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OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE
of The
United Methodist Church
One Hundred and Sixty-first Session
1970
Conference History
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Minutes of the One Hundred Sixty-first Session
of the
Ohio Miami Conference Successor to Miami Conference
of the
United Methodist Church
Held in Columbus, Ohio - June 10, 1970 Veterans Memorial Auditorium
OFFICIAL RECORD
and
CONFERENCE HISTORY
Published by Order of the Conference
Maurice D. Gribler, Editor of Journal Roy D. Miller, Historian
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Conference and Area Officers
II. Memorial Roll
III. Ministerial List
IV. Roll of Lay Delegates
V. Churches and Locations
VI. Conference Proceedings
VII. Committee Reports
VIII. Certification
IX. Index
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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CONFERENCE AND AREA OFFICIALS Bishop F. Gerald Ensley, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D, L.H.D., Litt. D,, Presiding Bishop
The Rev. William K. Messmer Area Administrative Assistant
Mr. John F. Young Area Director of Public Relations and United Methodist Information
The Rev. Carl B. Eschbach Superintendent
The Rev. Charles C. Messmer
Director of Camp Program and Management The Rev. Louis O. Odon
Director of Development
The Rev. W. Owen Delp
Director of Program Council
The Rev. Maurice D. Gribler
Conference Secretary
The Rev. Ralph W. Tinsley
Statistician
The Rev. Wendell A. Hohn
Treasurer
OFFICE STAFF
Mrs. Anne Moore
Mrs. Dorothy Miller
Secretary Bookkeeper
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REMEMBERED
Deceased Members of Ohio Miami Conference, 1810-1970
Name
Died
Name Died
William P. Smith
1816
William K. McCabe 1881
Frederick Klinger
1823
Frank N. Fowler 1881
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
Luke E. Pierce
1884
Philip Sauer
1829
Michael Coover
1832
W. W. Coons
1888
Robert Duncan
1839
Christopher Flinchbaugh
1888
Henry Tober 1889
Chester Briggs 1890
Henry Surface
1891
Peter Bonebrake
1842
Jacob Flickinger
1842
Lawrence Burns
1894
Christian Shearer 1844
W. G. Wells 1896
L. A. McGrew 1898
John Walter
1899
Robert Bonebrake 1849
1850
J. W. Glenn
1902
William R. Lewis
1850
J. B. Doughman 1902
Sarah A. Dickey 1904
Bishop Henry Kumler, Sr. 1854
1855
Cyrus J. Burkert
1905
Daniel Bonebrake
1856
Columbus Hall
1906
William McKee
1907
John Zeller
1857
J. D. Holtzinger
1907
Curtis Edwards 1858
J. W. Bovey
1908
John Allen 1859
D. Myers
1908
S. M. Hippard 1909
C. H. Snyder
1910
Jacob Surface
1861
F. G. Grigsby
1910
Swain Corson
1862
Daniel Trover
1863
Thomas Shain
1863
G. W. Arnold
1912
Daniel N. Fleming
1863
W. K. Albright
1914
John Kemp, Sr. 1865
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 Antrim
1873
Daniel Berger 1920
F. H. Bohn 1921
Bishop G. M. Mathews 1921
J. E. Yingling 1921
E. W. Bowers 1921
C. W. Miller 1921
J. M. Replogle 1921
M. R. Geyer 1921
