The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-01
M. {. WORK IN
COUNTY DESCRIBED
Report of Church Growth
Shown at Conference by
Different Districts

LEBANON. Ind. Sept. SO.-District
reports. showing church growth and
ao hievement during the last year, oc-
cupied much of the time yesterday
and today Of ministers assembled here
for the annual meeting OF the North
vest Methodist Episcopal conference.
DR.. Demetrius Tillotson. superintend-
ent Of the Charlottesville district. was
the first TO report at the conference
The Rev. Henry L. Davis. superin-
tendent OF the South Bend district. to-
day reported four births in three par
sonages. and three deahs. At the He
bron parsonage where twins were born
to the Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Lord. the
congregation Increased the pastors
salary from $1,000 to $500 Salaries OF
ministers in the district show an in
crease OF $4,000 in two years. and
church debts have been reduced s2O. 600
in the last year. The district is $20-
ss7 ahead on its payments on centenary
pledges.
Churches Being Built
The building enterprises or the dis
trict include new parsonages at River
Park and Trinity churches South
Bend, and Grace church. Gary. New
churches are in process OF erection or
under contract at Griffith. Harmony
and Gary. In the evangelistic cam
paign in the district there were 49s
reconsecrations. 1908 accesslons by let
ter. 1853 conversions and 1929 put on
probation.
The second report today was that OF
the Rev. ". E. Mckenzie. superin-
tendent OF the Lafayette district. Two
births are shown in the district parson-
ages. The Battle Ground campmeet-
ing was the best in twenty years and
a debt Of $4,000 is being provided for.
The Wesley Foundation at West La
fayette has acquired a site opposite
the Purdue university campus for a
church building and community cen
ter. More than 1000 students from
Methodist homes are registered at
Purdue.
The building enterprises include the
dedication OF the Battle Ground church
which cost $4,000; new church under
roof at Reynolds; churches in process
of erection or contracted for at Fowler,
oxford and McCoys; a new parsonage
a Lafayette. and plans under way to
buy a parsonage al Stidham Memorial
church at Elston. The church at Rem
ington took up an old debt during the
car. The salaries of the pastors Of the
district have been increased $4,000
during the last year and increases
pledged for next year aggregate sS,-
900.
First Anniversary Meeting
The first Of the anniversary meetings
was that of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Henry Ostrom. conference chair
man. presided. Mrs. Charles Ehrsman.
conference secretary OF Terre Haute.
reported a membership + 7.l41. net
gain for the year Of 2.512 Fifty three
new branches had been organized dur
ing the year. making the total ninety
six. The receipts of the society for the
year were s21.270 an increase of So,
949 over the previous year.
Mrs Martha Mellinger. who was to
have addressed the meeting. was not
able to be present. and her place on
the program was taken by DR.. H. X.
BeBra and DR.. James l. Seaman of
Gary. They said that the Woman's
Home Missionary society was the pio-
neer in religious educational work in
the Calumet region. where the popula-
tion is so per cent foreign.