d qoutnaf OF THE Ce,nftaf 9exai con SEVENTIETH ANNUAL SESSION WHICH IS THE TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION SINCE DIVISION Xethodist Episcopal Church, (South BROWNWOOD, TEXAS November 6th-loth, 1935 ~efurn s 911e,se This issue of the Journal PRINTED BY in~on ~~7 ' t&23 Com1ianty 1717 Wood Street Dallas, Texas i JOURNAL OF THE Central Texas Conference SEVENTIETH ANNUAL SESSION WHICH IS THE TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION SINCE DIVISION ocki Methodist Episcopal Church, South 01A BROWNWOOD, TEXAS . November 6 -10, 193.5 G. ALFRED BROWN, Editor PRICE 25 CENTS 2 CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL CONTENTS Annual Conference Register, 1866-1935 ............................... ....: .......... 23 Alphabetical Roll ........................................................................................ 11 Appendix........................................................................................................ 59 Appointments............. : ......................... .................... ................................... 50 Chronological Conference Roll .................................................................... 6 ConferenceDirectory .................... ........ ..:........ ....... ................... .,............ ... 11 Conference Officers ...................................................................................... 3 ConferenceRules ... ............. ..................... ....................................................... .59 CondensedMinutes ................... :...... ,.......................................... ................ .. 56 -Committees, Conference .............. .......... ................................... I ................ _.. 4 DailyProceedings . .... ... ..... _ - _._.. .... ,...... ................. .....................I......... 24 Examining Committees and Classes ............................................................ 4 Lay'Delegates ............................................................................................... 17 .Lay Leaders .:............................................... ............................................ ........... 4 Memoirs..............................................:............................................................ 60 Officersof Boards .......................................................................................... 3 Quadrennial Boards ...................................................................................... 5 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES— Auditor..._.__ ................... ...... .......... .... ........... ................................. _.. 39 Budget...................................................................... .....:....I.................... 33 ChristianEducation ......................... ......... ................. 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I .............. ... 34 ,Christian Literature .. ...................................... .................................. - 39 ChurchExtension .................................................................................... 42 District Conference Records ....................................................... ... 43 Finance........................................................................................... 44 Lay Activities ...._ .............................................................. ........... ... 28, 42 Missions ............................................................................................. 37,46 Memorials ................. ... ........ ............................................. ........ ...... ... 49 Orphanage........................................................................................... .. 40 Resolutions ..........................................................................32, 36, 38, 41, 49 Sabbath Observance ............................................................................ 40 State of the Church .......................... ._.............................................. ... 43 Texas Methodist Centennial Commission .................................. 37 Treasurer's Report ............................................................................ 39 Sainted Dead ............... ...................... ...................... ... ................ ...... 19 Standing Committees ................................................................................... 4 StandingRules ........... ............................................. ............................. :........ 59 Statistics....................... ................................................. ,.................... ........... 67 Supplies ......................................................... ................................................ 16 Table of Assessments ................ ............... 