James Fleenor
1879
D. E. Myers 1921
Adam Hetzler 1880
E. H. Caylor 1923
John Slife
1880
J. W. Wurtz
1928
G. L. Gilbert 1886
1885
George Hoffman
1839
Bishop Andrew Zeller
1839
Henry Joseph Frey
1841
Peter Ogborn
1841
Joseph Gomer 1892
Isaac V. D. Robertson 1846
David Kiser 1848
W. R. Houlton
1899
Jacob Kemper, Sr. 1851
Granville M. Hemphill 1905
Bishop Joseph Hoffman
1856
William R. Rinehart
1861
Jacob Antrim
1861
Henry Garst
1911
D. K. Flickinger
1911
O. Shoop
1873
Conrad Bonebrake 1874
John L. Hoffman
1875
Simon Geeting
1875
Stephen M. Hearn
1877
William Nichols
1878
Jacob King
1878
John George Pfrimmer 1825
John Kemp, Jr. 1883
W. H. Lanthurn
1884
James Long
Robert A. Wheat
Martin Boehm
J. L. Swain 1917
Jacob M. Marshall
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REMEMBERED
Name
Died
Name Died
J. H. Halstead
1924
S. L. Brill
1948
S. S. Huddle
1925
J. P. Stewart
1926
M. W. Mumma
1950
M. E. Gibson
1927
J. N. Beckett
1927
W. T. Frank
1951
J. W. Kilbourne 1927
G. A. Wahl
1928
George R. Jacoby
1952
C. E. Plack
1928
W. R. Hughes
1952
C. W. Stephens
1928
J. D. Williams
1928
E. E. Saul
1953
J. W. Flory
1928
Elias Cross
1954
Alfred Kissel
1929
W. H. Klinefelter
1929
H. A. Sechrist
1930
Bishop Fred L. Dennis 1958
W. H. Smelker 1931
Dwayne Myers 1958
Maude Hoyle 1958
R. P. Dougherty 1933
1934
John W. Bench
1958
Ruth E. Hemphill
1935
Edward H. Hammon
1958
A. Dunkleberger
1936
Lorin S. Stine
1958
A. E. Bitner
1936
James A. Robinson
1958
G. T. Powell
1937
John D. Nisewonder
1958
Calvin McNelly
1937
Orrie O. Arnold
1959
J. P. Landis
1937
J. H. Mayne
1938
L. M. Hohn 1959
Walter Schutz 1961
W. E. Michaels
1938
Eugene Turner 1961
A. J. Furstenberger 1961
Charles E. Fryman 1961
Osa D. Wellbaum 1961
Charles R. Smith 1962
W. Bryan Green 1962
Lewis G. Ludwick 1963
Edwin S. Comrey 1964
Ambrose Aegerter
1966
J. A. Pantle
1943
Walter N. Roberts 1966
Ella Hamilton 1966
William E. Ward 1966
Emory H. Nichols 1968
Mrs. Ella Circle Bailey 1947
Edgar Schrader 1968
Bishop H. H. Fout 1947
W. I. Underwood 1969
A. C. Witham 1947
Minnie Fliehman 1970
C. W. Snyder 1950
Ralph B. Ditmyer 1951
J. C. Goodrich 1951
Frank S. McEntire
1953
J. L. Armstrong 1956
Bishop D. T. Gregory 1956
Bishop C. J. Kephart 1932
J. Assell
1938
S. F. Daugherty
1938
I. Zimmerman
1938
E. C. Petry
1939
O. L. Barngrover 1939
W. C. Niswonger
1939
D. S. Eshelman
1940
S. E. Rasey
1941
W. C. Andreas
1941
A. E. Landis
1943
M. I. Comfort
1944
C. B. Boda 1946
E. S. Weimer 1948
Bishop A. R. Clippinger 1958
W. M. VanSickle
George Kopittke 1959
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MINISTERIAL LIST
FULL MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVE
(Ed. Note: As stated in Report No. 7 the Board of Pensions checked and brought up to date the service record of all active pastors of the Conference. However, after consultation with the Columbus office it was considered un- necessary to print this record in this Journal as it will be included in the new West Ohio Conference Journal for this year.)
