Letters of Interest
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Letters of Interest was a monthly periodical serving primarily North America with news and articles concerning the open brethren (OB) from 1934-1996. The very first issue was in July 1934, as Letters of Interest from The Home Field, edited by William G. McCartney, associate editor of J.H. Williamson, treasurer was R.W. Trotter & assistant treasurer was R.W. Stott.
Contents
Offices
- July 1934 - Spring 1936+: home of William G. McCartney, 1205 W. 96th St., Chicago, IL
- +Aug. 1937 - Dec. 1948: 35 S. Dearborn St., "
- Jan. 1949 - Dec. 1953+: 311 West Lake St., "
- +Jan. 1960 - Sept. 1969: 127 South Wacker Dr., "
- +Jan. 1970+: 218 W. Willow St., Wheaton, IL
- +Jan. 1970+: 230 Lupien St., Cap de la Madeleine, QC
Staff
Editor
- William G. McCartney - July 1934 - Mar. 1961
Managing Editor
aka Secretary & Asst. Treasurer +June 1938 - Dec. 1953+
- J.M. Wittkamper +June 1938 - Feb. 1949
- +June 1938 - (after Sept./Oct. 1942 & before Mar. 1943) co-editor
- +Mar. 1943 - Feb. 1949 office rebranded as Sec. & Asst. Treasurer
- Donald M. Taylor - Mar. 1949 - Dec. 1966+
Asst. Editor
- C. Donald Cole +Sept. 1969+
Secretary
- Elisabeth Bayles +Jan. 1960 - Jan. 1961
Treasurer
- R.W. Trotter 1934 - Feb. 1935
- Roy W. Stott - May 1935 - Sept/Oct 1942+
- James W. Kennedy +Mar. 1943 - Sept. 1965
- James D. Kennedy - Dec. 1966+
Assistant Treasurer
- Roy W. Stott - July 1934 - Feb. 1935
Canadian Representative
- James B. Buchan @ Thornhill, ON - Jan. 1960 - Dec. 1966+
Gifts for Workers & Publication Expense
- Andrew Johnston @ Don Mills, ON - +Jan. 1970+
Associate Editor
aka Advisory Board 1935-1942+;
- J.H. Williamson - July 1934 - Mar. 1939+
- R.W. Trotter - May 1935 - Sept./Oct. 1942+
- Charles A./E. Atwood - May 1935 - Sept./Oct. 1942+
- Charles Howard - May 1935 - Sept./Oct. 1942+
- Peter Hinshelwood - May 1935 - Sept./Oct. 1942+
- Clyde H. Dennis - +Mar. 1943 - Mar. 1944
- Fred Hillis - Apr. 1946 - Apr. 1947
- Andrew J. Cotton - +Mar. 1943 / Apr. 1946 - June 1952
- aka "Publicity" +Mar. 1943 - May 1943 & "Associates" June 1943 - Mar. 1946
- J.M. Wittkamper June 1938 / Mar. 1949 - Nov. 1951
- Charles W. Pollard - +Mar. 1943 / Apr. 1946 - Mar. 1949+ (ended prior to 1960)
- aka "Publicity" +Mar. 1943 - May 1943 & "Associates" June 1943 - Mar. 1946
- John Sweemer +Jan. 1960 - Dec. 1960
- @ Wheaton, IL
- Virgil Hollingsworth, Jr. - Apr. 1946 - Dec. 1961+
- @ Augusta, GA
- Dena Speering - +Nov. 1962+
- @ Wheaton, IL
- James B. Buchan - +Oct. 1963+; +June 1969+
- @ Thornhill, ON
- James W. Kennedy - +June 1962 - Oct. 1965+
- @ Chicago, IL
- Charles S. Howard - Apr. 1950 - Mar. 1967
- @ Lombard, IL 1960-1961; Federal Way, WA +June 1962 - Oct. 1963; Lombard, IL +May 1964 - Mar. 1967
- Norman Buchanan - Oct. 1965 - Dec. 1968+
- @ Cap de la Madeleine, QC
- Robert G. Dunlop - +Oct. 1963 - Dec. 1968+
- @ Akron, OH
- Robert A. Hanson - July 1953 - Jan. 1965 - Dec. 1968+
- @ Seattle, WA +1960-1961; Federal Way, WA +1962-1967+
- David T. Harvey - +Oct. 1963 - Dec. 1968+
- @ Boca Raton, FL +Oct. 1963+; Gainesville, FL +May 1964+
- James G. Humphrey - Apr. 1946 - June 1969+
- aka "Publicity" +Mar. 1943 - May 1943 & "Associates" June 1943 - Mar. 1946
- @ Chicago +1943-1965+
- William "Will" Rigg Simpson (b. 1890 Kansas City, MO - d. 1969 Los Angeles, CA) - June 1944 - Mar. 1946; May 1946 - Dec. 1968+
- "Publicity": +Mar. 1943 - May 1943; "Associates": June 1943 - Mar. 1946
- @ Kansas City, MO & Los Angeles, CA
