The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-26
THE IOWA CONFERENCE
Will Be Held This Year At Center
vile Sept. / to S.

The Iowa annual conference Of the
Methodist church will convene in
Centeryillef Wednesday, Sept. ], for
the first time since 1880. 1t will be
presided over by Bishop Homer G.
Stuntz, an Iowa man, elected bishop
at the last general conference, the
only man to. secure election on the
first ballot. He now has charge of the
South American field but is home for
a few months and was assigned this
conference to relieve Bishop F. M.
Bristol, who is in poor health
Many leading men OF the church will
be here to present their causes, such
as" Clarence True Wilson on, Tuesday
night, general secretary of the tenn
perancer society; DR. Freeman ID. Bo.
ward corresponding secretary of the
church extension society on .Wednes-
day night, DR.. VIM. S. Bdvard of the
board of Sunday Schools, Thursday
night; Dr..J. F. Ream of the board of
education, Friday night; Prof. J, b.
x. Shaw, representing the Freedman's
Aid, Saturday night, and WILDER F.
Sheridan, representing the Epworth
league, Sunday night. Bishop Stuntz
Will deliver several short addresses,
the Sunday morning sermon, and the
missionary address Sunday night One
of the special features this year will
be series of a O'Clock talks on rural
economics by state university extern
sion department Representatives
The final session will be Monday,
Sept 6, when the pastors from the
$50 Methodist charges in southeast
ern Iowa will be assigned to their APP
pointements for the coming year
These appointments will be made by
the bishop, who will have the advice
of the four district superintendent,
Rev. II. F. Gilbert of the Muscatine
district, Rev. C. L. Tenant of the
ear of the Oskaloosa district, and
Rev. e. ]. Shook of the Ottumwa dis
trict.
The Centerville church has made
special preparations for the confer
ence. AS the Sunday school has
grown to an attendance of above 500
more room was needed and the base
ments has been remodeled, steam
heat from the city plant installed, and
the interior decorated, at a cost of
about $4,000. The church was built
in 1906 at a cost of $4,000. Improve
ments since make it a 100000 proper
ty.
Besides the $50 active ministers
tive service present. This is the year
for electing delegates to the next gen
eral conference to convene at Sarato-
ga Springs in May, 1916. This neces
states the assembling of the lay
electrical conference to elect the four
lay delegates to accompany the four
from the conferences.
The Centerville church presents a
candidate for one of these positions
in J. M. Beck, editor of the Center
vile Iowegian, who was elected for
the 1912 general conference and is
for reelection. The lay
electoral conference to elect the four
Sept. 3, at 1890, and on adjournment
of it's afternoon session the Laymen's
association will convene and remain
in session till Saturday afternoon.
many topics of interest to laymen will
be discussed. Teh lay electoral con
ference will be called to order by it's
former secretary, E. l.. Stickney, of
MoultOn. and the laymen's association
will be presided over by S. A. Power
of Fairfield. as president, and A. N.
Jarvis of Burlington, as secretary.
Topics on the lay association program
are all on vital problems of the day
and it is expected a large number of
laymen will attend.