SUPERANNUATED ITINERANT ELDERS
* Indicates Present Reported to Secretary
*Bragg, Emerson D., 5825 Free Pike, Dayton, Ohio 45426
*Brown, Harley D., 411 North Commerce Street, Lewisburg, Ohio 45338
*Brown, Harold S., 3106 Shroyer Road, Dayton, Ohio 45429 Clark, Harvey G., 4151 Ackerman Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio 45429
*Clark, Ira C., Route 1, Greenville, Ohio 45331
Comfort, William I., 826 Uhrig Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Cross, Frank L., 2641 Churchland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 *Dailey, E. H., 55 West Park Street, Westerville, Ohio 43081 *Duckwall, George W., 711 Sweitzer Street, Greenville, Ohio 45331
*Eschbach, Carl E., 1610 Cory Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45506
*Fox, William J., Springboro, Ohio 45066
Gillespie, Don E., 425 Reichard Drive, Vandalia, Ohio 45377 *Hahn, Harvey C., Hendrix, Joe P., Fletcher, Ohio 45326 (Deceased 7-28-70) Henry, Joseph B., 423 Santa Rosa Road, Arcadia, California 91006 *Jenkins, Ivan E., 1139 South Shawnee Drive, Greenville, Ohio 45331
*Klepinger, Murn B., 826 Chelsea Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45420 *Letner, Grover D.
*Miller, Roy D., 3311 Arlene Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406
*Oldt, Frank, 529 Detroit Street, Flint, Michigan 48502 Parsons, J. Maurice, 2077 Auburn Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Pelton, Robert V., 3686 Monford Heights Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45239 Schulz, Jerome C., 2307 Linden Avenue, Middletown, Ohio 45042 ¡Sinks, Walter H., 304 North Main Street, Englewood, Ohio 45322 Smelker, LeRoy, 2216 Rugby Road, Dayton, Ohio 45406 *Smith, Clarence S., 85 Village Blvd., Bradenton, Florida 33505 Snapp, Henry P., Masonic Home, Springfield, Ohio 45501
*Stockslager, Earl, 1014 Chateau Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45429 *Tinsley, Ralph W., 1417 Leonhard Street, Dayton, Ohio 45404 ¡Vanetta, Leo B., Route 1, Lerna, Illinois 63440
Wolfe, A. S., 1829 Shuey Avenue, Walnut Creek, California 94596
SUPERNUMERARY ELDERS
Cotron, Carl M., 334 Enxing Avenue, West Carrollton, Ohio 45449
LOCAL ELDERS
Baker, Donald, 6430 Taylorsville Road, Dayton, Ohio 45424 Boomershine, Thomas E., 527 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10027
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Bullock, Robert, 600 Sheffield Road, Route 4, Middletown, Ohio 45042 Channon, William, Pierce Memorial Baptist Home, Box 326, Brooklyn Connecticut 06234
Comfort, Vivian, 826 Uhrig Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Eschbach, Robert M., 3355 Pobst Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45420
Royer, J. Frank, Route 1, New Paris, Ohio 45347
Smith, Dale, Route 1, Lewisburg, Ohio 45338
Vorpe, Carl, 10668 Weil Road, Loveland, Ohio 45140
DEACONS
*Boyd, John S., 162 West Elizabeth Street, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801 *Fourman, Daryl G., 1 North Fuls Road, New Lebanon, Ohio 45345
*Harris, Alan K., 412 Harrison Avenue, Greenville, Ohio 45321
*Keebler, A. Ronald, Box 7, Lewisburg, Ohio 45338
*Zeller, William M., 106 Herr Street, Englewood, Ohio 45322
MINISTERIAL STUDENTS
