Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-10-12
AFTERMATH OF METH
0D|ST CONFERENCE
Most Successful Meeting in the His
tory of Northwest Iowa
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Methodism.

The Fort Dodge Messenger in Its
issue of yesterday afternoon con-
tanned the following in regard to
the Methodist conference just closed
in that city:
Appointments of pastorates for
the coming year in Northwest Iowa
conference were made today at noon
after a long morning session of ad-
justing and readjusting the lists. AL
so it was decided today that Spenc-
err, Iowa, gets the next northwest
Iowa conference.
Of the three Methodist ministers
in Fort Dodge two were returned
for another year by Bishop Bristol
Rev. Spence of the First Church and
Rev. Clements of the Epworth
in Oleson Park will be retained.
Rev. Leitzell, who has been with the
Riverside Church has been trans
ferred to Clarion, and his place will
be taken by Rev. Stephen Lumley.
The announcement of the assign
ment came very late this morning
because at least three lists had to be
made before one could be adopted.
The appointment of the superintend-
emit for the Sioux City district was
the cause of all the delay. When the
first slate was made, Rev. Ramp
hoefner of Webster City was sched-
uled for the place but i'll health
caused him to refuse. When his ap-
pointment was first noised about,
ten automobile loads of laymen from
Webster City came over to plead
with the bishop for his return. A
new list was made out with Rev.
Johnson of Storm Lake in the SUI
perintendent's place. For reasons
which he refused to make public,
Rev. Johnson declined the appoint
ment. Argument finally prevailed
and the final lists came out with
Rev. Johnson as superintendent OF
the Sioux City district.
A. E. Craig was retained as presi-
dent of Morning Side College. 9th
er special appointments of the bish-
ops were: H. c. Campbell, profess
sor in Morning Side College; w. S.
Handy, student pastor at Iowa Ag-
ricultural College; ]. B. Trimble,
Executive Secretary of the General
Conference Commission Of Finance;
j. w. Mahood, A. S: Dean and Frank
Mathis, Conference Evangelists; r.
A. Quinn, District superintendent OF
Iowa Children's Home Society; H. L..
Houghton, Secretary of United Char
tiles, Sioux City; Robert smylie,
field secretary of the Iowa Metho-
dist Hospital; c. H. Mcmillan, Su-
perintendent of the Anti-saloon
League.
Financial matters in Northwest
Iowa conference are not only the
best in the history of the conference,
but Bishop Bristol, who has been
presiding, declared at the closing
session this morning that the con-
ference outdoes almost any other on
record in such features.
Reports today showed that the
conference raised during the last
year for foreign missions $2,302 ov-
er the year before. The aggregate
benevolences are $93,949. They were
$6S,OO0 last year. The gifts to
Morningside College help swell the
funds this year.
Another very singular and notable
feature of this years reports is that
the moneys received for the retired
ministers fund, exceeds the demand
in this fund for the first time in the
history Of the conference. The
claims presented by the ministers
entitled to help under this fund, to-
tails $16,075. The receipts are $17,-
295.
It was found by calculations at
the conference just closed that the
average salary of ministers in the
northwest Iowa conference, is unus-
ually high. 1t figures out at $1,000
and house.
The donations for Morningside
College in the northwest conference
during the year have been $275,0O0
and in spite of this big contribution,
all other funds have not only in
creased but have increased more
than in any previous year in the
conference.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Societies in the conference under
take an ambitious plan for the COM
ing year. The societies in the five
different districts of the conference,
pledge for each district, a gift Of
$1,000 toward new deaconess
home in Sioux City. Because of this
action, the conference organization
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