Evening star., 1927-10-28
COLLEGE TRAINING AIDS PASTOR
IN STRAIN OF SEARCH FOR WIFE
Rev. Dascomb E. Forbush
Finds Athletic Skill Useful
in Trying Hunt.
Arrival of Friends From Home
Cheers Husband in Quest.
Mail Brings Tips"

College DAYS, less than a decade
ago, when he was one of the great
est athletes AZ Oberlin. are standing
the Rev. Dascomb f.. Forbush in good
stead now, enabling him to stand the
rigors of a frantic search for his
wife without suffering the physical
collapse that would be the fate of
a weaker man.
During the nine days since Mrs.
Ann Ramsey Forhush disappeared
from keith's Theater her husband
has searched day aud night, averaG
ing less than 4 hours sleep night.
He has penetrated deep thickets in
his sad quest, has climbed hills and
waded streams. but his spirits have
never tagged and he appears to he
still in good physical condition. EN-
cept for n few haggard lines about
his mouth. mute testimony Of the
mental anguish which has fallen to
his lot, he bears but little trace of
The tremendous strain which he has
been under.
Trains With Church Boys.
Rev. Mr.. Forbush is 33 years old.
the same age as his missing wife.
He is feet tall and weighs 175
pounds. every pound of ii bone and
muscle. During his four year pas
torate a Cananda igua he has kept
himself fit. leading the boys and
Youths OF the town in outdoor ac-
tivities and doing most of his parish
work through personal visitations.
Rev. Mr.. Forbush admits that he is
no preacher. His is the gift of human
sympathy rather than oratory and his
traits of natural friendliness have 50
endearcd him to the citizens of Canaan
daigua that more than 80 of the lead
ing business and professional men rf
the town of 5000 population aban'
doned their duties at home and came
here to aid in the search for the miss
ing woman.
Heartened by the presence and tact
full sympathy Of his friends. who rep
resent every religious denomination in
the town. Rev. Mr.. Forbush has never
given way to grief. save perhaps in
the hours when lie is alone with his
thoughts in the privacy of his room
and has had always a CHEEKY word for
those aiding him in his quest. Nor
has his faith failed him. He is sus-
tanned mentally by the conviction that
his wife is alive and well and will be
found eventually and feels that she
may appear of her own accord, her
obsession to seek solitude driven away
by her love for her four children.
Popular i'm Home Town.
REV. and Mrs Forbush are the
most popular people in our town be-
cause he's a real man and she made
friends wherever she went" was the
manner in which one member of the
posse expressed the regard in which
the couple are held by their fellow
townsmen, a regard manifested by the
loyalty of the home town posse which
journeyed 400 miles to help their
friend in his trial
The church at Canandaigua repre-.
sents the young pastors first charge.
He came there from the assistant pas
torate of the Flatbush Avenue Congre-
gational Church. Brooklyn. which he
accepted after his ordina alton. which
occurred shortly after his return from
overseas. where he was a lieutenant
in the 145th Infantry. or 80 officers
in his outfit but seven survived.
During his tenure in Brooklyn he
did mission work in the notorious
Hell's Kitchen section of New York,
and there established his reputation
as man among men. without cant
or narrowness.
Many Aided First Search.
Six months after assuming the pas
torate of the Canandaigua church the
membership had increased by 120 per-
sons, and today the church boasts Of A
congregation of 651. When news came
to the town of Mrs. Forbush's disap-
pearance. a mass meeting was held in
the Congregational Church. The meet
ing was attended not only by the con.
gregation of that church but by Metho.