Mrs . W. D. Hill, 200 S. Sycamore St. , Lansing . Extension Secretary - Miss Mabel Eddy , Fulton . Stewardship Secretary - Mrs . Fred Curtiss, ( 'harlotte . Wesleyan Service Guild —Miss Genevieve Sanford , 913 Lane Blvd., Kalamazoo . Young People's Secretary - Mrs . Harry Harrington , 237 Van Raalte Ave. , Hol land . Junior Secretary - Mrs. C. A. Krill , 1304 Maple St. , Kalamazoo . WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY President - Mrs. W. H. Veenboer , 2071 Reed's Lake Blvd., Grand Rapids. Vice Presidents : Bequest and Devise - Mrs . T. G. R. Brownlow , 1821 S. Cedar St. , Lansing . Conference Members - Mrs . W. W. Slee, 18 Church St. , Coldwater . Lenton and Thank Offering —Mrs. A. I. Gilbert, 227 Marshall St. , Lansing . Missionary Education - Mrs . L. R. White , Mason . , Corresponding Secretary - Miss Rebecca McKenzie , 1624 W. Main St. Lansing . , , Recording Secretary - Mrs . Wm . Helrigel 285 Glendale Blvd. Parchment . , , , Treasurer - Mrs . F. E. Jones 54 Zeno St. S. W. Grand Rapids . , , · Wesleyan Guild - Miss Genevieve Sanford 913 Lane Blvd. Kalamazoo . , Young People's Secretary - Mrs . Wayne Fleenor Eaton Rapids . , , Junior Secretary - Mrs . W. R. Prescott 1400 Jerome St. Lansing . , , Christian Citizenship - Mrs . Charles R. Sylvester 223 Freemont St. Battle
Creek . , , Conference Historian - Mrs . A. R. Parker 715 Minor Ave. Kalamazoo . , , , Mite Box - Mrs . C. 0. Van Der Vort 28 Mayfield N. E. Grand Rapids . , , , Perpetual Members — Mrs . H. V. Wade 214 Spencer N. E. Grand Rapids . 148 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Spiritual Life -Mrs. Warren E. Brown , Portland . Supplies —Mrs. J. C. DeVinney , 600 Turner, N. W. , Grand Rapids .
CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
President - R. E. Meader 1st Vice President - F. S. Goodrich Secretary - I. T. Weldon Treasurer - D. E. Reed 2nd Vice President - E. O. Mather .
RETIRED PREACHER'S ASSOCIATION President -P . J. Maveety Honorary President -N , L. Bray Vice President - Hugh Kennedy Secretary - Treasurer —George A. Brown Committee on Decorating Preachers ' Graves -Albion District , I. T. Weldon ; Big Rapids District , J. M. Jensen ; Grand Rapids District , M. E. Reusch ; Grand Traverse District , W. P. Mosher ; Kalamazoo District , G. A. Brown .
METHODIST FEDERATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE
President - S. B. Owens Secretary - William H. Helrigel Executive Committee - Same officers as above. Vice Presidents — L. T. Robinson , Claude Satterlee . Treasurer - Dempster Yinger
STATE EPWORTH LEAGUE
President - Rev . Wayne H. Fleenor , Eaton Rapids . First Vice President - Rev . Leon Manning , Lake Odessa . Second Vice President - Rev . Victor Longfield , Lincoln Park . Third Vice President -Rev . Thomas Pryor , Royal Oak . Fourth Vice President - Miss Irene Sackett , Ithaca . Secretary -George Fead , Detroit . Treasurer - Rev . Richard Miles , Traverse City . Life Work Secretary -Rev . John Marvin , Detroit . 1937 ] JOURNAL 149
III . DAILY PROCEEDINGS
THE JOURNAL , 1937 FIRST DAY Wednesday , June 9, 1937 Morning Session The One Hundred Second Session of the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened at the First Methodist Church in Big Rapids, with Floyd George , Jr. as pastor -host . Bishop Wallace E. Brown, D. D. , LL . D. , called the Conference to order at 9 a . m . Following Hymn No. 147 , Floyd George , Jr. offered prayer , and Hymn No. 148 was sung . The Bishop read from Matthew 26 : and gave a devotional address preparatory to the Communion Service . Communion Service . The Bishop took charge of the Communion Service and was assisted by the District Superintendents and the pastor of the local church . Memorial Service . M. A. Braund was called to the plaftorm as chairman of the Memorial Service . As the Conference stood the secretary read the names of deceased ministers as follows : 0. F. Bulman , John A. DeGraff , Paul D. Huff, William M. Puffer , and Arthur S. Williams ; of deceased Supply Pastors : Charles 0. Hayward, William Haskin , Charles S. Jenkins , and N. W. Weston ; also deceased wives and widows of ministers : Mrs. C. W. Chase , Mrs. W. Z. Cole , Mrs. Delos Cronk , Mrs. E. W. Davis , Mrs. Hattie DeGraff , Mrs. J. C. Dorris , Mrs. Thomas Laity , Mrs. L. H. Manning , Mds . Edward T. Smith , Mrs. S. E. Tiney , Mrs. Jos . Wilks . W. P. Manning read the Scripture and F N. Drake led in prayer . Mr. Earl McDuffey of the Big Rapids church effectively sang “ The Lost Chord .” The Memorial Address was given by Dr. Hugh Kennedy on the topic " The Preacher Has A Place In The World ," taking the text from Philippians 1 :3, “ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.” Hymn No. 525 was sung and Kenneth Hoffmaster pronounced the benediction . Conference Session . Bishop Brown called the Conference to order and the hymn “ Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing ” was sung . Roll Call. On motion of L. H. Nixon the Conference ordered that the roll call be taken by signing slips of paper which were passed . The following members were present : Edward A. Armstrong , W. J. Atkinson , Edmond H. Babbitt, C. H. Bacon , Albert W. Baker , J. H. Bancroft , Ralph L. Bates , L. George Beacock , William E. Beckett , John G. Biery , Ray V. Birdsall , William Blanding, Amos B. Bogart , Paul Boodagh , James E. Bowker , James A. Brown , Geo . Brown , Geo , A. Brown , Warren E. Brown , Thomas G. R. Brownlow, John W. Broxholm , Stanley Buck , Arthur A. Buege , Ira E. Carley , H. A. Carr , Albert T. Cartland , Lynn E. Chapel , William Chapman , Franklin H. Clapp , John Clemens , Frederic M. Clough , Lester Clough , C. M. Conklin , D. Stanley Coors , Floyd H. Cramer , Chas . E. Davis , Eaden P. Davis , Ralph M. Dean , James Clyde DeVinney , James Marion DeVinney , L. L. Dewey , Harold E. Dixon , Floyd N. Drake , Matt W. Duffey , Frederick G. Dunbar , Henry W. Ellinger , Wilfrid A. Eley , W. A. Exner, E. C. Finkbeiner , Wayne H. Fleenor , William G. Flowerday , F. P. Frye , Glenn M. Frye, H. Howard Fuller , Dorr P. Garrett , Robert G. Geiger , Floyd George, Sr. , F. E. George , Jr. , O. R. Grattan , C. H. Green , Kenneth Griswold , Joseph Grimes , Alfred T. Goslin , Frederic S. Goodrich , Byron A. Hahn , Charles B. Hahn , Alfred T. Halsted , Harley H. Harris , John W. Hayward , S. J. Headley , William H. Helrigel , Myron E. Hoyt , Victor J. Hufton , Henry Hulme, W. W. Hurd , Wm . H. Irwin , Theron W. Jenne, James M. Jensen , W. M. P. Jerrett , W. Maylan Jones, Grant L, Jordan , K. H. Keefer , William F. Kendrick , Charles 150 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Hartt Kelsey , Hugh Kennedy , L. B. Kenyon , Lester A. Kilpatrick , Douglas D. King, Russell King , Harold R. Kinney, August W. Klaiber, Henry Knauff , C. J. Kruse , Thomas Laity , Samuel W. Large , N. Bruce Lawrason , Ray M. Lawrence , Thomas H. Leamon , T. O. Lee , James Leitch , Elwin K. Lewis, Henry Liddicoat, John E. Lockyer , C. A. Lohnes , Scott D. MacDonald , Charles W. MacKenzie , Newell A. McCune , Maurice D. McKean , Leon W. Manning , Wallace P. Manning , E. ( . Mather , Patrick Maveety , George W. Maxwell, R. E. Meader , Ray William Merrill , Richard C. Miles , I. W. Minor, G. A. Mooers , Arthur J. Morris, W. P. Mosher , Earle M. Mumby , P. H. Murdick , L. J. Nevins , Leo B. Niles, Stanley B. Niles , Lloyd H. Nixon , Raymond Norton , Wesley C. Oldt, W. B. Oldt, Geo . A. Osborne , Charles P. Ostrom , Spencer Bacon Owens , Herbert G. Ozanne , Reuben C. Parshall , A. H. Pellowe , William H. Phelps , Thomas Pollard , Clark H. Phillips , Wade S. Phillips , Cecil E. Pollock , Wm . Ray Prescott , Emeral E. Price , Earl I. Prosser , Harry Quant, Joshua 0 . Randall, J. H. Rayle , Loren S. Reed , Daniel L. Reedy , Moses E. Meusch , Joe Rice , Thos . Rice , L. M. Rigelman , L. T. Robinson , James W. Rochelle , James A. Rogers , Emil A. Runkel, Claud W. Satterlee , F. J. Schleuter , Fred Shaenzlin , Wm . Marley Simpson , William W. Slee, Harry M. Smart , E. T. Smith , Clair J. Snell , Frederick Spence , R. B. Spurlock , Geo . P. Stanford , J. W. Stanton , L. Winston Stone, Blucher B. Swem , Stanley Thayer, Charles E. Thies, V. W. Thrall , F. M. Thurston , Joseph Tuma , H. V. Wade , J. Lawrence Ward , Richard D. Wearne , Ira T. Weldon , Harold F. Weston , C. T. Wheaton , Clark S. Wheeler , Geo . G. Whipple , W. W. Whitehouse , Leroy M. Whitney , L. M. Whittemore , James R. Wooton , F. G. Wright, G. E. Wright, Truman H. Wright, Herbert E. Wylie , Dempster Yinger, Richard E , Yost .
Treasurer . On motion of L. L. Dewey , J. Lawrence Ward was elected treasurer . The following were announced as his assistants : Eaden Davis , Ivan HI. Hodgson , Harold Jacobs , Levant R. Wheaton , ( '. T. Wheaton , Myron Clement , Fern Wheeler , Margaret Nash , Olive Knapp , ( harles Dobbertin , Howard Fuller , S. J. Headley , Emeral E. Price.
Statistician . B. B. Swem , Statistician , announced the following assistants : J. Marion DeVinney , Robert Bennett , Earl Mumby , Thomas Pollard , Thomas Jackson ,
Secretary . E. A. Armstrong , speaking for the Nominating Committee , nominated L. H. Nixon for secretary . Ile was elected and announced his assistants : E. H. Babbitt, B. A. Hahn , L. J. Nevins . Bar of the Conference . On motion of J. M. Jensen , the boundaries of the main floor of the auditorium were fixed as the bar of the Conference .
Conference Expense Treasurer . On the nomination of E. A. Armstrong , John Lockyer was elected treasurer of the ( 'onference Expense Fund to suc ceed himself .
Felicitations. The Bishop spoke words of appreciation of Bishop Blake and read part of a letter received from Mrs. Blake . The Conference stood
for a moment of silent prayer and W. H. Phelps led in audible prayer . On
motion of L. L. Dewey the ( onference' ordered the secretary to telegraph
greetings to Bishop Blake .
Nominations . On nomination of E. A. Armstrong . W. W. Slee was elected
to substitute on the ( ' ommittee on ( onference' Relations for W. E. Doty .
Felicitations . Henry Ellinger spoke of the recent auto accident involving
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred F. War . On motion of T. G. R. Brownlow the ( ' onference
ordered that greetings and best wishes be sent to Dr. and Mrs. Way .
Pensions . The Bishop handed to the secretary a check for $ 60.00 from the , Chartered Fund and one for 598.00$ from the Board of Pensions and Relief .
The Conference voted acceptance of the checks and ordered them turned over
to the treasurer of the Conference . 1937 ] JOURNAL 151
Felicitations. E. A. Armstrong moved that the greetings of the Conference be sent to Dr. J. C. Floyd who is in the hospital in Grand Rapids . The motion was supported and carried . Excused . The secretary presented requests to be excused for the following persons delayed in reaching the seat of the Conference : P. J. Maveety , H , E. Millard , Elihu Mayhew , C. W. Mackenzie , J. C. Rice , W. C. Perdew , Russell King , J. F. Bowerman , Howard Carey , H. R. Strong , J. 0. Hagans , W. E. Doty , M. L. Fox , E. F. Vane . Welcome . Floyd George, Jr. , pastor of the local church , extended official welcome to the Conference and Bishop Brown . V. W. Thrall , superintendent , extended the welcome of the Big Rapids District . Bishop Brown made appropriate response to the welcome.
Hospitals , Homes and Deaconess Work . The Bishop called to the plat form Dr. N. E. Daris, Secretary of the Board of Hospitals , Homes and Deacon ess work who spoke of the work of that Board . Official Program . On motion of M. W. Duffey the Conference ordered that the printed program be official for the Conference . Courtesy . Dr. Clovis Chappel , Conference Lecturer , was presented by the Bishop . Greetings . The secretary read telegrams from Bishop Edgar Blake and Bishop Thomas Nicholson . Hugh Kennedy moved that the secretary send greetings of the Conference to Bishop Nicholson . The motion was supported and carried . Adjournment . Following announcements the benediction was pronounced by Dr. Clovis Chappell . Wednesday , June 9, 1937 Afternoon Session Called to Order . The Bishop called the Conference to order at 2 p . m . Hymn No. 243 was sung, and the Conference joined in the " Prayer for the Church " on page 515 of the Hymnal. Following the singing of Hymn No. 244 the Bishop led in prayer . Clark Home Endowment Campaign . C. S. Wheeler , Executive Secretary of the Clark Home Endowment Campaign , gave the report of the campaign . It was adopted . See report , page 197. Hugh Kennedy presented the following resolution which was adopted . “ Your committee recommends that the cam paign for the M. J. Clark Memorial Home Endowment Fund be continued and completed during the next six months , concentrating on the month of Novem ber for the canvass in the charges that as yet have not made the canvass and finish the gleanings for pledges, estate notes and annuity gifts on the charges that bave not completed the work ." On motion of Hugh Kennedy the Confer ence requested the reappointment of C. S. Wheeler as Executive Secretary of the Campaign . Question 34. Was the character of each preacher examined ? See Dis ciplinary Question on page 170 . Question 42. Who are the retired ministers ? See Disciplinary Questions on page 171 . The secretary called the list of retired members , several of whom respond ed briefly . Greetings . On motion of A. H. Pellowe , the Conference ordered the secre tary to send greetings to all retired men who are unable to attend the con ference session . Auditor. E. A. Armstrong nominated M. E. Bowen , Auditor . He was elected and announced as his assistants : Harold Dixon , L. M. Whitney , J. A. Rogers , Kenneth Griswold . 152 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Supply Pastors . E. A. Armstrong , for the nominating committee , nomin ated the following men members of the Committee on Accepted Supply Pastors . J. C. DeVinney , F. H. Cramer , C. J. Kruse, W. M. Jones, L. W. Stone , and Robert Miller . Conference Claimants and Pro Rating . D. D. King moved to rescind the resolution of the last Conference providing for annuity payments to cover years of service rendered as supply pastors by members of the Conference . The motion was not supported . P. H. Murdick moved that the matter be referred to the Board of Stewards for further study and that a report be brought back to the Conference . The motion was supported and carried . Question 21. Who have been received by transfer and from what confer ence ? None . See Disciplinary Questions on page 169 . Michigan Christian Advocate . W. H. Phelps gave the annual report for the Advocate . See page 191 . Million Unit Fellowship . At the request of the Bishop , Dr. N. E. Davis was again called to the platform and spoke of the Million Unit Fellowship. Adjournment . Following announcements the Conference stood adjourned and Bishop Brown pronounced the benediction . SECOND DAY Thursday, June 10, 1937 Morning Session
Bishop Brown called the Conference to order and hymns No. 235 and 233 were sung . C. E. Deal led in prayer . The Bishop read John 4 :7-26 and con ducted morning devotions . Journal. The Journal of the previous day was read by the secretary and approved . Excused . C. H. Green was excused from further attendance on the Con ference because of illness in his family . The following were excused on account of funerals and weddings : John Clemens , Scott MacDonald , and Karl Keefer , Presentation . E. L. Carter of the Ohio Conference who is serving a church in the Albion -Lansing District was presented to the Conference , Corporate Session . The Bishop called C. S. Wheeler to the chair as chair man of the Corporate Session . The report of the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Conference was given by C. S. Wheeler . See report , page 201. Hugh Kennedy gave the annual report of the treasurer of the Conference Claimants Endowment Fund and turned over to the secretary for distribution checks for $ 7,500.00 for the Conference Claimants and $631.66 for the local preachers . On motion the Conference accepted the reports and the checks . Hugh Kennedy spoke of the income of the Conference Claimants Endowment Fund and distributed to the members of the Conference mimeographed copies of the "Study of Comparative Income for Conference Claimants .” See report on page 236 . R. E. Meader presented the following resolution in behalf of the com mittee on policy : 1. We recommend that the One Percent Fund on hand be put in the En dowment Fund . 2. We recommend that the Annual Conference appoint a Commission of twelve to be nominated by the nominating committee to make a thorough study during the coming year of the entire matter of the Conference Claimants situa tion and particularly increasing the morale and interest in both the Annual Conference and the Local Church . Also , present methods of increasing the Conference Claimants Endow ment Fund as well as increasing the annual offering by the Churches and submit a policy and method of procedure for the attainment of these ends. 1937 ] JOURNAL 153
3. Inasmuch as only a little over one -half of the pledges made by the Preachers have been paid we urge that those having unpaid pledges pay as quickly as possible . 4. We recommend that the Board of Trustees at their discretion during the coming Conference Year , if it seems wise , employ someone to look after the unpaid pledges and the collection of the same. 5. We recommend to the Annual Conference that the emphasis for the increasing of this Fund should have precedence . On motion of R. E. Meader the Conference ordered that Section No. 1 of the above resolution be left for further study by the commission provided in Section 2, and that the commission report to the conference at its next session . On motion the Conference adopted the resolution . On motion of R. E. Meader the Corporate Session was adjourned . Educational Interests. The Bishop resumed the chair and called to the platform Frederick Spence, chairman of the educational program . T. M. Carter of Albion College spoke in behalf of the college. S. B. Owens brought personal greetings of Dr. John L. Seaton and moved that the secretary send the greetings of the conference to Dr. Seaton . The motion was supported and carried . Dr. H. L. Batts of the Wesley Foundation work at Kalamazoo intro duced the president of the Kalamazoo Student Fellowship, Charles Hicks. He spoke effectively of the work among the students at Kalamazoo . N. A. Mc Cune spoke in behalf of the student work at East Lansing and Wayne Fleenor presented the interests of the State Epworth League . On motion of E. H. Babbitt the Conference ordered that a commission be appointed to work in conjunction with a commission from the Detroit Conference to study the cor relation of all young peoples work in the state , and report to the next Con ference . Dr. S. J. Harrison spoke of the religious work on the Albion campus . Mr. Ray Stanley Kendig , Executive Secretary of the Michigan Council of Churches and Christian Education spoke of the work of that organization . Dr. F. G. Poole , Director of Religious Education represented our educational work in Michigan . Frederick Spence presented the following recommendations of the Michigan and Detroit Boards of Education : 1. The appointment of a Conference Committee to work in conjunction with a similar committee from the Detroit Conference to study the possibilities of a Methodist Radio Broadcast . Members appointed : Frederick Spence, Royal G. Hall , Newell McCune , Wayne Fleenor . 2. That Freredick G. Poole be continued in the services of the Board of Education . 3. The Board of Education commends to the Conference the appointment of a committee to consider ways and means for establishing a suitable worship center at Albion College . 4. That the Board of Bishops be asked to appoint a representative to the Board of Education from the Detroit Area if and when a vacancy occurs . On motion of John Lockyer the recommendations were adopted . Albion College Chapel. E. A. Armstrong nominated the following men on the Committee on Worship Center at Albion College : Hugh Kennedy , D. Stanley Coors , Wm . H. Phelps , Glenn Frye, M. W. Duffey . ( Laymen , Richard Toncray and Evan Weidman ). They were elected . Pro Rating . F. II . ( lapp pruesented the following resolution and on his motion it was adopted : "Moved that the Conference appoint a standing com mittee on the proportionate payment of ministerial support , whose duty it shall be to keep permanent records of the pro rating of the pastors and report their findings each year to the committee on Conference Relations for their action , and to the Board of Conference Stewards to aid them in the adjustment of annuities . The committee shall be composed of one from each district and one at large ." F. H. Clapp , Lester A. Kilpatrick , Spencer Bacon Owens . 154 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Disciplinary Questions . Question 22. Who have been readmitted ? None . Question 23. Who have been received on credentials and from what churches ? None . Question 24. Who have been received on trial ? ( a ) In studies of the first year ? F. J. Fitch , Kearney Kirby , Richard Swogger , Wilson M. Tennant , Joseph B. Wilson . ( c ) Exempt from the course of study under seminary rule ? Oliver N. Drake . Question 25. Who have been continued on trial ? ( a ) In studies of the first year ? R. H. Beckett , George Bolitho, W. J. Dunn , H. A. Jayne, W. N. Simpson . ( b ) In studies of the second year ? C. W. Cookingham , M. E. Tabor . ( c ) In studies of the third year ? C. W. Dobbertin , H. E. Millard . ( d ) In studies of the fourth year ? T. F. Jackson ( for purposes of rec ord ) . Question 26. Who have been discontinued ? On motion of E. A. Arm strong the Conference granted the request of Homer Yinger to discontinue . Question 27. Who have been admitted to full membership ? J. E. Bart lett , Jr. , and G. G. Whipple . ( a ) Elected and ordained deacons this year ? None . Question 28. What members are in studies of the third year ? ( b ) Admitted into full membership previously . Thomas E. Pollard . Class Received . The Bishop called the men to be received into full mem bership of the Conference and after addressing them concerning the character of their work put to them the Disciplinary Questions . Those received were J. E. Bartlett , Jr. and G. G. Whipple . Excused . On motion the Conference voted to excuse W. B. Oldt and H. F. Weston on account of weddings . Introduction . The Bishop presented Dr. Ralph M. Pierce of the Rock River Conference and member of the General Conference Commission on Evangelism . Adjournment. On motion of S. B. Owens the Conference adjourned until Friday morning . Introduction . Glenn Frye presented Dr. Charles M. McConnell and Dr. Earl Marlatt of Boston University . Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Wilson , former mis sionaries to India , were presented to the Conference , as was Mrs. William Dye , a present missionary to India . Dr. Marlatt led in the singing of a hymn of his own composition “ Are Ye Able " No. 268 . He pronounced the benediction and the Conference stood adjourned . THIRD DAY Friday , June 11, 1937 Morning Session
Conference was called to order by Bishop Brown at 9 a . m . and hymns No. 324 and 321 were sung. A. H. Pellowe offered prayer . Dr. R. M. Pierce , a member of the General Conference Commission on Evangelism gave the devo tional address based on Deuteronomy 32:11 , 12. Following the singing of hymn No. 118 the Bishop led in prayer . Journal . The Journal of the previous day was read by the secretary . It was approved . Book Concern . Dr. O. Grant Markham , New York agent , reported on the work of the Book Concern . The Bishop called P. J. Maveety to the chair . 1937 ] JOURNAL 155
Bronson Hospital. In the absence of A. F. Way the annual report for Bronson Hospital was given by W. H. Helrigel . During the presentation of the report the Bishop resumed the chair . W. H. Helrigel presented the matter of the Michigan Conference Preachers ' Insurance Fund and pledge cards were distributed to the Conference members. After considrable discussion W. E. Beckett moved the Conference appointment of a committee to study the matter of the Preachers ' Insurance Fund and report back to the Conference . The motion was supported . P. H. Murdick moved that the motion lie on the table . It was supported and carried . On motion of E. H. Babbitt the Conference ordered that the pledges for the fund be made immediately and that the plan for adjustment be left to the hospital and Dr. Way , to be published in the Advocate as soon as possible .
Greetings . N. L. Bray, who was received into the Conference sixty -seven years ago, spoke to the Conference . The Conference stood to sing " Bless Be The Tie That Binds ." Floyd George, Jr. , presented flowers in behalf of the Big Rapids Church in token of appreciation . Bronson Hospital Continued . The Bronson Hospital report as presented by W. H. Helrigel was adopted and the asking of the hospital was referred to the finance committee . See report , page 199. The treasurer's report was filed with the secretary and ordered printed in the Minutes . See page 246 .
Other Reports . W. H. Helrigel also presented , in behalf of A. F. Way , the report of the Area Secretary , of the Methodist Foundation of Michigan and the Minimum Salary Treasurer's report and they were ordered printed in the Minutes . See pages 188, 204 and 247 . Area Secretary . By Conference action the recommendation concerning the Area Secretary was adopted and the secretary was instructed to communicate with the pre ling Bishop of the Detroit Conference , conveying the request that the Area Secretary be selected from said Conference .
Bronson flospital Apportionments . C. S. Wheeler moved that the Com mittee on Finance in making the hospital apportionments work out a zoning plan and report in thirty days . The motion was supported . J. R. Wooten moved an amendment to strike out the word “ zoning ." The motion was sup ported . M. W. Duffey moved a substitute motion referring the matter to a committee to be selected by the District Superintendents to work with A. F. Way and to report to the next Conference . The motion was supported . On motion of E. A. Armstrong the substitute motion was laid on the table . The original motion as amended was then carried .
Lay Conference . On nomination of V. W. Thrall , C. S. Wheeler was elected to represent the Annual Conference at the session of the Lay Conference in matters of finance .
Cabinet Recommendation . V. W. Thrall, for the Cabinet , made the follow ing recommendation : " The District Superintendents recommend that the trustees of the Stanton Methodist Episcopal Church be authorized to pay out of funds now in hand the sum of one thousand dollars to the trustees of the United Church of Stanton , Michigan , when and if such church shall be organ ized out of the First Congregational and First Methodist Episcopal Churches of Stanton ." On motion it was adopted .
Pro Rating . The Bishop announced the following members of the com mittee on pro rating : Albion District , L. G. Beacock ; Grand Rapids District, L. A. Kilpatrick ; Big Rapids District , J. A. Rogers ; Grand Traverse District , Paul Boodagh ; Kalamazoo District , R. D. Wearne ; Member at Large , P. H. Murdick , to act as chairman . Men in Detached Service . On motion of C. E. Thies the Conference ordered that the salaries of men in Detached Service should be published in the Min utes in accordance with the Discipline, Paragraph 675 , part 5. 156 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Christian Citizenship and Social Service . On motion of P. J. Maveety the Conference voted to combine the Committee on Christian Citizenship and Social Service , Retired Men. The report of the committee on Retired Men was presented by H. F. Weston . It was adopted . See report , page 185 . Board of Temperance . The Bishop called Dr. D. Stewart Patterson , Pro motion Manager of the Board of Temperance , to the platform . He spoke briefly of the work of that Board . Joint Fall Conference . Stanley Niles presented the following resolution signed by fifteen members of the Conference . "Resolved that we elect a com mittee of five ministers , to be selected by our Superintendents , and request the Detroit Conference soon to be in session , do the same, said joint committee to call the two Conferences in joint session sometime next fall for the sole purpose of considering Michigan Methodism's responsibility in the moral crisis of this state .” On motion it was adopted . Board of Education . Dr. H. D. Bollinger of the Board of Education pre sented the work of that Board . Supply Pastors . At the request of the Bishop , J. C. DeVinney , for the Committee on Accepted Supply Pastors , read the list of accepted supplies . The report of the Committee was adopted . See Disciplinary questions , page 170 . Disciplinary Questions .
