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Methodists Ministers Welcome Bishop
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Left to right are the Rev. J. Pierce Newell, Madison, superintendent of the southern Wisconsin district of the Western Wisconsin Conference of Methodist churches; Dr. Merrill R. Abbey, pastor of the First-University Methodist church; Bishop Edwin H. Hughes; and the Rev. Clifford Fritz, Watertown, superintendent of the Watertown district of the Wisconsin conference. They are at a recognition service in honor of Bishop Hughes.
November 16, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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