. North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . he attendance both at the worshipservices and at church school has increased. Improvedworship service, regular choir rehearsals, prayer servicesstarted and stabilized. Conference collections in full lastyear for the first time in 20 years. Electric bulletin boarderected, unified program of Christian education adopted,ladies parlor furnished. Membership increased from 239to 362, by vows 89, otherwise 65; total to date 154, net in-crease 123. Piano purchased for the Y. P. division, newelectric light fixtures for church auditorium, weekly bul-letins,
. North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . he attendance both at the worshipservices and at church school has increased. Improvedworship service, regular choir rehearsals, prayer servicesstarted and stabilized. Conference collections in full lastyear for the first time in 20 years. Electric bulletin boarderected, unified program of Christian education adopted,ladies parlor furnished. Membership increased from 239to 362, by vows 89, otherwise 65; total to date 154, net in-crease 123. Piano purchased for the Y. P. division, newelectric light fixtures for church auditorium, weekly bul-letins, new equipment for childrens departments. Y. hour, daily vacation Bible school. Churchdebt refinanced and much paid off. Annual laymensservice, childrens story sermon each Sunday. Sixty-seven children baptized. Bath room furnished and newplumbing for the parsonage, parsonage painted inside andout. And many other material things, to say nothing ofthe spiritual development of the church which has great-ly improved.—Fred A. MRS. J. R. SPANN, DAUGHTER OF BISHOP ANDMRS. MOUZON, PASSES AT HOME IN TEXAS Mrs. J. R. Spann, wife of Rev. J. R. Spann, pastor ofthe First church, Big Springs, Texas, died at her homein Big Springs Monday afternoon, October 31. She hadbeen ill for some time. Bishop Mouzon left the Virginiaconference before its adjournment October 24 to be withhis daughter and remained till the end. The! funeral ser-vices and the burial were in Dallas, Texas, Wednesdaymorning, November 2. Mrs. Spann was formerly Miss Julia Mouzon. She was37 years old and had been ill for some time. She is sur-vived by her parents; her husband, Dr. J. R. Spann; oneson, Edwin; three brothers, Dr. James C. Mouzon of DukeUniversity, Dr. Edwin D. Mouzon, Jr., of Southern Meth-odist University at Dallas, Texas, and Olin Mouzon, a se-nior at Southern Methodist University, and two sisters,Mrs. Hattie Thomas and Mrs. Garland Puerlfoy of Dallas,Texas. To Bishop Mouzon and to the en
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