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NELL, HARRY B. Born: April 4, 1927 in Adams County, Pa. Son of Eugene and Pauline Rider Nell. Licensed and ordained (1958) to the ministry in the Upper Conewago Church. Courses at Messiah College. Served in nonsalaried ministry in the Upper Conewago Church. Married: Helen M. King of East Berlin, Pa. Children: Kenneth E., Allen L., Philip E., Gail S., John S., Sandra E. and Daniel A. Nell.
NELL, VERNON E. Born: in Franklintown, Pa. Son of Eugene and Pauline Rider Nell. Licensed (1956) and ordained (1958) to the min- istry in the Upper Conewago congregation. Served in the nonsalaried ministry. Married: Ermadell J. Lehman of Dillsburg, Pa. Children: Charles E., Gerald L., Keith O., Stewart V. and William B. Nell.
NESS, TOMMY LEE. Born: Sept. 30, 1945 in York County, Pa. Son of Walter T. and Anna Hartman Ness. Education: Dallastown High School and two years of college. One year of carpentry in a trade school. Licensed to preach in the congregation. Served two years in Brethren Volunteer Service assignments at New Windsor Service Center. Married: Deanna J. Lahman of Quinter, Kansas.
NEWCOMER, PAUL K. Born: Aug. 20, 1896 in Codorus Twp. in York County. Son of Harvey and Rosea Keeney Newcomer. Licensed (1926) and ordained (1927) to the ministry at the Pleasant Hill congregation. Installed as elder (1946). Served in nonsalaried ministry of the Pleasant Hill congregation and as moderator of the church. Member of the Children's Aid Society and member of the Southern District Board.
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Married: Martha Mummert of York County. Children: Paul L., Mary Ellen, C. Donald and Marian R. Newcomer.
NICARRY, SNIVELY OMAR. Born: Jan. 29, 1916 at Chambersburg, Pa. Son of Harry S. and Margie Hartman Nicarry. Member and clerk of the Falling Spring congregation. Licensed (1938) and ordained (1939) to the ministry by this congregation. Served in the nonsalaried ministry. Member of the Southern District Board. Married: Leta Evelyn Lesher of Columbiana, Ohio. After the death of Mrs. Nicarry, married Laura Evelyn Creager of Mercersburg, Pa. After death of second wife, S. Omar Nicarry married Naomi Grace Wingert of Chambersburg, Pa. Children: Paul, Omar Jr., Carol, Ruby, Ray, Esther, Anna and Chester Nicarry.
NICARRY, WAYNE A. Born: Dec. 15, 1919 at Chambersburg, Pa. Son of Harry S. and Margie K. Hartman Nicarry. Education: Chambersburg High School, Juniata College, Elizabethown College Bethany Extension Courses and International Correspondence Courses. Licensed (1944) and ordained (1946) to the ministry in the Falling Spring congregation. Pastorates: Chambersburg Church (1949-1954) and interim-pastor at Shippensburg (1962) and Greencastle (1964). Trustee for Children's Aid Society, member of Brethren Home Board and trustee of Elizabeth- town College. Married: Frances Oberholzer of Greencastle, Pa. Chil- dren: Ronald L. and Wayne F. Nicarry.
NORRIS, GLEN ELVIN. Born: Nov. 21, 1899 in Penn Township near Grafton, Pa. Son of Thomas M. and Mary Hoover Norris. Education: High School (1918), Juniata College (A.B., 1924), Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (1928-1929) and Bethany Biblical Seminary (1934, 1935). Called to ministry (1922) before licensing procedure was intro- duced to the denomination. Missionary to Malmo, Sweden (1929-1934). Pastorates: Parker Ford, Pa. (1927-1929), Altoona, Twenty-Eighth Street (1935-1945), Ambler, Pa. (1945-1953), Hanover, Pa. (1953-1959) and Editor of Adult Publications (1960- Williamsburg, Pa. (1959-1960). 1966), interim Director of Peace and Social Education (1966-1967), Draft counselor (1967-1969). Honored with special citation at Annual Conference (1967) for work on behalf of brotherhood. Married: Lois Detweiler of Johnstown, Pa. Children: Donald Carl, Philip Ethelbert, Wilfred Glen and Arthur George Norris. Mrs. Lois Detweiler is a licensed minister of the denomination.
