The Dayton Citizen, 1950-05-20

500 Methodists 'Invade' Dayton For 81st Lexington Conference HUNDREDS ATTEND LEXINGTON CONFERENCE IN DAYTON: More than 500 delegates are attending the 81st Lexington Annual Conference of the Methodist Church at McKinley Methodist in Dayton, May 16-21. The Citizen photographer caught the above scene Tuesday night as delegates paid tribute to Bishop and Mrs. E. W. Kelly at a banquet in the Hawthorne St. church. In photo at left, Bishop E. W. Kelly, resident bishop of the Methodist Church Lexington Conference, is presiding at the 81st annual session now being held in Dayton. His office is located in St. Louis, Mo. Left to right: Bishop Kelly, Rev.* J. Inman Dixon, host pastor, and M. LaFayette Harris, president of Philander Smith College at Little Rock, Ark. (See story on Page 9.) - Citizen Photos By Hareld Woods.

LATE NEWS Testimonial To Honor Bishop Arthur Womack Dayton will have an oppor opportunity - tunity opportunity to honor Rev. Arthur W. Womack, pastor of Phillips Temple CME Church, who was elected bishop at the CME General Conference in Kansas City last week. Members of Phillips Temple will stage a testimonial in his honor on Monday, May 22. Mrs. Susie Blackburn is gen general - eral general chairman, Mrs. Evelyn Robinson is program chairman and Mrs. Lelia Francis is co cochairman - chairman cochairman of the committee planning the event. Rev. Womack, who resides at 233 S. Woodward St. has been pastor at Phillips Temple, Broadway and Germant own St., for the past four years.

The judge fined the pair and gave them a stern lecture for fighting following a hearing in which another couple sought to adopt the child of Mrs. Reeves - without consent. Mrs. Reeves told the court that they struck each other "after she called me a dirty name ..."Miss Taylor ad ad"keeping - "keeping ad"keeping company" mitted with Mri. Reeves husband. James. She sale*. she was struck from behind by Mrs. Reeves. Miss Taylor said she walked up to a sheriffs deputy, who was taking Reeves to jail for failing to answer a subpena. As she did so, Mrs. Reves delivered a wallop from behind. The battle was on. MRS. REEVES SAID Miss

Taylor had been asking neigh neighbors - bors neighbors about her, and that she in inquired - quired inquired about her at the place where she worked. The judge told the pair he was not concerned with the cause of the altercation, but that "women must learn how to con conduct - duct conduct themselves in and around the court." He said a "direct contempt" had been committed by the women, but said that since they apologized to the court he would be lenient- - - to the tune of $5 apiece and costs. Judge Love told reporters that he was still studying the adoption proceedings. REGISTER TO VOTE

WARM WEATHER EYE-FUL: Cooling off a bit is Miss Jen Jennie - nie Jennie Arnell of 818 W. Fourth St., Dayton. Miss Arnell. who ha's from Columbia, Fenn.. has been in Dayton for three years. She is a lover of sports and includes fishing, soft ball, hunting and horse-back riding in her schedule. She also likes to dance, list listd - d listd this should make you do just en to be-bop and sing. . . a n that. - Citizen Photo by Harold Woods.

Two West Side "ladies" were found guilty of contempt following a hair-pulling brawl outside the Probate Court last week. Ethel Taylor of 311 Washington St. and Minnie Johnson Reeves of Lakeview Ave. were fined $5 apiece and cost by Judge Rodney M. Love.