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The
YEAR BOOK
of the
CONGREGATIONAL
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
of the United States of America
Combining Volume No. 69
The Congregational Year Book
anc^ Volume No. 75
The Christian Annual
STATISTICS for 1946
Issued by '
THE executive COMMITTEE of the GENERAL COUNCIL
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Year Book, Congregational Christian Churches ^1946
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX
PAGE
A.B.C.F.M., See American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Advertisements 417—440
Afro Christian Convention Statistics 277
Alabama (White) Statistics 82-84
Alabama (Colored) Statistics 85, 254
Alaska Statistics 85, 265
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 16, 17, 335-339
American Congregational Association 28
American Missionary Association, Schools & Puerto Rican Work 41
American Missionary Association Division of the Board of Home Missions 19, 20
Andover Newton Theological School 30
Annual Statistics of Churches _. 81-277
Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers 22
Arizona Statistics 85, 92
Arkansas Statistics 85, 190, 254
Arts Guild _ 28
Atlanta Theological Seminary Foundation 37
Bangor Theological Seminary 31
Benevolence Contributions, Questions and Answers 287
Board of Home Missions 18-20
Boston Seaman's Friend Society, Inc 29
Budgeted Apportionment Percentages 286
California Northern Statistics 86-88
California Southern Statistics .^ 89—93
Chicago Theological Seminary .' 32
Christian Education Division of the Board of Home Missions 19, 20
Christian Orphanage 28
Christian Summary 281
Church Treasurers, Information for 287, 288
Church Workers, Paid 323-331
Church Extension Division of the Board of Home Missions 18-20
City Organizations 27
Clerks 292-322
Colleges 38
Colorado Statistics 94-96
Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life 8, 12
Commission on Interchurch Relations and Christian Unity 8
Commission on the Ministry 9, 13
Commission on Stewardship 8
Commission, Theological 8
Committee for War Victims and Reconstruction 9, 56-80
Committee of One Hundred for the Sixth International Council 9
Committee on Credentials 7
Comparative Table by Conferences 278, 279
Comparative Table by Years 280
Conferences, Directory of State Officers 24—26
Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief 19, 20
Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply 23
Congregational Christian Churches 5
Congregational Christian College Council 39
Congregational Church Building Society 20
Congregational Clubs 41
Congregational Education Society 20
Congregational Home Missionary Society 20
Congregational House, See American Congregational Association Congregational Library, See American Congregational Association
Congregational Sunday School Extension Society 20
Congregational Woman's Home Missionary Federation 20
Connecticut Statistics 97-106, 168
Corporation for the General Council 7, 11
Council for Social Action 8, 21
Debt of Honor Commission . . . : 22
Delaware Statistics 106, 181, 249
Department of the Ministry 13
Directory, Lay Members 332—334
Directory. State Conference Officers 24-26
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PAGE
Distribution of Apportionment 279
District of Columbia Statistics 106, 181
Evangelical Protestant Conference Statistics 107
Executive Committee, General Council 7
Explanation of Schedules 81
Federal Council of Churches, Members 9
Financial Statement of the General Council 10
Florida Statistics 84, 108, 109
Forms of Bequest 17, 19, 20
General Council, Corporation 7, 11
General Council, Financial Statement 10
General Council, Meetings 289
General Council, Officers, Committees and Commissions 7-9
General Council, Organization 6
Georgia (White) Statistics 110, 111
Georgia (Colored) Statistics 112
German Conference, Summary 113
Hartford Seminary Foundation 33
Hawaii Statistics 114-117
Home Missions, Board of 18-20
Howard University School of Religion 37
Idaho Statistics 118, 265
Illinois Statistics 119-127
In Care of Association, Candidates for Ministry 351
Indiana Statistics _ 107, 128-133
International Congregationalism : 339
International Council, Committee of One Hundred 9
Iowa Statistics 134-139
Kansas Statistics 140-142
Kentucky (White) Statistics 107, 144, 230
Kentucky (Colored) Statistics 144, 254
Kentucky (North) Statistics 143
Last Minute Revisions 412
Lay Members Directory 332-334
Laymen's Fellowship 19
Licentiates ' 340-351
Local Ministers 411
Louisiana (White) Statistics < 145
Louisiana (Colored) Statistics 146
Maine Statistics 147-154, 197
Maryland Statistics 154, 181, 239
Massachusetts Statistics 155-173
Michigan Statistics 174-180, 274
Middle Atlantic Statistics 181-183
Ministerial Relief Division of the Board of Home Missions 19, 20
Ministers in Full Standing 352^1 1
Ministers, Local with Limited Ordination 411
Minnesota Statistics 184-188
Missions Council 14, 15
Missionaries, A.B.C.F.M ■ 335-339
Mississippi (Colored) Statistics 85, 188
Missouri Statistics 134, 189, 190
Montana Statistics 191, 192
National Committee for Army & Navy Chaplains 9
National Council of the Congregational Churches 23
National Council, Meetings 289
Nebraska Statistics 96, 141, 193-196, 247
Necrology 42-55
Nevada Statistics 88, 93, 196
New Hampshire Statistics 197-202
New Jersey Statistics 181-183, 202, 277
New Mexico Statistics 93, 202
New York Congregational Home for the Aged 28
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New York Statistics 183, 203-213, 239, 277
Nominating Committee 7
North Carolina (White) Statistics 213, 248-253
North Carolina (Colored) Statistics 214-217
North Dakota Statistics 218-221, 247
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology 34
Officers, Committees and Commissions of the General Council 7-9
Ohio Statistics 107, 132, 143, 222-231
Oklahoma Statistics 232, 233, 256
Ontario, Canada, Statistics 212, 233
Ordinations 290, 291
Oregon Statistics 234, 235
Pacific School of Religion 35
Paid Church Workers 323-331
Pastoral Supply, Congregational Board of 23
Pastors not Members of Associations or Conferences 340-351
Pennsylvania Statistics 230, 236-239
Per Capita 288
Pilgrim Memorial Fund 22
Pilgrim Press Division of the Board of Home Missions 19
Promotion and Missionary Education Division of the Board of Home Missions .... 19
Puerto Rico Statistics 240
Radio Committee 19
Receipts and Disbursements, National Societies & States & City Societies 282, 283
Retirement Fund for Lay Workers 22
Rhode Island Statistics 241, 242
Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work 40
Social Action, Council for 8, 21
South Carolina (White) Statistics Ill, 242
South Carolina (Colored) Statistics 112, 242
South Dakota Statistics 220, 243-247
Southern Convention Statistics 248—253
Southwest Statistics, See California Southern
State Conference Directory 24-26
Summary of Churches by States, 1620-1860 284
Summary, German Conference 113
Summary I, Comparative Table by Conferences 278, 279
Summary II, Comparative Table by Years 280
Supplementary Summary 281
Tennessee (White) Statistics 144, 254
Tennessee (Colored) Statistics 254
Texas (White) Statistics ! 93, 232, 255
Texas and Oklahoma (Colored) Statistics 256
Theological Seminaries 30-37
Theological Commission 8
Unit Plan Committee 22
Unit Plan, Financial Report by States 285
Utah Statistics 257
Vermont Statistics : 198, 258-263
Virginia (White) Statistics 183, 249-252, 263
Virginia (Colored) Statistics .215, 217, 264
War Victims and Reconstruction, Committee for 9
War Victims and Reconstruction, Financial Report by States 56-80
Washington Statistics 265-269
West Virginia Statistics 230. 231, 252, 269
What is the Per Capita? 288
Wisconsin Statistics 270-275
Woman's Home Missionary Federation 20
Women State Presidents 334
World Council of Churches 9
Wyoming Statistics 96, 276
Yale University Divinity School 36
Yankton College School of Theology 37
1946] General Council 5
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Form — Congregational Christian Churches are bodies of self-governing Christian believers ni gan- ized on a democratic basis in close association with a great body of similar churches throughout the world, covenanting together for worship, work, and fellowship.
Origin — Congregationalism has been implicit in Christianity from the beginning, but did not emerge in its present corporate form until in England, in the sixteenth century, the pressure of state control of religious worship forced into separate existence that part of the Church in which Congregational principles were cherished.
The Christian Churches originated spontaneously in several parts of the United States in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In each instance the movement was directed toward freedom from excessive ecclesiastical authority over local churches and ministers.
Principles — The Congregational Churches are characterized by their faith in God, their fellowship in Christ, and their freedom in the Spirit.
Practice — .Acknowledging Christ as the only authoritative head of the Church, Congregational Christian Churches exalt nothing trivial or sectarian, repudiate dogmatism and all legislative control of the spiritual life, regard a living Christian faith as the only prerequisite for church membership, and seek to develop in the church educational efficiency, evangelistic zeal, and unselfish devotion to the extension of the Kingdom of God.
Achievements — Congregationalism sailed to America in the Mayflower as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers. Settling fir.st at Plymouth, then later fusing with the Puritan colonists that followed them, these founders of Congregationalism spread over New England, and through their democratic ideals laid the foundations for the free church, the free state, the free school, and the free social life of our country. The Congregational Churches have been the pioneer Protestant churches of our nation in the promotion of education, missions, evangelism, and in most movements for Christian union, religious progress, and social reform.
While the Christian Church originated later, and while its numbers and resources have not been so large, its ideals and principles have been identical with those of the Congregational Churches.
The Local Church — The local church is self-administering and is the final arbiter of all questions relating to its own life.
The Association — A church is recognized denominationally by securing membership in some associa- tion of churches, usually consisting of from ten to fifty such churches, located in geographical proximity to one another. These associations are charged with the holding of ministerial credentials for ordained ministers and the performance of common Christian service in behalf of their component churches.
The State Conference — The state or district conference is made up of the churches within its bounds holding membership in the several associations. Mutual helpfulness to all the churches, and the carrying forward of church extension and missionary work within its own borders, are the functions of the conference. Usually the conference maintains a paid superintendent and a central ofiice.
The General Council — What the State Conference is to the state the General Council is to the na- tion, with appropriate variations. It also becomes the unifying agency for co-ordinating the organization and work of the missionary societies. (See following pages.)
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GENERAL COUNCIL ORGANIZATION
The General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches was organized on June 27, 1931, at Seattle, Washington, for the purpose of carrying on the functions hitherto performed by the National Council of the Congregational Churches and the General Convention of the Christian Church. The older organizations continue their formal existence for the time being for possible legal requirements. Details of organization will be found on the following pages.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the General Council is to foster and express the substantial unity of the Congregational Christian Churches in faith, purpose, polity and work; to consult upon and devise measures and maintain agencies for the promotion of the common interests of the Kingdom of God; to co-operate with any corpora- tion or body under control of or affiliated with the Congregational Cliristian Churches and to do and promote the work of these churches in their national, international and interdenominational relations.
FUNCTIONS
As the name indicates, the General Council is a voluntary organization of Congregational Christian Churches. Associated with its function of discussion and inspiration is that of the election of officers and agencies for carrying on the common work of the churches. Specifically, the Council provides for gathering and publishing annually the statistics for the churches as given in this Year Book. For the purpose of stim- ulating fellowship and of co-ordinating the various agencies, offices are maintained with a small staff of secretaries.
MEMBERS
Each State Conference or similar organization of churches is entitled as such to elect a delegate at large for the first full 5,000 members and an additional delegate at large for each successive 5,000 members or major fraction thereof. The Superintendent of each Conference is ex officio a delegate. Each Conference also is entitled to "unit" delegates, elected according to rules set forth in the Constitution to the number of one to every 1,000 members, approximately.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Between the sessions of the Council an Executive Committee chosen by the Council attends to details of business, arranging and submitting programs for the meetings, and seeks to correlate the administration of the several missionary societies and boards affiliated with the Council in the interest of economy and efficiency. This committee is also the agency for correlating the activities of the several Commissions.
COMMISSIONS
The Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life maintains an office for service to the churches in the vital field indicated by its name. The Commission on the Ministry together with representatives of the denominational boards constitute the Department of the Ministry which correlates the varied interests relating to our ministerial personnel. There are several other Commissions, none of them being charged with executive functions to any extent but rather with study and report, each in its own field, with such co-operation with the executive agencies of the denomination as seems feasible.
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational Christian Churches have as their controlling membership the membership of the General Council itself. Meeting in separate sessions under the direction of their own officers, the membership of each of these societies is in large majority identical with that of the General Council, so that in matters of common concern action taken by the General Council may usually be taken by each of the societies with- out further discussion, thus giving unity of operation and making the missionary societies the instruments of the churches themselves.
MEETINGS Meetings of the General Council are held biennially in the even numbered years.
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OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
Moderator — Rev. Albert W. Palmbb, Altadena, Cal.
Assistant Moderators — Miss Helen Kenyon, N. Y.; Rev. Arthur D. Gray, 111.; Pres. Russell H.
Stafford, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, Brooklyn, N. Y. Minister and Secretary — Rev. Douglas Horton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Associate Secretary — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Assistant Secretary — Rev. Wofford C. Timmons, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Registrar and Editorial Assistant — Miss Ella G. Sparrow, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Acting Treasurer — Mr. Frank F. Moore, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
The Executive Committee
Ex-officiis: The Moderator and, as corresponding members, the Secretaries
Term Expiring 1960: Mr. Raymond H. Fiero, N. Y. Dr. Glenway N. Nethercut, 111. Rev. John M. Phillips, Minn. Mrs. Elbert A. Read, Iowa
Term Expiring 19SS: Pres. Ronald Bridges, Cal. Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, D. C, Chm. Rev. Baldwin W. Callahan, Mass. Rev. Boynton Merrill, Ohio Mrs. Cleon Swarts, Ind.
Term Expiring 1948: Mr. P. Donald Folwell, Pa. Rev. Archie H. Hook, W^sh. Rev. Charles M. Houser, Mich Rev. Wilfrid A. Rowell, Wis.
Rev. Theodore M. Shipherd, Fla. Rev. PhiUp G. Scott, Conn Mrs. Robert G. WiUiams, Fla. Mrs. John T. Beach, N. J.
Corresponding Members: Rev. Frank J. Scribner (Annuity Fund), Rev. Russell Henry Stafford and Rev. Fred Field Goodsell (Am. Bd.), Rev. Alfred Grant Walton and Rev. Truman Douglass (Bd. Home Mis- sions), Rev. Ray Gibbons (C.S.A.), Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher (Missions Council), Rev. Harry T. Stock (Chr. Ed. Div.), Mr. Walter A. Graham (Laymen's Fellowship), Mr. Donald Berry (Pilgrim Fellowship), Mrs. William H. Medlicott (Women's Work), Mrs. Clarence L. Murdey (Women State Presidents), Mrs. Hawley Willson (C.W.V.R.), Miss Dorothy P. Gushing (Publicity), Rev. F. Q. Blanchard (Comm. on Interchurch Relations), Rev. James F. English (Comm. on the Ministry), Rev. Roy Linden Minich (Comm. on Evangelism and Devotional Life), Rev. Samuel N. Oliver (Comm. on Stewardship), Rev. Frederick W. Alden (E. Prov.), Rev. Everett A. Babcock (Midw. Prov.), Rev. Nelson C. Dreier (Pac. Prov.), Rev. William N. Tuttle (S. Prov.), Rev. Marvin R. Brandt (W. Prov.).
The Corporation for the General Council
Rev. Albert W. Palmer, President
Mr. J. Watson MacDoweU, 1st Vice-President
Mr. William D. Winter, 2nd Vice-President
Rev. Douglas Horton, Secretary
Rev. Frank J. Scribner, Assistant Secretary
Mr. William F. Frazier, Treasurer
Term Expiring 1948: Rev. Robert G. Armstrong, Conn. Mr. Walter H. Gilpatric, N. Y. Mr. Loren H. Rockwell, N. J. Mr. John J. Schumann, Jr., N. J. Mr. Harvey E. Sims, Ohio
Term Expiring 1950: Mr. AUen T. Burns, N. Y. Mr.' Frederic H. Leggett, N. Y. Mr. J. Watson MacDowell, N. Y. Mr. William D. Winter, N. J.
Term Expiring 1952: Mr. John T. Beach, N. J. IMr. Charles M. Bliss, Conn. Mr. Alfred C. HoweU, Conn. Mr. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J. Mr. Frank C. Van Cleef, N. J.
The Nominating Committee
Term Expiring 1948: Mrs. Robert L. Bowen, Cal. *Pres. Ralph C. Jenkins, Conn. Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Mass. Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J. Mrs. John G. Truitt, Va. Rev. Raymond B. Walker, Ore., Chm.
Term Expiring 1950: Mrs. Howard Stone Anderson, Conn. Rev. M. Russell Boynton, Mass. Rev. WUliam J. Faulkner, Tenn. Rev. Robert Lee House, Va. Mr. Frank H. Korab, Kans. Rev. Harold N. Skidmore, Mich.
Committee on Credentials (for 1948 session)
Rev. Carl B. Bare, R. I.; Mrs. W. G. Bek, N. D.; Mrs. Henry X. Boyd, Ala.; Rev. Nathanael M. Guptill Me.; Rev. Paul S. Kershner, Ohio; Rev. Gerald E. Maggart, Mo.; Rev. George J. Weber, Utah. * Deceased.
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Council for Social Action
Term Expiring 1948: Mr. AUen T. Burns, N. Y. Mr. Malcolm Dana, Mich. Mr. Frank H. Korab, Kans. Dr. T. K. Lawless, lU. Rev. Frederick M. Meek, Mass. Rev. Raymond B. Walker, Ore.
Term Expiring 1950: Rev. William J. Faulkner, Tenn. Mr. Edward Hawley, 111. Mrs. Orville Jones, Ohio Mr. Joe Moody, Cal. Prof. Victor Obenhaus, 111. Rev. Albert J. Penner, Mass.
Co-opted: Pres. Ronald Bridges, Cal.; Rev. Fred L. Brownlee, N. Y.; Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y.; Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y.; Rev. Fred Field Goodsell, Mass.; Rev. Emerson G. Hangen, Conn.; Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y.; Rev. Ralph D. Hyslop, Mass.; Rev. Walter Schlaretzki, III.; Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, N. Y.; Rev. Thomas A. Tripp, N. Y.
Term, Expiring 1962: Rev. Richard M. Fagley, N. Mr. Harold Felton, Mo. Mrs. W. G. Hay, Mass. Mr. Arthur Packard, Vt. Mrs. B. .\. Redington, N. Y.
Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life
Term Expiring 194S: Rev. Jacob F. Balzer, Neb. Rev. Howard J. Chidley, Mass. Rev. William E. Dudley, Ohio Rev. John B. Hanna, N. Y. tRev. Fred Hoskins, Iowa Rev. Harold M. Kingsley, Cal. Rev. Boynton Merrill, Ohio tRev. Robert C. Whitehead, Me.
Term Expiring 19,50: tRev. Roy L. Minich, Mass., Clim. tDean Vaughan Dabney, Mass. tMr. Ed. Hunter, N. H. Mr. Marlowe Kersey, Ohio Rev. John G. Truitt, Va. Rev. Arthur S. Wheelock, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1932: tMr. William F. Brooks, Mass. tMr. Joseph H. Davies, Pa. Rev. Elmer S. Freeman, Wis. Rev. Elmer E. Voelkel, Ind. Rev. James W. Fifield, Cal. Rev. Raymond A. Waser, Colo. Mrs. O. H. Paris, N. C. Rev. Edwin B. Nylen, N. J.
Representatives of Executive Committee of General Council: Rev. Philip G. Scott, Conn.; Mr. Raymond H. Fiero, N. Y.; Mr. P. Donald Folwell, Pa.; Rev. John M. Phillips, Minn. Representatives of Board of Home Missions: Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y.; Rev. George M. Gibson, Mass.; Rev. William E. McCormack, Mass.; Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, N. Y.; Rev. Ralph L. Woodward, Conn.
Commission on Interchurch Relations and Christian Unity
Term Expiring 1948: Rev. Howard A. Blanning, Mich. Mr. Robert Cashman, 111. Rev. Milton S. Czatt, Vt. tMr. Morgan Davis, Pa. Mrs. Stoddard Lane, Vt. tRev. Herman F. Reissig, 111. Rev. Dwight C. Smith, Wash. Pres. Bryan S. StolTer, Kans.
Term Expiring 1950: tRev. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, Oliio.
Chm. Rev. Perry D. .\very, Ind. tRev. William F. Bohn, Ohio Judge D. Burns Douglass, Ind. Mrs. Claude H. Eckart, Ore. Rev. Roy C. Helfenstein, Iowa Rev. E. Paul Sylvester, Mo. Miss Amy O. Welcher, Conn.
Term Expiring 1952: Rev. Charles T. Brewster, Kans. Rev. Robert E. Burtt, Mich. Rev. Howard J. Conn, Minn. tMrs. Henry B. Davis, Mich. tRev. Noble S. Elderkin, Ohio tMr. H. D. Frame, Wis. Mr. Sidney Law, Mass. tRev. Charles C. Merrill, Mass. tMr. J. C. Molyneux, N. Y. tRev. Russell H. Stafford, Conn. tRev. Alfred G. Walton, N. Y.
Ter7n Expiring 1948: tRev. Harold N. Skidmore, Mich.
Chm. tMrs. A. P. Brooks, Minn. Rev. Holland F. Burr, Cal. Rev. William F. English, Mass. tMr. Donald Hogue, Mich. tMrs. R. A. Holvenstot, Wis. Rev. William A. Leath, Ohio Mr. L. A. Markham, Wis.
Commission on Stewardship
Term Expiring 1960: Mrs. L. V. Barker, Ind. Mr. Harold Brundage, Conn. Mr. D. C. Chandler, Ohio Rev. Thomas L. Crosby, 111. tRev. David E. Davids, Iowa tMrs. Alexander Davis, 111. Mr. J. D. Messick, N. J. tRev. Samuel N. Oliver, Mich.
Term Expiring 1952: tMr. Baylor Brooks, Cal. Mrs. Bryan N. Brown, Cal. Rev. Ralph Conard, Cal. Rev. J. Leslie Dunstan, Hawaii Mr. Percy G. Foor, Pa. Rev. Jesse F. Perrin, Cal. Prof. Hugh Vernon White, Cal. Rev. Homer V. Yinger, Cal.
Theological Commission
tProf. John C. Bennett, N. Y.; Rev. Donald J. Cowling, Minn.; Prof. Nels F. S. Ferr6, Mass.; Rev. Henry David Gray, Cal.; tProf. Walter M. Horton, Ohio; tMrs. Lloyd Rice, N. H.; tRev. Harry Thomas Stock, Mass.; Prof. Amos N. Wilder, 111.
Active members of Commission,
1940]
General Council
Term Expiring 1.94S: tProf . James IMuilenburg, N. Y. Rev. Charles Gcrlinger, S. D. tRev. Fred L. Hall, Ohio Prof. Walter M. Horton, Ohio Rev. Pavil S. Kershner, Ohio Prof. H. Shelton Smith, N. C. Rev. Alfred W. Swan, Wis. Rev. Edward W. Willcox, Ohio
Commission on the Ministry
Term Expiring 1950: Mrs. David E. Brown, Vt. Rev. Kenneth D. Claypool, Wash. Mr. James H. Compton, Kans. Rev. Jesse H. Dollar, N. C. tRev. Clarence S. Dunham, Conn. Rev. Albert E. Roraback, N. Y. Pres. Arthur C. McGiffert, 111. Rev. Robert W. Brooks, D. C.
Term Expiring 195S:
tRev. James F. English, Conn Chm.
Rev. C. Fosberg Hughes, Kant.
Rev. C. Franklin Parker, Ariz.
tMr. Sumner A. Dale, Conn.
Pres. Bryant Drake, Neb.
Mr. Charles L. Varney, Mass.
tRev. Frederica Mitchell, N. Y.
tProf. Francis L. Childs, N. H. Co-opted: Rev. Alexander H. Abbott, Conn.; Rev. Frederick W. Alden, N. H.; Rev. Gaius Glenn Atkins, Mass.; Rev. Daniel Bliss, Conn.; Pres. Ronald Bridges, Cal.; Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y.; Rev. Ray Gibbons, N. Y.; Rev. Niel Hansen, 111.; Prof. Hugh Hartshorne, Conn.; Rev. Carl H. Kopf, Mass.; Prof. Llewelyn A. Owen, Ohio; Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, N. Y.
Joint Staff: Rev. Horace F. Holton, Rev. Ralph D. Hyslop, Rev. Loy L. Long, Rev. Harry T. Stock, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Oliver Powell, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Stanley U. North, Rev. John R. Scotford, Rev. Frank J. Scribner, Rev. Thomas A. Tripp, New Y''ork, N. Y.; Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y., Director.
Members and Alternates of the Federal Council of Churches
Members: Mr. Theodore Beard, Conn.; Rev. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, Ohio; Rev. Frederic E. Charrier, Me.; Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y. ; Rev. Stanley C. Harrell, N. C; Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y.; Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Conn.; Mr. Charles H. Seaver, N. Y. ; Dean Luther A. Weigle, Conn.; Mrs. George R. Wilson, 111.; Rev. Arthur E. Wilson, R. I.; Mr. AUen T. Burns, N. Y.; Rev. James W. Fifield, Cal.; Mrs. William W. Rockwell, N. Y. Alternates: Dr. Fred S. Richards, Ore.; Rev. Raymond B. Walker, Ore.; Rev. Paul A. Davies, Ore.; Rev. Archie H. Hook, Wash.; Mrs. Ralph Duncan, Wash.; Rev. Harley H. Gill, Cal.; Rev. Leonard Hildebrandt, Wash.; Mr. W. Walter Williams, Wash.; Mr. Veo F. Small, W^ash.; Rev. Albert W. Palmer, Cal.; Rev. Clinton Ostrander, Wash.; Mrs. J. T. Gordon, Ore.; Rev. Allen I. Lorimer, N. J.; Mr. H. M. Nicholson, Wash.; Rev. John R. Scotford, N. Y.; Mrs. Clarence Murdey, Wash.
Committee for War Victims and Reconstruction
Executive Committee of the National Committee
Rev. Albert Buckner Coe, 111., Chairman of the National Committee; Mr. Kirk Smith, R. I., Chairman nf the Executive Committee; Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Conn.; Rev. Robert Wood Coe, Mass.; Mrs. William A. Gordon, Conn.; Mr. Elbert A. Harvey, Mass.; Mr. Clifford E. Higgins, N. H.; Rev. Roderic W. Hurlburt, Vt. ; Rev. George Ogden Kirk, N. J.; Rev. Vernon A. Loescher, Mass.; Mrs. Rodney W. Roundy, Me.; Rev. Lloyd R. Stamp, N. Y.; Rev. John C. Walker, Conn.; Mrs. E. T. Willson, N. Y.. Executive Secretary; Rev. Lawrence M. Upton, N. Y., Field Secretary.
Co-opted: Rev. M. Russell Boynton, Mass.; Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y. ; Rev. James F. English, Conn.; Rev. Ray Gibbons, N. Y.; Rev. Fred Field Goodsell, Mass.; Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y.; Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, N. Y.
The National Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains
Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y., Chm.; Chaplain Rowland C. Adams, A. U.S.; Chaplain Edgar H. S. Chan- dler, U.S.N.R.; Rev. L. Wendell Fifield, N. Y.; Chaplain Ralph O. Harpole, U.S. M.S.; Mr. James M. Hills, N. Y. ; Chaplain Carl Knudsen, N. Y.; Chaplain Maurice W. Reynolds, U.S.A.; Rev. George C. Vincent, N. J.; Miss Amy O. Welcher, Conn.; Chaplain Glenn J. Witherspoon, A. U.S.
World Council of Churches
Members of the Joint P^xecutive Committee. Principals: Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Conn.; Rev. Theodore .\. Greene, Conn.; Miss Helen Kenyon, N. Y. Alternates: Rev. Edward C. Boynton, N. Y.; Prof. John C. Bennett, N. Y.; Miss Amy O. Welcher, Conn.
The Committee of One Hundred for the Sixth International Congregational Council
Offices Dean Luther A. Weigle, Conn., Chairman Dr. Heru-y Atkinson, N. Y., Vice-Chairman Mrs. James Bi.xler, N. H.; Vice-Chairman Dr. Russell Henry Stafford, Conn., Vice-Chairman Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y., Secretary Mr. Frank F. Moore, N. Y., Treasurer
Executive Committee Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y., Chairman Rev. Howard Stone Anderson, Conn. Mr. Clarence W. Bronson, Conn. Rev. Robert W. Coe, Mass. Rev. Richard M. Fagley, N. Y. Rev. WiUiam E. Gilroy, Mass. Mrs. G. M. Grover, Mass. Rev. Ralph Hyslop, Mass. Miss Helen Kenyon, N. Y. Rev. Roy L. Minich, Mass.
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THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE UNITED STATES
Statement of Income and Expenses for the Year Ended December 31, 194G Balances January 1, 1946
General Fund $ 4,887.65
Mileage 6,722 . 30
International Council 1,752 .43
Com. Army & Navy Chaplains 3,415.51 $15
RECEIPTS
General Fund
Per Capita $58,973.99
Investment Income 3,837 . 34
Investment Income Nat'l Council 1,240.05
Literature & Calendars 1,884 . 32
B.H.M. Dept. Ministry 3,500.00
A.B.C.F.M. Dept. Ministry 200.00
Iowa Conf. re. Council Meeting 2,645.31 72,
Mileage
Per Capita $9,274.37
Mileage Reserve 7,500 . 00 16,
International & Interdenominational
Per Capita 9,
National Com. Army & Navy Chaplains
Committee War Victims & Reconstruction 4,
General Reserve Fund
Advance for Com. on Evangelism 5,
DISBURSEMENTS General Fund
Advertising & Publicity $380 . 36
Annuity & Retirement Dues 1,943.05
Commission on Evangelism 3,300.00
Committee on Stewardship 151 . 52
Committee on Interchurch Relations 1,916.75
Committee on Conscientious Objectors 372 . 17
Contingent •. .' . . 600.96
Council Meeting (net $4,292.11) , . . 6,937.42
Dept. Ministry 9,298.17
Office Expenses 4,047.81
Pensions 1,176.00
Rent 1,816.32
Salaries 22,981 .22
Travel 7,422.05
Year Book. . 11,725.83 74,070.53
Mileage
Council Meeting Delegates 17,321 . 23
International and Interdenominational
Federal Council $4,550.00
World Council 2,700.00
Other Expenses 1,235.31
Trans, to International Council Fund 1,752.43 10,237.74
National Com. Army & Navy Chaplains 6,162.57
General Reserve Fund
Advance Com. on Evangelism 5,352 . 94
$113,145.01
Balances December 31, 1946
General Fund $3,098. 13
Mileage 5,175.44
Internatl. & Interdenominational 814.25
Natl. Com. Army & Navy Chaplains 2,052.94
General Reserve Fund 46.40 11,187.16
$124,332.17
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THE CORPORATION FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL
OF THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE U. S.