PARMER, SAMUEL, G. Born: Jan. 9, 1904 at Clearspring, Md. Son of Henry and Fannie Gesell Parmer. Education: Eastern Mennonite College (1946), Columbia Business School at Hagerstown, Md. (1920- 1921). Licensed (1941) and ordained (1946) at Broadfording Church, Md. Served in nonsalaried ministry at Broadfording Church (1945-1950) and the Back Creek congregation (1950- ). Married: Anna M. Tenely of Mercersburg, Pa. (1938).
PEFFER, JHN L. Born: April 6, 1931 in Cumberland County, Pa. Son of E. W. Peffer and Mary K. Spangler Peffer. Licensed (1959) to the ministry in the Carlisle congregation. Married: Joyce Durnim (1949). Children: Scott, Carolyn, Diane and Rebecca Peffer.
PENTZ, ESTHER R. Born: Dec. 13, 1908 in Adams County, Pa. Daughter of Alvin Bucker and Martha Musselman Byer Reed. Education. Two years of Nurses' Training and one year of hospital administration. Reared in the Mennonite tradition. Administrator of The Brethren Home (1952-1971). Married: Harry C. Pentz of Clearfield County, Pa. PFALTZGRAFF, ROY EDWARD. Born: Sept. 13, 1917 at York, Pa. Son of G. Nevin and Mary M. Pfaltzgraff. Education: York High School, Elizabethtown College (1938), Temple University Medical School
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(1942), postgraduate work at Carville Leprosarium in Louisiana. Or- dained (1945) at York First Church. Set sail for Nigeria on January 31, 1945 three days after ordination. Served as missionary doctor in Adamwa Provincial Leprosarium in Nigeria and is currently its Director. Married: Violet Hackman of Lancaster County (1942). Children: Roy E. Jr., George Hackman, David J., Nevin Mark and Kathryn Joyce Pfaltzgraff. PLETCHER, ORDO MYERS. Born: Jan. 13, 1909 at Stahlstown, Pa. Son of Irwin R. and Sadie G. Pletcher. Education: Connellsville High School, Juniata College and Bethany Bible Training School (1931). Licensed (1930) and ordained (1932) in the Connellsville congregation. Pastorates: Echo Union Church, Pa. (1940-1945), Locust Grove Church, Pa. (1945-1948), Lorida Church, Florida (1949-1952), Leamersville Church (1954-1962), Ridge Church (1962-1969) and Roxbury Church (1969-
). Married: Margaret A. Allison of Johnstown, Pa. Children: Randall Myers, O. Trent, and Reid A. Pletcher.
PLUM, LEROY EDWARD. Born: May 10, 1920 at Greencastle, Pa. Son of William Preston and Ruth Oberholzer Plum. Licensed and or- dained to the ministry in Back Creek congregation. Served in Civilian Public Service work (1942-1946). Pastor of Rouzerville Church (1967- ). Married: Thelma Rice of Zullinger, Pa. Children: LeRoy Edward Jr., Angela Dawn and Lynette Kay Plum.
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POLING, JAMES NEWTON. Born: Dec. 14, 1942 in Greene County, Va. Son of Newton L. and Virginia Smith Poling. Education: Bridgewater College (B.A., 1964) and Bethany Theological Semin- ary (M. Div., 1968). Licensed to the ministry in the First Church of the Brethren, Chicago, Illinois and advanced to the full ministry at the West York Church. Pastorates: Summer pastor of the First Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina (1965); assistant minister of the First Church of the Brethren in Chicago (1965-1967); pastor of the West York Church of the Brethren (1969- ). Camp manager at Camp Peniel (1960-1961) and Director of Camp Eder (1969-1973). Married: Nancy Werking of New Castle, Indiana. Children: Chris- tina Lynn and James Nathan Poling.
