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From the
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DETROIT
Conference of
The Methodist Church
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC RELATIONS AND METHODIST INFORMATION
From:
D. C. Carpent er
Press Hoom - ,t;..!lilll8 l Confere-lce
Adrian Co lleg e , l1.dri a n , !Iich i g an
June
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Omo: i:ion , e t ho c11s t Churches of
18 , 1965
.i Lli l ter of tile 1\ r.ilf\da
.rmo.da , .ac. 1gan
t11n 1 s t e r to Da 1sville -:: nd Van ':lo ·ne
et nodist
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wa e: n poi n te d
t~h ur c.f,es ,
by
BisHop uwigh t E . _oder n t t t.e .. ed.nesd · J e fterno on r:esE:l on of t he
Detroit ..nnua l (,o:lference meeti ng on t 11e c m.•ue: o f · d r 1an Col l ege
in A.drien 111ch i gan.
Dr • ..:ar rye.ate r , a D.t.::. tive of (,a rro l l Lounty, I l l inoi s
g r Pd ua ted f r om York
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wit h the cla ss of l 9 JO .
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c hool i n Thomso11, Illinois
ue r·e ccive <' a .a
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Fo cia te of
from i.end ... ll <.,ollebe , · va.us t on, Il linois i n 1949 ; a
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degree
from !.o uthwestern ... olle~e in 1950; J.. b . D . from Garrett The o log i cal
~>e min& ry ,
.. vans ton, I ll1n.o1 s in 19.56 ; end Th. D . deere e from t he
America.:.l l'heo l ouical . _ chool , Lhicago , I llinoi s i n 1959.
l'1e t ~1od i st
In a dd ition to t h e
t.a r o el ter has served l•et110d 1s t
Rock and
.~orb1n ,
"'h l.lrc nee of _-\ r cmda , Dr .
. . hu_•c c_es of I n i r cln l e , I l li.uo1s;
K nras ; . 1ll1., msf i eld , Illino is ; t he
ew port
Bes Gemer-\o. ~ kefleld cha r ge of Ironwood , f•J.ichi gHn ; 6.lld lron n iver
a nd t1eno.n1nee •
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He 1e a member of t he l.J etrvlt .... o ,ference Bot!lrd of L-hrist1an
Social concerns, and the Detroit Conference Gomm1s o1on on
? ubl1c Relr tions and rlethod1s t Informa tion.
of C,hl.lrch uirtory; The
boc1et ~
The Ame rican ~oo1ety
of Biblical J,.,lterat t.lre, and the
Ur t ional (;ounoil i n Family Hel, t i ona.
Mrs. Ca rpent e r is t he fo rmer Mi ss Fern Emme rt of Mt .
Car roll, Illinois·o
The Carpent er 1 s have t wo chi ld ren, Donald
Clyde J r •. 15, and Joyce El a yne , 5 ..
Dr. Ca rpenter will deliver his firs t sermon i n t he Dansville
and Van Towne Methodist Churche s on J une 27th .
be moving into t he Parsonage - 133 2
Tuesday , June 29th.
The f amily will
.li.atns Street, Dansvi lle on
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Juno 11, 1968
Adrian Colloge
Adrian, · cbigan
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Detroit Annual Conference
Immcdiat Release
Copy: Dr. D. c. Carpent r
Dr . D. C. Carpenter, ror the paet three years , a inistor of the Danaville and Vunto\'rn .etbodiot ChtWches has been appointtea
Eantwood United ltothodi
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obi un , ef feot1vo June l?tb.
Church, Flint,
Dr. D11i ht E. Loder, Reoident Bishop
.1ch1gan
01 tihe
roa of the
United !-1othod1at Church read tho 11 t. of the appoint. onts Tuosd.ay after-
noon at the oponins s aaion of tb
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Adrian Coll.
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June 12, 1968
Press Room
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Adri an College
Adrian, r!i chigan
Dr. D.
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For Immediate Rel ease
Copy:
Dr. D. C. Carpenter
Carpenter for the past three years
~ inister
of the Dansville and Vantown 1Jnited f!ethodist Churches in
the Ann Arbor District , was appointed minister of Sast\'lood
United i ethodist Churcl;l , Flint, by Bishop Dwight E. Loder
at the Tuesday afternoon session of the Detroit Annual Conference of the United I'ethoc!.ist Church, meeting on the campus of Adrian Colloge in Adrian,
~ ichiean .
Dr . Carpenter , a native of Carroll County, Illinois ,
was graduated from York Community High School in Thomson,
Illinois vnth the Class of 1930.
He received an Associate
of Art s degree from Evanston Collegiate Institute, no'.'l
Kendal College , Evanston , Illinois , in 1949; a b . D. degree
fron1 South\vestcrn College , \iinfield , Kansas , in 1950; a
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D. degree fran Garrett
Theolo~i c al
Seminary , Illinois ,
in 1956; and a Th. D. degree from the American Theological
School , Chicago, Illinois in 1959.
