Evening star., 1946-06-01
Baltimore Conference
Elects Three Pastors
From D. {. Churches
BY CosPor Nonnes
Stor S,oH Corre,poodsnt

| WESTMINSTER, Md, June l.
Three Washington ministers today
were elected to full connections in
the Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Church at the seventh
annual meeting now being held at
Westminster College. Bishop Charles
Wesley Flint of the Washington
area, president Of the Baltimore
conference, presided. The conven-
tion will close tomorrow.
The District men elected are the
Rev. Don E. Griffin. pastor of Rose
dale Methodist Church; the Rev
Harold r. Hodgson, pastor of Grace
Methodist Church, and the Rev
Ralph c. John. associate pastor OF
Calvary Methodist Church.
Among the others elected to full
connection was Prof. Eugene Ashton
of Goucher College.
Oldest Member Presented.
During the meeting this morning
the Oldest Methodist lay leader in
the conference was presented to the
convention. He is Charles Snouse
of the Union Grove (Md) Church
Mr.. Snouse, who is 80, has been
active in Sunday school work fol-
80 years and in Methodist lay leader
work for 73 years. He was pre-
sented to the convention by DR.. Viii
liam F. Wright, superintendent of
the Hagerstown district of the con-
ference. ,s
A three week scheol. running from
July / to July 10, will be held for
ministers at the Westminster
Seminary, DR.. L. A. Welliver, pres
ident of the seminary, announced
at the meeting this morning.
DR.. Hazen G. Werner, professor at
Drew Theological Seminary, was
scheduled to speak this afternoon
at youth fellowship meeting in
alumni hall at Western Maryland
College.
The youth fellowship will hold its
annual election of officers today
Bishop Fred P. McCorson Of the
Philadelphia area will address the
evening rally.
Drinking Criticized.
A resolution, to be forwarded to
motion picture executives, denounc-
ing drinking scenes in moving pic
lures where such sequences do not
convey a moral lesson was adopted
by the Women's Society of the con-
ference yesterday. The society, rep
resenting 27,000 members, also con-
demned the practice of drinking in
homes of leaders in the cultural and
intellectual world.
The organization has added 1,60C
new members to its rolls since the
first of the year, Mrs. Samuel E
Rose, conference secretary Of or.
ganization and promotion, an.
nounced
Mrs. Harold S. Metcalf, president
of the Northeastern Jurisdiction o1
the society, declared the United
States must step in to save Puerto
Ricans from undernourishment
poverty and sickness. She said the
natives, anxious for educational op-
portunities and the chance to build
a better world, are looking to this
country for aid.
$4,000 Child Care Goal.
The Board of Child Care Of the
conference has set a goal of $40, ,00C
at the annual offering in the
churches at Christmas to help chill
dren at its homes. The Rev. Orris
G. Robinson, president of the board
and pastor Of Calvary Methodist
Church of Washington, told the con-
vention yesterday. Mr.. Robinson
pointed out that the Kelso Home fol
Girls at Towson, Md; the Swartzell
Home for Children at Washington
and the Strawbridge (Md.) Home
for Boys have demands on theil
services far exceeding those of the
past and that the goal set is a mini
mum. A special gifts committee to
raise an additional $4,000 to i'm
prove the property of the homes
has been authorized by the confer
ence, the Rev. F. Reid Isaac, jr.
general secretary of the Board o1
Child Care, announced.
Lay Goals Outlined.
The primary objective of the
Board of Lay Activities for the
coming year will be Christian Ste
wardship among Methodists, D
Stewart Patterson, Baltimore con-
ference lay leader, declared. Among
the goals to be achieved are "a new
sense of stewardship foD community
welfare. a better economic and So
cial order, the Christianization OF
business and industry, the conserva-
ton of natural resources, RESPONSE
bility for the underprivileged and
dependent peoples of the world and
for the creation Of a Christian world
order"
Hatreds engendered in India. by
the war can be overcome by good
will and the spirit of fraternal
brotherhood, Bishop S. K. Mondol
native bishop of India, told the
meeting last night. He came here
Bishop Mondol added, to help
strengthen the bonds of Christian
fellowship between the East and the
West and to enlist the sympathy
prayers and cooperation of America