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
President — Rev. Albeit \V. Palmer, 1185 E. Foothill Blvd., Altadona, Cal.
1st Vice-President — Mr. J. Watson MacDowell
2nd Vice-President — Mr. William D. Winter
Secretary — Rev. Douglas Horton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
Assistant Secretary — Rev. Frank J. Scribner, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
Treasurer — Mr. William F. Frazier, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
ITS CHARTER
The Corporation for the General Council was chartered under the laws of Connecticut in 193.3, suc- ceeding to the functions of the Corporation for the National Council and serving the united fellowship.
ITS OBJECT
The object of the Corporation is to hold and administer funds and property for the purposes of the Congregational and Christian Churches or churches affiliated with them. This service may be rendered for (1) churches singly or in groups; (2) societies, boards, conferences, associations, etc.; (3) denominational educational institutions; (4) denominational eleemosynary institutions; (5) the Council itself; (6) any other organizations "for the advancement of the general interests and purposes" of our churches.
ITS CONTROL
The Corporation is under the direct control of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States.
ITS BUSINESS
The Corporation holds the Pilgrim Memorial Fund as the foundation for the pension system for Con- gregational ministers administered by the Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers, and other trusts aggregating approximately $6,000,000.
ITS ADVANTAGES
The Corporation offers to donors of direct gifts, endowments, legacies or conditional gifts, several noteworthy advantages, including —
1. The services, without compensation, of prominent financiers, lawyers and business men.
2. Leading banks and trust companies are the custodians of the investments.
3. Low cost of administration, leaving more than 95% of the income of a trust or endowment fund for use as designated by donors.
MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION For members of the Corporation see page 7.
INFORMATION
Information will be furnished on request regarding the work and standing of any established denomina- tional organization or activity in a wholly disinterested spirit. For general information address the Treasurer.
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THE COMMISSION ON EVANGELISM AND DEVOTIONAL LIFE
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
This Commission was established by the National Council at Des Moines in 1904 to assist the churches in providing plans and programs for recruiting new members for the church and furnishing the churches material for their use in enriching the devotional life of the people. At the General Council at Grinnell, 1946, the Commission was expanded on the basis of a Committee under the Home Board, with financial support.
It is composed of seven active and twenty corresponding members elected by the General Council and four members from the Home Board and four from the Executive Committee of the General Council and is charged by the General Council to do two things.
FIRST: To bring before the churches the denominational program of evangelism and devotional life.
SECOND: To make a continuous study of methods used by effective churches; to make them known to all pastors; and to provide such other helps to evangelism and devotion as are within its powers.
THE CHURCH YEAR IN EVANGELISM AND WORSHIP September- October Activities
A study of the local situation and the adoption of a plan to meet the conditions existing in the com- munity. A comprehensive parish survey. Appointment of special committees with assignment of duties. Special events for those going away for school, college or business. "Loyalty Day" in Church School and Young People's Societies.
November-December Activities
The program for the Advent season planned. Literature ordered including special .\dvent leaflets.
Fall reception of new members and assignment to groups and to specific tasks in the work of the church. A check-up of absentee members and connection made either by letter or by personal call.
A definite program for Thanksgiving with material for home celebration. Preparation for the Christmas holiday season as a climax of the Advent period emphasizing the religious aspects of Christmas.
January-February Activities
Plans adopted for the Lenten Season and supplies ordered including " The Fellowship of Prayer" and "Lenten Devotions for Young People."
The Pastor's Class organized and textbooks secured.
Special devotional meetings for Lent arranged with emphasis on personal and family devotions.
Usually the Lenten Season is the best time for Parish Visitation Evangelism.
March-April Activities
Organize groups of adults and young people for the study of Christian beliefs. Plan a Lenten program of preaching for decision. Hold a Preaching Mission, a Visitation of the Parish, or School of Religion. Plan Holy Week services. Membership enlistment and reception of members.
May-June
The Easter to Whitsunday period gives place for a special study of the questions of Christian responsi- bility in the home, community and state. Also, plan for Conferences and Retreats.
The Summer Season
In many parts of the country this is the best season of the year for evangelistic meetings. Where possible, plan a Preaching Mission or outdoor preaching service.
Plan something different for the summer season. Make use of the early morning service; vesper ser^ces for the late afternoon; popular evenings of song, illustrated lectures, Bible talks, missionary addresses and social occasions.
Send to the office of the Commission for a catalog of all material available for carrying out these pro- grams.
This year DAILY DEVOTIONS (a devotional quarterly) in every
home in your parish and The Minister's Quarterly
on every Pastor's Study Desk.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
Chairman — James F. English
Direclor — Frederick L. Faqley
Recording Secretary — Clarence S. Dunham
Joint Staff: Rev. Horace F. Holton, Rev. Ralph D. Hyslop, Rev. Loy L. Long, Rev. Harry T. Stock, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Oliver Powell, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Stanley U. North, Rev. John R, ScoTFORD, Rev. Frank J. Scribner, Rev. Thomas A. Tripp, New York, N. Y.
The Department of the Ministry was organized by the Congregational Christian Churches in June 1944 to put squarely back of every minister of the fellowship the total strength and helpfulness of the denomination. For the first time in any Protestant denomination all matters relating to the ministry are being coordinated by this Department, that overlapping may be lessened, overlooking prevented and that every pastor may feel the power of the united fellowship back of him in every aspect of his life and work.
Recruiting — The fine work being done by the Education Division in recruiting for the ministry is to be strengthened and enlarged by the Board of Home Missions that the richness of opportunity for growth and for service in the Christian ministry may be effectively presented to young men of outstanding ability.
Guidance — From the day a young man begins to consider the Christian ministry, the denomination through the pastor, the local Association, State Superintendent and the national agencies will be more alert to fellowship, to advise and to assist him.
Placement — The work of finding for young men suitable fields where they will grow and develop in parish ministry, and of assisting all pastors to find the fields of service best fitted for their abilities is being coordinated, strengthened and integrated into a full-rounded program of placement.
Pensions — We have a sound pension agency which needs and is worthy of greatly increased resources. The Annuity Fund officials are considering plans for greatly increasing its resources so that it may better safeguard our ministers in old age.
Salaries — Ministers' salaries are often below the scale of income of men of like training and community responsibility. The lifting of salaries of underpaid men to a better level is on the list of priorities for the Department.
Refresher Courses — More and more, the seminaries and the Pastors' Summer Schools are bringing to pastors the refreshment and inspiration that all need. These opportunities must be extended to include more men who should have such periods of study, fellowship and spiritual uplift.
Continued Learning — The fields of knowledge expand so rapidly and there are so many subjects for which there was not time in the period of formal training, that many men desire and need guidance that may come from well organized and carefully adapted plans for individual and group reading, study and dis- cussion.
Standards — Attention will be given to lifting the standards for the ministry and universalizing the best standards adopted by our General Council and by the several Associations.
In these and other ways the denomination through this Department is coordinating work now being done by various agencies and will enlarge its program of helpfulness to the end that you may come to feel that from the day you first decide to enter the ministry, the denomination, as a whole, is acutely interested in you, stands ready to help you and will be back of you wholeheartedly through all the years of your ministry.
Helpful material for the development of this Department is available from the office of The General Council, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. (see list in the advertisement section of Year Book).
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THE MISSIONS COUNCIL
The sevoral inissionary organizations are related to the churches through identical membersliip, namely, that of the General Council. The Missions Council is the official body for each of the missionary societies for the purpose of disseminating information, cultivating interest and raising the missionary funds.
287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. 14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.
19 S. La Salle St., Cliicago 3, 111.
Chairman — Rev. E. Paul Sylvester, St. Louis, Mo.
Vice-Chairman — Mr. Frank H. Korab, Kansas City, Kans.
Treasurer — Mr. Harold B. Belcher, Boston, Mass.
Recording Secretary — Miss Lucy M. Eldredge, New York, N. Y.
Minister and Executive Secretary — Rev. Albert D. Staupfacher, New York, N. Y.
Associate Executive Secretary — Mrs. William H. Medlicott, New York, N. Y.
Oiice Secretary and Assistant Treasurer — Miss Lucy V. Seidler, New York, N. Y.
Business Agent — Mr. Harvey L. Meeken, Boston, Mass.
Secretaries — • Rev. Howell D. Davies, Mrs. E. E. McClintock, Chicago, 111.; Miss Dorothy P. Cush- iNG, Miss Ruth I. Seabury, Rev. Ralph R. Shrader, Rev. James E. Walter, Boston, Mass.; Miss lONE Catton, Miss Pattie Lee Coghill, Rev. Alexander B. Ferguson, Rev. Andrew Vance McCracken, Miss Helen Frances Smith, Rev. Thomas K. Thompson, Mrs. E. T. Willson, New York, N. Y.
Ad Interim Committee
Mr. Harold L. Blakeslee, Conn.; Mr. Allen T. Burns, N. Y.; Rev. Cornelius E. Clark, Me.; Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiger, N. Y.; Miss Helen Kenyon, N. Y.; Mrs. C. L. Murdey, Wash.; Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J.; Rev. Harold N. Skidmore, Mich.; Rev. E. Paul Sylvester, Mo., ex officio; corresponding members: Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y.; Rev. Ray Gibbons, N. Y.; Rev. Fred Field Goodsell, Mass.; Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y.; Mrs. William H. Medlicott, N. Y.; Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, N. Y.
Joint Cabinet
Rev. Truman B. Douglass, Rev. Ray Gibbons, Rev. Fred Field Goodsell, Rev. Douglas Horton, Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Rev. Harold N. Skidmore, Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher.
Joint Staff
Albert D. Stauffacher, Chairman, lone Catton, Pattie Lee Coghill, Dorothy P. Gushing, Howell D. Davies, Alexander B. Ferguson, Mrs. E. E. McClintock, Andrew Vance McCracken, Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Ruth I. Seabury, Lucy V. Seidler, Ralph R. Shrader, Helen Frances Smith, Thomas K. Thomp- son, James E. Walter, Mrs. E. T. Willson.
The following sit with the Joint Staff at its regular meetings: Two State Superintendents elected by the Conference of State Superintendents to attend Joint Staff meetings: Cornelius E. Clark, Me.; Harold N. Skidmore, Mich.; Chairman of Women State Presidents: Mrs. C. L. Murdey, Wash.; Co-opted mem- bers: Frederick L. Fagley, Associate Secretary of General Council; Wofford C. Timmons, Secretary of Commission on Evangelism; Merle Easton and Mildred Widber, Secretaries of Division of Christian Educa- tion of The Board of Home Missions. Ex officiis — Cabinet Members: Truman B. Douglass, Ray Gibbons, Fred Field Goodsell, Douglas Horton.
Organization
1. Membership. The Missions Council consists of the thirty-six elected members together with the President and the Vice-Presidents of The Board of Home Missions, the thirty-six elected members with the President and Vice-Presidents of the American Board and the eighteen members of the Council for Social Action, and the Secretary of the General Council, ex officio.
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2. Joint Cabinet. The work of the Missions Council is administered by the Joint Cabinet, thus provid- ing the Minister with a connecting link to the administrative heads of the National Societies and of the State Conferences.
Article IX of the Rules of the Missions Council provides that the Minister of the Missions Council, the Executive Vice-Presidents of The Board of Home Missions and of the American Board, the Director of the Council for Social Action, the Minister of the General Council, the Associate Executive Secretary who shall be a woman, and one State Superintendent elected by the State Superintendents' Conference as here- inafter provided shall constitute the Joint Cabinet of the Missions Council. This Cabinet meets regularly. It is responsible for formulating promotional plans and policies and is the connecting link between the executive boards and the promotional staff.
3. Ad Interim Committee. The Ad Interim Committee is composed of fifteen persons chosen as follows: Two members of the Board of Directors of The Board of Home Missions designated by The Board of Home Missions, two members of the Prudential Committee of the American Board designated by the Prudential Committee, a member of the Council for Social Action, the Chairman of the Missions Council, two State Superintendents elected by the State Superintendents' Conference, and the Chairman of the Women State Presidents. The Minister of the General Council, the Minister and A-ssociate Executive Secretary of the Missions Council, the Executive Vice-Presidents of the Boards, and the Director of the Council for Social Action are corresponding members.
4. Joint Staff. The Joint Staff operates under the chairmanship and direction of the Minister and in- cludes the secretaries of missionary education and promotion of the national boards, with two representa- tives from the Conference of State Superintendents and the Chairman of the Women State Presidents.
Processes
1. Meetings. The Missions Council meets ordinarily but once a year. This meeting takes place in con- nection with the midwinter gathering of the Board of Directors of The Board of Home 2vIissions and of the Prudential Committee of the American Board and the Council for Soqial Action, thus economizing in time and travel expenses. At the annual midwinter meeting the Survey Committee of the General Council, the State Conference Superintendents, the Women State Presidents and secretaries of the societies sit with the Missions Council in joint session as corresponding members.
2. Literature. One of the important functions of the Missions Council is the publication of literature setting forth owe entire missionary enterprise.
3. Field Work. Under the direction of the Minister the members of the Joint Staff co-operate in a unified program of education and promotion. This work is conducted through the state organizations and endeavors to develop through actual contact with the churches those processes which seem to be most effective for disseminating missionary information and stimulating benevolent contributions. This process is so intimately related to the financial operations of the local churches that this latter interest is combined with the former, thus helping the churches to financial strength.
Information
The support of our Mission Boards depends upon current gifts, legacies and the income from invested funds. Through the Missions Council, donors, lawyers and trust officers are supplied with confidential and impartial information concerning the financial standing, fields of work, needs and opportunities of any or all Congregational Christian Corporations, including the General Council and its Commissions, the home and Foreign Missionary Boards, State Conferences, city extension societies and the local churches.
The local church may ordinarily secure information directly from its own state office. Persons not knowing to whom to write locally are invited to communicate direct with the Missions Council.
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AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS
Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston 8
Organized in 1810. Incorporated in 1812
President — Rev. Russell Henry Stafford
Vice-Presidents — Rev. Harley H. Gill, Rev. Carl Heath Kopf, Mrs. Georoe R. Wilson Recording Secr;etary — Rev. Oscar E. Maurer Assistant Recording Secretary — Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin Executive Vice-President — Rev. Fred Field Goodsell
Corresponding Secretaries, Foreign Department — Miss Alice E. Gary, Rev. Alden H. Clark, Rev. Raymond A. Dudley, Miss Mabel E. Emerson, Rev. Harold S. Matthews, Mr. John A. Reuling Treasurer — Mr. Harold B. Belcher Associate Treasurer ■ — Mr. Harold W. Hackett
Assista7it Treasurers — Mrs. Ernest L. C. Hales, Mr. Earle E. Smith Medical Secretary — Dr. Mark H. Ward Candidate Secretary — Rev. Loy L. Long
Librarian and Research Secretary — Mrs. Mary Ulinb Dunlap
Executive Secretary and Minister of the Missions Council — Rev. A. D. Stauffacher Associate Executive Secretary of Promotion — Mrs. William H. Medlicott Education Secretary — Miss Ruth I. Seabury Resource Secretary — Mrs. Norman H. Erb Secretary of Project Department — Rev. James E. Walter Neu's Editor — Miss Dorothy P. Gushing Publishing and Purchasing Agent — Mr. Harvey L. M eeken
Prudential Committee — Rev. Theodore A. Greene, Chairman; Vice-Chairman, Rev. Carl H. Kopf; President, Vice-Presidents ex-nfficiis; Mark H. Ward, M.D., Clerk; Mrs. Ernest L. C. Hales, Assistant Clerk; Mr. Frederic E. Abbe, Rev. E. Merle Adams, Rev. Stuart L. Anderson, Rev. C. William Bast, Mr. Harold L. Blakeslee, Rev. George E. Gary, Mrs. James E. Chinn, Mrs. R. O. Eisele, Mrs. James F. English, Mrs. Franklin G. Field, Rev. George E. Gilchrist, Mrs. A. Philip Guiles, Mr. G. Willard Hales, Rev. Joseph F. King, Mr. William A. Kugler, Rev. Allan I. Lorimer, Rev. David McKeith, Rev. Randolph S. Merrill, Mrs. Elmer F. Otting, Mr. L. Sumner Pruyne, Rev. Robert W. Putsch, Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds, Miss Edith Scamman, Mr. Walter P. Schmitter, Mr. Gideon Seymour, Miss Mary Stearns, Mr. Edmund D. Steele, Mrs. J. D. R. Steven, Mrs. James P. Stimson, Rev. E. Paul Sylvester, Mr. Sherman R. Thayer, Rev. Roger E. Treat, Mr. Edward Vorba, Mr. Arthur H. Wellman, Miss Elizabeth J. Wells.
The A. B. C. F. M. is the mother of foreign mission boards in North America. Founded in 1810 to make possible the realization of the vision of the men of the Haystack, it immediately invited the Presbyterian General Assembly to form a similar society with which it could co-operate, but the Assembly replied that one organization of the sort was enough and " urged its churches to adopt the American Board as their for- eign missionary agency." The Baptist Missionary Union was formed when some of the first American Board Missionaries became Baptists. By 1826, the Presbyterians and the Reformed Church in America had de- veloped the United Foreign Missionary Society, which in that year was merged with the American Board. The process of segmentation began in 18.37 when the "Old School" Presbyterians left the American Board, followed in 1839 by the Central and Southern auxiliary boards. In 1846, "because of differences of opinion as to the Board's attitude toward slavery, some members withdrew to aid in organizing the American Missionary Association." In 1857, the Reformed Church in America withdrew to form its own Board and in 1870, the "New School" Presbyterians rejoined their "Old School" associates and transferred their support to the Foreign Mission Board which they had formed.
The American Board maintains missions in East, West and South Africa, China, Japan, India, Ceylon, the Philippines, Micronesia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Syria.
Since the close of World War II missionaries from North China and the Philippine Islands detained in the United States by war conditions have gradually been returning to their fields. Since September 1, 1945, others who were on furlough from the Near East, India, Ceylon and Africa Missions have been returning to their work. Even with the large number of missionaries at home during the war years there was an average of over 200 out of a total average of 370 who were able to continue their regular work in India, Ceylon, the Near East, Africa and Mexico. Of deep significance and encouragement is the attitude of leaders in the occu- pation forces in Japan and of the Japanese themselves, toward missionaries whose co-operation is desired and whose work is appreciated. Our Christian associates in Japan want and urge our missionaries to return.
Miss Alice E. Gary, for many years a missionary in Japan, now a secretary of the American Board, went to Japan in June, 1946 as a member of a Committee of Six of the Foreign Missions Conference who are mak- ing surveys and laying plans for future work. She will return in the summer of 1947 after visiting the Philippine Islands.
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In 1946, Miss Mabel E. Emerson visited the Near East Mission, Dr. John A. Reuling the Africa Mis- sions, and Rev. Raymond A. Dudley India and the Near East Missions. The Board is vitally concerned with the success of the denominational Postwar Emergency Program. Funds are greatly needed for relief, reha- bilitation and reconstruction.
The 137th fiscal year of the Board ended August 31, 1946 with a surplus of receipts over expenditures of $1,953.51 after making supplementary appropriations of $35,000 before the closing of the books. These sup- plementary appropriations provided for a supplement to the allowances for retired missionaries, an increase in the supplement to furlough allowances, $9,000 toward the support of new missionaries and $5,000 for literature and the literacy campaign.
The total receipts for the regular budget amounted to $1,361,411.91 which with $176,990.11 of specially designated gifts made a grand total of $1,538,402.02. Under the plans of the Postwar Emergency Program ail apportionment receipts beyond the normal share of a total apportionment giving of $2,150,000 are to be used for the projects of that Program and are not available for current budget. Since the fiscal year of the Board ends in August and the apportionment year in December, it was not possible to know exactly how much of the apportionment receipts were in excess of the Board's share of the $2,150,000 apportionment. It was clear, however, that there was some excess and so an estimate was made. This resulted in the setting aside of $27,879.33 of the receipts from churches and individuals to be available at the end of the apportion- ment year for projects of the Postwar Emergency Program. We hope that during the balance of the appor- tionment year there will be an even larger amount available.
Among the recipts is included $117,771 received from the Committee for War Victims and Reconstruc- tion for rehabilitation of war-damaged properties and aid to Christian communities in occupied countries. It has been a great help to the missionaries returning to these countries to have available these funds raised through one section of the Postwar Emergency Program.
Statistical Summary
The American Board is responsible for a foreign parish of 16,678,612. There are 13 missions under 8 different flags. The missionaries under life appointment are 348 and include 74 ordained men, 31 unordained men, 105 wives and 106 single women. The native force of workers is 5,103. The places of ser^'ice number 2,278. There are 267 organized churches with 65,205 communicants. In 1945 4,781 members were added to the church rolls. The total Christian community numbers 140,526. There are 950 Sunday schools and 34,993 pupils. The educational work has 22 theological and training schools with 1,544 students and 8 colleges with an enrollment of 4,147. Below these are 49 secondary and middle schools with 12,281 pupils, 1,165 primary, elementary schools and kindergartens with 72,563 pupils. The schools of all grades are 1,171, and the total under instruction is 94,774. The medical statistics show that the American Board has 22 hospitals and 35 dispensaries with which are connected 18 physicians and 23 American nurses. There were 37,607 hospital patients and 255,685 dispensary patients. The total treatments were 736,334, or over 2,000 a day. Major operations numbered 2,379 and minor 8,939. The native contributions for church, educational, medical and community work were $912,584.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I give and bequeath lo the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 1812, the sum of Dollars.
Woman's Boards of Missions
The reorganization of the American Board and the three Woman's Boards took place January 1, 1927. Each of the Woman's Boards continues as a holding company in order to care for funds and to receive legacies written in the name of the Board.
The treasurers respectively are: Woman's Board of Missions, Mr. Frederick A. Gaskins, Miss E. Mabel Plumer, Assistant Treasurer, 14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.; Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior. Mrs. W. T. Hughes, 19 S. LaSalle St., Chicago 3, 111.; Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, Mrs. W. C . Blasdale, 421 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco 2, Cal.
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THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
General Offices, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. President — Rev. Alfred Grant Walton
Vice Presidents — Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiger, Rev. Gharles C. Keith, Mr. Nathaniel A. Talmage Executive Vice President- — Rev. Truman B. Douglass Treasurer — Mr. William F. Frazier Secretary — Mr. Wm. Kincaid Newman
Board of Directors
Ex Officiis — The President and Vice-Presidents Chairman — • Rev. Alfred Grant Walton Vice-Chairman — Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiger Vice-Clmirman — Rev. Charles C. Keith Vice-Chairman — Mr. Nathaniel A. Talmage Clerk — Mrs. A. H. Sharp
directors nominated bt states
Class of 1948:
Rev. Adelbert J. Buttrey — Middle Atl. Dist.
Rev. Frank Crook — R. I.
Mrs. Francis D. Ellis — Conn.
Mr. George E. Forbes — Ohio
Mrs. Scott Haymond — No. Calif.
Mr. L. A. Zehner — '.
Class of 1960:
Miss Frances Dunnette — - Mich.
Mr. Raymond Elliott — N. Y.
Rev. Henry C. McDowell — Conn.
Rev. William O. Rogers — Colo.
Mr. John E. Russell — Mo.
Mrs. H. J. Stroh — German Conf.
directors- at-large
Class of 1948:
Mr. Ronald Bridges
Mrs. A. P. Brooks
Rev. Sidney H. Buckham
Rev. Eugene M. Bushong
Miss Lucy M. Eldredge
Miss Helen Kenyon
Mrs. John Laidlaw
Mrs. N. W. McBeath
Rev. William E. McCormack
Mr. Daniel W. O'Connor, Jr.
Mr. Loren H. Rockwell
Rev. T. A. Zimmerman
Class of 1950:
Mr. Charles B. Adams
Rev. Howard Stone Anderson
Mr. Charles Mitchell Bliss
Mrs. Marion J. Bradshaw
Rev. Carter Davidson
Mrs. Hal C. Hardin
Mr. Alfred H. Hauser
Mrs. R. C. Johnson
Rev. Samuel C. Kincheloe
Mr. Egbert S. Oliver
Rev. Mark B. Strickland
Miss Dorothy K. Winslow
Church Extension Division
departments
City Work: Director — Rev. Stanley U. North
Assistant Director — Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse Church Building: Secretary — Mr. Wm. Kincaid Newman Field Research : Director — Rev. Ross W. Sanderson Town and Country Work: Director — Rev. Thomas A. Tripp
superintendents of states and districts German Wofk — Rev. Conrad Sauer, Pastor-at-Large, 5149 Decatur St., Denver 11, Colo. Intermountain District (Wyoming, Utah and Southern Idaho) — Rev. Harry W. Johnson, 303 Idaho Bldg.,
Boise, Ida. Montana — Rev. Cloyd H. Conner, 240 Stapleton Bldg., Billings. North Dakota — Rev. Marvin R. Brandt, Box 1776 (630i^ First Ave., N.), Fargo; Rev. Alfred H. Bartter,
Associate Superintendent, Box 808, Jamestown; Rev. Harold W. Case, Pastor-at-Large, Fort Berthold
Indian Mission, Elbowoods. South Central District (Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas) — Rev. Herman H. Lindeman, 829 N. W. 13th St.,
Oklahoma City 6, Okla. South Dakota — Rev. Samuel W. Keck, Box 138, Huron; Rev. Ray A. Haun, Pastor-at-Large, Dakota
Association, Eagle Butte. Southeast District (Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, W. Florida) — Rev. David W. Shepherd,
Superintendent, 3011 15th Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Negro Churches in the South — Rev. J. Taylor Stanley, Superintendent, Box 957, Greensboro, N. C.
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Spanish-speaking Work — Rev. Cedric E. Crawford, 381 Kenoak Drive, Pomona, Calif.
Past or-at- Large (Preaching Missions) — Rev. Jamea R. Clinton, 203 E. Gowen Ave., Philadelphia 19, Pa.
American Missionary Association Division
General Secretary — Rev. Fred L. Brownlee Director of Race Relations — Dr. Charles S. Johnson Director of Schools — Miss Ruth A. Morton
Christian Education Division
14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.
General Secretary — Rev. Harry T. Stock
Secretaries — Miss Leila Anderson Rev. Oliver Powell (Chicago)
Miss Dorothy Claypool Rev. Paul R. Reynolds (Chicago)
Miss Merle L. Easton Rev. Henry Rust
Mr. J. Elliott Finley Rev. Erwin L. Shaver
Rev. Ralph Douglas Hyslop Miss Grace Storms
Miss Sallie A. McDermott (Chicago) Miss Mildred C. Widber Miss Jessie E. Moore
The Laymen's Fellowship
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. Executive Director — Mr. Walter A. Graham
Radio Committee
287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Director — Rev. Everett C. Parker
Ministerial Relief Division
General Secretary — Rev. Frank J. Scribner
Pilgrim Press Division
14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.
19 South La Salle St., Chicago 3, 111.
124 West Fourth St., Dayton, Ohio General Secretary — Rev. George M. Gibson (14 Beacon St., Boston 8) Editor, Advance — Rev. John R. Scotford (287 Fourth Ave., New York 10) Business Manager — R. Clarke Hannaford Manager, Boston Book Store — Rev. John A. Harrer Manager, Chicago Book Store — Forrest C. Finley Manager, Dayton Book Store — Tom B. Radabaugh
Promotion and Missionary Education
Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, Minister of the Missions Council
Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Associate Executive Secretary of the Missions Council
Miss Helen Frances Smith (Information)
Miss Pattie Lee Coghill (Field)
Miss Ionh Catton (Resource)
James E. Walter (Projects) The support of the work of The Board of Home Missions depends upon current gifts and the income from invested funds. Bequests and conditional gifts are earnestly solicited.
FORM OF BEQUE.ST — I give and bequeath to The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the States of Connecticut
and New York and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, incorporated in 1937, the sum of
Dollars to be applied for the uses and purposes of said corporation.
The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches has been appointed as agent by each of the following corporations. The field work of these corporations is now administered by this one Board, but the original corporations are still in existence and hold title to their own assets. Any bequests, therefore, may run directly to these corporations.
The American Missionary Association
Organized in 1846. Incorporated under the laws of New York in 1862 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, 10 N. Y. This Association pioneered in opening schools in the South, founding Hampton Institute, Fisk Uni- versity, Atlanta University, and Berea College. It still supports substantially Talladega College, Tougaloo College, LeMoyne College, Tillotson College and Dillard University, as well as the following schools and community centers: Bricks and Lincoln in North Carolina, Avery in South Carolina, Dorchester and Ballard in Georgia, Trinity, Lincoln and Cotton Valley in Alabama, Pleasant Hill in Tennessee, and Fessenden in Florida. The Association also assists financially the Congregational and Christian Churches and the Ryder Hospital of Puerto Rico. The Department of Race Relations under the direction of Dr. Charles S. Johnson specializes in cooperative racial service and inter-racial conciliation in areas of Negro-white tension and misunderstanding.
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FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath the sum of Dollars to The
American Missionary Association, or its successor, incorporated by the act of the legislature of the State of New York in 1862 to be applied for the uses and purposes of said Association.
