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OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE
of The
United Methodist Church
One Hundredth and Fifty-ninth Session
1968
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Minutes of the One Hundred Fifty-ninth Session
of the
Ohio Miami Conference Successor to Miami Conference
of the
United Methodist Church
Held in Germantown, Ohio - June 3 - 6, 1968 Camp Miami
OFFICIAL RECORD Published by Order of the Conference Maurice D. Gribler, Editor
We bid a farewell at this session to the Episcopal leadership of Bishop Paul M. Herrick. By action of the Council of Bishops of the United Metho- dist Church he will be assigned to the Southwestern Jurisdiction. We send our best wishes with both Bishop and Mrs. Herrick to their new area.
Bishop Herrick was born in a minister's home at Scandia, Kansas. He received his college education at Kansas City University. He is a graduate of United Theological Seminary and received an M.A. from Phillips Univer- sity. He received an honorary D.D. degree from York College and an L.L.D. from Otterbein College.
Following pastorates in his native area he assumed the leadership of Dayton First Church in 1941. During his ministry the Church relocated in Upper Dayton View in fulfillment of a long standing planned move. During his membership of Ohio Miami Conference he served as President of the Board of Christian Education and as a member of many other boards and committees.
In 1958 he was elected to the Episcopal office at the Harrisburg General Conference and assigned to the Central Area. His tenure has been marked by a warm hearted administration in which both ministers and laymen pay him affectionate respect.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Conference Officers, Boards and Committees
II. Memorial Roll
III. Classification of Ministers
IV. Roll of Lay Delegates
V. Churches and Addresses
VI. Rules of the Conference Sessions
VII. Conference Proceedings
VIII. Committee Reports
IX. Statistical Chart
X. Certification
XI. Index
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES (Elective)
Ohio West Area - Resident Bishop The Rev. F. Gerald Ensley, Ph. D., D.D., LL.D. 395 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43209 614-228-6784
Conference Superintendent (Term Expires 1969)
The Rev. W. K. Mesmer, D.D., 927 Cumberland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406; Office: 1810 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45406; 275-7892
Director of Camp Program and Management (Term Expires 1971) The Rev. Charles C. Messmer, B.D., Camp Miami, Germantown, Ohio 855-2010
Director of Development (Term Expires 1969) The Rev. Louis O. Odon Office: 1810 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, Ohio, 45406; 275-7892; Residence: 969 Sharewood Court, Dayton, Ohio, 45429; 293-1295
Director of Program Council (Indefinite Tenure)
The Rev. Owen Delp, B.D., 716 Bradfield Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45426 Phone : 837-2860, Office: 1810 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45406; 275-7892
Recording Secretary (Elected for the Quadrennium) The Rev. Maurice Gribler, B.D., 3709 West Siebenthaler Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
Statistician (Elected for the Quadrennium) The Rev. Ralph W. Tinsley, B.D., 808 Troy Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45404
Treasurer (Elected for the Quadrennium) Mr. Wendell Hohn, 5700 Seven Gables Ave., Dayton 26, Ohio
Conference Trustees
Walter Miranda, 1969; Hubert Fellers, Vice President, 1969; Lowell Bowers, 1969; Maurice Gribler, 1970; Edwin Pellett, 1970; Clifton Hatfield, 1970; Harold Boda, 1971; Harvey Hammink, President, 1971; C. B. Eschbach, Secretary, 1971
Trustees of Otterbein College Dr. R. L. Pounds, 1969; Howard James, 1970; M. B. Klepinger, 1971
Board of Christian Education (Members Elected for the Quadrennium)
Rev. William Hensley, Don Bright, Mrs. JoAnn Reason, Rev. Milfred Ater, Rev. Charles Peckham, Mrs. Ruth Moody
Board of Missions (Members Elected for the Quadrennium) Mrs. Hazel Dover, Rev. John Bergland, Rev. Walter Arnold, Rev. Frank Robinson, Mark Beachler, Jack Strong, Jr.
