New Britain herald., 1918-02-16
NETHODISTS PLAN
 TO CONVENE HERE
New York East Conference h.
 Vited to Come April 1921
TAFT AND DAVIS SPEAKERS
, Program for Four Days Conference
 Submitted to Bishop and CaDIhe' and if Approved Convention Will Be
 Held IIerc-Important Event.

Plans whereby the annual meeting of the New York East Conference or the Methodist church may be helu III this city have been made by rIeE. v Warren F. Cook, pastor of the Iocai church, and the members or the COIL ference program committee. The Ien- tative program calls for four day session and if this meets With the ap- proval of the bishop and his caolnet it will be held in this city, IT the bishop and cabinet do not approve or this program and insist on an elght days session New Britain will not entertain the conference. The pro- . posed dates of the conference are April IS, 19, 20 and 21.
 Taft Will Speak Here.
 According to the tentative program the conference would begin on Thurs day instead of Tuesday, as usual. On Thursday evening the program calls for big patriotic rally with eX-pres1- dent William Howard Taft as the p9irc,pal speaker. Bishop Wilson, who presides. would also be one of the sneakers and as he has just returned from war Y M. c. A. work in France his talk would be of more than pass ing interest The conference, which under these plans would begln on Thursday, would continue over Sunday and conclude on Monday night with the reading of the various appoint ments.
 Some of the speakers at this years conference will be the best in the Methodist church. On Sunday nlght, which would be observed as Temper ance anniversary, the principal talker would be Clarence True Wilson, presl-
 NTnfh Gt n- perance society At the Missionary anniversary on Saturday afternoon and evening two other bishops would speak. A particularly pleasing fea- ture of this conference from the view point of local people of all denomina- tions would be morning addresses by Rev. Dr. Ozora Stearns Davis, formerly pastor of the South Congregational church. now president of Mccormick Theological Seminary at Chicago.
 TOO Delegates Coming.
 The program as arranged for the Friday meeting includes joint ses- sion of the ministers and laymen of the conference, each church in the conference sending one lay represent tative. This will mean that upon that day there would be about TOO representatives in the city. The con- ference should it come here, will be !. entertained at the homes of the var ious church members, assisted by the Methodist churches of Hartford, Bris- tol Plainville, Forestville, kenslng- ton and East Berlin, as we'll as some of the families of other denomina- tions in this city. The clergymen will all lunch together at noon and pro visions will be made for these noon- day Iuncheons to be held at the Elks' dining rooms. The ministers who are entertained in this neighborhood would also get their suppers in New Britain.
 If this conference comes here 1t will be a big thing for New Britain for never before has this city en- tertained the Methodist conference, although Hartford and Middlotown have both had that honor. Not only would the clergymen and official dele gates attend, but so, also, would the general secretaries of all the Metho- dist church boards as well as many of the presidents of the educational institutions of this church in this section of the United States.
 Numerous Changes Predicted. Present indications are that there will be a great many changes in ap- pointm rents this year which will make the conference of more than usual interest. There will be a very lively debate on the adoption of this ab- breviated program because there is a certain element in this conference who believe in sticking by the old methods. There is also to be intro duced a resolution to entirely change the plan of entertaining the confer ence hereafter so that instead of meeting In any one church and hay ing men entertained in the hom es they would meet regularly in the city where the men would be en- tertained at hotels.