The Church Extension Boards
(Including the Congregational Home Missionary Society, The Congregational Church Building Society, and The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society.)
The Congregational Home Missionary Society
Organized in 1826. Incorporated under the laws of New York in 1871. Known up to 1893 as the American
Home Missionary Society 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
Assists in the establishment of new churches at strategic points, and in the support of the Christian ministry where local resources are meager in an area which includes Alaska, Montana, Southern Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and the District of the Southeast. Its service extends both to Negro and to white groups and includes work among Armenians, Finns, Germans, and Czecho-^Iovaks. Its fellowship and counsel are available also to state conferences and churches through- out the entire country.
FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath to The Congregational Home Missionary Society or its successor, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, incorporated 1871, the sum of Dollars to be applied to the uses and purposes of said Society.
The Congregational Church Building Society
Organized in 1853. Incorporated under the laws of New York in 1853. Known up to 1892 as The American
Congregational Union 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
Aids churches in every part of the United States by loan and grant to secure houses of worship and par- sonages and to conserve church properties through assistance in refinancing; also gives helpful advice re- garding business details, and endeavors to assist in maintaining worthy architectural standards. Since its organization, its "revolving funds" have aided churches to the extent of over fourteen millions of dollars, and parsonage loans have amounted to over a million and a half dollars additional.
FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath to The Congregational Church Building Society or its successor, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, incorporated 1853, the sum of Dollars to be applied to the uses and purposes of said Society.
The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society
Organized and incorporated under the laws of New York in 1917 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath to The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the sum of
Dollars to be applied to the uses and purposes of said Society.
The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief
Incorporated under the laws of Connecticut in 1885 as the Trustees of the National Council of the Congrega
tional Churches, name changed to Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief in 1907
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
The object of this corporation is to secure, hold, manage and distribute funds for the relief of needy Congregational ministers and ministers of other churches affiliated, merged or consolidated with the Congre- gational churches and, after their decease, for the relief of their needy families. Approximately 600 pensioners are carried on the rolls of the national and state boards. In 1946 the average grant to a minister was $277 and to a widow $217. These amounts are supplemented by an annual Christmas gift and emergency grants as needed.
FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath to The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief,
incorporated in 1907 under the laws of the State of Connecticut Dollars
for its uses and purposes.
Congregational Education Society
Organized and incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 1816 14 Beacon Street, Boston 8, Mass.
This Society gives leadership in Christian Education in the home, church, and church school, and to students and colleges. Its departments include Children's Work, Junior High School, Young People's Work, Student Life, Leadership Education, and Family Life and Adult Work. It gathers data regarding materials and methods of work and makes these available to the churches through literature, correspondence and field service. It gives regular service to thousands of leaders in various lines of religious educational activity.
FORM OF BEQUEST — I give and bequeath to the Congregational Education Society or its successor,
incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in 1816, the sum of
Dollars, to be devoted to its purposes and work.
The Congregational Woman's Home Missionary Federation
Incorporated in Kansas, October 15, 1913
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
The work of the Federation, through the merger of the national sooietiea, has been delegated to the
various denominational Home Boards and Commissions. The Federation continues to maintain its existence
according to its charter, to care for its funds, and to receive gifts and legacies. President, Mrs. A. P. Brooks;
Secretary, Miss Lucy M. Eldredge; Treasurer, Mr. WiUiam F. Frazier.
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THE COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL ACTION
289 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. 1751 N Street, N. W., Washington 6. D. C. Chairman — Frederick M. Meek V ice-Chairman — Raymond B. ^^ alkek Director — Ray Gibbons Recording Secretary ■ — ■ Mrs. Orville Jones Treasurer — Albert J. Penner
Allen T. Burns, Malcolm Dana, Richard M. Faoley, William J. Faulkner, Harold Felton, Mrs. W. G. Hay, Edward Hawley, Mrs. Orville Jones, Frank H. Korab, Theodore K. Lawless, Frederick M. Meek, Joe Moody, Victor Obenhaus, Arthur Packard, Albert J. Penner, Mrs. B. A. Redington, Raymond B. Walker.
Co-opted: Ronald Bridqes, Fred L. Brownlee, Truman. B. Douglass, Frederick L. Fagley, Fred F. Goodsell, Emerson G. Hangen, Douglas Horton, Ralph D. Hyslop, .Albert D. Stauffacher, Walter Schlaretzki, Thomas A. Tripp.
executive staff Director — Ray Gibbons
Social Action Magazine — Liston Pope, Marjorie Underwood
Service Committee — Edgar H. S. Chandler •
Church and Race — Galen R. Weaver
Church Counseloi John B. Hanna
International Relations — Vernon H. Hollow ay
Industrial Relations — Francis W. McPeek
Agricultural Relations — Shirley Greene
Legislative — Tom Keehn
Japanese-American — Seido Ogawa
The Council for Social Action was created by the General Council at Oberlin in June, 1934. The moti- vating spirit behind that action is clearly indicated in the words of the vote:
" Stirred by the deep need of humanity for justice, security, and spiritual freedom and growth, aware of the urgent demand within our churches for action to match our gospel, and clearly persuaded that the Gospel of Jesus can be the solvent of social as of all other problems, we hereby vote:
"That the General Council create the Council for Social Action of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States of America.
That the purposes of this Council for Social Action shall be to help the churches to make the Christian gospel more effective in society, national and world-wide, through research, education, and action, in co-oper- ation with the Home and Foreign Boards, Conferences and Associations, and local churches. It is proposed that the Council shall increasingly co-operate with the Federal Council of Churches in the creation of a pro- gram which shall be genuinely interdenominational. In its research, the Council will aim to be impartial, its only bias being that of the Christian view of life; its educational efforts will be directed primarily toward the local churches but will also en^-isage the cultivation of public opinion; in action, the Council may, on occasion, intercede directly in specific situations.
"That in launching this Council for Social Action we envisage a new kind of churchmanship which, enlisting the volunteer services of a group of eighteen outstanding men and women of social vision, wisdom, and Christian purpose, and commanding the services of five or .six strong leaders in the fields of international relations, race relations, and economic statesmanship, will carry the campaign of education and action based on careful research out among our entire constituency at home and abroad. Believing that the church will find itself as it loses itself in the struggle to achieve a warless, just, and brotherly world, we launch this ven- ture, dedicating ourselves to unremitting work for a day in which all men find peace, security and abundant life."
The Council for Social Action invites each church to organize a local committee or council for Social Action and welcomes the opportunity to co-operate with such local groups in planning for the larger effec- tiveness of the social program of the church.
The Council for Social Action invites correspondence from ministers and laymen.
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THE ANNUITY FUND FOR CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS
Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 1914 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
ANNUITY FUND OFFICERS
President — Leslie R. Rounds Vice-President — George N. Whittlesey Treasurer — William F. Frazibr
General Secretary — Frank J. Scribner Actuary — George A. Huggins
TRUSTEES Leslie R. Rounds, President; George N. Whittlesey, Vice-President; Robbins W. Barstow, John T. Beach, Harold B. Belcher, C. Mitchell Bliss, Harold B. Cranshaw, Alfred C. Howell, Frederic H. Leggett, J. Watson MacDowell, William W. Patton, William D. Winter.
The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers provides age annuities for Congregational Christian ministers and incidental protection against the minister's permanent total disability occurring during the years of active service, and for his family in case of his untimely death.
Its resources are derived from payments by the minister himself, contributions of churches and indi- viduals, legacies and conditional gifts and the distributable income of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund.
The amount of annuity at annuity age depends on the accumulations to a member's credit.
Assets, December 31, 1946, $12,207,903 (of which $713,907 represents Reserves and $106,316 Endow- ment); membership including annuitants 3,979, a net increase during the year of 82; annuity payments, $526,095. Contributions in the form of gifts and legacies are urgently needed to help in paying the churches' share of the annuities of the older members. The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers has an ex- ceptional place among the private annuity funds for its soundness and its liberal benefits to members.
PILGRIM MEMORIAL FUND Established by vote of the National Council, October 13, 1917 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
The principal of this fund is held in perpetuity by The Corporation for the General Council to be in- vested and reinvested, and the distributable income turned over to the Board of Trustees of The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers to aid in providing age annuities and disability annuities for Congrega- tional Christian ministers who become members of the Annuity Fund and death benefits for their widows and minor orphan children.
The Pilgrim Memorial Fund, December 31, 1946 stood at .$5,136,033, in addition to which the accumu- lated profits from the sale of securities, held in a Profit Reserve Account, amounted to $420,796.
The ultimate objective of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund is $8,000,000. Legacies and memorial gifts will be added to the principal, as a permanent endowment.
UNIT PLAN COMMITTEE
(Continuing the Debt of Honor Commission)
287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
Authorized by the General Council in June, 1942 to appeal for funds for the churches' share of the Original
Plan annuities. Robert Cashman, Chairman; Donald A. Adams, Everett A. Babcock, M. Russell Boynton, Earl
Curtis, Howard T. Easton, Myron W. Fowell, Walter A. Graham, Clarence C. Hamilton,
Alfred C. Howell, Aurie I. Johnson, George V. Kidder, Joseph H. Stein, Albert W. Palmer,
Albert D. Stauffacher. Executive Officer: Frank J. Scribner. Received in 1946: $178,598.17.
RETIREMENT FUND FOR LAY WORKERS
Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 1930 287 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
The officers and trustees of the Retirement Fund for Lay Workers are the same as the officers and trustees of the Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers.
Retirement Fund for Lay Workers is devoted to the purpose of providing annuity benefits for lay workers in Congregational Christian churches, missionary societies, state conferences, colleges, hospitals or other institutions of any kind under Congregational Christian auspices. It is operated on a contributory basis, the resources being provided by annual dues payable by both employer and employe. The member- ship on December 31, 1946: was 983, assets, $1,166,929.
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CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY
14 Beacon Street, Boston 8, Mass. Established 1894
To assist Congregational Christian Churches in finding suitable pastors
Maintained since 191G
by the
New England Congregational State Conferences
Agent of the Churches Friend and Sponsor of the Ministers
Special responsibility for churches
in the eastern section of the United States
but gladly responds to ail requests for service
Co-operates with
The Midwest Pastoral Relations Committee
19 S. La Salle St., Chicago 3, lU.
and
The Department of the Ministry of the General Council
Rev. Stanley Cummings, Chairman Rev. Horace F. Holton, Secretary Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Secretary Emeritus
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
Organized Oberlin, Ohio, November 17, 1871. Merged with the General Convention of the Christian Church, Seattle, Washington, June 27, 1931. Meets biennially in conjunction with the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches for necessary legal business. Only such offices, committees and commissions as are necessary to its legal operations are maintained.
Moderatoi Rev. Albert W. Palmer, Altadena, Cal.
Assistant Moderators — Miss Helen Kbnyon, N. Y., Rev. Arthur D. Gray, 111., Pres. Russell H.
Stafford, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, Brooklyn, N. Y. Minister and Secretary — Rev. Douglas Horton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Associate Secretary — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Assistant Secretary ^Hev. Wopford C. Timmons, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Acting Treasurer — Mr. Frank F. Moore, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Executive Committee, Nominating Committee, Committee on Credentials and Commission on Evangelism and
Devotional Life: The Congregational members of the corresponding bodies of the General Council.
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CITY ORGANIZATIONS
The following organizations do missionary and extension work as indicated witliin tlieir own confines laisely in immediate co-operation with state conferences:
City Missionary Society, 14 Beacon St., Room 503, Congregational House, Boston 8, Mass. Founded 1816. Family Visitation, Case work and Religious Education, Camps Andover and Waldron for young people in Meredith, N. H. Rosemary at Farrington, Lincoln, Mass., for underprivileged mothers and their children. Rev. Robert Wood Coe, D.D., president; Rev. Earl W. Douglas, M.A., executive secretary.
Congregational Church Union of Boston and Vicinity, 14 Beacon St., Room 611, Boston 8, Mass. Affiliated with the Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society. Rev. Ralph M. Timberlake, president.
Chicago Congregational Union, 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago 3, 111. General work of the Church.
Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown, president; Rev. Niel E. Hansen, general director; Mr. A. W. Converse, treas- urer. In 1946 — Income from Endowment, $16,097.68; Income from Trust Fund $132,637.85; Disburse- ments $200,123.08.
Congregational Union of Cleveland, Ohio, 1006 Hippodrome Bldg., Cleveland 14, Ohio. Church aid, church extension, counsel, fellowship and promotion. Mr. T. V. Bastel, moderator; Rev. Robert Stemme, executive secretary; Mr. Henry M. Kimpel, treasurer. Funds, $188,085.55. Expenditures for 1946, $17,642.22.
Congregational Association of Detroit, Mich., Forest and Woodward Aves., Detroit 1, Mich. Mis- sionary work and church extension. Mr. F. E. Holiday, moderator; Mr. Harold J. Hyde, secretary; Mr. W. G. Clarke, treasurer; Rev. A. M. Meikle, superintendent. Expenditures for 1946, $26,222.88.
Christian Activities Council, Congregational, 278 Farmington Ave., Hartford 5, Conn. Church exten- sion, supervised student field work, training courses for volunteer leaders, summer camp for children, high school work camps, and winter camping facilities for young people's groups. Mrs. Orin R. Witter, president; vice-presidents: Mr. Harold C. Bailey, Mr. Lawrence F. Kenfield, Mr. Nellis E. Day, Mrs. Harold G. Bergen; Mr. Robert Brown, secretary; Mr. John H. Stearns, treasurer; Mr. W. Marlin Butts, director.
Congregational Church Extension Society of Los Angeles, 3125 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 16, Cal. Mr. Joe Moody, president; Rev. Nelson C. Dreier, superintendent; Rev. Glenn A. Rowles, secretary; Mr. Blake Franklin, treasurer.
Minneapolis and St. Paul Congregational Unions, 429 Palace Bldg., Minneapolis 1, Minn. City exten- sion work. Mr. James A. Davis, Minneapolis president; Mr. A. D. Miller, St. Paul president; Rev. W. Ernest Collins, executive secretary; Mr. S. L. Taylor, 5428 Third Ave., S., Minneapolis treasurer; Mr. H. G. Swanson, St. Paul treasurer. Funds: St. Paul Union — Funds $11,682.09. Expenditures for 1946, $5,050. Minneapolis Union — Funds $37,909.93. Expenditures for 1946, $31,101.80.
New York City Congregational Church Association, Inc., 289 Fourth Ave., Room 81, New York 10, N. Y. Church extension added to the functions of the local association. Mr. Alfred E. Buck, moderator; Rev. Frederick A. Meyer, assistant moderator; Rev. Donald W. Strickler, executive secretary; Miss Mabel Woodnorth, treasurer; Rev. Aeneas J. MacKenzie, president, board of directors; Miss Freda Errington, office secretary. Meetings — Annual, first Thursday in November; spring, second Thursday in May.
Congregational City Missionary Society of St. Louis, Mo., 6501 Wydown Blvd., St. Louis 5, Mo. Mis- sionary work. Mr. F. C. Woermann, president; Mr. H. M. Pflager, chairman; Rev. W. W. Towle, superintendent; Mr. E. H. Tenney, treasurer. Funds: Assets, $23,000; Income, $5,273.42, Expenditures, $3,951.11.
Congregational Church Extension Society op Seattle, Wash., 310 Old Times Bldg., Seattle 1, Wash. Church aid and church erection. Mr. Arthur P. Johnson, president; Rev. Claton S. Rice, secretary; Mr. Harold V. Smith, treasurer.
Congregational Union of Springfield, Inc., Springfield, Mass. Church e.xtension, interchurch relations
and activities in the city of Springfield. The Union supervises the home missionary work in Springfield
and maintains a city missionary.
Rev. George F. Fisher, 93 Oak Grove Ave., Springfield 9, president; Rev. Albert B. Cleage, Jr., 210 King
St., first vice-president; Dr. Orville T. Fletcher, 104 Princeton St., second vice-president; Mr. John A. Dale,
30 Mandalay Rd., treasurer; Rev. Garrett V. Stryker, 39 Mapledell St., assistant treasurer; Rev. John B.
Lewis, 134 Westminster St., clerk; Mr. Robert Emerson, 15 Durham Rd., Longmeadow, auditor. Funds:
Assets, $10,718.98. Receipts, $1,248.28. Expenditures for 1946, $746.05. Annual Meeting — 1946 — held on
October 21, 1946. Next Annual Meeting to be held in October 1947.
Worcester City Missionary Society, Miss Beulah W. Pinks, executive secretary, 36 King St., Worcester 3, Mass. Assist churches, promote co-operative relations and programs between churclies. Mr. Clifton P. Howard, president; Rev. Walter A. Morgan, vice-president; Mr. Ebenezer G. Seal, treas- urer; Rev. HoUis M. Bartlett, secretary. Funds, $61,681.14 plus $28,192.84 Washburn Funds of which the Society is the Trustee and may use to help churches. Expenditures for 1946, $3,311.86.
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AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Headquarters, Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston 8, Mass. Organized 1853. Incorporated 1854
OFFICERS
President — Rev. J. Edgar Park, d. d., Osterville, Mass.
Vice-Presidents — Ethelbert V. Grabill,, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Rev. Howard E. Pomeroy, Jamaica
Plain, Mass. Corresponding and Recording Secretary ■ — Thomas Todd, Concord, Mass. Chairman of Executive Committee — Sargent H. Wellman Treasurer — Ralph E. Whitney Librarian — Rev. Frederick T. Persons Directors — Alfred M. Ziegler, Newtonville; Thomas Todd, Concord; Rev. J. Edgar Park, Osterville;
Ethelbert V. Grabill, Jamaica Plain; Rev. John H. Quint, Manchester: Sargent H. Wellman,
Topsfield; Ralph E. Whitney, West Newton; Frank E. Bridqman, WoUaston; Rev. Morton D.
Dunning, Granby, Conn.; Howard Wallingford, Belmont; William Alcott, Watertown; Philip S.
Davis, Brookline; Harold S. Davis, Boston; Q. W. Wales, West Newton; E. Russell Davis, Lincoln;
Charles A. Esty, Framingham Center; Rev. Joseph C. MacDonald, Waban; James S. Allen,
Winchester; Rev. Alfred J. Barnard, Roslindale; Rev. Howard E. Pomeroy, Jamaica Plain;
Hugh Nixon, Melrose; Rev. John R. Chapman, Leominster; Stanley C. Foote, Lynn; Arthur V.
Getchell, Dorchester; Rev. J. Burford Parry, Wellesley; Louis C. Grossmann, Jamaica Plain;
Rev. William T. Howe, Somerville; Rev. Charles L. Atkins, Medford.
To maintain, in the city of Boston, a Congregational House; to care for and perpetuate a library of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts, and a collection of portraits and relics of the past; to promote friendly intercourse and co-operation among Congregational ministers and churches, and with other denominations; and to do whatever else — within the limits of its charter — shall serve to illustrate Congregational history and promote the general interests of Congregational churches.
membership
The membership of the Association consists of Congregationalists who have been elected by the Direc- tors at any regular meeting. There are two classes of members — Life and Annual. Annual members pay an annual assessment of $1.00. The payment of $10 at one time by a member constitutes him a life member. All moneys received for membership are applied exclusively to the increase of the library.
the congregational house
Was erected in 1898 to house the Congregational Library, provide rooms at low cost for Congregational Missionary Organizations, the Congregational Book Store, Pilgrim Hall for gatherings, and Committee Rooms, and to promote the general interests of the Congregational denomination.
ADDRESSES OF OTHER CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
New York Congregational Home for the Aged
Serving the Greater New York area. Chairman: Mrs. Garrett V. S. Ryerson, 12.3 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn
26, N. Y. The Christian Orphanage
Agency of the Southern Convention of the Congregational Christian Churches. Superintendent: Mr.
Charles D. Johnston, Elon College, N. C. The Arts Guild of the Congregational Christian Churches
President: Rev. Richard H. Ritter, pastor Southington, Conn.
Secretary: Dorothy Knowles, Room 422, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
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BOSTON SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY, INC.
Office: Sailor's Club House, 287 Hanover St., Boston 13 Organized 1827. Incorporated 1829. Reorganized 1922
On recommendation of the Commission on Missions the Society was reorganized in 1922 and became tlie sole repr&sentative for sailor work of the New England Congregational churches, and is therefore en- titled to a regular apportionment from them. The Society's affairs are administered by the representatives named below, chosen by the New England Conferences. The former organization transferred to the new Corporation more than $200,000 worth of real estate and other assets, including land and buildings in Boston and A'ineyard Haven and invested funds.
The Society is devoted to the material, social and religious welfare of seamen of all nations. Has finely equipped Bethels at 287 Hanover St., Boston, and at Vineyard Haven, and a reading room at Cape Cod Canal. The Society provides single sleeping rooms, dormitory accommodations, reading and recreation rooms, pool tables, and games of many kinds, a canteen, shower baths, postal and banking facilities, and a check room for seamen's baggage. Free entertainments and religious services are held weekly. Sick, destitute and shipwrecked .sailors are cared for. Books and magazines are placed aboard ships.
OFFICERS
Presidevl — Mh. Haery Ahlquist, Belmont, Mass.
Vice-President — Rev. Carl B. Bare, Newport, R. I.
Secretary-Treasurer — Mr. Arthur J. Crockett, Boston, Mass.
Clerk — Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, Waterbury, Conn.
Chairman of Executive Committee — Rev. Carl B. Bare, Newport, R. I.
Field Secretary — Rev. Herbert W. Gates, d.d., Newton Centre, Mass.
STATE representatives
Term Maine expires
Rev. Roderick A. MacDonald, Cumberland
Mills 1947
Rev. Sidney E. Dee, Bath 1948
Rev. Jellison N. Lello, Scarboro 1949
New Hampshire
Prof. Harlan Bisbee, Durham 1947
Rev. Charles E. Dunn, Claremont 1948
Rev. Floyd G. Kinsley, Hampton 1949
Term
Connecticut expires
Rev. W. Dixon Hoag, Old Lyme 1947
Rev. John M. Deyo, Brookfield Center 1947
Rev. Ralph A. Christie, Middletown 1947
Dr. Douglas J. Rathbun, New London 1948
Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, Waterbury 1948
Rev. Kenneth R. Teed, Willimantic 1948
Rev. Franklin A. Bower, Madison 1949
Rev. Richard P. Carter, Suffield 1949
Rev. George L. Greene, Saybrook 1949
Vermont
Rev. Walker T. Hawley, Manchester 1947
Rev. Ola R. Houghton, Wallingford 1948
Rev. Theodore H. Gregg, Woodstock 1949
Massachusetts
Rev. John H. Maddaford, Fairhaven 1947
Rev. Dwight L. Cart, Springfield 1947
Rev. Harry Grimes, Newburyport 1947
Mr. Albin K. Parker, Norwood 1947
Rev. Forrest R. Brown, HoUiston 1947
Rev. Francis L. Cooper, Campello 1948
Rev. Earl W. Douglas, Newton 1948
Rev. Robert M. Grey, Woburn 1948 Rev. Carl Fearing Schultz, D.D., Hyannis 1948
Rev. Olin Berry Tracy, Melrose 1948
Rev. Frederick B. Noss, Andover 1949
Rev. John Cummingb, Marlboro 1949
Rev. Ferdinand J. Loungway, Boston 1949
Mr. Leon Sargent, Winchester 1949
Rev. Stuart C. Haskins, WoUaston 1949
Rhode Island
Mr. Warren G. Baxter, Cranston 1947
Rev. Carl B. Bare, Newport 1948
Rev. Richard K. Morton, Pawtucket 1949
members- at-large
Mr. Albert R. Sharp, Brookline 1947
Mr. Gardner Bates, Charlestown 1947
Rev. George L. Thurlow, Harwich 1947
Mr. Harry Ahlquist, Belmont 1947
Mr. William F. King, Newton 1947
Mr. Henry B. Prout, Brookline 1948
Mr. Henry B. Shepard, West Newton 1948
Mr. Harry H. Walker, Boston 1949
Mr. Joseph Allen, Vineyard Haven 1949
Mr. Arthur J. Connor, Exeter, N. H. 1949
Capt. Frank H. Peterson, Boston 1949
Mr. James M. Rothwell, Boston 1949
executive committee Rev. George L. Thurlow, Harwich, Mass. 1947 Rev. Walker T. Hawley, Manchester, Vt. 1947 Rev. W. Dixon Hoag, Old Lyme, Conn. 1947
Rev. John M. Deyo, Brookfield Center, Conn. 1947 Rev. Roderick A. MacDonald, Cumberland
MiUs, Me. 1947
Rev. Carl B. Bare, Newport, R. I. 1948
Rev. Charles E. Dunn, Claremont, N. H. 1948 Rev. Carl Fearing Schultz, D.D., Hyannis,
Mass. 1948
Rev. Frederick B. Noss, Andover, Mass. 1949
Bequests should be made payable to the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, Inc. Contributions fron churches and individuals solicited. Contributions received on an annuity basis.
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ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
Newton Centre 59, Massachusetts
THE FACULTY
Everett Carleton Hekrick, d. d., ll. d., l. h. d., President Emeritus
Vaughan Dabney, m. a., b. d., d. d., Dean and Bartlet Professor of Sacred Rhetoric, President of the
Andover Faculty, Acting President, Andover Newton Theological School WiNFRED Nichols Donovan, d. d., Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament, Emeritus Richard Miner Vaughan, b. d., d. d., Professor of Christian Theology, Emeritus William Jacob Cloues, b. d., Alva Woods Librarian, Emeritus James Percival Berkeley, b. d., d. d.. Professor of Old Testament Austin Philip Guiles, b. d., ph. d., Smith Professor of Pastoral Psychology Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferr6, b. d., ph. d.. Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Russell Chase Tuck, s. t. m., ph. d., Professor of the New Testament, Registrar Herbert Johannes Gezork, ph. d., d. d.. Professor of Social Ethics
John Woolman Brush, b. d., d. d., ph. d., Professor of Church History, Secretary of the Faculty Paul Sevier Minear, b. d., ph. d., Norris Professor of New Testament Robert Clyde Yarbrough, b. d., ph. d., Associate Professor of Speech
Roger Hazelton, b. d., ph. d.. Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Christian Ethics Bessie Mabel Stratton, m. a., Instructor in Rehgious Education David Ralph Maclean, Instructor in Church Music
John Humphrey Scammon, s. t. m., b. s. in l. s.. Librarian and Instructor in Greek and Hebrew W^ESNER Fallaw, A. M., ED. D., Assistant Professor of Religious Education
Richard Donald Pierce, b. d., b. s. in l. s., ph. d., Associate Librarian and Instructor in Church History Grover Clayton Shaw, m. ed., Instructor in Speech Richard Bertrand Smith, b. d., Assistant to the President Walter David Knight, b. s., Special Lecturer on Presbyterian Polity DeWitt Gilbert Wilcox, m. d.. Special Lecturer in Hygiene Alton Lombard Miller, ph. d.. Lecturer and Advisor in Church Administration Joshua Loth Liebman, d. h. l., Visiting Professor of Jewish Philosophy Charles W^hitney Gilkey, b. d., d. d., l. h. d., John M. English Lecturer on Preaching Bishop Gustaf Aulen, Hewitt Lecturer Daniel Johnson Fleming, d. d., ph. d., Hyde Lecturer on Missions
Andover Theological Seminary has become affiliated with The Newton Theological Institution to form the new Andover Newton Theological School which is located at Newton Centre, in the vicinity of Boston. The combination of the two schools and the location, in greater Boston, make new and unusual advantages possible for theological students interested in taking their professional study in New England. The com- bined resources provided for an enrichment of the curriculum and an enlargement of the faculty. The library facilities are unexcelled.
The Andover Newton Theological School in affihation witli Harvard gives the students the privilege of taking any work in Harvard open to theological students and without additional expense. In greater Boston and New England are many of the oldest and most famous of the educational institutions of the country. As Andover Newton is in the midst of them, the students can enjoy the cultural and traditional advantages which bring college and professional students to Boston, not only from all over the country but from all over the world.
The co-operation of the churches in the vicinity offers many opportunities where, on the basis of co- operative scholarships, students can make their way and at the same time gain valuable and practical experience. The School offers scholarship grants, as far as it is able, to students dependent upon self-support and seeks to aid in securing for them church positions in which service can be given in return. Special fellow- ships are awarded to exceptional students.
The School grants three degrees: b. d., s. t. m., and m. r. e. The b. d. is granted after three years' study to students who have had a college course. The m. r. e. is granted to students with similar preparation after two years' study. The 8. t. m. is granted after at least a year of graduate study and the presentation of .satisfactory thesis.
For catalog and further information address the President or the Dean.
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BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Bangor, Maine
Incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, February 25, 1814; charter confirmed by tlie Lecisla- turc of Maine, February 19, 1831.
FACULTY
FTarry Trust, d. d., utt. d., President, Fogg Professor of Sacred llhetoric and Oratory
Warren J. Moulton, ph. d., d. d., ll. d.. President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of New Testament Language and Literature
*Calvin M. Clark, d. d.. Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History and Lecturer on Congregational Pol- ity and Pastoral Theology
Charles Gordon Cumming, ph. d., George A. Gordon Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature
Alfred Morris Perry, ph. d., d. d., Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
Marion ,J. Bradshaw, m. a., d. d., Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
Andrew Banning, th. d.. Buck Professor of Christian Theology
C. Howard Hopkins, ph. d., Waldo Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Missions
Edwin C. Field, b. a., b. r. e., b. d.. Instructor, Rural Church Methods.
