The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-29
|NTER-CHURCH
DRIVE IS ONE.
GRAND SUCCESS
TN LOCAL 11FS1XTH1Y NEARLY
RKACKRS IT'S QUOTA WITH 1pT
Two-x1RDS IEHO1f.
lEakinS Preparations for the Dig Outside
Drive to rake Place Later In
week.

The Inter-Church World Movement
financial drive Is goinE on in wheeling
district during the present week with
fervor,, and churches. II is stated. will
have but little trouble in making UP
their quotas. in fact, all that nave re-
ported so far have exceeded the sums
that had been set apart for tho congre-
cations to raise.
At o'clock Wednesday afternoon
meeting OF ministers was held at the
Y. NJ. c. A. building to formulate plans
for the work OF the male members OF
the congregations to take up during
what is known as the outside" drive
during the latter part Of the week.
This Is che drive in which persons
who arc not members OF any church
will be solicited for funds to help the
Inter-Church World Movement in It's
workers in the drive will 60 over the
top without any effort. as the sum to
be made up 10 small when taken In com.
parison with some Of the sums OF
money donated by denominations.
INK were: DR.. G. E. Allen. D. D.. Fourth
Street NJ. F.. church; Rev: H. G. Howard
Thomson NJ. E. church: Rev: p. B. Fer
ris, Second Presbyterian; Rev. s; NJ.
Gibson. First Presbyterian church: Rev
church: Rev. ira G. McCreary. Second
Third Presbyterian church; DR.. G. F.
Lockhart. Emmanuel Baptist: Or. l.. b..
Lewellyn. Elm Grove Presoyterian
i, church; Dr. r. L. Drinkard. DIR:
Charles II. Keesor. Rev. f. p. Carson Of
Warwood and W. NJ. Watson OF Elm
Grove.
ENCOURAGING reports we're read. and
another meeting will be held at o'clock
, Friday evening at the Y. M. c. A. OF all
the ministers and division men connect
ed with the drive. to make preparations
for the final drive.
DR.. Charles n. Keesor. chairman or
the New Era committee Of the Wheel,
that shows that two-thirds of the
churches under his jurisdiction have re- re-,
ported and the remaining churches VIII
finish their drives BY next Sunday
The presbytery of Wheeling is the
largest In the West Virginia synod ana
Is in the eastern district, win inc MAI"
office in Wheeling.
The quota ASST gncd to the churches IN
this nresbytery for benevolence In con-
nection with the Inter-Church drive rs
S46.55AS0. OF this sum, *4o.o9o mas
been subscribed. and as but two-tniras
Of the reports have come in 1t is safe 10
assume that the sum OF $4,000 Will De
collected by this presbytery alone.
The presbytery includes OHIO, han,
cock, Brooke and Marshall counties ana
the town Of New MartinsVille IN "e'1e'
The following is the report OF tho
sixteen churches, the pastors names
tb. amounts Of the quotas and the
amounts subscribed: p n.
First church. West Liberty. hey; ~ a.
A. Shook: quota, '4I6'Ea. Suose'''eo'
Allen Grove, Rev. c. w. Boyle; quota.
,isOS6, Subscribed. $50i.1O.
Limestone. Rev. G. w; Boyle; quota
s222.3S. Subscribed; !22S; oro,.
,1ss'at. subscribed, sIss,4+. The pas
tors salary was also increased.
wheeling First Presbyterian. Rev. 8.
NJ Gibson; quota, 3S.20S,l6. subscribed;
1885. Congregation also SUBSCRIBED
81. 900 for the mission OF the church on
Wheeling Second Presbyterian church.
Rev. Pliny r. Ferris; quota. 35's2S. SUB
scribed, $4,000.
wheeling Third Presbyterian church
Rev: p Lsyen5ers9Tb; s an mnj,t ssO'! wa:
also given a substantial salary increase
Warwood Rev. F.. P. Carson: quota
s477.3s. Subscribed. 800. Pastors sal
airy was also increased s,,X-,,o.
Newell; quota. s74S'Ss' Subscribed
;1.054. .,.
ou MouI ;1Sssss; F subseriSed a ,iioS'
Elm Grove, Rev, L.. 2; Lcwellyn;
quota, 33036. Subscribed, $3.50.
Foliansbee, Rev. John A Shaw;
quota. $3.50. Subscribed. $4,000. The
congregation presented the pastor with
a new manse. into which he and his
family have moved.
Holidays Cove, Rev, II. G. Mcmillan;
quota, 32.ls65o. Subscribed, $4,000. The
pastor was also given nice increase
Chester: no pastor: W. r. Parsons.
secretary Of session: quota. $1,SOl.0l.
Cameron, Rev. ]. NJ. Fisher: quota,
$685. Subscribed. $500. Pastors SAL
airy increased.
wellsburr. Rev. r. F.. Burt; quota.
3B.SS46o. Subscribed. $685..
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