Rev. H. Earl Myers, New Pastor at City Road Methodist Episcopal Church, Jan. 14, 1921

His first name is Hiram. That is why he splits his name in the middle. Maybe if your name were Hiram you would do the same thing. Mr. Myers is the new pastor of City Road M.E. Church South in this city. He is 31 years old and carries no marriage certificate. City Road Church had a married pastor befor3e the last Conference sent them Mr. Meyers. Married ministers are not great successes in managing a choir. City Road likes a full choir loft. Mr. Meyers is a native of Anson county and was raised on a farm. Having worked on a farm in Anson county you can’t blame him for getting into the ministry. And so he went to Trinity College and graduated there. And then he went to Boston University School of Theology and graduated there. He has served three charges besides Elizabeth City; at Graham, N.C., Manchester, N.H., and Salisbury, N.C. He came to Elizabeth City from Salisbury. Before entering the ministry he took a turn at commercial salesmanship and traveled for awhile. That traveling salesman experience did much to humanize him and give him a broader view of men and things than the average theological student is permitted to acquire. He is a genial, jolly, energetic masculine minister and the prediction is that he will make good with his new charge. (From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Jan. 14, 1921)