Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-11
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
TO Be INDEPENDENT
Will Separate From Asbury
Church and City Missionary
Society.

The Goodwill Industries, q Metho-
dist Episcopal institution. with head
quarters at 214-2fs Walnut street. are
planning to separate from Asbnry
Church and the Wilmington city
Missionary and Church Extension So
ciety, which have co-operated since
October 3. 1920. They will be In
corporated as the Wilmington Good
Will Industries and win be reorganized
In conformity with the Discipline of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, op-
Grating as district corporation
There are 60 Goodwill Industries in
the United States. of which Dr T. j.
Helms father" Of the Morgan Me
morial Boston, is general superin-
tendent Dr. Helms win come here to
assist In the reorganization
Rev Robert Watt, superintendent
OF the Wilmington district Of the will
mington Conference, win have general
supervision Of the reorganized Good
will Industries. and Rev John ~
Beauchamp will be manager subject
to board Of directors and an execu-
tive committee. The board Of dlrec-
tors viii have 25 members. Of whom
al least f3 must be Methodists Diree-
tors already selected include Revs
Robert Watt, W A. Wise, William r.
Mowbray. V. S. Collins. George White
Dawson, Ellwood w Jones, Henry q.
Budd, John II. Besuchamp and W q.
Harris; Governor william p. Denney.
Arley y. Magee, Andrew T.. johnson.
J. Writ Willis, George Carter. a. D.
Hyland, Arthur b. Cuilin and Clarence
Craig. Seven vacancies will be filled
soon. Andrew r.. johnson Is presi-
dent, Rev. w. @. Harris secretary and
Rev. 'Ellwood w. Jones treasurer.
Asbury Church and the Whining
ton City Missionary and Church Tx
tension Society bought the property
214-216 Walnut street on December
20, 1919 for si2.0 900, Of which ss 900 IS
unpaid. The sum Of s6 900 is in
vested in equipment. Asbury Church
ard it's pastor. Rev. George White
Dawson. raised $4,000 Of the amount
paid for the purchase of the real
estate and improvements thereto. The
Methodist Episcopal Home Mission
airy and Church Extension Society.
whose headquarters are in Philadel-
phia, contributed $4,000 for equip
ment. At a meeting held in Asbury
Church yesterday afternoon Andrew
T.. Johnson ard Revs. Robert Watt,
George White Dawson. Ellwood w.
Jones and John III. Beauchamp were
appointed a committee to adjust the
liabilities of Goodwill Industries.
Twelve persons are regularly em-
ployed at 2i4-216 Walnut street, and
the payroll averages $500 per month.
The purpose Of the Goodwill Indus
tries is to provide employment for the
aged and the poor Their work con-
sists Of mending shoes, altering, clean
ing and pressing clothes and repairing
furniture. Twelve hundred bags are
sent to homes in Wilmington and its
vicinity for discarded clothing, etc,
and two trucks bring them back. In
the rear of the headquarters there is
a community playground, which viii
soon be equipped with sand boxes,
Henry r. Folsom of this city. VINO
is taking a business course at the
Morgan Memorial. will return to VIII
mington in September, and he and
Mrs. Folsom will probably assist in
the management OF the Goodwill In
lustrfes.
The Wilmington City Missionary
-hd Church Extention Society viii
meet in Wesley Church on Monday
night for the purpose of rsorgaaizing.
supper will be served previous TO the
coasidera ton OF the society's new
program. Rev. Elwood W. Jones viii
be superintendent of the society and
viii reside at 2I5 West Twenty-ninth
street, which property the society has
bought for the superintendent home.
The society viii put workers" in AS
bury. Kingswood. Madeley and Wes-
'ey Churches and maintain vacation
Bible schools at Asbury and Kings
wood. These schools will open on
June % and function six weeks. The
society will meet on the second Mon
day night of each month in churches
to which it is invited