THE MINUTES OF THE INDIAN MISSION OF OKLAHOMA THE METHODIST CHURCH SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION AFTER DECLARATION OF UNION Twenty-Seventh Session Since Present Organization One Hundred First Anniversary of Oklahoma Methodism, first organized among the Indians of the Indian Territory, at Riley's Chapel, near what is now Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1844 HELD AT SPRINGFIELD CHURCH NEAR OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA « 1945—1946 » THE MINUTES OF THE INDIAN MISSION OF OKLAHOMA 9 THE METHODIST CHURCH HELD AT SPRINGFIELD CHURCH NEAR OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA SEPTEMBER 27-30, 1945 PASTOR HOST: THE REVEREND ALFRED HARJO Next Session to be Held at Ware's Chapel in the Kiowa Nation, Six Miles West of Anadarko, Oklahoma Highway 62 WILLIAM U. WITT, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Editor BISHOP W. ANGIE SMITH, D.D., L.L.D. Christian Statesman and Beloved, Efficient, Forward-Looking Leader of the Indian Mission (Conference). H l-H aH, < CQ Z < « H >H CQ 01 in as H 01 o ' X H tP s- 2 O O . M M 0 2 O « o Xo U oi •J z< 2 < Z o 2 w Q as w H 2 01 CcS tu X U < w H j O O DC y C/3 x u « D X u S 1 H 3 <C 3 >^ °» 2 8 8JO« X 3 35 X O M X o < o u 6 INDIAN MISSION OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN MISSION OF OKLAHOMA President.... .Bishop W. Angie Smith, 224 N. W. 19th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Office 2405 First National Bank Building Superintendent W. U. Witt, 720 E. Okmulgee, Muskogee, Oklahoma Secretary Gabriel R. John, Broken Bow, Oklahoma Treasurer Newman Long, Route 1, Holdenville, Oklahoma Superintendent, Methodist Home E. C. Webb, Tahlequah, Oklahoma Superintendent, Methodist Assembly Sam Yancey, Fayetteville, Arkansas District Statistical Secretaries Central George Long, Route 5, Holdenville, Oklahoma Eastern Benson Wallace, Talihina, Oklahoma Western Lee Motah, Fletcher, Oklahoma District Directors of Christian Education Central Mrs. R. T. Derrisaw, 1308 N. Collins, Okmulgee, Oklahoma Mrs. Rulison Haynie, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Eastern Mrs. Johnson W. Bobb, Hugo, Oklahoma Western Linn Pauahty, Route 4, Ponca City, Oklahoma District Directors of Adult Work Oentral James Burgess, Route 1, Henryetta, Oklahoma Eastern Kennedy Myers, Route 1, Idabel, Oklahoma Western Conrad Mausape, Route 3, Carnegie, Oklahoma District Directors of Youth Work Central Fred Skeeter, 640 N. Denver, Tulsa, Oklahoma Eastern Joseph M. Washington, North McAlester, Oklahoma Assistant Benson Wallace, Talihina, Oklahoma Western Virginia Sahmaunt, Star Route, Lawton, Oklahoma District Directors of Children's Work Central Mrs. Eliza Wolf, 601 N. Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Oklahoma Eastern Mrs. Ethel Williams, Finley, Oklahoma Western Mrs. Alice Horse, Route 3, Carnegie, Oklahoma Officers of Methodist Youth Fellowship President Wayne W. Cook, Okemah, Oklahoma Vice-President Oliver B. Neal, East Central College, Ada, Oklahoma Secretary Daniel Sahmaunt, East Central College, Ada, Oklahoma Treasurer Robert Pinezaddleby, East Central College, Ada, Oklahoma Commission Chairmen Worship and Evangelism ..Evangeline Bobb, Oklahoma Presbyterian College, Durant, Oklahoma World Friendship Wynema Quoetone, Star Route, Lawton, Oklahoma Community Service Virginia Sahmaunt, Cameron College, Lawton, Oklahoma Recreation and Leisure Mrs. Libbie Boynton, 315 