The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-17
MEMS CLUB URGED.
 IN EVERY CHURCH.
Methodists Attending 0pelika Conference Pay Visit
 To Auburn

OPELIKA, Alas Nov. 16.-(Special Leased Wire. 1.-The Alabama confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, will. settle down to it's business session Saturday morning with some arrears of work before it left from the previous days session. Among the matters which it was ex- pected would come up Friday before the conference, but which the confer ence was unable to reach before time for adjournment had arrived at 12:90 o'clock, was the report of the com mittee on temperance.
 While the First Methodist church of opelika is open night and day and filled at almost any time by crowds of Alabama Methodists. the time for the disposal of the actual business of the conference Is limited to the hours from o'clock in the morning to 12:3O in the afternoon. In the after noon an address is delivered in the auditorium of the church by some wer-known speaker, while there is an inspirational meeting on. every nights program. The daily routine was varied Friday by the visit of delegates right after the adjourn ment of the business session to Au- burn.
 Opelika citizens of all denomina- tions put their shoulders to the wheel or rather their hands to the steering wheels and every Methodist visitor minister or layman, was provided with comfortable transportation to the college town. There they saw the cadets pass in review, visited the buildings of the Alabama Polytechnic institute and were the guests of Dr. Spright Dowell, president of the coll lege, at a barbecue served in the mess hall
 Stress Mems Clubs.
 A new movement that has been stressed at this conference is the Methodist mems club organization. It is the ambition of the promoters of this movement to have in every Methodist congregation club among the adult male members similar to the civic clubs, such as the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Exchange. In this way it is hoped to get the Methodist >men interested in putting things over" in the work of the church in the same manner that the noon-day luncheon clubs undertake enterprises for the good of the communities in which they flourish.N
 Jt of mingharn~Southern college touched on this new movement in an address at an afternoon session, and Thursday night in the symposium on lay activities of the church Rev. J. w. Frazer of the First Methodist detail on the subject. pr. Frazer is secretary of this movement and states that 1t is showing a gratifying growth and that it's results in his church are more than satisfactory.
 In his address of Thursday night he remarked humorously that if any man wanted to belong to an organi- zation that was 100 per cent Amer ican and 100 per cent protestant, he should join a Methodist Mems club. He added that i've have no klogards. wizards or dragons, and there is no masking in the organization"
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 Review Church Extension.
 A review of church extension ac- tivities in the conference was the subject of the Friday night meet ing.
 The meeting was presided over by Rev. J. P. Roberts. who has been elected president of the board in place of Rev, O.. c. McGehee, re- gently deceased.
 The report of the conference treas urer was read by W. S. Guice and showed s24S5 in donations made to churches, s425 in donations to par sonages, s1,50o in loans to churches, s40o in loans to parsonages. The secretary's report, read by D. H. Mo Neal, noted the election by the board of Rev. J. P. Roberts as president Rev. R. A. Moody was elected vice president of the board the office for merly held by Rev. MT. Roberts. Sanford Is Speaker,
 T. D. Sanford. United States dis trict attorney, and a prominent Lay man in Methodist circles, delivered the inspirational address of the eve ming. MT. Sanford, in his speech, commended the work of the exten- sion board, and said that it would have more money to answer the calls from struggling churches If the members of the denomination would contribute more money to it.
 Mir. Sanford in his address, also dwelt largely on the value of edu- cation. He said one of the greatest W