The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-05
STATE CHURCH
RALLY IS SET
FOR DRY BOSS
Elaborate Programs Over
Indiana Sunday Planned
in Celebration.
FETE OPENS TONIGHT
Makes First Speech Since
Release From Farm
at Banquet.

Plans for statewide rally IN
Protestant churches, Sunday. tc
celebrate the return of Dr.. Edward
S. Shumaker, Anti-Saloon League
superintendent. from the Indiana
state farm, were completed today by
league leaders here.
Elabora;% programs will be staged
in six Indianapolis churches and in
fifteen other cities.
League speakers vii be heard to-
gether with local ministers.
The festivities will start with a
banquet in honor of Shumaker to-
night at Broadway M. E. church
There Shumaker will make his first
public address since his conf1ne-
ment.
Saturday morning. the Anti
Saloon League head will go to Lo-
gansport to address the North In
diana Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Sunday evening
he will speak at the Broadway
Methodist church here. That is as
far as his plans have been made.
Gift to Dry Leaders.
Associates in league headquarters
and members of the headquarters
committee called on the dry leader
at his home, 1882 Broadway. Thurs
day night, and presented him with
a leather bound copy OF the court
action in the contempt case which
resulted i'll his sixty-day sentence
on the state farm.
DR.. F. Scott Mcbride. nationa
superintendent Of the Anti-Saloor
League, will be the principal speaker
at tonight's banquet. The event is
open to the public, but reservations
must be made at the Broadway
church.
DR.. C. H. Winders. pastor of The
NorthWood Christian church. anc
league headquarters committee
chairman, will preside and express
the greetings of the Anti-Saloor
League. The Rev. Edmond Kerlin
pastor of the First Evangelical
church, will express the welcome OF
the Indianapolis Ministerial AS
sociation, and Dr. H. B. Hostetter
superintendent of the Indiana
synod of the Presbyterian church
will represent the Church Fedora
ton of Indianapolis.
Guests will INCLUDE a. c. Graham
superintendent OF the Anti-Saloor
League of Kentucky, and H. N. Hols-
apple, superintendent Of the Mich
igan league.
Mcbride Will SEeak
! Musical numbers will be given by
! the Rev. Virgil P. Brock, secretary
evangelist of the Indianapolis Chris
tan Church Union, and a W. G. 7
U. quartet, composed of Mrs. w. H
Day. Mrs. Eva Davidson. Mrs. Harry
E. Swain and Miss Beulah Bailey
with Mrs. Lewis E, York, pianist and
director.
The invitation to the north Indi-
ana M. E. conference was read tc
DR.. Shumaker at the gates OF the
state farm Thursday. The resolu-
ton contained assurances Of our
continued and unfaltering conf
dence in DR.. Shumaker.'
While Protestant churc h s
throughout the state will incorporate
the spirit of rejoicing in their Sun
day services, DR.. Mcbride, national
superintendent. will be heard in two
services here. He will speak Sunday
morning at the Central Avenue M
E. church and Sunday evening at
| the Roberts Park M. E. church.
Other speakers for indianapolis
churches include Jesse E. Martin,
league attorney. Sunday morning at
the Woodside M. E. church, and
Sunday evening the Rev. G. E. Line
at North M. E. church. and Frank
E. Wright at University Heights
United Brethren church.