Cecil J. Reynolds, b. sc, b. a., b. litt., Oxford, m. a.. Assistant Professor in English
Howard L. Flewelling, ph. d., Associate Professor in English Literature
John L. Fuller, ph. d., Associate Professor in Natural Sciences
Howard L. Runion, ph. d.. Associate Professor in Public Speaking
Edward F. Dow, ph. d.. Assistant Professor in Social Sciences
Lewis M. Brehaut, b. a., b. d., Instructor in Baptist Polity
G. Vaughn Shedd, b. a., b. d.. Instructor in Methodist Polity
Clarence W. Fuller, a. b., b. d.. Assistant to the President
convocation week lecturers Pres. Ronald Bridges, d. d., litt. d., Samuel Harris Lecturer on Literature and Life
Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, d. d., litt. d.. Leader of the Beach Quiet Hour
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, ll. d., litt. d., George Shepard Lecturer on Preaching
Rev. Arthur Howe Bradford, m. a., d. d., Enoch Pond Lecturer on Applied Christianity
bachelor of divinity course Thorough preparation for the b. d. degree, b. a. degree is prerequisite,
pre-theoloqical course
AfBliated with the College of Liberal Arts of the University of Maine, the Seminary, with the co-opera- tion of the University, offers a Junior College course for earnest young men seeking to enter the ministry. Following the two-year course, students will be admitted to the three-year Theological course, after which they may enter New England Colleges with advanced standing for the a. b. degree. Providing required work at the Seminary is completed they then are given the Bachelor of Divinity degree.
Thoroughly scholarly faculty assures high standards.
Expenses extremely low. For catalog apply to President Harry Trust, 288 Union St., Bangor, Maine.
* Deceased.
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THE CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
5757 University Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois
THE FACULTY
Arthur Cushman McGiffeht, Jr., a. m., ll. d., d. d., litt. d., President
James Luther Adams, b. t. b., ph. d., Professor of Theology
Walker Moore Alderton, a. m., d. d., Associate Professor of Student Field Work
William Barnett Blakemore, d. b., ph. d.. Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion
Raymond A. Bowman, d. b., ph. d., Assistant Professor of Oriental Languages
Ernest John Chave, ph. d.. Professor of Religious Education
Ernest Cadman Colwell, d. b., ph. d., litt. d.. Professor of New Testament Literature
Mervin Monroe Deems, th. m., ph. d., Professor of History of Early Christianity and Missions
Fred Eastman, litt. d.. Professor of Biography and Drama
Davis Edwards, a. m.. Associate Professor of Speech
Charles Whitney Gilkey, a. m., d. d.. Professor of Preaching
George Rudolph Gordh, th. m., ph. d., Assistant Professor of Historical Theology
Charles Hartshorne, ph. d., Associate Professor of Pliilosophy
Charles Thomas Holman, a. m., d. d.. Professor of Pastoral Duties
Winthrop Still Hudson, d. b., ph. d.. Assistant Professor of History of Cliristianity
William A. Irwin, ph. b., Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature
Samuel Kincheloe, ph. d.. Professor of the Sociology of Religion
Bernard MacDougall Loomer, ph. d., Assistant Professor of Ethics
Charles H. Lyttle, a. m., th. d., Professor of Church History
Ralph Marcus, ph. d., Associate Professor of Hellenistic Culture
Sidney Earl Mead, ph. d., Assistant Professor of History of American Christianity
Bernard Eugene Meland, d. b., ph. d.. Professor of Constructive Theology
Fred W. Neal, d. b., ph. d.. Instructor in Divinity
James Hastings Nichols, ph. d.. Assistant Professor of Church History
Victor Obenhaus, d. b., ed. d., Associate Professor of Social Ethics
Wilhelm Pauck, th. d.. Professor of Historical Theology
Wallace Woodsome Robbins, b. sc, d. d.. Professor of Preaching and Ministry
John Coert Rylaarsdam, d. b., ph. d., Assistant Professor of Old Testament Theology
Ross Snyder, ed. d.. Associate Professor of Religious Education
Henry Nelson Wieman, ph. d., d. d., litt. d., Professor of Christian Theology
Allen Paul Wikgren, ph. d.. Assistant Profes.sor of New Testament Language
Amos Niven Wilder, ph. d., d. d., Professor of New Testament Interpretation
Daniel Day Williams, d. b., ph. d.. Associate Professor of Christian Theology
Harold Rideout Willoughby, ph. d., d. d., litt. d., Professor of Christian Origins
John Albert Wilson, ph. d., Oriental Institute Professor of Egyptology
LECTURERS
Robert Cashman, Lecturer in Church Business Administration
Russell L. Dicks, a. b., d. b., Lecturer in Pastoral Counseling
Shirley E. Greene, a. m., d. b., Lecturer and Research Associate in Rural Life
Fred Kuether, d. b., Lecturer in Personal Counsehng
Frank Waugh McCulloch, ll. b.. Lecturer in Labor Problems
Charles Clayton Morrison, ph. d., d. d.. Lecturer in Problems of Contemporary Life
Harrington Shortall, Lecturer in Church Music
facts about c. t. 8.
The Chicago Theological Seminary, while maintaining its independence and its close partnership with the churches, has joined with three other divinity schools in forming the above Federated Theological Faculty of the University of Chicago.
Bachelor of Divinity degree, given jointly by the Seminary and the University of Chicago, obtainable in three academic years.
Two-year professional courses, leading to the University's Master of Arts degree, are given in Religious Education and Religion and the Arts.
Students may enter at the beginning of any quarter. An a. b. degree or its equivalent required for admission. Opportunities for self-help.
Congregational, but according to its charter "equally open to all denominations of Christians." All races welcome. Modern dormitories and equipment.
In addition to thorough training in the traditional disciplines of Bible, Church History, and Theology, the Seminary has pioneered in the introduction of courses in church and community surveys, both urban and rural, clinical study of personality problems, religious drama and biography, and recently in religioiis radio.
Catalogue on request,
A. C. McGiFFERT, Jr., President
5757 University Avenue Chicago 37
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HARTFORD SEMINARY FOUNDATION
Hartford 5, Conn. President — Russell Hbnrt Stafford, m. a., d. d., s. t. d., ll. d. Treasurer — Hartford National Bank and Trust Company Dean of Women — Mrs. Marcia J. Lowell, b. s.
Librarian of The Case Memorial Library — Elmer J. Cook, b. s., b. d., b. litt., (oxon.) ph.d. Assistant to the President — Willard T. Carter, b. d.
HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Dean — Tertius van Dyke, b. d., m. a., (oxon.)
Faculty: Alexander Converse Pdrdy, b. d., ph. d., New Testament Exegesis; Moses Bailey, m. a., b. d., s. T. M., PH. d., Old Testament; Ernest Jerome Johanson, m. a., b. d., b. litt., (oxon.), Christian Theology; Tertius van Dyke, m. a., (oxon.), b. d.. Practical Theology; Matthew Spinka, m. a., b. d., ph. d.. Mediae- val, Reformation and Modern Church History; Elmer J. Cook, b. s., b. d., b. litt., (oxon.), ph.d.. Bibli- ology; Paul Schubert, ph. d.. New Testament; Charles G. Chakerian, m. a., b. d., ph. d.. Social Ethics; Russell Henry Stafford, m. a., d. d., s. t. d., ll. d.. Practical Theology; Paul Ross Lynn, m. a., b. d.. Rural Life and Work; K.\rl Lowith, ph. d.. Philosophy of Religion
Lecturers: Leland P. Cary, m. a., b. d., Methodist Polity; Hubert Greaves, m. a.. Speech; Frank Brad- ley Haggard, d. d., Baptist Polity; John Ellsworth Hartzler, m. a., b. d., ph. d., Systematics and Mennonite Polity; Julius Hulteen, d. d., Lutheran Polity; L. Wilson Kilgore, b. d., Presbyterian Polity; Rockwell Harmon Potter, d. d., Congregational-Christian Polity
HARTFORD SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Dean — George Ross Wells, m. a., ph. d.
Faculty: George Ross Wells, m. a., ph. d.. Psychology; Edna May Baxter, m. a., b. d.. Education; Helen Marie Edick, m. a.. Education; Ruth Sanger Conant, m. a., b. d., Education
Lecturers: Josephine C. Kurtz, m. a., ph. d.. Psychology
KENNEDY SCHOOL OF MISSIONS
Dean — Malcolm Slack Pitt, m, a„ b. d., d. d.
Focuiij/.- Edwin Elliott Calverley, m. a., ph. d., Arabic and Islamics; Malcolm Slack Pitt, m. a., b. d., D. d., India; Morris Steggerda, m. a., ph. d.. Anthropology; Ho.mer Hasenpflug Dubs, m. a., b. d., ph. d., China; Jay Carleton Field, ph. d., Latin America; Robert Thomas Parsons, b. d., m. a., ph. d., Africa; Katherine Van Akxn Gates, m. a., b. d., Bible, Marathi, Indian Christianity
Lecturers: Eleanor Taylor Calverley, m. d.. Physiology, Hygiene, General Medicine; Daniel Johnson Fleming, ph.d., Missions; Henry Max Hoenigswald, litt. d.. Phonetics
The Hartford Theological Seminary, The Hartford School of Religious Education, and The Kennedy School of Missions are Graduate Schools, interdenominational and coeducational, united in the Hartford Seminary Foundation, and offer professional training for the urban and rural Ministry, teachers of the Bible and of Rehgion, Directors of Religious Education, and for diversified Missionary services. The Case Memo- rial Library contains over 150,000 volumes and 70,000 pamphlets and subscribes for 400 periodicals.
Five large stone buildings and several brick and stucco buildings on a thirty-acre campus are centrally located in the Capitol City of Hartford.
The Hartford Theological Seminary offers the degree of b. d. in three years and the 8. t. m. to qualified holders of a b. d. in one year. Also the th. d. in two or more years.
The School of Religious Education offers the degree of m. a. in two years to qualified holders of a Bache- lor's degree.
The Kennedy School of Missions offers specialized missionary training for Missionaries, candidates and appointees of all Mission Boards. The degree of M. A. is available in two years. (One year for qualified furloughed missionaries or qualified holders of a b. d.)
The Foundation offers the degree of ph. d. for qualified students enrolled in any of the three schools.
For further information address one of the deans.
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OBERLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Oberlin, Ohio
rACITLTT
President — William Edwards Stevenson, m. a., (oxon)
Dean — Thomas Wesley Graham, d. d., Homiletics
Francis William Buckler, m. a., m. r. a. s., 8. t. d.. Church History
Walter Marshall Horton, b. d., ph. d., s. t. m., Philosophy of Christianity and Christian Ethics
Thomas Samuel Kepler, ph. d., s. t. b., d. d., New Testament
Clarence Herbert Hamilton, ph. d., History and Philosophy of Religion and Christian Missions
Herbert Gordon May, m. a., b. d., ph. d.. Old Testament Language and Literature
Leonard Albert Stidley, b. d., d. d., ph. d., Practical Theology and Religious Education
Llewelyn Arnold Owen, m. a., b. d., s. t. m., Practical Theology and Human Relations.
The Graduate School of Theology provides an opportunity for college graduates to get adequate training for Christian service in the ministry of the church, secretaryship of the Young Women's Christian Association or Young Men's Christian Association at home or abroad, for leadership in religious education at home or abroad and for Christian social service in city or country communities. Throughout its history, though independent by charter, Oberlin has sustained a most friendly relationship with Congregational churches and work.
Equipment — In September of 1931 the School of Theology moved into its present quarters. It occu- pies a group of buildings designed by Mr. Cass Gilbert and made possible by the generous gift of two friends of the School, the late Mrs. D. Willis James and Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The theological group, built in North Italian style, is composed of two buildings connected by cloisters to form a quadrangle of unusual beauty and utility. The dormitory sections of this quadrangle provide apartments for married students as well as rooms for single students. Students in the School of Theology use the main library of Oberlin College which contains 457,168 bound volumes and as many pamphlets. The library files include the leading secular and religious newspapers and the leading monthlies and quarterlies. The Oberlin library is one of the largest college libraries in the United States. The library and seminar rooms in the theological quadrangle house about twenty thousand of the most active books in the theological section and the periodicals required by the theological students. The gymnasium, recreation rooms, athletic fields, and tennis courts provide ample facilities for exerciser
Terms of Admission — College graduation and church membership are required. Men and women of any denomination or race are admitted. This year 12 denominations are represented in the student body.
Degrees in Course — The degrees of Master of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Master of Sacred Theol- ogy are given. Work toward these degrees is had in courses chosen from a broad range of offerings designed to provide the most adequate training for parish service at home and abroad.
Special Assets — Students in the Graduate School of Theology have the advantage of one of the most cosmopolitan colleges in America. They share in the university privileges and the scholarly standards and fine Christian ideals of Oberlin. Oberlin is a center of unique and broad missionary interests, and has con- tributed largely to the missionary forces of the Congregational Church. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is one of the leading conservatories of the world, and makes available unusual musical advantages. Oberlin is equipped with a splendid Art Building, a fine Art Library, and an excellent collection of paintings and other art objects. Living expense is moderate and scholarships with the opportunities for self-help in the community make complete self-support possible.
For catalog and further information, address the Dean.
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PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Berkeley 9, California
Founded by Congregationalists in 1866, Pacific School of Religion has been interdenominational since 1912. Four other denominational seminaries are situated near-by, making the Bay Area one of the major centers of theological education in this country and greatly enriching the opportunities for theological study and student fellowship.
FACTTLTY
Ronald Bridges, a. m., l. h. d., litt. d., d. d.. President
Hugh Vernon White, s. t. m., ph. d., d. d., Dean, and Professor of Christian Theology and World Chris- tianity
CoRwiN H. Olds, b. d., l. h. d., Assistant to the President
Chester Charlton McCown, b. d., ph. d., d. d., Professor of New Testament Literature and Interpretation
Buell Gordon Gallagher, b. d., ph. d., d. d.. Professor of Christian Ethics
Jack Finegan, m. th., lic. theol (berlin). Professor of Old Testament Literature and Interpretation
George Huntston Williams, b. d., ph. d., Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
Ralph Douglas Hyslop, b. d., ph. d.. Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Christian Nurture
Vere V. Loper, b. d., d. d.. Lecturer in Ministerial Practice
Thompson L. Shannon, b. d., ph. d., Lecturer in Practical Theology and Dean of the Summer School
Daniel Walker, s. t. b., Lecturer in Homiletics
Emehson Blodgett, b. d., ed. d., Director of Field Work
Jay Stillson Judah, b. a., Cert, of Librarianship, Librarian
Frank E. Carlson, b. d., d. d., Comptroller and Secretary to the Faculty
Kathrtn Blade, b. a., Registrar
Herman F. Swartz, m. sc, d. d., ll. d.. President and Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics George Tolover Tolson, m. a., b. d., d. d., Professor Emeritus of Church History
Pacific School of Religion is adjacent to the University of California, the libraries and courses of which provide rich offerings to supplement the work of this school. By closely coordinated programs the full re- sources of these other neighboring institutions are available for the students of the Pacific School of Religion: Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopal), Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian), School for Christian Service (Episcopal), San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), and the Berkeley Bap- tist Divinity School.
Pacific School of Religion trains men and women for all phases of the Christian ministry with particular emphasis on the pastoral ministry, rehgious education, and the mission field.
A college degree or its equivalent is required for admission. Apply for information concerning degrees and advanced courses to the Registrar. For information concerning the summer session apply to the Dean of the summer school.
The E. T. Earl Foundation brings eminent leaders and scholars to the School for special lectures and conferences.
The Palestine Institute is a laboratory for Biblical studies, employing among other resources thenote- worthy archaeological treasures being recovered from the explorations made by Dr. Badd at Tell en-Nasbeh, and by Dr. McCown in Transjordania.
Pacific School of ReUgion is on the accredited list of the American Association of Theological Schools.
36 Year Book, Congregational Christian Churches [1946
YALE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL
New Haven, Conn.
Open for service, 1822. This School is undenominational, but is mentioned as having had a Congregational origin and early history.
FACTjTjTT
Celarles Seymour, ph. d., litt. d., ll. d.. President of the University
Rev. Luther Allan Weigle, ph. d., d. d., litt. d., s. t. d., ll. d., j. u. d.. Dean of the Divinity Schocl and Sterling Professor of Religious Education
Rev. Charles Reynolds Brown, d. d., ll. d., s. t. d., l. h. d.. Dean of the Divinity School on the Justus S. Hotchkiss Foundation, and Pastor of the University Church, Emeritus
Rev. Douglas Clyde Macintosh, ph. d., d. d., ll. d., Dwight Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion, Emeritus
Rev. Henry Hallam Tweedy, d. d., Professor of Practical Theology, Emeritus
Rev. John Clabk Archer, ph. d., Hoober Professor of Comparative Religion
Rev. Roland Herbert Bainton, ph. d., Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Rev. Millar Burrows, ph. d., Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology
Rev. Robert Lowry Calhoun, ph. d., Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology
Rev. Clarence Tucker Craig, d. d., ph. d.. Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
Rev. Geohqe Dahl, ph.d.. Holmes Professor of the Hebrew Language and Literature
Rev. Hugh Hartshorne, ph. d.. Research Associate in Religion
Rev. Carl Herman Kraeling, ph. d., Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Inter- pretation
Rev. Kenneth Scott Latourette, ph. d., d. d., ll. d., D. Willis James Professor of Missions and Oriental History and Chairman of the Department of Religion in the Graduate School
Rev. Sidney Lovett, d. d., Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature and University Chaplain
Rev. Halford Edward Luccock, d. d., litt. d.. Professor of Homiletics
Rev. H. Richard Niebuhr, ph. d.. Professor of Christian Ethics
Rev. John Charles Schroeder, d. d., ll. d.. Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology
Clarence Prouty Shedd, ph. d., Stephen Merrell Clement Professor of Christian Methods
Rev. Paul Herman Vieth, ph. d., Horace Bushnell Professor of Christian Nurture
Harald Ingholt, ph. d.. Lecturer in Classics and Biblical Exegesis
Raymond Philip Morris, m. s.. Librarian of the Divinity School
Rev. Albert Cook Outler, ph. d.. Associate Professor of Theology
Rev. Liston Pope, ph. d.. Associate Professor of Social Ethics on the Gilbert L. Stark Foundation
Rev. Ralph Lee Woodward, d. d., l. h. d., Director of Religious Field Work and Assistant Dean of the Divinity School
Rev. Julian Norris Habtt, ph. d.. Associate Professor of Theology
Ernest William Muehl, ll. b.. Assistant Professor of Public Speaking
Relation to the University — The Divinity School is one of the co-ordinate departments of Yale University. The studies are arranged in five vocational groups, each leading to the degree of b. d. These groups are (a) The Preaching Ministry and Pastoral Service; (b) Foreign Missionary Service; (c) Religious Education in Church and School; (d) Community Service Through Religious Agencies; (e) Religious Leader- ship in Colleges and Universities; (f) Teaching and Research in Religion. A graduate class for advanced study is also offered, leading to the degree of s. t. m., m. a., or ph. d.
Opportunities for Self-Hblp — The scholarship funds of the school are used to create opportunities through which the students may receive training for their future work.
Applications fob Admission — Only graduates of colleges or universities of recognized standing are admitted to the School. Catalogs and forms of application for admission may be obtained by addressing the Dean, 409 Prospect St., New Haven 11, Conn. The next year will begin on Monday, Sept. 22, 1947.
19463 Theological Seminaries 37
ATLANTA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FOUNDATION
Nashville, Tennessee
FACULTY
William James Campbell, m. a., s. t. b., d. d., ll. d.. President, Professor Church History Thomas A. Tripp, m. a., b. d., l. h. d., Lecturer in Town and Country Work
To the list of the Foundation Faculty may be added, for academic purposes, both the Faculty of Vander- bilt School of Religion and also others from the Faculties of Vanderbilt University whose work contributes to ministerial education.
The Foundation is afl51iated with Vanderbilt University, and offers every advantage of location. Educa- tion, and self-support.
For information write William James Campbell, President.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Washington 1, D. C.
FACULTY
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, b. d., s. t. m., d. d., ll. d., President
* William Stuart Nelson, b. d., ll. d.. Dean of the School of Religion and Professor of Christian Theology
J. Calvin Keene, ph.d., Acting Dean of the School of Religion and Assistant Professor of the History and
Philosophy of Religion Daniel G. Hill, a. b., b. d., m. a., m. s. t., th. d.. Acting Dean of the Chapel and Associate Professor of
Practical Theology William A, Banner, a. b., b. d., m. a., ph. d.. Assistant Professor of Church History Frank D. Dorey, a. b., b. d.. Assistant Professor of Social Ethics and Sociology of Religion Leon E. Wright, a. b., m. a., s. t. b., ph.d., Assistant Professor of New Testament Charles C. King, a. b., b. d., Instructor in Old Testament Bessie Helena Mayle, a. b., m. a.. Instructor in Religious Education Ralph L. Cheney, b. s., m. a., Lecturer in Y.M.C.A. History and Polity Campbell C. Johnson, b. s., b. l.. Lecturer in Y.M.C.A. Organization and Administration John M. Burgess, a. b., m. a., Part-time Lecturer in Episcopal History and Polity and the History of Wor- ship Allen L. Murray, a. b., b. d., s. t. m., Part-time Instructor in Religious Education Ernest C. Smith, b.d., a. m., d. d.. Part-time Instructor in Religious Education Hugo B. Schipf, ph. d., Visiting Professor of Jewish Life and Literature
Relation to Howard University — The School of Religion is one of the ten schools and colleges of Howard University.
Degrees — It offers work leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Arts in Religious Education. College graduation is a requirement for admission.
Grants in aid are provided for students on the basis of need. Scholarships are available for students in courses making superior records.
* On leave 1946-1947.
YANKTON COLLEGE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Yankton, South Dakota
Established in 1882 as the German Department of the Chicago Theological Seminary, continued in 1916 at Redfield, South Dakota, as the Redfield College Seminary, and merged with Yankton College in 1932 as the School of Theology. This school educates young men for the Christian ministry of German and English speaking Congregational Churches in the Middlewest and Western regions where churches are primarily rural.
At Yankton, a theolos^ical student enrolls in th? School of Theology and in the college at the same time. At the end of the four years when the ooll'^ge b. a. is grante i, the student has one complete year of theolodcal training to his credit. One additional year of full stu ly in the S hool of Theology is required for ti.e Bachelor of Theology degree which qualifies him for ordination and service as a Christian minister.
FACULTY
Edward Sayler, m. a., b. d.. Dean, Professor of Sociology
George J. Eisenach, b. d., ph. d.. Professor of Church History and Old Testament
Wolfgang Liepe, ph. d., Professor of German Language and Literature, and Lecturer in Art
Clay E. Palmer, m. a., b. d., d. d.. Part-time Professor of Theology
Herbert E. Wilske, ph. b.. Associate Professor of Practical Theology and New Testament
M. Clark Harshfield, b. d., Professor of Practical Theology
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THE CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE COUNCIL
(Organized January 7, 194G)
To further the effectiveness of service to the churches.
To promote a heightened degree of understanding, counsel, advice, and sustaining support toward the colleges.
The Council meets annually in connection with the meeting of the Association of American Colleges.
The Executive Committee consists of:
President — Walter Giersbach, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore.
Vice-President — Leon E. Smith, Elon College, Elon College, N. C.
Secretary-Treasurer — Bryant Drake, Doane College, Crete, Neb.
Members — J. F. Findlat, Drury College, Springfield, Mo.
Samuel N. Stevens, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Its membership is composed of the presidents of the following colleges, which have a relationship to the Congregational Christian Churches, through qualifications acceptable to the Division of Christian Educa- tion, and the following denominational officials:
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio
Doane College, Crete, Nebraska
Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
Elon College, Elon College, North Carolina
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin
Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan
Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin
Schauffler College, Cleveland, Ohio
Yankton College, Yankton, South Dakota
Executive Vice-President of the Board of Home Missions
General Secretary of the Division of Christian Education
Minister of Student Life, Division of Christian Education
Caret Croneis Laitrence M. Gould H. Dana Hopkins Bryant Drake James F. Findlat Leon E. Smith Samuel N. Stevens H. Gart Hudson Ltndon O. Brown William A. Shimbb Manlet E. MacDonald Malcolm B. Dana Walter C. Giersbach Albert R. VanCleave Clark G. Kuebler George P. Michaelides J. Clark Graham Truman B. Douglass Harrt T. Stock Ralph D. Hyslop
40 Year Book, Congregational Christian Churches [1946
SGHAUFFLER COLLEGE OF RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL WORK
Cleveland, Ohio
A College for Women
Founded 1886
A College Congregational in origin; affiliated with the denomination.
Open to students regardless of nationality, race or creed.
A four year course for High School graduates, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Religious Education and Social Work. College graduates may obtain the SchaufHer degree after one year's full work. Special students may also be enrolled.
The College trains young women to become Directors of Religious Education, Pastor's Assistants, Church Social Workers and Assistants in secular social agencies. Teachers in Week-day Schools of Rehgion, Missionaries at home and abroad.
An excellent faculty, a curriculum combining the liberal arts with special subjects in Religious Educa- tion and Social Work, and supervised field work experience under supervision of the faculty.
Students have the privilege of enroUing for five semester hours in either Cleveland College or Fenn College.
$400 per year covers the charge for tuition, board and room. Some self-help. Some student loans.
Fall Semester begins on September 10, 1947
For further information write to George P. Michaelides, ph. d., President, 5115 Fowler Avenue, Cleve- land 4, Ohio.
FACULTY
Geohge p. Michaelides, ph. d.. President and Professor of Church History
Janet M. Clapp, m. a., Professor Emeritus
John Prucha, ll. b.. Lecturer, Social Sciences
Goldie Kralik, Instructor in Recreational Leadership
Edwin A. Ralph, b. d., d. d., Professor of Philosophy, Public Speech and Director of the Choir
W. Marlin Butts, m. a.. Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Director of Community Activities
Josephine Whitlock, Instructor in Arts and Crafts
Henry B. Ollendorf, ll. d., Lecturer in Social Sciences
Alice Gray, m. b., Lecturer in Social Sciences
Ann R. Faltheb, h. n., b. s.. Lecturer in Social Sciences
Hannah C. Babcock, b. a., Dean and Instructor in English and Science
Ruth Lister, b. a., Instructor in Religious Education
Wayne L. Braden, b. d., Assistant Professor in New Testament
Elizabeth G. Baldwin, m. a., Instructor in Stenography and Typing
Lois Weber, b. s., Instructor in Physical Education
Irene MacNair, m. a.. Lecturer in ReMgious Drama
Anne M. List, b. s.. Director of Social Work Acti\'ities
Marie A. Jindra, College Treasurer
Laura Richardson, Secretary to the President
Jean Aldhich, b. n., Nurse and Housemother
Charles M. Holan, m. d., College Physician
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NECROLOGY
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
MINISTERS WHOSE DEATHS WERE REPORTED
DURING THE YEAR 1946
In many cases further information is on file in the office of the General Council. This may be had on request.
Abercrombie, Ralph Henry, 6 Lawrence, Mass, Apr 14, 1859. ed Bangor Theol Sem, grad 1896. ord Cong, West Newbury, Vt, Nov 6, 1896. p West Newbury, Vt, 1896-98; 1st ch & 2nd ch, Brookfield,Vt, 1898-1905; Windsor, Mass, 1905-13; Chatham, Mass, 1913-18; Warwick, Mass, 1918-20; Monterey, Mass, 1920-40, p em, 1941-46. m Amelia F Barnes, Lawrence, Mass, 1883 (d); 2 ch, Grace A (Miner), Newman B. d Great Barrington, Mass, Mar 1, 1946.
Allison, Frederick Ernest, b Boileston, NC, Sept 8, 1884. ed Weaverville (NC) Coll, grad 1909. ord So Meth, Roanoke, Va, 1912; entered Cong fellowship 1928. p Frostburg, Md (So Meth), 1912-13; Green- viUe, W Va (So Meth), 1913-14; Paint Bank, Va (So Meth), 1914-17; Flint Stone, Md (So Meth), 1917-18; Listonburg, Pa (So Meth), 1918-22; Levels, W Va (So Meth), 1922-25; CoUierstown, Va (So Meth), 1925- 26; Mt Solon, Va (So Meth), 1926-28; Frostburg, Md, 1928-30. m Louise Trask, Reeses Mill, W Va, 1912; 3 ch, Edith Virginia, Francis Richard, Frederic Eugene, d Athens, Tenn, May 14, 1946.
Anderson, Frederick Reade, b Chicago, 111, Jan 18, 1870. ed Northwestern Univ, PhB, 1900; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1904. ord Cong, Glenview, 111, Oct 14, 1897. p Glenview, 111, 1896-98 (organized ch) ; New Windsor & Rio, lU, 1899-1901; Rockefeller (now Area), lU, 1901-04; MiddleviUe, Mich, 1904-05; Thawi-iUe, lU, 1905-06; Forrest & Strawn, 111, 1906-08; West Chicago, lU, 1910-12; Wataga, lU, 1937-38; Hanford ch. Mason City, Iowa, 1940-41. Tea, Lane Tech High Sch, Chicago, 111, 1910-35. m Mary Judith Reed, Evans- ton, 111, 1897; 8 ch, Jesse Reed, Robert James, Joseph Gilman, Marian Cathrine (Meyer), Ruth L (Cooke), Ehzabeth Jane (Vullo), Zoe EsteUe, Jean Marie, d Urbana, 111, Mar 4, 1946.
Archibald, WiUiam Elder, b Edinburgh, Scot, Mar 14, 1853. ed Dalhousie Coll, NS, 1875-78; Oberlin Theol Sem, BD, 1881; Cumberland Univ, Lebanon, Tenn, PhD, 1884. hon degree, DD, Gale Coll, 1900. ord Cong, Cottage Grove, Minn, Mar 14, 1882. p Cottage Grove, Minn, 1881-83; Livingston, Mont, 1883- 85; Aitkin, Minn, 1885-86; Kentville, NS (Presb), 1886-87; Silver Cliff, Colo (Presb), 1887-88; North Topeka, Kans (Presb), 1889-94; BrookUne, Mass (Presb), 1894-1903; East St Louis, lU (Presb), 1903-10; Everett, Mass (Presb), 1912-16; Bethel, Kans (Presb), 1917-18; Portland, Me (Presb), 1918-19; Granite- ville, Vt (Presb), 1920-27. Field sec, Emporia (Kans Coll, 1910-12; 33° Mason, m Zenaide Redden, NS; no ch. d Kentville, NS, Mar 25, 1933.
