Evening star., 1932-10-09
Mt. Vernon Place NJ. E. Pas.
tor to Be Succeeded by
0kIahoman.
DR.. HUTCHINSON HELD
OUTSTANDING MINISTER
Conference at Winchester Adopts
$4,000 Reduction in Budget
and Other Cuts.
Nv heaesoc;ated press

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va. october g.
Bishop w. F. McMurry. presiding over
the Baltimore Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. an
nounced today that Rev. DR.. w. A.
Shelton, for two years pastor Of Mount
Vernon Church, Washington, would be
transferred at his own request to an
other conference Bishop McMurry
said DR.. Shelton would be transferred
to the North Georgia Conference, but
would not be assigned to pastorate
until that conference met.
He announced that Rev. DR. Forney
Hutchinson of St. Luke's Southern
Methodist Church, Oklahoma City,
would be transferred to succeed DR..
Shelton at Mount Vernon Church, say
ing he considered DR.. Hutchinson the
outstanding minister of Southern
Methodism.' Bishop McMurry charac-
terized the new appointee as possessed
Of rare charm and grace.
Il petitioned the presiding officer OF
the Oklahoma Conference" Bishop Nc
Murry continued, Ito release him from
his pastorate at Oklahoma City In order
that he might take charge Of our most
Mount Vernon"
Opposed Being Bishop.
Bishop McMurry said Dr. Hutchinson
declined election to the episcopacy at
the general conference of the church
in Dallas, Tex, in 1880, remarking
when offered the honor, Il don't want
to be bishop"
He is a graduate of Hendricks Col |
lege Arkansas. and did graduate work
at Vanderbilt University, Nashville. He
has been pastor of st. Luke's Church,
Oklahoma City, for IS years, and pre-
viously had a charge at First Southern
Methodist Church, Little Rock, Ark.
Bishop McMurry said he had word
that DR.. Hutchinson. although prefer |
ring to remain in Oklahoma City, would
accept the Washington appointment las
a matter of duty"
The conference membership creden-
tialS of two pastors, Rev. E. w. Jordan
of Clarksburg. Md. and Rev. R. c. |
Clackner, pastor of Emmanuel Church: !
Cumberland Md, were surrendered
without comment.
The conference adopted committee !
report recommending a budget OF
S85 .OO0 reduction Of SIT 900 under |
last year. The Board of Christian !
Education was cut S6,775 to $4,000. |
Funds for missions, retired ministers,
insurance and the Baltimore Southern !
Methodist, conference publication, will |
be the same as for last year.
Church Extension Cut.
Church extension was cut from $4 500 |
to $4,000, entertainment of conference
from $4,000 to $1,000, conference ex-
penses from $4,000 to $500, and lay |
activities from 1925 to $500. A COM |
mittee voluntarily pledged its members |
to raise $1,000 for expenses of the |
Baltimore Southern Methodist, merging
of which with the Richmond Christian
Advocate was defeated
The Board of Christian Education !
urged appropriations for student work |
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Vir-
ginia Military Institute and Harrison
burg State Teachers College, State in !
stitutiCns within the conference. Other |
included continuation !
of the training school for Sunday school !
workers, that Christian education |
board be organized in each church, that |
the Front Royal training school for |
pastors and lay workers be continued |
and that the assembly for the young |
peoples division be continued at suit |
able place.
Action on the report was deferred |
until Monday morning.
Wet Press Denounced.
The conference unanimously adopted |
the report of the Board Of Temperance |
and Social Service. recommending re-
tention of prohibition as now existing |
and denouncing the blatant prop |
aganda of the wet metropolitan press"
The report also urged greater observ-
ance of home life, viewed with appre-
hension the tendency toward divorce |
and decried the modern idea Of sexual
relations"
A summary Of reports Of ministers
and presiding elders showed 889 new
members added during the year, mostly |
by conversion at evangelistic meetings |
Bishop McMurry will preach in Brad
dock Street Church tomorrow morning
and ordain elders and deacons. All city |
pulpits will be occupied by Methodist
ministers both morning and evening.
The conference Epworth League
banquet was held tonight.
Bishop McMurry announced that the |
concluding session will be held Monday |
at which time pastorate ap-
pointments will be made.