Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-22
MANY CHANGES IN
UPPER CONF ERENCE
CONFERENCE AT OELWEIN
PROBABLY WILL SHIFT NU-
NERVOUS PASTORS.
SHAkEUP DUE IN LARGER
CHARGES OF. DISTRICT
Many Pastors Have Served Long
Time in Important Churches-Con-
ference Organizes and Gets Down
to Routine Work-Many' Splendid
Features on Program for Week.

Special to Times Republican.
Oeiwein, Sept. 22.-The sixty-fifth
session of the Upper Iowa annual
conference Of the Methodist Epis-.
copal church convened here this
morning at 8 o'clock, in the First
church, Bishop Homer c. stuntz. Of
Omaha. Neb., presiding. The cele-
bration Of the Lords supper was
conducted by the bishop. assisted by
the four district superintendent, Drs.
Hurlburt, Curran, Van Horn and
Spry, and the pastor Of the enter
tanning church, DR.. c. w. Cleworth.
The conference was organized, S.
g. Bretnall, Of Edgewood. being made
.-secretary and editor; T. p. Potter, Of
Chicago, statistician; F. 0. Hillman.
Of Elgin, treasurer; F. A. Smith, OF
Dixie, auditor; G. p. Baker OF Rock
ford, secretary Of committee on con-
ference relations; L. D. Stubs, OF
Delhi, secretary Of board Of Stewards.
and G. B. Shoemaker, Of Waterloo,
anpuitant secretary.
Nearly every member of the con-
ference was present and answered to
ehe roll call. Five members Of the
ohference were reported as having
led during the year, one OF whom
as In active ranks and four on the
tired list. P. NJ. Phillips, of Coles.
,rg, was the active member, who
ed early In the spring. His wife
since that date carried on the
,rk Of her husband and will report
. work Of the charge to this con-
ence, she having received a license
a local preacher shortly after her
stands death, and is said to be
first woman in Iowa to be
nsed as preacher by the Metho-
church. 1t Is reported in con-
nee circles that Mrs. Phillips Is
lg asked to become pastor of one
he churches Of the conference for
coming year. The four retired
OF the conference who have de-
ed during the year are J. e.
n, Of Ia Cygne, Kan; j. F..
n, Of Pasadena, Calf. G. w.
Jess, Of Chester, Iowa, and w. w.
tn, OF Denver. Iowa.
our members of the conference
asking to be retired from the
i've work Of the ministry at this
nference session. e. G. Copeland,
New Hampton, and Hadwen Will
3, ANS, OF Postville, are forced to re-
re on account of failing health,
while L. L. Lockard, Of Mechanics
lille. and A. M. Mcintosh, of Earl
vile, are to retire because of adj
Nanced age.
Several men Of the conference are
stepping out OF the pastorate this
: fall to take up work elsewhere. w. A.
BUELL., OF Plymouth, will enter the
eyangelistic field; n. B. Kofske. OF
( Rockwell, becomes superintendent of
schools at Buckeye; j. c. Olson, of
Linden church, goes into business in
Minneapolis; L. D. Wells of DEBORAH.
becomes professor Of history in
Upper Iowa University.
Good Thinas~cn Program.
The conference program for the
week Is replete with good things.
Among the visiting speakers are DR..
L. w. Leseman, OF Chicago, who is to
give two addresses on 'The Minister
as an Interpreter Of Scripture" and
The Minister as Director: DR.. T. A..
Stafford. Of Chicago. who gives the
address tomorrow evening at the
anniversary of the board OF con-
ference claimants; DR.. ]. M. Gray, Of
Kansas City. who gives the one paid
lecture Of the week on Friday eve
ming, upon the subject, 1.-THE Battle
Of the Marne", DR.. e. J. Helms, of
Boston, who speaks at the anniver-
ssary Of the board Of home missions
on Saturday evening, and Dr.. Harry
Farmer, who speaks next Sunday
night In behalf of foreign missions.
Il Friday afternoon the chamber Of
commerce Of Oelwein will take the
200 members of the conference for an
automobile trip to Upper Iowa Uni
versity at Fayette.
All day yesterday the under
graduate young men Of the confer
ance Were busy talking their annual
eHap1inations. The board of ex-
aniners that had charge Of the work
is composed OF W. c. Keller, of
Mount vernonS chairman; S. 3. Ellis
OF Iowa City, registrar and treasur ar;
%. A. Lang, Of Ananosa, secretary;
A., NJ. Jayne, Of Cedar Rapids, vice
chairman, Cedar Rapids district:
VIII Kirwin, Of Upton, vice chair
man Of the Davenport district; A. NJ.
Mcintosh, Of Earlville, vice chairman
OF the Dubuque district, and F. w.
Court. OF Waterloo. vice chairman Of
the Waterloo district.
Those taking the examine tons
were:
FIRST year.. w.iBearse, of Laurel,
and George Woodall, of Dumont.
Second year,. Fl. Joslin, of James
vile; w. C. Perdue. of Cedar Rapids:
J. j. Snyder, of Elwood; Dale D
WEIGH Of Gutenberg, and Virgil c..
WEIGH, OF Randalia.
Third year c. r. Garland. Of
Stacyville; S. T. James. Of New
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