Artz, Franklin S, b Shelby, Ohio, Mar 5, 1864. ed 111 Wesleyan Univ, Bloomington, 111. ord Meth, Greenup, 111, Sept 24, 1892; entered Cong fellowship 1912. p Nilesville (later Colwell) ch, Charles City, 1912-21 & Orchard, 1912-16 & Stillwater ch, Osage, 1912-20 & Ionia, Iowa, 1919-30. m Bertha G Ruple, San Jose, lU, 1888 (d 1936) ; 4 ch. Alpha E (d), Paul E, Delbert G (d), PauUne E Stewart), d Albia, Iowa, Jan 3, 1946.
Baldwin, Carl Franklin, b Randolph Co, Ind, June 22, 1888. ed Marion (Ind) Normal Sch; Terre Haute (Ind) Teachers Coll; Westfield (Ind) Bible Sem. ord Chr, Albany, Ind, 1914. p Portland, Ind, 1914-18; Darlington, Ind, 1918-20; Lebanon, Ind, 1920-22; South Solon, Ohio, 1922-23; Plattsburg & South Vienna, Ohio, 1923-26; Ansonia & Bethany ch, Woodington, Ohio, 1926-30; Vaughnsville, Ohio, 1930-31; 1st ch & Liber Mem eh, Portland, Ind, 1931-35; Merriam ch, Albion, Ind, 1935-38; Osborne Prairie ch & Sterhng ch, Veedersburg, Ind, 1938-40; Murray ch & Six Mile ch, Bluffton, Ind, 1940-42; Seymour, Ind, 1942-45; Pleas- ant Valley ch, Acton, Ind, 1945-46. m Leota B McGeath, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912; 2 dau, Juanita Jeannette (Watson), Iris Marie (Freeman), d Greenwood, Ind, Sept 2, 1946.
Bashford, Alfred Ernest, b Tunbridge Wells, Eng, Mar 17, 1872. ed Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111. ord Cong, Thompson, Iowa, Dec 2, 1901. p Thompson, Iowa, 1899-1902; Magnolia, Iowa, 1902-03; Arion, Iowa, 1903-05; Sargent, Neb, 1905-07; Long Pine, Neb, 1907-10; Beemer, Neb, 1910-12; Avoca, Neb, 1912-16; Arlington, Neb, 1916-19; Exeter, Neb, 1920-46. m Elizabeth Jane Joyce, Mondamin, Iowa, 1899; 2 ch, Frederick Joyce, Marguerite Ethel (Klotz). d Aurora, Neb, Apr 2, 1946.
Bast, Alzina Munger, b Chicago, 111, Sept 15, 1890. ed Carleton Coll, BA, 1913; Columbia Univ, MA, 1929. ord Cong, Atlantic, Iowa, May 21, 1944. p Backus & Hackensack, Minn (lie), 1940; Granada, Minn (lie), 1940-42; Atlantic, Iowa (asso), 1943-46. My, ABCFM, Taiku, Shansi, China, 1915-37; tea. Precious Dew Girls' Sch & head, Eng Dept, Oberlin Shansi Sch, Shansi, China, m C Wilham Bast, St Peter, Minn, 1942. d Atlantic, Iowa, July 27, 1946.
Bates, Juanita Breckenridge, 6 Hopewell, 111, Dec 31, 1860, ed Wheaton (111) Coll, grad 1885; Oberlin Theol Sem, BS, BD, 1891. ord Cong, Brookton, NY, June 28, 1892. p Brookton, NY, 1891-93. Ist woman to be ord Cong. Pres: NY Div, Am Asso of Univ Women; Ithaca Women's Club, City Federation, League of Women Voters, m Frederick Elmer Bates, Hopewell, 111, 1893; 2 ch, Juanita (d), Abraham (d). d Ithaca, NY, June 11, 1946.
Bourne, Alexander Phoenix, b New York, NY. Jan 7, 1866. ed Brown Univ, BA, 1890; NY Univ Law Sch, 1890-91; Andover Theol Sem, grad 1894; Harvard Univ (Williams fellow), MA, 1895; grad study, Brown Univ, 1902-03. ord Cong, Exeter, NH, Dec 4, 1895. p Phillips ch, Exeter, NH (asst, 1895-1900), 1901-02; 1st ch, Cambridge, Mass (asso), 1903-10. Unmarried, d New Bedford, Mass, Sept 4, 1946.
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Bown, Frank Arnold, 6 Andover, Eng, Sept 5, 1863. ed Oberlin Theol Sem, BD, 1897. ord Cong, Walker, Minn, Oct 6, 1897. p Walker, Minn, 1897-99; Biwabik, Minn, 1899-1901; Genesee, Ida, 1902; Springdale, Wash, 1903-05; HiUyard, Wash, 1906-07; Medical Lake, Wash, 1907-09; Five Mile Prairie ch, Spokane, Wash, 190^15; Lamont, Wash, 1915-17; Plummer, 1917-25 & Worley, Ida, 1917-19; Condon, Ore, 1925-28. m Margaret M Spedden, Chewelah, Wash, 1903; 6 ch, Evelyn (Boswell), Ethel (Phillips), Helen May, Frank Spedden, Ena (FraUck), Henry Ernest, d Walla Walla, Wash, Feb 3, 1946.
Bunker, Fred Robert, 6 Prentissvale, Pa, Dec 20, 1859. ed Olivet Coll, BA, 1887, MA. ord Cong, Fairmont, Neb, Mar 4, 1SS9. p Fairmont, Neb, 1888-89; Carmel & Kalamo, Mich, 1889; Medfield, Mass, 1909-10; Wilton, Conn, 1920-27. My, ABCFM, Mozambique, Southern Rhodesia & Natal, Africa, 1891- 1917; Interworld Ch Movement, 1918-20; min-at-large under Raymond Fund, Cong ch. New Canaan, Conn, 1928-38. m Belle Helen Richards, Kalamazoo, Mich, 1891; 5 ch, Paul Richards, Wilfrid Henry, Kenneth Chandler, Edith (Davis), Sydney Kitteridge. d Lancaster, NH, Sept 5, 1946.
Canter, Wilber Daryll, 6 Mt Olive, near Felicity, Ohio, Oct 15, 1893. ord Chr, New Richmond, Ohio, Nov 16, 1924. p Poplar chap. Bethel, Ohio (lie), 1916-17; Fairview ch, Georgetown, 1917-21 & Westboro, Ohio (lie), 1917-20; Mt Zion ch. New Richmond, 1921-30 & Five Mile ch, Mt Orab, 1922-24 & Fairview ch, Georgetown (2nd pas), 1924-44 & Russellville, Ohio, 1930-44. m Ava K King, Batavia, Ohio, 1915; 2 dau, Naomi V (Rich), Helen R (Balser). d near Bethel, Ohio, Dec 3, 1946.
Carson, Samuel C, h Belfast, Ire, June 9, 1870. ed Northwestern Univ. ord Evang, Highland Park, 111, Mar 22, 1904; entered Cong fellowship 1908. p Aurora, 111 (Evang) (asst), 1900; Forreston, 111 (Evang), 1901-1904; Sterling, 111 (Evang), 1905-07; Grand Haven, Mich, 1908-10; Rosedale & Wasco, Cal, 1910-13; Panama & Greenfield, Cal, 1915-17; Oleander, Cal, 1921-24; Alturas, Cal, 1925-28; Oil Center & Oildale, Cal, 1929-34. m Margaret E Morrison, Belfast, Ire., 1901; 3 ch, Eileen Lucile (d), Winifred Marie, Samuel Vance, d Arvin, Cal, June 24, 1946.
Converse, Edward Jasper, 6 Madison Co, Ohio, Oct 6, 1865. ed Ohio State Univ, BA, 1886; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1896. ord Cong, Columbus, Ohio, June 23, 1898. p 1st ch, Columbus, Ohio (asst), 1897-1907; Croton, 1907-13 & Lock, Ohio, 1907-16. Sec, Ch Exten Soc, Columbus, Ohio, 1918-22. m May Rowlen, Canton, Ohio, 1911; no ch. d Columbus, Ohio, Jan 22, 1946.
Cowman, Joseph, h Callaway Co, Mo, Dec 3, 1859. ord Cong.New Plymouth, Ida, Mar 26, 1919. p Rockland, 1917-26 & Roy, Ida, 1919-23; Prairie Center & Van TasseU, Wyo, 1926-39; Rockland, Ida (2nd pas), 1939-46. m Elizabeth Clark, Rush Hill, Mo, 1886; 2 ch, Laura (Kirk), Roy B. d American Falls, Ida, Oct 22, 1946.
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Cullens, Archibald, h Glasgow, Scot, Apr 7, 1870. ed Mt Hermon Sch; Bangor Theol Sem, grad 1898- ord Cong, Steuben, Me, June 9, 1898. p Steuben, Me, 1898-1900; Winthrop, Me, 1901; Windsor, Mass, 1902-04; Lanesboro, Mass, 1911-14; Groveland, Mass, 191.5-20; Foxboro, Mass, 1921-29; Oxford, Mass, 1930-37; Union, NH, 1938-45. YMCAsec, Monmouth Co, NJ, 1905-07, Ont& Quebec, Can, 1907-11. m Dora E Richardson, .\mher3t. Me, 1898; 2 ch, Paul Archibald, Ruth (Martin), d Francestown, NH, Apr 19, 1946.
Curtis, Charles Burritt, 6 Milwaukee, Wis, Feb 9, 1848. ed Beloit Coll, BA, 1870; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1873. hon degree, MA, Beloit Coll, 1874. ord Cong, New Haven, Conn, 1873. p South Britain, Conn, 1873- 74; Calumet, Mich, 1876-77; Burlington, Wis, 1877-78; Selma, Ala (Colored), 1878-88; Beloit, Ala (Col- ored), 1908-16 (both under AMA). My, Am Home My Soc, 1874-75; pres, Industrial My Asso, 1888-1946. m Lindamira J Vail, Avoca, Wis, 1872 (d) ; 2 sons, Henry Sherman, Ralph Wright; m 2nd, Harriet A Peasley, 1908. d Pensacola, Fla, Dec 20, 1946.
Cushman, Charles Eben, b Alton, 111, June 10, 1870. ed Grinnell Coll, BA, 1891 ; Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1895. hon degree, DD, Grinnell Coll, 1940. ord Cong, White Cloud, Kans, July 12, 1895. p White Cloud, Kans, 1S94-96; Argentine, Kans, 1896-97; Russell, Kans, 1897-99; Bethel ch, Kansas City, Kans, 1899- 1901; 1st ch, Avoca, Iowa, 1901-04; Carnforth & Victor, Iowa, 1904-08; Anita, Iowa, 1908-12; Monticello, Iowa, 1913-20; Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1920-40, p em, 1940-46. Chmn, Exec Com, Iowa Conf, 5 yrs. m Belle Chapman, White Cloud, Kans, 1896; 5 ch, Charles Leslie, John W, Robert C, Dwight L, Frances Sara, d Iowa Falls, Iowa, Aug 4, 1946.
Cutler, Charles Herrick, 6 Farmington, Me, Dec 18, 1859. ed Bowdoin Coll, BA, 1881 ; Andover Theol Sem, grad 1886. hon degree, DD, Bowdoin Coll, 1905. ord Cong, Bangor, Me, Nov 19, 1886. p 1st ch, Bangor, Me, 1886-1911; Union ch, Newton, Waban, Mass, 1912-25, p em, 1926-46. Overseer, Bowdoin Coll, 1897- 1936; trustee. Abbot Acad, Andover, Mass, 1927-37. m Sarah Franklin Ripley, Andover, Mass, 1886; 3 ch, Mrs William L Knickerbocker, Elisabeth H, G Ripley, d Waban, Mass, Nov 10, 1946.
Davies, Marua Howard Nutting, b Harpoot, Turkey, June 19, 1862. ed Mt Holyoke Coll, grad 1887; Sch of Nurs, Hartford (Conn) Gen Hosp, grad. ord Cong, Putnam, Conn, May 8, 1923. co-p (with Mr Davies) Westminster ch, Canterbury, Conn, 1915-28. Tea, several yrs, Vt, Thomasville, Ga& Ogden, Utah; practiced nursing, several jts, Conn, m Thomas Edward Davies, Randolph Center, Vt, 1921. d Randolph, Vt, Oct 30, 1946.
Davies, William Owen, b Glasinfryn (near Bangor), Wales, Mar 11, 1856. ed Menai Bridge Theol Sem, N Wales, grad 1880. ord Cong, Penrhyndeudraeth, N Wales, 1891; entered US fellowship 1906. p Penrhyndeudraeth, N Wales, 1891-94; Abergynolwyn, N Wales, 1894-1900; Llaniestyn, N Wales, 1900-05; Slatington, Pa, 1906-09; Welsh ch, Bevier, Mo, 1909-10. m Ellen Williams, Wales, 1884; 5 ch, Owen John, Jennie E (Baum), Ellen (Edwards), Mary B (Coxs), Margaret A (Williams), d Chicago, 111, Nov 30, 1945.
Davisson, Augustus, b 1858. ord 1883; entered Cong fellowship 1898. p Herndon, Va, 1898-1902; Cir- cular ch, Charleston, SC. 1902-04. m Rheta Chestnut Witte (d 1937). d Harlem, Ga, Jan 4, 1940.
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Donaldson, John Isaiah, b Lamar Co, Tex, June 10, 1866. ed Talladega (Ala) Coll, BA, 1894, BD, 1896. ord Talladega, Ala, June, 1896. p Grace ch, Paris, Tex, 1896-99; 1st ch, Corpus Christi, Tex, 1899- 1905; Plymouth ch, Dallas, Tex, 1905-08; Tillotson Coll ch, Austin, Tex, 1908-14; Pilgrim ch, Houston, Tex, 1919-35; Mayflower ch, Beaumont, Tex, 1938^1, p em, 1941-46. Treas, Tillotson Coll, Austin, Tex, 1908-14; reg, Plymouth Conf (Colored), Tex & Okla, 1924-37 & 1938-44; mem, Bd of Dir. NAACP, Hous- ton, Tex; mem. Exec Com, YMCA, Houston, Tex; treas, Interdenom Ministerial Asso, New York, NY. m Mrs Katherine Randolph Feaster, Talladega, Ala, 1890; 6 ch, Anna Naomi (d), Ruth M (Briggs), Mary Blanche (Lee), Kathryn Lois (Lowe), Isaiah Theodore, Allen Feaster (stepson), d New York, NY, Nov 6, 1946.
Douglass, Truman Orville, b Osage, Iowa, Apr 17, 1873. ed Grinnell Coll, BA, 1894; Harvard Div Sch, BD, 1897. ord Cong, Davenport, Iowa, Sept 24, 1897. p Bethlehem ch, Davenport, Iowa, 1897-1901; Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1901-02; Franklin, Neb, 1902-08; Vermillion, SD, 1908-10; North Park ch, Des Moines, Iowa, 1910-16; Berean ch, Los Angeles, Cal, 1916-18; Tempe, Ariz, 1918-37. m Katherine Bartlett, Grin- nell, Iowa, 1898; 2 ch, Truman Bartlett, Ruth (Sulanta). d Claremont, Cal, Dec 19, 1946.
Dumm, George Edward, 6 Ross Co, Ohio, Mar 15, 1873. ed Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111, grad 1910. ord Chr, Lima, Ohio, Sept 30, 1928. p Logan ville, Ohio, 1928-30; Miami & Muchinippe ch, Lewistown, Ohio, 1930-32; Union Chap, Lima, Ohio, 1932-34; Westminster, 1934-36 & Delphos, Ohio, 1934-35; West Mill- grove (sup), 1940-41. In bus, 1936-43. m Eva McClintook; 8 ch, Mildred, Ruth, Harry, Mary (d), Chester, Naoma (d), Francis, Franklin, d Lima, Ohio, Jan 11, 1946.
Dunham, Clarence Wells, 6 Newark, NJ, Dec 26, 1874. ed Williams Coll, BA, 1896, MA, 1910; Auburn Theol Sem, grad 1901; grad stud, NY Univ, 1910-14. hon degree, DD, Williams Coll, 1932. ord Presb USA, July 10, 1901; entered Cong fellowship 1914. p 1st ch, Warrensburg, NY (Presb), 1901-06; Mt Kisco, NY (Presb), 1906-14; Phillips ch, South Boston, Mass, 1914-20; Pilgiim ch, Dorchester, Mass, 1924-45, p em, 1945-46. Tea, Drury High Sch, North Adams, Mass, 1896-98; dean & prof, Greek & New Test, Gordon Coll of Theol & Mis, Boston, Mass, 1920-23; trustee, Mass Conf & My Soc, 1926-31; dir. Am Cong Asso, 1926-37, vice pres, 1937-45; pres, Boston City My Soc, 4 yrs; mem. Com on Standards of Ministry; chmn. Exec Com, Regional Com of Cong Chs of NE. m Sadie S Willian, North Adams, Mass, 1901; 1 dau, Ruth Elizabeth, d Dorchester, Mass, Feb 2, 1946.
Eddy, David Brewer, b Leavenworth, Kans, June 20, 1877. ed Yale Univ, BA, 1898, MA, 1901; Auburn Theol Sem, 1901; Oxford Univ, 1902; Hartford Theol Sem, 1904. hon degree, DD, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, Conn, 1921. ord Cong, East Orange, NJ, Dec 20, 1904. p Trinity ch. East Orange, NJ (asst 1904-06), 1906-09. Mem, Y'ale My Band, 1898-99; traveling sec, Student Vol Movement, 1903; asso sec & ednl sec, ABCFM, 1909-27, corr sec, 1927-44; YMCA service, France, & with Brit Ministry of Info, World War I; studied internat problems in Japan & China, 1922 & inter-racial problems in Hawaii, 1924; trustee, Am Coll, Madura, India; chmn, Advisory Council in Am of Kodaikanal Sch, 1901^6. author. What Next in Turkey, 1913. m Josephine Russell, New York, NY, 1906; 5 ch, George Alfred, Frances, Charles Russell, David Brewer, Jr, Priscilla (Thompson), d West Falmouth, Mass, June 1, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Ellis, Emery Ward, b Sac City, Iowa, Oct 20, 1876. ed Doane Coll, Crete, Neb, BA, 1899; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1904. ord Cong, Seattle, Wash, Oct 7, 1904. p Porter Mem ch, Chicago, 111 (lie), 1902-04; Fairview ch. Meridian, Ida, 1928-31; Rockland, Ida, 1931-33; Fed ch, Gustavus, Ohio, 1933-37; Bulaville ch, Gallipolis, 1938 & Little Kyger ch, Chesire, Ohio, 1938-41. My, ABCFM, Pang Chuang, Tientsin, China, 1904-27. m Minnie Case, Chicago, 111, 1904; 1 son, Preston Josephus (d). d Sutherland, Neb, June 21, 1946.
Etter, Julius Edward, 6 Covington, Ohio, Oct 7, 1870. ed Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111. hon degree, DD, Defiance (Ohio) Coll, 1916. ord Chr, Eaton, Ohio, Aug, 1897. p Warren, Ind, 1897-1909; Troy, Ohio, 1909-19; Huntington, Ind, 1919-24; Greenville, Ohio, 1924-29; Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1929-36; Phillipsburg, 1937-40 & Twin Creek Chapel, 1937-38 & West Manchester, 1937-45 & Greenville Creek, 1940-43 & Beech Chapel, Ohio, 1943^6. m Cora D Minton, Eaton, Ohio, 1895; 1 dau. Ruby Jane, d Greenville, Ohio, June 25, 1946.
Evans, Thomas, b S Wales, May 8, 1866. ed Oberlin Theol Sem, grad 1900. ord Cong, Brewster, Neb, Aug 1, 1900. p Brewster, Neb, 1900-03; Cummings Park & Taylor, 1904-06 & Almeria, Neb, 1905-06; Corn- stock & Wescott, Neb, 1907-08; Arcadia, 1908-12 & Hayes Creek, Neb, 1909-12; West Point, Neb, 1912-13; Irvington, Neb, 1913-19; Glenwood, Iowa, 1919-23; White Cloud, Kans, 1924-28; Maple Hill & St Mary's, Kans, 1928-35. m Bertha Waters, Taylor, Neb, 1904 (d 1913) ; 3 ch, William, Milan, Mydrim; m 2nd, Fannie H Anderson, Irvington, Neb, 1915. d Omaha, Neb, Jan 2, 1946.
Faduma, Orishatukeh, 6 Waterloo, Sierra Leone, W Africa, Sept 17, 1854. ed Queens Coll, London Univ, BA, MA; Yale Div Sch, PhD, 1894. ord Cong, New Haven, Conn, Sept 17, 1895. p Candor, 1895-99 & Nails, 1895-1901 & Troy, 1895-1912 & Fly, 1900-02 & Candor (2nd pas), 1910 & Mt Gilead, NC, 1911-12. Prin, Peabody Acad, Troy, NC, 1905-12; inspector of schools of colony of Sierra Leone, W Africa, 1912-23 & during World War I, officer in charge of Govt Model Sch; asst prin & tea, Lincoln Acad, Kings Mountain, NC, 1923-34; dean, Va Theol Sem & Coll, Lynchburg, Va, 1935-45; mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone, W Africa, 1915-19. author Africa's Claims and Needs, 1925; Some Defects of the American Church, m Henri- etta R Adams, Augusta, Ga, 1895; 1 dau, Jowo Elizabeth, d High Point, NC, Jan 25, 1946.
Farrar, William Dickinson, 6 Liverpool, Eng, May 24, 1867. ed Victoria Univ, Can, grad 1898; Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111, 1902-03. ord Cong, Flagler, Colo, July 7, 1904. p Arriba & Bovina & Flagler &Fondis&Thurman,Colo, 1903-05; Cayuga & Forman & G winner, ND, 1905-07; Granville, ND, 1909-11; Flasher, ND, 1911-13; Dazey & Getchell ch, Valley City, ND, 1913-15; 1st ch & Highland ch, Sawyer, ND^ 1915-16; Dogden & Orrin, ND, 1917-18; Parshall, 1918-21 & Epworth, ND, 1919-20; Hersey, Mich^
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1923-28; Litchfield, Mich, 1928-31. m Sarah Elizabeth French, Lake Centre, Sask, Can, 1905; 5 ch, Mary Elizabeth, Ada Ethelinda (Wein), Clarence Crosby (d), Viola Geraldine (Huard), Eunice Rebekah. a Petoskey, Mich, July 15, 1946.
Fisher, Charles Frederick, h Uniontown, Pa, Sept 16, 1873. ed Doane Coll, Crete, Neb, BA, 1897; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1900. ord Cons, Granby, Conn, Sept 24, 1901. p 1st ch, Granby, Conn, 1900-02; Deep River, Conn, 1902-05; Clinton, Iowa, 1905-08; Le Mars, Iowa, 1908-10; Tabor, Iowa, 1910-16; Sheridan, Wyo, 1910-19; Cheyenne, Wyo, 1919-21; Kewanee, 111, 1921-29; Collinwood ch, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929-41; Sullivan, Ohio, 1941-44; Brighton, Ohio, 1945-46. m Lillian Mary Hayes, Muscatine, Iowa, 1902; 2 ch, Martha Alice (d), Albert Rutledge. d Shelby, Ohio, Dec 26, 1946.
Fry, Earl Clinton, 6 Vernon, RI, Mar 18, 1867. ed Chr Biblical Inst, Providence, RI; Harvard Div Sch; Union Theol Sem. hon degree, DD, Defiance Coll, 1921. ord Chr, New Bedford, Mass, Nov 13, 1890. p Bonney St ch. New Bedford, Mass (Chr), 1890-93; Woodstock, Vt (Chr), 1893-94. My, Sendai & Utsuno- miya, Japan, Chr Bd of Mis, 1894-1931, ABCFM, 1931-34. m Julia Annie Pierce, 1893 (d 1894); 1 dau, Anne Pierce (Cournoyer) ; m 2nd, Susan Gillett, 1895 {d 1928) ; no ch. d Newton Lower Falls, Mass, May 11, 1946.
Fuller, William Harvey, ft July 23, 1867. ord Bapt, Maplewood, Mo, May 19, 1895; entered Cong fellowship 1912. p Coloma & Watervliet, Mich, 1912-20; Waverly, 111, 1920-21; Shabbona, 111, 1921-26; Com ch, Alpine, Cal, 1929-38, p em, 1938-46. to; 1 son, S W Fuller, d Claremont, Cal, Mar 24, 1946.
Gates, Caleb Frank, 6 Chicago, 111, Oct 18, 1857. ed Beloit Coll, BA, 1877; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1881. hon degrees, DD, Knox Coll, 1897; LLD (in absentia), Edinburgh Univ, 1899; LLD, Beloit Coll, 1927. ord Cong, Chicago, 111, June 1, 1881. My, ABCFM, Mardin, Turkey, 1881-94; pres, Euphrates Coll, Har- poot, Turkey, 1894-1902; tea, Chicago Theol Sem, 1902-03; pres, Robert Coll, Constantinople (now Istan- bul), 1903-32; chmn. Near East Relief Commn, Constantinople (now^ Istanbul), 1917-19. Decorated Knight Comdr George I (Greece), Knight Comdr Alexander (Bulgaria), author, A Christian Business Man, 1893; Not To Me Only, to Mary Ellen Moore, Chicago, 111, 1SS3 (d 1937) ; 5 ch, Edward Caleb {d 1886), Herbert Frank {d 1946), Moore, Elizabeth Da\'idson (d 1900), Caleb Frank, Jr. d Denver, Colo, Apr 10, 1946. (See Who's Who in Americ , Vol XXII, 1942-43.)
Cause, Noah Cadwallader, 6 West Liberty, Iowa, Apr 12, 1872. ed Cornell Coll, Iowa, BS, 1900; Pacific Theol Sem, BD, 1904; Emerson Coll of Oratory, Mass, grad; grad study, Chicago Theol Sem. ord Cong, Berkeley, Cal, Sept 20, 1904. p Union ch, San Lorenzo, Cal, 1904-07, Mayflower ch, San Francisco, Cal, 1907-11; Sunnyvale, Cal, 1911-12; Puritan ch, Pittsburgh, Pa, 1915-18; Grantwood, NJ, 1918-23. Dir, ednl work, YMCA, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal, 1912-15; field worker, Anti-Saloon League, NJ, NY & Cal, 1923-30. m E Grace Ulrich, Oakland, Cal, 1909; 3 ch, Anna Jean, Renee, John Noah, d Oakland, Cal, Oct. 15, 1945.
Gee, John Robert, h Manchester, Eng, Dec 21, 1882. ed Manchester (Eng) Coll, BA, 1907; Leeds (Eng) Theol Coll, BD, 1910. ord Cong, Berkshire, NY, Mar 1, 1912. p Berkshire, NY, 1912-13; Ticonderoga, NY, 1913-16; 1st ch, Riverhead, NY, 1916-19; Danforth ch, Syracuse, NY, 1919-29; Patchogue, NY, 1929-36; Newport, Vt, 1936-42; Fed ch, Winchester, NH, 1942-45; Norwood, NY, 1945-46. m Clara Louise Peter, Millom, Eng, 1911; 1 dau, Constance Mary (Hopkins), d Norwood, NY, Mar 17, 1946.
Grabill, Dell Quincy, h Osceola, Iowa, Feb 20, 1877. ed Knox Coll, BA, 1900; Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1904. ord Cong, Park City, Utah, June 19, 1904. p Park City, Utah, 1904-07; Evansville, Wis, 1907-15; Fort Atkinson, Wis, 1915-18; Milton, Wis, 1927-42; Niles, Cal, 1942-46. In bus. Fort Atkinson, Wis, 1918-30 & 1935-39; mayor, Fort Atkinson, Wis, 1930-31; postmaster. Fort Atkinson, Wis, 1931-35; 32° Mason, m Elizabeth Wilson, Park City, Utah, 1905; 3 ch, Kathleen (Batalya), Suzanne (Hoelter), Wilson H. d Fort Atkinson, Wis, July 23, 1946.
Grams, Ernest A, 6 Provinz Pommer, Germany, Sept 5, 1866. ed Bonn Univ, Germany, ord Cong, Hastings, Neb, 1908. p Imman ch, Hastings, Neb, 1908-09; Ger ch, Crete, Neb, 1909-15; Imman ch, Michi- gan City. Ind, 1916-20; Park City, Mont, 1921-23; Ger ch, York, Neb, 1926-43. d York, Neb, Oct 24, 1946.
Grant, John Hiram, h Goldsboro, NC, Feb 10, 1870. ed Amherst Coll, BA, 1892; Chicago Theol Sem, 1892-94; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1896. ord Cong, Meriden, Conn, Oct 8, 1896. p Center ch, Meriden, Conn, 1896-1908; 1st ch, Elyria, Ohio, 1908-23; 1st ch of Christ, Fairfield, Conn, 1923-38. YMCA work. Camp Sheridan, Ala & Camp Dewey, 111, 1917-18; with Mrs Grant, host, Gould Homestead, Fairfield, Conn, 1940^6. to Margaret K Hall, Andover, Mass, 1901 ; 3 sons, Alfred H, John P, Stephen W. d Fairfield, Conn, Oct 6, 1946.
Grant, Lathrop Campbell, 6 Cortland, NY, July 11, 1871. ed Yale Coll; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1895. ord Cong, Hamilton, NY, Sept 4, 1895. p Hamilton, NY, 1895-99; Eau Claire, Wis (Presb), 1899-1906; Menomonie, Wis, 1906-14; Newport, Ky, 1915-17; 1st ch, Lorain, Ohio, 1917-30; Plymouth ch, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1930-35; Jaffrey, NH, 1935^4, p em, 1944^6. Dir, Immigrant Welfare, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1914-17. m Bertha Phoebe Tompkins, Hamilton, NY, 1899 id) ; 6 ch, Margaret Tompkins, Henry MartjTi, Cleveland Putnam, Lathrop Campbell, Jr, Mary Jeanette, William Tompkins, d El Segundo, Cal, Sept 7, 1946.