POLING, NEWTON L. Born: March 25, 1914 at Philippi, West Virginia. Son of Columbus H. and Willye Idleman Poling. Education: Alderson- Broaddus College (1931-1934), Bridgewater College (B.A., 1937), Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. (1937-1939), Bethany Theological Seminary (B.D., 1941). Licensed (1935) and ordained (1936) at the Brick Church in Maysville, West Virginia. Pastorates: Hopewell, Va. (1937-1939), Eastern Mount Carmel, Va. (1941-1944), Summit and Lebanon congregations, Va. (1944-1948), Brownsville, Md. (1948-1961), Woodbridge, Va. (1961-1965), Scalp Level, Pa. (1965-1968) and Carlisle, Pa. (1968- ). Married: Virginia D. Smith of Nebada, Missouri. Children: James Newton, Harry Emerson, Edward Lee and Rebecca Jeanne Poling.
PRIEST, MARVIN LEE. Born: Oct. 21, 1950 at Hagerstown, Md. Son of George M. and Margaret L. Priest. Licensed (1968) to the ministry at the Prices' Church in the Antietam congregation. Served in Alterna-
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tive Service work in York County for two years. Married: Carolyn Louise Valentine. Daughter: Melody Lynn Priest.
RARICK, RALPH G. Born: February 18, 1893 at Royerton, Indiana. Son of Levi and Amanda Varner Rarick. Education: Eaton (Indiana) High School (1912), Manchester College, Bethany Biblical Seminary. Licensed (1914) at Bethany Church in Northern Indiana and ordained (1922) at the Stanley Church in Wisconsin. Pastorates: Fifteen pas- torates from Pennsylvania to California and Florida. Was known as "the traveling evangelist". Served in Pennsylvania at Chambersburg Church (1941-1946) and Hollidaysburg Church (1946-1950). Author of History of the Missinewa Church (1917), a church located near Muncie, Indiana. Married: Vinna C. Harshberger of Girard, Illinois. Children: Evelyn, Elvera and Kathleen Rarick.
REBER, NORMAN FRANKLIN. Born: Nov. 6, 1909 in Centreport, Pa. Son of Jonathan G. and Clara Kramer Snyder Reber. Education: Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1930), Univ. of Pa. (M.A., 1935, Ph.D., 1960). Editor, Pennsylvania Farmer magazine (1958- ), field edi- tor (1946-1956), managing editor (1956-1958), secretary-treasurer, American Agricultural Editors' Assoc. (1964-1967); Honorary County Agent (1961) recognition by Pa. County Agents' Assoc .; Distinguished Service to Agriculture award, New Holland Division, Sperry Rand (1969); Distinguished Service award, Pa. Farmers' Assoc. (1970); Director, Pa. Master Farmers' Assoc .; member of Governor's Comm. for the Preservation of Agricultural land Recognized in Who's Who In America (1972). Active in nonsalaried ministry of the district and of the New Fairview congregation since 1951. Chairman of the Social Education and Action Commission of the District; delegate to the Annual Conference as a Standing Committee member (1967, 1968) ; chairman of the District History Committee (1972- ). Married: Elsie Markey of York, Pa. Children: Dean Howell, Barbara Ruth and Patricia Ann Reber.
RICE, WILLIS HARTMAN. Born: June 14, 1921 at Zullinger, Pa. Son of Willis Miller and Ivy Hartman Rice. Licensed and ordained at the Antietam congregation. Three and a half years in Civilian Public Service assignments. Member of the Southern District Board; assistant modera- tor of Western Pennsylvania; secretary of The Brethren Revival Fellow- ship; member of several study committees appointed by the Annual Conference. Unsalaried ministry in the Prices' Church (1951-1958), pastor of the Conemaugh Church (1958-1966) and the Blue River Church of Indiana (1966- ). Co-director of a group which toured Greece, Israel and other Mid-East lands (1972). Married: Marilyn Louise Witter of Mercersburg, Pa. Children: Daryl Hartman and Loren Dean Rice.
