The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-19

successor, although the Rev. S. FL. An
derson, pastor of Summerfeld Metho-
dist Church, Milwaukee, for seven
years past, and acknowledged one of
the most influential and important men
in the state conference, was mentioned
Other possibilities for the position
were spoken of, including the Rev. w.
A. Hall, Fond du Lac, and the Rev.
Richard Jones, Wausau. Mr.. Kohl
stadt said that the executive board of
the conference gave assurance that the
first choice Of available men will be
given to Kenosha as this church is
recognized as one of the most import
ant posts in the state.
Mr.. Stair IS work in Kenosha has
been phenomenal. Since his utilization
with Park Avenue Methodist, $4,000
addition to the building has been erect
ed. The membership has been increas-
ed from four hundred to seven humid
red. The Sunday school has more than
doubled in average attendance and now
has an enrolment of eleven hundred
pupils. It is recognized as the best
organized Sunday school of the state
and is the largest Methodist Sunday
school of Wisconsin. So successful has
Mr.. Stair been regarded as a Sunday
school worker that there is seldom a
Sunday that some visitor from other
Sunday schools in different parts of
the state or of the United States does
not come for the purpose of studying
the Kenosha pastors organization.
Written inquiries are frequently receiv-
ed and advice asked as to the work.
Mr.. Stair has done all of his minis
terial work heretofore within the con-
fines of the Wisconsin conference He
is a native Of Evanston, Wis, and was
educated in Lawrence college, Apple
ton. He came to Kenosha from Osh-
kosh where he spent five years as pas
tor of the AIgoma Street Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Stair was formerly Miss Ada
S. Sprackhng Of Whitewater and is an
alumna Of Northwestern University
She taught expression in Lawrence
college before her marriage to Mr..
Stair. Since coming to Kenosha Mrs.
Stair has entered fully into the life Of
the community. She is one Of the most
popular members of the Woman Is Club.
She is an entertainer of ability, her
dramatic readings being delightfully."-
spontaneous and artistic. She has as
ISOLATED herself with the social work
of the town and has acted as secretary
of the Associated Charities for some
time. Her class in the Park Avenue
Sunday school has had a definite life
of service in addition to its purely ed
vocational function. Her personality is
such that she has sailed calmly past the
proverbial Scylla and Charybdis that
often beset the paths of ministers
wives.
While giving largely to her time to
Sunday school and other work in the
parish, Mrs. Stair has also been i'm
portant in the INSTRUMENTATION
Sunday school work of the state. She
has had entire charge of the girls
department. of this work, which she
organized, working out the plan which
has proved successful. 1t is the first
work of the kind to be organized in
the United States and Sunday school
workers from other states have visited
her girls camps and conferences for
the purpose Jof studying her methods.
The community willslose much in the
loss of Mr.. and Mrs. Stair, but recog-
nizing the enlarged opportunities for
service which the new appointment Of
fers both Mr.. and Mrs. Stair, there is
heartfelt pleasure in the news Of the
advancement which has come to them