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LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Minutes of the EIGHTIETH SESSION of the g>outf)ern illinofe Conference Held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church ALTON, ILLINOIS September 30 to October 5, 1931 BISHOP EDWIN HQLT HUGHES, Presiding ROY N. KEAN, Secretary Fairfield, Illinois A telephone call receives the same prompt attention as a personal call SUPERIOR 6450 Book Service W,HEN in search of the best book on a special subject, write us. Our excep- tional facilities will be at your disposal and our answer based on expert opinion. There is no charge for this special service. m. Your own Publishing House will appreciate the opportunity of furnishing all your book wants; also Church School requisites, periodicals and other church necessities. Books of All Publishers Fountain Pens Stationery The Methodist Book Concern The House of Good Books 740 Rush Street Chicago, III. REMOTE STOp^c- jfSk^enbree College LEBANON, ILLINOIS Beginning its one hundred fourth year, a Christian institution with its Christian Associations, literary so- cieties, glee clubs, quartettes, forensics, band, orchestra and a live line of athletics, we are prepared to serve your every need. Our Department of Education has placed its graduates in the best high schools of this section. Over two hundred now teaching. Our Departments of Science and Mathematics have placed their pre-professional students in the best professional schools of the land. The Department of Music, both Vocal and Instru- mental, has been greatly strengthened and new facilities added. A strong course in public school music. A Department of Language unexcelled in any small college in the Middle West offering Greek, Latin, German, French, and Spanish. A Department of Athletics with the best athletic field in the "Little Nineteen." More demands for our graduates as coaches than we can fill. Our modern library and every other department of the college has been well stocked with new equip- ment. For catalogue and other information address CAMERON HARMON, President LEBANON, ILLINOIS The Woman's Home Missionary Society and the Southern Illinois Annual Conference are joint owners of Holden Hospital THE GOOD SAMARITAN OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS METHODISM Thanks to many friends the Hospital is closing its best year TALKING POINTS A School of Nurses affiliated with Barnes Hospital and fully accredited by the State of Illinois. Hospitalization of Conference Families. Ten per cent of the Parsonage Homes benefited by this plan last year. A Free Bed Fund to help those needing its aid. Every Dis- trict made use of it last year. All gifts from the Woman's Home Missionary Society apply on Bond Retirement. This task will soon be completed. — <•> — A o-reat technical service and fine business administration. HOLDEN HOSPITAL, CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS MISS A. R. PENGILLY, Superintendent Remember THE CHILDREN'S AND ORPHANS' HOME of Mt. Vernon, Illinois In Tour IVill Make a Will! You owe it to your heirs to do so You have never had quite the courage in life to give the Tithe give God ; a tenth of your estate in your will LIFE IS SHORT, DEATH IS SURE Do It Now! Inquiries concerning wills, memorials, and annuities should be addressed to HENRY HEYER, Sup. MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS R. O. CLEMENTS, Field Sec. MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS Church Decorating By G. H. SCHANBACHER & SON Means Real Satisfaction FOR over thirty-five years we have been decorating churches. We have been mak- ing a real study of this work and from experi- ence and study know just what treatment to use to give the desired churchly effect in keeping with your architecture. Write us. We shall be pleased to submit estimates and show you the best color effect and treatment for your church. Our repre- sentative may be in your vicinity soon. Would you like to have him stop in to see you? Even though you are not expecting to dec- orate at once you may be interested in seeing our book "Church Interiors" which has been published to give information and help to church committees considering decorating. This we shall be glad to send you upon re- quest. H. SCHANBACHER & SON, Church Decorators First and Monroe Streets, Springfield, 111. The Commercial Training School for Methodist Boys and Girls All of its officers and a large number of the faculty are active members of the Vermont Street Methodist Church. It is a school with high ideals. Its students are not only thor- oughly prepared as bookkeepers, bankers, stenographers, secre- taries and teachers, but are also trained in the highest principles of business ethics. Its reputation is national and its graduates are in constant demand. Your son or daughter will be trained for a good reputation in business, civil service, or commercial teaching, and still be under the