New Ulm review., 1922-09-20
METHODISTS HOLD
36TH CONFERENCE
PASTORS RECEIVE ANNUAL
APPOINTMENTS. REV. C. G.
HOLM RETURNS HERE.
BODY PETITIONS GENERAL
CONFERENCE TO ALLOW
A MERGER.

A MERGER.
The 36th Northern German con-
ference of the Methodist churches of
the St. Paul, Minneapolis district held
last week from Wednesday to Sunday
was attended by about. one hundred
ministers and other delegates and a
very successful session was carried out.
Bishop Chas. B. Mitchell, D. D. L.
L. D. was the presiding officer OF the
conference, which was held at the
First M. E. church of Morgan. with
Rev. G. Schoenheider in charge as
resident pastor. Among those from
New Ulm who attended were Rev.
Holm, Hugo Glaesmann and family,
Mrs. Henry Tepe, Mrs. Paul Borchert,
Mrs. Ed. Grussendorf and daughter
Erna, Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Schrad der,
Mrs. H. O. Eidsvold, Mrs. Ed. Alvin,
Miss Marie Henkel, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Sievert, Henry Sievert, Mrs. C. G.
Holm and son Roland, William Dur
balm, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Dirks and
children Emerald and Ruth, Adolph
Sandman, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Haenze, Mr.. and Mrs. Gabriel Geb-
hard and sons Wesley and Edwin,
Miss Verone Gebhard, Herman Dur
balm and daughter Elsie, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. D. Lille, Mrs. A. B. Water
ston, Mrs. Frederick Dittbenner,
Herman Lueder and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Juni and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Grussendorf,
Mrs. Chas. Grussendorf and daughters
Hulda and Gladys.
The Program.
The following program took up the
time of the conference delegates:
Anniversary Sermon: Rev. Jacob
Berger.
Address: Anniversary of Board of
Sunday School.
Address: C. F. Barr of Bethesda
Hospital.
Address: Representative of Orphans
Homes.
Anniversary: Board of Education.
Address: Dr. E. C. Reineke.
Anniversary: Board of Hospitals
and Homes. '->
Address: Pres. S. F. Kerfoot, of
Ha:nline.
Anniversary: Women's Foreign
Missionary Society. s
Reports of Officers. .
Address: Miss Fannie Perkins,
Burma, India Missionary Sermon.
Address: Bishop E. G. Richardson,
D. D. L. L. D. of Atlanta, Ca, on
"The Centenary Program of the M. E.
Church."
Anniversary: Board of Home Mis-
sions.
Address: DR.. Geo. B. Stafford.
Sunday Services.
Conference Love Feast. -...
Sunday School. $685.. .........
Services at City Hall.
Sermon: Bishop Mitchell.
Memorial Address: Rev. VIM. G.
Boemmels.
Address: DR.. A. J. Loeppert.
Address: DR.. O. E. Kriege.
The mornings were occupied with
the sessions of the conference and the
above programs were carried out in the
afternoons and evenings. One of the
most entertaining addresses on the
program was the one given by Miss
Perkins, missionary who was able to
give her audience an entirely new
vision of the work in India. She con-
trasted conditions as they exist under
pagan influences with those which
exist under the influence of the church.
Another notable address was the
one by Bishop Richardson on the
Centenary of the M. E. Church.
An auto tour was arranged for the
visiting delegates by the Community
Club of Morgan which took the con-
ference people to Ramsey State Park
and other points of historical interest
near by.
Appointments Made.
Among the appointments made
which will be of interest to members
the churches in this vicinity were those
of the following:
Rev. Holm returns to New Ulm
altho he had two calls from California
and one from Milwaukee. This will
be his eleventh year in charge of the
New Ulm, pastorate.
Rev. Sauter, lately deceased, will be
succeeded by Rev. Chas. P. Baenziger
who is known here, having spoken in
the local church. He will be at Jordan.
Mankato, Rev. Carl Kruger.
Montrose: Rev. Biebighauser.
Hokah: Rev. Chas. f. Sauter.
Dayton's Bluff, ST. Paul: Rev. F. E.