Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-30
THE LAYMEN ORGANIZE.
An Association of Laymen
Formed in Connection With
Upper Iowa Conference
WILL MEET WITH MINISTER'S
Annual Meeting to be Held at Same
Time and Place as the Conference
To Be Known as the Laymen's As
ISOLATION of the Upper Iowa Confer
ence-other News Of Iowa.
Special to Times-hepublican.

Upper Iowa conference session here is
the organization of the Laymen's AS
ISOLATION, which has been talked of foe
some time. A meeting of the laymen
present was held and after discussion
it was decided that permanent or
ganization was advisable and after the
election of temporary officers the
meeting proceeded to the adoption of
the constitution. Some of the details
remain to be worked out, but the main
business of the association will be to
meet every year at the same time and
place as the Upper Iowa Conference.
consider the needs of the various
churches and then appoint commit
tee to draft recommendations and
submit them to the bishop and pre-
siding elders. 1t is believed the asso-
citation will have great influence in the
conference and that 1t will result in
more active work in the church by the
laity.
AT a late hour this afternoon the
laymen are still in session and there
seems little doubt that they will suc-
coed in perfecting an organization and
officers will probably be elected before
adjournment
The organization will be known as
the Laynnen s Association Of the
Upper Iowa conference. and the fol-
lowing constitution with some minor
changes will probably be adopted.
Article Name: This association
shall be called the Laymen's Associa-
ton of the Upper Iowa Conference of
the M. E. church.
Article 2-Place Of meeting.-It shall
meet annually at the place Of meeting
for the Upper Iowa Conference, on
such day and hour as may be arranged
for by the executive committee.
Article 3-Object.-Its object shall
be to mutually interest the laymen
throughout the bounds of the Upper
Iowa conference in all the general af-
fairs of the church, and especially in
every local interest whereby the church
may be stirred to greater efficiency
and usefulness in the hands of Coil in
advancing his cause.
Article 4-Membership.-T mem
to be elected in such manner as the
laity of each charge may choose, in the
ratio of two delegates for every charge
and an additional delegate for all
charges having membership OF 500
or over. Any delegate shall thereafter
be a member of this association.
Article s. Officers. - The officers
shall be a president, six vice presi-
dents, being one from each presiding
elder district, a secretary and treasurer.
Said officers shall be elected at each
annual session and shall serve at the
session after their election and the next
succeeding annual session until their
successors are elected and shall per-
form such duties as are usual to their
respective offices.
Article Executive Committee =
There shall be an executive
committee, consisting of the officers
named in Article 5, and three members
elected by the association or appointed,
by the president. The duties of said
committee shall be to make all the
necessary arrangements as to place and
time of meeting of the association, pre-
pare program of exercises for each
service, secure the presence of desir-
able speakers and perform all other
needed work as a committee on ar
rangements.
Article 7-Collection-No collection
shall at any time be allowed for any
cause except necessary expenses of
the association.
Article S-Amendments-T con-
stitution may be amended at any regu-
lar session of the association by a two
third vote of the members present and
voting.
The Scott case has been referred to
- io1 nd will
Monday morning for final decision.
The conference passed a resolution
deploring the untimely death of Fred
Hartman.
The preliminary report Of the confer
ence treasurer shows total of $72,-.
SIT, little less than was collected vast
year. Marshalltown district is about
$500 in excess of any other of the dis
tricts.
A great deal of conference business
was rushed thru yesterday. Conference
classes were all examined before the
session and action taken in regard to
each case. The following of the first
year were properly represented and
passed to the second year: H. c. Gull
yer, G. M. Shoemaker, and S. "
Williams, w. A. Pye, of this class, was
discontinued at his own request, and
A. A. Brooks left without appointment
to attend school.
The class who came up for admis-
sion on trial, all passed the ordeal and
were made trial preachers.
T. P. Griffith, an elder in the U. B..
church, was received on his credentials
as was also r. H. Pickett, from the
Friends church. The later was elected
to deacons' orders and elected mem
Der of the conference.
The class of the third year was TAX
en- up. l.. E. Galleghar was continued
in the third year, as was also G. T.
Ensign, F. c. Witzigman, R. M. Reed
er, ]. 7. Van Horn, John A. During.
B. A. Davis, F. o. Brown, O. NJ. San
ford, r. M. Wyant, H. T. Crawford. G!
III. Durham and C. A. Felt We're adj
vanced, while T. Fl. Temple, p. c. Bart
lett, G. H. Bretnall were continued in
the studies of the same year e. E.
Hodges was granted a location at his
own request. c.. E. Stinson was trans
ferred to North Dakota and NJ. p. Nit
cheil continued supernumary.
In the class of the fourth year G. r
Maxfield, A. H. Hirsch, w. c. Keller,
n w. kaufman and A. D. Welsh were
left without appointments to attend
school, and D. c. Dutton. c. A. Thomp-
son, j. G. HILL were continued in stud
les of the fourth year and the rest Of
the class elected to elders orders.