Question 36. ( a ) What accepted supply pastors now in charge are taking the Conference Course of Study ? 1. In the first year . Robert F. Bennett , Kenneth H. Chubb , Steven W. Hayes , Harold Hodgson , Leroy Hoover , Harold A. Jacobs , Everett Love , James C. Matthews , Paul Schaenzlin , Wirth Tennent , Levant R. Wheaton , Fern Wheeler , Donald S. Winegar , George Wingard , Alton H. Zischke . 2. In the second year . Edgar Maxwell Smith , Calvin J. Town . 3. In the third year . Clara V. Gibbs , Harley L. Lane . Question 29. What members are in studies of the fourth year ? Harold Arthur Bedient ( for purposes of record ) , Lynn Erman Chapel , Roland C. Puffer . Question 30. What members have completed the Conference Course of Study ? ( a ) Elected and Ordained Elders this year ? John Walter Cermak , Lester Clough , Kenneth P. Griswold , James Kenneth Hoffmaster , Raymond L. Norton . ( c ) Elected and ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule ? James E. Bartlett, Jr. , Eaden P. Davis , Emeral E. Price . Question 31. What others have been elected and ordained Deacons ? ( a ) As Local Preachers , Clara V. Gibbs . ( b ) Under Seminary Rule , Harold Eugene Millard . Question 32. What others have been elected and ordained Elders ? None . Summer School of Theology . D. S. Coors , chairman of the Board of Min isterial Training , spoke in behalf of the Summer School of Theology . Question 37 . Who have been transferred , and to what Conferences ? Charles W. Cookingham , North Indiana ; Howard Seymour , Pacific Northwest ; Versile D. Bentley , Detroit , January 1937 .
Question 21. Who have been received by transfer , and from what Confer ences ? LeRoy Lightfoot from the Bombay Conference , as of July 1, 1937 . Question 39. Who have had their Conference Membership terminated ? ( a ) By voluntary location ? None . ( b ) By involuntary location ? None . ( c) By surrender of the Ministerial office and credentials ? Glenn Frye pre sented the request of H. C. Kenyon to withdraw . The Conference granted the request and ordered that his parchments be signed and returned to him . 1937 ] JOURNAL 157
Trier of Appeals . F. G. Dunbar, chairman of the Trier of Appeals pre sented the following report which was adopted . " In the case of the Rev. Joseph Rice on the basis of the testimony presented to this committee , at a meeting of the Triers of Appeals of the Michigan Annual Conference , in Central Temple House , Lansing , on November 24, 1936 , we find no cause for action . F. G. Dunbar ,J. C. DeVinney , Wm . M. P. Jerrett , Leo B. Niles , W. H. Helrigel Committee on Conference Relations . On recommendation of the Committee on Conference Relations, C. B. Howell was continued in the supernumerary relation to be changed to effective depending upon transfer to an eastern conference . On recommendation of the committee W. Y. Pohly was restored and made effective . On recommendation of the committee the Conference ordered that when the secretary receives official notice of the acceptance on trial in the Detroit Conference of L. W. Mooney , he be given his parchments . On recommendation of the committee the following men were granted the retired relation ; E. A. Armstrong , W. P. Manning , J. G. Biery , and J ! W. Rochelle . The request of J. H. Bancroft for a Sabbatical year was also granted . On motion of S. B. Owens the Conference ordered that J. W. Rochelle receive annuity credit for one year served as a supply . On the recommenda tion of the committee 0. W. Carr was reinstated on his certificate of with drawal . On recommendation of the committee , Wesley W. Cook was continued in the supernumerary relation . Lake Louise . The report of the Lake Louise Christian Community was presented by Alfred T. Halsted . S. J. Harrison also spoke on the Community . See page 189 .
Adjournment . A. H. Pellowe moved that the Conference adjourn to meet at 2 p. m. Presentation . Mrs. Nellie Bennett , daughter of N. L. Bray , and matron of the Chelsea Old People's Home was presented to the Conference . Dr. William Dye , missionary to India was presented by the Bishop and pro nounced the benediction , THIRD DAY June 11, 1937 United Session The Bishop called the Conference to order at 2 p. m . Following the singing of hymn No. 257, F. M. Thurston led in prayer . The conference sang hymn No. 268. The Bishop called to the platform the officers of the Lay Con ference . Former President , L. D. Dickinson ; L. V. Hartman , Secretary ; and R. E. Adrianson , newly elected President . Each of these men made brief remarks . Evangelism . Dr. Ralph M. Pierce brought the greetings of the Commission on Evangelism of the General Conference and spoke in behalf of that Commis sion . District Superintendent's Report . L. L. Dewey ably gave the report of the District Superintendents . See report on page 179 . Church School Attendance . J. E. Bowker presented the following resolu tion for the Albion -Lansing District Ministers and Laymen which was adopted : "Inasmuch as statistics show that the enrollment of Sunday Schools of the Methodist Church show a decrease of 200,000 in the last ten years ; and whereas the statistics of the Michigan Conference show a decrease of 5,638 between the years 1935-36 ; and whereas the preliminary figures show a further decrease of 2,456 for the past nine months ; and whereas Bishop Blake had expressed extreme anxiety over this condition before his illness ; therefore be it resolved that the United Session of the Michigan Conference make as one of its chief objectives for the ensuing year , the building up of the largest pos sible Sunday School attendance ." 158 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Michigan Christian Advocate . W. H. Phelps presented associate editor , Rev. John Marvin , who spoke of the forward program of the Advocate . The secretary read the askings of the Advocate , which are as follows : ( 1 ) Your endorsement of our staff for the year ; we suggest the following nominations as Contributing Editors : Michigan Conference : Albert H. Pellowe , Archie E. McCrea , Lloyd H. Nixon , and Mrs. Harry Laity. For College Editor , Samuel J. Harrison . ( 2 ) An Advocate Week , Sept. 19-26 , the pastor using that week for a well -planned canvass and one Sunday for a public plea for good litera ture in general and the Advocate in particular. ( 3) That we ask the D. S.'s to make this Advocate week a revival and not a drive , for we seem now to be so geared up that if the D. S. switch is not turned , the district machine does not function . If the Superintendents will give us this week , we cannot fail. ( 4 ) That the Conference definitely commit itself to the acceptance of a regular apportionment for the support of the Advocate at the session of 1938 , leaving the amount of such apportionment to be on the recommendation of the finance committee of the Conference , provided of course that the other Conference takes a similar action . " On motion of J. R. Wooten the Conference adopted the report and askings as a whole . On motion of J. R. Wooten the Conference requested the appointment of W. H. Phelps editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate and voted him our appreciation . Question 19. Where shall the next session of the Conference be held ? S. B. Owens extended the invitation of the Albion Church for the next session of the Conference . He was supported by A. H. Pellowe . On motion of C. S. Wheeler the Conference voted to accept the invitation . Order of the Day . S. B. Owens moved that the report of the Committee on Social Service be the order of the day Saturday morning following the devotional period . Children's Home . The report of the Methodist Children's Home Society was interestingly presented by Miss Frances Knight , Superintendent of the Home . See page 194 .
Following the announcements the Conference stood adjourned . FOURTH DAY June 12, 1937 Morning Session
The Bishop called the Conference to order at 9 a . m . and we joined in the singing of hymn No. 174. We united in the " Prayer for love to God and Man ," page 513 of the Hymnal. Following the singing of Hymn No. 381 Hugh Ken nedy led in prayer . The Bishop gave a devotional address based on II Timothy 2 :8-14 , and concluded with prayer . Journal . The Journal of the previous day was read by the Secretary , corrected and approved . Children's Home Report. M. W. Duffty gave the report of the Methodist Children's Home Society . On motion it was adopted . See report , page 194 . Social Service Report . C. W. Mackenzie presented the report of the Social Service Committee . A. E. McCrea moved to amend the report by adding to the first sentence the words “ Which commands our enthusiastic approval ." The motion was supported and carried . A. E. McCrea moved to amend the re port by striking out the first sentence of the last paragraph . The motion was supported but lost. J. R. Wooten moved a substitute that the first sentence of the last paragraph read “ Realization of Christian principles is difficult under present day social conditions ." The motion was supported and carried . A. E. McCrea moved to change the last sentence of the last paragraph to read " the church's fundamental social task is to ( build ) in an abiding society the kingdom of God .” The motion was supported but lost . George Mather moved an amendment to insert after the second paragraph part of the social service 1937 ] JOURNAL 159 report of last year , as found on page 41 , Minutes , 1936 . The motion was supported . J. R. Wooten made a substitute motion to adopt the report as a whole and appoint a committee to bring in an independent report of the con ditions in Michigan . This motion was later withdrawn. On motion of J. R. Wooten the conference voted to lay the amendment on the table . E. L. Sut cliffe presented a substitute for paragraphs two , three , and four , and moved its adoption . The motion was supported . P. J. Maveety moved to refer the report and the above substitute back to the committee for further study with E , L. Sutcliffe as an added member of the Committee and report back to the United Session . The motion was supported . J. R. Wooten moved to lay the motion on the table . It was lost . The motion to refer back to the committee was carried . T. 0. Huckle moved that when the report is brought in it be in mimeographed form for the Conference to study . On motion of W. M. P. Jerrett the Conference layed the motion on the table .
Committee on Finance . F. G. Dunbar presented the report of the Com mittee on Finance . See report on page 190 . S. B. Niles moved to delete paragraph one relative to the Anti - Saloon League . S. B. Niles moved as a substitute motion to refer the report back to the committee to change para graph one and bring the report back to the conference . The motion was lost . The motion to delete paragraph one was lost . On motion the Conference adopted the report . Temperance Program . The Bishop called L. D. Dickinson to the chair as chairman of the Temperance Program . He spoke of the work of the Anti Saloon League . The following persons made brief temperance speeches . D. S. Coors , Mrs. A. R. Edwards, W. E. Beckett , T. 0. Huckle , and R. V. Birdsa ll . Anti-Saloon League Resolution . Joseph Tuma presented a report of the Resolution Committee of the Anti -Saloon League of Michigan . The Bishop presented Dr. W. E. J. Gratz , Editor of the Epworth Herald who spoke a timely word on the temperance situation . Commission on Finance . A. E. McCrea gave the following report for the Commission on Finance : The Commission on Finance recommends the following budget : Salaries of District Superintendents . . $16,000.00 Expense allowance 5,000.00 Office expense and miscellaneous 500.00 $ 21,500.00 The report was adopted . Communication . The secretary read a telegram received from Mrs. J. C. Floyd expressing gratitude for the greetings of the Conference . Following announcements the benediction was pronounced by Dr. W. E. J. Gratz and the Conference stood adjourned . FOURTH DAY Afternoon Session
The Conference was convened at 2 p. m . by Bishop Brown , and the hymn " I Love Thy Kingdom , Lord ” was sung . F. H. Clapp led in prayer . Anti -Saloon League Resolutions . The pending report of the Resolutions Committee of the Anti -Saloon League became the order of the day . E. H. Babbitt moved a substitute that the report be turned over to the Conference Committee on Temperance to be incorporated in their report if desired . The motion was supported and carried . Board of Stewards . For the Board of Stewards P. J. Maveety asked the chair to interpret paragraph 752 —No. 7 as to whether or not retroactive . The Bishop ruled that the rule was not intended to be retroactive , and on motion the Conference ordered that J. G. Biery be credited with eight annuity years served in the People's Church at Lansing. 160 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Annual Conference Program . V. W. Thrall presented the following reso lution : " We recommend that a Conference Program Committee of nine mem bers be appointed , the Committee to be composed of three ministers , three lay men , the presiding bishop , the entertaining pastor and district superintendent of the district within whose bounds the conference is to be held . One minister and one layman shall be appointed for three years , one minister and one lay man for two years , and one minister and one layman for one year . As the terms of these shall expire their successors shall be elected for three years . This plan is suggested that there may be an opportunity for consecutive plan ning and program building." On motion it was adopted . Standing Committee . V. W. Thrall presented the following resolution having to do with standing committees . “ Resolved that we organize the mem bers of the Annual Conference and Lay Conference into a number of com missions to study the various interests of our church and Conference during the year and prepare plans of action to be reported to the Annual Conference Session . " Be it also resolved that we request the District Superintendents to ar range to put this plan in operation by assigning the members to these com missions naming a convenor for each . " M. W. Duffey moved as a substitute that the resolution be held for study by the District Superintendents , three laymen and three pastors from each district, and that report be made to the next Conference . The motion was lost . On motion the original resolution was carried . S. B. Owens moved that the resolution be referred to the nominating committee and the District Super intendents . The motion was supported and carried . World Service Council . S. W. Large presented the report of the World Service Council recommending that the Conference accept seven thousand units as a basis of opportionment to the Million Unit Fellowship Program of the church . The report was adopted . See report on page 188 . Clark Memorial Home . W. F. Kendrick presented the report of the M. J. Clark Memorial Home and handed to the secretary the financial statement to date . See report , page 195. On motion of S. B. Owens the Conference adopted the report with an expression of appreciation for the excellent work of the superintendent . On motion the conference requested the reappointment of W. F. Kendrick as superintendent of the Home . Joint Fall Conference . The Bishop announced the members of the Com mittee on Joint Fall Conference to meet with a similar committee from the Detroit Conference : S. B. Owens , C. W. Mackenzie , L. T. Robinson , Charles Thies, W. C. Perdew . Social Service . C. W. Mackenzie presented the revised Social Service re port , and on motion it was adopted . See report on page 186 .
Committee on Temperance . W. E. Beckett , for the Committee on Temper ance , presented the followin “ report which was adopted : “ We recommend that the Report of the Committee on Resolutions of the Anti -Saloon League of Michigan , referred to this committee, be committed to the committee of five appointed by this Annual Conference to cooperate with the Detroit Annual Conference in calling a joint session for consideration of the Temperance issue .”
Lay Conference Nominations . T. 0. Huckle presented the report of the nominating committee of the Lay Conference . On motion it was adopted . On motion of T. 0. Huckle the Conference ordered that the names of the laymen appearing in the Minutes be printed in bold faced type as in the Minutes of the General Conference . Evangelism . J. H. Bancroft read the report of the Committee on Evan gelism . It was adopted . See report on page 187 . 1937 ) JOURNAL 161
Disciplinary Questions . The Bishop called Disciplinary Questions 1, 2, and 3. See Disciplinary Questions , page 168 . Boston University School of Theology . Glenn Frye presented the following resolution : "Whereas , the year 1939 will mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Boston University School of Theology ; " Whereas , this school was the first institution founded by American Methodism for theological education , and "Whereas, Boston University has announced its intention to celebrate this historic event , and is seeking to raise a two million dollar Century of Service Fund, "Therefore be it resolved , that we recommend to the churches and people of the Michigan Conference that they participate in the celebration of the century of service rendered by the Boston University School of Theology , by contributing time and money for the completion of this Fund . “And be it further resolved , that we request Bishop Wallace E. Brown to appoint a special committee of five laymen and five ministers to formulate and execute plans for such participation by the Michigan Conference .” The resolution was adopted and the following committee was appointed : Newell McCune , W. C. Perdew , James Bowker , Glenn M. Frye, L. W. Stone , Oliver Drake, John Marshall , Prof. Merrill , Paul Elliott , Floyd Rothlesberger , and Carl Fisher .
Statistician . B. B. Swem presented the Conference Statistical Report . It was accepted with a vote of thanks . See page 207 . Conference Relations Committee . On recommendation of the Conference Relations Committee the Conference granted the retired relation to F. H. Clapp . W. E. Timms was granted the supernumerary relation . On recom mendation of the Committee the Conference ordered that J. C. Rice be contin ued in the supernumerary relation and asked to locate at the next session of the Conference .
Question 9. What are the claims of the Conference fund ? For Annuity distribution , 3814 years multiplied by the Disciplinary rate of $ 17 per Year , $ 64,838 ; For Necessitous distribution , $3,000.00 ; Total $67,838 .
Question 10. What has been received on these claims ? From the Book , , Concern None . From Annual Conf . Investments $ 7,500 . From the Chartered , , Fund $ 60.00 . From Pastoral Charges $ 20,583.00 . From Board of Pensions , and Relief $ 598.00 . From other sources . Total . of . P. J.
Maveety if Board Stewards moved that the inauguration of the plan new for Conference Claimants reduces the present amount paid to super , annuates that the Conference protest to the Board of Pensions . After consid
erable discussion the motion was withdrawn .
Conference Rules . A. R. Elliott moved the following substitute to rule 15 . , " The Stewards shall pay annuities to the Conference Claimants quarterly the
first payment to be made on or before July 1 after the close of each Confer ence session , and the subsequent payments each succeeding three months there after . " It was adopted . A. R. Elliott moved the following substitute for rule , , 16. “ The Biographical Secretary when elected to that office shall also be , elected to membership on the Board of Stewards and shall be ex - officio the
Assistant Secretary of said Board . The Chairman of the Board of Stewards
shall be a member of the Committee on Memoirs . " It was adopted .
Treasurer . J. Lawrence Ward read the treasurer's report which was
received and appreciation was expressed . See page 207 .
Bishop , , Disciplinary Questions . The called Disciplinary Questions 5 6 , , , , , , , , , 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 and 17. ( See disciplinary questions pages 168-169 . ) 162 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Nominations . E. A. Armstrong presented the report of the nominating committee. On motion of E. H. Babbitt the Conference ordered the report be adopted without reading and printed in the Minutes . C. S. Wheeler moved that the nominating committee be given authority to nominate by a 2/3 vote , in exceptional cases, when men are required to act on more than two boards or committees . The motion was supported and carried .
Conference Claimants Fund . W. H. Phelps presented the following resolu tion . " Resolved that we instruct the Conference Board of Trustees to follow these three methods of procedure in the collection of the old campaign pledges . 1. That we credit every delinquent pastor with the amount of his one percent paid since the pledges were given . 2. That every minister who has come into the Conference be asked for a pledge. 3. That all money received from these men and old pledges be turned into the distribution fund instead of the endowment , provided each contributor consents thereto . " . On motion of C. S. Wheeler the resolution was referred to the newly established committee created to study all Conference Claimants matters . Appreciation . On motion of E. A. Armstrong the Conference gave a rising vote of appreciation to the Secretary , Treasurer , Statistician , Auditor, and their staffs for efficient service .
Pensions . On motion of P. J. Maveety the Conference ordered that the classification of the new plan for pensions be left for the chairman of the Board of Stewards to work out with Dr. W. B. Farmer .
Adjournment . L. H. Nixon moved that the Conference stand adjourned fol . lowing the reading of the appointments late Sunday afternoon . Felicitations. Bishop Brown paid tribute of appreciation to the cabinet for the character and spirit of their labors . F. M. Thurston and S. B. Owens ex pressed personal appreciation of the presidency of Bishop Wallace Brown. Auditor's Report. On motion of L. H. Nixon the conference ordered that the Auditor's report be printed in the Minutes without reading . See page 190 . Adjournment. P. J. Maveety pronounced the benediction and the Con ference stood adjourned . FIFTH DAY Conference Sunday Conference Love Feast . Rev. W. M. P. Jerrett was in charge of the Annual Love Feast which started at 9:30 . Every moment of the time was well occu pied and participation in Christian testimony by the ministers and their wives was general and inspirational. Special music was furnished by Rev. and Mrs. Warren Brown , also by Rev. George Bennard who was accompanied by Miss Hannah Dahlstrum . The offering taken to supplement the funds held for distribution by the Board of Stewards was unusually large, totaling $ 176 . Conference Worship Service . Rev. Floyd George , Jr., entertaining pastor , presided for the service of morning worship and Dr. Victor W. Thrall , District Superintendent , offered the morning prayer . The service was well appointed and furnished fitting embellishment for the message of the morning delivered by our guest Bishop , Wallace Brown of Chattanooga , Tennessee . Speaking on " The Place Of The Church In The World Today ” the Bishop based his message on the comment of Jesus which followed the confession of Peter , “ On this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The sermon was from the heart , aptly illustrated and carried us all with sympathetic minds to the climactic idea , " Say a good word for the church when you get a chance.” We shall appreciate the church more for having heard this message . 1937 ] JOURNAL 163
Retired Minister's Recognition Service . At this service planned as a recognition of services rendered by the retired men in our ranks , the address of appreciation given by Dr. J. 0. Randall was fittingly responded to by Rev. Moses Reusch . Ordination Service . With the dignity and solemnity which our ritualistic service of ordination creates eight elders and two deacons were ordained at the three o'clock hour . The Bishop was assisted by the District Superintend ents , who , by the imposition of hands , set aside these persons for the work of the ministry . Vespers . With Dr. Spencer B. Owens presiding , the Conference sang the hymn , “ True Hearted , Whole Hearted ," after which Rev. Geo . Bennard was called on to offer prayer . Dr. Frank Cartwright gave an interesting and chal lenging address on “Missions in Southern Asia ." Special music was furnished for Vespers by a String Quartette from Ferris Institute , also by the choir of First Church . CONFERENCE BUSINESS SESSION Bishop Wallace Brown called for the reading of the Journal at 6:30 . The record was approved . Courtesy . Rev. Floyd George, Jr. presented Rev. C. H. Badder , local Con gregational Pastor, who was received by the Bishop and the Conference . Board of Stewards . W. M. P. Jerrett announced that all checks for the Board should be sent to A. R. Elliott , Augusta , the newly elected Treasurer of the Board . On motion of W. M. P. Jerrett the Conference voted apprecia tion to W. P. Manning for his years of service as chairman of the Board of Stewards . Nominations . E. A. Armstrong moved that the present executive officers of the conference be re -elected . The motion carried and the officers were elected . Ballot for Trustees . C. S. Wheeler moved that the Secretary of the Con ference cast the ballot for trustees for those institutions requiring such action by law. It was so ordered and the Secretary cast the ballot . American Bible Society . Joseph Tuma presented the following resolu tion which was adopted : " Whereas the work of the American Bible Society in translating , publishing , and distributing the Bible is of great importance in the life of the churches and is indispensable to the whole missionary enter prise , be it resolved : " FIRST : That we express our hearty endorsement of the activities of the society in its efforts to make the Bible more generally the common possession of humanity . " SECOND : That , inasmuch as Sunday , December 12th has been desig nated as Universal Bible Sunday , ministers and churches represented in this body take advantage of the cooperation offered by the society in furnishing assistance , and plan carefully for a worthy observance of the day.” Committee on Resolutions . Joseph Tuma also reported for the Committee on Resolutions and presented the following report which was supported by standing vote of the Conference . "Resolved , that the Michigan Annual Conference now is session , expresses , , , its highest appreciation to the Pastor Floyd George Jr. and the District , Superintendent of the Big Rapids District Dr. V. W. Thrall for the prepara ; tion of the Conference program to the staff and membership of this church
and the cooperating churches of Big Rapids and vicinity for the use of their
churches and the opening of their homes for our entertanment . , " Resolved that we express our appreciation to the ladies of this and other churches and organizations for making adequate provision for luncheons
and dinners during the Conference . , of
of expression " Resolved that we make recognition the fine welcome by
Big Rapids of of through the display of flags and cards the Chamber Com by . merce ; and the publicity given our coming the Bip Rapids Pioneer 164 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
" Resolved , that we express gratitude for the ministry of the guest speak ers , Dr. Clovis Chappell , Dr. H. D. Bollinger , Dr. Smith Burnham , Dr. W. E. J. Gratz , Dr. D. Stewart Patterson , Dr. Russell Throckmorton , and repre sentatives of other boards and affiliated organizations .
" Resolved, that we express our thanks for the special music provided by Mrs. Gailie Mangrum and her son , to Professor Ferdinand Warner , the Albion ensemble , the local church musicians , our conference song leaders , L. H. Nixon and L. A. Kilpatrick ; also to the Junior Boy's Choir of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church , Grand Rapids for their splendid concert . " Be it further resolved that we express our thanks to the Secretary , Treas urer , Statistician , Auditor , their assistants and other committees for their services .
“ Finally, we express deep regret at the illness of our resident Bishop , Edgar Blake and declare our appreciation for the splendid leadership both in devotional and administrative capacity of our presiding Bishop, Wallace Brown , D. D., LL , D., whch has made this a most profitable and enjoyable conference for both ministers and laymen ." The report was signed by W. W. Slee , C. II. Bacon , W. B. Oldt , S. T. Smith , E. K. Lewis and Joseph Tuma . The Journal . On motion the journal was made the official journal of the Conference and the minutes of the last session approved without reading .
Devotions and Appointments . " Lead On 0 King Eternal ” was sung after which all joined in The Lord's Prayer. Bishop Brown spoke highly of the work of the cabinet , expressed high esteem for the resident Bishop , Edgar Blake , thanked the Conference host and church for entertainment courtsies and made special reference to kindnesses shown by Mrs. Woodridge N. Ferris who entertained the Bishop and extended hospitality to the cabinet in furnish ing a room for their meetings. After making observations concerning the Methodist system of appointment and declaring it to be efficient and helpful , the Bishop read the special appointments and called on the District Superin tendents to read appointments for their respective districts . The Bishop pro nounced the benediction and Conference stood adjourned .
Wallon & . BrownPresident -
Lloyd H.Nison CERTIFICATE OF ORDINATION , , , This is to certify that on Sunday afternoon June 13th 1937 in the First , , Methodist Episcopal Church of Big Rapids Michigan I ordained Harold E.
Millard as Deacon and Clara V. Gibbs as Local Deacon of the Methodist
Episcopal Church . , by , At the same time and place assisted Elders I ordained James E. Bart , , , , , lett Jr. John Walter Cermac Lester Clough Eaden P. Davis Kenneth P. , , Griswold James Kenneth Hoffmaster Raymond L. Norton and Emeral C.
Price as Elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church . . ( Signed ) Bishop Wallace Brown 4 1937 ] JOURNAL 165
LAY JOURNAL
Minutes of the Laymen's Conference held at Big Rapids June 11, 1937 . Our meeting was called to order by President Hon . L. D. Dickinson at 9:15 a. m. Roy Adrianson of Battle Creek led us in singing two good hymns from the Presbyterian hymn book . The secretary led in devotionals using the scripture found in Luke 5 :1-12 . Again we sang a gospel song. President addressed himself to the Conference in explaining our improved organization . The election of the lay delegates for four years has opened the way for a continuing organization and a better understanding of our oppor tunity and task . , , Rev. Floyd George , Jr. the entertaining pastor gave the laymen a hearty
welcome to Big Rapids and promised them the best of everything in the city .
President Dickinson announced the following committees to serve for the ensuing session : , , , : Resolutions Committee Prof. Smith Burnham chairman Mrs. E. Keller , Mrs. W. G. Hawley George Mather and Dr. MeMillan . , , , , : C. E. Credentials Committee Lewis chairman Dale Souter V. R. Davy , S. J. Gier and Mrs. Grace Gray . , , , Nominating Committee : Tom Huckle chairman E. C. Warriner Mrs. , L. W. Stewart R. E. Adrianson and W. E. Shumaker . , Program Committee : L. D. Dickinson E. V. Hartman and Archie McCrea .
