Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-04-25
MASON CALLED
TO SAGINAW
Warren Avenue Presbyterian
Church Wants Alma Pastor
to Succeed Rev. DunkeI.
He WILL PROBABLY ACCEPT
Has Been Pastor of Local Presbyterian
Church for Over Five Years
Record Fine.

At a meeting Of the Warren Ave.
nue., Saginaw, church authorities Mon
day evening the Rev William II. Ma
son, d. d., pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of this city, was
called to take the pastorate of that
church
Rev. Mason has been pastor of the
First Presbyterian church Of this city
for the past five and one half years
and has gained large circle of friends
in this city, and stands as one Of
Alma's most popular and respected
men.
Rev Mason will accept the Sagi-
nav offer, and will make arrange
ments at once to assume his new
duties at the Warren Avenue church
of Saginaw. He will move with his
family to Saginaw just as soon as
proper arrangements can be made
The First Presbyterian church Of
this city has not yet made arrange
ments as to successor TO the Alma
pastor, who has so endeared himself
to the entire city, not having had an
inkling Of the fact that DR.. Mason
would be called to Saginaw. until the
matte WAS made public Tuesday
The Record management had known
of the matter for two weeks, and had
the pleasure of recommending Dr.
Mason for his new post. feeling that
the new position would give him a
wider range of usefulness. and acted
upon this rather than the selfish de
sire to keep him in our midst, where
he is beloved
William H. Mason, d. D., who has
been called to Saginaw from Alma to
take the pulpit of the Warren Avenue
Presbyterian Church, succeeding Rev
J. Amqrose Dunkel, d. d., although
still a young man has lived life full
of usefulness to his Master, as a
brief sketch Of his career indicates.
lie was born on farm in southeast
ern Kansas, and remembers well Of
one startling event Of his boyhood
days, this coming one night when the
james boys appeared at the Mason
home for thing for supper and again
for breakfast.
When William II. Mason was fifteen
years Of age he went to Girard, Kan
sas. where he attended high school.
working his way through as he went
Graduating from high school he went
to Park college, Mo, attending that
institution for three years, also work
ing his way there.
From Park college he went 10
Princeton Seminary, wher he attended
one year after which he went TO Au-
burn, the great eastern seminary.
where he attended for two wears.
graduating at that school.
When he graduated from Auburn
he went TO Galveston. Texas. where
he organized the Fourth PRESBYTERIAN
church of that city. He was in Gal
weston at the time of the great flood
that swept that city, and forty four
members of his church were lost The
by Mr.. Mason, and for six weeks was
used as a refuge FOR twenty families
His early relief work, brought him
under the attention of the MAYOR of
Galveston and he was appointed on
the city relief committee, which han
died over one million dollars for the
sufferers Of the city.
Two years later Mr.. Mason was
called to the Bethlehem church in Chi
cago, and two years after this was
called to the Presbyterian church at
Hamilton, Ohio
Rev. Mason was called to Alma five
and one half years ago and since that
time has been very active in the CITY
Among the noteworthy things done at
Alma since Rev Mason became pastor
was the paying Of debt of 81. 800 on
the Manse, the pastors home; SPEND
ing $500 on improving the church
building, and then starting a Sunday
school in East Alma. which soon grew
INTO Importance, and called for the
of the Eastmnister chapel
at cost Of 81 500.
The starting of the school. which
m ought about Eastminster chapel is
one of the noteworthy things that Rev.
Mason has accomplished Numerous
Alma people living in the eastern part
OF the city, failed to attend church
regularly. and some not at all because
Of the distance down to the churches
Of the city. The addition of the chap
el in the east part of the city has made
many more church going people in
Alma than would have otherwise been
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