East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-01
C0NVOCAT|ON IS
BROUGHT TO END.
PRIMARY MEETING Is
MOST HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
Episcopal Churchmcn Choose Officers
for Eastern Oregon Jurisdiction
Meeting Is Prolific I'm "reminiscences
Of Pioneer Days In This District
Baker Wants Next Gathering.

Baker Wants Next Gathering.
The first annual convocation of the
missionary Jurisdiction Of the Episco-
pal church in eastern Oregon came to
a close last evening at the Church OF
the Redeemer. The convocation was
highly successful in every way and
was Of unusual interest to those Of that
faith in being 50 interviewer with
memories Of pioneer days of the
in this state.
Exceptional interest attaches to
the fact that Right Rev. r. L. Pad
dock, the first bishop of eastern Ore
gon, spent his boyhood within the vi
cinity Of Pendleton at a time when
his honored father was bishop of the
Jurisdiction of oregon, some 30 years
ago, and again in the presence of DR..
Nevius of Seattle, the pioneer church
builder and missionary Of this juris-
dictlon.
The services last evening were Of
devotional character and were fol-
lowed by paper on the development
of the jurisdiction read by James Hen
derson. and by Rev. Gibbs discussion
Of the attitude of the church on
amusements, an able presentation Of
the necessity of harmless pleasure.
Much Business Accomplished.
The cOnvocation closed its business
session at o'clock Wednesday eve
ming. having chosen officers and COM
mittees at follows:
President-Rt. Rev. Robert L. Pad
dock. bishop.
Secretary-Rev j. Nelson Barry of
Baker City.
Committee on elections-Rev. Up
ton II. Gibbs, La Grande, r. J. Slater,
Pendleton.
Treasurer. T. Lambrith, Pendle-
ton.
Council of Advice-Revs. Charles
! Quincy, Pendleton, Upton H. Gibbs
and Joseph T. Peters of La Grande.
Chancellor or legal advisor-Judge
VIM. Ramsey of La Grande.
Board of missions-Revs. Quincy,
Barry and Gibbs, G. n. Proebstel Of
Weston, Murray Kay of The Dalles
and H. c. Eastman, Vale.
Finance commttee-Rev. Quincy,
Frederick Warner of Baker City, Jos.
| Z. Peters of The Dalles.
Examining haplains-Revs. Quin-
ney, Barry and Gibbs.
During the business session the con-
vocation exchanged greetings with the
primary convocation of the jurisdic-
! ton of Nevada, which was also in
session at this time. 1t endorsed the
plan for a $5.OOO,OOO fund for the re-
| lief of the clergy and for old age
pensions; Ii directed a committee to
engross resolutions anent the work
| Of DR.. Nevius in the eastern oregon
field and have copy sent to the doc
tor at his home in Seattle; ii direct
ed letter To Presiding Bishop Tuttle
of the church in America, who in a
greeting TO the convocation had re-
called visit to Pendleton in 1873
which Re vividly and pleasantly re-
membered, together with messages to
Mrs. Morris, widow of the late bishop,
Rev. Potwine. Bishop Wells of Spo-
kane, and Bishop Scadding of Ore
gon. It also expressed its great ap- |
probation of Pendleton hospitality.
Baker City asked for the annual con-
ference next year.
Delegates were selected to the an
nual convocation of the Eighth de-
partment of the churach organization
in America, consisting of the states of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada,
California, New Mexico and Arizona,
which meets in Spokane next May.
The delegates chosen were:
Revs. Quincy Barry, Gibbs and
Henderson. ]. d. Slater of La Grande,
r.. j, Slater of Pendleton. H. c. East
ham of Vale, and Charles Breck of
Baker City, Mternates will be select
ed by Bishop Paddock later,
Bishop Paddock's convocation ad-
dress was a strong urge to better
church work and at the same time
was pleasantly reminiscent of his
experiences in the west.
During the afternoon the woman's
auxiliary met with Mrs. X. Frazier,
presiding and Mrs, Parmalee HALEY
rs secretary. The out of town dele
gates who took a prominent part in
the deliberations were: Deaconness
Knight, Mrs. ]. A. Churchill and Mrs,
Barry Of Baker City, the latter the
director of Bakers choir of 40 voices;
Mrs, Gibbs of La Grande Mrs. Proeb-
stel of Weston, Miss Lang of The
Dalles and Miss A. r. Plympton of
Walla Walla, Bishop Paddock having
appointed Mrs. HALEY secretary of the ]
auxiliary in eastern Ore
yon. :
Bishop Paddock and the delegates
eft today the bishop going to Wallowa I
he only county seat in his jurisdic
ion he has not yet visited,
The delegates were all enthusiastic
,ver their treatment in Pendleton.
Rev Barry declared this morning that
{ could not he praised too greatly !
md that Baker City only hoped to
'qual the entertainment and enthu-
iasm shown here and could not eX-
,ect to surpass it,