Dr. Wm . Phelps made a brief report concerning the Michigan Christian
Advocate and explained briefly the suggested new methods of handling the
Advocate in the local communities . He also said that the Advocate was going
to ask the Conference for an appropriation in 1938 .
Archie E. McCrea gave us a fine spirited talk on the subject of Methodism
and the Lay Conference . ( We hope the laymen saved plenty pancreatic juice
for that speech . ) Archie also announced the Brotherhood supper to be held p at 5:45 . m . with Dr. Russel Throckmorton of Chicago as the speaker . All
the men promised to be there .
We stood for a bit of stretch and sang another hymn .
Dr. Pierce spoke briefly for the Commission on Evangelism announcing
the plans for the 200th anniversary of the Wesleyan movement .
Dr. Clark Wheeler. represented the Ministerial Conference and explained up some of the matters which were to come for discussion and vote in the
United Sessions later .
Dr. Markham of the Methodist Book Concern presented the activities of
that organization and spoke of the wonderful chance for the laymen to be well
versed in the matters of the church by taking advantage of the many current by magazines and books put out our own press . , Under miscellaneous business the secretary presented the plea for a
definite registration fee in order that the officers be able to properly conduct
the work necessary through the year with its ever increasing demand for ,
it wholeheartedly postage and other expense . After some discussion was
moved and supported that we have a registration fee of 75 cents annually begin to a ning next year ( 1938 ) . The secretary called for collection tide over for
this year .
Dr. D. Stewart Patterson brought personal greetings from the Baltimore
Laymen's Conference . We moved a resolution to have Dr. Patterson return
our greetings to the Baltimore group . , Dr. Bollinger of the Board of Education and Dr. Russel Throckmorton
of the Men's Work Commission were introduced to the Conference . 166 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Mr. C. E. Lewis, chairman of the Credentials Committee , reported 113 delegates officially registered , and 16 others supposed to be legal delegates but for whom we had no credentials . Prof. Smith Burnham , chairman of the Resolutions Committee , reported the following resolutions :
" 1. Resolved that this conference declare its continued confidence in the administration of Bishop Blake and voice its affection and sympathy for him in these days of his illness . We hope and pray that he may soon recover his old time health and vigor .
" 2. Resolved that we deeply appreciate the hospitality of the people of Big Rapids . They have provided every facility needed to enable the confer ence to do its work in comfort and with dispatch .
" 3. Resolved that we commend the management of the Michigan Chris tian Advocate , and that we pledge the editors of the paper our hearty support in their efforts to make it a greater power for good in our church .
" 4. Resolved that the President of the Lay Conference be directed to ap point the various committees one year before the session at which they are to report , thus making it possible for these committees to do their work before the assembling of the Annual Conference . Further that if delegates desire to suggest persons for committee work they shall be permitted to do so .
“5. Whereas , the liquor traffic is becoming a greater threat to individual and social well being than ever before , and
" Whereas , there is doubt and uncertainty as to the next steps in combatting this evil ,
" Be it resolved ; That we favor a vigorous and continuing campaign of education to inform our people concerning the industrial , social, political and ethical effects of the manufacture and sale and use of intoxicants . In this cam paign we would enlist the home, the school, the church , the press and all other agencies for forming public opinion . We would continue this campaign until this evil thing is wiped out .
" 6. Whereas , the gambling evil is rampant in Michigan as evidenced by recent attempts to legalize dog racing with attendant gambling , by the wide spread playing of slot machines and similar gambling devices, and by the flagrant violation of existing anti -gambling laws , and
" Whereas , opposition to commercial gambling is crumbling before the indifference or the acquiescence of our citizens , " Be it therefore Resolved : That we urge all Christians to refrain from all forms of gambling whether for commercial or for charitable purposes . Be it further resolved that we oppose the introduction of gambling devices of every nature into public places, especially those where children may acquire the gambling habit . That we discountenance the playing of games of chance for prizes and the raffling of articles at fraternal, school , and church parties , especially at the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons , and the practice of having children go from door to door to sell chances . Be it further resolved , That we urge the electorate of our state to scan with care the records of all public officials with reference to their views on the enforcement of anti-gam bling laws and on the repeal of such laws , and that we encourage all law enforcement officers to enforce all laws against gambling ."
The nominating committee chairman read their report of lay nominations
for all the committees calling for lay members and announced the following , nominations for officers for the coming year . President Roy E. Adrianson of ; , , , Battle Creek Vice President Mrs. Thomas Ray of Ludington Secretary , ; , , Ernest V. Hartman Holland and Treasurer C. E. Lewis Lawton . These 1937 ) JOURNAL 167 officers were duly elected for the coming year . Mr. Adrianson asked the Hon . L. D. Dickinson to represent him at the joint session as spokesman . There being no further business to come before us we moved to adjourn .
Ernest V. Hartman , Secretary .
LAY DELEGATES
Official List of Delegates to the Annual Lay Conference in Big Rapids 1937 .
Albion -Lansing District : Jackson , Mrs. C. E. Thayer ; Parma , James Cam eron ; Battle Creek , Miss Grace Darling ; Coldwater , G. F. Kipp ; Springport , Glen Vesman ; Jackson , H. A. White ; Charlotte , L. D. Dickinson ; Battle Creek , Mrs. Jasper Conklin ; Mulliken , G. A. Royce ; Bronson , Mrs. I. V. Fry ; Albion , Geo . A. Mather ; Hillsdale , S. J. Gier ; Lansing , Mrs. Vera Strong ; Battle Creek , Roy E. anson ; Holt , C. B. Cushman ; Lansing , C. F. Kussmand ; Lansing , Mrs. A. E. Edwards ; Grand Ledge , Harry Culp ; Vermontville , Ruth L. Hallen beck ; Quincy , Mrs. Philip Crater ; Battle Creek , G. F. Wolfe .
Big Rapids District : Howard City , Mrs. Reva Jones ; Gladwin , Carrie Capling ; Newaygo , J. L. Herron ; Wheeler , Mrs. Frank Swope ; Sand Lake, Mrs. Olon Garby ; Big Rapids, Louise Hall ; Howard City , Mrs. Vernon Nickols ; Ashton , Mrs. Addie Swem ; Middleton , W. G. Troub ; Rosebush , Mrs. Alvin Keller ; Rosebush , Mrs. Earle Johnson ; Breckenridge , Roy Rosenberger ; Ithaca , Harold Beebe ; Lakeview , Geo . H. Nimberger ; Hart , Mrs. R. L. Dorsh ; LeRoy , D. B. Ketchum ; White Cloud , Zella Barnhard ; Marion , Mrs. W. A. Lampman ; Shelby , N. J. Fox ; Fremont , Judson Cockrane ; Mecosta , Frances Blakley ; Evart, Stanley W. Stein ; Stannwood , Mrs. Fred Brack ; Walkerville , Pearl Walker ; Alma , Harold F. Redman .
Grand Traverse District : Scotville , Jay J. Cox ; Mesick , Ernest E. Ford ; Traverse City , Dr. G. A. Holiday ; Cadillac , T. 0. Huckle ; Ludington , Harold 0. Fitch ; Traverse City , Russel D. Gore ; Manton , Mrs. M. Burkholder ; Trav erse City , J. B. Bosker ; Petoskey , Clayton Bixby ; Bear Lake , Mrs. Bertha Fillmore ; Lake City , Gerald Barner ; Free Soil , Mrs. Geo . Royle ; Fife Lake, Mrs. Jessie Crego ; Ludington , Mrs. Grace Gray .
Grand Rapids District : Eagle , Forrest Shepard : Eagle , Edwin Winegar ; Grand Rapids , Mrs. H. A. Roseberry ; Muskegon , Henry N. Paulson ; Holland , Ernest V. Hartman ; Coopersville , L. W. Shears ; Grand Rapids, Mrs. M. P. Knowles ; Belding , Byron R. Moore ; St. Johns , Mrs. Ralph Shumaker ; Way land , Mrs. Edward Jackson ; Muskegon , Archie McCrea ; Muskegon Heights , W. A. Meier ; DeWitt , Henry L. Zischke ; Grand Rapids, P. A. Hartesveldt ; Ionia , Mrs. L. W. Stewart ; Ionia , Mrs. Sterrey Stout ; Grand Rapids, Mrs. Elmer Miller ; Muskegon , Ruth VanCampen ; Hubbardson , F. S. Chick ; Lake Odessa , L. Alberta Goodemoot ; Saugatuck , Stewart Sessions ; Ovid , H. P. Foglesang .
Kalamazoo District : Dorr , M. C. Loew ; Colon , Loella Goodrich ; Allegan , T. D. Hicks ; Allegan , Geo. R. Ruehle ; Three Oaks , Mrs. Joseph Lee ; Benton Harbor, I. L. Buchan ; Martin , Thos. H. Lukins ; Buchanan , Stanley Marsh ; Watervliet , Elbert Milham ; Centreville , Cora E. Skinner ; Wayland , Clayton Smith ; Kalamazoo , L. A. Warner ; Parchment , R. K. Hills ; Fennville , Mrs. Kenneth Hutchinson ; V’icksburg , Mabel B. Hudson ; Dowagiac , Norma Willis ; Gobles , Mrs. Verne Stephenson ; Three Rivers, Wm . H. Shumaker ; Sturgis , Mrs. R. A. Kimball ; Scotts , Mahlon A. Skidmore ; Cassopolis , Mrs. Geo . Haw kins ; Constantine , Merton Elliott ; Lawton , C. E. Lewis ; Mandon , C. D. Le land ; Kalamazoo , Walter R. Shaw ; Bridgeman , J. B. Lingrell ; Kalamazoo , Mrs. Roy Carpenter ; Paw Paw , Jay L. Dodge ; Kalamazoo , Prof. Smith Burn ham ; Lawrence , John Wassman ; Paw Paw , Jay Lyle. 168 ( 1937
IV . DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS The Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church , held in Big Rapids from June 9 to 14, 1937. Bishop Wallace E. Brown, Presiding . Secretary , Lloyd H. Niz P. O. Battle Creek . Statistician , Blucher B. Swem , P. 0. Hastings . Treasurer , Lawrence Ward , P. 0. Rockford . Registrar , Claud W. Satterlee , P. O. Jackson , Michigan .
A. UNITED SESSION
1. Who are the members of the Lay Conference present , and who are its
officers ? , , ; , President : R. E. Adrianson P. O. Battle Creek Mich Secretary E. , , ; , , V. Hartman P. 0. Holland Mich . Treasurer S. E. Lewis P. O. Law . , ton Mich .
2. Is the Annual Conference Incorporated According to the Requirement of
the Discipline ? Yes . , , , , 3. What Officers and Persons holding Moneys Funds etc. are Bonded and , in what Amounts According to the Requirement of the Discipline ? , , ; , J. Lawrence Ward Conference Treasurer $ 5,000 Albert R. Elliott , ; , Treasurer of Board of Stewards $ 10,000 Hugh Kennedy Treasurer , ; , of Board of Trustees $ 40,000 Gorden B. Wheeler Assistant Treas , ; , ; urer $ 40,000 Treasurer of Bronson Hospital $ 25,000 Assistant , , ; Treasurer of Bronson Hospital C. S. Campbell $ 10,000 Treasurer , Charles E. Clark Secretary Frederick B. Johnson and Stenographer , ; , of the Methodist Foundation $ 12,000 ( total ) Clark S. Wheeler , ; Treasurer of Commission on Finance $ 1,000 Superintendent of Clark , ; , Home $ 25,000 Treasurer of Clark Home $ 25.000 . 5 .
( a ) What are the Items and Aggregate of General Conference Benevo , ; lences apportioned to this Conference ? World Service 7,000 units , Episcopal Fund 212 % Cash Salary .
( b ) What amounts are fixed by this body as the minimum goals for General
Conference Benevolences for the ensuing year ?. 7,000 units . by 6. What Reports and Exhibits are presented Conference Boards and ? Institutions See Report .
7. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Home Missions ? and Church Extension See Report .
8. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Foreign Missions ?
See Report .
9. What are the Claims on the Conference Funds ? For Annuity distribution , , by , 3814 years multiplied the Disciplinary rate of $ 17 per year $ 64 ; ; , , 838 For Necessitous Distribution $ 3,000 Total $ 67,838 . , . 10 ( a ) What has been received on these Claims ? From the Book Concern ; , ; None From the Chartered Fund $ 60 From Board of Pensions and , ; , Relief $ 598 From Annual Conference Investments $ 7,500 : From , ; , ; Pastoral Charges $ 20,583 From other sources $ 276 Total $ 29,017 . , ; ( b ) How has it been Applied ? Expense Account $ 150.00 Bonding Treas , ; , ; pd , urer $ 25.00 Necessitous Claims $ 600.00 Annuities ( . quarterly ) ; , ; , $ 36,249.54 Contingent Fund $ 581.88 Total $ 37,606.42 .
11. What amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within the , Conference to be raised for the Support of Conference Claimants ? by Approximately $ 35,000 . The amount is determined an apportion
ment of 350 for each member and a graduated apportionment on the
pastor's cash salary .
12. What are the Items and Aggregate of Annual Conference Benevolences by , approved this body for the ensuing year ? Area Budget $ 4,000 : , ; , ; East Lansing Church Fund $ 300 Summer School of Theology $ 300 1937 ) DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 169
Clark Memorial Home, $ 15,000 ; Deaconess Work , $1,000 ; Bronson Hospital , $ 15,000 ; Conference Expense Funds, $2,500 ; Wesley Foun dation and Albion College , $8,000 ; Religious Education - Five cents per Sunday School member be recommended as the goal. 13. What approved financial campaigns are to be carried on in this Confer ence during the ensuing year , and for what amounts ? M. J. Clark Memorial Home $ 100,000.00 ( continued from last year ) . 14. What is the schedule of Minimum Support ? $ 800.00 . , 15. What are the approved claims for the support of District Superintendents , Bishops and Conference Claimants for the ensuing year ? , ; , ; District Superintendents $ 21,500.00 Bishops 214 % of cash salary , Conference Claimants $ 35,000.00 .
16. What shall be the Evangelistic and Religious Educational Plan for the
ensuing year ? See Report . by 17. What Standing Committees shall be appointed this body ? , , , , , Epworth League Evangelism Finance Memoirs Periodicals Resolu . , , tions Retired Ministers Social Service , Stewardship , Nominating , Committee Lay Nominating Committee . by 18. What other items of business shall be considered this United Session ?
None .
19. Where shall the Next Session of the Conference be held ? , First Church Albion . B. ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION
20. Who have had their Credentials Restored without readmission to the
Conference ? None . by , 21. Who have been Received Transfer and from what Conference ? , , LeRoy L. Lightfoot Bombay ( July 1 1937 ) .
22. Who have been Readmitted ?
( a ) After Voluntary Location : W. Y. Pohly .
( b ) After Involuntary Location . None .
( c ) After Restoration of Credentials . None .
( d ) After Withdrawal . O. W. Carr .
( e ) By Judicial Procedure or by General Conference . 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 . , , , , Floyd J. Fitch Kearney Kirkby Richard Swogger Wilson M. Tennant . Joseph B. Wilson
( b ) In Studies of Third Year under the Seminary Rule . None .
( c ) Exempt from Course of Study under Seminary Rule .
Oliver F. Drake .
25. Who have been Continued on Trial ?
( a ) In Studies of First Year .
Richard Harrison Beckett , George Frederick Bolitho , Willis James , Jayne , Dunn Herold Arthur William Marley Simpson .
( b ) In Studies of Second Year . , Charles Wilson Cookingham Marcius E. Taber .
( c ) In Studies of Third Year . , Charles William Dobbertin Harold E. Millard .
( d ) In Studies of Fourth Year .
Thomas Frederick Jackson ( purposes of record ) . ? ( at 26. Who have been discontinued Homer Yinger his own request ) .
27. Who have been admitted into Full Membership ?
( a ) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year . None . 170 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
( b ) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously . James Elwood Bartlett , Jr. , George Gorton Whipple . ( c ) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere . None . ( d ) Ordained Deacon , having been previously elected by Con ference . None .
28. What Members are in Studies of Third Year ? ( a ) Admitted into Full Membership this year . None . ( b ) Admitted into Full Membership previously . Thomas Edward Pollard . 29 What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year ? Harold Arthur Bedient , Lynn Erman Chapel , Roland C. Puffer. 30. What Members have completed the Conference Course of Study ? ( a ) Elected and Ordained Elders this year . John Walter Cermak , Lester Clough , Kenneth P. Griswold , James Kenneth Hoffmaster , Raymond L. Norton . ( b ) Elected and Ordained Elders previously . None . ( c ) Elected and Ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule . James E. Bartlett, Jr. , Eaden P. Davis , Emeral E. Price. ( d ) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere . None . ( c ) Ordained Elder , having been previously Elected by -Con ference . None . ( f ) Ordained Elder elsewhere under our Election . None . 31. What others have been Elected and Ordained Deacons ? ( a ) As Local Preachers . Clara V. Gibbs . ( b ) Under Seminary Rule . Harold Eugene Millard . ( c ) Under Missionary Rule. None . ( d ) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere . None . 32. What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders ? ( a ) As Local Deacons . None . ( b ) Under Missionary Rule. None . ( c ) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere . None . 33. Who have been left without Appointment to Attend One of our Schools ? Harold Jayne , Central Church , Lansing Quarterly Conference ; James R. Pollock , Albion Quarterly Conference ; Richard Swogger , Mount Hope Quarterly Conference .
34. Was the Character of each Preacher examined ? Yes . 35. Who are accepted as Supply Pastors ? Luther Brokaw , Scott Bartholomew , Robert Bennett , E. L. Carter , E. E. Clark , N. D. Chew , Kenneth Chubb , Earl Carpenter , C. E. Deal , Ernest E. Ford , A. J. Gibbs , Mrs. A. J. Gibbs, Hartwell Gosney , Har . old Hodgsen , Ivan Hodgsen , S. W. Hayes , LeRoy Hoover , Abram Jag gers , Harold Jacobs, V. E. Kilgren , Olive Knapp , Harley Lane , Everett Love , Frank Loomis , J. B. McGinnis , Jas . C. Matthews , Albert Moreno , Margaret Nash , L. E. Price, C. A. Peterson , W. E. Ragan , Bessie Rulison , Paul W. Schaenzlin , C. L. Schleuter , John R. Scott , E. M. 1 Smith , Howard Smith , G. W. Sowers , C. J. Towne , Geo . Tennant , Wirth Tennant, E. F. Vane , A. L. Wagley , Ralph Witmar , Geo . Van Wingerden , W. J. Weidenhammer , L. R. Wheaton , A. E. Wynn , Geo . Wingard , Fern Wheeler , Donald S. Winegar , Geo . Woomer , A. H. Zischke . 36. ( a ) What Accepted Supply Pastors now in charge are taking I. The Conference Course of Study ? 1. In the First Year. Robert F. Bennett , Kenneth H. Chubb , Steven W. Hayes , Harold Hodgsen , Leroy Hoover , Harold A. Jacobs , Everett Love , James C. 1937 ) DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 171
Matthews , Paul Schaenzlin , Wirth Tennant , Levant R. Wheaton , Fern Wheeler , Donald S. Winegar, George Wingard , Alton H. Zischke . 2. In the Second Year . Edgar Maxwell Smith , Calvin J. Town. 3. In the Third Year . Clara V. Gibbs , Harley L. Lane . 4. In the Fourth Year . None . II . The Local Preachers ' Course of Study ? 1. In the First Year. None 2. In the Second year . None . 3. In the Third Year . None . 4. In the Fourth Year. None . ( b ) Was the character of each Accepted Supply Pastor now in charge examined ? Yes . ( e) I. Are the District Committees on Qualifications of Local Preachers nominated by the District Superintendents approved ? Yes . ( c ) II. What Local Preachers have completed satisfactorily the studies prescribed ? 1. For Deacon's Orders . None . 2. For Elder's Orders . None . 37. Who have been Transferred , and to what Conferences ? Charles W. Cookingham , North Indiana ( as a Probationer ) . Howard A. Seymour , Pacific North West . Versile D. Bentley , Detroit, January 1937 . 38. Who have Died ? 0. F. Bulman , John A. DeGraff , Paul D. Huff, William M. Puffer , Arthur S. Williams .
39. Who have had their Conference Membership terminated ? ( a ) By Voluntary Location . None . ( b ) By Involuntary Location . None . ( c ) By Surrender of the Ministerial Office and Credentials . None . ( d ) By Judicial Procedure . None . ( e ) By Withdrawal . ( 1 ) To Join the Ministry of another Church . None . ( 2 ) From the Ministry . Harold C. Kenyon . ( 3 ) From the Ministry and Membership of the Church . None . ( 4 ) Under Complaints or Charges . None . 40. What other personal Notations should be made ? ( Credentials restored , if and when accepted by Detroit Conference . ) L. W. Mooney , W. Y. Pohly ( restored and made effective ) . 41. Who are the Supernumerary Ministers, and for what number of years consecutively has each held this Relation ? Wesley W. Cook ( 2 ) , Clarence V. Howell ( to be made effective if and when he can be transferred ) , W. E. Timms ( 1 ) , Joseph C. Rice ( 2 ) ( to locate at the next Conference session ) . 42. Who are the Retired Ministers ? Levi Aler , Edward A. Armstrong , R. A. Baker, Emery A. Baldwin , G. A. Beacock , Richard W. Bell , Milton Benedict , John H. Bennett , John G. Biery , Dresden E. Birtch , N. L. Bray , Charles F. Brown , George A. Brown , Nathan P. Brown , Granger D. Chase , John C. Chase , F. H. Clapp , John Claus , S. Arthur Cook , August H. Coors , Louis Delamarter , John Dobson , John C. Dorris , William E. Doty , Albert N. Eldred , Walter I. Elmer, John C. Floyd , Selden B. Ford , Martin Luther Fox , John Wesley Foy , William P. French , Alfred T. Goslin , John R. Gregory , Lyman L. Hanthorne , John W. Hayward , Charles W. Holden , James M. Jensen , Charles H. Kelsey , Hugh Ken nedy, Luther B. Kenyon , D. D. King , Thomas Laity , W. W. Lamport, James R. Leitch , Alexander T. Luther , Elbert 0. Mather , Leander S. 172 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Matthews, W. P. Manning , Patrick J. Maveety , George W. Maxwell , Robert E. Meader , C. W. Miller, Arthur J. Morris ,William P. Mosher , August F. Nagler , John C. Newcomer , Charles Ostrom , Herbert G. Ozanne , Reuben C. Parshall , H. L. Potter, James H. Potts , David E. Reed , Moses E. Reusch , Loren P. Richtmyer , James W. Rochelle , Dwight A. Rood , Harry L. Rood , William D. Rowland , Carl Seipp, Arthur W. Simmons , Howard D. Skinner , Alfred A. Stephens , Thomas W. Thompson , Carl Treuschel , Elmer E. Vaughn , John W. Vickers , Harry E. Walker , Duncan M. Ward , Ira T. Weldon , Richard E. Yost , Benson J. Youngs . 43. Who have been granted Leave of Absence ? James H. Bancroft . 44. Who are the Triers of Appeals ? J. A. Randall, L. B. Niles , W. A. Eley , George A. Brown , A. T. Cartland . Reserve , L. M. Whittemore .
45. What institutions and organizations are approved by three -quarters vote of the Conference for appointment of Ministers in the Effective Rela tion with Annuity Claim ?
