Smyrna times., 1923-04-11
||TiRBINTING COMES BACK
II'IIBURI CHURCH, SMYRNA
, .rEN SLATED FOR A DIS
.I~r SUPERINTENDENT
tim Here In Smyrna Are
.g'as.jwRev. i.g's5..RR Claude W. Clark
B'l'SI - to St. Paul, Clayton

-afNnn NLEA1
.F.j%Rev. .F'sl'lYRR Claude W. Clark
.l1.,,oton S''; Methodist Episcopal
'lanns .slnes 'VI closed its interesting ses-
'i'.'1IS = Doyer Monday at noon. Bishop
a5.,sJ1 y JTir' in his list of appointments
-0''r eIean sweep of the four dis
y as,osrintendents Tls9n and REPLACES &c,
Nv four younger men. Inc
2. " 9ssDDointed district superinten- 6e,
y '-s. ast Wilmington distrct-Ihe
Z nr WI James W. ColOna, who is ad-
u " from Wesley Church, Dover
y. Elmo Rev. DR.. Watt. Middle
''j-I gsfyict, the Rev. DR.. Omar Z.
I. !. aJvaneed from ChesteItown,
y rsnrcb. s succeeding Rev. w. A.
\. Dover district-The Rev. Dr.
\ Gunby, advanced from Cam
=. MAJ. Church, succeeding Rev.
~ vowbrey. Salisbury district
paw DR.. E. H. Dashiell, advanced
n c Cspe Charles, Va, Church, sue
N ...l,g Rev. Vaughn S. Collins. Smyr-
,s1 =, hack the Rev. John j. Bunt-
t5ough for a time it looked as
M he would be made one Of the
+E,t suuerintendents. Rev. Claude
r,rk comes back to st. Paul,
,.+on. Rev. C. E. Davis comes back
rseswold; Rev. E. W. Mcdowell
y back TO Middletown and Rev. }
Easley goes back to Kenton
frseud gets a new pastor in Rev
An Connolly succeeding Rev. G. P
n, who is without a charge to be
.-s treasurer Of the Conference
r,mants. Rev. Leonard White sue
N, Rev. ]. W. ColOna at Dover
5g G. E. Newton goes to Milhngtol
Al Rev. R. S. Hodgson goes back a
n4m Of Odessa and FRIENDSHIP
rucbes. Rev. R. P. Nichols, VIII
rAes his home in Smyrna, was re
DUointed Director of Religious Edu
atim Of the Sunday Schools of tn
Conference.
Ministers in Retired Relations Sam
The Characters of the following r'
nsi minister's were passed: Robe
Re, G. P. Scott, G. w. Stallings,
:. Smfeld, 7. E. Terry, w. E. TOml
il0n, G. W. Townsend, o. S. Walto
EOB. Wallen, W. w. White, c. /
Villains and D. H. Wills. By vO-
4 the Conference their retired rel
tons we're continued. The report Z
he Conference trustees was present'
Ry. R. K. Stephenson. The fC
wing Conference trustees were r
asted: R. X. Stephenson, W. o. Be
l.,t and John W. Kelso. The stan
g Of candidates for admission to t,
wilmington Annual Conference we
1ouneed as follows: Graduated a
'sied to elders orders, Earl
1ackley and John H. Whedbee; CO
aled in the studies of the -four
lealr John c. Bolton; advanced to
ads Of the fourth year, William
les and August L. Zimmerman; CT
llsd in the studies of the third ye
10Y l. Rhawley; admitted into f
lsnOership, elected to deacons ord
"a passed to studies of third We
l7ey W. Gallon, Charles E. Da
q SYlyanus Hamblin. Continued
va and advanced to studies of S
u year, Charles H. Hudson, Wing
> Snort and Johnson H. Wright; C.
-aaed on trial and advanced to ST
{ d hrst year, Benjamin w. Glib,
'A'eF l. Gehman and Milton S. !
lssS; elected to deacons' orders
q local rule, John P. Kelley.
'''h0dists Show Increase in Memh
Natstics Of Wilmington NJ. E. c
= l@'.ee We're read by the Rev.
v L. Gunby, Conference Statistic
-. ~ snow among other figures 50,
.@Qent and 2522 nonresident chu
'aoerS within the Conference. [
Y Inc year S367571 was paid
II ,u'.enal support, and the grand
VI collections for other purp,
J. NE year is $249,274. Confer,
~. ollaed !. to meet next year at T
,'.a. ,ssa NJ E. Church, Wilmington.
'''niments in full are as follow
MiddletOwn District
s,1e5s s-i s0nsss-Distriet Superintendent.
B5,ss-f. G. Baker, (supply)
B,-.l Bo-,-L.1a and Neavitt-J. D. Reese. (sur
Csilsar ~ w5 n. Wright. Supply.
cs1t,s-!,,.@ @a;-J q. Rowlenson
Os--s.ille, Md.-Frank White.
Gown, Md.-T. ]. Sard
0,.eold-C. f. Davis.
Osy.o. OS- hlll' Md-A. B. Frye.
C-s1n-C. " Clark
Csio,a-C H. Watkins
Cr,,'. C'.a Md W. sutton.
B,r,S''1, T. Md. A. Buckson.
Rdrls.' @Md'-W. Nd H. Briggs.
GensS ma Nv. B. Homer, (supply),
Hsljlo' ,5-W. ,Ad--W. 0. Bennett.
Eoat' I'I.'HS Hd-w. T. Mcclure. 'SupD'
gsyjsl H, w. Easley, Csupply).
Eailsio,yaa Nd; E. Parker. tsupplv
MlinVtagn' ~; ". Mcdowell.
q son. Ad' and Delaney-G. E.
Hasy H'i NaaSd Nv. P. Taylor Il. p h0oS'Or
l'na-W. q C,a.IIatt' supply.