39 Transfers........................................................................................................ 55 CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL 3 CONFERENCE OFFICERS President—Bishop H. A. Boaz, Fort Worth, Texas. Secretary—A. D. Porter, Fort Worth, Texas. Assistant Secretaries—R. W. Nation; R. A. Crosby, Fort Worth; Roy L. Crawford, May, Texas; Cleo D. Wooten, China Springs, Texas; E. R. Gordon, Itasca, Texas. Statistical Secretary—J. T. Gardner, Maypearl, Texas. Conference Auditor—J. R. Banes, Breckenridge, Texas. Hospital Commissioner—C. R. Wright, Fort Worth. Executive-Extension Secretary—J. A. Siceloff, Fort Worth, Texas. Superannuate Commissioner—W. B. Andrews, 2814 Ave. D, Fort Worth. Conference Treasurer—Leake Ayres, Gatesville, Texas. Conference Missionary Secretary-0. F. Sensabaugh. Editor Conference Journal—G. Alfred Brown, Rising Star, 'Texas. OFFICERS OF BOARDS Education—W. H. Cole, President; Leslie W. Seymour, Secretary. Missions—F. P. Culver, Mineral Wells, Texas; T. E. Bowman, Secretary. Church Extension—T. H. Bunton, President, Olney, Texas; J. J. Creed, Secretary. Christian Literature—J. M. Wynne, President, Granger; Paul W. Evans, Secretary. Orphanage—D. A. Chisholm, President, Brownwood; J. Fred Patterson, Secretary. 4 CEN'T'RAL TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL STANDING COMMITTEES CONFERENCE RELATIONS—J. F. Adams, 0. A. Morton, B. W. Kramer, Earl Page, H. J. Sanders, H. B. Thompson, C. T. Brockette, Hayden Edwards, R. W. Nation, W. J. Hearon, D. R. McCauley. SABBATH OBSERVANCE—C. F. Bell, M. W. Clark, E. W. Swearingen, H. B. Clark, D. E. McVey, J. D. Farmer, Dr. J. A. Hammack, E. H. Baker, W. J. Ormsby, T. E. Dally, J. C. Kuhlman, B. T. Edwards, R. Wendorf, W. T. Bouleware. CONFERENCE ENTERTAINMENT—A. S. Gafford, L. M. Greenhaw, M. A. Walker, W. C. Ferguson, P. E. Cantrell, J. W. Chisholm, C. A. Wilkerson, Nat Harris, H. N. Peters, Irvin Gothins, E. H. Baker, Oran Stephens. DISTRICT CONFERENCE RECORDS—E. M. Dailey, Horace Poteet, J. N. Tinkle, Roy F. Johnson, Clarence Epperly, W. J. Baker, W. H. Gibbs, Frank O'Hearn, W. A. Brouder, E. R. Willingham. SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CHURCH—J. B. Weathers, J. L. Evans, R. T. Wallace, F. H. Ingram, J. R. Caruth, C. D. Wooten, W. B. Gille- land, Roy L. Crawford, R. P. James, Mrs. J. D. Smoot, Mrs. H. H. Nance, C. A. Boaz, A. J. Kincannon, Mrs. B. B. Wedemecyer, W. F. Cowan, W. R. Wallace, -Mrs. Neil Rice,. Mrs. W. P. Newell, W. S. Mason, Mrs. J. B. Mote, C. M. Buttrill, J. C. Mann, A. J. Kincannon, G. E. Kincommon. PUBLIC WORSHIP—J. T. McClure, P. E. Chappel, H, S. Goodenough, B. A. Fain. CONFERENCE POSTMASTER—Ben S. Crow. EXAMINING COMMITTEES AND CLASSES ADMIS'SION'S—E. N. Scarlett, C. E. Wade, J. A. Walkup, Kenneth Pope, Z. R. Fee, E. M. Wisdom, ADMISSION ON TRIAL--J. F. Adams, R. E. Briggs, W. H. Vanderpool. FIRST YEAR—H. D. Marlin, F.. L. Wiltshire, T. G. Story. CLASS=Levi Stanley Williams, Ross Gillian Smith, Benjamin Franklin Jackson, Donald Monroe Risinger, Bruno Carl Schmidt. SECOND YEAR—E. R. Gordon, J. D. Smoot, G. A. Schlueter. CLASS—Wilfred Virliss Bane, Fred George Benkley, Wallace Jack Shelton, Hugh Brown Lloyd, Alton W. Ferrell, George Washington Bennett, Madison Dick Lowry, Burton Henry Coleman, George Robert Thomas, Jr., Alvin Mauldin, Vernon Perry.. THIRD YEAR-W. T. -Bouleware, H. R. Hall, W. E. Harrell. CLASS—William Solomon Fisher, Robert G. Bergin, James Pletcher Tram- mell, Thad E. Son, John Robert Caruth. FOURTH YEAR--B.. B. Edmiaston, S. L. Culwell, A. G. Stanlee. CLASS—Robert Clark Calvert, Roy F. Johnson, George M. Gree'bon, W. P Cunningham (elder), James M. Culpepper, M. Howard Knox, Ivan 0. Donaldson. CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL . 5 QUADRENNIAL BOARDS CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLERICAL—W. H. Cole, L. W. Seymour, E. W. Bridges, W. R. Beaird, C. H. Sisserson, W. C. Craig, J. U. McAfee, E. B. Hawk, J. I. Patterson H. W. Williams, G. A. Schlueter, E. R. Stanford, Hugh S. Porter. LAY—J. R. Banes, H. C. Schropshire, Adine Thompson, A. D. Rhea, H, H. Cherry, Mary Shipp Sanders, W. H. Norwood, W. S. Amsler; Lorin Berry, Mrs. R. 0. Sory, A. E. Kidd, Elmer Simpson. MISSIONS CLERICAL—F. P. Culver, T. E. Bowman, S. A. Ashburn, F. L. Turner, J. L. Oliver, M. M. Chunn, 0. 0. Odom, H. C. Bowman, R. W. Goodloe, R. A. Langston, O. F. Sensabaugh. LAY—H. F. Mayes, Boyce Martin, Mrs. C. W. Meyer, F. F. Downs, Geo. W. Barcus, W. Erskine Williams, Mrs. J. W. Spivey, J. R. Edwards, W. M. Reagan, Mrs. J. V. Baird, L. E. Berry, T. C.. Jones, C. W. Wilson. FINANCE CLERICAL—Paxton Smith, C. M. Crowe, Geo. W. Shearer, W. W. Moss, J. W. Sharbutt, E. R. Patterson, C. C. Henson, J. L. Davenport, A. W. Franklin, M. A. Turner, Floyd W. Thrash. LAY—E. J. Weatherby, Dr. W. F. Treat, E. J. White, W. M. Wright, Dr. C. C. Bradford, J. S. Merchison, E. C. Farmer, W. S. Rowland, C. T. James, J. B. Witherspoon.