46. Where are the Preachers Stationed ? See appointments . 1937 ) 173
V. APPOINTMENTS
ALBION - LANSING DISTRICT
A. H. Pellowe , Superintendent 400 Bidwell St. , Albion , Mich . Third Year
Albion ...... S . B. Owens - M. 6 Holt ...... F . E. George , Sr.-M. 1 316 E. Porter Street Homer and Clarendon Athens and Indian Mission ( Paul Schaenzlin ) -8 . 1 C. H. Green-M. 4 Jackson : Amboy ...... ( E. L. Carter ) -S . 2 Beatrice Isbell ... E. K. Lewis - M.2 Pioneer , Ohio 143 Moore St. Battle Creek : Calvary R . B. Spurlock - M 1 Heights ...... Com . and Wash . 931 Backus St. W. J. Atkinson M.2 - Cooper , North , Vandercook 27 Bond St. ( J. R. Scott ) -S . 4 .L . H. Nixon M . 5 First ...... - 1306 Cooper St. 185 Orchard Place First...... Frederick Spence - M . 20 Maple H . R. E. Quant 1.3 ...... - Greenwood . .Claud M. 338 Capital N. E. Satterlee - 2 1508 Greenwood Ave. Upton .. Amos Bogart - M. 2 Haven ... Emil Runkel - M . 1 254 Upton Ave...... 127 Seymour Ave. Battle Creek Circuit V. J. Hufton — M. 2 Jonesville ...... T. H. Wright - M. 3 Lansing 961 Capital Ave. N. E. : Central Jayne Bellerue ...... Eaden P. Davis -M . 1 ...... A . M. M. 5 210 W. Ottawa Bronson ...... Howard Carey - M. 1 Street Camden and Frontier First ...... W . M. P. Jerrett - M . 2 1112 N. Cedar St. F. M. Clough - M. 1 Michigan Ave Ray Center Eaton ... C . T. Wheaton - M.2 ... Prescott - M.2 1400 ( P. O. Charlotte ) Jerome St. Mt. Hope . T. G. R. Brownlow Charlotte ...... George Mooers — M.4 - M. 2 1821 S. Cedar St. 312 E. Lawrence St. Potter Park , Bethel Coldwater . .M . W. Duffey - M. 1 Ray V. 18 Church St. Birdsall - M. 5 1011 Dakin Street Concord ...... ( Ralph Witmer ) . 2 -S Seymour Ave .. Henry Knauff - M. 5 Delta , Circuit ... W. J. Dunn Jr.-P. 3 618 Seymour Ave. P. 0. Lansing , R. 4 Leslie .... R. M. Lawrence - M. 4 East Lansing , Peoples Church Litchfield . .Howard N. A. McCune -M. 21 Fuller - M.2 504 Abbott Rd. Marengo . ( Alton Zischke ) -- S . 1 P. O. Albion , Mich . Eaton Rapids. . Wayne Fleenor - M. 2 610 S. Main St. Marshall .. F. M. Thurston —M.2 Eckford ...... ( H . G. Ozanne ) -S. 2 Mason .... .J . E. Bowker -M . 3 P. 0. 115 W. Walnut St. , 209 E. Ash Street Albion , Mich . Montgomery ..... ( E. F. Vane )—S . 2 Faith Haven ..... ( John Biery ) -S . 3 Mulliken ... ( C. L. Schlueter ) -S. 2 P. 0. 335 Linden Ave. , Sonoma Parish.J . F. Bowerman - M. 1 East Lansing , Mich . R. F. D. No. 7, Battle Creek Grand Ledge Large ...... S. W. - M . 4 North Adams ... ( C. J. Towne ) -S . 9 Hanover , Horton ... ( To be supplied ) Okemos .. Myron Hoyt -M. 2 Hillsdale .. .E . L. Sutcliffe - M. 1 Osseo ... .C. J. Kendall - M.2 45 Manning St. Parma . .Joseph Tuma - M. 2 174 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Partello Circuit ( Edgar Smith ) -S . 1 Springport-Pope . . Theron Jenne - M. 4 P. O. Albion Sunfield ...... J . Grimes — M. 1 Potterville ...... Ira E. Carley - M.2 Union City H. E. Wylie -M.2 Quincy .. .N . B. Lawrason — M. 1 ...... Reading N. E. Tabor -P . 1 Vermontville . Kearney Kirkby - P. 1 Somerset Center ( Abram Jaggers ) -S . 8 BIG RAPIDS DISTRICT Victor W. Thrall , Superintendent 417 Maple St. , Big Rapids , Mich . Fifth Year Alma..... Byron A. Hahn - M. 1 Ithaca ... W. W. SleeM.1 601 Pine St. Lakeview . ( S. W. Hayes ) -S . 3 Ashley and Bannister Leaton .. E. Mayhew -- M. 9 William M. Simpson - M. 2 P. O. Mt. Pleasant Ashton .. ( Geo . VanWingerden ) -S . 4 LeRoy and Luther Barryton and Chippewa Lake R. C. Puffer-M. 7 ( L. E. Price ) -S . 4 Marion ...... Raymond Norton --M.2 Beaverton and Dale Mears and Eldridge ( Harold Hodgson ) -- S. 1 ( Chas . E. Peterson ) -S . 3 Big Rapids , First Mexican Mission Floyd E. George, Jr.-M. 3 ( Albert Moreno ) —S . 1 202 Warren Ave. P. O. Mt. Pleasant Big Rapids Circuit . E. T. Smith - M.3 Middleton ( P. R. Glotfelty ) -S . 1 Third Ave. Morley ...... H . A. Carr-M . 2 Breckenridge..Floyd N. Drake - M. 2 Mt. Pleasant..C . W. Mackenzie M.9 Carson City ..... Lester Clough - M. 1 109 Wisconsin St. W. Clare and Farwell Mt. Pleasant Indian Mission George Stanford - M. 4 E. Mayhew — M. 9 Coleman ...... W . D. Robinson - M. 5 Newaygo ... Thomas Jackson -P. 2 Coral and Amble . S. J. Headley - M. 2 North Star .... .M . E. Tabor — P. 3 Crystal ( Elwood Philo ) -S . 2 Paris ...... ( L. W. Campbell ) —S . 1 Crystal Valley , Bethel and Pentwater ...... Oliver Drake - P. 1 Walkerville Perrinton - Fulton and Pompeii ( Gordon Showers ) -S . 1 ( W. E. Ragan ) -S . 4 Edmore and Blanchard Reed City .... James A. Rogers — M . 4 M. N. Clement - M, 1 Remus .. Henry Hulme - M. 3 Evert and Sears..G . E. Wright - M . 2 Riverdale . ... C . E. Davis - M. 1 Evart Circuit ( Vernor Kilgren ) . 2 -S Rosebush ...... J . W. Stanton M.4 Ferry - Sand Lake and Pierson ( Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Gibbs ) —S . 1 ( W. J. Weidenhammer ) . 2 Stanley Thayer -S Fremont...... — M. 4 Sanford and Averill Karl Keefer - M. 1 Gladwin ...... ( Earl Carpenter ) -S . 2 Gladwin Circuit Shelby ... .W . E. Beckett -M. 4 Hodgson ( Ivan ) -S . 2 Shephard .. , F . H. Cramer - M.2 Greenville ...... F. J. Schlueter - M . 2 Sheridan Lynn Chapel-M. 1 212 W. Cass St. St. Louis . .Geo . Beacock - M. 1 Hart ...... Harold Kinney - M . 2 Stanton Circuit . .... F . P. Frye - M. 2 Hesperia and Holton Stanwood , Higbee , and Halls E. M. Mumby - M. 2 Corners ( Hilding Kilgren ) -S. 1 Hope and Edenville Wheeler .. ... ( A . E. Wynn ) —S . 2 ( John Bullock ) —S . 1 White Cloud .. (Geo . Wingard ) —S . 2 Howard City ( Donald Winegar ) -S . 1 Winn ...... ( LeRoy Hoover ) -S. 2 1937 ) APPOINTMENTS 175
GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT
L. L. Dewey , Superintendent 846 Calvin St. S. E. , Grand Rapids, Mich . Third Year
Alto F. S. Kinney - M. 1 Hastings Circuit ... B. B. Swem - M . 2 Banfield .. ..W . A. Exner - M.3 Holland ...... W . G. Flowerday - M. 2 P. O. Bedford R. D. 69 W. Tenth St. Bath ..... ( Bessie Rulison ) -S . 1 Hubbardston and Palo Belding . ..J. 0. Randall - M.2 John Broxholm - M.2 Byron Center ...Wm . Blanding-M.2 Ionia ...... F . G. Dunbar — M.1 119 E. Main St. Caledonia ...... C. H. Bacon - M . 4 Ionia Circuit Kenneth Griswold — M. 2 Cedar Springs ... C. M. Conklin - M . 2 Kent City .... L. M. Whittemore - M.2 Coopersville and Ravenna H. R. Strong -M. 4 Lake Odessa ....Leon Manning —M . 4 Courtland Circuit..J . L. Ward - M. 4 Lowell, First . , Robert S. Miller - M. 4 P. O. Rockford Lowell, Zion ..... ( John Claus ) -S . 12 Delton ... .Ralph L. Bates M.3 Lyons.... .J . B. Wilson - P. 1 DeWitt . Fred Schaenzlin — M. 5 Maple Rapids ... H. A. Bedient - M. 2 Eagle .. ( Harold Jacobs ) —S . 2 Marne ... ( H. Gosney ) -S . 4 Elsie ... .James A. Brown - M. 5 Middleville .... L. M. Rigelman - M. 3 Freeport .... . ( Fern Wheeler ) -S . 3 Montague and Whitehall Grand Haven .... John Clemens - M. 5 A. W. Klaiber - M. 3 Muskegon : Rapids Grand : Central... .D . S. Coors - M. 4 Burton Heights..L . W. Stone - 1.3 243 W. Webster Ave. 1940 St. S. E. Horton Lakeside ...... C. H. Phillips - M. 3 Epworth ...... M. D. McKean - 1.3 2019 Harrison Ave. 626 Lafayette St. N. E. Wood Ave....Wm . Chapman - M. 2 First ...... Lester Kilpatrick - M. 3 1020 Wood Ave. 265 Madison St. S. E. Muskegon Heights E. H. Babbitt - M. 4 Jor Memorial.G . G. Whipple - M. 1 936 Sanford 10 National Ave. N. W. Nashville ...... J . R. Wooten - M.2 Oakdale ..... ( J . R. Gregory ) -S . 4 North Muskegon 936 Alexander St. S. E. ( G. W. Sowers ) -S . 1 Plainfield ...... H. V. Wade M. 4 Ovid ...... W . S. Phillips M. 2 Spencer -- 214 St. N. E. Portland .. W. E. Brown — M. 2 St. Pauls M. A. Braund — M . 2 ...... Rockford . .John Lockyer - M. 1 1160 Jefferson St. S. E. St. Johns .. .Leo B. Niles - M. 2 Second Street.J . C. DeVinney — M. 5 St. Wagley 600 Turner Ave. N. W. Johns Parish ( A. L. )-S . 1 Saranac and Orleans Gr . Rapids, South ( F. M. Loomis ) . 3 Wm . Blanding - M.2 -S Saugatuck .... ( Merle Wilson ) -- S. 1 Trinity L . T. Robinson - M.7 ...... Sparta Kenneth Hoffmaster - M. 3 235 Calkins Ave. S. E. .... Wacousta ...... ( Everett Love ) —S . 1 Valley Ave H. Irwin - M. 3 ...... W. Whitneyville and Snow 1248 Floral Ct . N. W. ( E. A. Armstrong )-S. 1 Grandville ... ..John Cermak - M. 1 1126 Watkins, Grand Rapids Hastings .. .W . M. Jones-M.4 Woodland ...... F . J. Fitch — P. 2 176 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
GRAND TRAVERSE DISTRICT
Glenn M. Frye , Superintendent 216 W. 10th St. , Traverse City , Mich . Second Year Alden and Williamsburg Lake City ...... Harold Dixon –M . 1 Dorr P. Garrett -M . 3 Levering , Pellston and Alanson Bear Lake ...... B . F. Wade - M. 1 E. C. Finkbeiner - M. 4 Bellaire and Central Lake Ludington .. .L , J. Nevins - M. 3 L. S. Reed — M. 2 304 Loomis St. Boyne City and Boyne Falls Mackinaw ...... ( N . D. Chew ) -S . 3 W. A, Eley -M. 5 Mancelona and Alba Copemish .... ( Harley L. Lane ) -S . 1 J. Marion DeVinney - M. 1 Cadillac, First ..... C . J. Kruse - M . 1 Manistee ... ..Paul Boodagh -M. 5 205 E. Mason St. Manton .. ( Luther Brokaw ) -S . 1 , Peoples Cadillac and Circuit Mesick ... ( Scott Bartholomew ) -S . 5 C. A. Lohnes — M . 1 George 609 Selma St. Moorestown . ( Tennant )-S. 1 Charlevoix.John W. Alexander -M . 2 Northport ...... Wilson Tennant - P 2 106 State St. Old Mission .. ( L. B. Kenyon ) -S . 3 East Jordan and Ellsworth Circuit P. 0. Traverse City ( J. C. Matthews ) —S . 1 Petoskey ...... C . E. Pollock - M.3 Elberta ...... (Kenneth Chubb ) -S . 2 722 Mitchell St. Elk Rapids ...... ( To Be Supplied ) Scottville .....Russell R. King -M. 2 Empire and Lake Ann Traverse City : ( Leslie Tippert )-S. 1 Asbury ... .C . E. Thies -- M. 6 Fife Lake .... ( Margaret Nash ) -S . 1 126 N. Spruce St. Frankfort ... .H . M. Smart - M, 10 Central ... Richard Miles - M.1 Freesoil ...... J . H. Rayle - M. 4 220 W. 10th St. Harbor Springs . George Bolitho –P . 2 14th St , and Inland Kalka ska Federated ( E. E. Clark ) -S . 2 Wesley C. Oldt - M. 4 Wexford Ernest Ford Kingsley ...... ( To Be Supplied ) P. O. Messick KALAMAZOO DISTRICT Henry W. Ellinger , Superintendent 1130 W. North St. , Kalamazoo , Mich . Third Year Allegan ... T. W. Marshall - M. 1 Colon ..... Stanley Buck — M. 4 Augusta .. .A . R. Elliott -M . 3 Constantine .. ... E. E. Price_ - M.3 Bangor ...... Scott MacDonald -- M . 5 Climax .. .A . T. Cartland - M. 1 Augusta Benton Harbor..P . H. Murdick - M . 4 P. 0. 266 Jefferson St. Decatur ... .H . E. Millard - P. 1 Berrien Springs Dowagiac ... Harold Weston - M.1 Ray W. Merrill - M . 1 201 Green St. Edwardsburg LeRoy Lightfoot Bloomingdale . Richard Beckett -P . 1 . - M. 1 Pohly Bradley and Indian Mission Fennville ... .W . Y. -M . 1 ( To Be Supplied ) Fulton ... George Brown - M. 1 Breedsville ..... Scott MacDonald - M. 5 Gal irg .John 0. Hagans - M.3 Buchanan .. Thomas Rice -M. 9 Galien ... ..C . J. Snell - M . 4 Burnips ...... Earl I. Prosser-M. 1 Ganges .. George Wright - M. 4 Burr Oaks .. ( George Woomer ) —S . 2 Gobles ...... C . B. Hahn - M . 7 Cassopolis ...... D . L. Reedy - M. 2 Hartford . Thomas Pollard -M. 1 Centerville..J . E. Bartlett , Jr.-M. 4 Hopkins ... .. ( Olive Knapp ) -- S. 1 1937 ] APPOINTMENTS 177
Kalamazoo : New Buffalo.Charles Dobbertin -P. 1 Damon and Comstock Niles .. ... T. 0. LeeM.3 R. D. Wearne M.5 310 Cedar St. 3211 Portage Rd . North Oshtemo ... ( C. E. Deal ) -S . 3 , East Avenue . LeRoy Whitney - M. 4 R. F. D. No. 9 Kalama zoo Otsego . W. Minor - M. 2 541 Phelps Ave. .. ..I Paw Paw .... Victor B. Niles - M. 1 .W . C. M. 4 First ..... Perdew- Oughton 208 S. Park Plainwell .... Charlles -M . 1 Salem Mission Oakwood and Oshtemo Indian Earl I. Prosser - M. 1 ( Robert Bennett ) -S . 1 Dodge P. O. Oshtemo Schoolcraft . ( Elwood J. ) -S. 1 Scotts . ( To Be Supplied ) Helrigel Parchment ... W . H. - M . 7 South Haven ... .W . B. Oldt -M . 4 285 Glendale Ave. 351 Indiana Avenue Simpson ...... G . A. Osborne - M . 3 Stevensville ...... 0. W. Carr - M . 4 818 W. North St. Sturgis ...... Stanley B. Niles - M. 3 Stockbridge . Henry Liddicoat - M. 6 202 Pleasant St. 1009 Stockbridge Ave. St. Joseph ...... 0 . R. Gratton – M.5
Wilson Memorial..W . T. Hill - M . 5 411 Main St.
1038 Hotop Street Three Oaks ...... W . W. Hurd - M.2 ) . 1 .. ( R . E. . Keeler ... Yost -S Three Rivers Dempster Yinger - M . 5 . A. Lawrence . .A Buege - M . 1 215 N. Main St. - M . 1 . Lawton A. W. Baker Vicksburg ...... T. H. Leamon - M . 7 . . - M . 5 Marcellus .A T. Halsted Watervliet .... Grant L. Jordan - M . 1 . . — M . 1 . Martin .F E. Chamberlain Wayland .. .H H. Harris M.3 . M . E. -- M . 1 Mendon .Robert Geiger - M . 1 White Pigeon .... Bowen SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS , Thomas Carter Professor in Albion College . Member of Albion Quarterly , Conference . 409 Allen Place Albion . , Ralph M. Dean Reserve Army Chaplain on temporary duty with the Civil , , , ian Conservation Corps . Hdqrs . Sparta CCC Sparta Wisconsin Member
Centerville Quarterly Conference . , F. S. Goodrich Chaplain in Albion College . Member Albion Quarterly , Conference . 302 College Court Albion . , Royal G. Hall Professor in Albion College . Member Albion Quarterly , Conference . 1000 E. Porter St. Albion . , Wm . F. Kendrick Superintendent of M. J. Clark Memorial Home . Mem
ber First Church Grand Rapids Quarterly Conference . 1546 Sherman St. , S. E. Grand Rapids . , Á . W. Nagler Professor in Garrett Biblical Institute . Member Battle , Creek Maple St. Quarterly Conference . Evanston Ill . , Wm . H. Phelps Editor Michigan Christian Advocate . Member Kalama , , , , zoo First Quarterly Conference . 32 E. Elizabeth St. Detroit Michigan . , John L. Seaton President of Albion College . Member Albion Quarterly , Conference . Albion Michigan . , Alfred F. Way Superintendent of Bronson Hospital . Member of First , Church Quarterly Conference Kalamazoo . , W. W. Whitehouse Dean of Albion College . Member of Albion Quarterly , Conference . 412 Darrow Street Albion . , Clark S. Wheeler Director of Financial Campaign for M. J. Clark Me
, 70 morial Home . Member of Trinity Quarterly Conference Grand Rapids . , , . College N. E. Grand Rapids LEFT WITHOUT APPOINTMENT TO ATTEND SCHOOL , , , Harold Jayne Central Church Lansing Quarterly Conference . 74 Mount , , Vernon Boston Mass . , , James R. Pollock Albion Quarterly Conference . 400 Orange St. New ,
Haven Conn . , , , Richard Swogger Mount Hope Avenue Lansing Quarterly Conference . , , Stony Brook Long Island New York . 178 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
APPOINTMENT OF DEACONESSES
Letta Adams ( Associate Deaconess ), Methodist Community House , Simp son Quarterly Conference , Kalamazoo . Leah Belle Lyman , Superintendent Aldrich Deaconess Home and Esther Hall , and Methodist Community House , Grand Rapids . First Church Quar terly Conference . Lela Powers , Assistant at Esther Hall and at Methodist Community House , Grand Rapids . Trinity Quarterly Conference . Mary E. Shoemaker , Forest Glen Community House , Battle Creek . Upton Avenue Quarterly Conference . Katherine Stroven , Vandercook Lake. Vandercook Lake Quarterly Con ference , Mildred Hewes , Recreation Park , Kalamazoo . Wilson Memorial Quar terly Conference . Helen Spessard ( Probationary Deaconess ), Methodist Community House , Grand Rapids , First Church Quarterly Conference .
PROBATIONERS ON CHARGES
Beckett , Richard H ...... Bloomingdale Jackson , Thomas Newaygo Bolitho , George F .. Harbor Springs Kirby . Kearney Vermontville Dobbertin , Charles . New Buffalo Millard , Harold E. Decatur Dunn , Willis J .. Delta Circuit Taber , Marcius E .. North Star ( P. O. Grand Ledge ) Tennent , Wilson Northport Drake , Oliver F .. Pentwater Wilson , J. B. Lyons Fitch , Floyd J .. Woodland
ACCEPTED SUPPLY PASTORS Bartholomew , Scott .Mesick Matthews , J. C.. East Jordan Bennett , Robert .... Oakwood and Oshtemo Peterson , Chas . A. .Mears ( P. 0. Oshtemo ) Price , L. E .. Barryton Brokaw , Luther Manton Ragen , W. E. .Perrington Carpenter , Earl ..Sanford Rulison , Bessie .... Bath Carter , E. L... ..Amboy Schaenzlin , Paul .. Homer (P. 0. Pioneer ) Schleuter , C. L ... . Mulliken Chew , N. D... Mackinaw Scott , John R. .Jackson Chubb , Kenneth Elberta ( 1306 Cooper Street ) Clark , E. E ... Traverse City , 14th St. Smith , Edgar M.. Partello Circuit Deal , C. E. North Oshtemo (P. O. Albion ) (P. O. R. F. D. Kalamazoo ) Smith , Howard A .. .. Saugatuck Ford , Ernest E. Sowers , G. W ... North Muskegon Gibbs , A. J.... Ferry Tennant , George Moorestown Gibbs , Mrs. A. J.. Ferry Tennant , Wirth Gosney , Hartwell Marne Towne , C. J .. North Adams Hayes , S. W.. Lakeview Vane , E. F ... Montgomery Hodgsen , Harold Beaverton Van Wingerden , George Ashton Hodgsen , Ivan . Gladwin Circuit Wagley , Amos L ... .St . John's Parish Hoover , Le Roy .... Winn Weidenhammer , W. J .. Sand Lake Jacobs , Harold Eagle Wheaton , L. R. Jaggers , Abram Somerset Center Wheeler , Fern Freeport Kilgren , Vernon . Evart Circuit Winegar , Donald . .Howard City Knapp , Olive .Hopkins Wingard , George . White Cloud Moreno , Albert . Mexican Mission Witmar. Ralph Concord Nash , Margaret Fife Lake *Woomer , George Burr Oaks Lane , Harley Copemish Wynn , A. E .. Wheeler Loomis , Frank M. .... Saranac Zischke , Alton H. ..Marengo Love , Everett Wacausta * Probationer in Detroit Conference .
SUPPLIES EMPLOYED BY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS FOR ONE YEAR Bullock , John Hope Philo , Edward Crystal Campwell , L. W. Paris Showers , Gordon Crystal Valley Dodge , Ellwood J. Schoolcraft Tippert , Leslie Empire Ford , Ernest Wexford Wilson , Merle Saugatuck Glotfelty , P. R. Middleton Yost , R. E. Keeler Kilgren , Hilding Stanwood 1937 ) 179
VI . REPORTS
( A ) District Superintendent's Report LEROY L. DEWEY
Dear Bishop and Brethren . We come to this sudden close of another Conference year , with mingled feelings of regret and rejoicing , -regret be cause of the things we have failed to do , rejoicing for achievements in King dom business . We regret greatly the serious illness of Bishop Edgar Blake but are pleased to report his steady progress toward health and renewed vigor and pray that soon he will be able to perform the active duties of his Area again . Bishop Brown's coming is a distinct delight to us ; his congenial spirit and his earnest interest have warmed our hearts and we trust that his coming as our presiding officer may be mutual in blessings and benefits . May I here express an exceedingly delightful personal pleasure in pre senting this report from the platform of this church to which I ministered for five happy and beneficial years . This has been a brief year , too abbreviated to have achieved all that we had hoped , but in the main , from the reports with which I have been made acquainted , we can record with some certainty an upward look and a steady progress toward the higher goals . Contrary to the rather doleful prophecies of some last fall , relative to a June Conference and Church finances , the Churches generally , even in the rural districts , report everything paid up and a cheerful , hopeful spirit prevailing . The spiritual interests have not been neglected , many of our Churches reporting increased spiritual concern among their members . Thus we take heart and pledge ourselves to another year of energetic and sacrificial service in the Church of our Redeemer . The task to which we have set our hand most surely demands all the strength of body, mind , and soul that we can possess and all the consecration and devotion that we can bring to it . We are convinced that if ever the world needed the stimulating and spiritual message of the Gospel that the Church and its ministers alone can give , it needs it now . It is an unbalanced world , a world out of poise , and the need of a balanced and well poised message is immeasurable and immediate . It is a rapidly changing world , complex and hurried , confused and gelatin , turbulent and combative , and needs the calming, certain , and peaceful emphasis of the Gospel of our Lord . Stanley Jones recently said , “ To lead the Christian forces of this nation in the future is going to take audacious courage . Christian America must set
its house in order if it is going to be big enough for this hour . The Church ; has often dealt with vast tribulations it must therefore cleanse itself from
pettiness and from becoming an end in itself . It must get hold of the living
God and must have a sense of divine mission to recreate the individual and , , the collective will . If I had one gift to give the Church and only one I would
give it of the gift courage . "
Courage is imperative . It underlies all true achievement and is the want , ed characteristic of every life especially of every preacher . , , " One who never turned his back but marched breast forward
Verer doubted clouds would break ,
Never dreamed , tho right were worsted , wrong would triumph , , , Held we fall to rise are baffled to fight better
Sleep to wake . ” 1 180 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
needed courage every passing day . one sees only It is the of The of us who > despair and disaster , crumbling and decay, has somehow missed the import of the Angels ' song , and the “ Be of good cheer ; I have overcome the world " of the Master . After all we are dealing with great creative forces rather than with decadent things . The Gospel of Jesus is more a message of commendation than of condemnation . It is much more a message of hopefulness than of hopeless ness . It is a message of great expectancy rather than of sheer futility . Its pre -eminent and transcendent purpose is to bring heaven and the heavenly into the experience of life and society quite as well as to bring life and society into heaven when earthly careers are ended . An experience in this office of District Superintendent , even tho brief, is illuminative to say the least , the effects of which will be somewhat evidenced by the trend of this paper . We cannot desist from the constant and persistent dictation of our experience to put our thoughts on paper and pass them on to our brethren of this Conference . We are ministers of the Gospel , voices in the wilderness crying out , work ers together with God , rightly and studiously dividing the word of truth. It is not an easy task , this to which we have determinedly set our hand . The marriage contract of preacher and Church with the community cannot be entered into unadvisedly but discreetly , reverenttly and in the fear of God . It calls for the consecrated cooperation of preacher and people in the greatest task of the world . It is a great give-and -take enterprise in which we dare to bury our sensitive feelings and narrow prejudices for the sake of larger good . The preacher does not and cannot always please his people ; the people do not and can not always please their preacher . Many things must be overlooked on the part of both and will be if both and all are working hard in the interests of the Kingdom of God and if both or all will put forth a Christ like endeavor to understand each other and to meet the common challenge in a Christian manner . Less frequent changes and more cooperative devotion to the Church and to our common task over a series of years is an imperative need . One member of a Church writes that unless the preacher , who has been on his field less than a year , be moved , thirteen people will withdraw from the Church . Thirteen people in a small Church , who have evidently had their way through many years,are now to withdraw if they cannot have their way against the desire of a large majority over a period of less than a year or even for two or more years in the future . What a comment on the religion of that baker's dozen ! No moral turpitude is involved ; it is only a matter of creedal and theological definitions and phraseology . It has ever been thus and perhaps ever will be but how different from the attitude of the apostles who , while they differed greatly with Jesus in his position toward the woman of Samaria , Zacchaeus and others , yet remained faithful to Him and to His cause . The minister's job is not an easy one . It calls for the earnest exercise of the most sterling qualities a man may possess, demanding the wisest and most patient diplomacy , the finest astuteness of mental powers , excellent consistency of ethical conduct , cultivation of an attractive and worthy personality , the continuous pressing back of his own horizons , the studied enlightenment of his own mind , loving service to his Church and community , and the sincere preaching of the redemptive message . The preacher's job is one that takes notice of neither night nor day , the program of which is more varied and demands a greater versatility than the program of any other profession . To make of this world a kingdom where dwelleth righteousness is the daring challenge to the preacher and people who call themselves Christian. To do it demands careful preparation , patient service , and persistent labor . We are quite in accord with the action of the General Conference requiring the com pletest possible educational as well as spiritual training for the men entering our active ministry . Broad -visioned , warm -hearted, energetic spirits are doubly needed to cope with the growing complexities of human society and life . To experience life as it was in Jesus, to find His way of life and of truth , to seek His method of approach to human need , to discover His mode 1937 ) REPORT OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS 181 , of dealing with sin and the sinner to minister rather than to be ministered , ; unto to be a friend of all rather than a master of any to cultivate friends , ; , rather than make enemies to notice all the rich and the poor the high and the , , , lowly the wise and the ignorant the sick and the well and have a thoughtful , , concern for the children remembering that Jesus said “ To such belongeth the , ; Kingdom of God " to give courage to the discouraged hope to the disheartened , ; and comfort to those overwhelmed with grief to visit the sick the aged and the ; , , ; shut - ins to call call call on everybody to give counsel and advice to ; those needing it and friendly warning to those who need such warning to ; ; befriend the friendless and rebuke the injustices and shams of life with Paul
“ Not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think but to think , soberly doing nothing through vainglory but in lowliness of mind each ; esteeming the other better than himself " to consider more the needs of this
present time which are always apparent than the signs of the future times ; which are ofttimes questionable to be an inspired prophet forthtelling rather ; than a dubious prophet foretelling to preach great spiritual precepts and ; principles rather than questionable personal prejudices to work and pray , for the time when swords will be broken into plow shares spears into pruning , hooks and when no nation will draw the sword against another and no longer ; shall men learn to fight ” to proclaim great affirmations rather than mere , ; negations to declare a hope that is eternal to have faith in men and in the ; , , world to cultivate the ability of Jesus to see in all people potential goodness , which as the mustard plant may be nurtured toward the biggest and the ; , best to carefully look after the youth entering into their interests and
pointing and leading them to the higher road that leads toward light and ; life to help the youth to dream dreams and see visions and make the seem ; ing unrealities of life true realities to lead them to the consciousness that life ; without God as its center is an empty failure to be interested in every ; worthy community project to lead his Church that it may become all things by ; ; to all men in order that it may win some to love and be loved to visit , ; the fatherless and the widow and to keep himself unspotted from the world ; to become vitally interested in every department of the Church work to
recognize that his time is not his own but belongs to the Church to which he ; , ; ministers to keep in vital touch with books with people and with God to , eridence a marked interest in all the interests and institutions of the Church ; the Area and the Conference to preach both social justice and individual ; righteousness to understand that social justice begins with individual atti . , tudes even with the ordinary personal' courtesies of life and with ethical ; , practices and honesty of word and work “ to do justly love mercy and walk ; humbly with our God " to have powers to vision humans the world around . marching toward the greatest and the best : this is our task
Walt Whitman in one of his characteristic poems says
" The Soul travels : , Forever alive - forever forward
Stately , solemn , sad , withdrawn ,
baffled , mad , turbulent , feeble , dissatisfied , by Desperate , proud , fond , sick , accepted men ,
rejected by men , go go go , They ! they ! I know that they but I go know not where they ; go But I know that they toward the best
toward something great . ” , So we march abead as a Church with the good God's help toward the best
toward something great and with a devotion and consecration to our task that
cannot be deterred . Preacher and people together with divine help will work
out the world's redemption by means of the preached word and every good . to work We dare not allow our fears conquer our hopes . 182 MICHIGAN AWXUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
All this and more is the thrilling work of the preacher , the very contem plation of which forces us to cry out , “Who is sufficient for these things ?" May the good God help us all with new purpose and consecration to work conscientiously at our task, determined not to use it simply as a stepping stone to something bigger for ourselves but as a starting place toward some thing real and vital in Kingdom building after the manner of Jesus Christ . We are promoters of the great interests of the Kingdom rather than promoters of ourselves .
