Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
METHODISTS
OF SHO' UNITE
AT SALISBURY
Continued from First Pase)

was to keep the division within Stat
boundaries as far as possible.
District SHperintendents
Bishop Hughes, who presided
confirmed the appointment of tn
Rev j. Earl Cummings. fOrmerl.
pastor of Peninsula NJ. p. Church
Wilmington, as district superinten
dent of the new Easton District.
The Rev Walter E. Gunby wal
confirmed as head of the Wilmington
District, the Rev j. j. Bunting al
head of the Salisbury District ant
the Rev. Walter A. Hearn as heat
of the Dover District. All three haC
held similar positions under the OLE
Wilmington NJ. E. Conference,
81 Charges In This District
The Wilmington district will in.
ciude So charges with pastors sal
aries totaling $S9,400; the EastoI
district. 65 charges and total sal
aries of $S3.591; the Dover district
co charges and SS3,023; the Sails
bury district. Sc charges, two mis-
sions. and total salaries of $34,500
Representatives of Centreville
Cambridge ana Denton. in the new
district made pleas that the district
headquarters. or superintendent
parsonage, be placed in those towns.
The uniting conference fixed the
salary of superintendent at $1,000 a
year plus residence. the salary to
cover their expenses Six per cent of
the ministers salary is to be ASSESS
ed to meet the salaries of the super
intendents.
This provision brought objections
from w. l.. OYerdeer of Wilmington,
who held the salary should be fixed
at $4,000.
Nevertheless the voting on this
resolution and others effecting the
district changes was unanimous.
Name SiirS Debate
The name Peninsula Conference"
was adopted at the opening of an
evening session after dispute on the
proposal for the name Wilmington
Methodist Conference" had deadlock
ed the afternoon session.
The Rev Lester f. Windsor of
Wilmington, who had proposed the
Wilmington name, withdrew his res
olution to avoid 'misunderstan'. ..ng."
The Peninsula resolution was
promptly carried.
When he presented his resolution
Mr.. Windsor explained the board of
stewards had been advised by attor-
neys that five bequests involving
$40 600 would be jeopardized in the
courts if the word Wilmington"
was omitted from the new name,
since the money had been requeath-
ed 10 a Wilmington conference"
PERSONALLY" he declared, Il can
not favor throwing away ten, twen-
ty, or forty thousand dollars just
for a name.
Objections Made
His resolution brought immediate
objections by delegates from the for
mer Maryland conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church. and
the parts of the Baltimore and Vir-
ginia conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, also being
united.
Their spokesman was the Rev. DR..
J. Leas Green, pastor of Bethesda
Church, Salisbury, formerly of the
Methodist Protestant Conference.
Il deeply regret" said DR.. Green,
that this matter of finances should
be linked here with the tenderest
subject that could come before an
assembly anywhere. The plain fact /
is you are not the Wilmington Con- !
ference No court in the world would
recognized this body as the Whining
ton Conference.
Declaring he, also. had obtained |
competent legal advice. he insisted |
the courts would recognize the in
tent of the original corporate body /
so long as there had been no wilful
diversion of funds" and added that
the general uniting conference in
Kansas City last summer had made
sufficient revision TO care for amy
legal technicalties.
Believes Funds Safe
IF the funds are jeOpardized at /
ALL" he said, you've already jeop-
ardized them far more than any
question of IA name by your vote this
to dissolve the Whining
ton Conference. You've ieopardixed
everything you held. unless they are
already. and think
they are.
why should we go on with these
about name that to
many churches on this shore is Of
The Rev II. p. Fox. p4sto" If
Asbury Church. Salisbury. former
y of the Wilmington Conference,
;alled upon the conference to keep
'aith" with the other conferences
md select the name Peninsula Con
erence of the Methodist Church"
IF we lose $4,000 let us lose it if
leed be-" he declared ~ we lose
10, 900, let us lose it if need be. But !
ct us go forward unitedly."
IT'S very noble to speak Of giving
Up $4,000" Mr.. Windsor rejoined
but who i3 doing it. Not us, hut our
conference claimants"
He denied here was any trick in
ended. Only the unprobated five be- f
Iuests are involved. he said. not the [
conference Investments. i
Sudden Recess j
After The Rev. DR.. ID. w Jacobs .
lad made an appeal for retaining +,
he name Wilmington the Rev. !. q
Y. Colona of the former Whining :
on Conference moved that the name !,
be adopted tentatively :.
ntil the next regular conference. Il
An amendment was offered TO n
dopt the name Wilmington" tenta- ~
IVely then another amendment was >,
nered to adopt the name PENN Il
uld permanently. u NOte Oi Il uc- ~