Evening star., 1946-06-01
Baltimore Conference
Elects Three Pastors
From D. {. Churches
BY Cospor Nonnes
Stor StofF Correspondent

Three Washington ministers today
were elected to full connections in
the Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Church at 1.-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.
ton 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 selected 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.. Will
liam F. Wright, superintendent o1
the Hagerstown district of the con-
ference.
A three-week school, running from
July l to July 10, will be held fol
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 a
Drew Theological Seminary, wa.
scheduled to speak this Afternoon
at a youth fellowship meeting II
alumni hall at Western Maryland
College
The youth fellowship will hold it,
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 t.
motion picture executives, denounc.
ing drinking scenes in moving pic.
lures where such sequences do no
convey a moral lesson was adopted
by the Women'S Society of the con.
ference yesterday. The society, rep
resenting $1,000 members, also con.
demned the practice Of drinking il
homes of leaders in the cultural ane
intellectual world
The organization has added 1,60l
new members to its rolls since tn,
first of the year, Mrs. Samuel E
Rose, conference secretary of or
ganization and promotion, an
nounced.
| Mrs. Harold S. Metcaf, presiden
of the Northeastern Jurisdiction o
the society, declared the United
States must step in to save Puerto
Ricans from undernourishment
poverty and sickness. She said thu
natives. anxious for educational op'
portunities and the chance to buile
a better world, are looking to thi!
country for aid.
$4,000 Child Care Goal.
The Board of Child Care of th'
conference has set a goal of $40, ,00'
at the annual offering in tn,
churches at Christmas to help chill
dren at. it's homes. The Rev. Orri
G. Robinson, president of the boart
and pastor of Calvary Methods
Church of Washington, told the con
vention yesterday. Mr.. Robinson
pointed out that the Kelso Home TO
Girls at Towson, Md; the Swartzel
Home for Children at Washington
and the Strawbridge (Md) Hom
for Boys have demands on thei
services far exceeding those of tn
past and that the goal set is mini
mum. A special gifts committee t.
raise an additional $4,000 to i'm
prove the property Of the home
has been authorized by the confer
ence, the Rev. F. Reid Isaac, jr
general secretary of the Board o
Child Care, announced.
Lay Goals Outlined.
The primary objective of tn
Board of Lay Activities for tn
coming year will be Christian ste
wardship among Methodists, Z
Stewart Patterson, Baltimore con
ference lay leader, declared. Amonl
the goals to be achieved are "a nev
sense of stewardship for communit,
welfare, a better economic and so
cial order, the Christianization o
business and industry, the conserva
ton of natural resources, responsi
bility for the underprivileged ant
dependent peoples of the world an
for the creation of Christian worl,
order"
Hatreds engendered in India b
the war can be overcome by goo,
will and the spirit of fraterna
brotherhood, Bishop S. K. Monde
native bishop of India, told tn
meeting last night. He came here
Bishop Mondol added, to hel
strengthen the bonds of Christian
fellowship between the East and tn
West and to enlist the sympathy
prayers and cooperation of Americ
! in the evangelization of India.