The article in a recent Advocate by Dr. Carr is pertinent . We do need a revival of clarification of our records . Some of our Church records are over loaded with inactive , non -resident , and dead members . They must be revised , but should be revised with prayerful care , and the revision be made every year with some sort of an effective contact campaign before removals . Inflation is bad , but too sudden deflation is sometimes painful to say the least and dis concerting to our District and Conference records .
This is well illustrated by our Sunday School reports . The Statistical reports of last fall show a discouraging loss in the Sunday School enrollment , the total decrease over the year before being 6,558 . This will be impressed more thoroughly upon our minds if we will notice that it is a loss greater than the total membership of the Church in the Whole Grand Traverse District . Such a loss is startling and no effort should be spared to correct it . Of course we are aware of the fact that much of that loss is due to the juggling of figures and mere guess work reports . Sunday School records become loaded , and no careful and systematic annual check -up is carried out ; consequently at times of revision our Statistical records show a large slump . The need for systematic record -keeping is apparent . Every individual connected with Church statistics , preacher or layman , should study the book “ Christian Figures or Pagan Fancies ," or isn't there such a book ? Let us initiate a vigorous campaign in behalf of our Church Schools , enlarging them and at the same time making them more effective . We need more and better teachers , better trained officers, and greater consecration to this most important task . Sunday School surveys of our communities will surprise us , and no doubt arouse us to greater effort. In a county in the southern part of our Conference which can properly be called a rural county , the largest town in it being less than 6,000 in population , a thorough survey showed that less than fifty percent of the children of school age were in Sunday School . Such a condition is inexpressibly tragic and reveals the plain fact that there is something for us to do . We need a trained leadership , visioning the extreme importance of the task and consecrated to its Christianizing and character building opportunities . One of our fine young preachers , pouring out his heart to a District Superintendent , wrote , " Too many of our Sunday School teachers undo in their classes pretty much everything the trained preacher does in his teaching from the pulpit.” That is prima facie evidence of our need of teacher training classes since good lead ership is at the heart of the success or failure of every Church or Church School of religion . An authority says, “ No small amount of importance can justly be given to the Sunday Church School leadership . Both teachers and officers should be trained for, as well as devoted to , their task . " Our most prolific source for building the Church and the Kingdom is the Church School. It pre sents our supreme evangelistic opportunity . It is the work of Christ for and among the children , honoring them and recognizing their rightful relationship to Him , their Master and Lord . Beginning with the Cradle Roll, which in some respects is more important than any other department , right on up through the adult department , we need a new emphasis , an enlarged vision , a stimu lated enthusiasm . By Conference action the Church School work should be the work of special interest and emphasis this coming year with a definite and effective program inaugurated and continued for the youth of our com munities in co -operation with the Y. M. ( . A. and Y. W. C. A. , the Boy and Girl Scout , Boy Club and Camp Fire group movements of the land , if by some method we may win many to the fuller life . 1937 ] REPORT OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS 183
The immediate and pressing necessity of this is glaringly obvious in the records of child delinquency and youthful crime of our land , for a most alarming development is reflected in the fact that more than half the inmates of reformatories and prisons are between the ages of fifteen and twenty - five. Seren hundred thousand boys and girls under voting age are criminals and many thousands more are delinquent charges . The winning of children to the Christian way of life and the Christianizing of the American home should be the slogan of our work . One of the finest pieces of Christian service I have seen or heard of in recent years is that of one of our young preachers who , at the suggestion of some of the citizens of the town , took six or seven boys who had caused con siderable trouble in the community , under his care , invited them to his home for a supper , became their friend and adviser ,—their Christian guardian , so to speak . Under his surveillance the aggravating depredations have ceased and these boys, who had been definitely headed toward crime and the reform atory , are now headed the other way and they swear by this kindly preacher who has shown such a love for boys and such a desire to help them toward better things . Now as to the Church and education ; President Ruthven said in a recent address that an education that puts little stress upon Christian culture and character development is unbalanced and ineffective . We can well thank God , therefore , for the Christian college which is both Christian in its aims and ideals and thorough in its educational methods . Such an institution is our own Albion College . We can boast of but one Methodist college in our State
but we can also boast that that institution holds high rating among all the
educational institutions of Methodism . We congratulate the President and the faculty that high standards have been built up and are being maintained ,
in of depressing . eren the face conditions Here the emphasized effort is
toward increased knowledge and the fuller life . The ringing testimony of
trustworthy Christian students is that the atmosphere of the campus is defi
nitely Christian and that proper emphasis is placed upon the building of a by better world the balanced enrichment of mind and spirit and the develop ,
of feeble ment ethical and social ideals among men . No word of mine can
subtract from nor add to the importance of Albion College to the life of our
Church . Splendid young people within her halls are studying for nearly every
profession and vocation . A fine group of thirty or more capable young men
is preparing for the ministry and other types of Christian service . As a Church
we hare a grave responsibility toward Albion College . Indeed it ought to have precedence over many other interests . Albion has a right to expect the un
swerving loyalty and active support of every preacher and Church in our
Conference . It is evident that many of us are grossly misinformed or at least
uninformed on the type of work done there . At any rate Albion College Sunday , should be observed at which time the claims and the advantages of the College , should be presented together with the need of Christian education the cultur , ing of both head and heart the harmonizing of the widest possible knowledge , with the deepest spiritual insight the development of an exacting ethical sense , and an abiding concern for the best welfare of all and the cultivating of a
well rounded and balanced personality capable of understanding and meeting
the pressing needs of mankind the world around . A boost for Albion is a
boost for a better future .
Because hardly more than half the churches of the Conference have re
ported on the Clark Home campaign and but a little more than half the amount , desired has been pledged we deem it necessary to continue the campaign until
every church shall have made some effort to raise its quota and all our people The little shall have had an opportunity to share in this worthy enterprise .
church at Barryton was the first to report its full quota raised with Hastings , directly following . Several other churches have followed suit notably Muske
gon Central and Trinity , Grand Rapids with burdensome debts not withstand by ing . The increased endowment will make possible larger service this splen 184 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937 did Conference institution which is so effectively ministering to the needs of our Methodist old people . Never were there so many seeking admission as now . . Clark Home is a worthy Christian institution and deserving of our most loyal support . Much could be said of the fine Christian service performed by the other Methodist institutions of the State but time and space will not permit . There are two items of ministerial social security that need special notice in this message . The first relates to the Minimum Salary Fund, a plan for real brotherhood sharing , giving us the privilege of not only preaching social justice but practicing it as well , and as Dr. Way says , “ It is a fund that should not be made to suffer because of neglect on the part of any brother member of the Conference ." 1 The second item has to do with the Conference Claimants fund . We have a leverage with our people now such as we have not had heretofore , because of the efforts of the Government toward Social Security from which ministers derive no benefit. For them the forty - seven billion dollar reserve is not only incomprehensible but impregnable against their most wistful hopes. The re ports coming in show increased interest in the retired ministers pension fund and prophesy larger giving than last year . We hope and pray that the figures released at the close of the Conference may prove this to be so . An apparent need is the coordinating of the various organizations of the Church in Kingdom building and Church loyalty . No organization is an or , ganization in and of itself. Each is for all and all for God working together
in building the Kingdom of God into the hearts of men and the heart of society . , , It is a great cooperative evangelistic enterprise in which all of our organ , izations are engaged . An experiment has been inaugurated at Central Church , Traverse City that augurs well for the future of the women's organizations , of our Church . A Women's Council has been organized composed of all the women of the chi in which or through which the Ladies Aid Circles and
the Missionary Societies function — six groups in all . Mrs. Clapp stated that
" an important result is a better understanding and an increase in membership
and gifts . " Wacousta has worked out a similar plan on a smaller scale . There
is a precise like - need in all of our churches . Every organization should bear
some responsibility toward every other organization of the Church . If the , , , , Ladies Aid Societies the Brotherhoods the Missionary Societies et cetera , should concentrate somewhat upon the interests of the Sunday School a new day would dawn for us in that department of our church work .
The Million Unit Fellowship campaign received slight attention in our
Conference due to the conflict with the Clark Home campaign : consequently
the reports that the District Superintendents were asked to send in to head
quarters in February as to the number of units subscribed were very meager .
Last year our Conference was high in all Methodism in World Service giving Fellowship gains and we cannot afford to slip this year . The Million Unit , by was , with reverent enthusiasm projected the last General Conference and
a waits our putting it into operation . The spirit of narrow nationalism has
swept over the earth and many have lost the missionary passion . But the world
is still our parish . We cannot become provincial and stay Christian . To be a follower of Jesus means to be interested in God's world . His way leads to go go every corner of the earth . We cannot with Ilim unless we all the way .
He was interested not only in the common man but in the last man . For Him
there was no Samaritan boundary line . To Him God was Father of all . The universal Fatherhood alone can eventuate in a universal brotherhood for which
we earnestly pray . The reports on World Service giving appear to be heart
ening as we close this brief vear . One of our circuits reports three times as
much raised these nine months as was raised all of last year .
The Michigan Christian Advocate challenges to its earnest support . Our homes need the influence and the information of this splendid Christian
periodical . The need is more religious reading and devotional exercises in our homes . 1937 ) REPORT OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS 185
Many perplexing and pressing social problems confront us but time will not permit a discussion . They demand alertness of mind, warmth of heart , and prodigious activity on our part in their solution , which may not be speedy but must be sure , as we continue building a better than what is world . Some times we become disheartened and think of days that were as the days of fewer problems , more spirituality , and deeper consecration . Some have fallen into the mental attitude that may be called defeatism and cry " What's the use ? " thinking only of yesterday as the day of promise . Quoting— "The work at present seems difficult and discouraging . The people are absorbed in money making, distracted by amusements , imbued with liberalism and unbelief , overwrought with the world and indifferent toward God . " That statement sounds like the statement of a discouraged contemporary preacher , but instead , it is a quotation taken from a presiding Elder's report read to this Conference more than thirty years ago . Yesterday was not all sunshine and roses , neither has faith died out in the earth to -day . It is still by regnant , thank God . There are perils in the path of its on - going but the
help of the Eternal these can and will be overcome and conquered . It is not
difficult for us to become mere ranting and caustic critics of the present day , , Church and society and get nowhere . It is for us however to build a con
structive program and proclaim a buoyant and expectant faith looking stead .
fastly toward a better to - morrow . , Nearly forty years ago Dr. John Graham in his Presiding Elder's report , , to this Conference said “ I will not be discouraged and will have no part with , the minority of disconsolates who criticise the Church announcing its short
comings and proclaiming the decadence of Methodism . " And neither will we . , , Let us believe my brethren that we are truly moving on and up toward the more abundant life . " is The best yet to be . , ; The last of life for which the first was made
Our times are in his hand , , Who saith ' A whole I planned ; ; Youth shows but half trust God see all , nor
be afraid . ' "
( B ) Standing Committees and Boards
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RETIRED MINISTERS
Your Committee on Retired Ministers again calls the attention of the ( ' to of a adequate We onference the need more support for our retired men . , need not take your time to review the origin of this cause or to mention specific , cases of need . Rather we would remind you that this great need constitutes a
challenge to which the church can no longer remain indifferent .
Today society is more interested in the care of the aged than it has ever , , been before . Through unemployment insurance workmen's compensation and , old age assistance an aroused social consciousness is expressing itself . We
believe that this is one expression of the Christian social order for which we
work and pray . But we who are supposed to be leading the way in a Christian
expression of brotherhood are in danger of being outdone . It is easy for us , to talk about loving our neighbor as ourselves but when it comes to loving , our retired brothers as ourselves it seems to be more difficult . The way in
which we care for the retired ministers of our Conference will constitute a
practical test of our Christian brotherhood .
Our Church has evaded its responsibility to these veterans much too long 186 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937 already . We have sought release from duty by reminding ourselves that “ The Lord will provide ,” that the psalmest had lived to a ripe old age, yet had not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread . We can no longer escape by thus misusing the great spiritual assertions of God's word . God expects us to do our best to supply our own human needs and supplies the means whereby we are able to do so . The great majority of these men who have borne the heat and burden of the day have now reached that stage in life where they must be cared for. This is not an alms ; it is their due. We suggest the following ways in which we believe that this may be accomplished : First , by a continued enforcement of the prorating rule of our Conference ; second , by making our people conscious of the need of the retired ministers by an occasional sermon and by presenting the matter to our official boards regularly and often ; third , by giving the cause a definite place in the program of our churches ; and finally , by being as much interested in this cause now as we will want others to be when we are numbered among the retired members of the Conference , Respectfully submitted , Harold F. Weston , Henry Hulme, J. H. Rayle , L. S. Reed , Smith Burnham , T. 0. Lee .
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICE
The General Conference Report on Social and Economic Questions printed in the Methodist Discipline ( 1936 ) paragraph 1463 on pages 653ffs, constitutes an official pronouncement of the Methodist Episcopal Church which commands our enthusiastic approval . This report of the Conference Committee on Social Service is deliberately a declaration of certain fundamental Christian princi . ples rather than an advocacy of specific political economic or social patterns . “ Human personality is the primary value , " therefore only those lifeway patterns which exalt the primacy of human personality justifies the support of the Church . The Church as an institution may not fabricate these life -way patterns . Rather it is the business of the Church to appraise life -way pat terns by Christian principles ; to project in an unredeemed society a culture of Christian social motives ; and to release spiritual impulsion which realizes in human society life -ways which are in accordance with Christian princples . We declare ourselves for the idea of democracy which we interpret as the greatest possible opportunity for the free spirit of man to determine political patterns . We commit ourselves to the conviction that the disintegrating forces which frustrate and defeat the free spirit of man in the achievement of the democratic ideal can be curbed by adequate controls arrived at without a recourse to direct revolutionary action . We commend to the attention of our Churches the observance of the Sesquicentennial of the Formation of the Constitution , commencing September 17, 1937 . In these days of challenge and change, we reaffirm our faith in the Way of Jesus. We pray His prayer for the establishment of the Heavenly Kingdom on earth . We firmly believe that the only lasting solution of our problems lies in finding and following the wise will of Jesus. We must not conclude that mere civil legality or legal justice as now constituted are Christian in many phases. Many laws are definitely immoral . We believe that we must rethink the whole concept of property . Cer tainly the traditional concept is unChristian . We affirm that property rights should be recognized only where the holder uses the property in accord with consideration for the needs of society as a whole . Perhaps we should explore the current question as to whether a worker has a property right in his job which should be protected under the same conditions of use or disuse that are now accorded property rights in factories or commodities .
We ought to inquire into the new technique of the " sit down ” strike . It , is not the business of the church to side with capital or labor but to explore of . the Will Jesus We believe in the conference table as a means of settle 1937 ] REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND AGENTS 187 ment as opposed to the use of the night club and the bayonet . Any technique which mores away from violence and force is a step forward . We endorse the Methodist Federation for Social Service as a recognized organization to keep alive in the church the social conscience . We suggest tbat the nominating committee constitute the Conference Federation Execu tive Committee as the Social Service Committee for the Conference . We emphasize the imperative need to keep the pulpit free of any restrain ing influence . The first step in the establishment of a Fascist state is to silence speech , especially critical speech . If we are to be kept free in America it is imperative that the pulpit be kept free to criticise and suggest positive implementations of the Christian spirit. The People called Methodists require no apology for patriotism , and our love of country and loyalty cannot be impugned. But we declare that the agencies of the Methodist Episcopal Church shall not be used for the prepara tion of war , but for the preparation of peace . War as an arbiter to settle the controversies of nations is a self -defeating institution , a violation of human personality and an imminent threat to civilization itself. Therefore , we de . clare that the Methodist Episcopal Church as an institution does not endorse the recourse to war to settle controversies among nations . The historic position of our Church in respect to Prohibition is clearly set forth in the Methodist Discipline and the General Rules of our Church . The complete and uncompromising conviction : of total abstinence from alcoholic bererages continues to be the position of The Methodist Episcopal Church . Long ago, Methodism declared that intoxicating liquor cannot be leaglized without sin . The repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment was not the repeal of the Liquor Problem . Present controls are ineffective and inadequate . We endorse the W. C. T. U. and the Anti -Saloon League , and our own board of Temperance , Prohibition , and Public Morals and urge the mobilization of Methodism to combat this ancient evil . Realization of Christian principles is difficult under present day social conditions . Jesus' ideal of life applied to the structure of a continuing society would be a redeemed society . The objective of the Church cannot be less than the ideal of Jesus. The Church's fundamental social task is to make possible in an abiding society the Kingdom of God , according to the revelation of Jesus Christ . COMMITTEE : C. W. Mackenzie , W. A. Blanding , J. G. Biery , R. R. King , John Broxholm , W. J. Hoshall.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EVANGELISM
We discover in our survey of the year's record and in our conversation with the men of the Conference that there is an urgent need of bringing into our already splendid efforts a challenging emphasis to the evangelistic appeal , which includes the consecration of the whole man and the whole of life . Therefore , with this as our purpose , we as the Committee on Evangelism would heartily endorse and recommend the program of the General Conference Commission on Evangelism as outlined by Dr. Ralph M. Pierce before this session of our Annual Conference , which program includes the observance of the two hundredth year of Methodist history . We urge the use of the program incorporated in The Church Year in Evangelism and Christian Experience as outlined by the Commission on Evangelism . We would encourage the pastor of every church to unite with his local Committee on Membership and Evangelism to plan for the observance of Aldersgate year . We are particularly interested in the practical projects which the Commission is bringing to us in this four -fold program , which are : First , the urging of every member of every church to participate in the public worship of God every Sunday . 188 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
Second , the establishing of family religion in every church home . We would suggest the use of " The Upper Room , " " Victorious Living " by E. Stanley Jones, " Sky Lines" by Leete, and other books suggested by our Methodist Book Concern . Third , the integration of Junior Groups into worship services . The follow ing processes of such integration we are suggesting : The formation of Junior Choirs , the reestablishment of the Family Pew , the employment of some form of unified service, and the asking of the Sunday School board to encourage the attendance of children at the worship services , Fourth , the promotion of the reading of religious books and literature. In this promotion we may have the cooperation of The Methodist Book Concern . May we hope and pray and strive to inject these projects into our services , believing always that there may be a spiritual renewal to the total life of the church . To this end , we also suggest and recommend that during the season imme diately following this session of the Annual Conference , the Committee on Evangelism , with the District Superintendents , arrange for Conference -wide spiritual retreats , and advise the employment wherever practicable of local and group preaching missions for individual and social evangelism . Respectfully submitted and recommended by the Committee on Evangelism of the Michigan Annual Conference . Signed , J. H. Bancroft , G. A. Mooers , Ray V. Birdsall , J. A. Brown , F. M. Clough . WORLD SERVICE COUNCIL
Rejoicing over the reports which come to us.of great loyalty to and of progress in the Million Unit Fellowship Movement and believing thoroughly in its basic principles -the consecration of men first and then of money to the great cause of World Evangelism —and believing also that consecrated giving confirms and strengthens consecration of life , we declare anew our allegiance to and faith in the World Service program of the Church and we recommend that 7,000 units be accepted as the quota of the Michigan Annual Conference for the coming year . We pledge our faithful effort toward the realization of this objective . While we approve as a general plan the methods suggested by our leaders in this great movement and the general principle of raising this amount by individual gifts and personal consecrations , yet we believe that the methods
used should be sufficiently elastic to permit pastors to fit these methods to , local conditions always with the understanding that efforts made shall be in
proportion to the tremendous importance of the movement .
We believe that a vigorous promotion of this movement is vital to the
life of the Church . , , , Samuel W. Large J. Marian DeVinney James Bowker , , Frederick Spence T. 0. Huckle Lester A. Kilpatrick . REPORT OF THE AREA SECRETARY
For four and one - half years I have acted as Area Secretary for the Michi , gan part of the Detroit Area in connection with my work as Secretary of the
Methodist Foundation of Michigan . Giving one's time to two tasks does not ; , make for the highest efficiency however as an emergency arrangement dur , ing the days of depression it has worked quite satisfactorily . It has been a time of limitation because of financial restrictions . The large territory in the
Detroit Area makes the work of the resident Bishop very exacting as well as
very taxing . During these years I have tried in every way possible to relieve
Bishop Blake of some of his heavy load .
I have given some of my time to help solve the embarrassing church debt ; situations also what help I could give in the World Service program . Most 1937 ] REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 189 of the Sundays as well as many evenings during the week were given to the various churches . I have had some part in working out the figures for the Minimum Salary Plan . I have been treasurer of the Michigan Conference Fund and part of the time assistant treasurer for the Detroit Conference Minimum Fund . The money from both Conferences has come to the Area Offices. I have been treasurer of the Religious Education work which is under the direction of Dr. Poole . The World Service money has also come to the Area Office . The care of these funds has been possible only because of the efficient service of Miss Miller and the other office help . It has been a pleasure to work with Bishop Blake , who has been a sincere and true Christian gentleman . His courteous and kindly attitude has en deared him to the hearts of all of the office force . The helpful and kindly co -operation of the District Superintendents , the ministers of both Conferences , and laymen has left a memory which will always be gratefully cherished by this Area Secretary . Something over four months ago I was awakened in the night by the ring ing of the telephone. Bishop Blake's voice informed me that Bronson Hospital was without a Superintendent and, if possible, I was to go to Kalamazoo and assume the responsibility of acting Superintendent until such time as perma nent arrangements could be made . It has indeed been an interesting experi ence but not without some satisfactory results , even though the acting super intendent was an amateur in hospital management . The trustees of the in stitution seem to fear that they might get a worse one and have asked me to continue as Superintendent . During these months I have returned for a day or two each week to do the most necessary things for the Area and the Foundation . I have drawn my salary from the hospital , and the expense of travel to and from Detroit has been paid by the Area and the Foundation . In the absence of Bishop Blake , I think our wisest action today would be to appoint an executive committee and give to them power to work with the Bishop and the cabinets of the two Conferences in making arrangements for a permanent Area Secretary . I believe we should adopt the budget of last year, subject to any revision which may be necessary . With gratitude to our Heavenly Father for health , for His continued good ness , and for the fine fellowship and friendship of my brothers in the church , I submit this brief report . Signed , Alfred F. Way .
REPORT OF LAKE LOUISE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
Your magnificent Lake Louise Christian Community property in that part of God's Out-of - Doors known as “ the play-ground of northern Michigan ," is carefully administered by the following Board of Trustees : Michigan Conference Detroit Conference
Stanley , Dr. B. Niles President Dr. S. J. Harrison , Secretary Ray Rev. Merrill Dr. H. Addis Leeson , U. P. Dr. Victor Thrall , E. E. Horner Carl T. Holmes Treasurer H. A. Ludwig Herbert Twining William Pearson Dennis Strong
The term of Mr. William Pearson expires this year and his successor should be elected .
All taxes and bills are paid in full . Seven hundred and fifty dollars has been appropriated for improvements 190 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937 on camp buildings and equipment this year . One thousand dollars has been set a part in a reserve fund . The next five hundred dollars that is realized from sale of leases is desig nated for road improvement on Pioneer Platte . The Lake Louise Christian Community cordially invites all Michigan Methodists to camp at Lake Louise . A tourist park is set apart adjacent to the principal bathing beach for house trailers and tenting . Vacationing in northern Michigan can be realized very inexpensively by those of moderate means who so desire . One family of six reports a delightful month at Lake Louise last summer at an entire cost of $52.00 . Your attention is called to the official Lake Louise Christian Community brochure with announcements for this season . The boys and girls of Michigan Methodism will find at Lake Louise the best camp staff and faculty available anywhere . Among the leaders of the camp this year will be the following : Samuel J. Harrison , Professor at Albion College , Camp director ( “ Uncle Sam " to all campers ). Dr. F. S. Goodrich , Albion College , Instructor and Counselor . Dr. Stanley B. Niles , of Sturgis , Instructor and Counselor . Rev. Floyd George Jr. , Big Rapids, Instructor and Counselor .
