Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-06-06
BY CASPER NAMES
Star Staff. CORRESPONDENT

WESTMINSTER. Md, June S.
New ministers will occupy the
lpulpits of many Washington
Area churches starting this week,
Methodist Bishop G. Bromley
Oman of Washington an
nounced today at the concluding
session of the Baltimore Annual
Conference meeting.
The appointments for the
coming year revealed that 351
ministers. associate and assist
ant ministers, seminary students
and supply pastors were assigned
to the 339 charges of the con-
ference. The conference with
l83.428 members, has churches
in Maryland. Washington and
parts of nearby West Virginia.
The retirement of DR.. Fred
erick Brown Harris after more
than 80 years as pastor of Foun-
dry Methodist Church, Wash
ington, left a vacancy in one of
the Districts most important
churches. Announcement was
made several weeks ago, and re-
corded today in the official ap-
pointment list. that DR.. Theo-
dore H. Palmquist, minister of
Wiltshire Methodist Church, Los
Angeles. will succeed DR.. Harris.
Major Shift at Calvary
| Another major shift will take
place at Calvary Methodist
Church. Washington. DR.. Orris
G. Robinson, pastor there since
1888. was appointed yesterday as
Washington East District super
intendent. He succeeds DR.. Philip
c. Edwards, who was named this
week executive secretary of the
C on ference Missions and
Church Extension Board.
The Rev. John Bayley Jones
will succeed DR.. Robinson. A ma
tive of Philadelphia, the 47-year-
old clergyman is a graduate of
Western Maryland College and
Westminster Theological Semi
nary. Mr.. Jones taught sociology
and served as director of public
relations at Western Maryland
College from 1944-49. He was or
dained in 1885 and has served
charges in various Virginia and
Maryland churches. He comes
here from the FroStburg Md
Methodist Church. Mr.. Jones is
married and has a son, John
Bayley Jones. jr.. and two daugh-
tiers, Grace Sue and Judith Ann.
The Rev. F. Norman Van
Brunt, who has served as asso-
ciate minister at Foundry
Church since 1850. assumes the
pastorate at st. Marks Meth
odist Church. one of the largest
congregations of the denomina-
ton in Baltimore. He succeeds
the Rev. c. Cranston Riggin, who
this week was named superin-
tendent of the Baltimore South
District.
New Dean of Ministers
With the retirement of DR..
Harris the new dean of Meth
odist ministers in Washington
is DR.. George L. Conner. who
was appointed for his 25th sue
cessive year as pastor of Con-
gress Heights Methodist Church.
A native of Chillicothe, Ohio.
DR.. Conner is a graduate of
George Washington University
and the graduate school at
American University. He worked
for the Post Office Department
in Washington, becoming Deputy
Second Assistant Postmaster
General, before entering the
ministry in 1921.
Five District area men were
appointed to their churches for
the 18th consecutive time. They
are the Revs. Edward G. Latch.
Metropolitan Memorial Church:
Edward w. Beckett. First
Church. Hyattsville. Md; Elmer
"A. Wilcher. North Carolina Ave-
niue Church; Clifford H. Rich
Imond, Chevy Chase Church, and
Edgar c. Berry. Emory Church.
Seven Aetiring Today
Among the seven clergymen
retiring today are DR.. Fred C.
Reynolds. field secretary of the
Methodist Commission on Chap
lains and former Washington
East District superintendent; the