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20OD. {. Area Bapiisfs
Planning 70 Attend
ST. Louis Convention
BY Cospor Nonnes

By Cospor Nonnes
More than 200 Washington area
clergymen and laymen will attend
the 1920 annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention at st.
Louis May Z to II.
DR.. Edward H. Pruden, former
president of the District Baptist
Convention and pastor of First Bap-
tst Church, and DR.. K. Owen White,
president of the District Baptist
I Ministers Conference and pastor of
Metropolitan Baptist Church, will
head a delegation Of ministers rep
resenttng nearly every Baptist
church In the Washington area
DR.. M. Chandler Stith, executive
secretary of the District Baptist
Convention, also will attend.
Among the laymen expected at
the gathering are Charles H. Cooke
president of the District Baptist
Convention, and George Fraser, for
mer president of the local conyen-
ton and at present a member OF
the Southern Baptist Convention s
Executive Committee.
Stassen Will Speak.
Harold Stassen, former Governor
OF Minnesota and candidate for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton, and Gov. Robert S. Kerr OF
Oklahoma, head the list OF notables
scheduled to address the session.
A record breaking attendance is
expected when DR.. Louie D. Newton
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention, calls the session to
order on May 7. DR.. c. Oscar john
son, pastor of the Third Baptist
Church, st. Louis, and former presi-
dent of the Northern Baptist Con-
vention, will welcome the delegates
and visitors.
Sessions will be held mornings,
afternoons and evenings, WedneS-
day through Saturday. Officers will
be elected Thursday afternoon. The
Southern Baptist Convention has
approximately 6,000, 900 members in
18 Southern States and the District
of Columbia.
Up for Election.
Washington Baptists whose posts
on boards of the convention come
up for election this year are:
The Rev. M. p German, Bethany
Church, Ffreign Mission Board; DIR
White, Metropolitan Church, Home
Mission Board; the Rev. j. Ray
Garrett, Second Church, Relief and
Annuity. Board; the Rev. j. P.
Rodgers, SPetworth Church, trustee
of Southwestern Seminary. Fort
Worth, Tex; the Rev, A. Lincoln
Smith, Congress Heights, trustee
of New Orleans Theological Sem
mary; the Rev. j. Herrick Hall,
former pastor of Fifth Church,
director of the Southern Baptist
Hospital, New Orleans; DR.. J. r.
Nelson, First Baptist Church of
Bethesda, on Social Service Com
mission, and the Rev. C. w. Gran
ford, Calvary Church, on the special
committee on evangelism
Laymen to be voted on include
Mr.. Fraser, Chevy Chase Church,
executive committee of Southern
Baptist Convention and Herbert w.
Ludwig, Petworth Church, member
of board of Baptist Brotherhood
Of the Convention.
Mr.. Garrett is a member of the
Committee on Boards, which nom
mates the different boards of the
convention. e
Washington pastors, in addition te
those named, who expect to attend
the meeting are:
The Revs. Thomas E. Boorde
Anacostia; j. Grady Hutchinson
Avondale; Ward B. Hurlburt,. Brook
land; Charles Caulkins, Brookmont;
Stephen w. Cranston, Capito
Heights; Wilson Holder, Centennial;
Edward o. Clark. Chevy Chase;
David F. Chastain, Christ: Harry
How, Covenant; Glenn B. Faucet
East Washington; R. Edward
Dowdy. assistant pastor, First.
Also the Revs. Frank Burress
Fountain Memorial; Martin F.
Clough, Grace; Henry r. Osgood
Hyattsville: H. Clayton Waddell
Luther Rice Memorial William A.
Emmans, Maryland Avenue; Ed
ward B. Willingham, National Bap-
tist Memorial; Henry j. Smith
North Washington: M. c. Marseglia
Redeemer: Kenneth Robb, First
Church of Riverdale, Md; j. Wesley
Lofts, Silver Spring; John E. Briggs
Temple, and Harlan Harris, assis-
tant pasto., Temple; Charles B.
Austin, West Washington; David
Gregory, Wilson Avenue; Clarence
r. Ferguson, Wisconsin Avenue, and
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