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-oWarren Emerson Brown was born in the Methodist
parsonage at White Cloud, Michigan, July nineteenth,
nineteen hundred and seven, the son of George Brown
and Arlos Gaskill-Brown.
He shared the family re-
lations with a sister, Leah Arlos Brown.
His
primary education began while his parents were located at Bannister, Michigan.
Having lived success-
ively in White Cloud, Middletown, Bannister, Okemos,
Riverdale and Sheridan, he was graduated from the
Sheridan High School.
In 1923, he matriculated at
Western State Normal School while his parents were .
serving the Schoolcraft charge.
His first teaching
contract was with the Lawler School, south of the
village of Augusta.
After two years here he con-
tracted to teach a suburban district to Kalamazoo,
known as the Lay District.
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Six years were spent in
this district, the last four of which were spent in
the new $16,000 grade building known as Hoover School,
of which he was principal.
In 1925, Warren received a license to preach
while his father was serving the Galesburg charge.
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His first appointment was at Pavilion, Michigan.
Later, in 1931, he was made assistant to his father
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on the Leslie parish.
In May, 1932, he was appointed
to serve Moscow and South Jackson churches.
At
conference in 1932, he was appointed to the Spring
Brook church, northeast of Kalamazoo.
Until this
time Warren was continuing his teaching work under
the advice of Bishop Nicholson.
In 1933, he entered
the full time ministry with his appointment to the
Hopkins parish.
On Christmas Day of the same year
he married an acquaintance of a life-time, Helen
Georgiana Riggs, who for several years served as an
evangelist throughout Michigan and Ontario.
Helen
was a fully ordained minister and became a most helpful partner in t his pastoral team.
In 19 36, the couple were sent to Portland, Michigan.
Because of his teaching and supply work,
Warren was not finally ordained El der until 1936.
He was graduated from the conference course of study.
Besides a place on a minor committee, he was elected
in
193~
to the 6onference Board of Stewards.
In
1935, he was elected second vice president of the
Eaton Rapids Camp Meeting Association, and in 1937
was made a trustee of this group.
Music, radio amp l i f ication, and pipe organs are
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the principal hobbies of this young preacher.
At
the Portland church ha had an opportunity to work on
all of these.
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In
1937, a new Moller pipe organ
was installed under his direction.
An auditorium
amplification and hearing aid system was acquired,
and "Singing Tower" equipment, making possible the
broadcasting of chimes and sacred music over the
city.
From time to time Warren has been associated
with such enterprises as The Boy Scouts, The Lions
and other dinner clubs, and community projects.
foregoing was written in 1938.
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Brown, Warren E.