RICE, WILLIS M. Born: Feb. 6, 1892 in Lancaster County, Pa. Son of Frederick A. and Emma Miller Rice. Completed a fifth grade educa- tion. Deacon in the Antietam congregation (1916). Licensed (1929) and ordained (1930) in the Antietam congregation. Ordained to the eldership on Sept. 18, 1950. Served in nonsalaried ministry until his death on June 20, 1970. Employed as a tool inspector at the Landis Machine Company for forty-nine years. Married: Ivy Pearl Hartman of Franklin County. Children: Anna V. (Myers), Lois E. (Sollenberger), W. Hartman, Thelma P. (Plum), J. Fred, C. Burnell, Dorothy G. (Angle), Gladys L. (Esh), D. Paul and Edna L. Rice.
RITCHEY, PAUL EDWARD. Born: April 26, 1928 at Everett, Pa. Son of Marvin S. and Mildred L. McFarland Ritchey. Education: Robert P. Smith High School (1946), Manchester College (A.B., 1951), and Bethany Biblical Seminary (B.D., 1954), graduate work at Univ. of
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Pittsburgh, Albright College and Elizabethtown College. Licensed and ordained to the ministry in the Bethel congregation. Advanced to the eldership in the First Church of the Brethren, York, Pa. Pastorates: Claysburg Church (1954-1955) and First Church, Pottstown, Pa. (1956- 1959). Chaplain to the York County Prison and the York County Juvenile Detention Home. Sharing pastoral duties at the Belvidere congregation. Married: Portia B. Baugher of York County. Children: Beth Ann, Joseph M., Paul E. Jr., Timothy A. and David L. Ritchey. ROSS, JIMMY R. Born: Aug. 8, 1935 in Augusta County, Va. Son of Gilbert D. and Mary Wolfe Ross. Education: Wilson Memorial High School, Fisherville, Va. (1953), Bridgewater College (B.A., 1959), Bethany Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1970). Licensed (1952) and ordained (1957) at the Blue Ridge Chapel in Virginia. Pastorates: Emmanuel Church, Elkton, Md. (1961-1962), Manor congregation, Hagerstown, Md. (1963-1969) and Codorus Church (1970- ). Married: Betty Chiles of Waynesboro, Va. Children: Michael Ray, Sharon Kay, Cheryl Renee and Pamela Rose Ross.
ROTENBERGER, LINFORD JAMES. Born: May 9, 1916 at Quakertown, Pa. Son of Edwin and Mary Rotenberger. Attended grade school in his home community. Licensed and ordained to the ministry in the Quakertown Church. Pastorates: Thurmont, Md. (1938-1939), Friendly Gospel Mission at Lansdale, Pa. (1941-1945), York Second Church (1945-1954) and Springfield Church near Coopersburg, Pa. (1956- ). Closely identified with The Brethren Revival Fellowship since its begin- nings. Married: Kathryn Ream of Brick Taven, Pa. Children: Donna Ruth, Nancy Lee and Kathy Lynne Rotenberger.
ROTH, G. BOOK, Born: Oct. 8, 1922 at Carlisle, Pa. Son of Edward W. and S. Minerva Roth. Education: Carlisle High School (1940), Elizabethtown College (1941-1942), Cincinnati College of Mort- uary Science (1946). Member of the Carlisle Church of the Brethren. Mem- ber of the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees (1970-1972). Married: Ar- lene G. Ziegler of Montgomery County, Pa. Children: William B., Allen Z., Constance H. and Dean G. Roth.
ROTH, MADELINE WOLFE. Born: Mar. 15, 1911 in Manchester, Md. Daughter of Amos M. and Elizabeth Royer Wolfe. Education: High School (1928), college G. Book Roth work and has been certified to teach mentally retarded and handicapped (1957). Member of the Black Rock congregation (1922) and a Sunday School teacher, deaconess and choir member of the Carlisle congregation. President of Women's Fellowship in Carlisle Church. Member of the Southern District Board and of the Children's Aid Society. Married: W. Mark Roth. Children: Kenneth M., Anna Mae, Eugene E., Dale M., Paul W. and Phillip W. Roth.
