The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-08
REV. YERMILYA
IS MOVING TO
NEW POSITION
Former M. E. District Super
intendent Is Secretary for
Home Missions


Rev and Mrs. c. E. Vermilya
and daughters, Misses Marjorie and
Mildred, are in Bismarck for day
or two visiting friends on their
way from Palo Alto. Cal, to their
future home in New York Rev.
Verriilya was made executive sec
retary of the Home Missions Coun-
iii a few months ago, but is just
now removing to his headquarters
IN New York City. The council
which he heads is made up of the
secretaries Of home mission boards
OF % denominations. and its OBJ
ject is to promote cooperation be-
tween denominations in the expen-
diture of money, and in the distri-
button Of men.
DR.. Vermilya is spending some
time in the state cooperating with
the state denominational leaders,
aid the representatives of the sew
eral denominational boards in put
ting ION joint field study. He
will be in North Dakota for about
ten days, and will then go to
Washington for similar work, after
which he will join his family in
Ohio. and they will go to New
York.
Harold Vermilya, who has been
teaching at Washington for the
past year, Joined the family here
and will accompany them to New
York. The entire trip from Cali
fornia is being made in Stude-
baker limousine. the family camp
ing wherever tourist camps are
provided. They visited Yosemite
National Park, Crater Lake, Yel-
lowstone national park, going the
Columbia highway from Oregon.
Before entering Oregon, they
were required to be disinfectefi
from the foot and mouth disease,
all travellers from California being
required to do SO.
Found Paved Roads
From Palo Alto TO Portland,
they found the roads paved almost
all the way, and also in northern
Idaho the highways were in won
derful condition. Starting on their
tripson jane q, they have averaged
arolnd $50 miles day when not
making any stops. and have already
travelled over $500 miles.
Everywhere the tourist camps
are almost luxuriously equipped
said Mrs. Vermilya, but nowhere
more so than in Oregon. In the
Medford camp We found cottages
to rent, furnished with gas stoves.
electric irons, and every cOnven-
ience. And all the camps were
crowded with tourists"
The Vermilya's will visit friends
in Valley City, and will camp at
Walker, Mimi, for some time, and
will visit relatives in Ohio.
In New York, Miss Marjorie and
Mildred, who will both be juniors
next year, will enter Columbia, as
will Harold Vermilya, who will
ake-post-graduate work.
DR.. Vermilya and his family are
we'll known in Bismarck, as he was
district superintendent OF the
Methodist church here for four
years.
Seeks Cooperation
"After a number of years of ex'
perience as a district superintend
ent and representative of the board
of home missions Of the Methods
church in the West, am convinced
that the time is here when thu
various denominations must find {
way through cooperation to provide
Christian service in many OF tht
smaller and weaker communities
said DR.. Vermilya, 1.-The solution O
this does not seem to lie in th'
Union church, but in the division
of territory whereby Christian for
ces retain connection with th'
world service program and preven
the increase of church Organiza
tons as the Union movement seems
to be encouraging"