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Board of Ministry (Elected for the Quadrennium) C. Willard Fetter, President; James W. Flinchbaugh, Secretary; Paul Chastain, Charles Loveless, John McRoberts, David Schneider, Gary Eubank, Director of Recruiting - Harvey Smith
Board of Pensions (Elected for the Quadrennium) Howard Hahn, President; Gary Eubank, Secretary; Demi Edwards, Secretary of Insurance; Emerson D. Bragg, Richard Hedges, Clifford Stearns, William Worth
Board of Evangelism (Elected for the Quadrennium)
Rev. Roy Fisher, Rev. Clifton Hatfield, Rev. Edwin Pellett, Rev. Eugene Risch, Harold DeLaney, Milton Knollman, Sam Upton, Betty Wharton
Historical Society (Elected for the Quadrennium) Rev. Harold Brown, Rev. Maurice Parsons, Rev. James Riley, Geneva Riggs, Emma Spahr, Elton Tavenner
Ohio Council on Alcohol Problems Trustees Eugene Griffith
Judicial Committee L. O. Odon, 1969; Howard Hahn, 1970; Harry Deavan, 1971; Eugene Purdy, 1972; Demi Edwards, 1973
Members of Ohio Council of Churches
(2 year term)
W. K. Messmer, ex-officio, John Jones, Donald Hoff, Mrs. Betty Crotinger, Mrs. Hazel Dover, Owen Delp, James Duvall
Historian Roy D. Miller
Director of Christian Education (Elected for the Quadrennium) Owen Delp
Director of Evangelism (Elected for the Quadrennium) Paul Chastain
Secretary of Stewardship (Elected for the Quadrennium) Carl Robinson
Secretary of Christian Social Action (Elected for the Quadrennium) David Schneider
Secretary Missions (Term Expires 1969) Louis O. Odon
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Council on World Service and Finance (4 year term, elected 1968) Carl Robinson, James Wagner, Robert Gray, Hubert Fellers, Mrs. Darwin Medkeff
Planning Commission (Term Indefinite, elected 1968)
Emerson Bragg, Wendell Freshley, Sam Upton, Mrs. Verna Stearns
Minimum Salary Commission (numeral indicates years to serve, elected 1968)
William Worth (1), Herman Emmert (2), Roy Fisher (3), Ray Fridley (1), L. L. Huffman (2), Jay Jacoby (3)
Delegates to North Central Jurisdictional Conference
Lay Delegates - R. L. Pounds, Harold L. Boda, Jay Jacoby, Hubert Fellers, Jack Davis, Jr., Harvey Hammink, Sam Upton
Ministerial Delegates - W. K. Messmer, Carl B. Eschbach, Owen Delp, Harvey Hahn, John Bergland, Emerson Bragg, Louis O. Odon
Council of Administration
Bishop Paul M. Herrick
Conference Superintendent - William K. Messmer
Secretary - Maurice Gribler
Director of Social Action - David Schneider
Director of Stewardship - Carl Robinson
Director of Christian Education - Owen Delp
Director of Communication - Louis O. Odon
Director of Conference Program Council - Owen Delp
Director of Camp Program -C. C. Messmer
Executive Secretary of Board of Missions - Louis O. Odon
Secretary, Board of Ministry - James Flinchbaugh
Secretary, Board of Evangelism - Paul Chastain Historian - Roy Miller
Treasurer of Conference - Wendell A. Hohn
Board of Trustees (1) - Carl B. Eschbach
Board of Missions (1) - Harvey Hammink
Women's Society - Mrs. Doyle Rhodehamel
Board of Pensions (1) - Howard Hahn
