Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-27
N. P. CONFERENCE
PLANS NEW CHURCH
FOR WILMINGTON
Extension Board Proposes RAISING
Fund TO Finance S25,ooo
Project Here.
WORK TO BE DEVELOPED

snc,isl Correspondence Of Every Evening
C.hcsicrtown. Md. Nov. = The
Methodist protcstanfs of the Maryland
D,la,,,rc Peninsula are arranging plans
TO. the development of tnclr interests IN
tho CITY Of Wilmington. when viii glNc
tho adhercnts of that denomination IN
Wilmington handsome church property.
Rev. j af Sheridan tho superintendent
- I'll. Church Extension Work al the
NSrylsnJ Conference, has been appointed
Nv the president ot the conference ~
..lts,rinl,n,lcnt Of the work ol raising the
fs.,,ds with winch 10 purchase a desirable
lot and erect thereon church to cost not
less than S25.0O0 Rev MIR Sheridan i
nov on the Eastern Shore, visiting he
vari,nfs churches Of the larger towns III
HarH land and Delaware
H., waS IN ChcstcrtoWn Yesterday and
conferred with Fred g silton and inom s
-. llowcr~. relative 70 plans hr has IA
n,irtd ;or b., raI,lug OF the funds Alr
sheridan /, plan j. aS follows hUrrh
Extension Sociciv has hccn organized ON
tho Peninsula. with leading lavmcn and
ministers III every town rs mcmhcrs Of
h6 board OF managers and wee president :
Tor each county Such mcu rs Fred ;
Adkins of Salisbury, " IL Elliott "i
Laurel Frank Wilson OF Pocomokc { ltN.
MIR Mackav of Cecil county. Rev J y
~traughn Of Laurel. MIR Cover oi tastnn
and Fred G. Slitan uf Chcstcrtuwu arc
members of the board ot managers i Is
the object Of thus society 10 secure 5000
members. whose dIC~ shall pc : / per vclT.
This fund will form the nucleus tor the
creation of fund with which 10 carry on
the work Of church extension throughout
tile Mary land Delaware pcn~lu~Iia, rs
Ncli as to ASSIST IN the preliminary work
ar purchasing i lot for tic erection of the
new property church IN Wilmington.
Supcrintcndcnt Sheridan ha- recently
VISITED " Wilmington where hc auntrrr,1l
With Methodist Protestant ministers
3nd laXmcn, to whom he Unfold II hi
plans inr the completion II 'hc great
work Air Sheridan states ttat q urNeN
Of the ncld IN Nilmlngton dfsclo>rs
the fact that from 100 to 500 Mctho-
dis Protestants have moved from
various parts If the Narvland-l )cla-
ware peninsula Ia Wilmington within
The past four ~ livr years, and the present
church properties III the city arc net
~ attractive to those people - they
might he, and thcrc i. strong tendency
to drift to other churches THIS iorco
m1ist he gotten together INTO one great
church IN Wilmington, which viii make
the Methodist Protestant church q
powerful force in the religious lItc Of
the rIfv The plan t. erect hne church
nrnpcrtv IN Wilmington received the
.ndnr,,iQent ii the conference ~ its
Hast session. Ia Baltimore IN lprll. 1918
l,u; an account II he cpidcmir 80 in
alcnza plans which bad been formally
Aryc, anon prior - the epidemic hsd
bccn farcei a. wait for promu!gatlon
\ msntipg IT the board u managvrs
aI tie neN lNtensIon Society Vill he
nejd IN rthrr salisbury 4. Faef"n IN
thr vcr, near future. whom the plau
IL organize the countlc, On thc Eastern
Shore and Delaware will hc ngrccti Upon
,nd the work Of provldlnc tho funi~
for the purchase Of iof III desirable
location IN Wilmington WI To pushed
Il Is the plan q thc new Chureh ENtcn-
-lan society met only Il t'Hanc" tho
Wilmington project tut also - pro
vide he funds Tor financing any other
interest q the Methodist Protestant
hurch on the cntr peninsula lanhs
- II - nev cra is daWung Or Methodist
i'rotcStantiSla on the peninsula