The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-15
Rev. E. B. Martin of Den
yer Named Pastor of
M. E. Church.
TO COME THIS WEEK
New Minister Is Graduate of
Ohio Wesleyan and Has Been
Prominent in Church Work.

The Reverend Edward Burns Mar
tin, of Denver, Colorado, has been
named as pastor of the Park Avenue
M. E. church to succeed the Rev. Ora
W. Taylor, who recently resigned his
passionate to accept call to Madison.
Mr.. Martin will begin his work as pas
tor of the church here on next Sun
day, occupying the pulpit at Park
Avenue church both morning and
evening. The formal appointment of
Mr.. Martin to the Kenosha church was
made at the annual conference in She
boygan this morning and his selection
is declared to have the entire approval
of the members of the committee of
the local congregation in attendance
ct the conference. The decision to
name Mr.. Martin for the Kenosha pas
torate was reached on Saturday after
noon. Up to that time the Rev. Har-
ley Logan of Sheboygan had been list
ed for the Kenosha pulpit. In the
shift made by the bishop Rev. Mr..
Logan was sent to Waukesha and Mr.
Martin appointed to have charge of
the large Kenosha congregation.
Graduate of Ohio Wesleyan.
The. Rev. Mr.. Martin comes to Wis
consinF from the Colorado conference
in which he has done some notable
work. At the present time he is the
representative of the Sunday School
Board of the Methodist church in the
Denver area and he was formerly pas
tor of the church at Grand Junction,
Colorado. Mr.. Martin is thirty-eight
years of age and married. His wife
will come with him to Kenosha dur
ing the present week.
Both Mr.. Martin and his wife are
graduates of Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity at Delaware, o., and Mr.. Martin
completed his education at the Univer-
sity of Denver. He comes to the local
congregation with high recommended
tions.
DR.. Mathew Trenery of Milwaukee,
widely known to Kenosha Methodists,.
who is now superintendent of the ex-
tension work of the Sunday School
Board and who has been in close touch
with the work of Mr.. Martin, has de-
clared him admirably fitted to meet
the problems of the Kenosha church.
Endorsed by Leading Church Men.
Dr. R. A. Chase, superintendent of
the Madison district and formerly in
the Colorado conference, also gave
Mr.. Martin the highest Recommended
ton for service. He declared him to
be a man "of keen intellect, fine
speaker and of splendid personality"
Mr.. Martin was in the work in the
army during the war in Europe and
spent much time in this work. He is
declared to have been one of the most
successful of the leaders of the Meth
odist church selected for the work
with the army in this country and
abroad. He has had wide expert
ence in the work of meeting big indus
trial problems in the Denver area and
his record has been such as to strongly
recommend him for work at the Ke-
nosha church.
His coming to the Wisconsin confer
ence was considered one of the most
interesting changes announced at the
conference which closed at Sheboy-
gan today.
Appointments Made Today.
The conference appointments were
read just before noon today. The APP
pointments for the Milwaukee district
bringing a number of changes in the