Group Leaders - Paul Chastain, Harry Deaven, Clifton Hatfield, William Worth, Walter Miranda, Gerald Geiger
Lay Leaders - Dr. L. M. Bremer, Milton Knollman, Steve Sonner, Jay Jacoby, Ernest Saul, Heber Gauch, Dan Williams Four Laymen to be selected by Council of Administration
Department of Christian Stewardship
Wm. K. Messmer, Chairman; Carl Robinson, Secretary; John McRoberts, James Duvall, Robert Long, Charles Selby, Herman Emmert, Harvey Smith, Marvin Wagner, James Legg, Harry Deaven, Charles Orcutt, Steve Sonner, David Frazee, Mrs. Joanne Carles, Mrs. Geneva Riggs
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Department of Christian Social Action
David Schneider, Director; a representative of WSCS; a representative of Y.F., Marshall Phillips, Jr., Mrs. Don Theuer, Ronald Hill, Eugene Griffith, Fred Heath, Howard James, Carl Hahn, Mrs. Joann Reason, Kent Adams, Frank Robinson, Walter Miranda, Lee Kreider
Department of Communication
Louis Odon, Director
Radio and T.V. James Frazier, Chairman; David Schneider, Eugene Griffith, Curtis Chambers, Gary Eubank
Publicity - Bob Copeland, Chairman; Eugene Purdy, Ronald Hill, Robert Anderson, Eugene Risch
Audio Visual - Gerald Geiger, Dana Heaton, Bette Crotinger, Kent Adams Miami Messenger Publication Committee - Don Irvin, Chairman; Herman Emmert, J. C. Herbert, Charles Orcutt, Lee Kreider, Grover Letner
Department of Health and Welfare
Wendell Freshley, George McAhren, Emerson Bragg, Harold Brown, Grover Letner, Mrs. Howard Price, Mrs. Harold Glover, Clifford Wittmeyer, Cecil Bunger
Committee on Conference Union
W. K. Messmer, Louis Odon, Carl Robinson, William Hensley, Mrs. Darwin Medkeff, Jay Jacoby. Alternates - Charles Messmer, Owen Delp
Conference Staff Relations Committee
R. L. Pounds, 1968; Wendell Freshley, 1968; Jay Jacoby, 1969; Walter Arnold, 1969; Jack Davis, Jr., 1970; Emerson Bragg, 1970. An appointment by the Staff.
Committee on Ecumenical Relations
H. Eugene Risch, Chairman; Joel Baer, James Frazier, Lee Kreider, James Legg, Charles Muller
Committee on Transportation
William Hensley, Howard James, Walter Miranda
Editor Miami Messenger (Elected by Department of Communications) Richard Hedges
Lay Representatives on Student Work Board (Remainder of Quadrennium) Leon Bolinger, Beryl Hensel
Ohio Miami Conference Church Extension Fund Committee ('Elected Annually)
Northwest Group - Clyde Parks, George Share, John Jones, Lowell Hawkey, Walter Arnold. West Group - Oliver Seitter, Paul Arnold, Lawrence Todt, Richard Arnold, Clifford Stearns. Southwest Group - Ernest Floyd, Milton Knollman, Clifford Wittmeyer, Frank Peter, William Hensley. Southeast
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Group - Elbert Freeman, Steve Sonner, Paul Williams, James Carnes, Carl Cotrone. Central Group - H. W. Hammink, Harry Kiefhaber, Dr. A. D. Cook, Hubert Fellers, W. N. Miranda. Northeast Group - Dr. W. N. Enderle, Ernest Saul, Don Shipley, Ray Fridley, Gerald Geiger. At Large - Roger Brown, Robert Hensley, Dale Phillipi, Russell Wolf, Owen Delp, L. O. Odon, C. C. Messmer, W. K. Messmer, Carl Robinson.
