St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
BISHOP BABER PRESIDES:
Delegates from Minnesota, Iowa s
And Canada Attend Annual
Conference Of A.M.E. Church

conference Oh lHe NOI III" SSLCl II
district of the A. NJ. E. church
opened at St. James church, Min
neapolis Tuesday.
Presiding over the conference
is Bishop George w. Baber, pre-
siding officer of the Fourth Epis-
copal district. The conference is
the first one under the direction
of Bishop Baber, who was as
signed to this district by the June
general conference in Kansas
City, Kans.
Assisting Bishop Baber is Pre-
siding Elder w. E. Guy of the
st. Paul district and Rev. w. F.
Ogleton of the Des Moines dis
trict.
The Des Moines district COM
prises A. M. E. churches in the
Iowa Communities of Des Moines,
Fairfield, Oskaloosa, Clarinda,
Council Bluffs, Newton, Ottumwa,
Burlington, Clinton, Muscantine,
Davenport, Fort Dodge, Osceola,
Keokuk, Fort Madison and Abba,
la.
The st. Paul district has
churches or missions in ST Paul,
Minneapolis, Alberta, Canada,
Winnipeg, Canada, Huron, S. D.,
Sioux City, Ia, Cedar Rapids, Ia,
Waterloo, Ia, Fargo, N. D., Rapid
City, S. D., and Duluth, MINI.
Some of the delegates and visit
ors who registered Tuesday at
the opening of the conference
were:
Mrs. Goldie FAINT, president OF
the Missionary Society of Des
Moines, c. J. Claybrook, Mrs
Sophie Nichols, Mrs. Lucy Page,
Mrs. Maude C. Wyatt, Mrs. Mabel
Mason, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Irvine,
Rev. and Mrs. H. r. Ellis, all of
Des Moines.
Mrs. Connie Berry, Rev. VIM.
Berry, Clinton, Ia, Mrs. Ida Dab
ner, Davenport, Ia; Mrs. o. B. Nc
Neil and Mrs. Winona Allen,
Davenport, Ia; Rev. and Mrs. w
A. Simpson, Fairfield, Ia; Mrs
M. B. Ray, Hannibal, Mo; Mrs. M
Smith, Mrs. Ora Smith, Cedar
Rapids, Ia; R. W. Copeland,
Council Bluffs, Ia; Rev. Thomas
Henderson, Burlington, Ia; Rev
r. c. Campbell, Newton, Ia; Rev
and Mrs. Thomas Hightower, Os-
kalooSa, Ia; Rev. William John
son, Fort Dodge, Ia; Rev. and
Mrs. JmeS Dixon, OttumWa, Ia
Rev. A. L. Williams, Chicago;
Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Collins, Sioux
City, Ia; Rev. and Mrs. Carl
Mckay, Minneapolis; Mrs. ]. R
Collins, Minneapolis; Rev. and
Mrs. E. P. Williams, Rev. Andrew
Parks, Springfield, ILL.,; Rev. E. R
Robinson, Columbus, Ohio.
Others are Rev. H. E. Stewart
of Chicago, Rev. H. c. Boyd, pas
tor of St. Peter church, Mime
apolis; Mary Hickey, venerated
member of the denomination
from St. James st. Paul; o. C.
Hall, of ST. Paul, active Sunday
school worker for years and one
of the most prominent laymen OF
the connection.
Rev Edward R. Thomas, pastor
of St. James, the entertaining
church, is quite proud of his Ga
member church and the manner
in which they have shouldered
the responsibility of entertaining
an annual conference
Most of St. James membership
do not dare undertake the huge
taS kof entertaining an annual
conference.
Appointments Sunday Night
Meetings and sessions will &C.
cupy the entire week. Sunday
morning Bishop Baber will preach
the ordination service. The con-
ference Sunday school under the
direction of Rev. B. N. Moore
will convene at $50 a. m.
The two final services of the
conference will be moved to Trim
ity church, Ninth st. at goth
Ave. So, to take care Of the
crowds. The 3 p. m. Memorial
services will be under the direc-
ton of Rev. H. c. Boyd, assisted
by Rev. J. W. Collins.
At the evening services Bishop
Baber will announce his appoint
ments for the new conference
year.
1t is estimated that the confer.
ence has brought 200 delegates
Nha rtfxy