Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-08-15
EPISCOPALEANS
NAME LEADERS
FOR BIG DRIVE
Nationwide Campaign Or
gained in Eight West
ern States.

cooperation with the national headquar,
| ters for the drive in New York City, are
/ preparing to perfect parish organza
lions that will insure the success of the
| Episcopal campaign during the coming
months For the purpose of the cam.
palgn the nation has been divided into
| four areas, the western area, including
| California, Washington, Oregon, Ne
| yada, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and New
/ Mexico Committees have been ap.
| pointed for the thirteen dioceses and
| missionary districts embraced in this
area each committee acting in direct
contact with the national headquarters.
While the Episcopal campaign will
seek to raise 500 900 throughout the
/ United States for the furtherance OF
church Worf--the Methodisls recently
| raised $109 100000 within their own de
nomination for similar purp0se--the
! fundamentals in the forthcoming cam
/ paign are, Ito bring the spiritual power
of the church TO bear upon the church's
whole task" to quote the national di
rector of the campaign, DR. r. W, Pat
ton, and ito secure and train an in
/ creased number OF people, clerical and
lay, for christian leadership"
The Episcopal campaign is in line
with the campaigns conducted by the
Methodist Church, the Presbyterian
Church and the Baptist Church to bring
| about quickening of christian respon
sibility for the great task of world re
construction, both domestic and for.
ri l.
peoples everywhere as a heritage of
the world war
Upon the survey OF the needs of each
| parish, which will be in the hands of
the central office in New York by Au
gust first the federal agencies Of the
church will be in position to unite on
single appeal for support. Based upon
the survey the church will be In a posi-
ton to apply itself to the task of
meeting these needs and to make on a
given day an every member canvass
that all may be eXhorted to gifts and
service"
While each diocese and district in the
western area Is entrusted with the re
sponsibility for It's own campaign work,
under the leadership of the resident
bishop, assistance in organization work
will be given by a committee of five
named by the national executive com
mittee. This committee for the western
| area is composed of Bishop George c.
| Hunting of Reno, Ney; Bishop Her
! man Page, D. D.. of Spokane, Wash.
Rev. George Davidson OF Los Angeles;
Fl. c. Wyckoff of Watsonville, Calf.
and Mrs. A l.. McLeisch of Berkeley,
Calf.
Publicity headquarters for the west
ern area have been established at San
| Francisco.
Committees Named.
The following Is a partial list of exc
cutive committees and chairmen OF exc
cutive committees announced today,
for the various dioceses and missionary
districts of Washington, Oregon and
Idaho
Diocese of Oregon: Rt. Rev. Walter
T. Sumner, D. D., Portland, chairman:
Rev. o. W Taylor, Portland; Rev. John
D. Rice. Portland; Rev. Thomas Jen-
kins Portland; Ven. H D. Chambers,
Portland; Rev. John Dawson, Portland:
Very Rev. r. T. T. Hicks, Portland;
DR.. H. c. Fixett. Portland; ]. l..
Etheridee, Portland; J. W. Ganong.
Portland; c. n. Higgins, Portland;
Hon. w. T. Slater Portland: S. d.
Vincent, Portland Rev. ]. G. Jennings.
Eugene; Rev. f. T. Simpson, Corvallis.
and Rev. C. II. L. Chandler, Oregon
City.
Missionary District of Eastern Ore
gon: Rev. Alfred lockwood, chair
man. Pendleton.
Diocese of Olympia: Ven. Thomas
Hilton, Seattle, chairman
Missionary District of Spokane. W.
H. Faruaham, chairman, Spokane.
Missionary District of Idaho. Ven.
Award Chamberlain, chairman, Boise
Among other purposes sought by tire
coming campaign, as outlined by the
statement OF the national committee,
| are the execution Of plans to meet the
increasing difficulties of the rural
church. az well as the peculiar needs of
communities composed largely Of in
'ustrjal workers and, what is OF timely
appearance with the forthcoming enact
/ mept Of absolute prohibition the con
] deration of some reasonable solution
If the problem created by the abolition
If the saloon.