CONFERENCE BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
Board of Christian Education
Superintendent - William K. Messmer
Director of Camp Program and Management - Charles C. Messmer
Director of Development - Louis O. Odon
Director of Christian Education - Owen Delp
Secretary of Evangelism - Paul Chastain
Six elected members - Dr. Don Bright, Mrs. Ruth Moody, Mrs. JoAnn Reason, Milford Ater, William Hensley, Charles Peckham
President of Conference Y. F. - David Chambers President of W.S.C.S. . - Mrs. John Knecht Director of Adult Ministry - Charles Loveless
Director of Youth Ministry - Everett Aldstadt
Director of Children's Ministry - Verna Stearns
Director of Christian Service Training - James Wagner
Director of Student Aid - James Riley
Director of Campus Ministry - Charles Messmer
Secretary of Missionary Education for Youth - Katherine Pellett Secretary of Missionary Education for Children - Dorothy Hayes Officers: President - William Hensley Vice-president - Charles Peckham Secretary - Owen Delp Treasurer - W. A. Hohn
Board of Missions
Conference Superintendent - William K. Messmer
Executive Secretary, Board of Missions - Louis O. Odon
Treasurer, Board of Missions - Wendell A. Hohn Director of Program Council - Owen Delp Representative of W.S.C.S. - Mrs. Harvey Smith Representative of Conference Y. F. -
Chairman, Parish Development & Research - Maurice Gribler
Chairman, Church Construction - Edwin Pellett
Chairman, World & National Missions - Frank Robinson
Elected Members - Mrs. Hazel Dover, John Bergland, Frank Robinson, Walter Arnold, Mark Beachler, Dr. J. B. Strong, Jr.
Trustees: Harold Boda, Harvey Hammink, Carl Eschbach, Walter Miranda, Hubert Fellers, Maurice Gribler, Lowell Bowers, Edwin Pellett, Clifton Hatfield.
Advisory - Curtis Chambers, Harold Hazenfield, Calvin Reber, Mrs. George McAhren, Mrs. Warren Hartman.
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Department of Parish Development and Research
Maurice Gribler, Chairman; Gerald Geiger, Carl Robinson, James Wagner, William Worth, Dana Heaton
Department of Church Construction
C. Edwin Pellett, Chairman; Carl B. Eschbach, Walter Miranda, Hubert Fellers, Harvey Hammink, Mrs. Hazel Dover, Clifton Hatfield, Harold Boda, Mark Beachler
Department of World and National Missions
Frank Robinson, Chairman; Walter Arnold, Paul Chastain, Mrs. Harvey Smith, Charles Loveless, Dr. J. B. Strong, Jr.
Program Council
Superintendent - W. K. Messmer
Director of Program Council - Owen Delp
Director of Camp Program & Management - Charles Messmer
Director of Development - Louis O. Odon
Director of Christian Education - Owen Delp
Director of Adult Ministry - Charles Loveless
Director of Youth Ministry - Everett Aldstadt
Director of Children's Ministry - Verna Stearns Secretary of Evangelism - Paul Chastain
Executive Secretary of Board of Missions - Louis Odon Representative of Board of Trustees - Edwin Pellett
Representative of Board of Pensions - Howard Hahn
President of W.S.C.S. - Mrs. John Knecht
President of Youth Fellowship - David Chambers
Director of Higher Education & Campus Ministry - Charles Messmer Historian - Roy D. Miller
Director of Stewardship - Carl Robinson
Director of Christian Social Action - David Schneider
Secretary of Board of Ministry - James Flinchbaugh
Director of Communications - Louis Odon
Group Leaders: Paul Chastain, Harry Deaven, Clifton Hatfield, William Worth, Walter Miranda, Gerald Geiger
