HomeMy WebLinkAboutRev. L. Hugh Eiland & Rev. Warren Barnes Thursday, August 14, 1975 Page 3
Rev. Eiland resigns as Director
Dr. Norman H. Erb, was accepted at a special kee, Wisconsin. While here, care shelter.
Chairman of the Board of meeting of the Board held he lead the Twin City • r . Erb also announced
Directors of Twin City August 4, 1975. Mission in an expansion the formaton of an ad hoc
Mission, Inc., announced The Rev. Mr. Eiland, who program resulting in four committee to re- evaluate
that the resignation of the plans to relocate in Florida, additional areas of min- the ministries of Twin City
Reverend L. Hugh Eiland came to the local Mlsison in istry: a five -bed Detoxi- Mission and to name a
as Executive Director, August, 1968 from Milwau fication Ward, the only one successor to Eiland.
effective October 31, 1975, in the thirteen- county reg- Dr. Erb said, "the Board
ion; a halfway house for accepted the resignation
M.H.M.R. outpatients; the with regret and the area is
Recycling Division on San indeed losing two outstand-
Jacinto; and Sheltering ing citizens in Hugh and
Arms, an emergency child Georgia Eiland".
Barnes New Director
Of Twin City Mission
Rev. Warren H. Barnes,
present director of Twin City �..
Mission, came to his present
post from Patrick Henry Boys' 3
Plantation in Brookneal, Va.,
where he was spiritual coun-
selor. He has been involved
with missions and related work
with children for the past 18 � '
years.
He is looking forward to the
challenge of the ministry here
at Twin City Mission; getting
to know the residents of Bryan-
College Station and working
together to have a mission that ,
will meet both the spiritual and
physical needs of this area. Of
great concern to him isFa�
reaching out to those who are:
in need and helping to restore? P' "
them to a self- supporting
status so that they may fit back REV. WARREN BARNES
into the neighborhood to be New Mission Director
good citizens.
A special desire of the Barnes has a keen interest in
Executive Director is to seeing it developed into a place
develop "Opportunity City" of which the entire community
into a shelter for homeless will be proud.
families and otherwise Rev. Barnes states that he
displaced persons. This 9Vz- will be happy to present the
acre site, located at the end of Mission program to Churches,
S. Logan and Randolph Streets organizations, groups, or in-
in Bryan, was a gift to the dividuals, and invites in-
Mission from Mrs. B.F. terested persons to visit and
(Vonnie Ray) Vance, and Rev. tour the Mission.