Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-14
ASBURY ASKS CONFERENCE
IOCONvENE HERE NEXT YEAR
ACTION FORMALLY TAKEN AT A SPECIAL
MEETING OF CHURCH OFFICIALS SUNDAY
Pastor Watt, Who Has Been Unanimously In.
vited TO Return, Will Extend the Invitation
to Conference to Meet Here Next Year

to Conference to Meet Here Next Year
The Quarterly Conference of Asbury
M. E. Church held a special meeting
Sunday evening at which unanimous
invitation was extended to the Will
mington Conference to hold its next
session in Smyrna in March, 1907.
1t has been eleven years since Smyrna
has entertained the Conference. The
session met here in 1895 during the
pastorate of Rev. Adam Stengle when
the late Bishop Hurst presided. Last
year Asbury Church, through its pas
tor Rev. DIR. Watt, invited the confer
ence here but it was afterward
decided best to go to Pocomoke City.
Presiding Elder W. G. Rooms and DIR.
Watt went to Pocomoke City yester-
day and will take before the confer
ence one of the best reports concern
ing Asbury M. E Church, made in re-
cent. years. There was a good attend
ance at the regular meeting of the
Quarterly Conference Friday night
when Presiding Elder Rooms called
the meeting to order, and some inter
esting reports were made. The recent
invitation extended DIR. Watt to return
to Smyrna for another year was made
even more emphatic and in accepting
the invitation the latter said that he
had never served a charge that had
been as pleasant as the years he had
spent in Smyrna. The homes selected
for the ministers of this vicinity are:
Rev. Robert Watt at S. M. Crockett's
Presiding Elder Rooms at E. j. Tull's;
Rev. Albert Chandler at l.. M. Broad
ways; Rev. V. P. Northrup, Clayton,
at 1. J. Landings; Rev. A. W. Good
hand, Cheswold, at Mrs. John Parsons
Rev. d. F. McFaul, Kenton, at c. E
Ennis; Rev. J. w. Jones, Blackbird
at Mrs. A.W. Payne's.
Committees Named for Next Conference Year
The following are the quarterly Con
ference Committees of Asbury M. E.
Church for the ensuing yesr:-Mis
sions, Lewis M. Price, John P. Bur
dette, Miss Mary W. Thompson, Mrs
s. Gilbert Wilds, and Walter o. Hot
fecker; Church Extension-Jos. E
Carter, Levi E. Anthony and J. Ed
ward DeFord; Sunday Schools-Wil
liam FAIRIES, George 81. Dick, and Mis-
Elizabeth Smithers;- Tracts, the su
perintendeLt of the Epworth League
Temperance, Walter w. Hynsor
Lewis NJ. Price, George M. Stevenson
Charles j. Sudler, Mrs Kate Steven
and Mrs. W. A. Stevens; Education
John P. Burdette, Miss Anna Middle
ton and Mrs. Walter W. Hynson
Church Records-John A. Hoffeckel
John w. Tucker and William A. Fa
les; Parsonage and Furniture til
Mite Society; Church Music Waite
o. Hoffecker, Lewis M. Price and IL
Board of Trustees; Estimating Pa
tors Salary-the Board of Steward
Estimating Conference Claimants
James P. Hoffecker, Joseph Smithe
and w. A. Stevens: Auditing Commi
tee-Charles j. Sudler and Walt
Hynson; Board OF Stewards James
Hoffecker, William II. Baggs, JOSEF
Smithers, Joseph e. Garter, Walter
Hoffecker, George ID. Collins, j. e
ward DeFord, Levi E. Anthony, JIG
eph B. FAIRIES, William ID. Hudso
William A. Stevens, William G.. Re
Walter w. Hynson and Charles
Register; Board of Trustees-A.
Hudson, George M. Stevenson, Jol
A. Hoffecker, Charles j. Sudler, Re
ert d. Hoffecker, John w. Rober
Joseph r. Jefferson, William
FAIRIES sud John W. Tucker; Acti
Trustees for Smyrna Landing Chapel
John P. Burdette. JEFF. ID. Scout a
\ A X. Ransom.