Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

TOR 25 years "Sky Pilot Brewster Adams has
I been the father confessor' to Americas di-
vorcees in Reno
AS Baptist minister for quarter of century
in the nations capital of matrimonial hltchlng ana
unhitching, Adams has heard more stories OF un-
happy homes than any other man OUTSIDE tne
courts of the Nevada metropolis. And he has heard
the real, unvarnished accounts of wailng wives
and hapless husbands, not the formal recltatlons
that are prepared for the district judges OF
Washoe County.
dav doesn't pass without this tolerant preacher
listening to someone's domestic tragedy. lie mas
induced many a couple to forget the past and TO
try again. He has talked others out of the idea OF
committing suicide Thousands have sought his ad-
vice His is perhaps the longest pastorate on the
Pacific Coast and certainly the most difficult
Fresh from college he sent to the north Ca
madam woods and was sky pilot at Cobalt, On
tario when the great discovery of silver ore was
made. He served pastor of three Vermont
churches at Sc week, with the father of CALVIN
Coolidge working as ianitor of his church at Ply
mouth.
Life began to get more interesting for the young
minister when he made pastor of the old MARI
ners' Temple at Chatham Square, New York. Sur
rounding him the Bowery, Chinatown and
the East River neighborhood The two years he
spent there taught him tolerance and human ma
ture subjects in which today he is past master.
Adams was transferred to fashionable up
state church. Although the financial reward was
greater and the work easier, he did not partlcu-
larly like the assignment. A convention OF Bap-
fist preachers had been held and not one OF the
1000 attending clergymen would accept the ulplt
of the struggling mission at Reno. Adams hearo Oh
the opening and asked for the post
From that small beginning, Adams has built
Nevada's largest protestant congregation, housed
in new church
- HIS ppe-smoking preacher fits into the liberal
] and tolerant Reno like a hand In glove
When the Elks lodge holds it's annual charity
dinner, at which members are nneo So 10 9ooo'
Adams presides.
When gambling hall dealer dies, he oftclates.
He was called on to hold such a service recently
and afterwards friends of the dead man called at
his house and left package which they found IN
his room. They explained that the dead man LETT
no money and this package-contents unknown
was to reimburse the minister for his services.
Adams opened the package and found 1t contained
marked cards, loaded dice and other equipment OF
similar nature.
When death claimed Mayor Ed Roberts, who had
announced from the Methodist pulpit that the way
to end bootlegging in Reno was to put barrel OF
free Whisley and dipper each corner, Adams
oficiated at the funeral. Fred B. Balzer, Nevadas
liberal governor, made the request on his deatn
bed that Adams preside at his funeral.
He performs marriages and conducts more
funerals than any other minister IN the state ana
his parish includes people of every class
Fishing and hunting are the hobbies of this MIN
ister Walter johnson, major league baseball vet
eran has been his hunting partner more than once
He was sent by the city to represent Reno at world
series games. Few the University OF Nevada
football games, played in Reno, which he misses.
When summer comes, Adams loads his family
into his automobile and rolls into the Twin Lakes
country of Mono county, California. There he has
cabin and he spends from four to six weeks. He
does not take coat so that he will have an excuse
for not performing marriages or officiating at