The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
CENTRAL M. I. CHURCH
Quarterly Conference and Election
of Officers for Year.

conference held at the Central M. E.
church on Monday evening, DR.. j. M.
McClelland was unanimously request
ed to continue his pastorate in Oska-
loosa for another year and the Dis
trict Superintendent was requested to
use his best efforts to secure his ap-
pointment A vote was also taken re-
garding the return of DIR. C. L. Stat
ford as District Superintendent. DR..
Stafford presided and Harry C. Griest
served as secretary. Among the in
teresting features of the pastors re-
port was the fact that about 92 new
members had joined the church dur
ing the past year and 81 had been re-
ceived on probation, while 43 had
been dismissed from this church to
churches in other places, by letter.
The returns from the benevolent col
lections will be fully as good as last
year, If not better, and DR.. McClelland
will take to Conference a report for
the years work, which is very favor
able to Central church. The Sunday
school was reported as being in a very
prosperous condition and at present
has an enrolment of 625 in the Sun
day school and 225 in the Home De-
partment, making total of $50 in all
departments of the work. These fig
ures include some so future Ameri-
cans, who are on the cradle roll.
The new adult Bible classes are in
a prosperous condition, the mems
class having now about Is members
and the women's class as many more,
and the whole school feels the pulsa-
lions of vigor and life. The Ladies'
Aid Society reported about IS mem
bers and are full of good works I'M
der the direction of Mrs. George w.
Russell as president. The treasurer
of the church, w. II. Shaw, presented
a very favorable report, which receiv-
ed the approval of all present. Harry
C. Griest was elected as Recording
Steward for the ensuing year, and
Mark Norman as District Steward
Mrs. E. z. Smith was given creden-
tials as the lay delegate from this
church and DR.. S. w. Clark also re-
ceived credentials as the alternate or
reserve delegate to the Lay Electoral
Conference, which meets at Fairfield
Friday of this week. These same del
egates will also represent the church
in the meeting of the Layman's Asso-
citation, connected with the Iowa Con-
ference, on Saturday. The Official
Organization of Central NJ E. church
as elected for the years l911-1912 is
as follows:
Board of Trustees-Dr. s. w. Clark,
J. B. McCurdy, w. H. Shaw, George H.
Ramsay, w. E. Kemble, George H.
Carbon, Eph Smith, Charles R. Lee
and F. w. Glaze.
Board of Stewardship. H. Shaw, H.
C. Griest Recording Steward), S. E.
Barnhart, DR.. M. Childress, Prof. F.W.
Else, Henry Tandy, DR.. j. H. Teter,
Mrs. C. E. Barnard, Mrs. Lucy Brew
er, Mrs. Anna Russell, Mrs. Hattie
Wilcox, Miss Mamie Bingaman, Mark
Norman District Steward), George
Capel, H. o. Glasure, Luther Wy
more, Harry E. Douglas, l. N. Nc
MILAN, Thos. Targgart, w. H. Gro
zier and A. N. Updegraff.
List of Special Committees.
Foreign Missions-W. J. Howell, J.
B. McCurdy, Walter w. White, Mrs. E.
z. Smith and Mrs. c. r. Lee.
Home Missions and Church Extern
sion-Dr. J. H. Teter, C. E. Barnard,
Fred A. Bell Mrs. |. o. Kemble and
Mrs. S. l.. FraZee.
Sunday Schools - DR.. M. Childress,
Thos. Targgart, A. J. Walsmith, Prof.
Fred J. Miller, John Ramsay, Sr., Mrs.
S. w. Clark and Mrs. H. c. Griest.
Tracts-O. A. Martin, Mrs Mary
Castles and Mrs. Hattie Bunker.
Temperance-Dr. S. w. Clark, Geo.
Fl. Carbon, s. p. Mcclure, Mrs. Marion
Cheney and Mrs. F. NJ. Chapman.
Education-Prof F. w. Else, Mrs. c.
L. Stafford and Miss Edith Hoffman.
Freedman's Aid-B. H. Wilson, Earl
f. Dusenbery and S. w. Lewis.
Hospitals-Dr. A. c. Spurgin.
Church Records-Dr. E. H. Warning.
Auditing Accounts - F. H. Eckert,
A. Vanderzee and w. H. Crozier.
Parsonage and Furniture-W. H.
Shaw, E. D. Brewer, Mrs. F. w. Else,
Mrs. W. E. Kemble and Mrs. Sophia
Ramsay.
Church Music-Dr. John |. Tony, A.
| ]. Walsmith, w. E. Kemble, Mrs. Mark
Norman and Mrs. F. J. Miller.
Estimating Committee-Dr. s. W..
Clark, George H. Ramsay, w. H.
Shaw, w. e. Kemble and C. r. Lee.
Evangelism-Dr. John A. Spyker,
William Crosson, George H. Carlon,J.
B. McCurdy, |. NJ Mcmillan, Thos. r.
Targgart, Henry Tandy, r. X. Vain.
wright, John Pendray, Wilbur Hoy.
Mrs. L. z. Smith, Mrs NJ. Childress,
Mrs. Marion Cheney, Mrs. F. w. Else,
Mrs. ]. w Hunt and Miss Anna New