President of Board of Christian Education - William Hensley Director of Recruiting - Harvey Smith
Officers: Chairman - James Flinchbaugh Secretary - Owen Delp
Committee on Vocations and Training To be elected by Board of Ministry
Officers of The WSCS Council of the Ohio Miami Conference
President - Mrs. John Knecht, 29 Vassar Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 1st Vice President - Mrs. James Frazier, 210 Wolfangle Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244 2nd Vice President - Mrs. Doyle Rhodelhamel, R.R. 3, Arcanum, Ohio 45304 Secretary - Mrs. Owen Sadler, R.R. #1, New Madison, Ohio
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Treasurer-Miss JoAnn Runck, 2234 King Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45424 Chairman of Spiritual Growth - Mrs. Harvey Smith, 7126 VonDette Circle, Dayton, Ohio 45459 Chairman of Christian Social Action - Mrs. Robert Barker, 6843 State Road 726, Eldorado, O. Sec. of Missionary Education - Mrs. Rodney Miller, 144 South Plum St., Germantown, Ohio 45327 Sec. of Missionary Education for Children-Miss Dorothy Hayes, 624 Kammer Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45417 Sec. of Missionary Education for Youth - Mrs. C. Edwin Pellett, 3145 Stop Eight Road, Dayton, Ohio 45414 Sec. of Program Materials-Mrs. C. Edwin Pellett
Sec. of Special Projects- Mrs. Charles Peckham, Otterbein Home, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
District Leaders -
Northeast - Mrs. Robert Weber, 1716 Merrydale, Springfield, Ohio
Northwest - Mrs. David Frazee, Rt. #3, Arcanum, Ohio 45304
Central - Mrs. I. O. White, 440 Corona Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45419 West - Mrs. Elton Hawk, 1450 Dayton Pike, Germantown, Ohio 45327 Southeast & Southwest - Mrs. Darwin Medkeff, 6268 Banning Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio
West Central - Mrs. Douglas Reynolds, 41 Orchard Street, Englewood, Ohio 45327
Officers Women's Auxiliary United Seminary
President - Mrs. Forrest Garner
Vice President - Mrs. Harold Platz
Secretary - Mrs. James Brannock
Treasurer - Miss Mary Alpers
Miami Conference Mutual Benefit Society
President - Murn B. Klepinger
Vice President - Louis O. Odon
Secretary - C. Edwin Pellett
Treasurer - Charles C. Messmer
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES FOR 1968 (Appointive)
Appropriations, Boundary and Finance
William K. Messmer, Chairman; Maurice Gribler, Secretary; Bishop Paul M. Herrick, Charles Messmer, Louis Odon, Owen Delp, Paul Chastain, Harry Deaven, Clifton Hatfield, Walter Miranda, William Worth, Gerald Geiger, Jack Davis, Reed Romine, Wendell A. Hohn, Harvey Hammink
Audit Review Committee
The Rev. Harold Brown, Chairman Mr. James Shellabarger, Mr. Carl Chenoweth, Mr. Carl Fogel, The Rev. Harry Deaven
Committee on Nominations
The Rev. Wendell Freshley, Chairman The Rev. John McRoberts, The Rev. Forrest Garner, The Rev. Frank Robin-
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son, The Rev. H. Eugene Risch, The Rev. Charles Selby, Mr. Homer Brehm, Mr. Cleve Klepinger, Mrs. Joanne Carles, Mr. Earl Jenkins, Mr. Elbert Free- man, Mrs. Nancy Haas, Mrs. Ada Palmer, The Rev. Charles Messmer, Staff Advisor
Committee on Ministerial Education and Relations
The Rev. C. Willard Fetter, Chairman
The Rev. James Flinchbaugh, Secretary; The Rev. Paul Chastain, The Rev. Charles Loveless, The Rev. Marvin McRoberts, The Rev. David Schneider, The Rev. Harvey Smith