Gray, Harmon Martin, 6 Randolph Co, Ala, Dec 14, 1876. ord Meth, Birmingham, Ala, Nov 26, 1911; entered Chr fellowship 1921. p Jimmerson, Ala (Meth), 1909-11; Bear Creek & Chavies & Newell & New Home & Sylvania, Ala (Meth), 1911-15; Lanett, Ala & Oak Grove, Ga, 1921-27; Rose Hill ch, Co- lumbus, Ga, 1927-28; East ch & Hillside ch. La Grange & Richland, Ga, 1928-30; Langdale, 1930-37 & Mt Olive ch, Tallassee, 1932-39 & Mt Springs ch, Clanton & Com ch, Seman, 1937-39 & Lowell ch, Roanoke, 1937-40 & Cavers Grove ch, Newell & Bethany ch, Roanoke, Ala, 1939-40; Highway ch, Lanett, Ala, 1943-46. Pres, Ga & Ala Asso, 1921-27. to Emma C Cole, Randolph Co, Ala, 1896; 8 ch, Trumon, Annie
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(Walburn), Tom W, Ina (Sorrell), J P (d), Estell (d), Clara (Avery) (d), Opal, d Langdale, Ala, Dec 17, 1946.
Gregg, James Edgar, 6 Hartford, Conn, Nov 24, 1875. ed Harvard Univ, BA, 1897, MA, 1901; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1903. hon degrees, DD, Yale Univ, 1918, Williams Coll, 1923; LLD, Wilberforce (Ohio) Univ, 1924. ord Cong, Pittsfield, Mass, Aug 25, 1903. p Pilgrim Mem ch, Pittsfield, Mass, 1903-09; Kirk St ch, Lowell, Mass, 1909-12; 1st ch, Pittsfield, Mass, 1912-18; 1st ch, Waterbury, Conn, 1929-41 ; 1st ch, Adams, Mass, 1941-42; 1st ch, Williamstown, Mass, 1942^5. Inst, St George's Sch, Newport, RI, 1897-1900; prin, Hampton (Va) Normal & AgrI Inst, 1918-29; trustee, Penn Sch, SC, So Ednl Found, m Pauline Pumpelly, Newport, RI, 1903 (d 1911) ; 2 ch, Elise Pumpelly (Gaw), James Bartlett; m 2nd, Mary Livingston Hinsdale, Pittsfield, Mass, 1914; 2 sons, Theodore Hinsdale, Gerald Hinsdale (d). d Pittsfield, Mass, Feb 23, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Griffith, John Rhys, b Carnarvon, Wales, June 27. 1883. ord Cong, Oregon City, Ore, May 30, 1912. p Bryn Seion Welsh ch, Beaver Creek, Ore, 1908-46. Cashier, Roberts Bros department store, 1908-46. m Mary Thomas, Portland, Ore, 1916; 2 sons, Arthur G, Arvon M. d Milwaukie, Ore, Nov 15, 1946.
Hageman, James Clausan, 6 Wilhamsburg, Ohio, Dec 1, 1872. ed Park Coll, Parkville, Mo; Friends Theol Sem, Cleveland, Ohio, grad 1893; Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111. ord Cong, Dundee, Mich, Feb 23, 1897. p Dundee, Mich, 1895-98; Oakwood & Oxford, Mich, 1898-1904; Portland, Mich, 1904-09; Rochester, Mich, 1909-11; Wayne, Mich, 1911-13; Mt Hope ch, Detroit, Mich (sup), 1913-14; Utica, Mich, 1921-28; Boulevard ch, Detroit, Mich (sup), 1943-44. With Ford Motor Co, 1915-29; tea, Henry Ford Trade Sch, Detroit, Mich, 1929^6. m Olive Mead, Tecumseh, Mich, 1898; 1 son, Thomas Mead; to 2nd, Ethel Southwell, Wyandotte, Mich, 1918. d Detroit, Mich, May 30, 1946.
Halbersleben, Henry C, 6 Hanover, Germany, May 20, 1857. ed Univ of Wis, BS. 1882; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1885. ord Cong, Chicago, 111, July 10, 1884. p Cortland, Neb, 1888-90; Silver Creek, Neb, 1890-92; Linwood, Neb, 1892-96; Irvington, Neb, 1896-99; Exeter, Neb, 1899-1901; Indianola, Neb, 1901-03; Palisade, Neb, 1903-04; West Cedar Valley ch, Elgin, 1904-11 & Petersburg, Neb, 1906-11 ; Spen- cer, Neb, 1911-12. In bus, 1913-28. to Anna Julia Haefke, Chicago, III, 1886; 6 ch, Alice Margaretha (d), Henry Otto, Paul A, Helen S, Joseph C, David L. d Lincoln, Neb, Sept 23, 1946.
Hance, Edward Raymond, b Wharton, NJ, May 8, 1880. ed Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, Conn, BA, 1910; Union Theol Sem, BD, 1913. ord Cong, Brooklyn, NY, Jan 3, 1913. p Borough Park ch, Brooklyn, NY, 1913-15; Orient, NY, 1915-19; Naugatuck, Conn, 1919-46. m Jane MacKinnon, Rockaway, NJ, 1914; no ch. d Naugatuck, Conn, Oct 14, 1946.
Hanscom, Frank Irving, b Sheepscott, Me, July 24, 1879. ed Bangor Theol Sem, 1903-05; Union Theol Sem, grad 1906. ord Cong, Rockford, Iowa, Oct 30, 1906. p Rockford, Iowa, 1906-08; 1st ch, Creston, Iowa, 1908-11; Pilgrim ch, Providence, RI, 1911-14; Lewis Ave ch, BrookljTi, NY, 1914-20; Cambridge, Neb, 1942-43. Chap, US Army, World War I, 1918-19; in bus, Brookl>Ti, NY, 1920-30; commissioner, NY State Ed of Parole, Albany, NY, 1930-32. d Thomaston, Me, Dec 6, 1946.
Haulenbeek, Charles Judson, b Norwalk, Conn, Nov 16, 1857. ord Gospel Mis Ch, Paterson, NJ, May 16, 1926; entered Cong fellowship 1937. p Bushwick ch, Brooklyn, NY (Meth); Westminster ch, Bloomfield, NJ (Presb) (asso),1930-32;MarbleColleg ch,iNewYork, NY (Colleg Ref Dutch) (asst), 1941-46. Bookkeeper, Nat Bank of Commerce, New York, NY, to 1918. to 2nd, Mrs Elizabeth Allen Marshall, Brook- lyn, NY, 1918; 1 atepdau, Gladys Esten (Chedester). d New York, NY, Nov 12, 1946.
Hines, Herbert Henry, 6 Blue Springs, Neb, Sept 11, 1890. ed State Univ of Iowa, BA, 1913; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1917. ord Cong, Woodstock, Vt, Oct 28, 1920. p Easton, Conn, (lie), 1914-17; Zanesville, Ohio (lie), 1917-18; 1st ch. Maiden, Mass (lie asst), 1919-20; Woodstock, Vt, 1920-42; 1st ch, CoUinsville, Conn, 1945-46. US Army, 1918-19; in machine tool industry, Springfield, Vt, 1942^5; chap, Grand Chapter of Vt, RAM, 1929-45 & Grand Lodge of Vt, AF & AM, 1940-45; 32° Mason, author, Woodstock, 1935; The Old White Meeting House, 1936. to Ida Louise Schwarz, Meriden, Conn, 1920; 2 ch, Lois-Louise, John Herbert, d Newington, Conn, Aug 8, 1946.
Hobson, Claude C, b Alfordsville, Ind, Mar 8, 1884. ord Cong, Golden, Iowa, Oct 22, 1922. p Hoosier, Neb (UB) (lie), 1902-03; Patterson, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1903-04; Ledyard, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1904-06; Lehigh, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1906-07; Beaconsfield, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1907-08; Botna, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1909-10; New- burg, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1910-12; Olin, Iowa (UB) (lie), 1912-16; Golden, Iowa, 1921-23; Castleville ch, Aurora, 1923-25 & Gatesville ch. Independence, 1924-25 & Winthrop, Iowa, 1923-26; Hollandale, Minn, 1926-28; Doon, Iowa, 1929-33; Blairsburg, Iowa, 1933-36; Lewis, Iowa, 1936-38; Earlville, Iowa, 1938-41 ; Olds, Iowa, 1941-45; Nashua, Iowa, 1945^6. to Lenna S Van Gundy, Winterset, Iowa, 1904 (d); 6 ch, Hazel (d), Naomi (Haynes), Lyman, Ruth (Reissen), Violet (Greiner), Robert; to 2nd, Mrs Frances West- fall, Anamosa, Iowa, 1941. d Nashua, Iowa, June 14, 1946.
Hobson, Franklin Drake, b Lima, Ohio, Feb 14, 1859. ed Butler Univ, Indianapolis, Ind, BA, 1896. ord Chr, Kokomo, Ind, 1896. p Kokomo, Ind, 1896-1901 ; Marshall, Mich, 1901-05; Lincoln, Kans, 1928-30; Seabrook ch, Topeka, Kans, 1930-31. wOla Jackson, Mace, Ind, 1888 (d) ; 1 dow, Mary Muriel; to 2nd, Stella Conner, Beverly, Kans, 1930; 2 sons, Stanley Conner, Owen Dean, d Topeka, Kans, Oct 22, 1946.
Hogan, Harding Roland, 6 Chicago, 111, Nov 4, 1876. ed Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111, 1898-1900; Berea (Ky) Coll, 1901-02; Chicago Theol Sem, 1909. hon degree, DD, Ripon Coll, 1931. ord Cong, Steuben, Wis, Oct 2, 1900. p Steuben, Wis, 1900-02; Fairview ch, Lancaster, Wis, 1902-04; Spring Green, Wis, 1904-08; Amery, Wis, 1908-10; Sparta, Wis, 1910-17; Plymouth ch, Racine, Wis, 1918-44; East Troy & Lafayette ch, Elkhorn, Wis, 1944-46. Dir, relig work, YMCA, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1918; bd mem. Wis Conf, 1917-23 & 1931-37; bd mem & mem, Exec Com, Home Bd, 1937-44. to Grace Moore Andrus,
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Chicago, 111, 1900; 5 ch, Grace (Freeman), Adellon, Harding, Muriel (Van de Grift), Audrey (Bebb), Beverly- Elaine, d East Troy, Wis, Mar 19, 1946.
Hollister, Frederic Morton, 6 Ligonier, Ind, Apr 3, 1862. ed Olivet (Mich) Coll, BA, 1887; Hartford Theol Sem, grad 1891; Teachers Coll, Columbia Univ, MA, 1920. ord Cong, Wapping, Conn, Dec 31, 1890. p Wapping, Conn, 1890-93; 2nd ch, Waterbury, Conn (asst), 1893-98; 2nd ch, Danbury, Conn, 1898-1901; Cadillac, Mich, 1901-03; Cromwell, Conn, 1904-09; North Stonington, Conn, 1909-14; Wilton, Conn, 1915-20. Prin, Saluda (NC) Sem, 1920-21, High Sch, 1921-24; tea, Humboldt State Teachers Coll, Areata, Cal, 1925-33; asst ed, No-Frontier News Service, Wilton, Conn, 1934-38. »?t Enid Smith, Waterville, Minn, 1890 (d); 5 ch, Susan (d), Marie (Allen), Horace M, James F, Carroll; m 2nd, Ella Dale, New York, NY, 1936. d New York, NY, Oct 20, 1946.
Volman, Rex Orlando, 6 Chester, Mich, Sept 8, 1888. ed Olivet Coll; Kalamazoo (Mich) Coll. ord Cong, Cheboygan, Mich, Sept 25, 1919. p Benzonia, Mich (lie asst), 1911-13; Olivet, Mich (lie asst), 1913- 14; Mattawan ct Texas, Mich (lie), 1914-15; Lake View, Mich (lie), 1915-16; Mancelona, Mich, 1919-21; Hart, Mich, 1921-25; Manistee, Mich, 1925-28; Owosso, Mich, 1928-45. Served in World War I. Trustee, Mich Conf, 1930-36, 1938-44; veterans' counselor. Midland Co, Mich, 1945^6. m Amy Elizabeth Lawe, Mancelona, Mich, 1922; 3 ch, Willis Royd; Philip Bruce (d), Nancy Sue. d Midland, Mich, Mar 14, 1946.
Holton, Charles Leonard, h Boston, Mass, June 6, 1869. ord Cong, South Egremont, Mass, July 17, 1917. p Hazard\dlle, Conn (indep) (lay), 1914-16; South Egremont, Mass, 1916-19; Sherborn & West Natick, Mass, 1919-22; North Raynham & Raynham Center, Mass, 1922-41, p em, 1941-46; Swansea, Mass (interim), 1942; East Charlemont, Mass (sup), 1942-46. Chap, Mass State Hospital, 1923-41. m Jane E May, Springfield, Mass, 1894; 4 dau, Esther May (Libby), Sara Jane (Eberhardt), Priscilla (Ne£f), Betsy (Maclnnis). d Westhampton Beach, NY, Dec 24, 1946.
Hufstader, Robert Gary, 6 Cuba, NY, July 15, 1866. ed NE Conserv of Music, Boston, Mass. ord Cong, Des Moines, Iowa, May 28, 1913. p Plymouth ch, Des Moines, Iowa (asst), 1912-15; Flint, Mich, 1915-20; Reinbeck, Iowa, 1932-40; 1st ch, Nashua, Iowa, 1940-45. Professional musician, 1890-1907. Relig wk sec, YMCA, St Louis, Mo, 1907-1 1 ; state dir. Near East Relief, Mich, 1920-29; dir. Child Welfare, Iowa, 1929-31. author. Along the Highway of Life, 1929. m Lillian S Van Doven, Mechanicville, NY, 1893; 3 ch, Anita (De Beaulieu), Robert Reynolds, Percy Van Doven (d). dLos Angeles, Cal, July 3, 1946.
Hughes, Henry Richard, 6 Port Dinorwic, N Wales, Sept 17, 1871. ed Oberlin Coll. ord Cong, Utica, NY, 1895. p Plainfield Center, NY, 1894-1901; 1st ch, Plymouth, Pa, 1901-18; Elm St ch, Youngstown, Ohio, 1918-46. Mod, Welsh Cong chs, Ohio, m Ella Laura Roberts, Utica, NY, 1897 (d); 1 son, Arthur Henry, d Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1946.
Huleen, John Johnson, 6 Hynigaryd, Glimakra, Swed, Mar 14, 1864. ed Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1896. ord Swed Ev Mis Cov, Chicago, 111, Sept 18, 1898; entered Cong fellowship 1898. p Swed ch, Spokane, Wash, 1898-1904; Swed ch, Everett, Wash, 1904-08; Swed ch, Aberdeen, Wash, 1908-16; Lamson, Minn (Swed Ev Mis Cov), 1916-18; Gladstone. Mich, 1918-20; Swed ch, Aberdeen, Wash (2nd pas), 1920-29; Swed ch, Montclair, NJ, 1929-38. m Emma Nathalia Edberg, Spokane, Wash, 1901; 2 ch, Nathalie Chris- tina Mildred, Fridolf. d Karlstad, Swed, Oct 24, 1946.
Hunt, Frederick Cecil, 6 London, Eng, May 13, 1875. ed Bangor Theol Sem, grad 1921. ord Cong, South Gardiner, Me, June 15, 1921. p Surry, 1916-18 & East Sullivan & Sullivan, NH (lie), 1917-18; South Gardiner, Me, 1921-22; Dunbarton, NH, 1922-38. m Mrs Agnes Elizabeth Stevens Hunt, Dunbarton, NH, 1923; no ch. d Dunbarton, NH, Nov 1, 1946.
Hunt, Theodore Conrad, h 111, Nov 14, 1847. ed Dartmouth Coll, BA, 1876; Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1880; grad study, Univ of Chicago, ord Cong, Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept 22, 1880. p Prescott, Ariz, 1880-85; Riverside, Cal, 1885-96; 1st ch, Eau Claire, Wis, 1896-98; Greeley, Colo, 1899-1901; Hastings, Neb, 1901-04; Mclntire & Riceville, Iowa, 1904-08; Cragin ch, Chicago, 111, 1908-19. A founder & trustee, Pomona Coll, Claremont, Cal. m Virginia Merrill, Prescott, Ariz, 1882 (d); 4 ch, Theodore Carl (d). Hale Merrill, Harold Conrad, Agnes Clarissa (d). d Canoga Park, Cal, July 8, 1946.
Iron Moccasin, Truby, 6 Cheyenne River Reservation, Jan 1, 1870. ord Cong, Laplant, SD, Oct 24, 1923. p Virgin Creek ch, Laplant, SD, 1920-27 & 1930-35; Cross Mem ch, Mission, SD, 1936-39. My, Little Eagle, SD, 1927-30. m Annie American Horse, Laplant, SD, 1904; 8 ch, Lucy (d), Olive (d), Irene (d). Rose (d), Ralph (d), Theodore, Hazel (Garreau), Thomas, d Cheyenne Agency, SD, Dec 29, 1946.
Isaac, Gwylym, 6 Caerphilly, Glam, Wales, Aug 11, 1886. ed Trevecca Coll, Wales, 1908-10; Huron (SD) Coll, BA, 1913; Columbia Univ, MA, 1916; Union Theol Sem, BD, 1917. hon degree, LLD, Huron Coll, 1939. ord Cong, Bernardsville, NJ, Sept 25, 1916. p St Lawrence, SD (indep) (lie), 1912-13; Bernards- ville, NJ, 1916-19; Com ch, Buffalo, NY (indep), 1919-23; Pilgrim ch. New York, NY, 1923-25; 1st ch, Terre Haute, Ind, 1925-39. Prof, Phil & Ethics, Ind State Teachers Coll, Terre Haute, Ind, 1939^6; dir: Good Will Industries, 1928-46, YMCA, Terre Haute, Ind, 10 yrs, Merom Inst, 8 yrs. m Ethel Bowers, Bernardsville, NJ, 1919; 1 dau, Jean (Burnham). d Terre Haute, Ind, Aug 21, 1946.
Johnson, Arve Kenneth, h Sheboygan, Wis, Nov 19, 1856. ed Exten course, Columbia Univ. ord UB, Chicago, 111, 1906; entered Cong fellowship 1917. p Streator, 111 (UB), 1905-07; Teheran, 111 (UB), 1907-09; Ivirksville, 111 (UB), 1909-10; Sherrard, 111 (UB), 1910-15; East Moline, 111, 1916-17; Plymouth ch, Springfield, 111, 1918-20; Dupo, 111, 1920-25; Neponset, 111, 1925-27; Westville, 111, 1927-39. m Mrs Eliza Emily Featherby Woodbeck, Milwaukee, Wis, 1886 (d 1937); 2 stepsons, Frank Woodbeck, Fred Woodbeck (d) & 1 foster dau, Irene Arvetta (Weddle) ; m 2nd, Hettie Mable Borman, St Louis, Mo, 1939. d St Louis, Mo, Sept 3, 1946.
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Johnson, Joseph Quinton, 6 Bonsol, NC, Oct 3, 1871. ord AMEZ, Holland Chap, Chatham Co, NC, Dec 5, 1912; entered Chr fellowship 1923. p White Rock ch, Durham & Haywood & Mt Zion ch, Rocking- ham, NC & Roanoke Chap, Mecklenburg Co, Va, 1932-38 & Free Liberty ch, Addor, 1935^3 & Pleasant Hill ch, McCullough, 1939-41 & Bishop Temple, Greensboro, NC, 1941-42; 1st ch, Sanford, NC, 1946. to Rebecca Johnson, Chatham Co, NC, 1890 (d); 4 ch, Clifton, Irvin, George (d), Sedore (d) ; to 2nd, Pearl Toomer, Sanford, NC, 1928. d Sanford, NC, Oct 26, 1946.
Johnston, Wilmer Pierce, 6 Delaplane, Va, Oct 10, 1881. ed Randolph Macon Coll, Ashland, Va, BA, 1904; Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, Tenn, BD, 1908; grad study, Yale Div Sch, 1919-20, Chicago Theol Sem, 1930-31. ord So Meth, Baltimore, Md, Mar, 1908; entered Cong fellowship 1918. p Hyattsville, Md (So Meth), 1908-10; St Paul's ch, Washington, DC (So Meth), 1910-14; St John's Emman ch, Baltimore, Md (So Meth), 1914-18; 1st ch, Washington, DC (asst), 1918-21; 1st ch, West Haven, Conn, 1921-30; United ch of Hyde Park, Chicago, 111 (asst), 1930-31; North ch. Oak Park, 111, 1931-32; Pilgrim ch, Oak Park, 111, 1932-39; CoUegeside ch, Nashville, Tenn, 1939-41; Com ch, Greenbelt, Md (indep), 1941-46. m Anna Gertrude Kearney, Washington, DC, 1906; no ch. d Berwyn Heights, Md, Sept 18, 1946.
Josefson, Mathew, 6 Narpes, Fin, Jan 14, 1858. ord Cong, New Britain, Conn, 1899. p Bethlehem ch, Bronx, New York, NY (indep), 1899-1909; Swed ch. New Rochelle, NY, 1909-14. Org Bethlehem ch, Bronx, New York, NY. to Lisa Johanna Sax, Narpes, Fin, 1880; 5 ch, Ida (d), Esther, Alfred (d), Arvid, Walter, d New York, NY, Apr 30, 1946.
Knapp, Shepherd, b New York, NY, Sept 8, 1873. ed Columbia Univ, BA, 1894; Yale Div Sch. BD, 1897. hon degree, DD, NY Univ, 1912. ord Cong, Southington, Conn, Nov 11, 1897. p 1st ch, Southington, Conn, 1897-1901; Brick ch. New York, NY (Presb) (asst), 1901-08; Central ch, Worcester, Mass, 1908-36. Mem, Prudential Com, ABCFM, 1913-22 & 1923-26; YMCA sec, France, World War I, 1917-18; trustee, Worcester (Mass) Poly Inst, author. History of the Brick Presbyterian Church, 1908; On the Edge of the Storm, 1921 ; Old Joe and Other Vesper Stories, 1922; The Liberated Bible, 1941. Unmarried. 2 foster sons, George S Halkyard (d), Neil W Halkyard. d Worcester, Mass, Jan 11, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Kukko, Alexander, b Viburg, Fin, July 21, 1879. ord Cong, West Paris, Me, June, 1914. p 1st Finn ch, Worcester, Mass, 1915-21; Finn ch, Hubbardston, Mass, 1921-24; 1st Finn ch, Worcester, Mass (2nd pas), 1925-29. TO Rosa M Vaananen, St Petersburg, Russia (now Leningrad, USSR), 1901; 1 son, Charles V King, d Worcester, Mass, Oct 22, 1941.
Landers, Warren Prince, b North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass, July 15, 1869. ed Boston Univ, 1888-90. ord Cong, Middleton, Mass, Dec 2, 1891. p 1st ch, Huntington, Mass (lie), 1890-91; Middleton, Mass, 1891-98; Sutton, Mass, 1902-05; Westport, Conn, 1905-08; Gilbertville ch, Hardwick, Mass, 1909- 13; 2nd ch, Winchester, Mass (sup), 1920; East ch, Milton, Mass, 1922-27; Union ch. North Reading, Mass, 1933-37. Supt of circulation. The Congregationalist, Boston, Mass, 1898-1902; sec. Laymen's My Movement, Boston, Mass, 1908; sec & ed. Mass Total Abstinence Soc, 1913-18;sec, Allied Temperance Orgs of Mass, 1919; chap, State Sanatorium, North Wilmington, Mass, 1933-39; chap, masonic lodges, 1914-46. author, Brockton and Its Centennial, 1921; The Cxty of Peace, 1923; Unto You This Day, 1926. to Bertha Wakefield Corliss, Somerville, Mass, 1890 (d 1932) ; 4 sons, Harold Price, Philip Corliss, Alfred Perkins, Rudolph Webber; to 2nd, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Griffiths Donovan, Lynn, Mass, 1935. d Boston, Mass, Apr 28, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Landis, Reed Fretz, b Pa, Dec 13, 1888. ed Temple Univ, Pa; Episc Theol Sem, Cambridge, Mass. ord Menn, Souderton, Pa, Apr 1, 1917; entered Cong fellowship 1923. p Souderton, Pa (Menn), 1916-23; 1st ch, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa, 1923-39. Gen rep. Am Sun Sch Union, 1939-46. to Ann Ziegler, Souderton, Pa, July 9, 1919; 2 ch. Marguerite (Tippett), Reed Fretz, Jr. d Haddonfield, NJ. Mar 30, 1946.
Lawrence, John Bouton, b Conquest, NY, June 13, 1856. ed Dartmouth Coll, BA, 1882; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1885. ord Cong, Wyandotte, Kans, July 23, 1885. p 1st ch, Wyandotte, Kans, 1885-87; Central ch, Middleboro, Mass, 1889-93; Claremont, NH, 1893-99 & Ascutney, Vt, 1894-99. In bus. South Norwalk, Conn, 1899 until retirement, to Clara Dunning, Wyandotte, Kans, 1885; 4 ch, Amy (Henry), Homer D, Louise (Parker), Paul Miner; to 2nd, Leal V Tuthill, 1914. d Norwalk, Conn, June 26, 1946.
Lawson, William Elsworth, 6 Otley, York, Eng, Aug 17, 1868. ed Meth Training Coll, Rochdale, Eng, grad 1892. ord Cong, Montclair, NJ, Aug 18, 1897. p Union Evang ch, Mexico City, Mexico, 1897-1909; Pilgrim ch, Oakland, Cal, 1909-12; Bethany ch, Foxboro, Mass, 1913-20. In bus, 1922-37; lit ed, Foxboro (Mass) Reporter, 1925-32. author, Euphrosyne and Her Golden Book, 1901; From the Unvarying Star, 1903; An Anonymous Confession, 1911; The Master Light, 1915. to Florence Alice Shera, Boyle Co, Ros- common, Ire, 1897; 6 ch, Elsworth, Edward, Margaret, Wilbur, Arthur, Robert, d St Louis, Mo, Jan 15, 1946. (See Who's Who in America, Vol XX, 1938-39.)
Ledbetter, Caesar Sylvester, ed Tougaloo (Miss) (Doll, grad. ord Cong, 1908. p Goliad, Tex, 1908-10; Selma, Ala, 1914-15; Augusta, Ga, 1915-20; Plymouth ch, Charleston, SC, 1920^6. prin, Lincoln Sch, Meridian, Miss, several yrs; treas & sec, Conf, Miss, 1911-14; reg. Convention of Ga (Colored), 1920-23 & Asso of SC (Colored), 1920-22; mod, Ga & SC (Colored), 1924-36; dir. Home Bds, 1934-42. author, History of the Negro in Charleston, in Alberta Hadley; 2 ch, Anna B (Ransom), Theodore S. d Charleston, SC, June 8, 1946.
Leete, William White, 6 Windsor, Conn, Oct 11, 1854. ed Amherst Coll, BA, 1877; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1880. hon degree, DD, Knox Coll, 1897. ord Cong, Ridgefield, Conn, Feb 8, 1882. p Ridgefield, Conn, 1882- 88; 1st ch, Rockford, 111, 1888-99; Dwight PI ch. New Haven, Conn, 1899-1913. Sec for NE, Ch Bldg Soc, 1913-25; edit & field sec, Ch Exten Bds, 1925-30; lecturer. mSarah Elizabeth Rockwell, Ridgefield, Conn, 1883; 6 ch, William Rockwell, Marjorie (Field), Bernard Emerson, Eleanore (Griffith), Abigail (Skinner), Joel Lawrence, d New Haven, Conn, May 1, 1946. (See Who's Who in America, Vol XX, 1938-39.)
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Lewis, Charles K, b North Kohala, TH, Nov 8, 1892. ord Cong, Kohala, TH, May 1, 1932. p Kala- hikiola ch, Kohala, TH, 1931-36; Pearl City, Oahu, TH, 1936-41. m Louisa Kahoopii; 8 ch. d Ewa, Oahu, TH, 1945.
Lewis, Herman Allen, 6 Harrison Township, Gallia Co, Ohio, July 17, 1888. ed Rio Grande (Ohio) Coll, B.A., 1917; Chr Div Sch, Defiance, Ohio, BD, 1921; grad study, Ohio Univ. ord Chr, Columbia Chapel, Athens Co, Ohio, 1916. p 1st ch, Mt Sterling, Ohio, 1921-23; Woodstock, Vt, 1923-30; Versailles, Ohio, 1930-31 ; Bulaville ch, Gallipolis, 1933 & Dexter, 1932-33 & Langsville, Ohio, 1933; Coe's Chap, Carbonhill, 1937-38 & Morgan-Clark Chap, Bidwell, 1938-42 & Mt Zion ch, Nelsonville, Ohio, 1934-43. Tea, 1916-i6. m Donna Glenn, Waverly, Ohio, 1917; 4 ch, Ruth Elinore, Donald Kent, Robert Eugene, Donna Eloise. d Waverly, Ohio, Jan 11, 1946.
Long, Frederick William, h Brookfield, Mo, Aug 22, 1870. ed Tabor (Iowa) Coll, BA, 1894, MA, 1899; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1898. hon degree, DD, Lawrence Coll, Appleton, Wis, 1909. ord Cong, Perci- val, Iowa, Nov 16, 1896. p Peroival, Iowa, 1896-97; Oswego, 111, 1897-1902; Redfield, SD, 1902-05; Huron, SD, 1905-09; Harlan, Iowa, 1912-14; San Antonio, Tex, 1915-16; Glenwood, Iowa, 1916-17; Keokuk, Iowa, 1917-28; Glenwood, Iowa (2nd pas), 1934-46. Pres, Tabor (Iowa) Coll, 1909-12; mayor, Keokuk, Iowa, 1932-34. m Lucy May Gaston, Tabor, Iowa, 1896 (d 1913); 5 ch, George Lewis, Frederick Theodore (d), Lillie Ethelwyn, Ronald Gaston, Mayfred Cornelia; m 2nd, Nellie Menatry Reiner, Keokuk, Iowa, 1919. d Glenwood, Iowa, Sept 21, 1946.