THE COMMISSION ON FINANCE
For Support of Superintendents : Salaries -$ 16,000 Expense Allowance 5,000 Office Expenses and Miscellaneous 500
Total . $ 21,500
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
The Conference Finance Committee submits the following resolutions : 1. That the Anti -Saloon League be given the opportunity to present its cause in the Churches of the Conference . 2. That the White Gift Christmas Offering shall go to the Methodist Children's Village . 3. That the Sunday before Thanksgiving be observed as White Cross Sunday in the interests of Bronson Hospital and that an offering be taken and forwarded . 4. That the work of Christian Education through the office of Dr. Fred erick Poole receive the Rally Day Offering and that a goal of five cents a member be recommended . 5. That the following amounts be apportioned for the various causes : Area Budget , $ 4,000 ; East Lansing Church Fund , $300 ; Summer School of Theology , $300 : Clark Memorial Home , $ 15,000 : Deaconess Work , $ 1,000 ; Bronson Hospital, $ 15,000 ; (' onference Expense Funds, $2,500 ; Wesley Foun dation and Albion ( 'ollege , $ 8,000. Respectfully submitted , Finance Committee . THE AUDITING COMMITTEE REPORT June 12 , 1937 . The Auditing Committee has examined the reports of the pastors and found them satisfactory . 1937 ] REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 191
We have audited the books of the treasurers of the Conference Expense Fund , and the Board of Stewards , and found them correct . The Conference Treasurer's Accounts for the past year , and the report sheets for this year have been examined and found correct . Signed , M. E. Bowen , Auditor . MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE This has been a tough year for religious papers and editors ( I have lost 10 pounds since Jan. 1) . The strikes , the renaissance of rank , ranting , rabid fundamentalism , the straining of our friendly relations with the Catholics , the political overturn in Michigan , the liberalizing of the church's attitude to worldly amusements , the growing resentment against drives for anything , all go to emphasize the words of Dr. Brashares a year ago : " It is a time for the pastors to stand by the Advocate and the Advocate to stand by the pastors ." Of critics, we never have had so many , a veritable bumper crop . I had supposed that age hardened the hide but the truth is that the skin grows thinner after men pass - say - forty . Providentially , the abundant flow of criticism at home has been tempered by what seems to us to be extravagant praise from the men afield . If one native son hints that the Advocate is a " gossipy little sheet " that we could just as well do without , there are plenty of testimonies in defense . We offer only one , coming from Dr. Frank W. Stephenson , Executive Secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Protestant Church : “ I continue to read the Advocate with great pleasure and equally great profit . It provides a spiritual stimulant and inspiration beyond any other periodical coming to my office or home .” A lot of criticism is 100 % unfair and surcharged with bitter prejudice . The surprising thing in this changing day is the number of old people who hare been mentally able to make the shift. Our criticisms have not come from our old friends but from the prejudiced minds of middle age . A few of our pastors who have really tried to find out the reactions of their laymen , rather than report their own likes and dislikes , seem to agree that the rock on which the Advocate crashes is the non -reading layman . One pastor of a small church in an industrial city writes : " My people here do not read anything regularly , not even Sunday School story papers ." Another insists that his people read only the comic strips . My observation is that there are a lot of men who are fairly good readers -on one side and on that side only . A prominent Detroit Methodist stopped his Advocate because it has " gone red ," but sends the Advocate oodles of clippings from his trade paper and two - gun Norris ' propaganda , which he evi dently reads avidly and swallows whole . Rev. W. C. Donald writes this on the back of his questionnaire : " We spend a lot of time asking , 'What is the matter with the Advocate ?' The Advocate is all right. The trouble lies with the people . In this age of sexy-literature , tabloid -newspapers , movie -minded people , etc. , is a very difficult task to get our people to read religious literature . They crave the light stuff that requires no thought on the part of the reader . When our people cultivate a deep love for fine , wholesome , sane religious literature , then our Advocate problem will be solved . We have to begin with the people , not the Advocate ." The Suggested Plan Following the order of the Advocate Trustees the special Committee to study the Advocate situation has done the work and assisted the editors to perfect a plan for submission to the Conferences , after having passed the scrutiny and sanctifying influence of the Advocate Board . 192 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
The Committee consisted of Glenn M. Frye, chairman , with George W. Olmstead and Alfred F. Way on the Committee . When Dr. Way was sent to Bronson , Dr. Gordon Phillips was put in his place. Glenn Frye prepared and sent out 50 questionnaires to 50 pastors repre senting all possible angles and levels . Out of Brother Frye's survey and suggestions plus the experience and convictions of the editors , the following has evolved . There are some funda mental provisions back of it .
1. A new emphasis on the evangelistic purpose of the Advocate , trying the power of silent evangelism on the groups so largely missed , the young people in high school and college , the young married people , the isolated people in rural sections , and the prospect - families on the pastor's record . No less emphasis on the need of the official member but a new push for a wider reading by new groups . If we have an Advocate hobby , it is in the effort to make the Advocate interesting and helpful to our youth . We would like to see the Advocate follow our boys and girls to college and to their new homes however far from Michigan .
Our dream for youth extends also to the high schoolers of our church and Bible Schools . I would have the church send the Advocate , directed to every high schooler in his own name, in the families on the fringe of our church and to the youth in the families who are not connected with any church , hoping that this method of silent evangelism might produce a hundredfold . Youth is too largely outside the reach of the average preacher . Why not send the Advocate on the trail of our lost youth ?
2. A study of the deficits of practically all the other Advocates brings us nearer to the long -dreaded but inevitable day of asking for an appointinent upon every charge for the assured support for the Advocate . We have paddled our own canoe until the Conferences have come to take it for granted . But the launching of new plans for the Advocate is certain to entail some financial loss. We must not go backward .
Why should the one son, on whom all the other children lean so heavily , be the only one to root for his living ? We should not have hesitated this long . The solicitation method that brought the emergency fund will not work again , despite the remarkable results of this year . Every right that any institution has to appeal to the Conferences , we have --and then some . Following the order of the Board , we started a quiet search for $ 5,000 to pay up our debts and if possible tide us over this coming year . To the everlasting credit of the layman , lovers of the old Advocate , they responded nobly . One layman offered to pay the last $500 . The Kresge Founda tion agreed to take " the next to the last ” $500. One man and one woman gave $500 each . Twenty -two others have raised the total to $1,865 , so that we are within $ 135 of the goal and hope to have that before this Conference closes . But this was an emergency move and cannot be done again .
3. We need to impress the younger men , especially the new -comers to our Conferences , that through nearly 64 years the Advocate has stood as the defender and assistant to the pastor . In sheer self defense the pastor wants his own church reading the Advo cate . That goes for all of us . We note with a good deal of dismay that one -half of the delegates and alternates elected to the annual Conferences in June are non -subscribers to their own Advocate . Most of them will not be at the session of Conference , but some of them 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 193 will, with their goodwill mixed with misinformation and prejudice against the church and her leaders .
4. An increasing number of pastors have succeeded in making their churches Advocate -conscious , so that they share the responsibility with the pastor . This should be stressed this year that the Boards may take pride in an informed officiary , a reading church , and a move for the silent evangelism of the Advocate among the younger group . We commend to you the two promising plans that the churches are trying out , the Harper plan and the Newsboy plan .
5. The influence of the Advocate is to be measured qualitatively as well as quantitatively , by the few careful and thoughtful readers as well as the large number of skimmers who give it a once -over and follow their fancies as to what they read. That is the reason for some of the heavier articles that the many may skip but that the few will read and inwardly digest , for the health of the whole church . Incidentally , that is our excuse for the long editorials ; some cases can not be “made " in a couple of inches of cold type .
6. Last but not least , I am sure that the new model of the Advocate can , be made its talking point . Credit for this goes largely to the Associate Editor but with my hearty approval and wise and unwise counsel . , Several years ago Dr. James M. Joy stated to the meeting of editors at , Washington this brief sentence : “ It is the guts in the paper that get it read
gazelle - not its like appearance . " pa , My point here is that the per must be made better as well as brighter
else it will be a flop . Everybody will welcome the new paper as a forward step . , We hope the pastors will capitalize on this new model this streamlined , up Advocate and quietly pick as many “ one dollar for six months ” subscrip
tions as they can find on their pastoral rounds . The figures for the new subscriptions from the five districts register the low water mark for any one year of my seventeen . Almost invariably the ,
replies , included this phrase : “ Our hearts are with you but the other powers
the ones ordained of God - have told us to sidetrack everything for the Clark , Home Campaign . " And on the sidetrack we have stayed silenced but not
convinced .
The Advocate in every home would have been a veritable godsend for Clark
Home and the men who realized it sent us in the following new subscribers
( not counting the copies delivered on Newsboy's plan ) :
Albion - Lansing District 98 Big Rapids District 47 Grand Rapids District 89 Grand Traverse District 43 Kalamazoo District 119
Total 396
We read this paragraph with tears in our voice . It is from the Associate
Editor's report to the Board on June 2 :
" When I made my report last December I called attention to the fact that
we stood to lose anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 subscribers as the result of the , , change of policy which reduced the extension beyond date of expiration from
fifteen months to six months . My estimate turned out to be a pretty close guess , for when the new policy was put into effect exactly 1,576 subscriptions 194 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937 were stopped , a terrible cut which was only partly offset by new subscriptions . This huge slash together with the fact that many of our most loyal friends failed to adjust themselves to the new policy , or else used it as an excuse to ship out from under the wing of their watchful pastor , has reduced the list from 14,600 to slightly above 12,000 where it now stands."
REPORT OF THE METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
To the Members of the Michigan Annual Conference : Again the Methodist Children's Home Society makes report of its steward ship to little children in the name of Him who gathered the little ones to Him self . The Society is the Church interpreting the spirit and ministry of Jesus in the terms of modern life and need . Its program is so commanding , its ministry so manifest , and its leadership so farseeing , that it has been able to command the sympathetic attention and support of persons and societies not only within our own communion but of those others who recognize and value the high standards of our social services to children . In spite of the generosity of the church and other interested groups , the Society is still inadequate in resources for the many demands made upon it . These disturbed days are hard on little children and family life , and the Soci ety is attempting , within its means to meet the tragic situation forced upon the unfortunate children of this Commonwealth . This is a time for an ex panded program and increased resources , that the three great primacies of life Health , Home , and Happiness —may be made more secure . The problems of child -life are far -reaching . They are social as well as individual, and the Methodist Children's Home Society attempts the rehabilitation of family and child by bringing about as perfectly as possible social adjustments .
Review
The Director's annual statement reports that during the past year three
hundred and six boys and girls have been given protective care and support on
the part of our Society . , ; Total number of interviews given 1,452 Total number of visits of inves , tigation and supervision 5,894 . , ; Medical Report : Number of physical examinations 556 number of treat ; , ; , ments 210 number of immunizations 266 number of diagnoses made 227 . , , ; ; Dental Report : Number of examinations 163 number of prophylaxis 82 , ; , ; , ; number of extractions 58 number of fillings 282 number of treatments 64 , local anesthesia 56 .
Co operation- , Indicative of the standard of service the Society gives it is interesting to
note the public and private agencies referring children to the Society for care ; , ; , during the year these include : Circuit Court Wayne County Juvenile Court ; ; ; Wayne County Salvation Army Hospital Girls ' Protective League Illinois , ; , ; Home and Aid Society Chicago Department of Public Welfare Detroit
Methodist Orphan Home , St. Louis , Missouri ; Michigan Children's Institute ; , ; Consultation Bureau Council of Social Agencies Wayne County Clinic for ; ; , ; Child Study Merrill - Palmer School Service Bureau Royal Oak Children's , ; , ; , Aid Society Detroit Superintendent of Schools Detroit Juvenile Court ; ; ; Kalamazoo Children's Fund of Michigan Children's Hospital of Michigan , ; , Woman's Hospital Detroit and the following churches : St. Paul's Highland , Park , Whitfield Central Church , Holmes Memorial , Ford Memorial , Cass Com , ; , , munity St. Clair Marine City First Church Jackson . 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 195
Finance The White Gift Christmas Offering from the Michigan Conference up to and including June 10, 1937 : Albion -Lansing . $1,412.20 Big Rapids 790.17 Grand Rapids 1,233.93 Grand Traverse 410.27 Kalamazoo 739.40
$ 4,585.97
The Society wishes to acknowledge its deep appreciation to the District , , Spperintendents Pastors Sunday School Superintendents and members of the
Churches and Sunday Schools in this Conference for their support of our work . by The Society delights in a definite plan formulated the Women of the
Conference in making the League of Children's Friends a new channel of
support and of interpretation of the spirit and ministry of the Society . Mrs. , , , H. C. Daley of Metropolitan Church Detroit the able president of this newly , organized League of Children's Friends covets the friendship and cooperation . of of the women this Conference
The summer camp to be conducted at Cheboygan this summer provides , a well organized- and efficient program for the wards of the Society and for , , , such other children referred by the churches as are in need of the health
, by Efforts play and character building- opportunities afforded camp life .
are now under way for the establishment of a permanent summer camp at
Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County . , The Kresge Foundation expresses again confidence in and generosity , , towards the Methodist Children's Home Society in a gift of fifty - thousand
dollars towards the new school building for the Children's Village . Plans for
this enterprise are now under way . , The Society extends its gratitude to Bishop and Mrs. Blake The Kresge , , , Foundation The Detroit Community Fund Mrs. Phillip H. Gray of Detroit , and to the Churches of this Conference and other friends of the Society ,
, Again throughout Michigan for their loyalty and support . the Methodist
Children's Home Society pledges its total effort and consecration to the cause , of little children in the Spirit of the living Christ and in the name of the
Methodist Episcopal Church .
Respectfully submitted ,
Robert M. Toms , President , - Sidney D. Era First Vice President , Charles E. Allinger Second Vice - President , Thomas E. Shaffer Secretary , Fred P. Todd Treasurer
Methodist Children's Home Society :
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT OF THE M. J. CLARK MEMORIAL HOME
This short Conference year has been a period or great activity at the M. J. Clark Memorial Home . , This is not only because of the Endowment Campaign but conditions gen
erally have been such that it has brought about the transaction of a great
amount of business of every kind .
Early in the year we provided twelve new rooms at an expense of $ 6,429.33 . by A new fire alarm system was installed order of the State at an expense of
$ 1,200,00 . To care for this expense $ 7,500.00 was borrowed from the Old Kent 196 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Bank . This has been reduced to $5,500.00 . These rooms were filled as soon as finished and many people are seeking admission who cannot be cared for because of lack of room . Twenty -seven people have been received during the nine months . Fourteen of these are Life Members and thirteen are boarders . Ten have died and seven boarders have withdrawn . We now have a membership of 86. We have quite a large waiting list with new inquiries coming almost daily . There has been considerable activity in real estate . We now own one piece of outside real estate in Grand Rapids and seven in other cities of Michigan . In all we have sold fifteen pieces of outside real estate since last Conference . This will account for the large increase that we have in land contracts as only three were sold for cash and the rest on 6 % land contracts . We have taken in six homes from members during this period and sold four of them . The statement as presented by our Auditor , Mr. H. V. Owen , shows a good financial gain . Our Life Membership Reserve Fund has increased from $68.136.00 to $ 81,444.00 . Our Endowment Fund has increased from $69.235.0 ) to $70,358.00 with $5,950.00 increase in Annuities and the expenses of the Campaign paid . Our total Assets are $ 476,291.14 .
Some of our investments which were in a precarious condition a short time ago are paying out so that the whole of the principal will be sared .
Our investments are as follows , as of May 31st , 1937 :
Assets
Cash on hand and in banks ...... $ 4,242.89 Notes and Accounts Receivable . 3,394.13 Stocks and Bonds ( Cost ) 74,293.02 Sept., 1930 Increase Land Contracts 37,161.89 18,007.05 19,154.81 Mortgages 7,849.28 Aug. , 1930 Outside Real Estate 19,340.52 35,490.52 16,150.00
We are still employing Brown Bros. , Harriman Co. to advise us in all our
investments in Stocks and Bonds .
The Churches of the Conference have continued their loyal support in
contributions of provisions and cash in amounts that compare favorably with of those other years .
The Endowment Campaign has given the Home a great deal of favorable
publicity and we are sure that it holds a larger place in the minds of our people than ever before .
We have had the finest cooperation from a rery capable and loyal Board
of Trustees and also from the larger Advisory Board for which we are rerr
grateful . Especially do we desire to acknowledge our obligation to our Presi , dent , Dr. Hugh Kennedy our Secretary , Attorney Harold W. Bryant and our , , Treasurer Mr. L. W. Goddard and to Mrs. L. E. Buss President of the Ladies
Auxilliary who have given the Home much valuable advice and many hours of splendid service . , As Superintendent I desire personally to express my appreciation for the , fine cooperation of Dr. C. S. Wheeler my predecessor .
We are grateful to God for His continued blessing and look to the future with great confidence .
Respectfully submitted , , W. F. Kendrick Superintendent . 1937 ] REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 197
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE M. J. CLARK MEMORIAL HOME CAMPAIGN The Michigan Conference did a courageous thing two years ago when it roted in its United Session to put on a Campaign to raise $ 100,000.00 net for the Endowment of the M. J. Clark Memorial Home . Conditions were not favorable . The slime of the depression slough of despond was still on the garments of the Church . A number of Churches felt tbat because of debt conditions , and others because of a " combination of vir cumstances ," the Campaign would not be timely for them . The backwash of former Campaigns was not good , and the unfavorable experiences that some had had still persisted . More serious still was the lack of vision . The paralysis of faith , resulting from the moral slump, made it difficult for many to see the possibility of put . ting on a money -raising campaign . So when the Michigan Conference , in the face of these things , voted to put on this Campaign it was evidence of a deep conviction that the thing that needs to be done can be done , that the people called Methodists will re spond to the appeal of need , and that the spirit of God still leads in the affairs of His Church . Since the depression , when an emergency situation forced the Home upon the attention of the Church , there has been a new appraisal of this Home for aged people and a growing conviction that this is one of the most Christ -like ministries that the Church is carrying on . Testimonials from our Bishop and other Church leaders that this Home stands in the front rank of our forty-five Methodist Old People's Homes , and the many favorable observations on its good management and efficient ad ministration , have made the deposit that the M. J. Clark Memorial Home is one of the very best of our philanthropic institutions . The increasing number of our worthy and dependent old people seeking admission to the Home makes it compelling to provide a larger income with which to meet this expanding charity load that is being placed upon the Home.
Out of the urge of this imperative need , the campaign , the first appeal of its , kind ever made for the Home was launched .
As we entered into the active Campaign some interesting things developed . up 1. The Campaign should be credited with speeding a number of debt
raising and improvement projects . , Far be it from me to venture into the zone of motives but we cannot get
away from the suspicion that some invisible influence reasoned in susceptible up , mental processes that it would be well to hurry and get these things taken , , care of before the Campaign for the Home comes on so that presto many--
of our Churches are in better shape than they were before the ( ampaign' was voted . by 2. The Stewardship theory is quite generally and consistently held our
people but its experience and practice is far from a reality with our folks .
The proposition that there is enough money in the Michigan Conference
belonging to the Lord to not only float this Campaign but to adeqnately float
erery enterprise of the Church has not been challenged . Where stewardship is
experienced and practiced the financial program of the Church is a means of
Grace . This Campaign confirms the conviction that we have been lax in recent years on stressing the stewardship of life and the stewardship of
possessions .
3. We know but little about the technique of the every member canvass .
This has been prominent in the language of the Church for some time but we
fear in many instances as words without deeds . , Where the every member canvass is worked intelligently and efficiently , and without apology for asking for money the financial program of the
Church is invariably a success . 198 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
You will pardon the remark , for it may seem gratuitous to some , but I cannot refrain from the observation that the institutes for our younger preachers could be rendering a real service if a clinic in money raising could be maintained ; our preachers would increase their efficiency greatly by train ing themselves for leadership in this department of parish activity. 4. The Churches that have gone over the top with few exceptions have been the ones that have followed the program as outlined for the Campaign . The more information the people have had the better has been their attitude . But when we have come up to the canvass without the preliminary publicity having been given , the canvass has been more difficult and not so successful . It was stated at the beginning , and has been repeated many times , that this was not to be a high pressure Campaign put on by outside expensive workers , but was to be carried on by ourselves in a normal way . It has been the policy to so conduct the Campaign that our people will feel good about it after it is over and continue the maintenance of the Home in a happy and enthusiastic manner . There have been very few places of irritation and in variably these have been of their own creation . There has been very little out and out opposition . The attitude of our people toward the Home and toward this Campaign is good and a willingness to cooperate is apparent . There are just enough exceptions to this to prove the rule . A general feeling of satisfaction is found in that we have the Home . Gratification is evidenced that the Church in this laboratory of service has been pioneering in the principles of the social gospel and that we are doing a piece of work in the name of the Christ and worthy of His Church . The leadership of the District Superintendents has been exceptionally fine . Dr. Kendrick and Dr. Kennedy have given lavishly of their time and energy , in fact a great deal of credit for the success of the Campaign is due them . Some conditions not anticipated when the Campaign was planned have interrupted and in several instances made it necessary to postpone the can vass to a later date . Putting the Annual Conference date in June has made it necessary to put over a twelve months program in a period of nine months . The flood sufferers ' appeal came at a time set for the canvass . This emer gency appeal properly took precedence, but it interrupted the canvass and as a result we are but part way through the task . Thirty -five Charges have gone over the top with their full quota raised . The first gift to the Campaign of $250.00 by Mrs. Roemer of White Cloud put that Charge in the lead . L. E. Price of Barryton was the first to put on the canvass and report that his quota of $ 225.00 was over subscribed by $ 11.00. On the Montague and Whitehall Charge the officials at one point met and voted that it would be out of the question for them to do anything ; the Pastor , Brother Klaiber, led his people in a successful canvass and turned in $847.00 or a $ 236 surplus over his quota .
A signal victory was won when Muskegon Central, in the face of its debt , go situation was one of the first to over the top with a surplus of $ 165.00 over , the quota of $ 1,591.00 and it was an outstanding achievement when Trinity , Grand Rapids with one of the most serious debt situations in the whole Con , , ference and while working at its debt problem put on the canvass to raise
its quota . The cause was presented without apology in a dignified manner as
a reasonable claim and with the expectation that it would be met . The canvass by was made and faithfully followed . The quota was over subscribed the
members and when an annuity gift is added to these pledges Trinity will have , to its credit $ 2,510.00 on a quota of $ 1,428.00 . And last comes Maple Street , Battle Creek which with estate pledges , annuity gift and regular pledges
turns in cash and pledges $ 2,189.00 on a quota of $ 797.00 .
There has been turned in to the office in cash and bona fide pledges to date
a total of $ 51,660.40 . This $ 51,660.40 is composed of the following items : Reg . 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 199
nlar pledges, $ 38,910.40 ; estate pledges, $ 5,700.00; annuity gifts , $ 7,050.00 ; a total of $ 51,660.40. ( ash paid in on the above , $ 16,298.00. An analysis of the charges of the ( ' onference reveals the following : 35 charges are over the top. ( Apportionment , $18,345 ; pledged , $ 25,191.81 ) ; 97 charges have done pretty well and have possibilities of something more being raised in them ; 32 charges have made a partial canvass : 81 charges have not made the canvass and have reported nothing to the office . This is not an unreasonable or impossible task to which we have addressed ourselves . Those charges that have gone over the top hare demonstrated that it ( an be done even in the most difficult situation . The money is available . The whole program of the Church will be helped by making this campaign a 100 per cent success . So in the power of the vision splendid of what our work will mean to the hundreds of Methodist Old People down through the years we should complete the task we have so splendidly begun . Respectfully submitted , Clark S. Wheeler , Executive Secretary .
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT OF BRONSON HOSPITAL To the Michigan Annual Conference , June 1937 January 9th , at the request of Bishop Blake , I became the Acting Super intendent of Bronson Methodist Hospital. May 19th I was elected Superin tendent , subject to the appo ; al of the Conference Cabinet . I have found many things for which we are all indebted to the former superintendents . It has been my task to carry on to completion improvements that had been talked of and some even begun and also to make some addi tional improvements . The following is a brief summary of improvements : The spiral fire escape was erected but not paid for. The cost was $ 1,953.00 . The operating table , which had been used by the surgeons for some months , has now been purchased . The cost was $ 1,003.00. The Cystoscopic or Urological Table had been ordered . The cost was $ 1,615.00 . This has been paid . The enclosed elevator was also ordered but not installed . This has been completed at a cost of $ 2,465.00 . It is a decided improvement over the old elerator and also meets the requirements of the State Fire Inspector . The installation of partitions with French doors on first and second floors has brought much favorable comment . They are preventatives of noise in the rooms and segregate patients on second floor from the obstetrical section . The cost was $ 207.00. The only sterilizer the hospital had gave way a few days after my ar rival . Perhaps it was my high blood pressure that may have caused the explosion . This , however , has been rebuilt at a cost of $ 305.00). Cupboards and work -tables have been installed in the utility rooms with other improvements , costing $ 193.57. The redecorating of the rooms on the obstetrical floor has greatly im proved the appearance and service . Cost , $ 249.00 . Lockers , chairs and other improvements in the doctors ' room have cre ated good -will among the doctors , who of course furnish us largely with patients . The new X -ray equipment , which had been the dream of Dr. Crane , of the firm of Crane and Jackson , a Roentgenologist of national repute , has been installed , and with its shock - proof feature and urological department we now have an equipment , in the words of Dr. Crane , which is second to none in this part of Michigan . The cost of equipment was $5,117.00 . 200 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
The wage scale has been very greatly increased . We are supposedly a Christian hospital and can not be indifferent to our social responsibility , but here again the readiness in efficient service and happy loyalty justifies the expense . The rising cost of food and other supplies adds to our problem of balancing the budget. The eight -hour day rule , now in hospitals , of course has entirely changed the work in the hospital and increases the cost of operating . We purchased cotton materials and other supplies for some months in advance , which has reduced our cash balance but has already saved us many dollars. Some changes have been made in our personnel , which means both ecenomy and efficiency . I am happy to report that there is a fine spirit of co -operation among our working force . Brief Summary for the Year There were 3,423 patients in the hospital during the year , 23,871.5 patient days . Average number of patients per day , 78.5 ; cost per patient day , $5,117 ; gross sales , $ 133,500.83 ; free service , $6,693.64 (uncollectable accounts $ 25,000 not included in the free service ) ; deaths for the year were only 5 per cent , including accidents ;473 X -rays taken ; 907 pathological cases ; 432 surgical cases ; 377 pediatrics ( includes out -patients ) ; 445 obstetrical cases, ( total births 421 ) . There are 50 nurses in the School of Nursing . There are 23 nurses in the graduating class . Twenty -five students will probably be received this fall . Our Future There is an ever increasing demand for hospital service . The journal of the American Medical Association states that during 1936 one out of every fifteen persons was a hospital patient . The number of patients receiving hos pital care during the year totaled more than eight and one half million , which represented an increase of nearly one million more over the preceding year . It was reported that the available beds increased 21,582 and nearly 7.000 more babies were born in hospitals during 1936 as compared with 1935 . There is no question about the need of increased capacity for hospital service . Someone possibly may say , why should the Church run a hospital when the State , County or Community might do it more efficiently . I would call in question the matter of efficiency. There were three distinct phases in our Lords' teaching - preaching , teaching , and healing . The last was a part of His great commission as was the first . When He looked upon the afflicted folk He was always moved with compassion and would stop the crowds to tenderly touch and heal . He is not now here in physical form to cool the fevered brows or stay ravages of disease , but the Church is His body . The members of His church are His hands . Surely we dare not do less of this tender min . istry in the hours of suffering ; we should do more . We do need a new unit to our hospital . We are continually finding it a problem to know where to put our patients . We are also often reminded of how much better the Borgess Catholic Hospital is equipped. Praise and not criticism is due these fine friends, but I am wondering whether we should continue to limp lamely to our great task or do the thing which is worthy of our good Master and Leader , Who will say , if we are worthy, “ Inasmuch as ye have done it into one of the least of these my brethren , ye have done it unto me." ALDRICH DEACONESS HOME In preparation for this report each worker in Michigan Conference com piled answers to various questions which tended to bring out a concise survey of the work done, the field in which she serves , the people reached and how , as well as the financial aspect of the situation . From those answers the following report is presented . 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 201
Forest Glen Community House at Battle Creek under the direction of Miss Mary E. Shoemaker ministers to American people who are employed as factory workers , laborers and under the WPA , most of whom are not connected with any recognized denomination . One of the largest groups is one in which boys and girls are taught nature study and handcraft , under the direction of a WPA worker . There are four workers assisting in activ ities, under auspices of the Public School , WPA , and Boy Scouts . Grand Rapids Community House has undergone a decided change of program this year as they have recognized the need of the colored people . With Miss Helen Spessard as leader , it has provided a place for the choirs of a neighboring negro church to practice , for other adult groups to gather for recreation , and has furnished reading opportunities for the children . The Vursery School in the afternoons under the direction of Miss Lela Powers has ministered to children from 2 to 4 years of age in a very satisfactory way . Vandercook Lake , Jackson , is served by Miss Katherine Stroven as parish deaconess . Americans living here are employed and there is little welfare work . In the weekly prayer service a fine group of adults participated in the study of Stanley Jones ' book , " Christ and Human Suffering ." The Vacation Bible Schools are held annually in the school building in cooperation with the other churches of the community . At Kalamazoo Community House a new policy and program have been carried out this year with the one worker , Miss Letta Adams, and a full -time housekeeper . The young people's work has been conducted under the direc tion of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. The adult activities of citizenship and home econoimes have been carried out by a WPA worker . Municipal development has changed the environment considerably and new highways have brought about the establishment of roadhouses , making the work more difficult . At Recreation Park , Kalamazoo , Miss Mildred Hewes who came into Michigan Conference last fall is giving full -time service to Wilson Memorial church . She has succeeded in building up all departments of church activities through story hour , Junior and Epworth League , prayer meeting , and by her group programs . The spirit of sharing , or the missionary spirit , has been developed in all
groups through the Home Guards and the Queen Esthers organizations . In all , , , these centers and in all thier groups the activities are four - fold : devotional , , educational recreational and social the greatest force in the spiritual devel .