ROWLAND, RONALD H. Born: Aug. 7, 1913 at Hanover, Pa. Son of Charles L. and Margaret Harlacher Rowland. Education: Huntingdon High School, Juniata College (B.S., 1934), Univ. of Pittsburgh and Insur-
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ance Specialty-Technical Courses. Mem- ber of the Hanover congregation. Ac- tive in Regional, District and local Men's Work efforts. Vice-president of the United Church men; District Board mem- ber, District Anniversary Call Chairman, president of The Brethren Home Board. Married: Gladys E. Brougher of Greens- burg, Pa. (1935). Children: Jacqueline J. and R. Stanley Rowland.
ROYER, CHESTER H. Born: April 13, 1896 at Talmage in Lancaster County, Pa. Son of Abram H. and Alice Hummer Royer. Education: Elizabethtown Acad- Madeline W. Roth emy, Temple University and Columbia University. Worked as a public school teacher and a principal. Licensed (1922) and ordained to the eldership (1941) at the Elizabethtown Church and the First Church of York respectively. Pastorates: Thurmont, Md. (1949-1953) and the nonsalaried ministry of the Conestoga Church (1926-1930), the Lancaster Church (1930-1931) and the York First Church. Moderator of the church at Thurmont, Md. (1950-1953) and Madison Ave. (1952-1959). Member of District Mission Board for thirty years and a member of the Southern District Board. Married: Anna S. Doster of Ephrata Township, Lan- caster County, Pa. (1916). Children: Allegra, James Lowell, Jeanne Romanine and C. Holmes Royer.
SCHWENK, L. ANNA. Born: Sept. 4,
1893 at Loganton, Pa. Daughter of Edgar Austin and Susan Schroyer Schwenk. Education: Elizabethtown College (A.B., 1922) and postgraduate work at Bucknell College (1929) and Pennsylvania State Univ. (1930-1931). United with the Church of the Brethren at Sugar Valley (1906) and is currently a member of the Carlisle Church. Serv- ed as Executive Secretary for the Chil- dren's Home (1931-1932, 1953-1955), di- rector of camp work at Camp Swatara and Camp Harmony; assistant director of the Laboratory School in 1948 at Jun- iata College and a teacher in many Laboratory Schools (1953, 1954, 1957, L. Anna Schwenk 1958). Director of Children's Work for the Southern District (1945-1960) and member of the Cumberland County Sabbath School Association (1946- 1973). Served on Governor Scranton's "Out of Wedlock" Conference (1965). Delegate to World's Sunday School Convention at Los Angeles (1928), at Toronto, Canada (1950) and the International Sunday School Conference in Des Moines, Iowa (1947) and Cleveland, Ohio (1957). Appears in Who's Who of American Women (1964-1965, 1968-1969) and in the Dictionary of International Biography (1966).
SEALOVER, HELEN ELIZABETH. Born: Nov. 25, 1922 in Baltimore, Md. Daughter of Carroll and Mary Wolfe Volland. Education: East Berlin High School and two years at Western Maryland College (1939- 1941). Temperance Director for the Southern District (1956-1958) and
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Director for the Junior High work of the district (1965-1971). Member of the First Church of the Brethren of York, Pa. and teacher, choir member and director of Junior High activities at the congregation. Married: Robert Lewis Sealover of Kralltown, Pa. (1942). Children: Carolyn Elizabeth, Steven Drew and Robert Mark Sealover.
SELLERS, HARRY E. Born: June 5, 1921 in York County, Pa. Son of James C. and Minnie Miller Sellers. Active in the Pleasant Hill con- gregation as a teacher and evangelist. Called to the ministry by the Pleasant Hill Church (1962) and ordained to the ministry on October 17, 1966. Married: Martha M. Winand of Hanover, Pa. (1941).
