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MRS. ADELAIDE A. ALLEN, wife
of Re':'. Charles B. Allen, died at their
home m Detroit on Wednesday, November 3. Fu neral services were held in
Metropolitan C~urch, Detroit, Saturday,
November G, With burial in Woodlawn
Cemetery. Nr.v . I IJ l'f-iV"
M . C . J:t .
?Towth. H~ gu ided the congregat ion
~n the plann 'lg and building and financmg. of the presen t church building
which · was constructed at a cost of
$1,500,00.0 and was dedicated j ust
twenty-ftve years ago debt-f ree.
. ~hen Dr. Allen reached the age of
tett~ ~ment from the conference, t he
MRS. C. B. ALLEN
MEMORIALIZED BY
WOMAN'S SOCIETY
HE Woman's Society of Metropoli-
T ta n Methodist Church, Detroit, recently memorialized the late Mrs. C. B.
Allen, wife of Dr. C. B. Allen, associate
pastor of the church for many years.
The resolution in memory of her sig nificant service to the Society follows:
Whereas, God has deemed it wise to
t ake unto Himself ,Adelaide Allen whom
we have, for many years, known and
loved,
Whereas, she, as wife of our beloved
pastor, Charles Bronson Allen, and as a
member of long standing of our Woman's Society and its Board of Directors,
gave leadership and inspira tion to our
women,
Whereas, this faithful Christian,
though deprived of active parti<iipation
in recent years because ·of ill heaTth still
continued her interest in the women's
work ef the church and exerted a fine
spiritual influence, and,
DR. ~LLEN
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HONORED AT BANQUET
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T the fina l banquet of the anniversary celebration of Detroi t Metropolitan, Dr. Charles Bronson Allen was honored. As a pastor in Detroit; as superintendent .of the Detroit District; and as
an assocJ.ate of Dr. Merton S. Rice on the
!Wetr?~ohtan staff, Dr. Allen ha s been
Identified with Detroit Methodism fot·
m~re than fifty years. For the past
tlHrty-two years he has been an active
membm· of. the Metropolitan min isteria l
staff. Durmg the p eriod he served
as pastor, and then in recent years as
co-pastor, the church bad phenomenal
J.I\.NUARY 13, 19U M .C . Jf.
Whereas, she was an exemplar of all a
Christian wife and mother s hould be,
dearly beloved in her family, Be it resolved, that We, t he members of t he
Woman's Society of Christian Service,
express our love and app reciation of her
as a true f riend a nd sha re wit h her family their sense of Joss in her passing, and,
Be it resolved, t hat. we, wishing to
nt" r ? a : 949.
DR. C. B. ALLEl\Y, 'rMilt-d:1 assocmte
minister of Detroit Metropolitan, and
MISS BLANCHE VAN WYCK of Detroit were united in marriage at a ceremon y performed at the horne of Mrs.
E lizabeth E. Wilson, daughter of the
groom, in Indianapoli s, Indiana, on Monday afternoon, December 19. Guests at
the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
A llen, Jr., of Royal Oak.
express in tangible form our love for
her, make her a memorial member of
our Society,
Be it f urther resolved, that 'this resolution be entered in the minutes of the
Woman's Society of Christian Service,
and that copies be placed in the "Metropolitan Chimes" and sent to "The
Michigan Christiarr Advocate."
Offtcwl Boa rd engage{:) him to continue
on . the sala ried. staff, b do pastoral
wot k, and to ~·atse an endowment fund.
In the .past five years, t he endowm.,nt
fun~! has l:een pre:::cnted to the cong;.ega tJ?n, a~d more than $325,000 has been
recetved Ill cash, and invested in a perma nent fun d.
At th~ recognition banquet, tr ib:.ttes
were p.ud to the long service of Dr.
Alien by Dr. C. A. McPheeters, minister ·
Mr. ~eor~c Stark, histriographer of th~
J>etrott 1\~ws : Anne Cam'>bell, poet of
the _Detroit News; Mr. John F. Langs
lHesident of the Official Board· and'
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of Trustees. Dr. Edgar DeWitt J ones
. av~. t~~ add.re>s, rebting his longtime
ss. c.a l!on With the min isters of Metropohtan Church, as he served the North
Wuudw~rd C.entral Ch ri ~ti an Church.
Som~ f ive hundred attended this dinner
rn~etmg. Th.e Official Board presentcj
D.1. Allc~ With a scroll which record3
hts electiOn to t he "honorary positio:~
as pASTOR EMERITUS of Metro olitan Methodist Church." M (, '1=1p