S. Harvey, Oklahoma City Publicity Chairman Mrs. Gladys Bitseedy, Star Route, Lawton, Oklahoma Officers of Woman's Society of Christian Service President Mrs. J. W. Bobb, Hugo, Oklahoma Vice-President Mrs. Linn Pauahty, Route 4, Ponca City, Oklahoma Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Ted Ware, Anadarko, Oklahoma INDIAN MISSION 7 Recording Secretary Mrs. Robert Pinezaddleby, East Central College, Ada, Oklahoma Treasurer Miss Mollie Dunson, Okemah, Oklahoma Christian Soc. Rel. and Local Ch. Activities Mrs. Ethel Williams, Findley Missionary Ed. and Service Mrs. Newman Long, Rt. 1, Holdenville, Oklahoma Youth Work Mrs. Hettie Cook, Okemah, Oklahoma Children's Work Mrs. Stella Deer, Route 1, Holdenville, Oklahoma Literature and Publications Miss Sarah Quoetone, Star Route, Lawton, Oklahoma Chairman, Spiritual Life Promotion Mrs. William Murphy, Route 2, Idabel District Secretaries of the W. S. C. S. Central Mrs. Josephine Sarty, Coweta, Oklahoma Eastern Mrs. Louisa Tims, Route 1, Ft. Towson, Oklahoma Western Mrs. George Kauyedauty, Route 4, Anadarko, Oklahoma Presidents of the Oklahoma Conferences, W. S. C. S. East Oklahoma Conference Mrs. W. W. Milam, Chelsea, Oklahoma West Oklahoma Conference....Mrs. Earl Foster, 821 N. W. 41st, Oklahoma City Executive Secretaries, Boards of Christian Education East Oklahoma Conference Rev. Sam W. Franklin, Muskogee, Oklahoma West Oklahoma Conference.-Rev. Golden Shook, 1901 N. E. Douglas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma South Central Jurisdiction Dr. Paul Womeldorf, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma General Secretaries Secretary, Board of Missions and Church Extension Dr. Earl R. Brown Secretary, Home Division, Board of Missions Dr. Clarence W. Lokey Woman's Division President Mrs. J. D. Bragg, 2666 E. Montana, St. Louis, Missouri Secretary, Bureau of Town and Country Work Mrs. Candler E. Tatum, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. Board of Christian Education, General Secretaries Dr. John Q. Schisler and Dr. J. Fisher Simpson, 810 Broadway, Nashville 2, Tenn. Board of Church Extension Dr. W. V. Cropper and Dr. B. P. Murphy, 1115 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Ky. Editors of Church Periodicals Christian Advocate Dr. Roy L. Smith, 740 Rush St., Chicago, Illinois Southwestern Advocate....Dr. H. M. Whaling, Jr., 1910 Main Street, Dallas 1, Tex. The World Outlook Dr. Elmer T. Clark, Miss Dorothy McConnell The Methodist Woman Miss Betty Brittingham, 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 150 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. Methodist Publishing Houses The Methodist Publishing House 1910 Main Street, Dallas 1, Texas 810 Broadway, Nashville 2, Tennessee INDIAN MISSION STANDING RULES OF THE MISSION 1. Six delegates shall be elected from each Pastoral Charge, provided that, where there are more than six societies in charge, there shall be one delegate for each additional society, for Lay representation in the Annual Meeting of the Mission. 2. The Treasurer of the Indian Mission shall be required to give bond with some reputable surety company in the sum equal to twice the amount of the annual assessment for General Work, that the said bond be deposited with the General Superintendent. 