SELLERS, JOHN WILLIAM. Born: Oct. 30, 1924 at Thompsontown, Pa. Son of William A. and Nellie Swartz Sellers. United with the Meth- odist Church in Snyder County by baptism in the Susquehanna River (1953). Education: High School (1942) and Philco Radio School in Philadelphia, Pa. (1943). Licensed in the Methodist Church at Harris- burg, Pa. (1954). Licensed to the ministry in the Church of the Brethren by the Lost Creek congregation (1960) and ordained (1967). Served the Oriental Church as pastor (1960- ) and the Tuscarora and
Farmers' Grove congregation (1962- ). Married: Ruth E. Keller of Harrisburg, Pa. (1946). Children: Larry Lester and Garry Lee Sellers. SELLERS, NOAH S. Born: Dec. 31, 1890 at Black Rock, Pa. Son of
Samuel and Lamanda Dubs Sellers. Graduated from the Codorus Twp. High School) 1908) and received a permanent teaching certificate after passing an examination at Lancaster, Pa. Taught in the Black Rock community until his retirement in 1956. Elected to the ministry (1917) by the Black Rock congregation and ordained to the eldership (1936). Served as moderator of the Black Rock congregation (1937-1961). Em- ployed as part-time pastor of the Black Rock congregation (1956-1960). Member of the Southern District Standing Committee, District Confer- ence moderator, member of the District Sunday School Board and District Board of Christian Education (1924-1967). Trustee of Elizabeth- town College (1934-1968). Became an honorary trustee in 1968. Presi- dent of York County Teachers' Assoc. and of the York County Retired Teachers' Assoc. Attended the National Teachers' Convention at Cleve- land, Ohio. Married: Lillie Baugher of Jefferson, Pa. Daughter: Flor- ence P. (Shaffer) Sellers.
SHEAFFER, WILLIAM CARL. Born: Nov. 28, 1931 in Penn Twp., Cumberland County, Pa. Son of William Joseph Clark and Helen Woodrow Sheaffer. Member of the Huntsdale Church of the Brethren. Deacon and member of the local church board. Member of the District Camp Eder Board, Adult Cabinet and Children's Aid Society. Married: Shirley C. Sheller of Cumberland County, Pa. Children: Kenneth Mark, Judy Elaine, Michael David, Tamara Jo, Heidi Beth and Timothy Carl Sheaffer.
SHENK, JOHN R. Born: Aug. 29, 1930 in Lancaster County, Pa. Son of John S. and Katie Layser Shenk. Education: Graduate of Manheim Central High School and one semester at Elizabethtown College. Several years in Brethren Volunteer Service in the state of Indiana working for C.R.O.P. Called to the ministry (1968) by the Mount Olivet congre- gation. Has served the Mount Olivet Church as pastor (1969- ). Married: Ruby Kipp of Newport, Pa. Children: Susan Kay, Donita Joy and Julia Marie Shenk.
SHIVELY GEORGE JACOB. Born: June 8, 1938 at Lewisburg, Pa. Son of Jacob G. and Florence Rachael Shively. Education: Graduated from High School and several years at Elizabethtown College. Williamsport Technical Institute (1959). Licensed (1962) in the Buffalo Church and
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ordained (1966). Pastorates: Green Hill Church, Westover, Md. (1968- 1971) and Penn Run-Indiana Church yoked pastorate (1971- ). Married: Betty Jean Kratzer (1960). Children: Angela Louise, Beverly Jean and Matthew George Shively.
SHOLLEY, LANTA ASA, JR. Born: Sept. 23, 1930 in Lebanon, Pa. Son of Lanta A. and Leah B. Gerberich Sholley. Education: Lebanon High School (1948), Lebanon Valley College (B.S., 1957) and Bethany Theological Seminary (1967-1969). Licensed (1958) by the Lebanon Church and ordained (1960) at the Oakdale Church, Western Pennsyl- vania. Pastorates: Oakdale Church (1960-1962), Clearfield and Martin- ville Methodist Churches in Lancaster County, Pa. (1963-1965), Embury Methodist Church of Chicago, Illinois (1967-1969) and the Huntsdale Church (1969- ). Married: Adora Jane Rabinger of Phila., Pa. (1956).
SHOWALTER, CLARENCE H. Born: March 13, 1921 at Hagerstown, Md. Son of Martin W. and Katie Reiff Showalter. Licensed (1947) and ordained (1949) in the Back Creek congregation and has served in the nonsalaried ministry. Married: Anna Ruth Ryder of Mercersburg, Pa. Children: Ronald L. and William E. Showalter.