Tellers and Ushers
The Rev. Joel Baer, Chairman
The Rev. Fred Heath, The Rev. Lowell Lakes, The Rev. James Farrell, The Rev. Paul Westbrook, The Rev. Howard James, The Rev. Robert Long, The Rev. C. Edwin Pellett, Mr. Horace Jackson, Mr. William Darner, Mr. Herbert Detrick, Mr. Carl Smith, Mr. Don Hoff
Journal Review Committee
The Rev. James Wagner, Chairman Mrs. Edith Bickel, Mrs. Dorothy Cheney, Mrs. Blanche Yinger, The Rev. George McAhren
Altar Preparations, Resolutions and Courtesies Committee The Rev. J. C. Herbert, Chairman Mrs. John Derrough, The Rev. Don Irvin, Mrs. Dora Kirby, The Rev. Howard Hahn, Miss Doris Marker
Calendar Committee The Rev. Everett Aldstadt, Chairman
The Rev. Richard Hedges, The Rev. William Hensley, The Rev. Gerald Geiger, The Rev. David Schneider, Mr. Wendell A. Hohn, The Rev. Demi Edwards, The Rev. Walter Arnold, Mr. Robert Kalter, Mr. Roger Brown, Mr. Jay Jacoby, The Rev. Owen Delp - Staff Advisor
Committee on Ways and Means
General Chairman, The Rev. Roy Fisher; Staff Advisor, Louis O. Odon Recommendations dealing with Institutions, Special Days, Financial Support for causes beyond the Christian Service Budget The Rev. Harvey Smith, Chairman
The Rev. Herman Emmert, The Rev. William Miller, The Rev. Frank Robinson, The Rev. Charles Peckham, The Rev. Eugene Griffith, Mr. Willard Christian, Mr. Joe Duncan, Mr. Howard Borden, Mr. Hubert Fellers, Mr. James Scholl, Mr. Robert Barr, Dr. W. W. Enderle
Ministerial Support and Standards
The Rev. Walter Miranda, Chairman
The Rev. Milford Ater, The Rev. Carl Hahn, The Rev. James Legg, The Rev. Eugene Purdy, The Rev. Gordon Core, The Rev. Fred Luzader, Mr. Lowell Hawkey, Mr. Earl Schlotterbeck, Mrs. Anna Brothers, Mrs. Geneva Riggs, Mrs. Richard Metz, Mr. Harvey Roehling, Mr. Charles Leedom, Mr. George Brandt
Church Administration Standards
The Rev. Charles Loveless, Chairman
The Rev. Emerson Bragg, The Rev. James Frazier, The Rev. Kenneth Jenkins, The Rev. Ralph Tinsley, The Rev. James Flinchbaugh, The Rev. James Riley, The Rev. Clifton Hatfield, Mr. Cecil Bunger, Mrs. Dora Kirby, Mrs. Mildred Gibson, Mr. William Kuhlman, Mr. Robert Corbin, Mr. Orville Long, Mr. Charles Hahn
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REMEMBERED
Deceased Members of Ohio Miami Conference, 1810-1968
Name
Died
Name Died
William P. Smith
1816
Frederick Klinger
1823
Abram Ponsler
1824
Bishop Henry Kumler, Jr. 1882
Daniel C. Kumler 1882
John Harvey 1828
Thomas Haines
1828
Henry Hoffman
1884
Jacob Mahan
1828
Archibald E. Michael
1829
Philip Sauer
1829
G. L. Gilbert
1885
Michael Coover
1832
W. W. Coons
1886
George Hoffman
1839
Robert Duncan
1839
Bishop Andrew Zeller
1839
Henry Tober 1889
Chester Briggs 1890
Henry Surface 1891
1892
Jacob Flickinger
1842
Lawrence Burns
1894
Christian Shearer
1844
Isaac V. D. Robertson
1846
David Kiser
1848
Robert Bonebrake
1849
W. R. Houlton
1899
Robert A. Wheat
1850
J. W. Glenn 1902
William R. Lewis 1850
J. B. Doughman
1902
Jacob Kemper, Sr. 1851
Sarah A. Dickey 1904
Granville M. Hemphill
1905
Martin Boehm 1855
1856
Columbus Hall
1906
Bishop Joseph Hoffman
1856
1907
John Zeller
1857
Curtis Edwards
1858
J. W. Bovey
1908
John Allen
1859
William R. Rinehart
1861
S. M. Hippard 1909
C. H. Snyder 1910
1910
Swain Corson
1862
Henry Garst 1911
1911
Thomas Shain 1863
1863
W. K. Albright
1914
John Kemp, Sr.