- LOI:1970-1: William R. Simpson: "Will Simpson, of Los Angeles, who died Nov. 26, 1969, was typical of that rarest of breeds, men who in an age when theories are mercilessly debunked, manage to inspire sincere praise and admiration. When word of his death got around many people said what more than one had been saying for years: 'Will Simpson was the finest man I knew', or 'Will Simpson was the kind of man I'd like to be'. That sort of thing. And to those who knew him it was by no means an extravagant as it may sound to strangers. What kind of man was he? In the statement read at the funeral, Dick Matthews, who knew him well, said that he was a quiet man. 'He knew when to speak and when to refrain from speaking'. He gave sound advice, and he had an unfailing sense of humor. He was a father to many, because he loved deeply, and he cared. Dick Matthews said many other things, too, all true, all testifying to the godly integrity of a truly Christian gentleman. Will Simpson was born n Kansas City, Mo., in 1890. When he was 17 he was saved, and that was when he began to serve God. During World War I he spent nearly three years in the U.S. Army, much of that time in France. After the war (1920) he married Caroline Ross, with whom he set up a home that would be renowned for hospitality. God alone knows how many hundreds (if not thousands) of Christians and others were entertained in that home, both in the Midwest and in California. Mr. Simpson is survived by a daughter and her family, a sister, and three brothers, and by many friends and brethren to whom he was a father. 1 Thess. 2:9-12. Before moving to California, Will was an associate editor of Letters of Interest. He became the first president of the Western Assemblies Home, in Claremont, and until his death of heart disease, was an active, beloved elder of the congregation at Ladera Bible Chapel, Inglewood, California."
- Will's wedding was officiated in 1920 in KCMO by Don Cole's father, Paul Edwards Cole (b. 1897 Dalton City, Moultrie, IL - d. 1962 Chicago, Cook, IL), who himself was a son of Charles David Cole (b. 1867 Dalton City, IL - d. 1935 Topton, Berks, PA) & Maude Mary Gibson Cole (b. 1868 Hamilton, Caldwell, MO - d. 1963 Chalfont, Bucks, PA). Will's wedding was likely at Troost Avenue Gospel Hall.
- Charles Donald "Don" Cole (b. 1923 Kansas City, MO - d. 2012 Barrington, Lake, IL) - Jan. 1967 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Oak Park, IL +Jan. 1967+; Lombard, IL +Dec. 1967+
- see CT's obit.
- Neil M. Glass - Jan. 1961 - Sept 1969+
- @ Park Ridge, IL
- James D. Kennedy - +Oct. 1963 - Sept 1969+
- @ La Grange, IL
- W. Herbert Marshall - Apr. 1946 - Sept 1969+
- @ Boston, MA +1960-1961; @ Belmont, MA 1962+
- John McCallum - Nov. 1960 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Chicago, IL - Nov. 1960 - Apr. 1961; @ Oak Lawn, IL - May 1961 - Dec. 1968+
- J. Wilson McCracken - +Jan. 1960 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Elmhurst, IL
- Robert W. Mojonnier - Nov. 1960 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Wheaton, IL & West Chicago, IL
- Ernest T. Sandeen - +June 1962 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Oak Park, IL
- Kasmir Strance - Dec. 1966 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Chicago, IL
- Donald M. Taylor +June 1969 - Sept. 1969+
- Donald J. Thomson +Jan. 1960 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Chicago, IL & Riverdale, IL
- Leroy Yates - Oct. 1965 - Sept. 1969+
- @ Chicago, IL
