Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14
MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS
Virginia Methodists List
240 Pastoral Changes

HARRISONBURG, Va, June
IL @.-Bishop Paul N. CARRIER
today announced 240 pastoral
changes and the appointment
of four new district superinten-
dents. The pastoral appoint
rnents came at the close of the
174th annual Virginia Methodist
Conference.
The new superintendent and
their districts are:
The Rev. ROLAND P, Riddick,
pastor of Park Place Church.
Norfolk, becomes Alexandria dis
trict superintendent. He will be
succeeded at Park Place by the
Rev. DR.. Walter c. Gum, former
superintendent of the Richmond
district.
The Rev. John F.. Owens,
pastor of Bergman Church.
Richmond. is the new Char
iottesville district superintendent
He will be succeeded at Berry
man by the Rev. DR.. j. Aubrey
Hughes, former Charlottesville
superintendent.
The Rev. DR.. Harold H
Hughes, Mount Vernon Church
Danville, was named district SUI
perintendent at Portsmouth. He
win be succeeded at Mount Ver-
non by the Rev. DR.. R. o. Bryant,
former Portsmouth superintend-
ent.
The Rev. Carl j. Sanders,
Petersburg district superintend-
ent, was transferred to Rich
mond as Richmond district SUI
perintendent. He will be sue
ceeded as Petersburg superin-
tendent by the Rev. DR.. Hugh
Burleigh, pastor of the Court
Street Church. Lynchburg.
The Rev. DR.. John H. Pearson,
former Alexandria district super
intendent. will become pastor of
Court Street Church.
Top Changes Listed
Some of the top church
changes included:
The Rev. w. L. Scarce is
transferred from Broad Street
Church, Portsmouth, to Main
Street Church, Danville, succeed
ing the Rev. DR.. A. NICK. Reyn-
olds, who goes to Arlington For
est Church in Arlington. DR..
Reynolds replaces the Rev.
George D. Coffey. who goes to
Broad Street Church, Ports
mouth.
The Rev. C. o. Kidd of Farm
vile goes to Virginia Beach as
pastor. He will be succeeded at
Farmville by the Rev. DR.. H. E.
Hudgins of Chestnut avenue,
Newport News. DR.. Hudgins
will be succeeded by the Rev.
c. T. Topping of Vinton.
The Rev. j. E. White of High
land Park, Richmond, will ex-
change churches with DR.. Horace
E. Conner of Monumental
Church, Portsmouth.
The new superintendent were
announced yesterday but their
districts were not announced
until today.
The conference chung deter
minedly yesterday to its patient
go-slow approach toward solving
the segregation problem after a
State legislator dropped his
Southern secession attempt.
The conference unanimously
adopted a report asserting the
issue must be faced UP to IN a
spirit of prayer and Christian
discipleship.
Let us realize that we can
not improve human relations by
either forcing the matter or by
avoiding responsibility" said the
report. 1--WE can do too little
too late as well as too much too
soon, and God alone can cause
us to see the fine distinction
here"
The report, submitted to the
conference by the Board of
Social and Economic Relations
yesterday, was adopted with a
minimum of discussion as the
1900 delegates moved through
the third session of the four-day
meeting.
Senator Backs Segregation
State Senator Charles T. Moses
Of Appomattox had indicated he
would seek support for a reso-
luton advocating establishment
of a new Southern Conference
of Methodism in an effort to
preserve segregation in the
church.
Mr.. Moses. who failed in ar
attempt to push the move in his
home town Appomattox church
June 8. had criticized the ma
tional conference for taking &C.
ton at Minneapolis last month
he said paved the way for even
tual indignation of white anc
Negro church members.