The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-14
PASTOR LETS
 WIFE EL0PE

Monticello, N. Y-, July 14-Blam- ing the doctrine of non-resistance of
 the so-calIed Church of Holiness for her troubles, Mrs. Earl Yer Nooy, a young married woman here, today am nounced her intention of bringing suit for divorce. She alleges her hus- band eIoped last Thursday night with Mrs Clark Durea, wife of the pastor of the church.
 Durea, who is not ordained clergyman and whose church is not
 regularly organized, not only admits
 his wife ran away with Mrs. Yer Nooy's husband but that he stood by when they announced their purpose to e1ope and made no effort to stop them- He merely expresses the hope that Mrs Durea and Mrs Yer Nooy will obtain dfvorces so his wife and
 her companion may be married.
 The elopment is the continuation of
 romance which has been the source lie opinion is with Mrs. Yer Nooy and the villagers are not hesitant in de- claring their poor opinion of the hus-
 band who calmly permitted his wife
 two children. As a result of the scandal the Church of Holiness is in
 very bad odor in Sullivan County. MT. and Mrs Durea and their two | children came to Monticello from Brooklyn three years ago. He was suffering from lung trouble and let | it be known that he was living on the bounty of a wealthy aunt in Brooklyn. He proclaimed himself a. l member of the Church of Holiness and soon gathered a little flock of | farm folk around him.
 They bought piece of land and l erected a. modest edifice in which to worship. The church now has be- | tween twenty-five and forty adher- | ents and the congregation is known in
 the Sullivan County hills as the Holy | Rollers
 Shortly after the Dureas came here Mrs. Durea, who is a prepossessnS | brunette of the statuesque type and | about thirty-five years old, went in
 to a, hardware shop in the village and bought an oil stove. Some days later | she complained the stove did not burn
 properly, and Earl Yer Nooy, a rela- | tive of the proprietor of the shop, | went to the house to fix it. His visits | becan1e frequent and the villagers soon began to comment on the friend
 ship of the young clerk and the wife l of the new resident. | Yer Nooy had been married less
 than year at this time and was | about twenty-four years old. His
 wife finally heard the gossip and
 taxed her husband with oing. ] Since that time, Mrs. Yer Nooy ad- raits, she and her husband have quar- | relied frequently over Mrs. Durea and
 finally she threatened to take steps | to part him from the woman with
 whom she said he was infatudated. 1 Last Thursday night Yer Nooy
 Smuggled his clothes out of the l house, cranked up his car and drove | to the Durea home. Mrs. Durea, was
 waiting for him and the pair inform | ed Bureau that they were about to go away together. They left, taking
 with them the Durea children l Gladys, twelve years old, and Will | liam, ten. The husband admits he
 made no efforts to prevent Yer Nooy l and Mrs Durea from leaving. 1 'I shall aid Mrs. Yer Nooy all I
 can,'' he is quoted as saying. tIt will l be well for all of us, if, through l divorce and remarriage, this unfortu- nate situation can be righted. I do
 not desire my wife and Yer Nooy to | live in sin."
 Monticello is not so philosophical
 about the case. It sympathizes openly | with Mrs Yer Nooy, and many of the | residents are suggesting that a cult | teaching acceptance of elopements
 has no place in a Sullivan County community.