1865
Jacob M. Marshall
1866
W. J. Pruner
1917
Henry Bonebrake
1866
C. W. Kurtz
1918
Jacob G. King
1867
H. A. Bovey
1919
Bishop Jacob Coons
1869
Thomas F. Bushong
1919
John Coleman
1871
William J. Shuey
1920
Elias W. Hoffner
1873
G. A. Thompson 1920
Daniel Berger 1920
F. H. Bohn 1921
Conrad Bonebrake
1874
Bishop G. M. Mathews
1921
John L. Hoffman
1875
J. E. Yingling
1921
Simon Geeting 1875
E. W. Bowers 1921
C. W. Miller 1921
J. M. Replogle 1921
Jacob King 1878
M. R. Geyer 1921
James Fleenor
1879
D. E. Myers 1921
Adam Hetzler
1880
E. H. Caylor 1923
John Slife
1880
J. W. Wurtz
1923
James Long
1888
Christopher Flinchbaugh
1888
Henry Joseph Frey
1841
Peter Ogborn
1841
Peter Bonebrake
1842
Joseph Gomer
W. G. Wells 1896
L. A. McGrew 1898
John Walter 1899
Bishop Henry Kumler, Sr. 1854
Cyrus J. Burkert
1905
Daniel Bonebrake
William McKee
J. D. Holtzinger
1907
D. Myers
1908
Jacob Antrim 1861
Jacob Surface 1861
F. G. Grigsby
Daniel Trover 1863
D. K. Flickinger
G. W. Arnold
1912
Daniel N. Fleming
Daniel Antrim 1873
0. Shoop
1873
Stephen M. Hearn 1877
1878
William Nichols
William K. McCabe
1881
Frank N. Fowler 1881
John George Pfrimmer 1825
John Kemp, Jr.
1883
W. H. Lanthurn
1884
Luke E. Pierce 1884
J. L. Swain 1917
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Remembered
Name
Died
Name Died
J. H. Halstead
1924
A. C. Witham
1947
S. S. Huddle
1925
S. L. Brill 1948
J. P. Stewart
1926
E. S. Weimer
1948
M. E. Gibson
1927
M. W. Mumma 1950
J. N. Beckett
1927
C. W. Snyder
1950
J. W. Kilbourne
1927
G. A. Wahl
1928
J. C. Goodrich 1951
C. E. Plack 1928
George R. Jacoby
1952
C. W. Stephens
1928
W. R. Hughes
1952
J. D. Williams
1928
Frank S. McEntire
1953
J. W. Flory
1928
E. E. Saul
1953
Alfred Kissel 1929
Elias Cross
1954
W. H. Klinefelter 1929
1930
Bishop D. T. Gregory
1956
W. H. Smelker
1931
Bishop Fred L. Dennis 1958
Bishop C. J. Kephart 1932
1933
W. M. VanSickle
1934
Bishop A. R. Clippinger 1958
Ruth E. Hemphill 1935
A. Dunkleberger 1936
Edward H. Hammon
1958
A. E. Bitner 1936
Lorin S. Stine
1958
G. T. Powell
1937
James A. Robinson 1958
Calvin McNelly
1937
John D. Nisewonder
1958
J. P. Landis 1937
Orrie O. Arnold
1959
J. H. Mayne
1938
George Kopittke
1959
J. Assell 1938
L. M. Hohn 1959
Walter Schutz
1961
S. F. Daugherty
1938
I. Zimmerman
1938
E. C. Petry
1939
Charles E. Fryman
1961
O. L. Barngrover
1939
Osa D. Wellbaum 1961
W. C. Niswonger
1939
Charles R. Smith 1962
D. S. Eshelman
1940
W. Bryan Green 1962
S. E. Rasey
1941
W. C. Andreas
1941
Edwin S. Comrey 1964
J. A. Pantle
1943
Ambrose Aegerter
1966
A. E. Landis
1943
Walter N. Roberts 1966
M. I. Comfort
1944
Ella Hamilton 1966
C. B. Boda 1946
William E. Ward 1966
Mrs. Ella Circle Bailey 1947
Emory H. Nichols 1968
Bishop H. H. Fout 1947
Edgar Schrader
1968
J. L. Armstrong
1956