Lyon, Frank Emory, 6 Lawn Ridge, III, Aug 20, 1864. ed Univ of Wis, grad 1891; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1891. ord Cong, Mondovi, Wis, 1891. p Mondovi, Wis, 1891-93; Hartland, Wis, 1893-95; Madison, Wis, 1895-96; Sun Prairie, Wis, 1896-98. Founder & supt. Central Howard Prisoners' Aid Asso, 1901-42; pres, Nat Prisoners' Aid, 111 Conf on Pub Welfare; mem, Bd of Inspectors for Chicago House of Correction; lee on prison reform, author. The Art of Living, m Jennie Vredenburg, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1888 (d); 4 ch, Genevieve (d), Carrie Evelyn (d), Enid Marie (Jones), Pierre Waldo; m 2nd, Maude Whitlock, Brooklyn, NY. d Chicago, III, Apr 2, 1943.
Maier, Henry William, h Seneca Falls, NY, Aug 8, 1866. ed Hamilton Coll; Syracuse Univ; Auburn Theol Sem, grad 1893. ord Presb, Ovid, NY, Apr 19, 1893; entered Cong fellowship 1907. p Oaks Corners, NY (Presb), 1893-1900; Saratoga, NY (Presb), 1900-01; Schenectady, NY (Presb), 1901-07; 1st ch, New Britain, Conn, 1907-25, p em, 1925^6. Trustee, Hartford Theol Sem, 1909-25. m Sarah Lucinda Cheney, Mystic, Conn, 1893; 3 sons, Leonard C, Joseph Ward, Henry William, Jr. d Taunton, Mass, Aug 29, 1946.
Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham, 6 Boston, Mass, Aug 12, 1872. ed Dartmouth Coll, BA, 1897; Union Theol Sem, BD, 1900; grad study, Columbia Univ, 1899-1900. hon degrees, MA, Dartmouth Coll, 1912; DD, Dartmouth Coll, 1922. ord Cong, Roxbury, Mass, May 10, 1900. p Scarborough, NY (Presb), 1900-06; 1st ch. New Rochelle, NY (Presb), 1906-12; Piedmont ch (now Chestnut St ch), Worcester, Mass, 1929-34; 1st ch, Newton Center, Mass, 1934-35; Plymouth ch, Minneapolis, Minn, 1935-36; Pilgrim ch, Duluth, Minn, 1936-37; State St ch, Portland, Me, 1937-38; Faith ch, Springfield, Mass, 1938-39; Trinity ch, Glou- cester, Mass, 1939; 1st ch, Haverhill, Mass, 1939-45. Phillips prof, Bibl history & lit, also coll chap, Dart- mouth Coll, 1912-17; pres. Conn Coll for Women, New London, Conn, 1917-28. m Laura Alice Hatch, Strafford, Vt, 1900; 4 ch, Andrew, 2nd, Mary Hatch, Elizabeth Ripley (Huntley) (d), Benjamin Tinkham Jr. d Haverhill, Mass, June 30, 1946. (See Who's Who in America, Vol XIX, 1936-37.)
Martin, William Lehman, & Morgan Co, Ohio, Dec 4, 1858. ord Meth Prot, Aug 24, 1890; entered Cong fellowship 1907. P Harlan, Ind (Meth); Franklin, Ind (Meth), 1891-95; Greenfield, Ind (Meth), 1896-97; Hoyt Ave ch, Indianapolis, Ind (Meth), 1897-1906; Dunkirk, Ind (Meth), 1907; Ridgeville, Ind, 1907-08; Milford, Kans, 1908-10; Ellis, Kans, 1910-11; Nickerson, Kans, 1911-14; Lenora, Kans, 1914-16; Westmoreland, Kans, 1916-19; Carbondale & Pauline, Kans, 1919-20; Fairview, Kans, 1920; Miltonvale, Kans (Presb), 1921-22; St Marys, Kans, 1927. m Emma Uhl, Albion, Ind, 1886 (d 1933); 1 son, Melvin C. d Newton, Kans, Apr 29, 1946.
McCoy, Clifford Clyde, b near Tingley, Ringgold Co, Iowa, Dec 10, 1876. ord Cong, Vinton, La, Feb, 14, 1905. p Vinton, La, 1903-07; Fisher, La, 1908-11; Sherman, Tex, 1911-12; Kiowa, Kans, 1912-19; Newton, Kans, 1919-21; Rosedale ch, Kansas City, Kans, 1921-24; Independence, Kans, 1924-34; Chelsea ch, Kansas City, Kans, 1934-35; Ellis, Kans, 1935-46. m Mary Alice Rankin, Roseland, La, 1897 (d); 3 ch, Cecil Clyde, John Wilmot (d), Agnes Mae (Hulsizer); m 2nd, Mina Upton, Kansas City, Kans, 1924. d Independence, Kans, July 16, 1946.
McGregor, Ernest Frank, b Alexandria, NH, Oct 7, 1879. ed Univ of Minn, BA, 1901; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1904; Yale Univ, MA, 1906, PhD, 1910. ord Cong, Avon, Conn, Nov 30, 1904. p Avon, Conn, 1904- 07; Clinton, Conn, 1907-12; Norwalk, Conn, 1912-44, p em, 1944-46. Inst, Sociology, Yale Div Sch, 1907- 09; YMCA sec, Newport, RI, World War I, 1918; chmn, Bd of Pas Sup, 1930-46, pres, bd of trustees. Hill- side Sch, Norwalk, Conn, 1939-42. m Gertrude Ellen Jewett, St Paul, Minn, 1904; 4 ch, Donald Rait, Charles Jewett, Ruth Janet (Hawley), Elizabeth, d Clinton, Conn, May 31, 1946.
Mears, Charles Leon, b Lowell, Mich, Nov 8, 1869. ed Olivet Coll, BA, 1891; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1896. ord Cong, Excelsior, Minn, June 23, 1896. p Excelsior, Minn, 1896-1901; Snohomish, Wash, 1901-04; Reno, Nev, 1904-10; Alameda, Cal, 1910-19; Lynnhurst ch, Minneapolis, Minn, 1919-24; La Crosse, Wis, 1924-30; Union ch. La Jolla, Cal, 1930-35; Fairfax, Cal, 1935-40, p em, 1940-46. to Ernestine Wyer, Excel- sior, Minn, 1897; 6 ch, Louise (McCausland), Gilbert Malcolm, Verah (Leonard), Leon Artemas, Clara (Harlow), Ralph Erwin, (d). d Chula Vista, Cal, July 10, 1946.
Meyer, Frank Joseph, b Petersburg, Ky, Feb 28, 1879. ed Atlanta (Ga) Theol Sem. ord Cong, At- lanta, Ga, May 6, 1909. p Plymouth ch, Cincinnati, Ohio (lie), 1904-08; Minnequa ch & Irving PI ch, Pueblo, Colo, 1909-10; Kalama, Wash, 1911-13; St Helens, Ore, 1913-15; University Pk ch, Portland, Ore, 1915-
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18; Oberlin ch, Steilacoom, Wash, 1922-26; Sylvan; Wash, 1930-32; Atkinson Mem ch, Portland, Ore, 1932-33; University Pk ch, Portland, Ore (2nd pas), 1933-3G; Elliott Prairie & Hubbard & Monitor & Smyrna, Ore (sup), 1940^6. YMCA sec, France, World War I, 1918-21; chief juvenile probation off, Pierce Co, Wash, 1921-24; 32° Mason, m Edna V Jones, Pueblo, Colo, 1910; 1 son, Frank La Grande, d Portland, Ore, July 9, 1946.
Miller, Jason George, 6 Newport, NH, Jan 24, 1868. ed Dartmouth Coll, BA, 1892; Andover Theol Sem, BD, 1899. ord Cong, Harvard, Mass, Sept 12, 1899. p Harvard, Mass, 1899-1904; Quincy ch, Atlantic, Mass, 1904-07; Ashburnham, Mass, 1907-14; South ch, Peabody, Mass, 1914-20; South Attleboro, Mass, 1921-23; Harvard ch, Dorchester, Mass, 1923-25; Medfield, Mass, 1926-35; Spurndnk ch, Cape Elizabeth, Me, 1936-38. Tea, high schs, 1892-96. m Anna Gertrude Veasey, Deerfield, NH, 1895; 2 ch, Leigh Veasey, Carroll French, d Plainville, Conn, Sept 19, 1945.
Mills, Charles Lawrence, b Norfolk, Conn, June 6, 1866. ed Marietta (Ohio) Coll, BA, 1885; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1892. ord Cong, Russell, Kans, Aug 29, 1892. p Goodland, Kans, 1892-93; Mayflower ch, Wichita, Kans, 1893; Stockton, Kans, 1893-96; Clay Center, Kans, 1896-99; Fredonia, Kans, 1899-1902; Union ch, Indianapolis, Ind, 1902-05; West Terre Haute, Ind, 1905-08; Westville, 111, 1908-11; Neponset, 111, 1911-18; Spring Valley, 111, 1918-28. m Rosabelle Stevens, Brookville, Kans, 1893; 4 ch, Helen Willard (Hands), Marian Warner, Donald Lawrence (d), AUyn Stevens, d Chicago, 111, Oct 28, 1946.
Morgan, Abraham Rees, b Swansea, Wales, Dec 4, 1886. ed Bangor Univ, Wales, grad 1912. ord Bapt, Holyhead, Wales, Sept 12, 1912; entered Cong fellowship 1943. p New Park St Eng ch, Holyhead, Wales (Bapt), 1912-30; Calvary ch, Shenandoah, Pa (Bapt), 1930-43; Edwards' Mem ch, Edwardsville, Pa, 1943-46. Chap, British Army, World War I, 1914-19; decorated on battlefield in Palestine by Duke of Connaught & later invested at Buckingham Palace by King George V with Military Cross for conspicuous service, 1919. m Ethel Rees, Llandrindod, Wells, Wales, 1921; 2 ch. Clifford R, Pauline R. d Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Dec 29, 1946.
Naylor, Benjamin Dent, 6 Owersby, Lincoln, Eng, Dec 19, 1869. ord Cong, Crockett, Cal, Mar 26, 1894. p Crockett, Cal, 1893-95; Suisun, Cal, 1896-98; 1st ch. Grass Valley, Cal, 1898-1902; Hay ward, Cal, 1902-15; Sebastopol, Cal, 1916-29; Porterville, Cal, 1929-33; Ambrose, 1934 & Port Chicago, Cal, 1934- 36. TO May Gardiner, Crockett, Cal, 1897 (d); no ch. d Martinez, Cal, Jan 23, 1946.
Page, Ned Hurbert, 6 Holly Springs, NC, Nov 10, 1875. ord Chr, Holly Springs, NC, Nov 16, 1915. p Afro Chr chs in NC. Treas, So Dist Conf, Afro Chr Conv, NC, several yrs. m Lula Page, d Holly Springs, NC, May 8, 1946.
Patch, Olive Pearson, 6 West Point, Neb, Aug 1, 1895. ed Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111; Univ of Chicago; Kingfisher Coll, Okla, BA, 1920; grad study, Radcliffe Coll & Harvard Univ. ord Cong, Chickasha, Okla, Apr 28, 1927. Field sec, Exten Eds, Boston, Mass, New York, NY, Washington, DC, 1920-27; pres. Women's Asso, Mid Atl Conf; bd mem, Mid Atl Conf, 6 yrs; pres, Women's Presidents of Cong Women's Fell. TO Don Ivan Patch, Houston, Tex, Aug 1, 1927; 2 ch, Don Ivan, Jr, Ruey Joan, d Plainfield, NJ, Mar 28, 1946.
Patton, John Webster, b Alamance Co, NC, Nov 8, 1860. ed Graham Normal Coll; Suffolk Colleg Inst; Univ of NC. ord Chr, New Elam, NC, Nov 18, 1887. p Pleasant Ridge & Shallowford, NC, 1887-91; Liberty & Park's Cross Rds & Pleasant Hill & Pleasant Ridge & Staleys, NC, 1891-96; South Boston, 1899 & Ingram, Pleasant Grove, 1899-1903 & Hebron, 1899-1905 & Union, Va, 1900-05 & Graham, 1904 & New Providence, NC, 1904-06; Pleasant Ridge & Ramseur & Shallow Ford, 1906-07 & Morrisville, 1906-12 & New Hope, 1907 & Shallow Well, 1909 & Oak Level & Youngsville, 1909-10 & Good Hope & Pope's Chapel, 1909-12 & Wentworth, NC, 1911-13; Liberty, 1914 & Lebanon, 1914-16 & Mt Auburn, 1914-19 & Berea, 1915 & Hank's Chapel, 1919 & Hine's Chapel, 1919-20 & Shallow Ford, NC, 1919-24; Liberty, 1928-29 & Bethlehem ch, Altamahaw, 1929-33 & Mt Bethel ch, Summerfield & Kallam's Grove ch, Madison, NC, 1931-33. Masonic lee, 1934-45; 32° Mason, to Minnie Vance Cummings, Gibsonville, NC, 1886 (d); 4 ch, William Cummings (d), Minnie AUene (Rich), Thelma Vance (d), Kent Webster (d); m 2nd, Donie Rich, Faison, NC, 1897 (d); 1 dau, Gwendolyn (Fogleman). d Elon College, NC, May 29, 1946.
Payne, Wilbur Newton, b Algona, Iowa, Jan 24, 1869. ed Oberlin Coll. ord Cong, Superior, Wis, Dec 13, 1899. p Rescue Mis, Superior, Wis (indep), 1896-1904; Cable & Sauk Rapids, Minn, 1905-08; Wayzata, Minn, 1908-13; Imman ch, St Paul, Minn, 1913-25; Centralia, Kans, 1925-27; Bowmanville ch, Chicago, 111 (indep), 1927-36; Imman ch, St Paul, Minn, 1936-43. to Charlotte M Beebe, Sioux Falls, SD, 1902 (d); 6 ch, Margaret (Stahnke), Evangeline (Pickering), Edward, Homer, Harriet, Charlotte, d St Paul, Minn, Dec 4, 1946.
Perry, Durward James, b South Bend, Ind, Oct 14, 1906. ed LIFE Bible Coll, Los Angeles, Cal, grad 1931. ord Chr Evang Asso, Dayton, Ohio, Sept 28, 1934; entered Cong fellowship 1937. P Hew Hope ch, Tipton, 1936-38 & Bloomingsburg ch, Rochester, 1937^0 & North Webster, Ind, 1938-40; Burlington, Ind (Meth), 1944-45. Supt, Lighthouse Mis, Terre Haute, Ind, 1938^4. to Marian Lucille Garred, Winona Lake, Ind, 1943; 1 dau, Janice Dorene. d Burlington, Ind, Jan 18, 1945.
Porter, Frank Chamberlin, 6 Beloit, Wis, Jan 5, 1859. ed Beloit Coll, BA, 1880, MA, 1883; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1886; Yale Univ, PhD, 1889; hon degree, DD, Beloit Coll, 1897, Yale Univ, 1931. ord Cong, New Haven, Conn, Jan 3, 1895. Inst, Bibl Theol, 1889-91, Winkley prof, Bibl Theol, 1891-27, prof em, 1927-46, Yale Div Sch; lee, Theol, Yenching Univ, Peking, China, 1924-25; Nathaniel W Taylor lee, Yale Div Sch, 1929. author, The Yecer Hera, in Biblical and Semitic Studies, 1901 ; Messages of the Apocalyptical Writers, 1905; The Pre-existence of the Soul in the Book of Wisdom and in the Rabbinical Writings, in Old Testa- ment and Semitic Studies, 1907; The Mind of Christ in Paul, 1929; Toward a Biblical Theology for the Present, in Contemporary American Theology, 2nd series, 1933. m Delia Wood Lyman, New Haven, Conn,
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1891 (d); 2 sons, Lyman Edwards, William Quincy, d New Haven, Conn, Jan 24, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Powell, Gregory John, 6 Exeter, Ont, Can, Oct 29, 1857. ed McGill Univ; Toronto Univ, BA, 1880; Oberlin Theol Sem, BD. 1883. hon degree, DD, Fargo (ND) Coll, 1912. ord Cong, Freedom, Ohio, Sept 7, 1883. p Freedom, Ohio, 1883-86; Chadron, Neb. 1886-90; Hillside ch, Omaha, Neb, 1892-95; Say ville, NY, 1895-99; Anita & Ballantine & Osborn ch, Huntley, Mont, 1925-27, V em, 1927-46. Supt, Black Hills & Wyo District, 1890-92; supt, ND, 1899-1909; supt, Mont, 1909-21; sec, Yellowstone Valley Cong Club, Billings, Mont, 1921-25. m Ermina Elizabeth Bailey, Guelph, Ont, Can, 1883, 6 ch, Gertrude Mary (d), Marjorie Ethel (Logan), Gregory Samuel, Dorothy Ermina (Barteau), Pauline Willard (Toby), Ida L (Berg) (adopted), d Billings, Mont, Dec 3, 1946.
Prescott, Percival Albion, h Dorchester, Mass, July 24, 1889. ed Bangor Theol Sem, grad 1915. ord Cong, Humboldt, Ariz, 1916. p Humboldt, Ariz, 1915-17; Pitcher, NY, 1917-18. US Army Med Dept, 1917-18; in bus. New York, NY, 1919-23. d Watertown, Mass, 1942.
Queen, Charles Nicholas, 6 Upshur Co, W Va, Feb 17, 1861. ed Otterbein Coll, Westerville, Ohio, BA; Lane Sem, Cincinnati, Ohio, MA. hon degree, DD, Philomath (Ore) Coll, 1913. ord UB, Massillon, Ohio, 1886; entered Cong fellowship 1890. p Fredonia, Kans, 1889-91; Fort Scott, Kans, 1891-94; Plymouth ch, Guthrie, Okla, 1894-96; Rootstown, Ohio, 1896-1900; Ventura, Cal, 1900-06; 1st ch, Fresno, Cal, 1906-08; 1st ch, San Bernardino, Cal, 1909-14; Berean ch, Los Angeles, Cal, 1914-15; Calexico, Cal, 1915-16; Union ch, Demorest, Ga, 1917-18; Mayflower ch, Los Angeles, Cal. 1920-23; Oil Center. Cal, 1923-24; Willow- brook, Cal, 1925-26. Dean, Atlanta (Ga) Theol Sem, 1918-20. author. Ten Minute Chapters; Why Are So Few Men in the Churches?; Threshold of the Kingdom, m Nettie Swigart, Ohio. 1898; 5 ch, Stuart, Paul, Ellen, Ruth, Charles, d Los Angeles, Cal, June 28, 1946.
Reeves, Floyd Dean, 6 Warsaw, NY, July 4, 1878, ed Chicago Theol Sem, 3 yrs. ord Cong, North Col- lins, NY, Mar 27, 1906. p North Collins, NY, 1903-07; Aurora, Neb, 1907-13; Huntley, 111, 1913-15; Ash- land, Neb, 1915-20; Wellington, Kans, 1920; Pilgrim ch, Oklahoma City, Okla, 1920-26; Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1926-29; Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1929-37; Creston, Iowa, 1937^3; Kingsley, Iowa. 1943-44. m Julia Mae But- ler. Perry. NY. 1907 (J); 2 ch, Dorothy Mae, Stanley Butler, d East Orange, NJ. Mar 14, 1946.
Reister, John F, h Odessa, Russia, Oct 3, 1874. ed Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1900. ord Cong, Alpena, SD, June 12, 1900. p Eureka, 1901-03 & Hoffnungsfeld ch. Eureka, 1901-02 & Imman ch, Hosmer & St Matthews ch, Hosmer & South Kassell, Hosmer & Hosmer, SD, 1901-03 ; St Markus ch. Blue Grass, 1903-07 & Benthanien ch. Glen Ullin. 1903-05 & St Paul ch. Hanover. 1903-04 & Bethesada ch, Hebron & Ebenezer ch, Leipzig, 1903-05 & Evang ch & New Glueckstal ch. Glen Ullin & St Paul ch, Hanover (2nd pas) & Bethel ch, Hazen, ND, 1905-07; Ger ch, Quincy, 1907-10 & Friedensfeld ch & Pilgrim ch, Odessa, Wash, 1908-10; Billings, Mont, 1913-14; Dryden, Wash, 1920-26; Quincy, Wash (2nd pas), 1926-28; Ger ch, Tacoma, Wash, 1930-32; Akron, 1932-36 & Ger ch. Brush, Colo, 1932-39; Bethune, Colo, 1939-42; Elk Grove, Cal, 1942- 44. Field sec, Redfield (SD) Coll, 1914-20; ran apple orchard, Dryden. Wash, 1920-29. m Johanna Elizabeth Mees. Alpena. SD, 1900; 11 ch, Esther Ann (Leid), Lydia D, Samuel John, Martha M (Schimke), Paul C, Johanna E (Adams). Ruth H (Friehauf), Lorene M (Myer). Elizabeth C (Cornwell), James R D, John F, Jr. d Walla Walla, Wash. Nov 20, 1946.
Roblee, Henry Scott, 6 North Creek, NY, Nov 17, 1858; ed Hillsdale (Mich) Coll. BD. 1884, MD. 1887; Olivet Coll, BA, 1893. hon degree, DD, Hillsdale Coll, 1911. ord Bapt, Osseo, Mich, 1883; entered Cong fellowship 1889. p Osseo, Mich (Bapt), 1883-85; Minneapolis, Minn (Bapt), 1886-88; Sandstone ch, Jack- son, Mich, 1889-90; Charlotte. Mich, 1890-96; Kenosha, Wis. 1896-1902; St Joseph. Mich. 1902-08; Sycamore, 111, 1908-11; Decatur, 111, 1911-15; Glen EUyn, 111, 1915-21; Prophetstown. 111. 1921-24; 1st eh (now Fed). Sycamore, 111 (2nd pas), 1925-35, p em, 1935—45. m Alma Louvisa Partridge, North Creek, NY, 1880 (d)\ 5 ch, Genevieve Roblee (Dickerson), Lawrence Howard (d), Leonard Field, Lowell Allen, Leland Henry Scott; m 2nd. Mrs Fern Howting. Clinton, Iowa, 1941. d Glen EUyn, 111, Dec 1. 1945.
Roys, Edville Adallas, 6 Stanstead, Can. Apr 28, 1879. ed Bates Coll, BA, 1903; Cobb Div Sch, Lewis- ton, Me, 1 yr; Tufts Div Sch, Medford, Mass, 1905-06. ord Univ, Abington, Mass, June 17, 1907; entered Cong fellowship 1909. p Abington, Mass, 1906-09; 1st ch, Boxford, Mass, 1909-12; Fruitvale ch. Oakland, Cal, 1912-15; Corona, Cal, 1915-17; 1st ch. Revere, Mass, 1917-18; Kingston, NH, 1918-23; Riverdale ch, Dedham, Mass, 1926-27; Maverick ch. East Boston, Mass, 1927-31. Owner & mgr, fruit farm. East lungs- ton, NH, 1935-45. m Mabelle Foster, 1906 (d); 2 ch, Priscilla (Ross), Edville C. d East Kingston, NH. Juh 16, 1945.
Russell, Howard Hyde, h Stillwater. Minn. Oct 21. 1855. ed Indianola (Iowa) Coll, LLB, 1878; Oberlin Theol Sem, BD, 1888. hon degrees, MA, Oberlin Coll, 1895; LLD. National Normal Univ, Washing- ton, DC, 1897, Otterbein Coll, Ohio, 1922; DD, Ohio Wesleyan Univ, 1896, Oberlin Coll, 1921 ; LHD, Otter- bein Coll, 1935. ord Cong, North Amherst, Ohio, Dec 9, 1885. p Amherst & North Amherst, Ohio, 1884-87; Berea, Ohio, 1887-88; Tabernacle ch, Kansas City, Mo, 1888-91 ; Armour Mis, Chicago, 111 (indep), 1891-93. Organizer: Ohio Anti-Saloon League & supt, 1893-95; Anti-Saloon League of Am & supt, 1895-1903; Lin- coln Lee Legion, 1915; World League Against Alcoholism & 1st Am pres, 1919; supt, NY Anti-Saloon League, 1901-09; sec, Abstinence & Ed Dept, Lincoln Lee Legion, 1909-35; mem. Fed Council of Chs of Christ in Am, 1920-32. author, A Lawyer's Examination of the Bible, 1893. m Lillian Davis, Corning, Iowa, 1880; 2 ch, Ernest Clement (d 1939), Julia (Reed), d Westerville, Ohio, June 30, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Sargent, Sumner Horace, 6 Hartford, Vt, Aug 7, 1876. ed Dartmouth Coll, BL, 1897; Bangor Theol Sem. 1898-99; Hartford Theol Sem, BD, 1901. ord Cong, Sharon, Vt, Oct 31, 1901. p Sharon, Vt. 1901-03; Turner, Me, 1903-08; Patten, Me ,1908-12; Thomaston, Me. 1913-19; Swanzey, NH, 1920-21; let ch & 2nd
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ch, Newcastle, Me, 1921-27; Raymond, NH, 1927-33. In bus, Newburyport, Mass, 1934-40; sec, YMCA, Newburyport, Mass, 1943-46; 32° Mason, m Nettie Emma White, Burlington, Me, 1902; 1 son, Theron White, d Newburyport, Mass, Feb 28, 1946.
Schenck, Norman Craig, b Holmdel, NJ, Aug 5, 1882. ed Princeton Univ, BA, 1903; Auburn Theol Sem, BD, ld06. ord Presb, Auburn, NY, May 8, 1906; entered Cong fellowship 1916. p Hot Springs, NC (Presb), 1906-10; Waterloo, NY (Presb), 1910-15. Assosec, Hawaiian Bd of Mis, 1915-39, gen sec, 1940-43; del from Hawaii to World Conf on Chr Life & Work, Oxford, Eng, 1937. m Dorothy Jean Robinson, Oxford, Ohio, 1908; 5 ch, Edgar Craig, John Norman (d), Andrew Robinson (d), Jean V (d), Dorothy Van der Veer (Kneubuhl). d Honolulu, TH, Feb 25, 1946.
Schmidt, Paul, b Dresden, Saxony, Germany, June 6, 1866. ed Evang Prot Theol Sem, Chillicothe, Ohio, grad 1891. ord Evang Prot, Covington, Ky, June 21, 1891. (Evang Prot Ch merged with Cong Ch, 1925.) p Brookville & Klemrae's Corner & Southgate, Ind (Evang Prot), 1891-96; Trinity ch, Mt Healthy, Ohio (Luth), 1896-1910; St John's ch. West Covington, Ky (Evang Prot), 1910-12; Bridgetown, Ohio, 1912-41. Pres, Evang Prot Conf; ed, Sonntagsblatt, official pub, Evang Prot Conf. m Matilda Kumpfer, Covington, Ky, 1892 (d); 2 dau, Henrietta (Schunk), Emma (Schinkal). d Westwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug 24, 1946.
Selby, Alexander Clark, b Newton, Iowa, Dec 19, 1877. ed Adrian (Mich) Coll; Wheaton (111) Coll; Moody Bible Inst, Chicago, 111; Chicago Theol Sem. ord Cong, De Long, 111, Feb 17, 1899. p De Long, 111, 1899-1900; Harrison & Shirland, 111, 1905-06; Poplar Grove, 111, 1906-08; Buena Vista, Colo, 1908-09; Creede, Colo, 1909-10; Berkeley ch, Denver, Colo, 1911-13; Carpentersville, 111, 1913-16; Pilgrim ch, Bakersfield,Cal,1920-21;Alturas,Cal,1921-22;Morenci,Mich, 1928-29 ; Garner, Iowa, 1930-32 ;Castleton, 111 (Meth), 1934-37; Buda & Neponset, 111, 1937-39; Lily Lake, 111, 1940-46. Rep, Kans Children's Home Soc&UnivEdnlAsso, 1902-05 ; rep, Mont Children's Home Soc, 1917-19; in bus & sup Meth chs, 1923-27. TO Eliza Swager, Marengo, 111, 1900 (d 1913) ; 2 sojis, Irving R, Purves; to 2nd, Frances E Weigh tman, Elgin, 111, 1914. d Elgin, 111, Oct 10, 1946.
Shafer, Melville Arthur, b Summerville, Ont, Can, Apr 20, 1872. ed Univ of Toronto, Ont, Can; Victoria Univ, Toronto, Ont, Can; Parkdale Colleg Inst, Ont, Can. ord Cong, Cobourg, Ont, Can, Dec 21, 1898; entered US fellowship 1905. p Manitoba, Can (lie), 1896-98; Cobourg, Ont, Can, 1899-1901; Bethle- hem ch, Montreal, Ont, Can, 1901-02; Alton, NH, 1906-08; Needham, Mass, 1908-10; Maple St ch, Dan- vers.Mass, 1910-14; Wrentham, Mass, 1914-46. Evang work, NE & Can, 1902-06; chap, Wrentham (Mass) State Sch, 1917-46. author, Happy, 1899; Answers to Great Questions, 1907; Historical Addresses, 1920; Letters from a Preacher to His Wife, 1921; Every Day Lyrics, 1928; Pemaquid Point and Other Poems, 1941; Reveries of a Parson, 1945. to Pearl Morse, 1905; 2 ch, Llewellyn Morse, Gwendolyn (Potter) ; to 2nd, J Frances Wheeler, 1921. d Wrentham, Mass, Feb 25, 1946.
