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THREE NEW DISTRICT
SUPER|NTENOENTS
MAY Be NAMED
At the Session Of the Whining
ton m. &. Conference Next
March.
SPECULATION is RIFE

Possible appointment of district SUI
p.rintcndents. To succeed Rev. Robert
Watt on the Wilmington district. Rev.
William A. Wise on the Middletnwn
district and Rev. William n. Mowbray
on the Dover district, may enliven the
next session OF the Wilmington An
nuai Conference OF the Methodisr
Episcopal Church. which win be held
az Cambridge, Md, six months hence,
and possible shake up" OF pastors
may increase interest. The Board of
Bishops late in October or early in
November will fix date in March for
the Wilmington Conference TO con-
venc and will also assign a bishop to
preside. Some ministers predict the
assignment viii be given to Bishop
William r. Mcdowell OF Washington,
who presided over the conference in
Wilmington and at Seaford. Chester
town. Md. and Crisfeld. Md.
Having been appointed district SUI
rcrintendents in 1916, Drs. Watt. Wise
and Mowhray are finishing their sixth
year as such. 4 district superinten-
dents term previous TO May. when
the General Conference changed the
rule by making the period indefinite,
was limited To six years. Removal of
the time limit was opposed by the
Wilmington Conference delegates to
the General Conference. and il is said
the change Of rule displeased most of
the members of the Wilmington Con-
ference. Consequently some Of the
members believe SUCCESSORS to Drs.
Watt. Wise and Mowbray will be ap-
pointed next March and already are
discussing possible appointees. Hav-
ing served less than five years as SUI
perintendent OF the Salisbury district.
Rev. Vaughn s. Collins is not likely
a. be disturbed. Long service has
made Dr. Watt efficient in district SUI
pcrintendcncy. lie was superinten-
dent Of the Wilmington district from
1898 Co 1893 and superintendent of the
Easton tnow Middletownl district from
1910 - 1915 and was transferred from
the Easton TO the Wilmington district
superintcndency in 1915. Drs. Wise
Mowhray and Collins are also capable
district superintendents.
Rev George c. Williams. pastor OF
McCahe Memorial Church. Whining
ton. IL suggested for superintendent
% the wilmington or Dover district
f.ikton. Md. for superintendent OF the
Wilmington district and Rev. Walter
=. Gunbv. pastor at Cambridge and
conference treasurer and host. for SUI
rerintendent 81 the Middletown OF
Dover district. other suggestions may
he made later.
II IA believed Wilmington will fee
pastoral shake up." Psstora
changes at Ashury, Esstlake. Harri
rcr street. McCabe Memorial. Mt
salem. Scott and Wesley churches
are considered possible. II Is reporte,
Rev. v +. Northur may exchange tn
Middietown pastorate for a Whining
tor pasforste. Rev. Elwood w. Jones
corresponding secretary OF the WI
mineton City Missionary and Churcl
Extension Society Is mentioned 70
Ashury's passionate. Rev. Georg
White Dawson may remain in vii
minrton after leaving Ashury. Be
sides being proposed for district su
perintcndcnt. Rev. George c. William
IL suggested for the Cambridge pas
torate. ON the completion of his tern
as disirict superintendent Rev. VII
liam r. Mowbray may be called Z
Scott Church. Wilmington, or to IN
Nlddletown pastorate. A few mem
hers - the Wilmington Conferenc
may request transfer TO other confer
ences.