3. All pastoral reports shall be made ready for filing with the Mission on the first day of each Annual Session, the same to be in the hands of the Statis­ tical Secretary by noon of the second day when the Statistical blanks shall be closed for the year. 4. All fractions of a dollar shall be omitted in financial reports to the Indian Mission. Fractions less than fifty cents shall be omitted, while fractions of more than fifty cents shall be reported as a dollar. 5. The District Superintendents are ex-officio members of the Board of Finance and Board of Christian Education of the Mission. The District Superintendents, the District Missionary Secretaries, and the District Secretaries of the Woman's Society of Christian Service are ex-officio members of the Board of Missions. APPORTIONMENT FOR GENERAL WORK Central District $200.00 Eastern District 515.00 Western District 100.00 INDIAN MISSION APPORTIONMENTS MADE BY THE GENERAL COMMISSION ON WORLD SERVICE AND FINANCE World Service $56.00 General Administration Fund 2.00 Episcopal Fund to be an amount equal to 1 3/4% of the cash salaries of the pastors for the current year. BOUNDARY OF THE MISSION Paragraph 1510 of the Discipline: "The Indian Mission shall include the dis­ tinctively Indian Pastoral Charges and Missions of Oklahoma." INDIAN MISSION CLERICAL MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN MISSION OF OKLAHOMA CENTRAL DISTRICT Bell, Austin, L. D., Box 275, Bristow Harjo, Alvin, L. P., Route 1, Bell, Jasper, L. D., 1404 N. Griffin, Henryetta Okmulgee Harjo, Amos, L. D., Route 1, Berryhill, Joseph, L. P., Route 1, Wetumka Henryetta Harjo, Lilla, L. E., Route 1, Bible, David, L. P., Route 3, Holdenville Broken Arrow Haynes, Samuel J., L. E., Route 1, Bird, Moses, L. P., Route 1, Okmulgee Henryetta Hill, Tony, L. E., Route 3, Shawnee Bruner, Edward, L. D., Route 2, Johnson, Ben, L. P., Route 1, Box 211 A, Okmulgee Seminole Bruner, Richard, L. D., Route 3, King, Robert, L. E., Pierce Holdenville Lewis, Thomas, L. P., Route 2, Bruner, Tony, L. P., Route 2, Wetumka Box 212A, Okmulgee Little, Bud, L. D., Route 3, Seminole Burgess, James, L. P., Route 1, Long, George, L. D., Route 5, Henryetta Holdenville Campbell, Carolina, L. D., Route 3, Long, Newman, L. E., Route 1, Stroud Holdenville Chalakee, John, L. E., Route 3, Lowe, Comma, L. P., Route 1, Broken Arrow Holdenville Checote, Samuel, J. E., Okmulgee Lowe, Conuky, L. E., Holdenville Chupco, James, L. E., Wewoka Lowe, Jackson, L. P., Route 1, Chupco, Tony, L. E., Wewoka Holdenville Cook, Daniel, L. P., Yeager Lowe, John H, L. E., Box 476, Cook, Wayne W., L. P., Okemah Wetumka Cooper, Samuel, L. D., Mounds McGieley, Timothy, L. E., Route 1, Davis, Josiah, L. D., 436 N. Detroit, Holdenville Tulsa McGirt, Buckner, L. E., Yeager Deer, Amos, L. D., Route 1, Mcintosh, Ben, L. P., Broken Arrow Holdenville Miller, Peter, L. D., Route 2, Seminole Deere, Butler, L. P., Route 1, Monday, Jackson Lewis, L. D., Route 1, Holdenville Morris Deere, Challie, L. D., Route 1, Reed, Daniel, L. P., Broken Arrow Wetumka Skeeter, Fred, L. D., 640 N. Denver Doyle, Thomas, L. P., Coweta Tulsa Dunson, Louis, L.E., Okemah Smith, Jeffry, L. E., Route 2, Dunson, Luna E., L.E., Route 1, Wetumka Okemah Snekeya, Amos, L. P., Route 1, Dunson, Thomas H., L. E., Route 2, Okmulgee Wetumka Sullivan, George, L. D., Okemah Fish, Robert, L.E., Pierce Tarpalechee, Miller, L. E., 316 West 4th, Fixico, Joe, L. P., Route 2, Wetumka Okmulgee Frank, Tingo, L. E., Route 4, Okemah Tecumseh, Austin, L. P., Route 2, Grant, Niffy, L. E., Paden Beggs Grass, John, L. P., Shawnee Tecumseh, Eddie, L. P., Route 2, Haney, Willie, L.