Sheldon, Charles Monroe, 6 Wellsville, NY, Feb 26, 1857. ed Brown Univ, BA, 1883; Andover Theol Sem, grad 1886. hon degree, DD, Temple Coll, Pa, 1898, Washburn Municipal Univ, Kans, 1900, Brown Univ, 1923. ord Cong, Waterbury, Vt, Nov 16, 1886. p Waterbury, Vt, 1886-88; Central ch, Topeka, Kans, 1889-1919, p em, 1941-46. Editor, Christian Herald, NY, 1920-25, contbg editor, 1925-41. author, Richard Bruce, 1891; Robert Hardy's Seven Days, 1892; The Twentieth Door, 1893; The Crucifixion of Philip Strong, 1893; John King's Question Class, 1894; His Brother's Keeper, 1895; In His Steps, 1896; Malcolm Kirk, 1897; Lend a Hand, 1897; The Redemption of Freetown, 1898; The Miracle at Markham, 1898; One of the Two, 1898; For Christ and the Church, 1899; Edward Blake, 1899; Born to Serve, 1900; Who Killed Joe's Baby? 1901; The Wheels of the Machine, 1901; The Reformer, 1902; The Narrow Gate, 1902; The Heart of the World, 190o; Paul Douglas; The Good Fight; A Sheldon Year Book, 1909; Howard Chase, 1917; A Little Book for Every Day, 1917; All the World, 1918; Heart Stories, 1920; In His Steps Today, 1921; The Richest Man in Kansas, 1921; The Everyday Bible, 1924; The Happiest Day of My Life, 1925; Two Old Friends, 1925; Charles M Sheldon, His Life and Story, 1925. m Mary Abby Merriam, Topeka, Kans, 1891; 1 son, Merriam W. d Topeka, Kans, Feb 24, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Small, Paul Louis, b Shrewsbury, La, Apr 12, 1884. ed Gulfside Meth Training Sch, Waveland, Miss, grad. ord Meth, New Orleans, La, 1936; entered Cong fellowship 1944. p Prairieville, La (Meth) (lay), 1932-34; Phillip Mem ch. New Orleans, La (Meth) (asst), 1935-40; Woodbury ch. Lake Charles, La, 1944-46. Unmarried, d near Lake Charles, La, Aug 3, 1946.
Smith, Caleb E, b Bethel, NJ, Apr 23,1865. ed Harvard Univ; Revere (Mass) Lay Coll, grad 1899. ord Cong, Peru, Mass, May 24, 1904. p Halifax, Vt (lie), 1899-1901; Peru, Mass (lie), 1901-04; Heath, Mass, 1904-07; Roxbury, Vt, 1907-09; Peru, Mass (2nd pas), 1909-18; Prescott, Mass, 1918-28; Paxton, Mass, 1928-32. m Mary E C Hunter, 1898 (d 1905); m 2nd, Alice Josephine Goodridge, Revere, Mass, 1906; 1 dau, Ruth Hunter (Rock), d Wenham, Mass, Mar 2, 1946.
Smith, Stewart Henry, b Winchester, Hampshire, Eng, June 11, 1872. ed Winchester Coll, Eng. ord Cong, Garretson, SD, Sept 26, 1907. p Garretson, SD, 1907-09; 2nd ch, Winona, Minn, 1909-10; Bethel & Loomis, SD, 1910-11; Independence & Pleasant Prairie ch. Independence, Iowa, 1911-12; Clay ch, Richland, Iowa, 1912-13; Avon, 111, 1913-14; Mantorville, Minn, 1914-18; Waseca, Minn, 1919-20; Rock Rapids, Iowa, 1920-22; Hartwick, Iowa, 1922-23; Bloomer, Wis, 1923-27; 1st ch. New Richmond, Wis, 1927-30; Com ch. Lone Rock & Spring Green, Wis, 1930-33. Organized & operated Viroqua (Wis) Hospital, 1934^0. TO Lucy Thomas, Winona, Minn, 1910; 2 dau, Beatrice Elizabeth (Jacobson), Kathryn Margaret (Fortney). d Viroqua, Wis, July 11, 1946.
Smith, William, b Cupar, Fifeshire, Scot, Feb 15, 1864. ed Harley Coll, London, Eng, grad 1887; Am Inst of Sacred Lit, Univ of Chicago, 111, 1898. ord Cong, Bureau, 111, Dec 12, 1888. p Bureau, 111, 1888- 91; Plymouth, 111, 1891-92; Huntington, Ore, 1893-95; Averyville ch, Peoria, 111, 1895-96; Marshall, 111, 1896-98; Joy Prairie, 111, 1898-1903; Mem ch, St Louis, Mo, 1903-13; Bonne Terre, Mo, 1914-16; Avery-
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\'ille, 111 (2nd pas), 1926-28. Insurance bus, Peoria, 111, 1916-26; relig ed, Peoria (111) Transcript-,Iournal, 1916-36. TO Mildred Bell Henning, Sheffield, 111, 1890 {d 1932); 4 dau, Marian (d), Rachel (d), Alice (d), Frances (Smith) (d); m 2nd, Mrs Emma Louise Phillips, Peoria, 111, 1939. d Peoria, 111, Oct 26, 1946.
Spoolman, Jacob, 6 East Clinton, 111, Jan 26, 1874. ed Lake Forest (111) Univ, BA, 1902; McCormick Theol Sem, Chicago, 111, 1902-03; Pacific Sch of Relig, Berkeley, Cal, BD, 1905; Yale Div Sch, MA, 1911. ord Cong, Oakland, Cal, Apr 25, 1905. p Sierraville, Cal, 1905-07; Glen Ellen & Kenwood, Cal, 1907-10; Prospect, Conn (sup), 1911; Hiawatha, Kans, 1911-13; Chewelah, Wash, 1914-17; Rainier, Ore, 1917-20; Birnamwood & Eland, Wis, 1920-29; 1st ch, Ashland, Wis, 1937-40. Prof, Eng. Northland Coll, Ashland, Wis, 1929-34. author. The Will to Be Christian, 1942. m Ethel Allen Dodge, Redwood City, Cal, 1905; 8 ch, Harry O, Raliih N, John Allen, Jacob Arthur, Arthur Dodge, Beulah Jennie, Ruth Amy, Julia Clarissa (d). d Ashland, Wis, Oct 30, 1946.
Starblrd, Frank Russell, h Thompson, Pa, Jan 3, 1873. ord Cong, Paris Hill, NY, June 6, 1928. p
Burlington Flats & West Exeter, NY (Meth) (Meth lie), 1907-09; Plymouth, NY (Meth) (Meth lie), 1910-12; Norway, NY (Meth) (Meth lie), 1912-15; Newport, NY (Meth) (Meth lie), 1915-23; Prospect, NY (Meth lie), 1925-26; Paris, NY, 1926-30; Waterville, NY (Bapt), 1930-32; North Western, NY (Meth), 1936-40. Supt of farm. Masonic Home, Utica, NY. ?« Margaret Housten Hill, Jersey City, NJ, 1896; no ch. d Deposit, NY, July 30, 1946.
Stark, Charles William, 6 Rome, Wis, Apr 28, 1862. ed Laurence Coll, Appleton, Wis; corres course, Newton Theol Sem. ord Cong, Genoa Bluffs, Iowa, Oct 5, 1893. p Genoa Bluffs, Iowa, 1893-1900; Hillsboro, Wis, 1900-02; Sun Prairie & Token, Wis, 1902-14; Aurelia, Iowa, 1914-17; Tombstone, Ariz, 1917-21; Earlville, Iowa, 1921-25; Belmond, Iowa, 1925-27; Lewis, Iowa, 1927-36; Marengo, Iowa, 1936-39. 32° Mason, to Annie Kiethie Marsden, Albion Prairie, Wis, 1888; 4 ch, Lewis A S, Saidee E, Jeanette V (d), Mildred M. d Oakland, Cal, June 22, 1946.
Stimpke, John Jacob, h Beaver Dam, Wis, Aug 4, 1878. ed North Central Coll, Naperville, 111, grad 1909; Western Union Theol Sem, Le Mars, Iowa, grad 1910. ord Evang, AUendorf, Iowa, 1910; entered Cong fellowship 1930. p AUendorf, Iowa (Evang), 1910-15; Rockwell City, Iowa (Evang) 1915-27; Canistota, SD (Meth), 1927-28; Valley Springs, SD (Meth), 1928-29; Worthing, SD, 1929-37; Istch.Isabel&Firesteel, SD, 1938^5. 32° Mason, to Emelia Swen, Milbank, SD, 1898 (d 1918) ; 2 ch, Emma (Giest), John; m 2nd, Lenora Jacobson, Beresford, SD, 1937. d Mobridge, SD, Jan 6, 1946.
Sundberg, E Kermit, 6 Meriden, Iowa, May 30, 1909. ed Columbia Univ, BS, 1940; North Park Coll, Chicago, 111, ThB, 1934; Yale Univ, MA, 1946. ord Cong, Weston, Conn, May 18, 1943. p Ev Mis Cov ch, Indian Harbor, Ind (Ev Mis Cov lie), 1933-34; Emman ch. New Haven, Conn (Ev Mis Cov lie), 1934-37; Swed ch. West New Brighton, Staten Island, NY (Ev Mis Cov lie), 1937^0; Norfield ch, Weston, Conn, 1942-46. Boy scout leader, Weston, Conn, 1943-45; tea. Psych, Jr Coll, Bridgeport, Conn, 1944^5. to Frances Nelson, Rockford, 111, 1933; 1 dau, Mary Tuck, d aboard SS Gripsholm en route Gothenburg, Swed, July 14, 1946.
Swertfager, George Albert, 6 Utica, NY, Apr 6, 1871. ed Amherst Coll, BS, 1897; Andover Theol Sem, 1899-1901; Union Theol Sem, grad 1902. ord Cong, Rutland, Vt, Dec 16, 1902. p Rutland, Vt (asst), 1902-03; Morris, 111, 1903-05; Dodge Center, Minn, 1905-00; Princeton, Minn, 1907-09: Union ch. Hurley, NM (indep), 1915-16; St Paul's ch, Oregon, 111 (Luth), 1916-19; Philadelphia, NY, 1919-20. Proof reader, Chicago (111) Tribune, 1920^6. m Ysabel Swan, Waban, Mass, 1944. d Northampton, Mass, July 14, 1946.
Tedford, Joseph Ezra, 6 Aylmer, Ont, Can, Mar 13, 1868. ord Cong, Saugatuck, Mich, May 7, 1906. p Butternut & Crystal, Mich (lie), 1902-03; Saranac, Mich (lie), 1903-05; Saugatuck, Mich, 1905-06; Edmonds, 1906-09 & Richmond, Wash, 1906-08; Eagle Harbor ch, Winslow, Wash, 1909-10; Natchez ch, North Yakima, Wash, 1910-13; Grass Valley, Cal, 1914-18; Kensington ch, Philadelphia, Pa (sup), 1918; 1st ch. Fort Worth, Tex, 1919-21; Arkansas City, Kans, 1921-23. In bus & farming, to Harriet Piper (d); 5 ch, Russell Hartwick (d), Arlo Leslie (d), Oren Arthur (d), Dorothy Opal (Olson), Eda Mae (Stewart); TO 2nd, Sarah E Olivant, London, Ont, Can, 1942. d Fort Worth, Tex, Jan 18, 1946.
Thomsen, Eric Hakon, 6 Copenhagen, Den, Apr 9, 1891. ed Kobmandsskolen, Den; Union Theol Sem, 1923-24. ord Cong, Mt Vernon, NY, May 10, 1928. p Judson Mem ch. New York, NY (Bapt) (lay asst), 1923-24; Keene Valley, NY, 1928-34; Gays Mills & Lynxville & Manning, Wis, 1941-42. In steamship bus, 1908-21; counselor, YMCA Stud Movement, Univ of ND & Univ of Mich, 1925-28; est Neighborhood Hosp & Keene Valley Industries, Keene Valley, NY, 1928-34; govt service with TV A & regional dir, Cal & Southwest, Resettlehient Admin, in charge of migratory workers, 1934-38; Fed Pub Housing Auth, San Francisco, Cal, 1942-44; dist off. War Relocation Auth, Santa Barbara, Cal, 1944-46. to Christine Victoria Nielsen, Copenhagen, Den, 1911 (d 1924); 3 ch, Erik, Ulla (Murray), Kjeld Hakon; to 2nd, .\lthea Payson, Brookline, Mass, 1929 (d 1934) ; 2 ch, Charles Hakon, Althea Train; m 3rd, Mary Ethelyn Brown, Berkeley, Cal, 1943; 1 son, William Robin, d Calabasas, Cal, Mar 18, 1946.
Tillman, William Howell, 6 Americus, Ga, Feb 22, 1874. ed Atlanta (Ga) Theol Sem, BD, 1906. ord Cong, near Cordele, Ga, July, 1902. p Americus, Ga, 1903-04; Marietta St ch, Atlanta, Ga, 1906-09; New Smyrna, Fla, 1910-12; Hampton, 1912-21 & The Rock, 1912-15 & Woodbury, 1912-14 & Barnes\-ille, Ga, 1914-15; Central ch, Atlanta, Ga (asst), 1922-23; Cochran, Ga, 1926-27; Good Hope ch & Pyron's chap. Baker & Bonifay & Christ's ch & Dorcas ch, Crestview, Fla, 1927-35; Antioch ch & Cold Water ch & New Home ch, Andalusia & Goshen, 1935-39 & Liberty ch, Brantley, 1937-39 & Indian Creek ch, Brantley, Ala, 1938-39; Bonifay, Fla (2nd pas) & Headland & Midland City & Clio, Ala, 1939-43. In bus, 1915-27; reg & treas, Ga Conf, 1918-26. m Arie Malissie Chapman, Pitts, Ga, 1915; 1 son, William Fred, d Atlanta, Ga, Jan 6, 1946.
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Torrey, Daniel Temple, b Fairfield, Okla, Feb 2, 1859. ed Univ of Vt, BA, 1881; Andover Theol Sam, BD, 1887. ord Cong, Dorchester, Mass, June 4, 1888. p Harvard ch, Dorchester, Mass, 1888-92; Edgewood ch, Cranston, RI, 1895-98. Sch prin: Rouses Point, NY, 1881 & 1882-83, Burlington, Vt, 1882, Chateaugay, NY, 1883-84, Punchard Acad, Andover, Mass, 1886, Chepachet, RI, 1899; asso ed, Bible Study Union Lessons, Boston, Mass, 1892-94; inst, physics, Tech High Sch, Providence, RI, 1907; in life insurance from 1899. TO Anna Louise Marsh, New York, NY, 1890; 7 ch, George Safford, Roger Clapp (d), Marian Marsh, Katharine Adelaide, Anna St John (d), Charles Richard (d), Daniel Temple, Jr {d). d Providence, RI, Jan 6, 1946.
Travis, Thomas, b Gee Cross (now Hyde), Cheshire, Eng, June 18, 1875. ed Harvard Univ, 1897-98; Princeton Univ, 1900; Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, Conn, BA, 1901; Columbia Univ, MA, 1904; Union Theol Sem, BD, 1904; NY Univ, PhD, 1908. ord Cong, Montclair, NJ, Oct 27, 1904. p 1st ch, Montclair, NJ (lie asst), 1902-04; Pilgrim ch, Montclair, NJ (asst), 1904-09; Watchung Ave ch, Montclair, NJ, 1909-38, p em, 1938-46. YMCA sec & chap, British Army, France, World War I; received King George Medal for bravery in action, author, The Young Malefactor, 1908. to Mary Eleanor Wilson, New York, NY, 1908; 1 dau, Mary Wilson (Arny). d Bradenton, Fla, Feb 1, 1946.
Tsuji, Mitsutaro, ord Cong, 1888. p Jap ch, Paia, TH, 1893-1905; Jap ch, Lihue, TH, 1905-11; Jap ch, Fresno, Cal, 1912-16; Jap Union ch, Ogden, Utah, 1921-33. d Japan, Dec 21, 1945.
Turrentine, William Jesse, b Mebane, NC, Mar 20, 1871. ed Talladega (Ala) Coll, grad 1903. ord Cong, Talladega, Ala, June 17, 1903. p Trinity ch, Athens, Ala, 1903-40. Mod & treas, Tenn Col Conf. to Jessie Wilson Estell, Athens, Ala, 1903 (d 1911); 4 c/t, Kathryn (Stanley) , Winifred (Daves), William, Emily (d); TO 2nd, Myrtle Nadine Jones, Athens, Ala, 1917; 2 dau, Mildred, Olivia, d Athens, Ala, Mar 9, 1946.
Uhlmann, Richard Paul, b Rothenfurt, Germany, Mar 23, 1893. ed Reutlingen Sem, Germany, grad 1921; Univ of ND, Grand Forks, ND, BA, 1936, MA, 1937; grad study, Lincoln (Neb) Univ, 3 yrs. ord Evang, Berlin, Germany, May, 1919; entered Cong fellowship 1929. p Kloestitz ch & St Johannes ch & St Paul ch. Garrison, ND, 1929-34; Antelope & Burt, ND, 1934-37; Pilgrim ch. Grand Island, Neb, 1937-38; Salem ch, Lincoln, Neb, 1938-41; Sanger, Cal, 1941^5; Sanger, Cal (asst), 1945-46. Treas, Ger Cal Conf, 1942^6. TO Johanna M Reimann, Dresden, Germany, 1921; no ch. d Fresno, Cal, Dec 27. 1946.
Vaananen, Johannes, b Joensuu, Fin, Sept 8, 1876. ed Revere Coll, Boston, Mass, grad 1906. ord Cong, Jersey City, NJ, May 17, 1906. p Bethlehem ch, Jersey City, NJ (Evang), 1906-12; Finn ch, Maynard, Mass, 1912-25; Finn ch, Portland, Ore, 1925-30; Finn ch, Hibbing, Minn, 1930-43; Finn ch. Basset, 1943-44 & Finn ch, Eveleth, Minn, 1943-45. Chap, 1st Finn-Russian war, 1895-96; mem. Exec Bd, Finn Relief Com, 1939-44; mod. Midwest Finn Cong Conf, 1935-40. to Ida Maria Tikkanen, Jersey City, NJ, 1907; 2 ch, Paul J, Martha (Savolainen). d Virginia, Minn, Jan 9, 1946.
Vint, Donald Gerard, b Cynthiana, Ind, Mar 10, 1879. ord Chr, Pleasant Hill, 111, Sept 10, 1903. p Union Grove, 111, 1904-05; Muncie & Olive & Olive Chapel, 111, 1907-08; also served Sims, Pleasant Union, Berlin, South Bend ch. Oblong, Freedom & Rafestown, 111. Evang, Chicago, 111. to Edith Ellen Stoltz, Clare- mont. 111 (d) ; 5 cA, Austin Everett (d) , Audrey (Coyer) , Dorothy (Coyer) , Alberta (Eierman) , Thoral Gerard, d Beardstown, 111, Mar 2, 1946.
Wessell, Nils Johan, b Valleberga, Skane, Swed, Nov 6, 1872. ed Chicago Theol Sem, grad 1902. ord Cong, Springfield, Mass, Sept 28, 1904. p Swed Evang Mis ch (later Swed Tabernacle), Brooklyn, NY, 1903-07; Swed 2nd ch, Worcester, Mass, 1907-12; Bethlehem Swed ch, Warren, Pa, 1912-18; Swed ch, Perth Amboy, 1918-24 & Swed Pilgrim ch, Plainfield, NJ, 1918-33. to Esther Wahlquist, Brooklyn, NY, 1907; 4 ch, Runlild Eugenia, Valdis Anet (Talbot), Margaret Kama (Teichmann), Nils Yngve. d Plainfield, NJ, Feb. 4, 1946.
White, George Edward, b Marash, Turkey, Oct 14, 1861. ed Grinnell Coll, BA, 1882, MA, 1887; Hartford Theol Sem, 1885-86; Chicago Theol Sem, BD, 1887; grad study, Oxford Univ, 1907. hon degrees, DD, Grinnell Coll, 1906; LLD, Anatolia Coll, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1936. ord Cong, Waverly, Iowa, Sept 14, 1887. p Waverly, Iowa, 1887-90. Tea, Latin & Hist, Hastings (Neb) Coll, 1882-84; my, ABCFM, Near East, 1890-1934, serving as tea, dean (1905-13) & pres (1914-33), Anatolia Coll in Merzifon, Turkey, until World War I, then reopened in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1923; dir. Near East Relief, Minneapolis, Minn, 1917-19 & 1922-23, Merzifon, Turkey, 1919-21. author, Charles Chapin Tracy: Missionary, Philanthropist, Educator, 1918; Adventuring with Anatolia College, 1940. to Esther Burrill Robbins, Muscatine, Iowa, 1887; 5 ch, Margaret Burrill, Mary Robbins (d), George DeForest, Esther King (Parr), Katherine Joanna (Burl- ing), d Claremont, Cal, Apr 27, 1946. (See Who's Who in America.)
Wild, Levi, 6 Royalton, Vt, June 29, 1859. ed Dartmouth Coll, BA, 1883; Union Theol Sem, grad 1886. ord Cong, Ferrisburg, Vt, May 3, 1893. p Vershire, Vt (lie), 1890-91 ; Ferrisburg, Vt, 1891-94; Franklin, Vt, 1895-1900; Hartland, Vt, 1900-01; Gaysvillech, Stockbridge, Vt, 1918-20. Farming, Royalton, Vt, 1901-18. m Emily B Baker, West Glover, Vt, 1891 (d 1944) ; 1 son, David Baker, d Royalton, Vt, May 26, 1946.
Wilder, George Durand, 6 Ripon, Wis, June 26, 1869. ed Yankton Coll, 1885-89; Oberlin Coll, BA, 1891; Oberlin Theol Sem, 1891-93; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1894. hon degree, DD, Oberlin Coll, 1915. ordCong, Oberlin, Ohio, June 17, 1894. My, ABCFM, North China, 1894-1939; Peiping-Tungchow Dist, 1894-1910; prof, Union Theol Sem, Peiping, 1911-30; Tehchow, Shantung, 1930-37; connected with Coll of Chin Studies, Peiping, 1939-43; Weihsien Intern Camp, Mar-Sept, 1943; mem, Int Famine Relief Commn. oui/ior. Analysis of (1002) Chinese Characters (with J H Ingram), 1920; Birds of Northeast China (with Hugh W Hubbard), 1938; Three Thousand Script Dictionary (with Chin Hsien-Tseng) , 1941; edit. Historical Atlas of China, 1908; trans into Chin, GeorgS Adam Smith's Historical Geography of Palestine, t912. to Gertrude W Stanley, Tientsin, China, 1895; 4 ch, Theodore S, Margaret (Menzi), G Durand, (Frances) Ursula (Dan- iels), d Oberlin, Ohio, May 5. 1946.
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Willey, Edward Harfford, 6 Morgan Co, Ohio, Oct 22, 1867. ord Chr, Barnes City, Iowa, Jan 30, 1902. p Antioch ch, Fairfield, Iowa, 1904-07 & Pleasant Ridge ch, Baring, Mo, 1904-19 & Oak Grove ch, Letts, 1905-06 & Bethlehem ch, Floris, Iowa, 1908-14 & Baring, Mo, 1909-16 & Sandusky ch, Koekuk, 1915-16 & Bethlehem ch, Floris (2nd pas), 1917-18 & Oak Grove ch, Letts, Iowa (2nd pas), 1918-19 & Baring, Mo (2nd pas), 1917-19; Winterset, 1919-20 & Orient, Iowa, 1920-23; Pleasant Ridge ch. Baring, Mo (2nd pas), 1924-25; Bethlehem ch, Floris (3rd pas), 1934-39 & Eldon, Iowa, 1935^2; Brighton & Antioch ch, Fair- field, Iowa (2nd pas), 1942-45. Pres, Union Iowa Chr Conf , 1908-19. m Senora R Gentzler, Columbus City, Iowa, 1886; 5 ch, Fey H, Lena (Woodard), Ethel (d), Grace (Nunon), Mildred (Shroeder). d East Pleasant Plain, Iowa, Jan 27, 1946.
Williams, David Thomas, b CwmtwTch, Wales, Oct 12, 1851. ed Adelbert Coll (now part of Western Reserve Univ), Ohio, BA, 1880; Bangor Theol Sem, 1880-82; Oberlin Theol Sem, BD, 1883. ord Cong, Greenwich, Ohio, Nov 20, 1883. p Greenwich, Ohio, 1883-85; Madrid, NY, 1885-88; Keene Valley, NY, 1888-90; Howells, NY, 1891-94; Hancock, NY, 1895-98; 2nd ch. Marietta & Lawrence ch. Moss Run & Little Muskingum, Netop & Stanleyville, Ohio, 1900-01; Huntsburg, Ohio, 1901-04; 2nd ch, Blossburg, Pa, 1905-08; Niokleville, Pa (Presb), 1908-12; Maverick ch. East Boston, Mass (asst), 1912-17; Temple, NH, 1917-18; Charlton, Mass, 1918-20; North ch, Cleveland, Ohio (asst), 1920-22; Chatham, Ohio, 1922-25. m Esther Rees, Youngstown, Ohio, 1880; 4 sons, Howard Rees, Albert Rhys, David Rhys, Rees Howells (d 1918). d Youngstown, Ohio, Mar 22, 1946.
, Williams, Eugene Ellis, h Oak Harbor, Ohio, Aug 20, 1871. ed Bonebrake Theol Sem, Dayton, Ohio, grad 1903; grad study, Oberlin Theol Sem, 1 yr. ord UB, Elmore, Ohio, Sept 17, 1899; entered Cong fellow- ship 1908. p Lucas & Washington, Ohio, 1908-09; New London, Ohio, 1910-12; Dover ch. North Dover (now Westlake), Ohio, 1912-14; Marblehead, Ohio, 1914-15; Ch of Christ, Pearce, Ariz (asso), 1915-16; Saybrook, Ohio, 1916-18; Neighborhood ch. Phoenix, Ariz, 1919-20. Reg-treas, Conf of Southwest, 1929-35; Senate chap, Ariz, 1923-28. m Stella M Pierson, Oak Harbor, Ohio, 1897 (d); 1 dau, Olive Frances Feme (d); m 2nd, Delia Havens, Fostoria, Ohio, 1907 (d) ; 3 sons, Havens Eugene (d), Everett Bosworth, Robert Birchard. d Phoenix, Ariz, Apr 28, 1946.
Williams, Thomas Yeoman, 6 Derby, Eng, Dec 20, 1884. ed Cornell Coll, Mt Vernon, Iowa, BA, 1914; Yale Div Sch, BD, 1914. ord Cong, Mattoon, 111, Oct 28, 1915. p Trumbull, Conn (lie), 1912-15; 1st ch, Mattoon, 111, 1915-17; South ch, Chicago, 111, 1918-25. Managing dir; League for Industrial Rights, New York, NY, 1925-40; finan agt. World Council of Chs, New York, NY; dir, Greer Sch, Hope Farm, NY, 1945^6. m Myrtle M Pelley mounter, Mt Vernon, Iowa, 1913; no ch. d Jamaica, NY, Dec 19, 1946.
Wilson, Clinton William, 6 Phoenix, NY, Nov 2, 1864. ed Hamilton Coll, Clinton, NY, LLB, 1887; Oberlin Theol Sem, 1891-92. ord Cong, South Hartford, NY, May 15, 1890. p South Hartford, NY, 1889-91 ; Lyons, Iowa, 1892-95; Ogdensburg, NY, 1895-97; Meadville, Pa, 1897-1901; Ashland, Ohio, 1901-04; Plymouth, NH, 1904-12; Lancaster, NH, 1912-19; Fed ch, Orono, Me, 1919-25; Woodbury, Conn, 1925-32. Law>-er, 1886-89. m Mary Donnelly, Scriba, NY, 1886; 3 ch, Clinton Donnelly, John Parker, Arthur Ed- ward, d Providence, RI, Jan 17, 1946.
Wilson, Edward Carnell, h Truro, Cornwall, Eng, Apr 14, 1873. ord Cong, Little Rock, Iowa, 1904. p Little Rock, Iowa & Ellsworth, Minn, 1904-06; Milford, Iowa, 1906-08; Little Rock, Iowa (2nd pas), 1910-12; Sioux Rapids, Iowa, 1912-15; Belmond, Iowa, 1915-16; Kingsley, Iowa, 1921-23; Peterson, Iowa, 1923-26; 1st ch. Lake City, Minn, 1926-28; Forest City, Iowa, 1928-32; Cromwell, Iowa, 1932-35; Carson, Iowa, 1935-36; Exira, Iowa, 1936-38; Doon, Iowa, 1942—43; Aurelia, Iowa (interim), 1946. Pas-at- large, NW Iowa, several yrs. m Martha Jenssen, Little Rock, Iowa, 1907; 2 dau, Fannie (Kinkade), Florence (Schaeffer). d Storm Lake, Iowa, Oct 21, 1946.
Woodford, Lucy Whittier Carter, h Boston, Mass, Sept 5, 1873. ed Boston Univ; Boston Univ Sch of Theol, STB, 1900. ord Cong, Gettysburg, SD, Oct 30, 1907. p Gettysburg, SD, 1907-08; La Moille, Iowa, 1908-09; Eddyville, Iowa, 1909-10; Burlington, Kans, 1910-11; Atchison, Kans, 1911-12; Villa Park ch, Orange, Cal, 1922-25. m Olin Lester Carter, SD, 1904; 1 son, Whittier; m 2nd, Ralph A Woodford, Burling- ton, Kans, 1911. d Los Angeles, Cal, Oct 10, 1946.
Wright, John Clarence, 6 Clendower, Albemarle Co, Va, July 27, 1881. ed Oberlin Coll, BA, 1906. ord Cong, Raleigh, NC, Nov 8, 1933. p 1st ch, Atlanta, Ga, 1933-46. Dean, Fla Agrl & Mech Coll, Talla- hassee, Fla, 1910-17; YMCA overseas service, World War I, 1917-18; YMCA work, 135th St YMCA,