opment in each place being the Sunday School work . , The Esther Hall has been well - filled this year with a happy congenial , , , , group of girls working studying or seeking employment and learning while
living together to live more harmoniously and happily in a Christian atmos , , phere . Mrs. Leah Belle Lyman superintendent urges all pastors to help
her get in touch with girls who need such a home . , A. R. . . of Mrs. Parker Pres Bd Managers . BOARD OF TRUSTEES . of I. Change Treasurer
At the Conference Session in Battle Creek last fall Mr. J. Arthur Wit .
worth who had served 15 years as Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer of the , Conference Claimants Endowment Fund handed a communication to the
Trustees with the request that he not be reelected Treasurer of the Fund
and in this communication very graciously and generously said “ Let me continue , not later that New Year's day , while you select and qualify my , successor . During the interval I shall be happy to explain to him all the
processes of record and management which we have used and to facilitate
gradual removal of your affairs from my office to his control as best suits
his convenience and desire . ”
Immediately after Conference the Trustees held a special meeting to
consider this communication . A communication to Mr. Whitworth was drafted 202 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937 expressing appreciation of his services and the services of Miss Emma Castor to the Fund and promising to grant his request of relief from further service as Treasurer . A committee from the Board was elected to secure a successor and arrange for new headquarters . At a subsequent meeting of the Trustees the committee reported and Rev. Hugh Kennedy was elected Treasurer and Gordon B. Wheeler , Assistant Treasurer and bookkeeper . Arrangements were made with the Clark Home to share the offices of the Clark Home Campaign and accordingly the headquarters were moved from Mr. Whitworth's office in the Michigan Trust Building to 1546 Sherman Street , S.E. , Grand Rapids. II . Corporate Name . The Corporate name is " The Trustees of the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church ." It is important that we have the corporate name of this body clearly and prominently in our thinking ! We should be emphasizing to our people the desirability of remembering this fund in their wills . Frequently bequests are made and other than the corporate name is used . This causes confusion and sometimes requires some effort to convince the court the intent of the donor . The following form of bequest should be used “ To the Trustees of the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church , for the Conference ( 'laimants Endowment Fund ." III . The Fund . 1. Changes in investments . 1935-30 1930-37 Cash .$ 12,868.00 $ 15,319.84 Bonds 319,586.89 334,351.77 Stocks 79,035.34 89,028.26 Real Estate 22,158.95 24,948.09 Mortgages 50,227,08 49,305.62 Land Contract 12,271.17 3,502.87 Notes Receivable 5,240.00 3, 109.41 Chattel Mortgages 2,105.00 2,165.00 Mills Farm --Tools and Stock . 2,103.20 2,463.20 Advance -- 1921-26 Campaign 7,599.35 6,210.55 Annuitant Fund 111,125.00 108,825.00
2. Principal Changes . $ 15,235.12 Less invested in bonds than one year ago . 9,992.92 More invested in stocks . 8,708.30 Less in land contracts , 1,388.80 Less in 1924-26 Campain Expense Fund . 2,300.00 Less in the Annuitant Fund . 107,750.00 of bonds have been sold and reinvested . 11,881.30 of common stock has be'n sold and reinvested . These changes have been made with a view of course of improving the Fund , particularly in bonds in shifting into shorter term securities . 3. Three distressed land contract and mortgage situations in the Con ference Claimants Fund and one in the Local Preachers Fund have been cleaned up . 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 203
4. The question is frequently a ked , “How much has the Fund suffered what are the losses during and since the depre sion ?" If you will check on the totals of the Fund as given year by year by the Treasurer you will dis ( urer that these have run as follows : 1930 .. . $575,520.9 "; 1931 . 586,787.48 1932 . 593 , 172.50 1933 . 592,839.38 1934 . 584,170.33 1935 . 550,921.22 1936 . 553,999.05 1937 .. 547,169.41 5 . The above figures approximate the gains and losses of the Fund but they are only an approximate showing . There have been some additions by bequests . We still have some defaulted bonds in the portfolio . We are carrying the investments of bonds and stocks on our books at the (cost price . This year the Treasurer will in addition to these cost figures give the market price at the time the report was prepared . The present market value of our bonds is $36,055.00 less than the cost price and the present market value of our stocks is $11,481.00 more than the (-ost price . ( a ) If we were to liquidate our bonds and stocks today there would be a loss of $ 24,574.00 . What future developments will be cannot be determined by your guess or mine. 6. Time and Expense of Supervision . The supervision service of Brown Brothers , Harriman (' ompany , while expensive i imaluable . The T. å mer and Trustees give a great deal of time to the administra tion of the property and investments of the Fund . This is time belonging to and paid for by other organizations of the Church . More time and atten tion should be given to it . A Fund of over half a million dollars not only
has considerable proportions but requires time and technical ability for its wise and safe administration ,
IV . Campaign Pledges .
We have $ 225,000.00 in unpaid pledges of the 1924-1926 Campaign . These
j vigorous » ledges are ten years old and should receive attention for their
collection . , V. Administration Problems
The 1932 General ( onference' legislated that the ( ' onference Trustees
may hold District property . It also provides that a declaration of trust shall
be given when the property is turned over to the Trustees . It seems quite
merely a holding apparent to the Trustees that the Conference Trustees are
body and that the declaration of trust accompanying the property should hy clearly set forth the conditions on which the property is held and whose . is to be authority the property held in trust alienated
The Conference in 1929 session at Kalamazoo voted that the adminis
tration of abandoned church property shall remain in the hands of the Dis trict Superintendent within the bounds of whose district the property is
located and the Conference delegates full power to the Conference Board of
Trustees for the disposition of unused churches subject to the Disciplinary )
( Page provisions . Minutes 1929 229.
place of It will be apparent that this action does not the title abandoned
church property with the Conference Board of Trustees . The Trustees must
hold the title to the abandoned property in order to be able to give a title . ( ' of to of in the disposition the property according this action the onference 204 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 1937
Your Trustees would suggest that in order to make this action of the Conference operative the District Superintendents secure the transfer of titles of abandoned property within the bounds of their respective districts to the Conference Board of Trustees , Respectfully submitted , Clark S. Wheeler , President , June 9th , 1937 . Conference Board of Trustees .
REPORT OF THE METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN , 1936-1937 The need for such an organization as the Methodist Foundation of Mich igan is clearly recognized . The fields for fruitful service are many . They are all important - Acceptance of Trust Funds , Liquidation of Estates , Property Management , Aid in the writing of Wills , Counsel in Investment , Annuity Agreements , Executor of Wills , Claims for Probate , Presenting Claims of Beneficiaries . The Foundation is at work in all these fields and will continue to render service in an incr ing way . The original purpose of the Foundation , includes the above and in addi . tion an effort to seek funds for all her fourteen Beneficiaries , in the hope each one may expand its activities, making for more effective and fruitful service in each distinctive field . The field of Legacies and Wills is an almost unlimited one . Likewise , the field of Annuity Agreements , though more lim ited , is a large one . Here is a place for attractive interest rates to the aged or the widow who want earnings on their capital while they live and desire the Church to have the benefit of what they possess, or a portion of it, after decease . We have continued our work in these fields during the year . We hare also continued to care for the assets of the Methodist Educational Advance - Life Endowment , Estate and Scholarship Pledges , Trust Funds and Annuity Agreements , Claims for Probate and Property Management . Assets of one estate have been liquidated . Although the transfer was made some time ago , it has not been reported to this body. We therefore report a gift of Florida ocean frontage and one lot in West Palm Beach from Mr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Wilmarth of Grand Rapids, Michigan , to the Methodist Foundation of Michigan . Deeds trans ferring the property to the Foundation are completed and on record . The ocean frontage consists of 1,423 feet , and has an investment of $40,000 . These two parcels were given with all taxes paid and without incumbrance . They are both valuable and will be held awaiting an advantageous time for sale . The gift is made without conditions and it is the hope of the donors that the Foundation may reap generously for their work in which these good friends of the Foundation are greatly interested . Mr. Wilmarth is a Vice President of the Foundation of Michigan . We herewith present our Statistical Statement covering the fiscal year from February 1, 1936 to January 31 , 1937 . METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN Assets Cash in Bank 137.57 Bonds 16,110.00 Land Contracts 748.91 Standard Savings and Loan . 400.00 Florida Property a /c 287.33 $ 17,683.81 Liabilities Notes Payable $ 1,803.00 Specific Collection a /c's 3,016.58 Estate Principal : Perm . End . Fund and Funds reserved for Annuity Funds 12,964.23 $ 17,683.81 1937 ) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , BOARDS AND AGENTS 205
METHODIST EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE Assets Cash in Bank .... .$ 1,298.24 Impounded Funds 931.99 Notes Receivable 4.523.23 Standard Savings and Loan . 000.00 Bonds 5,927.00 Stocks 103.00 Real Estate 27,139.55 Mortgages 16,738.17 Mortgages ( Recoverable ) 81.50 Pledges Receivable - All Forms.. 276,543.50 Annuity Payments recoverable from Benetici aries 12,361.08 $340,247.88
Liabilities Annuity Bonds Outstanding .$ 51,276.00 Restricted Funds 3,213.00 Estate Principal 291,758.28 $ 340,247.88
TRUST FUNDS - In addition to the capital Funds of the Foundation we are holding the following Trusts : Wesley Foundation of Albion ... 19,223.39 Wesley Foundation of Mt. Pleasant 7,631.04 Adams Trust Account 1,000.00 Ralston Trust Account 1,225.59 Insurance Trust Account 1,686,36 Children's Home Account 112.50 ( 'urrie Trust Account 318.96 Goss Trust Account 1,691.13 Coomer Trust Account 500.98 Johnston Clapp Trust Account 166.03 Orvis Trust Account 6,182.68 Jas. Slunt Trust Account 2,849.95 Annuity Trust Account 3,450.00 $ 46,018.67
STATEMENT OF OPERATING EXPENSES Annuity Payments $ 392.50 Salaries 1.803.72 Travel Expense 58.20 Office Rent 180.00 Miscellaneous Expenses 107.77 $ 2,602.19 METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN A. F. Way , Secretary 206 MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ 1937
ANNUAL CONFERENCE BROTHERHOOD
Pre ident , Archie E. McCrea , Muskegon , presiding . Reports from various districts of the Michigan ( 'onference indicated some decisive gains in membership and deep spiritual interest in this work of the men of the Methodist church . Grand Rapids district is well organized . Other districts are in process of organization . The nominating committee , Messrs . L. W. Shear , J. Jay Cox and R. E. Adrianson reported as follows : President , Archie E. McCrea , Muskegon Vice -president , E. C. Warriner , Mt. Pleasant Secretary - Treasurer , Wm . H. Shumaker , Three Rivers
District Vice -Presidents
Albion -Lansing . C. R. Sylvester , Battle Creek Big Rapids , C. ( '. Barnes , Mt. Pleasant Grand Rapids , Ernest V. Hartman , Holland Grand Traverse , T. 0. Huckle , ( 'adillac
Advisory Board
L. D. Dickinson , Charlotte Leon Scott , Battle Creek Jacob Kindleberger , Kalamazoo The report of the nominating committee was unanimously accepted and the candidates for the various offices declared elected . Following an inspiring address by Dr. Russell Throckmorton of the De partment of Education of the Methodist church , the conference adjourned . Wm . H. Shumaker , Secretary
SALARIES OF MEN IN SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
Thomas ( arter
Ralph M. Dean $2,600.00 and Rent of House
F. S. Goodrich
Royal G. Hall W. F. Kendrick 2,000.00 and House
A. W. Nagler 2,100.00 and House William H. Phelps 3,500.00
John L. Seaton
Clark S. Wheeler 2,000.00
W. W. Whitehouse 19:37] 207
( These reports cover a 9 month year )
( c ) CONFERENCE STATISTICIAN BLUCHER B. SWEM
Hastings , Mich .
Assistants : J. M. Del'inney , E. M. Mumby , Thomas Pollard , Robert Bennett and Thomas Jackson . Schedule A-- Statistician's Report Schedule C —Circuit Report
( d ) CONFERENCE TREASURER
J. LAWRENCE WARD
Assistants :
Eaden P. Davis , Ivan E. Hodgson , Harold Jacobs, Lerant R. Wheaton , C. T. Wheaton , Myron (' lement, Fern Wheeler , Margaret Nash , Olive Knapp , Charles Dobbertin , Howard Fuller , S. J. Headley and Emeral E. Price .
Schedule B— Treasurer's Report Schedule D_Recapitulation
NOTE : The reports of the Statistician and Treasurer have been alternated by Districts upon suggestion of the special committee on Reduction of Minutes 208 STATISTICIAN -ALBION -LANSING DISTRICT BLUCHER B. SWEM , Statistician
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH
Sup. of SupportSupport of Prep . Supportof Pastor District of Conference Bap Mem Supt. Bishops Claimants tisms bership NAMES OF NAMES OF CHARGES OR PASTORS . Rent CHURCHES Rent Exp Exp
in of Year now , in Support Re for , .House , Baptized .House , .
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. Total . . Rent Prep cluding cluding Prep
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Total Tot Paid Adults Total Total Claim Total Ministerial Rental Children ceived on , , 1 11 . S B .. Albion Owens 2775) 27751 375 244 2441 60 60 412 412 3491 11 24 2 2 . 16 10 Athens C. H. Green 750 675 75 54 40 41 22 747 114 19 by 3 L. Amboy & Austin E. Carter Administered Ohio Conference 4 2 2 950 950 200 39 39 18 10 63 27 1026 44 BattleCreekCommunity- W. J. Atkinson. 5 12 10 L. H. First Nixon . 2250 2250 450 228 228 57 57 516 516 3051 32 50 8 6 ) ) 36 19 36 H. R. E. 1575 1575 225 108 108 1893 Maple . Quant Bagi 174 174 7 8 15 95 10 1325 1300 200 96 90 25 100 / 10 Upton Avenue AmosBogart. 1500 46 8 15 15 6 6 J. . 17 WashingtonHts . W. Atkinson 300 300 17 338 19 6 . V. J. BattleCreekCircuit Hufton . 855 855 105 55 55 19 61 61 990 Shop 5 2 . 10 10
10 J. F. 2 Bellevue Bowerman. 1137 1137 200 67 67 78 78 1292 11 ) 8 5 5 .. Bronson RichardMiles . 1449 1449 200 63 63 31 31 99 99 1642 30 2 20 20 1 12 Camden & Frontier. Harold Dixon 900 900 100 48 48 52 52 1020 10 9 25 6 .. 13 CenterEaton C. T. Wheaton 562 535 75 29 18 48 587 62 38 15 . 15 | 8 14 Charlotte GeorgeMooers. 2400 2400 400 132 132 38 1651165 2735 15 8 45 15 Coldwater W. W. Slee. 1650 1950 380 135 135 45 225 225 2355 75 5 10 9 16 Concord Ralph Witmer 450 455 30 30 8 16 500 , 22 5 1 8 2 17 DeltaCircuit W. J. Dunn Jr. 900 900 100 22 14 22 935 23 123 ) 12 18 A. 4050 4050 34 Lansing- Peoples. N. East . McCune 4050 38 7 3 38
19 Wayne . 1875 1875 375 144 144 2251225 2282 EatonRapids. Fleenon 9 11 4 3 . 20 Eckford .. H. G. Ozanne 214 151 12 12 175 66 voet 1 15 7 5 21 Faith Haven 500 179 18 3 192 344 John Biery . 1 2 2 22 GrandLedge. S. W. Large 1388 1388 188 93 93 30 30 137 137 1648 10 9 . 2 11 18 4 3 23 Gresham C. T. Wheaton 187 187 13 13 211 3 24 3 3
24 & . Yinger 25 Hanover Horton Mrs. Geo .. 532 560 100 590 69 12 J. 25 Hillsdale. H. Bancroft. 1800 1800 300 108 108 37 37 168 168 2113 14 3 26 Holt... Emil Runkel. 1650 1650 300 66 66 32 32 100 100 1848 12 28 & 51 . 5 27 Homer Clarendon JosephGrimes. 861 861 200 27 17 55 893 91 12 1 3 3 E. 24 28 Jackson - BeatriceIsbell .. K. Lewis 1200 1200 225 72 72 14 102 60 1346 52 15
29 2 Calvary. 450 108 108 33 33 2085 F. .35 E. George 1800 1800 144 144 2 . / ) 19 30 First Spence 6155 5040 7201356 2561114 101 898 600 5997 1526 18 75 Frederick ...
31 Cooper St. North St. 20 J. . 27 10 30 & VandercookLake . R. Scott 625 625 105 27 13 682 13 9 . 6 6 1 32 Greenwood ClaudeSatterlee. 157511575 450 72 72 27 27 112 112 1786 36 36 8 18 6 .. . 33 Haven Byron A. Hahn 1703 1703 240 101 101 148 148 1988 , 4 1 70 8 2 T. 200 50 50 18 10 1330 34 Jonesville H. Wright 1200 1200 70 . )
35 A. 61 LansingCentral- M. Jayne 5300 5300 800 354 354 84 84 751 751 6489 79 161 P. . 14 30 36 First .. W. M. Jerrett 1950 1950 300 135 135 49 49 253 253 2387 42 15
37 MichiganAve. Ray Prescott 2200 2200 400 120 120 45 45 204 204 2369 18 12 75 ) 24 11 38 T. G. R. Brownlow. 1950 1950 450 93 93 35 35 213 213 2291 Mt. Hope. 2 39 1575/1575 225 60 60 34 34 1 13 PotterPark & Bethel Ray V. Birdsall. 108 108 1777 21 5 3 18
40 .. 300 88 SeymourAve Henry . 1900 1450 62 45 25 64 1577 498
Knauff pas 86 . 3 8 9 41 Leslie Ray Lawerence 1275 1305 300 74 74 24 24 86 1489 35 45 30 16 37 42 Litchfield HowardFuller 863.863 112 11 52 939 8 7 6 96 1 1 43 Marengo. KearneyKirby 300 242 72 20 21 251 2 5
30 8 Marshall F. M. Thurston 1860 1860 360 116 116 301 155 155 2161 1 2 2
. 34 45 Mason J. E. Bowker 1575 1575 225 108 108 34 157 157 1874 12 , 25 2 6 31 12 46 Montgomery E J. Vane. 536 532 39 572 40 5 25 47 Mulliken C. L. Schleuter. 916 833 100 45 45 20 20 53 923 111 , 48 Newton Sonoma & 54 East Leroy HowardCarey 1210 1210 125 50 50 27 27 54 1341 4 15 1 J. 49 North Adams. C. Towne 700 700 100 45 45 15 32 32 792 45 10 10 20 45 ) 50 Okemos. Myron Hoyt 1200 1200 300 20 1275 1 1 39 51 20 45 13 785 Osseo & Lickley'sCor's . C.'J . Kendall 784 741 100 30 103 5 37 51 5 ) 37 52 Parina. Joseph Tuma 1275 1275 150 23 20 1337 se , 53 Partello Lee & , 5 18 5 4 18 8 7 Charlesworth Paul Schaenzlin .. 322 322 12 350 10 26 26 8 Potterville ) 72 72 70 70 1443 54 Ira Carley. 1275 1275 150 6 5 6 31
L. G. . 115 24 69 69 1375 . 47 24 55 Quincy & Allen Beacock 1235 1235 47
56 Reading EadonDavis 937 937 150 56 50 19 18 46 25 1030 28 4 15 9 6 57 SomersetCenter Jaggers 375 375 15) 9 12 12 411 Abram . sus 30 45 21 2 3 28 4 58 Theron 1100 1050 200 42 21 1141 55 7 Springport & Pipe . Jenne 3 1 20 59 Sunfield N. B. Lawrason 923 923 112 51 51 20 54 54 1048
60 en51 12 H. E. Wylie 15 15 75 64 190 . 880 150 60 Union City & Girard 1050 1010 10 15 14 3 61 Vermontville J. M. Clough 900 9001 150 53 42 996 | Total . 830498090812459458443241511135471036365 62951 3542402213 394604 Last Year 10188398490149846043550719931682 87207426113105 5529489191 412855
Increase 22 ) ) 18 ) Decrease.. 1883417502 252514591183 482 328 16171061 20154 1987 87 251 Total thisyear 83049809081245945844324| 1511135471036365 92951 3542 - year | 4147 Compared to % last 7641273868112384532413014951262 65405570 84829 • 16 * , | ) ) 56317951 Increase .. Darressa 6637 7040 1221 52 194 92 8122 605 209 THOMAS POLLARD , Assistant Statistician
CHURCH NEMBERSHIP SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS
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fromOth on Day on Mem for for Cong Chur Debt , of and Advocates Hour . . . Land . . . Young
. List Teachers . Buildings ing Roo No. Rec Inactive Deaths Officers Number Paid Theological Reo Reo Full Removed Enrolled Estimated End Paid Indebtedness Paid Church Land Cur Ministerial Subscribers No. Val inc the Amt Ladies Rall of Present Senior | 24 1 1 34 6 996 244 37 14 515 254 117 7500010000 75 150 1744 633 3730 1250 1 3 1 5 3 125 43 204 84 7500 2000 28 18 100 345 145 266 3 2 say 144 46 2 2 1 37 310 230 1 15000 2750 325 10000 400 434 1 1569 126 26 12 52 805 322 25 1 14000010000 200 920 952 1495192275915 140 956 25 1 1 6 490 18 8 5 1 59 425 357 30000 4000 195 8000 1303 53 1073 1 75 2 123 18 5 154 25 16 26 185 20000 7000 56 100 1300 435 230 1 11 17 82 88 70 7000 25 90 160 3 30 3 2 9 206 7000 300 3 4
231 12 31 253 180 15 2 25000 3000 450 456 10 18 2 24 15 10.10 232 30 10 183 125 20 10000 25002500 400 300 250 375 325 2 10 51411 3 3 5 40 2 142 51 10 36 290 162 12 29000 3000 174 145 4100 264 567 2 .. 12 30 2 6 105 16 10 132 75 10000 1000 25 2 13 1 540 40 10 10 25 325 225 50000 5000 350 300 10001400 1 40 35 1i 15 550 395 201 75000 5000 475 1364 572 12 5
80 35 14 119 50 56 1 5500 1500 237 249 19 12 3 25 127 35 140 180 35 18000 1500 200 30 240 285 12 300 3 17 How 1 1629 290 218 900 950 51 344000 5000 120324605368 16000 ... 4200 18 1 25 1 524 137 35 40 400 136 53000 8000 4200 425 1194 30 1 20 10 519 6 . 2 2 48 20 1 288 50 7000 25 2 128 2 20
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118 1 3 274 79 21 276 25000 7000 82 131 2003 485 200 13 32 4 11 36 1 6 12 1 10 11 6 503101 635 364 40 40000 5000 125 146 1000 2700 1475 1129 8 33 2 2 155 364 32 170 145 2 13000 4000 20 220 441 34 1 61 36 107 2080 38 14 46 1060 688 198 25000015000 568 2700 1486811890 3017 35 37 20 28 668 68 53 52 567 430 98 50000 7000 800 385 1 20 25.36 38 1 75 18 2 25 1 12 13 21 45 29 10 656 55 400 396 262 10000010000 325 1100 6600 1475 1128 10 37 55 11 35 9
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1 75 30 3 3 90 263 210 12000 400 325 5 200 46 : 1 20 20 15 2 2 132 145 60 10700 1500 75 7 337 47
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1 5000 5000 1800 100 150 150 50 24 100 113 195 140 10000 1000 125 222 455 3 51 70 2 20 2 245 33 2 2 23 318 70 12800 2500 800 180 200 700 52 5 1 30 4 9 83 24 130 12000 710 115 5 337 4 53 3 183 33 4 3 3 25 255 172 52 20000 2000 100 200 457 350 29 362 3 5 54 18 20 3 2571 72 2 336 283 218 3 42000 4000 500 200 285 300 10 55 18 2 6 2 125 70 14 1 32 170 112 12000 2000 500 50 204 364 56
10 50 30 5500 200 57 2 128 12 33 240 180 35 6500 3000 1900 75 150 260 25 58 20 3 163 274 23 24 200 105 400 225 59 15 2 10 4 6 2 7 150 55 97 67 35000 6500 5500 125 130 200 125 329 2 60 2 3 185 57 22 31 180 154 2 14000 2400 710 12 197 480 61 ; 322 443750119212422857408178 1691101 1626810345: 2003 106 255521924270040912170798911218231630608014066330923 94 215 162 55
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TREASURER - ALBION -LANSING DISTRICT J. LAWRENCE WARD , Treasurer
DISCIPLINARY BEVECOLE CIS As orderedby theGeneralConference OTHER ITEMS World )
Purposes Service Supportor all Ed'n
. Fund NAMES OF CHARGES for Service Bd OR CHURCHES ( Benevolences Missionary Missionary World on Fund Service
for Items Payments Claimants Day Contributions Episcopal Foreign Home Service Superintendents ( Administration Service Disciplinary World Other Cash
Number ) World Bishops Apportioned Society Apportionment Society District Fund Total Woman's Woman's General List Total World toAdditional Total Children's Total Conference 1 Albion 2.2 963 522 161 683 10 367 432 1492 2141 60 412 716 16 2 8 ) 16 2 Athens 117 39 57 40 10 22 72 3 Amboyand Austin : 60 60 4 3 10 106 153 88 91 145 39 27 2 78
Battle CreekCommunity.
5 First . 951 1197 935 150 1083 36 195 260 1570 228 57 516 50 851
6 Maple St. 375 396 284 289 116 65 470 108 30 174 323 90 15 7 Upton Ave. 245 270 135 135 143 7 28 95 200 2 , 8 WashingtonHeights 50 47 45 15 6 17 9 Circuit . 162 198 74 5 126 203 19 61 135 8 10 Bellevu: 139 207 54 62 41 52 155 67 12 78 157 6 Bronson 93 234 187 22 209 8 31 2418 63 31 99 199 20 12 CamdenandFrontier 58 117 53 12 05 1 66 48 52 120 9 18 13 CenterEaton . 48 216 40 43 38 69 1.52 21 52 6 10 38 14 Charlotte. 459 396 188 198 229 159 586 132 165 341 15 Coldwater 400 558 541 47 586 388 363 1337 133 225 405 5 16 Concord 43 54 181 12 30 23 22 78 30 10 2 8 1 17 DeltaCircuit 80 90 20 21 41 41 23 32 18 ing 20 756 229 229 229 East Lan Peoples.
