Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-22
N. E.. CONFERENCE
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
REV. c. K. HUDSON is RETURN
Ep&ro MANCHESTER CHURCH
! FOR COMING YEAR. q ..
CRoxDER sUcCfEDs DR.. BILLlNGsLEY
r. c. keaoy Of this City is Given
Passionate Lyons Church. List Of
Appointments.

! The sktieth annual conference of
the Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal
church is ended and goes down in
history. as one of the most largely
attended and wholly successful of
any. that, have been held in Upper
Iowa. Final adjournment was taken
at 1880 O'CLOCK Monday afternoon, af-
ter having been in session since last
Wednesday morning.
i The conference was in charge of
Bishop Homer S. Stuntz, bishop of
Buenos Ayres, South America, who
was ably assisted by the various dis
trict superintendent and others.
One Of the most important acts of
the conference was the cutting down
Of the number of districts from six
to four move strenuously oppos-
ed by some members Of the confer
ence, but more strenuously favored
by other members and, by the bishop:
The 1916 session of the confer
ence will be held at Grace church,
Waterloo.
The appointment of special COM
mittees and workers in the confer
ence fer the coming year was made
during the morning session, Monday.
The appointments of ministers to
their various charges was made Mon
day.
OF local interest is the announce
ment that Rev. C. X. Hudson, who
has served the local Methodist
rb,,rob NJ 1oanrc SC
turned to the Manchester charge
for the coming year. ..-
The announcement of the ap-
pointment of Rev. Hudson to. the
Manchester church for another year
is good news to the members Of the
church and our people generally Rev.
Mr.. Hudson has been eminent1y sue
cessful in his work here, and under
his able leadership the church has
made a steady growth. Not only
has he won the esteem Of his people
but stands ,hight.:in the estimation of
1 Manch esters. peop1e trrespe ective* of
church affiliation q
s. Dr.. A.. NJ. Billingsley, who has
been superintendent of the Du-
buque district for six years, retired
from the work, and was appointed
field secretary for Cornell college.
His appointment as field secretary,
We understand, means that DR.. Bill
Kingsley and his wife will remove
from this city to Mt. Vernon. Mr..
Billingsley is succeeded as district
superintendent by Rev. w. G. Crowd
er, one of the prominent men in the
conference.
R. C. Keagy, of this city, joined
the conference and was appointed
to the church at Lyons, Iowa, one
of the Oldest churches in the DAY.
enport district, in fact one of the
pioneer churches in Iowa Methodism.
The church has a membership of
over two hundred. Mr.. Keagy will
begin his work at Lyons on Sunday,
September 26.
Following are the appointments
made by Bishop stuntz, on Monday:
| WATERLOO DISTRICT.
! w. F. Spry. District superintendent
! - Ashley and Faulkner ]. S. Lilley.
Allison-E. A. Roadman.
Aredale-J. J. Cough.
Bassett and ,Lawler-M. L. Hill.
Cedar Falls. w. Holland.
! %Clarksville-A. G. Ward.
Dumont-
Dunkerton-F. H. .Schepple. -
Elma-B "A. Davis.
Floyd-E. D. Wells.
Frederika-W. A. Gibbons
Fredericksburg It. M. Nelson.
Geneseo-T. H. Sheckler.
Geneva c. w. Rodgers.
Greene-R. v. Porter.
/, Hampton-De Witt Clinton.
Hansell- Jesse Underwood.
Janeaville-W. H. Smith.
Jesup- S. c. Bretnall.
La Porte City-H. w. Henke.
Marble Rock-R. C. Lusk.
Mason City First church, J. E.
, Wagner; Olivet, w. G. Rowley.
Nashua-Paul P. Pease.
New Hampton-A. L. Cook.
New Hartford-W. A. Faris.
Nora Springs-W. w. Soule.
Northwood and Kensett -Thos.
Carson.
Osagc- F. w. Court.
Parkersburg w. Self. ,.
Plainfield-H. B. Kofske. u
Plymouth-E. ]. Starr.
Pleasant Ridge-A. N. Conklin
Raymond-W. E. Ross.
Riceville-C. c. Casper.
Rockford Edwin Lee.
Rockwell-A. C. Brackett
Rudd-
,Sheffield-A. B. Soule
Shell Rock-T. J. Elwick.
St. Ansgar-W. M. Galbreth.
Waterloo First, S. E. Ellis;
Grace, EN- J. Lockwood; St. Paul's,
G E. Shoemaker; Linden, E. A. Ba-
ker; city missions, ]. E. Johnson.
Waverly E. A. Lang.
Westburg-F. H. Wyrick.
J. w. Bissell, agent conference
claimans fund commission, member
Of Grace church, Waterloo, quarter
ly conference.
=. DAVENPORT DISTRICT.
w. W. Carlton, district superin--
tendent, Mt. Vernon.
Alburnett- G. Lusted.
y Anamo mosa-A. L. Cook.
|. Andrew &C. D JamAs.
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