The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-09
CENTRAL PENNA., CONFERENCE.
Location of Pastors Well Known
to Fulton County People.

"hiCii NuS COlICluucu dU A1UOO0d
last week brought about the us.
ual number of changes of pastors
who are now busy getting into
their new homes.
Bishop Earl Cranston of Port.
land, Ore, presided in place of
Bishop Stephen M. Merrel, who
was sick in Chicago. There were
present 325 ministers besides
about thirty official visitors, who
came from GIG churches.
Bishop Cranston is one of the
new bishops of the church, hav.
ing been elected at Cleveland in
1896. He is man of great exec
utive ability. He comes from the
west and has its spirit of energy
and hopefulnes. He has never
presided at any session of this
conference and was, therefore, a
stranger to most of the minis
terS.
There are now 155 conference
organizations in the Methodist
Episcopal church. In this list
this conference has the eleventh
place in the number of minlste-
rial members and the fifth in lay
membership 20.
Only two conferences have a
larger number of churches and
but six exceed it in the number
of Sunday schools, the mum Der
being 6lS. Nine have more par
sonages and one equals it's num-
ber, 1879. The total value of the
church and parsonage property
of the conference is S3,37S, 1913,
the value of the churches being
exceeded by but eleven other con
ferences and of the parsonages
by but eight.
The following in reference to
ministers we'll known in this
county will be interesting: Geo.
W. Stevens, former pastor of
Fifth Street church, Harrisburg,
succeeds DR.. Yocum as Presiding
Elder of this district. Mr.. Stevens
is a son of Joseph d. Stevens of
Taylor township and a brother of
our townsman DR.. Frank Stevens.
Apropos of presiding elders,
Amos Baldwin, another Fulton
county man, is presiding elder of
the Juniata district.
William A. Carver returns to
Airville; Henry F.. Cares goes
from York Springs to Camp Hill.
w. H. Stevens returns to Dun
cannon, Charles III. Shull comes
back to Harrlsonville, and j. r.
Melroy to Hustontown. A. d.
McClosky goes from this place to
Liverpool, Perry County, John
Vrooman comes from Glen Hope,
Clearfield CO., to Mercersburg.
l.. d. OFT goes from Manor Hill,
Huntingdon CO., to Newport, Per-
ry CO., and E. E. A. Deavor, from
Hazleton to York.
DR.. Evans continues Presiding
Elder of the Danville district
r. FL. Gilbert returns to Berwick;
William Moses, to Bellwood; Geo.
M. Sinner, to Center, and John
B. Durkee, to Karthaus. George
w. McIlnay goes from Munson
to Penn's Valley, E. M. Aller re-
turns to Warriors Mark, Alex
Lamberson returns to Burnham,
M. H. Gottschall comes back to
Burnt Cabins, and j. H. Diebel,
returns to Clearville.
w. w. Reese goes from Ramey
Clearfeld county to Dudley, Har-
ry X. Ash returns to Evansville,
and his father III. M. Ash goes
from Liverpool, Perry county to
Muncy Valley, Lycoming county.
j. d. w. Deavor returns to Milf
hintown, W. j. Scheaffer goes
from Three Springs to Reedsville
2. F. Eyer returns to Saxton,
Bruce Hughes goes from Green
village to Shirleysburg, G. p.
Sarvis returns to Thompsontown
and George Singer comes from
East Waterford to Three Springs.
Oliver Metzler returns to Empo-
rum, Owen Hicks stays at Mon
tandon, e. II. Wallace at Mon
louisville. Harry w. Newman
goes from Medix. Elk county, to
Cos tella, and Joseph v. Adams