399 540 62 127 220 948 38 22.5 10 417 EatonRapids. 539 539 9 3 20 Eckford 40 36 15 2 17 17 12 24 1 5 6 1 1 1 7 21 Faith Haven. 36 . 13
369 592 93 30 137 0 260 22 Grand Ledge. 252 362 50 412 87 93 9 , 23 Gresham 05 46 4 50 50 13 2 21 3 3 22 55 24 30 24 HanoverandHorton . 50 72 22 77
23 Hillsdale. 674 477 375 21 396 141 136 682 108 37 168 10 323
26 Holt . 260 243 197 197 13 66 270 32 100 198 9 5 27 Homerand Clarendon 14 189 59 11 70 61 140 27 32 2 28 JacksonBeatriceIsbell 163 252 67 20 87 97 79 263 72 60 148 29 Calvary 251 459 300 08 368 223 591 108 33 174 322 1 60 15 10
81 33 30 Cooper St. 50 15 40 88 27 22 31 First 867 1308 464 73 5371 278 329 1144 256 101 600 972
32 Greenwood 138 288 24 170 183 3.13 72 27 112 5 216 5 33 Haven 223 300 232 28 20 117 131 508 101 148 29 )
34 Jonesville 93 171 35 44 50 70 1 131 774 394 84 751 33 Lan in Central 1100 2421 2723 58 2781 27 4578 59 1218
30 First 124 990 895 300 119.5 10 361 309 1875 137 233
37 MichidanAve. 344 567 192 8 200 20 103 181 505 120 45 201 101 379 9 38 404 567 657 56 713 96 106 915 213 3 Mt. Hope. , 39 PotterPark andBethel 272 378 374 374 163 537 60 34 108 5 202
108 18 5 133 40 SeymourAve ... 221 189 102 45 147 235 2 41 Leslie 226 207 86 161 102 20 22 146 74 24 89 189 37 42 Litchfield 75 162 10 47 62 109 30 33 77 9 7 1 1 6 2 43 Marenzo. 27 12 14 Marshall 170 369 301 22 323 104 111 538 116 30 153 301 34 45 Ma on 435 387 200 37 237 211 338 786 108 157 299 2 46 Montgomery 63 72 13 54 31 7 40 5 47 Mulliken 100 135 45 50 22 72 45 20 25 90 54 , 48 6 66 66 50 27 131 & 117 NewtonSonoma East LeRoy . 70 60 6 49 North Adams 82 108 78 84 50 134 45 15 32 100 9 10 50 Okemos 34 162 9 9 45 20 75 1 8 8 99 51 OsseoandLickley'sCorners, 28 41 49 30 13 52 Parma 29 207 20 20 43 63 37 20 62 5 5 2 , 30 3 30 53 Partello Lee & Charlesworth. 35 27 37 40 18 26 . 30 54 Potterville 152 180 30 5 96 64 195 72 70 170
5 69 55 Quincey & Allen 53 162 72 77 77 47 24 142
56 Reading 155 17 40 57 6 34 102 50 18 25 93 9 12 51 2 57 SomersetCenter 36 12 12 15 36
3 21 91 58 81 10 53 46 102 42 28 Springport & Pope. 68 43
7 19 54 59 Sunfield 77 153 52 58 110 51 124 5 7
City & 51 15 64 135 Union Girard 177 189 51 58 65 123
61 Vermontville 69 135 23 23 47 70 42 10 96 .. Total 11753| 19179| 12437 1434 13891 220 59704575 24636 4326 1355 6392 244 12317 211
EADEN P. DAVIS , IVAN E. HODGSON , S. J. HEADLEY , Assistants
ANNUAL CONFERENCE BENEVOLENCES OTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE ITEMS
Educational, En HospitalsandHomes, An, dowments,Bldg ., Endowments, Bldgs., Special Special Gifts Gifts ) and Fund Fund Church Invest of or Benevolences Claimants
& Etc. Conference Fund Disciplinary Conference on En Fund , Expense Entertainment Society Work Home . and Fund School Emergency Church 1 Foundation Conf College Conference Total and Annual Items Home Home Annual Lansing Expense Missionary
( Conference Number Peoples Hospitals Apportionment Theology City Sustentation Other Deaconess Distriet Wesley Enut Methodist Children's Annual ments Extension Fund Conference Miscellaneous Benevolences Other List Albion Homes Clark dowment Benevolences Travel Area Total Grand nual Summer Clark 4 140 109 245 100 25 37 83 22 68 837 3045 2 5 10 8 2 2 4 3 2 14 57 186
60 3 2 2 1 1 3 12 24 22 81 304 ONUN 5 75 40 10 25 150 38 125 63 79 693 3120 5 5 19 25 25 1032 40 30 1193 1986 6 7 10 60 6 85 570 3 4 5 8 3 3 4 . 22 15 74 159 8 9 5 2 9 8 18 23 77 417 15 3 6 56 10 10 368 10 2 3 16 13 13 31 12 12 9 141 588 11 12 4 2 1 3 1 15 47 233 12 2 5 1 150 2 12 179 383 13 75 5 5 10 20 10 150 1077 14 5 10 25 17 191 40 10 25 345 2087 15 9 10 1 1 1 33 158 16 3 5 25 33 106 17 20 40 300 35 395 624 18 5 75 75 15 40 60 68 42 9 5 9 25 428 1793 19 2 3 1 1 1 3 6 6 23 64 20 4 4 18 21 6 4 13 19 42 30 43 65 12 42 307 1165 22 16 3 1
26 100 23
. 14 33 2 53 160 24 10 60 11 33 40 559 33 15 25 25 823 1828 25 2 8 5 9 5 3 4 85 8 40 559 26 9 15 4 3 31 203 27 7 6 2 5 15 5 2 10 11 63 474 28 2 30 3 11 5 12 13 22 29 31 35 14 237 1150 29 2 1 3 2 8 31 2 11 2 179 30 5 10 ID 38 150 80 19 25 35 412 2528 31 S 9 8 5 6 3 20 31 98 667 32 7 2 10 85 30 23 15 15 187 985 33 4 15 2 38 2 12 329 34
134 15 130 133 157 82 16 86 753 6579 35
20 101 10 42 25 200 29 99 15 26 480 2792 36 2 15 3 20 10 10 10 15 13 103 988 37 3 23 10 5 84 701 15 55 267 1526 38 9 20 5 9 20 323 39 13 31 474 1218 39 4 5 51 18 40 103 12 187 575 40 10 4 4 2 5 34 12 10 27 2 121 456 41 4 5 27 35 1 13 1 99 285 42 11 2 1 5 34 43 2 11 2 10 21 29 15 141 980 44 2 15 26 ) 4 21 16 47 162 1247 45 1 6 1 10 26 120 46 COAG 94 12 8 34 158 320 47 4 5 7 22 1 49 246 48 5 61 1 15 2 24 31 7 157 391 49 1 ! 20 33 58 142 50 5 28 1 40 134 51 11 29 6 58 183 52 6 CROCO 291 16 1 1 63 133 53 2 3 2 57 10 12 97 462 54 2 15 6 2 4 10 10 55 43 7 159 378 55 4 10 1 10 20 26 101 4 3 186 381 56 4 1 1 2 5 1 23 73 57 37 17 2 67 260 58 15 3 4 2 12 5 8 25 76 310 59 4 5 10 10 2 37 1 77 335 60 2 6 4 61 29 38 30 2 115 281 76
17 316 601 1066 28 28 1014 1455 651 18 164 1152948502 1186 3369 40 3711028 101 212
CIRCUIT REPORT - ALBION -LANSING DISTRICT JAMES MARION DeVINNEY , Assistant Statistician
Pastor's Cash Pastor's Cash Salary Salary CONGREGATIONS , CONGREGATIONS , CHURCHES OR CHURCHES OR SOCIETIES SOCIETIES of of School World School World Members Members to to Full Service Enrollment Full Claim Paid Claim Paid Service Enrollment Church Paid Paid Number Church Number 7 35 26
.. 67 358 Athens 110 375 Morongo . 166 131 9 9 40 28 Sherwood 79 42 263 206 Rice Creek. 131 111 16 36 15 Indian Mission. 37 75
Montgomery . 39 199 199 27 5 25 BattleCreekCircuit Algansee.. 85 169 174
Union .. 88 300 300 64 California 50 26 168 159 11
BaseLine 85 300 300 6 4 75 98 Briggs 150 150 Mulliken . 104 591 508 26
Dow . 47 28 225 225 24 Bellevue 162 1150 937
Kalamo, 68 200 150 Sonoma 66 82 5751 447 31
Newton 45 63 550 413 10 153 189 LeRoy 40 225 19 Bronson 1125 1125 187 East .. 300 30 SnowPrairie. 13 124 124 20 Osseo 116 31 228 242 10 24 2
Likely's . Camden. 78 40 750 563 Corners 49 56 342 342 25 14 Frontier 132 51 350 262 38 SouthPittsford. 114 57 3 Cambria 80 .. . 20 5 Partollo 20 8 50 30 ConterEaton. 110 64 375 396 LeeCenter 40 146 23 Gresham 78 59 187 187 50 Charlesworth. 50 131 22 .. Brookfield 22 41 112 64 Griffith 30 151 25 12 DeltaMills 75 54 200 200 Potterville 115 92 563 563 35 Delta Center 40 400 400 14 Robbins 80 46 281 281 30 1 29 45 Millett .. 200 200 WestBenton 60 281 281 51 24 8 150 89 5601 560 Wost Eckford 114 Quincy .. 26 Lyon Lake. 48 100 100 7 Allen 81 31 280 280 Fisher 52 65 280 280 182 750 750 54 Homer ..
Clarendon 75 200 200 3 SomersetCenter 112 112
LibertyMills . 112 112 . Cooper 100 30 176 176 Moscow 75 75 3 . 94 North 80 35 176 176 Jerome 94
) 12 Vandercook. 100 45 155 155
Springport. 200 860 750 750
Jonesville 100 85 525 525 13 Pope... 40 30 150 100
MoscowPlains. 70 70 475 475 22 Sunfield . ) 900 . 900 Lansing - PotterPark 410 148 SebewaCorners
Bethel .. 136 73 450 450 SebewaCenter
88 750 704 Leslie 172 151 675 675 Union City . 74 124 51 , 23 Felt Plains. 33 39 150 155 7 Girard 26 150 65 46 7 Eden .. 63 150 175
Vermontvillo. 1361164 619 619 27
638 638 42 . 131 Litchfield. 1401103 Bismark 90 21 131 5 30 Mosherville. 33 112 112 213
CIRCUIT REPORT -BIG RAPIDS DISTRICT JAMES MARION DEVINNEY , Assistant Statistician
Pastor's Cash Pastor'sCash Salary Salary CONGREGATIONS , CONGREGATIONS , CHURCHES OR CHURCHES OR SOCIETIES of SOCIETIES of School World School World Members Members to to Enrollment Full Service Full Enrollment Claim Paid Service Claim Paid Number Paid Paid Church Church Number 30 28 90 Ashley 380 380 26 Morley 300 300 20
87 12 ) 40 25 210 210 Bannister 72 380 359 101 Higbie.
Sowers. 50 33 225 208 101 HallsCorners. 17 150 150 12 10 16 Ashton 40 225 225 Nowago. 750 750 73 70 Lion 38 8 187 187 OakGrove ..
Bethel 45 9 187 187 75 North Star . 281 200 2001 22 5 Beaverton 39 300 300 19 Newark 30 30 200 200 5 , 18 43 .. Edenville 262 216 26 Emerson 40 200 200 53 300 236 36
Hope . 94 . 13
. 30 225 208 Dale 125 2 Paris 40 Shepherd 30 48 150 142 25 150 90 Big RapidsCircuit Midgely. 12 , Third Ave. 237 128 700 552 55) 41 36 401 412 300 Pompeii . 412 Rodney .. 60 238 601
FultonCenter 40 34 225 225
40 28 98 Clare . 1000 750 Perrinton...
Farwell. 200 150 1 . 600 600 33 Herrick. 150 112 Remus 137
Mecosta 1 300 300 Coral 225 225 Millbrook 125 160 Amble 300 300 75 75 118 64 314 10 Deerfield. Riverdale 337 30 6 25 Elm Ha ! l . 112 112 9 . CrystalValley 34 169 169 46 Elwell 112 84 300 300 7 45
25 24 Walkerville. 150 153 42 SummerCenter 28
Bethel 65 52 150 1501 16
Sand Lake . 60 60 300 2261 47 6 30 5 ..
) 75 Evart . 167 900 925 Pierson 68 35 Sears. 48 150 162 Ensley 42 150 150 20
Fremont 1125 1125 Santord 72 228 228
EastDenver 150 150 Averill 31 190 190 ...
10 318 881 8811123 Waparville. 84 23 159 159 Shepherd .. 2 24 54 244 244 . McClure 63 187 187 12 PleasantValley. 18 Bethel .. 51 150 1501 13 4 Sheridan . 52 48 187 139 51 Greenville, 3001500 1350 1350 164 Fenwick 50 263 263 10
50 13 ) 213 16 Montcalm. 50 51 187 187 Vickeryville. 35 225 , 150 122 900 900 65 StantonUnion 74 25 312 295 Le Roy .. Luther 50 32 400 400 McBride 78 391 352 342 39 Entrican 64 48 244 231 ) Marlon ... 787 787 110 2
. 38 38 180 Park Lake Winn .. 180 3 Gulick 75 75 3 Mears 125 52 375 375 80 Coomer 112 112 112 112 35 112 112 Deerfield 12 Elbridge. 22 . Middleton 106 67 375 443 38
Sethton .. 50 37 225 226 28 21+
STATISTICIAN - BIG RAPIDS DISTRICT BLUCHER B. SWEM , Statistician
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH
Sup. of SupportSupport of Prep.. Supportof Pastor District of Conference Bap Mem Supt. Bishops Claimants tisms bership NAMES OF NAMES OF CHARGES PASTORS . Rent of Exp
in Re now , in Year , . House
, Baptized House ... House Baptized Value Dur
. Deficiency Admin Paid Mem Mem Claim Cl
, Paid Number
. . . Roll Prep Prep Tot Rent Rental Adults List Total Claim Total ceived Total Children on Total 81 1 92 Alma .. C. J. Kruse 228112125 400 135 45 331 24151 271 12 10 30 30 18 2 1 | 54 19 Ashley & Bannister WilliamSimpson 1135 1097 150 56 1224 43 17 2 13 1 3 13 1 Ashton... Geo. VanWingerden 640 640 40 22 22 685 Barryton & Chippewa
Lake L. E. Price 737 617 100 33 33 10 29 680 132
5 Beaverton, Edenville 7 ) 2 5 34 8 B. J. 1056 977 100 19 13 10 40 23 1029 114 & Hope Wade 11 6 14
F. E. George 1825 1825 135 33 33 162 271 Big Rapids - First 600 135 162 2155 18 , , 20 16 4 5 7 9 E T.
. 1135 926 60 45 75 61 10-18 242 18 Big Rapids - Circuit Smith 7 8 73 22 15 81 10 Breckinridge F. N. Drake. 1320 1320 270 81 1489 9
J. 83 City E. 1050 1050 150 68 24 24 83 Carson Lockyer. 1225 5 3 2 21
10 & . 63 67 65 Clare Farwell GeorgeStanford. 1162 1162 1501 21 1311 15 5 15 9 8 11 98 12
D. 1012 965 75 52 52 56 Coleman W. Robinson tous 1037 gencluding 15
33 33 1 12 Coral & Amble. S. J. Headley 700 700 100 15 39 38 786 15 9 13 ElwoodPhilo 240 240 9 15 249 30
Crystal .. 14 CrystalValley, Bethel 10 514 517 45 27 27 10 32 32 586 & Walkerville Wirth Tennant 15 10 40
C. E. . 30 Edmore & Blanchard Davis 1050 1050 1501 48 21 45 1130 34 2 78 & . 16 Evart Sears GeorgeWright. 1250 1287 200 70 70 27 27 78 1462 25 10 2 17 Evart Circuit VernonKilgren 525 525 24 10 26 26 586 2 7 300 75 75 30 150 96 2 18 Fremont StanleyThayer. 1575 1575 1753 77
19 Gladwin Grant Jordan 1575 1575 225 68 68 27 27 93 93 1763 12 2
15 15 20 GladwinCircuit . Ivan Hodgson 571 572 75 12 12 26 26 625 20
21 Greenville F. J. Schleuter 1913 1913 400 124 124 37 37 310 225 2299 85 21 14 40 10 6 51 1 . 51 22 Hart Harold R. Kinney 1050 1050 1501 15 15 55 55 1171 14
1030 815 100 45 40 15 11 41 32 E. 898 233 23 Hesperia & Ferry M.Mumby 5 20 10 0 | 12
& 75 24 Holton Twin Lake J. B. McGinnis 525 418 12 20 433 144 12 26 25 HowardCity E. I. Prosser 637 637 112 33 33 12 26 708 , bestuur 4 8 13 26 Ithaca F. G. Dunbar. 1800 1800 300 112 112 34 34 158 158 2104 15 14 S. 6 27 Lakeview W. Hayes 900 830 200 48 47 49 48 959 53 7 7 28 Leaton E. Mavhew 300 300 12 12 19 19 338 5
21 15 54 81 R. C. 135 33 29 LeRoy & Luther Puffer 1122 1122 1143
30 Marion RaymondNorton. 900 900 75 30 30 15 15 31 31 976 19 15 15 , , 9 8 10 7 8 C E 21 23 31 Mears & Eldridge Peterson 583 581 96 21 623 13 1 4 13 A. J. 712 113 38 38 13 32 37 32 & Gibbs 782 870 Middleton Crystal . 75 16 2 8 16 33 Morley H. A. Carr 735 735 38 38 16 26 26 815 hoe ) / C. 34 Mt. Pleasant W. Mackenzie. 2623 2625 375 1731173 56 56 303 303 3157 25 32 38 40 35 Mt. PleasantIndian 3 5 7 3 5 2 8
E. 560 560 360 570 Mission Mayhew. 45 36 Newaygo ThomasJackson. 862 862 112 45 15 15 33 33 955 , 75 37 North Star M. E Taber 675 675 37 37 10 10 40 40 762
38 Paris LesterClough 625 540 100 18 12 9 30 552 130 Schoor 20 39 Pentwater W. I. Elmer 250 250 150 10 260 10
40 Perrington, Pompeii 2 27
& E. Ragan 30 12 Fulton W. 885 885 150 30 12 27 954 J. 75 41 ReedCity A. Rogers 1192 1192 180 60 60 20 18 56 1326 21 12 15 22 2
42 Remus Henry Hulme 1260 1260 200 52 52 8 8 70 70 1390 6 , 5 4 5 14 43 Riverdale M. N. Clement. 825 825 75 51 51 14 57 57 947 1 32338 2 1 . J. Rosebush W. Stanton. 1300 1300 200 60 60 20 20 60 1440 2 5 1 & 618 519 75 33 42 524 45 SandLake Pierson W. J. Weidenhammer * 12 181 & Sanford Averill . Earl Carpenter 538 538 120 19 19 10 10 19 19 586 7 E. 8 47 Shelby W. Beckett 1237 950 150 60 35 19 75 40 1032 408 9 2
Floyd ] 48 Shepherd H. Cramer. 1275 1275 150 82 82 26 26 96 96 1479 1935 17 2 49 Sheridan RobertBennett 806 746 131 49 15 49 849 72 14 1 6 . 50 St. Louis T.W.H.Marshall. 1125 1425 300 75 75 24 25 75 83 1608 15 16 17 17 51 Stanton F. P. Frye 1012 971 112 49 51 51 1088 9 52 Stanwood LesterClough 400 400 100 15 8 15 437 2 15 5.3 Wheeler A. E. Winn 900 900 150 37 37 15 56 56 1008 , 30 1 8 54 WhiteCloud GeorgeWingard 750 750 90 30 13 13 36 36 829 8 5555 25 5 55 Winn .. LeRoyHoover 524 524 45 22 12 26 13 564 23
Totals . 5380452623 836127362528 935 799 34752942 58892 2553280178 290 265
Last Year 669036475910355352333091237] 839 40352820 71727 4409295243 288 261
Increase 122 2 40 15 Decrease. 1309912136 1994 787 781 282 560 12835 1856 65
Total this year 5380452623 836127362728 955 799 34752942 58892 2553280178 290 265
Compared 4 year 3307221 1821216 196 with last . 5017748.569776626422482 928 629 30262115 53795
Increase 3627 4054 5951 94 27 170 449 827 5097 59 74 69 Decregup 7541 215 EARLE M. MUMBY , Assistant Statistician
CHURCH VEMBERSHIP SCHOOLS CHURCH PROPERTY MISCELLANEOUS
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, , and Hour . Land . . . . . List Young Theological Inactive Indebtedness Buildings Expenses Rally ing Removed Officers Number Val No. Deaths Senior Estimated Land Bonds Paid Paid Paid inc Cur Subscribers the Ladies Reo Full Current Estimated not Amt Rec Ree Rec No. Teachers Church Present Enrolled of 24 1 10 11 10 691 85 42500 3500195002000 551 2300 123002900 2019 : 38 93 10 NON 164 3 10000 200 3 3 NUS 3 3 114 85- 8000 1000 70 181 www 4 4 130 30 1 2 11 90 76 10000 800 125 100 129 4 5 9 30 148 3 4 29 239 300 16500 5000 250 75 212 335 4
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232 127 77321324 99 99 85 950 8416 5113
51 2352 201 57 19 28 494 2631 1608 216
TREASURER - BIG RAPIDS DISTRICT J. LAWRENCE WARD , Treasurer
DISCIPLINARY BENEVOLENCES As orderedby theGeneralConferencrg OTHER ITEMS World ) Purposes Service Supportof all Ed'n
. Fund Service Bd NAMES OF CHARGES for OR CHURCHES ( Benevolences Missionary Missionary World Fund on
for Service Items Payments Claimants Day Contributions Episcopal Foreign Home Service Superintendents
( Administration Service Disciplinary World Cash Other
Number ) World Apportionment Apportioned Society Society Bishops Additional Woman's District World Woman's Total Total Children's Total Fund List Conference General to Total
1 Alma 245 450 199 199 111 169 479 92 33 165 29 2 2 36 108 50 50 21 73 54 18 5.5 Ashley- Bannister 127 11 5 6 11 3 26 54 13 10 Ashton. 22 90 4 36 10 10 20 20 33 10 20 . BarrytonChippewa- Lake 65 6 5 62 83 89 93 19 10 23 56 Beaverton- EdenvilleHope- . 126 , 6 BigRapids First 293 396 134 134 141 165 440 135 33 162 330
7 Circuit 111 108 115 115 119 16 61 127 73 8 225 130 130 93 22 15 81 Breckenridge. 174
9 CarsonCity 119 223 52 52 165 217 68 24 83 175 5 10 10 Clare & Farwell. 162 171 63 73 78 63 21 65 1 . 5 11 Coleman 68 153 47 47 92 52 15 72 2 26 15 38 12 Coral & Amble 113 108 24 24 33 86 ) 13 CrystalLake 18 9
14 Crystal Valley 85 991 104 104 36 140 27 10 32 75 8 7 15 Edmore- Blanchard 56 108 50 57 65 30 10 40 80 5 5 16 Evart - Sears. 279 180 126 23 151 112 268 70 27 78 180 81 20 20 2 2 10 17 Evart Circuit 60 20 60 50 94 7 96 18 Fremont. 201 360 154 204 298 75 178
19 ladwin 230 180 127 23 1.32 10 162 68 27 93 10 198 15 81 2 20 GladwinCircuit . 17 35 35 35 12 21 54
21 Greenviile 234 432 123 521 173 10 87 88 360 124 37 140 4 303
22 Hart 124 144 116 116 36 152 51 15 55 2 123 35 40 23 79 108 13 48 48 11 32 83
Hesperia- Ferry 4 26 26 10 20 24 Holton - Twin Lake 22 15 14 23 HowardCity 57 72 49 3 52 66 33 12 26 71
26 Ithaca 359 432 374 20 394 262 656 112 34 158 5 309 26 27 Lakeview 98 162 59 70 14 48 8 117 3 7 28 Leaton 80 54 29 29 32 12 19 2 40 5 0 2 ! 29 LeRor - Luther 21 198 54 59 109 174 21
30 Marion 194 105 110 115 15 59 189 30 15 31 11 87 8
- 90 53 25 80 31 Mears Eldrid e . 34 80 21 10 39 81 15 66 13 94 38 13 37 3 91
32 - MiddletonCrystal.
33 Morley 81 72 38 16 26 80
34 Mt. Pleasant 709 720 550 25 575 25 564 407 1571 173 56 303 10 542 2 3 35 Mt. Plea - antIndianMission 18 10 1 36 Newavgo. 153 90 73 73 73 15 33
37 North Star 75 90 31 31 31 37 10 40 3 90 38 Paris 63 12 12 30 39 Pentwater 36 301 30 10 10 11 11 2 40 75 126 77 30 12 27 69 Perrinton- Pomprii- Fulton 11 2 56 41 ReedCity 76 22 85 95 90 59 247 60 18 134 6 42 Remus 116 30 30 3 33 52 70 128 8 6 85 43 Riverdale. 126 17 23 25 51 14 57 128
Rosebush 92 123 2 25 25 20 60 135 7 SandLake - Pierson 27 81 42 42 42 21 10 38 19 10 20 46 SanfordAverill- 41 54 20 21 13 42
47 Shelby 76 153 55 14 14 83 35 7 40 82 3 48 Shepherd 193 216 123 12 125 82 26 96 207 1 49 Sheridan 48 108 27 9 36 10 47 44 15 103 50 St. Louis 133 279 200 200 139 339 25 83 183 41 51 51 Stanton 71 135 49 17 117 8 52 Stanwood 15 1 15 37 4 53 Wheeler 98 108 23 23 29 37 15 56 1 109 8 54 WhiteCloud 70 108 108 116 30 13 36 79 5 55 Winn 68 20 20 20 22 13 4 44
Total 5916 8451 4198 349 4547 118 2115 1114 7894) 2538 804 2860 102 6304 217
EMERAL E. PRICE , CHARLES DOBBERTIN , Assistants
ANNUAL CONFERENCE BENEVOLENCES OTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE ITEMS
, Hospitals , Educational En andHomes An, dowments, Bldg ., Endowments, Bldg ., SpecialGifts SpecialGifts ) and Fund Fund Church Invest of or Benevolences Etc.
& Fund Conference Conference Disciplinary Claimants
Fund , En
on Expense Entertainment Society Home . Work Fund Hospital School Emergency Church Conf Conference Foundation Total College and Items Annual Home Home Annual Expense Lansing Conference ( Missionary Number City Wesley Apportionment List Theology Extension Fund nual Other Summer Methodist Annual Other Deaconess District Travel Arca Total Benevolences Bronson Clark Children's ments Sustenttaion Benevolences Conference Miscellaneous Clark dowment Albion East Grand Peoples
814 293 77 6 91 1
96 245 40 108 878 12 33 108 354
10 20 182 581 8
4 31 107 499
70 297 43 207
42 73 185
9 13 14 21 20 2 1101 325
8 20 73 218 15
6 11 559 16
5 52 132 17 3 3 30 5 76 154 630 18 29 ..... 5 10
10 19 18 46 124 484 2 1 13 15 . 42 131 20
12 4 12 18 167 832 21
3 22 12 31 219 494 22 ..... 43 174 23
29 70 24 1 1 2 ) - 7 11 84 221 25 5
45 10 193 1158 26 9 3 160 373 27 2 55 10 ... 127 28
25 31 226 29
17 6 101 3771 30
5 39 158 31 1 8 106 291 32
16 208 33 79
33 8 34 100 3 25 377 2490 BONES 10 35
2 34 201 36
11 24 145 37
- 9 21 38 71 ..... 3 : 11 51 39 22 129 275 40