The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-25
Three Notable Changes are Made
10 the Houghton District
of Church
LAURIUM GETS REV. ELDRED
Comes Here from Pewabic Church.
Rev. Merrill to Tamsraek;
Change at AIIouez.
Especial to The Calumet News.1

Flint, Mich, Sept. 25.-Following are
the appointments of Methodist Epis-
copal ministers for the Houghton dis
trict for 1911 and 1922
Amasa and Sidnaw. Rev. r. f. Mil
Ter; Atlantic circuit, Rec +. C. Wat
ters; Baltic, Rev. II. Rogers: Baraga
and Alston, to be supplied; Bessemer,
and Wakefield, Rev. Ed. Bickford;
Centennial. Rev. Isaac Wilcox; Calu-
met Finnish Mission, Rev. Matti Pit
karian; Calumet. First Calumet church
Rev. G. L. Adams; Tamarack. Rev. G.
NJ. Merrill; Champion and Michigam-
me. Rev II. E. Collister; Crystal Falls,
Rev. r. l. Osborn: Dollar Bay. and
Mills, Rev. Joseph Hutchens: Even
Gwynn. Rev. r. F.. Francis: Hancock,
First church, w. f.. Marvin: Hancock,
Pewabic, A. f.. Healey; Houghton
Grace. Rev. III. G. Shaw; Hurontown.
Rev. G. III. Prout; Iron Mountain, Cen
tral. Rev r. l.. Hewson; Iron Noun
tain First. Rev ]. j. Strike: Iron Riv-
er. A. II. Mcconnell; Ironwood Fin
nish Mission. Rev. X. A. Nurmis: Iron
wood First church, Rev. w. y. Coom-
be; Jesseville. Rev. r. II. Prouse; Ish-
peming Finnish Mission, Rev. w. Ra-
makkas; Ishpeming First church. Rev.
j. G. Haller; Salisbury. Rev. Lewis
Keast; Kearsarge. Rev. s. T. Polking-
horne; Lake Linden. Rev. ii. II. Mall
lison; L'Anse and Pequaming. Rev.
G. p. Davey; Laurium. NJ. III. E;ldrcd;
Marquette, Rev. Joseph Dutton: Mo-
hawk and Ojibway, Rev III. Magahay;
Negaunee. Rev. II. Causfield; Ontona-
gon. to be supplied; Osceola and Bos-
ton. Rev. w. H. Collycott; Painesdale.
Rev. r. Carlyon; Republic Rev. w.
Edmunds: Rockland and Victoria.
Rev. James Oatey; Trimountain, Rev.
w S. Smith: Turin, Lathrop. and
Maple Ridge. Rev. T. j. Miner.
Pascoe a Delegate.
Election of delegates to the general
conference of the church at Minnea-
polls from the Detroit conference was
with the election Of DR. c.
B. Allen, superintendent OF the De-
troit district: Rev Eugene NJ. Moore,
Martha Holmes church, Detroit: Rev.
A. b. Leonard. Flint, superintendent
of that district: Dr. A. r. Johns.
Court Street church, Flint; Rev. James
Pascoe of Hancock; DIR. F. ID. Leete,
Detroit; DIR. George Elliott. Bay City,
and Rev. w. A. Stalker. Ann Arbor.
The following ministers were receiv-
on probation for three years: Otto
J. Lyon, Royce c. Millard, Harvey II.
Conklin, Samuel A. Carey. Richard
Rowe, w. c. S. PeIlowe, c. NJ. Wood.
Mauer, r. L. Carless, A. l.. Butler.
III. f. Donigan. Joseph Dibley George
r. Burnett. John w. Koyle, II. G. Me-
Michael. George w. Scott, #. II. Will
liams. Fred Clifford, A. r. Graves.
Ephralm Luce. N. NJ Pritchard and
Otto Van Svcle.
Same Number superintendents.
The ministerial conference indorsed
President TafGe peace treaties.
No guild han will built at Ann Ar
Dor. The number Of district superin-
tendents will not be reduced.
The matter OF the proposition Of
the number Of bishops was
touched on i'm the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
whereas. The laymen's association
Of the New York conference has pass
ed a resolution favoring the abolish
ment Of the office Of district superin-
tendent and substituting bishops.
Resolved. That while we do not
approve Of their plans as whole, we
are in favor Of such a change i'm the
system OF supervision as shall upon
seem to be best i'm order
to fix the responsibility in the matter
Df church government.
The treasurer's report stated S125.-
poo had been donated to the confer
nnce for missions during the year. The
Is an advance of $4,000 over year
ago.