H. A. Sechrist
Dwayne Myers 1958
R. P. Dougherty
Maude Hoyle 1958
John W. Bench 1958
W. E. Michaels 1938
Eugene Turner 1961
A. J. Furstenberger 1961
Lewis G. Ludwick 1963
W. T. Frank 1951
Ralph B. Ditmyer 1951
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CONFERENCE DIRECTORY
* Indicates Present
* Indicates reported to secretary
ACTIVE ITINERANT ELDERS
* Adams, A. Kent, 399 Woodside Drive, Batavia, Ohio 45103; Pastor-Faith Home: 737-3553 Church: 737-3552
* Aldstadt, Everett, Box 38, Clayton, Ohio 45315; Pastor-Clayton; Home: 836-5244
* Anderson, Robert, Box 657, Verona, Ohio 45378; Pastor-Christ; Home: 884-6462
* Arnold, Walter W., Box 115, New Madison, Ohio 44346; Pastor-New Madison; Home: 996-5341
* Ater, Milford, 456 W. Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road, Dayton, Ohio 45459; Pastor-Normandy; Home: 433-1853 Church: 433-1636
*Baer, Joel, 1500 Huffman Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45403; Pastor-Trinity; Home: 299-4733 Church: 256-3337
Bergland, James, Apt. 5-C, 49 Claremont Avenue. New York, New York 10027; Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary
+Bergland, John, 5424 Oakhaven Circle, Dayton, Ohio 45440; Director of Admissions, United Theological Seminary; Home: 434-8429 Office: 278-5817
*Bragg, Emerson, 1516 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406; Minister of Parish Services, Dayton First; Home: 837-8860; Church: 278-7341
*Brown, Harold, 3106 Shroyer Road, Dayton, Ohio 45429; Pastor-Oakwood; Home: 293-9981 Church: 293-7279
Bullock, Robert, 600 Sheffield Road, Rt. #4, Middletown, Ohio 45042 *Burtner, E. E., 2536 Malvern Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406; Professor, United Theological Seminary; Home: 274-1601; Office: 278-5817 *Chastain, Paul E., 25 Greenmoor Drive, Arcanum, Ohio 45304; Pastor- Arcanum; Home: 692-8580
*Christian, Michael, 2132 Catalpa Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406; Minister to Youth at Fairview; Home: 275-0453 Church: 274-2189
*Copeland, Robert, 912 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45410; Pastor-Wayne Avenue; Home: 252-3334 Church: 252-8441
*Core, Gordon C., 433 Oak Street, Dayton, Ohio 45410; Pastor-Oak Street; Home: 298-6141 Church: 222-4502
Cotrone, Carl, 334 Enxing, West Carrollton, Ohio 45449; Pastor- Mowrystown-Ketterman Chapel; Home: 859-7428 Office: 449-2311
*Cross, Frank, 2641 Churchland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406; Pastor- Columbus Avenue; Home: 277-0868
*Deaven, Harry, Maple and Hay Avenues, Brookville, Ohio 45309; Pastor- Community; Home: 833-3262
*Deever, Philip, 620 N. Brainard Street, Naperville, Illinois 60540; Professor, Evangelical Theological Seminary
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