Blake, Ronald E., 1821 Ridgemore Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45429; (Church of the Cross)
Blumenstock, Dwaine M., 500 Central Avenue, Greenville, Ohio 45331 (Evangelical)
Clark, John A., Route 3, Greenville, Ohio 45331 (Evangelical) Eller, James I., 2019 Eastview Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45405 (Fairview) Hartman, Michael E., 4868 Wilmington Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45440 (Hope) Heaton, Timothy L., 9086 Church Street, Harrison, Ohio 45030 (Crosby) Hetzel, Max Kent, 112 Redwood Drive, Greenville, Ohio 45331 (Evangelical) Kemp, Robert D., 4001 Kings Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45406 (Fairview) Lantz, David C., 1902 Pershing Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio 45420 (Belmont) Moody, Timothy F., 4621 Free Pike, Dayton, Ohio 45416 (Fort Mckinley) Paff, Keith E., Route 1, Arcanum, Ohio 45304 (Castine)
Sanders, Robert A., 1941 Bridgetown Road, Cleves, Ohio 45002 (Cheviot) Swanton, Michael, 1012 Hampshire Road, Dayton, Ohio 45419 Tron, Duane E., 28 Hepner, New Lebanon, Ohio 45345 (Beardshear)
PASTORS NOT MEMBERS OF OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE
Barnette, Sherwood T., Box 102, Rosewood, Ohio 43070 (Western Pennsylvania) Beman, Larry F., Box 108, Castine, Ohio 45313 (New York) Brown, Fred V., 39 Mckinley Street, Brookville, Ohio 45309 (Ohio Southeast) Bryan, A. Allen, Box 38, Clayton, Ohio 45315 (Western Pennsylvania) Bunnell, Paul G., Route 1, Box 244, Rossburg, Ohio 45362 (Ohio) Byrum, Gordon L., Route 3, Arcanum, Ohio 45304 (Indiana South) Deeter, M. Ray, Route 1, West Manchester, Ohio 45382 (Indiana South) Doverspike, Fred W., Route 2, Box 87, Hillsboro, Ohio 45133 (Ohio) *England, Thomas N., Route 2, Box 384-B, Germantown, Ohio 45327 (Ohio Southeast)
Estoye, Jose D., Box 4, West Elkton, Ohio 45070 (UCC of the Phillipines) Farmer, Edgar R., 311 Millville-Oxford Road, Hamilton, Ohio 45013 (Ohio) Halderman, John E., Route 2, Eaton, Ohio 45320 (Susquehanna) Hall, John D., 1810 Harvard Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio 45406 (Indiana North) Jay, Carroll E., Route 1, Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154 (Virginia)
Kastner, Arnold S., Box 5, Eldorado, Ohio 45321 (Western Pennsylvania)
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Legg, James H., Jr., Route 1, Box 59-A, Brookville, Ohio (Virginia) Miller, Joe M., 4654 Oxford-Middletown Road, Middletown, Ohio 45042 (Indiana South)
Morse, H. Dale, 7685 South County Road 25-A, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 (Kansas)
*Price, Paul, 2427 Arlene Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 (Eastern) Rossman, Donald W., Box 215, Harrison, Ohio 45030 (Ohio) Sauter, Ted L., 210 High Street, West Manchester, Ohio 45382 (Florida) Shriner, H. Douglas, 1810 Harvard Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio 45406 (Ohio West)
*Wallen, Edward G., Box 115, New Madison, Ohio 45346 (Ohio Sandusky) West, William A., Route 1, Box 150, Piqua, Ohio 45356 (Western Pennsylvania)
CONFERENCE WIDOWS
