Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-03-25
REV. DeYoE REAPPOINTED TO
METHODIST Passionate HERE
Returned from Conference Tuesday
Other Appointments

The Rev. Willard Defoe was
reappointed to the pastorate OF the
Methodist Episcopal church here at
the Kansas conference of the church
which closed at Topeka yesterday
Rev. and Mrs. DeYoe returned last
night from Topeka and today were
given hearty greetings and assur-
ances OF continued cooperation and
support by the members OF the
congregations. and many other
friends expressed their pleasure that
the DeYoes are to continue their
residence here.
The official board of the church
here asked for Rev. DeYoe's re-
turn. Rev. DeYoe said today I'VE
are very glad that we are to re-
main in Abilene" Rev. DeYoe was
appointed chairman of a commits
sion on evangelism to organize
conference revival movement for
1916.
other appointments of interest
here are the following: Talmage, X.
N. Montague, a new man; Hope q.
U. McProud, also new man; En-
terprise, o. ]. McCulloh, returned;
Manchester, supplied by s. A. Chap
pel, who recently moved to Abilene
from Minneapolis, Kan; Junction
City, John Endacott; Harrington, F.
E. Ryerson, formerly pastor 81
White City; White City, M. A. Good
who has been pastor at Hope; Chap
man, C. L. Crippen, returned;
Woodbine, Oscar Gessel, returned;
Rev. w. M. Balch, formerly pastor
here, was returned to the passionate
of the Lowman Hill church at To-
peka; E. e. Hollar, to the central
church at Kansas City; Chris zook
to Paola; Wiley Keve was made dis
triet superintendent Of the Indepen-
dence district. Rev. Keve Is now hv-
ing at Hiawatha. Mrs. Henry Sprung
OF this city is his sister. Mrs. keve
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. b.
Jacobs. ]. W. r. Clardy, who has
been pastor at Herington, goes to
Wamego.
The conference closed a weeks
meeting yesterday after hearing that
the membership in the 565 charges
had increased 1541 over the pre-
vious year, making total of TO-
467. The list of probationers at the
end of the year was 279S, which Is
so more than in 1914. Nonresident
membership is 1854 which is S56
more than a year ago.
Rev. John Mclean of Manhattan,
superintendent of this district, was
reappointed.
The Methodist church here is
growing steadily and under the
guidance of Rev. DeYoe its advance
ment has been marked. At the pres
ent time the membership is: resi-
dent 654, nonresident 81, proba-
TONERS 21. The gifts for benevolence
last year, $284O, we're the largest
the church has ever made. The cur
rent expenses of the year, including
ministerial support, light, heat
Sunday school, janitor, music, or
ganist, repair work, improvements
and other items 1871. The church
owns property valued at $4,000.
The church and Sunday school or
charlottesville ladies' aid society,
home and foreign missionary So
cieties, large Sunday school, one
of the best Epworth leagues In the
conference district and the largest
standard bearer societies Of the con-
ference-are live ones. Members OF
the Kansas conference who hold
their quarterly relations with the
church here are Rev. E. r. Brown
Rev. F. S. Altman, Rev. l.. P. NC
Kee, and Rev. ]. H. Laird OF the
northwest Kansas conference, all
superanuates; Rev. S. E. Belts, gen.
eral superintendent of the anti
white slave traffic, Rev. Howard
Musser, secretary of the laymen's
missionary society movement.
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