-:-n addition to the Dansville and lantmm United Kethodist Churches, Dr. Carpenter has served
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at Fairdal e, Illinois; P.ock and Corbin , Kan sa s ; Hilli amsfie l d , Dahinda and El more , Illinois; the Ne\'fJ'Crt-·Bc ssanert'/akefield Charge of Irom'lood ,
r : ichi~an;
Iron River, f1enom-
inee, and Arnoda , rachigan.
Dr. Carpenter is a
ne~ber
of the Detroit Conference
Commission on Public Relations and rcthodist Information,
The Ame rican Society of Church History and The Society of
Biblical Literature.
lie is active in Boy Scouts, serving
recently as Huron District Fi nance
Chai~an;
4-H pr oject
leader in Photography nnd the local fin isterial Association.
rirs. Carpenter is the forrner l\'" iss Fern E"l'Jmert of
Carroll, Illinois.
Donald Clyde, Jr., a
!·~t.
The Carpenter ' s have two children,
19~~
rraduate of Dansville Agricultural
Hi gh School, and Joyce Elayne , 8.
Dr . Carpenter will deliver his fi rst sel""'1on at Sast\'lood
United t 1 ethodist Church on June 23rd.
r~oving
The family will be
to the parsonage, 2101 Starkweather, Flint ,
during the week of June 17th.
AHEN
so~eti~e
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Conference Press Room
Adrian College
Adrian , Michigan
Phone 31 3 - 263 - 8297
By:
Dr. D. C. Carpenter
Jun e 7, 1974
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE:
Dr. D. C. Carpenter, for the past six years
Minister of
Eastwood United Methodist Church in Flint , Mi chigan , has been
appointed Minister of William S . Ford Memorial United Methodist
Church , 16400 W. Warren, Detroit, Michigan, by Bishop Dwight E .
Loder , presiding Bishop of the Michigan Area of the United
Methodist Church.
Dr. Carpen ter , a native of Carroll County, Illinois, was
graduated from York Community High School in Thomson, Illinois
with the Class of 1 930.
He received an Associate of Arts degree
from Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois in 1949; a B. A degree
from Southwestern College at Winfield, Kansas in 1 950; a B. D.
degree from Garrett Theologica l Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, in
1 956 and a Th. D. degree from the American Theological School,
Chicago, I ll inois in 1959 .
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COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
100 Palll'll Building, 2111 Wooctw.rd -v1., Detroit, Michigan 48201
Conference Press Room
Adrian College
Adrian, Michigan
(3131 961-8340
BY: D. Olsen
June 9, 1978
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE:
Dr. D. C. Carpenter, for the past four years, minister of WilliamS. Ford
Memorial United Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan, was granted retirement
by the Detroit Annual Conference as the ministerial session of the Conference
began its 137th Consecutive Annual Meeting of the Conference which is being
held on the campus of Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, June 7-10.
A native of Carroll County Illinois, and son of the late Don H. Carpenter
and Alyce Carpenter now of Lanark, Illinois, Dr. Carpenter received his early
education in the school at Argo- Fa y , Illinois, was graduated from York
Community High School, Thomson, Illinois, Validictorian of the Class of 1930.
He received an associate in Arts Degree from Evanston Collegiate Institute,
Evanston, Illinois in 1949; A Bachelors of Arts Degree from Southwestern College,
Winfield, Kansas in 1950; A B.D. Degree from Garrett Evangelical Theological
Seminary in Evanston, Illinois 1956 and a Th.D. Degree from American Theological
School in Chicago , Illinois in 1959.
Re commended for a License to Preach by the Quarterl y Conference of the
Method ist Church in Argo- Fa y , Illinois in 1946. Dr . Carpenter was received as
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a member on trial in the Central Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church in
1950 and as a Full Member in 1952, and ordained a Deacon at the same time.
He was ordained as Elder of the Church in 1954 , and was tra nsferred to the
Detroit Conference in 1955.
Before being appointed to Ford Memorial, Dr. Carpenter served Methodist
Churches in the Rock River Conference, The Central Kansas Conference; The
Central Illinois Conference, and several communities in Michigan .
Dr. Carpenter has been active in programs of the Boy Scouts of America
for many years, and served for a time as President of the United Fund
Organization of Menominee; as President of the Flint Genealogical Society,
and as Vice-President of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research; a
member of the American Society of Church History, and Society of Biblical
Literature .
Mrs. Carpenter is the former Miss Fern Emmert of Mt. Carroll, Illinois.
The Carpenters have two children, a son Donald, and a daughter Joyce,
Mrs. David Piar, both of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Before entering the ministry Dr. Carpenter was a dairy farmer and auto
mobile mechanic.
Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter will make their home at 1949 Horton, S.E.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507.
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MISS YVONNE LEIGH PLOUSSARD,
daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. Arthur A.