Aegerter, Mrs. Ambrose, 1849 Fauver Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45420 Armstrong, Mrs. J. L., 1206 Lincoln Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45012 Barngrover, Mrs. O. L., 2418 Lawton Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43620 Brill, Mrs. S. L., 115 Herr Street, Englewood, Ohio 45322 Comrey, Mrs. E. S., 3852 Trevor Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 Dennis, Mrs. F. L., 2016 Auburn Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Green, Mrs. W. Bryan, Otterbein Home, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Hammon, Mrs. E. H., 410 College Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356 McEntire, Mrs. Grace, c/o Dr. Edwin H. Dickey, Methodist Home, 5343 Hamilton, Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
Nichols, Mrs. Dessa S., Otterbein Home, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Rardain, Mrs. H. Wayne, 7311 Silver Lane, Dayton, Ohio 45414 Roberts, Mrs. Walter, 7128 Gardenview Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45431 Robinson, Mrs. James, 910 Cumberland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Schrader, Mrs. Edgar, 104-109 103rd Street, Ozone Park, New York 11417 Schutz, Mrs. Walter, 1818 Ravenwood Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Stine, Mrs. Lorin, 1033 Cherry Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Witham, Mrs. A. C., 431 Walnut Street, Tipp City, Ohio 45371 Wurtz, Mrs. Mary, 51 Cleveland Avenue, Milford, Ohio 45150
LAY MEMBERS - 1970 (or Alternate registered at Columbus)
NORTHWEST GROUP
ABBOTSVILLE-CAYLOR CHAPEL: Mrs. Martin Fourman
CASTINE-SAVONA: Mrs. Wanda McCabe
ELDORADO: Ray Hutton
EVANGELICAL, GREENVILLE: Samuel Upton
EVANGELICAL, UNION CITY : Mrs. Agnes Riffle
FAITH, ARCANUM: Ralph Eubank
ITHACA: David Frazee
NASHILLE: Miss Carolyn Slick
NEW MADISON: Lowell Hawkey
OTTERBEIN-YANKEETOWN: Orval Braggs
ROSE HILL-YORKSHIRE: James Dunwoody WARE'S CHAPEL: Mrs. Mildred Bolen
WATERHOUSE: Ralph Royer
WEST MANCHESTER: Frank Hundley
WEST SONORA: Weston Hammel
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WEST CENTRAL GROUP
ANTIOCH: Mrs. Cathrine Boedeker
ARLINGTON: Mrs. Gladys Ludy
CHRIST, VERONA: Mrs. Waunita Kolling CLAYTON: Jack Davis
COMMUNITY, BROOKVILLE: Mrs. B. Beachler
ENGLEWOOD: Robert Kalter MEMORIAL, LEWISBURG: Bertha Snyder NEW HOPE: Herman Bowers
NEW LEBANON: David Jones
PHILLIPSBURG: Wayne Ward POTSDAM: Janet Hess PYRMONT: Jess Warner
WEST GROUP
FAITH, MIDDLETOWN: Charles Conarroe FARMERSVILLE: Harry Smith
GOOD SHEPHERD, GERMANTOWN: Mrs. Dora Kirby
GREENBUSH: Clyde Pierson
HAMILTON NINTH STREET: Sadie Bezold
HUNTER COMMUNITY: Kathryn Sheppard JACKSONBURG: Kathryn Weber MILLVILLE: Mrs. Inez Dittman
OREGONIA: Mrs. Thelma Elzey
OTTERBEIN HOME: Florence Clippinger
PARK AVENUE, HAMILTON:
PLEASANT RIDGE: Frank Richmond
SPRINGBORO: Dorothea Dillon ST. MARK'S: Mr. Paul Calabria
STATE ROAD: Joanne Carles
UNION CHAPEL: Mrs. Alberta Derrough
WEST ELKTON: Mrs. Linnie Hoppe
CENTRAL GROUP
ALEY: L. Vernon Schaefer
BEARDSHEAR: Frank Kelley
BELMONT: Mrs. John Albrecht " Harold L. Boda
A. J. Hall CHURCH OF THE CROSS: Robert Heintz Mark Beachler
DREXEL PARK: William Harris
EASTMONT: William Darner
EVANGELICAL, XENIA :: Blanche Yinger
FAIRVIEW: Wendell Hohn " Richard Thopson FAITH: Richard Pollitt
FIRST: James Shellabarger " Hazel Dover
" Richard Weimer
" Robert G. Smith, Jr.
