Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-23
UPPER IOWA CONFERENCE SU.
PER'NTENoENTs REPORT
\ GREAT PROGRESS.
uBSTANTIAC GAINS
IN NET MEMBERSHIP
Each Of Four Districts Report In
creased Activities and Financial
Advancement--Ssverai New Pas
tors Come From Other Conferences
Not Many Now Churches Erected.
Special to Times Republican.

Oelwein, Sept. %. The Upper
Iowa annual conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church convened this
morning at O'Clock for its second
day. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz presid-
Ing. DR.. Eugene Allen. Of Cedar
Fails. led the devotional service.
Most OF the forenoon was given over
mainly to the hearing Of the reports
OF e>superintendents Of the four
districts of the conference. all OF
which showed that the work Of the
conference had made splendid ma
terial and spiritual gains during the
year.
DIR. j. T. Van Horne, of Cedar
Rapids, reported 900 conversions on
the Cedar Rapids district and net
gain In membership OF $50. Debts
reported paid amounted to $l2o. 900
and improvements totaled $4,000. A
Tine new church building has been
built at Belle Plaine and a new
parsonage at Dixie. Increase in pas
y u.
Dr. II. r. Hurlbut. OF Mount Yer
non. reported LAO conversions on
the Davenport district with a net
increase of membership of 500. A
new church has been built at Clar-
ence at costof $4,000, with other
church improvements on the district
amounting to $4,000. A parish
house ut Mount Vernon has been
purchased at II cost OF Sc 500. Pas
toral support has increased $4,000.
with IA great contribution to the
benevolenees OF the church.
DR.. A. b. Curran. of Fayette, re-
ported that the Dubuque district has
secured LOO conversions and a net
gain In membership OF his churches
amounting to 800. A new commun-
ity building on the Winthrop charge
mad been built costing $4,000. with
a total of church improvements
amounting to ili,500. The total OF
church debts paid totaled $500. The
largest advance in pastoral supper,
for any district occurred on the Du-
buque district. which amounted to
$25.500.
DR.. w. r. Spry, of the Waterloo
district, reported 1900 conversions
with net increase OF 425. Church
debts paid amounted to 10000 and
church improvements sl6,550. A new
church Is rapidly nearing completion
at Plainfield at cost of $4,000.
Williamstown has completed a com.
munity hall costing sl.700. James,
vile has. placed a basement under
both church buildings costing $4,000.
to be used for social and Sunday
school purposes. The total of adj
vance in pastoral support is $4,000.
New Men in Conference.
The following named men were an
nounced transferred into the con-
ference: Homer A. Crumb from the
Michigan conference, James X. Haw-
kins from the Northwest Iowa con-
ference. Robert F. Falk from the
West Wisconsin conference, B. b.
Hanscom from the Vremont confer
ence, ]. II. Bounds from the Ne
braska conference, J. w. Atkins from
the. Minnesota conference, Floyd r.
from the Michigan confer
ence. and G. w. McConkie from the
Illinois conference. j. j, Kidder was
granted a leave of absence" for
the year. and S. T. Weaver was
transferred to the Illinois conference.
Yesterday afternoon was the ami
OF the Womans' Foreign
Missionary Society, Mrs. ]. w. Dick
man. of Fayette. presiding. Miss Ruth
Partridge, Of Vikarabad. India, Civ
ing the address.
At 4 o'clock DR.. L. f. Leseman, of
Chicago, addressed the conference
upon the subject. THE Minister as
an Interpreter of Scripture"
Last evening the educational ban
quet was held at the Presbyterian
church. 1T being the outstanding
social event of the week. Nearly ev-
cry member of the conference was
In attendance.
G. +. Shear of Reinbeck, plans to
retire from the active work of the
because Of i'll health.