The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-09-30
Rev. Minor Sprague
Reappointed Pastor
Of Oakland Church
Begins His Fifth Year In Local
Methodist Church-Rev. Garrett
Evans Goes to Ripley

The annual session of the West
Virginia Conference Of the Methodist
church, meeting at Charleston, w.
Va, last week, ended its deliberations
on Sunday with the reading of APP
pointments by Bishop James E.
Straughn. Of the churches of this To-
cality affected, Oakland retains its
pastor, Rev Minor Sprague, as do
also Friendsville, Howard Wriston,
pastor; Gormania, S. R. Simpson,
pastor; and the conference.-the
charge, Rev Lantz Anderson, pastor.
In all others changes were ordered.
Rev Sprague has completed four
years in the Oakland charge.
Rev. Garrett Evans, pastor Of the
Mountain Lake Park charge for the
past four years, has been transferred
to Ripley, West Va, county seat of
Jackson county He left Mt. Lake to-
day with Mrs Evans and two children
and will preach Sunday on his new
charge He will be succeeded at the
Park charge by the Rev. Reece Burns,
of Lost Creek, West Va.
Rev. E. J. Johnson, pastor at Au-
rora, is transferred to st. Johns
church, Grafton. He is replaced by
Rev. w. E. Wade, who has been sta
! toned at Kitzmiller. The new pastor
at Ktzmiller will be the Rev J. f.
Hodges, who comes from Hardy coun-
ty, West Va.
Rev. Randall E. Prince will be the
new pastor at Elk Garden, replacing
Rev. O. W. Arlington, who goes to
! Grantsville. The Grantsville pastor,
Rev V. R. Gillum, has been sent to
I Wesley church, Parkersburg.
Rev. Grin Curtis has been returned
to Kingwood for his sixth year. Rev.
Jennings Fast has also been returned
to Rowlesburg.
Of interest to Oakland people will
be the disposition of former pastors
of St. Paul's church. Three are still
in the active ministry. Dr.. w. S.
Patterson. who has been pastor at
Moundsviile, West Va, since leaving
Oakland, has been assigned to St
Andrews church, Parkersburg. Rev.
B. T. Trevey, pastor at Asbury
church, Charleston, for the past four
years, comes to Terra Alta where he
will succeed Rev, E. NJ. Riddle, who
was forced to retire because Of broken
health.
Former pastors of the county and
nearby points have been returned to
the charges they served last year:
Rev. D. R. Carder, formerly Of Grants
vile, to Osborne's Mill; Rev. R. L.
Greynolds, formerly Of Friendsville
to Ridgeley; Rev. U. R. Hinzman, for
merly Of Corinth, to Reader, w. Va.
Rev. Ira Lyons, formerly of Cor
mania, to Newburg. Rev. L. E. Wills,
! formerly of Terra Alta, to Redwood
Among business matters handled by
! the nine hundred delegates at the
Conference, the election Of delegates
to the General and Jurisdictional con-
ferences created greatest interest
None of those elected to these hon
ors, however, is locally well-known
! except DR.. j. C. Hoffman, who was
the preacher at the dedication of the
new Oakland church.
Reports from the church indicated
huge gains in membership, with sub
stantial increases in all financial cate
/ gories.
The Moorfeld District, of which all
local churches are a part, now has a
new superintendent The Rev. C. E.
Brandt, whose term expired, has been
assigned to Simpson church, Mounds
vile, the one vacated by Rev. Patter-
son. The new superintendent is Rev
j. B. Wyant, who was pastor Of the
church at Williamson, w. Va. He will
reside in Romney, W. Va, in the Dis
! trict parsonage.