Newark post., 1915-09-29

pointment of three district super
intendents and the election of four
delegates to the General Confer
ence will be enlivening features of
the orty-eighth annual session of
the Wilmington Methodist Episco-
pal Conference, which will be held
in Union Church, Wilmington, next
March. The presence of the Lay
Electoral Conference, which meets
quadrennially, will increase the in
terest.
"Selecting pastorates for the re-
tiring district superintendent may
cause considerable ministerial
shifting. Wilmington is likely to
be greatly affected, and it is pre-
dicted that there will be a clean
sweep Of the churches on the east
side Rev. Edmund L. Hoffecker
of the Wilmington district, Rev.
Robert X. Stephenson of the Dover
district, and Rev. Robert Watt of
the Easton district are the retiring
district superintendent. Pastor
ates suggested for DR.. Hoffecker
include st. Paul's and Union, Will
mington, and Bethesda. Middle
town. Rev. Clinton T. Wyatt, who
has been at Middletown three
years, also is proposed for Union.
Changing the relation Of Rev. Cor
nelius W. Prettyman from active
to retired will create a pastoral va
cancy at Asbury Church. Smyrna,
and it is thought Dr. Stephenson
will be assigned to that charge or
to the Avenue Church. Milford.
There is rumor that DR.. Watt
may be given some official position
by the General Conference. which
will convene at Saratoga, n. Y,
next May, but there is no inkling
of the office. Many persons, how
ever. believe DR.. Watt will resume
pastoral work in the Wilmington
Conference.
Rev. George T. Anderson. pastor
of Harrison Street Church, Will
mington, Rev. Waugh S. Collins,
pastor of St Paul's. Rev. Wilbur F.
Corkran. pastor of Union, and
Rev. William 4. Wise, pastor of
Scott. are said to be aspirants to
the Wilmington district Superin-
tendency. Rev. William r. Now
bray, pastor Of the Avenue Church.
Milford. is the choice of the min
listers Of the Dover district for sup
erintendent of that district. Rev.
William l.. White, pastor of Eben-
ezer Church, Easton, Rev. George
c. Williams, pastor of Centenary,
Laurel, and Rev. Clinton T. Wyatt.
pastor of Bethesda, Middletown,
are competing for the Easton dis
trict Superintendency.
Some ministers say Rev Theo-
dore A. H. O'Brien, Superinten-
dent of the Salisbury district. and
the three retiring district superin-
tendents will be elected delegates
to the General Conference, and
othrs believe three district super
intendents and one pastor will be
chosen delegates, as was done in
1912. Since DR.. Hoffecker was the
ONLY district superintendent in the
Wilmington Conference not elected
a delegate in 1912 it is stated that
his election in 1916 would be q
gracious act. An admirer of DR..
Watt predicts that he will lead the
1916 delegation.
Rev. William G. Rooms. who re-
Gently resigned the position of cor
responding secretary of the Will
mington Conference Claimants
Endowment Fund Commission, has
throat tuberculosis, and his condi-
tion is so serious that he deemed it
advisable to 90 to Saranac Lake,
New York. Acceptance by Rev.
Edward H. Dashiel of the CORES
ponding Secretaryship of the COM
mission created a vacancy in the
pastorate Of Asbury Church, Girls
field. that may be filled by Rev.
Louis E. Barratt, who is finishing
his seventh year at Chestertown.