SHULL, MERLIN GROSH. Born: July 1, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Merlin C. and Pearl Grosh Shull. Education: High School at Elgin, Illinois (1945), Manchester College (A.B., 1949), Bethany Theological Seminary (B.D., 1955) and Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary (Master of Sacred Theology, 1972). Licensed (1945) and ordained (1947) at the Highland Avenue Church of Elgin, Illinois. Pastorates: Central Church, Roanoke, Va. (1949), assistant summer pastor at Trotwood Church, Ohio (1954), East Nimishillen Church, Canton, Ohio (1955- 1963), Marsh Creek (Gettysburg) Church (1963- ). Was Brethren Service worker in Austria (1950-1953). Contributed articles to the Church of the Brethren Leader and wrote "The Price of Freedom" for the Teacher's Guide for the Senior High Curriculum, In His Spirit, Part II. District Conference moderator (1972). Married: Mary Grace White of Johnson City, Tennessee. Children: Mark Allen and Mary Elizabeth Shull.
SIMMONS, CLAUDE REYNOLDS, JR. Born: In Washington County, Tennessee. Education: Attended a one-room elementary school, John- son City High School, Bridgewater College (B.A., 1943), and Bethany Biblical Seminary (B.D., 1947). Licensed at the age of seventeen and ordained at the age of twenty in the Johnson City Church. Pastorates: Topeco Church, Va. (1948-1953), Pipe Creek congregation and Union Bridge, Md. (1953-1958), Marsh Creek congregation (1958-1963) and Spray, N. C. (1963- ). Member of the Southern District Board, Standing Committee delegate (1952), Writing Clerk for Southern Virginia District (1953), and a member of the Camp Eder Committee. Married: Mary Kathryn Gingrich (1946). Children: Claude R. III, Barbara Jean, Karen Sue and Mary Kay Simmons.
SMITH, ARTHUR MORRIS. Born: Nov. 12, 1923. Son of Clarence Harrison and Christine Carr Smith. Trained in the Methodist denomin- ation. Education: Ridley Township High School, Gettysburg College, Penn State University (M. Ed., 1958), and graduate work at Shippens- burg State College, Temple University and Bethany Extension School courses. Licensed and ordained (1961) in the Carlisle Church. Pastor- ates: Interim-pastor at Carlisle Church (1960-1961), Three Springs (1970- 1971) and interim-pastor at Newville Church (1965). Moderator at Huntsdale, Three Springs, Bunkertown and Free Springs congregations.
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Married: Esther Elizabeth Royer of Carlisle, Pa. Children: Deborah Kay (Whistler), Kristin Elizabeth and Douglas Malcolm Smith.
SNIDER, DONALD MITCHELL. Born: Dec. 18, 1915 at Akron, Ohio. Son of Howard Samuel and Ruth Stover Snyder. Education: Waynes- boro High School (1933), Juniata College (A.B., 1939), Bethany Biblical Seminary (B.D., 1942) and a business college in Germany for three years. Licensed (1939) at Waynesboro, Pa. and advanced to the full ministry at the Stone Church in Huntingdon, Pa. Regional Secretary of the Eastern Region (1942-1944), Youth Director for the brotherhood (1944- 1951), Brethren Service Director in Germany (1951-1954). Pastor: Dixon, Illinois (1954-1961), Brethren Volunteer Service Director at New Windsor, Md. Married: Martha Jane Kiever of Pulaski, Indiana. Chil- dren: Philip Michel, Muriel Elaine and Julia Ann (Bauserman) Snider. SOLLENBERGER, CLARENCE BENJAMIN. Born: Oct. 28, 1897 near Carlisle, Pa. Son of Harry and Tessie Nickey Sollenberger. Education: High School (1917) and Elizabethtown College (B.A., 1923). Work in industrial arts at Millersville State Teachers' College. Licensed to preach in the Carlisle Church and ordained (1931). Member of the Southern District Board, part-time pastor at Newville Church (1931- 1937), interim-pastor at Boiling Springs (1966-1969), District Standing Committee member (1958, 1962), and Brotherhood Fund representative for the district. Married: Marian Elizabeth Trimmer of Seven Hundred near New Oxford, Pa. Children: Barbara Marie, Benjamin Trimmer, Clarence Robert and Lois Ann Sollenberger.
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