Evening star., 1953-06-08
; Major Area
Pastors Named
By Methodists
BIS Appointments
Revealed as AnnuuI
Conference Ends
By Cospor Nonnes'
Stor SfaH Correspondent
WESTMINSTER, Md. Ju

WESTMINSTER, Nd, June 8.
- Three major Methodist
churches in the Washington area
will have new pastors for the
coming year, Methodist Bishop
G. Bromley Oman of Washing.
ton announced yesterday.
The assignments were made
during the concluding meeting
Of the 169th session of the Bal
timore Annual Conference at
Western Maryland College. More
than 325 ministerial and other
appointments for 1884 were
also announced by Bishop Ok
nam.
Chief changes made were at
Eldbrooke Church, 4100 River
road NV, where the Rev. F.
Paul Harris will be succeeded by
DR.. Haskell r. Deal, pastor of
Starr Church, Baltimore; Marvin
Memorial Church, Four Corners,
Silver Spring, where the Rev.
Marion S. Michael will be fol-
lowed by Mr.. Harris and Be-
thesda Church, Old Georgetown
road and Huntington parkway.
Bethesda, where Mr.. Michael will
take over the pulpit vacated by
the Rev. H. F. Chandler.
Mr.. Chandler is leaving to be-
come pastor of the Eastop
Church of the Peninsula Con-
ference, the Methodist Church.
Nine Years at Eldbrooke.
Mr.. Harris is leaving Eldbrooke
Church after nine years. A ma
tive of Carroll County, Md, he
is a graduate of Western Mary
land College and of the Boston
University's School of Theology.
He was president of the Metho-
dist Preachers Meeting in 1850.
DR.. Deal served Washington
churches before going to Starr
Church, Baltimore, in 1945. He
was associate pastor of Mount
Vernon Place Church here, 1929
80, and pastor of Lewis Memorial
Church from 1910 to 1945.
A native of Lincolnton, N. c..
he is graduate of Roanoke Col
lege and the theology school at
the University of Chicago.
Mr.. Michael is carrying on a
family tradition by his service in
Washington churches. His father,
DR.. Walter M. Michael, is a re-
tired Methodist pastor who
served Brightwood Park and
Eldebrooke Churches for 16
years. The son is a graduate of
Boston University School Of
Theology and has been at Mar
vim Memorial Church since 1945.
He is married and has three
children.
Mr.. Chandler founded Bethes-
da Church in 1910 and has seen
his congregation grow from a
small group worshiping in a
little frame house to one of the
areas largest memberships.
Washington Appointments.
Washington city appoint
ments in the East District: The
Revs w. Kenneth Lyons. Ana
costa; Thomas B. Ehlers.
Brightwood; G. Custer Crom-
well, Brookland; George L. Con-
nor. Congress Heights; Harold
Milstead, Douglas Memorial; L.
Barrett Rice. Epworth; Dorsey
K. Sturgis, First Bradbury
Heights; Davis w. Peck, Cor
such; Clarence E. Wise, Lewis
Memorial; Walter C. Scott, Nc
Kendree; A. P. Shirley and Will
liam r. Wright, Mount Vernon
Place; Elmer A. Wilcher, North
Carolina Avenue; Ralph D.
Smith, Petworth; James A. Dud-
ley, Rhode Island Avenue:
George D. Naylor, RoSedale;
Melvin E. Lederer, Ryland; Paul
R. Diehl, Trinity; Hirl A. Kester.
Waugh; Ernest A. Otto, Wilson
Memorial.
West District: The Revs. Orris
G. Robinson, Calvary; c. J..
Dawson, Dumbarton Avenue:
Haskell R. Deal, Eldbrooke:
Edgar c. Beery, Emory; Fred
erick Brown Harris and F.. Nor
man Van Brunt, Foundry:
Charles F. Phillips, Francis AS
bury; j. Artley Leatherman.
Hamline; Daniel T. Kim,
Korean; Edward G. Latch and
F. Reid Isaac. Metropolitan;
Daniel w. Justice. st. Luke's;
william E. Firth, ST. Paul; Ed
ward B. Lewis. Union: c. STAN
lev I,0well WeSlev