The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-25
nR TOM WRIGHT
''' ELECTED BISHOP
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= acting secretary for col
, na'0' work, with headquarters II
New ,,owing a seven-year rectoratf
Fo OLE Robert F,(i E. Lee Memorial
at sap in Lexington, Va, ne serv'
church, aan of Grace Cathedral If
ed as r ps For almost two
San -, bs has been in San Antonio
years snso me- tn the offices he has ,,I hello
Amo "nasyesentative to the Worlo
sre I Itan student Federation meet
chris St ao 2tuuSD' Regional Director ire,
ing IN IN church Society for College
Of li' Associate Member OF the
Work. TX. I'd Movement Commission
Forw ,ser Of the executive board ano
mellio srd Of examining chaplains If
the 0 J;ocese of Southwestern VIZ
the e., Os and trustee of the University
q the South
Mic wife was the former hannah
xn nls Of Charlotte.
pohert Strange and Rlchard D
ho ors of Wilmington, were re-
k ,s.ad diocesan trustees today
e elet'na Darst also will serve tenn
Bls sapi1v as trustee until the new
p p;shon has been consecrated' Mr..
o olsnup reported for the trustees
a sud The Laymen's Thank Offering
~ r,o Rev. Walter R. Noe, of Will
,,; hnt diocesan executive secre-
1nrv was named convention secre'
.sl ~, md reelected as diocesan
treasurer.
nastorel staff was presented to
~. n docese by the. Rev. e. W.
. sI's of Wilmington, in mem
a ',aD If the late Thomas Francis
m NY for 27 years junior war
I den Of St. Johns church and for
t t wears a diocesan trustee. Both
s Mr. Halleck and Bishop Darst, who
~. the gift, paid tribute to
Mr.. Darden.- .. y.
Among Wilmingtonians making
,enorts at the convention were n.
Rodgers, for the Canon com
.,;ttep. NJ. B. Wilson, for the
Church Pension fund; the Rev.
Alexander Miller, who reported two
now ministers and two new
marshes; and the Rev. Harvey
Glazer. chairman of the nominal
ing committee.
Bishop Darst was 81 gnally honor
ed throughout the convention. Pro-
grams on the first day were de-
voted almost entirely to him. The
Most Rev. Henry St. George Tue
ker. D. D., Of New York, presiding
bishop and last nights speaker,
urged that Bishop Darst's qualities
of evangelistic zeal and loving
spirit be adopted generally if world
freedom, justice and peace are to
be attained.
During the morning, Mr.. Mil
Ter, chairman of the committee for
the celebration of the 30th ami
versary of Bishop Darst's consecra-
ton, presented to- the retiring pre-
late purse of $4,000, from friends
throughout the diocese. This
amount was augmented today, and
is expected to reach $4,000. The
Bishop was given hundreds of writ
ten tributes which will be bound
in a special volume for him.
Former Gov. J. C. B. Ehring-
haus of Raleigh, was the principal
speaker of the afternoon anniver-
sary program. He was introduce
&c by W. B. Campbell. Other
speakers eulogizing Bishop Darst
included Mrs. w. S. Sutherland,
Mr. Noe, Mr.. Strange and Mr..
Davis, all Of Wilmington. Bishop
J. Gravatt Of upper South Caro-
lima, suggested that Bishop Darst
be given the honorary title of Bis
hop or Archbishop of the Carolinas.
The convention was adjourned
early this afternoon with a bene-
dlcton by Bishop Darst and the
adoption, by a rising vote, of an
original poem to him written and
read by the Rev. B. Wood Gather.