influence of a Christian atmosphere. President Musselman was a lay delegate to the 1920 and assistant secretary of the 1924 and 1928 General Conferences. He is Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Area World Service Council, and Treasurer of the Commission on Finance of the Illinois Annual Conference. One may enter at any time. Write for the new year book. D. L. MUSSELMAN, President. V. G. MUSSELMAN, Vice-president. T. E. MUSSELMAN, Secretary. THE OLD FOLKS' HOME of the SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Lawrenceville, Illinois "Loving Care for Sunset Years" The purpose of Jesus in coming to earth was to give life. One of the principal features of His ministry was to prolong life and to contribute to the happiness of those who came to Him. It is the purpose of the Old Folks' Home to provide those necessities and comforts and that loving care that lighten the burdens of the sunset years. Thus life is prolonged and the deeds of mercy which the Master began are continued in His name. It is your privilege to have a part in this beautiful Christian service. A memorial to departed friends or loved ones or a tribute to the living can very fittingly be made in establishing a memorial room in the Home. No monument could be more appropriate. The Board is offering an attractive proposition in Annuity Bonds which pay a good income during life. No taxes, no rise and fall in the market, no will to probate. An investment that is a benevolence. In making your will include the Old Folks' Home as a beneficiary, using the corporate title which appears at the head of this page. A memorial bequest is a tribute to the departed and a perpetual service to the living. Inquiries concerning wills, memorials, and annuities should be addressed to ROBERT MORRIS, Sup. LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS Minutes of the Eightieth Session of the Southern Illinois Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church ALTON, ILLINOIS September 30-October 5, 1931 Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, President Roy N. Kean, Secretary Fairfield, Illinois Published by THE COMMISSION ON PUBLICATION O. E. Connett, Chairman P. R. Glotfelty, Treasurer Adopted by the Conference as the Official Record TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. Officers of the Conference 9 II. Program 14 III. Disciplinary Questions 17 IV. Appointments 21 V. Daily Proceedings 24 VI. Report of Committees 36 VII. Standing Rules of Conference 58 IX. Memoirs 61 X. Members of Conference Deceased 66 XI. Ministers' Widows 70 XII. Sessions of Conference 71 XIII. Pastoral Record 73 XIV. Statistical Tables 83 I. Officers of the Conference President Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, D.D., LL.D., Chicago, 111. Secretary Roy N. Kean, Fairfield, 111. Assistant Secretaries C. C. Dawdy, F. E. Harris, F. C. Stelzriede, W. L. Hanbaum Statistical Secretary O. F. Whitlock, Wood River, 111. Assistants H. L. Metcalf, T. A. Martin, W. G. Wigham, H. S. French, T. A. Shafer, W. R. Richardson, W. E. Lamp, J. L. Miller, C. H. Todd, H. R. Kelley Treasurer N. C. Henderson, Vandalia, 111. *3 Assistants ~j C. H. Carlton, C. M. Miller, T. E. Harper, F. C. Mery, T. H. Roddy, E. E. Linder, D. C. Williams, J. L. Ragsdale, J. S. Dever, B. H. Batson Postmaster R. W. Robling District Superintendents Carbondale District, W. M. Brown; Centralia District, W. P. MacVey; East St. Louis District, W. H. Whitlock; Mt. Carmel District, W. E. Bennett; Olney District, Clark R. Yost Triers of Appeals O. B. Allen, George R. Goodman, Ressho Robertson, O. E. Connett, Cameron Harmon. Reserves, A. R. Ransom, C. H. Todd BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Commission on Publishing and Ministerial Training Fund Elected to serve as follows: 1932, O. E. Connett, P. R. Glotfelty; 1933, Robert Morris, Roy N. Kean; 1934, W. L. Hanbaum, W. J. Fahnestock. The Dean of the School and the Registrar shall be permanent members of the commission. Officers: O. E. Connett, chairman; W. L. Hanbaum, secretary; P. R. Glotfelty, treasurer. 9 10 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE Board of Ministerial Training Chairman—J. W. Cummins. Registrar— C. L. Peterson. Examiners—P. R. Glotfelty, A. R. Ransom, Robert Morris, C. L. Peter- son, Clark R. Yost, O. B. Allen, Roy N. Kean, M. A. Souers, O. L. Markman, W. C. Walton, W. M. Lane, D. A. Tappmeyer. Collateral Reading: First year, C. H. Todd; second year, O. F. Whit- lock; third year, Frank E. Harris; fourth year, F. C. Stelzriede. Board of Managers of the Orphans' and Children's Home N. E. Prince, B. H. Batson, W. J. Fahnestock, A. R. Ransom, L. A. Blackburn, Earl Hinman, Harry Kohl, P. R. Glotfelty, Sherman Ritchey, V. E. Richardson, L. H. Buckley, C. D. Shumard, W. T. Johnson, L. C. Campbell; the pastor of First Church, Mt. Vernon; the District Superintendents; the Superintendent; and the Field Agent Board of Home Missions and Church Extension W.