FORT McKINLEY : Hubert Fellers
GOOD SHEPHERD: Walter D. Burk HOPE: Raymond Fish LIBERTY : William Clayton
MIAMI CHAPEL: Mrs. H. Hermes
NORMANDY: Robert Albaugh " R. Max Peterson OAK STREET: Dana Forinash OAKWOOD: Mrs. Dorothy Chaney
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OTTERBEIN: Robert Tucker
PARKVIEW: Vernon Weller RESIDENCE PARK: Charles Sampson
SOUTHERN HILLS: Harvey Hammink SULPHUR GROVE: Robert Brademeyer TRINITY, EAST: Roger Brown VANDALIA: James Scholl WAYNE AVENUE: Charles Hahn
NORTHEAST GROUP
BOWLUSVILLE: Mrs. E. Prosser
COLUMBUS AVENUE: Earl Heskett
EVANGELICAL, PIQUA: Ray Fridley FLETCHER: Elmer Emert GINGHAMSBURG: Ada Palmer LAGONDA: Herbert Detrick NEW HOPE: James Michael
ROSEWOOD: Charles Stabler
SOUTHWEST GROUP
CHERRY GROVE: Arthur Maddux
CHEVIOT: Mrs. A. Riggs
CLOUGH: Emma Feucht
COLLEGE HILL: R. Lynn Pounds
CROSBY: Milton Knollman
DUNLAP: Mrs. Louise McNeil
EVANGELICAL, CLIFTON: Mrs. Wilda Lach
FAITH, BATAVIA: Mrs. Anna Brothers HERITAGE: Taylor Clark MT. AIRY: James Sheppard
NEWPORT NINTH STREET: Mrs. Fred Racke NORTH BEND: Mrs. Virginia Myers PRINCE OF PEACE: Mrs. J. Weiss ZION: Mrs. H. Warren
SOUTHEAST GROUP
BLOOM ROSE: BROWNTOWN-UNION PLAINS: Howard Kelch EAST DANVILLE (Sonner's Chapel) : Steve Sonner KETTERMAN-MOWRYSTOWN: Howard Borden SECOND CREEK: Everett Penquite
CHURCHES AND THEIR LOCATION
(According to New District Alignment)
CINCINNATI DISTRICT
CHERRY GROVE: 1427 Eight Mile Road, Cincinnati CINCINNATI CHEVIOT: 3820 Westwood Northern Boulevard, Cincinnati CINCINNATI CLIFTON EVANGELICAL: 245 West McMillan Avenue, Cincinnati
CINCINNATI COLLEGE HILL: 1449 Marlowe Avenue, Cincinnati CINCINNATI HERITAGE: 1585 Compton Road, Mt. Healthy CINCINNATI MT. AIRY: 2645 North Bend Road, Northwest Cincinnati CINCINNATI PRINCE OF PEACE: 10507 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati
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CLOUGH: 2010 Wolfangle Road, one mile north of Route 125 in Forrestville, Cincinnati
CROSBY: 9091 Church Street, New Haven
DUNLAP: 11558 Colerain Road, 15 miles north of Cincinnati, Dunlap
NEWPORT NINTH STREET: 114 West Ninth Street, Newport, Kentucky NORTH BEND: 123 Symmes Road, North Bend
ZION: Zion and Zion Hill Roads, Cleves
DAYTON NORTH DISTRICT
ABBOTSVILLE: Route 49, north of Arcanum
ANTIOCH: Wolf Creek Pike, 1/4 mile west of Diamond Mill Road, Trotwood ARCANUM FAITH: 101 East South Street, Arcanum
ARLINGTON: One block west of corner of National Road and Arlington Road in Arlington
BROOKVILLE COMMUNITY: Maple Street and Hay Avenue, Brookville CASTINE- Along Route 127 on the north edge of Castine
CAYLOR CHAPEL: Hogpath Road, east of Route 49, Greenville
CLAYTON: 157 Talmadge Road, Clayton
DAYTON BEARDSHEAR: 3145 Stop Eight Road, Dayton
DAYTON FT. McKINLEY: 3721 W. Siebenthaler Avenue (Salem and Siebenthaler-northwest Dayton)
DAYTON GOOD SHEPHERD: 2661 Harshmanville Road, Dayton ELDORADO: North Main Street, Eldorado
ENGLEWOOD: Walnut Street and Herr Street, Englewood
FLETCHER: Corner First and South Walnut Streets, Fletcher
GINGHAMSBURG: 2 miles north of Vandalia on County Road 25-A
GREENVILLE EVANGELICAL: Corner of Wayne Avenue and Dever Street, Greenville
ITHACA: North edge of Ithaca
LEWISBURG MEMORIAL: Corner of Commerce and Harrison Streets,
Lewisburg
NASHVILLE: 3 miles north of Palestine, 6 miles west of Greenville off Route 502
NEW HOPE: 5 miles west of Eaton on Route 35
NEW HOPE N.E .: North of Sidney on Route 29, 4 miles west of Mason Road NEW MADISON: 151 North Main Street, New Madison, on Route 121 OTTERBEIN- Route 1, New Madison
