Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-03-07
CONFERENCE OF TEE UNITED
BRETHREN CHURCH.
cHANcEsIN BOUNDARIES.
Appointments by the Bishop.

The Virginia Annual Conference of tn
United Brethren in Christ was held in the U
B. Church of this city, of which Rev. J. D
Donovan has heen the popular and efficien
pastor for the past four years, from las
Wednesday morning to last Saturday evening
when it adjourned to meet next year in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. The Conference was al
interesting and harmonious one, and wa
presided over by Bishop Kephart, of Pennsyl
vania.
The following changes in boundaries wer
adopted as reported by the Committee =
LIST. Detach Dayton from Dayton circuit
and attach to Harrisonburg station.
End. Detach all appointments east of tn
Blue Ridge from Toms Brook circuit to con
stitute Prince William mission.
3rd. Detach Red Bud from Frederick cir
cult and this together with Friendship, Zoa
and Cedar Grove, to be known as Friendship
circuit.
4th Detach Spring Hill from augusta cir
cult and attach to Churchville circuit.
5th Attacl. st. Bethel to Augusta circuit
9th Detach Ours church from Franklin
circuit and attach to South Branch circuit.
7th. Attach Garrett Creek to Wlncheste
district
Sth Rockbridge, Augusta and Berkeley
missions be constituted circuits.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following are the appointments for thu
ensuing year
SHENANDOAH DIsTRIcT-Rev. ]. W. Howe
presiding elder.
Staunton-J. ID. Donovan.
Rockbridge Circuit-J. C. S. Myers.
Augusta Circuit-O. w. BURNER.
Elkton Circuit-G B. FadeleY.
Singers Glen Circuit-W. R. Berry.
Lacy Springs Circuit-W. G. Childress.
Edinburg Circuit-W. H Sampsell.
Dayton Circuit-W. F. Gruver.
i Harrisonburg-C. H. Crowe'l.
Shenandoah City Circuit-To be supplied.
Madison Circuit-To be supplied.
Freedman's Mission-J. T. Clifford.
Cross Keys Circuit-O. w. Ewing.
Roanoke Missions. L. Rice.
Churchvlle Circuit-A. S. Hammock.
WINCHESTER CIRcUIT-C. P. Dyche, pre-.
siding elder.
/ Toms Brook Circuit--W. H. Clary.
Bloomey Circuit-P. J. Lawrence.
| Moorefeld Circuit-C. F. A. Nagley.
Garret Circuit-T. Feister.
Franklin Circuit. NJ. Holt.
Prince William Circuit-G. w. Slower.
Hartmansville Circuit-To be supplied.
Berkeley Circuit. F. Snyder.
Winchester Circuit. P B. Rice.
Martinsburg--J. B. Chamberlain.
Frederick Circuit-N F. A. Cupp.
! Berkeley Springs Circuit-R. Byrd.
South Branch Circuits. R. Ludwig.
/ Friendship Circuit-B F. S. Busey
| New River Circuit. w. Brill.
New Creek Circuits. D. Shelton.
Bishop Holt, Southwest District G.. P
Holt, Principal of Shenandoah Institute; ]
n Fries, Professor of Latin and Greek; E
w. McMullen, Professor of Mathematics; j
A. Evans, Missionary West Coast Africa A
7. Funkhouser President Western College, a
Toledo, Iowa.
! If the appointments for the other churche
are as satisfactory as that for the church O.
this city, the Bishop may be congratulated OF
the wisdom of his appointments, for in re
tanning Rev. J. D. Donovan as pastor of thu
church of this city, for which he has done 81
much in the past four years, he has kept thu
right man in the right place, and has pleased
not only the members of his congregation
but the community generally, by whom Rev
J. d. Donovan is highly and UNIVERSAL,
esteemed both as a minister and citizen, ant
his retention in his present field OF labor, il
which he has been so successful is trul,
gratifying to them.