Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
MUST RAISE $4,000 +
WITHIN EIGHTEEN DAYS
EpiscopaGans to Complete Their
Quota of $4,000 for $1,000, 900
Clergy Pension Fund. {.

Since the announcement Thursday that
$4,000 had been raised by the Washing
ton diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of its quota of $4,000 of the
national fund of $4,000. 600 for pern,a-
nent pension fund for the clergy an ad-
ditional $1,000 has been raised, it was
announced today
An additional s350,o00 for the national
fund has also been raised. bringing up
the total to $3.50. 900. Epscopalians OF
the diocese of Washington, which inciudes
the District of Columbia and Charles. st.
Marys. Prince Georges and Montgomery
counties. in Maryland. must raise SIS. 900
for the church pension fund within the
next eighteen days if the local diocese Is
to fulfill its obligation to contribute a
quota of $780, goo to this fund by March L
Whirlwind Campaign Begun.
The announcements were made today
by the local pension fund committee,
which has begun a whrlwind campaign
Of Washington and neighboring Maryland
counties in an effort to liquidate the In
debtedness Of the diocese The total sum
needed, $4,000 must be raised by
March to permit the Episcopal Church's
plan for pensioning it's cergymen TO be-
come effective.
Guy Emerson, vice president of tho
National Bank of Commerce of New
York, who is actively concerned with
the national collection of the pension
fund. conferred with Charles J. Bell,
Corcoran Thorn and other officials of the
Washington diocesan committee. He re-
ported that the national fund had now
reached the sum of $4,S50.000. with
l a. lie
ing $650,000.
1t is the intention of the officials of
the Episcopal Church throughout the
country to undertake the pensioning Of
Episcopal clergymen. The sum of So
900, 900 will be used to meet immediate
demands upon the pension system and to
serve as sinking fund for obligations
in years to come, pending the time the
annual amount collected from clergymen
of the faith will meet all obligations.
Mapped Out by Insurance Experts.
This plan was mapped out by in
surance experts, who pointed out to
the church leaders that a pension sys-
tenn which became effective without a
| sinking fund of any sort would be Inn
mediately swamped by the demands of
retiring clergymen, its income being
limited to tx per cent of all salaries
the figure decided upon as a pre-
MUM" all pastors must pay to avail
themselves of the funds advantages.
The work of collecting Washington
$780, 900 share of the total S5,000,000 Is
being pushed by parish committees.
who have central organization, but
who supervise the collection of funds
from the various Episcopal parishes Of
the diocese.
The chairmen of the various parish
committees follow: st. Johns. Dr.
| Ralph Jenkins; Epiphany, Col. George
| Truesdell; st. Thomas. John III. Hew-
| son; St Margaret's, William Waller; st.
Paurs. H. L. Rust; St James. Henry p.
| Fairbanks; st. Andrews. l.. w. Estes:
ST. Johns. Georgetown. NJ. o. Chance:
| Christ Church, Georgetown, George A.
| King; ST. Adams, E. d. Sumner; All
Saints. Chevy Chase. c. +. X. ogilby:
Rock Creek parish, Arthur S. Browne.
Incarnation, ]. E. Mayfield: st. Steph-
ems, G. A. Lewis.