Minutes of the Michigan annual conference. Methodist Episcopal Church. [s.l.] https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071476611 Creative Commons Zero (CC0) http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#cc-zero This work has been dedicated by the rights holder to the public domain. It is not protected by copyright and may be reproduced and distributed freely without permission. For details, see the full license deed at http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. OF SUCH JIS THE KINGDOM Your WHITE GIFT OFFERING WILL OPEN THIS DOOR TO A CHILD IN NEED The Methodist Children's Home Society THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE Redford Station Detroit , Michigan Please Patronize Our Advertisers BISHOP WALLACE BROWN , D D., LL . D. MINUTES OF THE MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE 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.