PHILLIPSBURG: Route 49, south of traffic light, Phillipsburg PIQUA EVANGELICAL: Corner of College and Ash Streets, Piqua POTSDAM: South of Potsdam on Route 721
PYRMONT: 3 miles west of Brookville on Brookville-Pyrmont Road
ROSE HILL- Route 49, north on McFeely-Petry Road, Rose Hill
SAVONA: Along the Hollansburg-Arcanum Road in Savona
SULPHUR GROVE: 7595 Taylorsville Road, Dayton (Huber Heights) UNION CITY EVANGELICAL: 117 Franklin Street, Union City VANDALIA: 200 South Dixie Drive, Vandalia
VERONA CHRIST: 206 South State Street, Verona
WARE'S CHAPEL: Foos Road, West Manchester
WATERHOUSE: 3-4 miles east of Union City on Route 47
WEST MANCHESTER: 218 High Street, West Manchester, one block east of Route 127
WEST SONORA: Two miles north of Lewisburg on Route 503 YANKEETOWN: Route 722 and Billman Road in New Paris YORKSHIRE: In Yorkshire
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DAYTON SOUTH DISTRICT
ALEY: 6750 Kemper Road, Dayton
DAYTON BELMONT: Corner of Smithville Road and Bellaire Avenue southeast Dayton
DAYTON CHURCH OF THE CROSS: 3121 Wilmington Pike in Kettering DAYTON DREXEL PARK: 5565 West Third Street, Dayton
DAYTON EASTMONT: 5039 Woodbine, corner of Woodman Drive, Dayton DAYTON FAIRVIEW: Corner Fairview and Catalpa, Dayton
DAYTON FAITH: 800 Troy Street, Dayton
DAYTON FIRST: 1516 Salem Avenue, Dayton
DAYTON HOPE: 5980 Wilmington Pike, Dayton
DAYTON MIAMI CHAPEL: 1210 Miami Chapel Road, Dayton
DAYTON NORMANDY: 450 West Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road, Dayton DAYTON OAK STREET: 433 Oak Street, Dayton
DAYTON OAKWOOD: 206 Hadley Avenue, Dayton DAYTON OTTERBEIN: 111 Xenia Avenue, Dayton
DAYTON RESIDENCE PARK: 360 Elmhurst Road, west Dayton DAYTON SOUTHERN HILLS: 2287 South Dixie Avenue, Kettering DAYTON TRINITY-E .: 1500 East Huffman Avenue, east Dayton DAYTON WAYNE AVE .: 912 Wayne Avenue, Dayton FARMERSVILLE: 110 West Center Street, Farmersville
GERMANTOWN GOOD SHEPHERD: Corner of Cherry and Market Streets, Germantown
GREENBUSH: 34 mile north of Route 122, on Greenbush Road from Beechwood, Somerville
JACKSONBURG: Seven miles west of Middletown on Route 744
LIBERTY: 7840 Pemberton Drive, Liberty
MIAMISBURG PARKVIEW: Corner of Fifth and Park Avenue, Miamisburg MIDDLETOWN FAITH: Corner of Baltimore and Philadelphia, Middletown NEW LEBANON: Corner of West Main Street (Route 35) and the Johnsville-Farmersville Road, New Lebanon
PLEASANT RIDGE: 1052 Middletown-Eaton Road in Middletown STATE ROAD: Route 725, 5 miles west of Germantown
UNION CHAPEL: One mile west of Route 4 on Keister Road between Germantown and Middletown
WEST ELKTON: Route 503 in West Elkton
XENIA EVANGELICAL: Third and Galloway, Xenia
SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT
BOWLUSVILLE: 455 West County Line Road, 1/2 mile west of Route 68, between Springfield and Urbana
ROSEWOOD: Corner of Route 29 and Rosewood-Quincy Road, Rosewood SPRINGFIELD COLUMBUS AVE .: 2965 Columbus Avenue, Springfield SPRINGFIELD LAGONDA: 2030 Mitchell Boulevard, on Route 4, Springfield
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
BATAVIA FAITH: Route 32 and Wood Street, Batavia
BLOOM ROSE: Bloom Rose Road, Williamsburg
BROWNTOWN- 2 miles southeast of Sardinia
HAMILTON: NINTH STREET: Ninth and Sycamore Streets, Hamilton HAMILTON PARK AVENUE: Corner of Park and Dick Avenues, one block north of Main Street, Hamilton
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HAMILTON ST. MARK'S: Corner of Symmes Road and Fairfield, west of Route 4, Fairfield
HUNTER COMMUNITY: Shaker Road, two blocks north of Route 122, going east from I-75, Franklin
KETTERMAN- Five Points-Ketterman Road, Sardinia
MILLVILLE: Corner of Millville-Oxford Road in Oregonia