Rockall, Detroit, became the bride
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HOLLY LEE GARFORTH, daughter of ·/
and Mrs . Delmar Garforth of Grand RafiD~·
and Donald Clyde Carpenter, Jr., so~ o
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father Dr. D.C. Carpenter. mm.ls~er. o Th
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DR. CARPENTER has been \
minister of the Dansville and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Carpenter, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Carpenter of Flint Eastwood, in a candlelight ceremony at Augs burg Lutheran Church in D etroit, on
August 30. The bride was given in marriage by her father and the rites were read
by the groom's father. The soloist was
Mrs. Larry McCormick of Milwaukee,
Wis., cousin of the bride, who sang "Ich
Liebe Dich" and "The Lord's Prayer." Alfred a Smith of Moorestown, N.J., served
as maid of honor and the bridesmaids were
Tamara Guerne of Muskegon and Kathi
Miano of Detroit. James Richardson of
Dansville was best man with Andrew
Corne tt of Dansville and Lou Ploussard
twin brother of the bride, serving a~
ushers . The couple, students at Grand Valley State Colleg_e, are residing in Gra ndville. I D - Cf- 6 'f
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Vantown churches near Ann
Arbor for the last three years.
He was graduated from high
school in Thomson, Ill., in 1930
but did not enter college for
more than a decade.
He received the associate of
arts degree from Evanston Collegiate Institute in E vanston,
Ill., in 1949; bachelor of divinity degree fro!ll Southweste~
College, Winfield, Kan., m
1950· b a c h e I o r o f divinity
deg; ee from Garrett Theological Seminary in 1956 and a doctor of theoodgy degree rrom the
American Theological School in
Chicago in 1959.
He has served churches in
Illinois, Kansas, the Upper
Peninsula and Armada.
He is a member of. ~he
Detroit Conference CommiSSIOn
on Public Relations and M~tho
dist Information, the. Amencan
Society of Churc~ J:ilstory. and
the Society of BJbhcal Literature. He is active in Boy Scouts
and 4-H work.
were hostesses at an open house for the
couple at the church parsonage on the Su nday
afternoon fo llowing the ceremony. The
newlyweds are residing at 1816 Conlon. Grand
Rapids.
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Members of the United Methodist
Women of the William S. Ford Memorial
Church , Detroit, hosted an open house at
the church, November 21 , celebrating
the 35th wedding anniversary of the
pastor and his wife, Dr. and Mrs . D. c.
Carpenter. Dr. Carpenter and Fern Emmert were married on Thanksgiving Day
November 20, 1941 , at Mt. Carroll, 111:
On behalf of the congregation Joseph
Jessup presented the couple with a gift of
money.
Out of town guests included Mrs .
Alyce.Carpenter, mother of Dr. Carpenter; h1s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Carpenter of lanark, Ill., and their
daughter, Mrs. Wanda Watts, and son
Nathien of Polo, Ill. ; and son, Donald
and wife and son, Corey Adams, of
~rand Rapids . Nathien Watts was baptized at th.e morning worship service.
~~My
Peace I Give to You . . "
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DONALD CLYDE CARPENTER, retired
member of the Detroit Annual Conference,
died October 2 at St. Mary' s Hospital in
Grand Rapids of a massive stroke. Clyde
began his ministry in Fairlane, Illinois, while
a student at Kendall College in Evanston,
Illinois. He continued his education at
Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas,
serving pastorates at Rock and Corbin,
Kansas. He served at Ironwood, Michigan
while attending Garrett Theological Seminary. After graduation from Garrett in the
early 1960s he earned a Doctor of Theology
degree from the American Divinity School in
Chicago. Other parishes served over the
yea rs have been Iron River, Menominee,
Armada, Dansville-Vantown, Flint Eastwood, and Ford Memorial in Detroit, all of
these in the Detroit Conference. He retired in
1978. He is survived by his wife, Fern, a son, '
Donald Clyde, Jr. and a daughter, Joyce
Piar, all of Grand Rapids, and his mother,
Mrs. Alyce Carpenter, age 94, of Lanark,
Ill. A memorial service was held at the
Burton Heights Church in Grand Rapids, on
October 6, led by pastors Ronald M. Fassett
and Clark H. Phillips.
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HOLLY LEE GARFORTH, daughter of
and Mrs. Delmar Garforth of Grand Rap
and Donald Clyde Carpenter, Jr., son of
and Mrs. D .C.
The D. C. Carpenter family
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Receives Farewell Gift
Following the morning service, june 9, the
Flint Eastwood congregation honored its pastor, Dr. D. C. Carpenter, and fami ly at a
farewell potluck dinner. On behalf of the
members, friends and the UMW, Mr. Bernard
Reetz, presented the fami ly with a cas h gift to
purchase a new robe for Mr. Carpenter who
had been pastor o f the chu rch for the past six
years and was transferred to the W illiam T.
Ford Ch urch in Detroit. The Flying Tigers, a
girls chorus from the l owe ll Jun io r High
School, entertained with a short concert.
Carpenter, Donald C.