MOWRYSTOWN: Mowrystown, one block north of center of town Mill Street, Millville
OREGONIA: 1/2 block south of the "T" on Corwin Road in Oregonia OTTERBEIN HOME: On Route 741 just north of Route 63, Lebanon SECOND CREEK: In Blanchester
SONNER'S CHAPEL: Between Sugartree Ridge and Danville in Winkle SPRINGBORO: 60 East North Street, Springboro
UNION PLAINS: On Route 68, four miles west of Mt. Orab
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Conference Proceedings
Mrs. James K. Wagner, pianist played the preludes: "A Prayer" by Tchaikovsky and "Largo" by Handel as the people assembled.
At 10:00 o'clock Bishop F. Gerald Hensley convened the Conference de- claring; "I hereby call to order the one hundredth sixty-first annual session of the Ohio Miami Conference."
Rev. Milford Ater led the Conference in the singing of the hymn; "And Are We Yet Alive" and Rev. Harvey C. Hahn prayed the invocation.
Bishop Ensley challenged the Conference with his devotional message on the theme "Remember." He said the most important need of the church at this time is vitality not unity. Vitality and union do not always go together. The word, "remember" sounds like a bell in the Scriptures. The way to a vital union of the churches is to remember certain things out of the past. There is a kind of remembrance that blocks every effort to unite the church. There is another kind of memory that makes for union. We need to forget who we are, but at the same time remember certain things we have in common.
1 .- We have a common Lord, one God and Father of us all. 2 .- We have a common history as Protestants and as Christians. We belong to one stem; we are children of the great awakening. 3 .- We have a common Bible. 4 .- We enjoy a common worship. It will help us as we enter into the larger fellowship if we remember who we are and what we have been. This is not a union of denominations, but a reunion of God's people. 5 .- We have common sins. 6 .- We have a common need of the divine grace. Our memories will translate them- selves into strength as we remember these things.
Maurice Gribler read the names of those who have joined the Church Triumphant during the Conference year and asked the Conference to stand for a moment of silent tribute and of prayer. The tributes prepared will be found in Report No. 3.
The Business Session
Roll call was conducted by Maurice Gribler, Conference Secretary. All lay members and ministers were asked to complete the Registration Card which ushers were instructed to pick up at this time.
These ministers were excused for the Session as requested in writing: James Bergland, Frank Cross, M. Ray Deeter, James Frazier, Wendell Fresh- ley, John McRoberts, Joe Miller, Edwin Pellett, Eugene Risch. Retired minis- ters, George Duckwall and Leo Vanetta, reported in and were excused by reason of illness.
It was voted to adopt the agenda as printed. The Rules of Order as found on page 28 of the 1969 Journal were adapted for this session. The entire area of the assembly room was set as the bar of the Conference.
Dr. Carl B. Eschbach presented a fine, comprehensive report on behalf of the Conference Staff concerning the Conference year. The report was received with interest and wide approval. It was voted to print the report in the Con- ference Journal. (See Report No. 1)
Maurice Gribler called attention to the Summary of Actions of the Con- ference Council of Administration as found in the book of reports. It was voted to print the report and preserve it for the Conference archives. (See Report No. 2)
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