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JAMES L. LOVELL •• AN INSERT Rockland and in a Bible Class in Dexter . Brother Harp left in 1956 and South Side was again supporting the The material for this publication was gathered in work done by Bro. Norman Gipson and those who fol 1960, 1961 and 1962 and , of cour e, there is much since lowed. that time which could be added . BRUNSWICK I was out of the countr y when the "History" was Report should read: By Russell Gleaves , Marjorie printed by Bro. Eugene S. Smith , Jr ., who did thi s Libby, Herbert Morang and Rosamond Whitney . work without charge as his contribution to the cause of Christ in the North Atlantic states. There are a DANFORTH number of errors (which are not his fault) but non e Instead of August R. Dalbeck, it should be Angu s so far as I know but what can be corrected. In no and the same correction should be made at Milbridge. case in this work did I attempt to sit in judgment. KITTERY Not knowing the chur ches along the Atlantic so Richard and Jane Hardy have worked with his well myself, I asked Bro. H arold Thomas if he would church from the beginning. They have been supported make such corrections which he might find and thi s in recent years by the Granny White Pike Church in he ha s done. There are certainly others but we are Nashville , Tennessee. The church in Kittery now has passing these along with much historical informat ion a good building and a good program . of the churches , hopin g that it may serve as a basis for those who may wish to build upon it in years to MARYLAND come. Aside from Brother Smith's most generous contribu At Forest Heights, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown and tion , we have over $400 invested in the work , and other places throughout the book, certain things as whatever the "Histor y" may be worth to you we will "one picture of the building" etc., should not ha.ve ap be grateful. Twent y-five hundred copies were printed peared but any careful reader will know this. and if we can get 25c or 50c for each copy all of us will be benefitted. MASSACHUSETTS (Jame s L. Lovell, Augu st, 1965 ) BROOKLINE Box 146, Palos Verdes Estate s, Calif. The Brookline Church (before it moved to Brook * line) met in the Phillips Brooks H ouse on the Harvard * * campus . ( Some four years before this several members CORRECTIONS. . . By J. Harold Thomas had moved out from the Phillips Brooks House to meet in the home of George Wallington in Medford - a This is not a directory of churches. Title of the book church later to merge with the work at Melrose ) . should be "History of the Churches of Christ - Virginia The church in Greater Boston area began in the to Newfoundland." early 20's as reported by Sister George Wallington (see MAINE "History"). A contingent of former Nova Scotians , the BANGOR Bur gesses, Richardsons, Myles and others; the Alec Madison Wright of Ohio conducted a series of meet Sutties from Scotland, the Paul McNiels from Texas ings in Bangor many years before a permanent con (via Georgia) were among the faithful added to the gregation appeared. This meetin g was in the 20's or charter group. George A. Klingman , F. L. Rowe, A. early 30's. Harris Lynam , Mississippi born , met Edna W. Hastings , E. H. Ijams, San Davis Tatum ,, W . R. White during World War I and married her . After Smith were among those who held meetings and preach living in Mississippi for some time they moved to ed on occasions during the 20's and 30's . Arthur Gra Maine where Brother Lynam was employed by the ham was the first full-time preacher ( 1936-38) , fol B&M R.R. The Lynams kept in touch with churches in lowed by 0 . H. Tallman (1939-41). Perhaps Brother Portland , Unity , Danforth and Lambert Lake thou gh Novious also preached for an extended period. The they were rarely able to meet with them. In 1944 succession of preachers following the move to Brook Thomas Page , working out of Brookline , Mass ., visited line was J. Harold Thomas and LeMoine Lewis (1942- Bangor and initiated a correspondence between Bro 43) joined in 1943 by Tom Page . (In 1944 Brother ther Lyna m and Brookline brethren , J. Harold Thoma s Page moved into the Natick and Worcester works ) . and Paul McNiel visited Bangor in 1945 and met with Brother Lewis preached in Brookline from 1944 to Brother Lynam. Sister Angle and other member s of her 1949. He was followed by Wendell Needham whose family in the depot in Old Town , Maine , the place of work was for about a year and then the church was Brother Lynam's work. In the fall of 1945 Broth er without a full-time man for two years during whi ch Thomas returned for a meeting in a hall a hove a re s time Leroy Garrett and Billy Green preached fre taurant on Central Street in Bangor. This was the be quently. In 1952 Joe Sanders came and remained four ginning of regular meetin gs in the Y.M .C.A. buildin g. years, assisted some of the time by Abe Malherbe. Robert C. Jone s came for a day with Brother Thoma s Harold Thomas returned in 1956 and remained for and returned to Te xas with intere st in this work and two year s. Roy Ward and Don McGaughey were as in 1946 Soutl1 Side Church sent John Fogart y and he sociated with him and upon his leavin g in 1958 they rem ained until 1949. In the meantime LeMoine Lewi s. accepte d full responsibility for the mini stry , sharin g Henr y Forgy, Dewey Pruitt , Floyd Medley , Richard this through 1963. Don is now preaching for the Walker , Paul McNiel and others went to lead in Lord's church in Torrance , Calif., and teaching at Pepper day services. The Marvin Martin s. Russell Gleaves' and dine. Denton Crews is preaching at Brookline , and the Perr y Kemplin s came and the work was revived in program of the church is abetted by the presence of Milbridge. Brother Thom as followed in the Bangor a number of students in Harvard Divinity School work in 1949 and rem ained through 1955 with Marvin William Martin , Warren Lewis. Leonard ·Tester and Martin , Kenneth David son and E. R. Davi s, Jr. , as Harold Straughn. One project of these brethren is the a sociates. In 1955-56 H arold devoted much time to Hou se of the Carpenter . a mini str , to the inner citv tele ision and assisting in the \. ork of Milbrid ge ,1nd ,1f tea hin g ,rnd servi e. · · (over ) FALLMOUTH WHITE PLAINS Tom Yoakum is presently preaching. There has been For information contact And y Ran dall, 18 Lake good progress here and this work, reinforced by a con Shore Dr. , Plea santvi lle, N .Y. tingent of Air Force personnel who are members of the church. PENNSYLVANIA NEW HAMPSHIRE ALTOONA There is a church here -c ontact Harold McKee] Box After the history of the church in Seabrook, MEND 184, Mill Creek, Pa . ' HAM - BERNARDSVILLE and MT. HOLLY are BROCKHAVEN shown. These two places are in New Jersey. Should be changed to BROOKH"AVEN . COATSVILLE NEW JERSEY Should be changed to COATESVILL E. BERNARDSVILLE( See Mendham) DARBY Shown in "H istory" under New Hampshire. There is a church here and for inform ation write Lo COLLINGSWOOD Howard Johnson 105 W. 13th St., New York, N.Y. Flusing , N. Y., should be changed to Flushing and KELTON the church at 56th and W arringin should be changed 1938 is shown in two places in thi s histor y and in to 56th & Warrington. both cases it should be 1838. MORRISTOWN UNIONTOWN The information of this church should be combined The last part of this report is information on the with the church at Whippany. Thi s is one of the grow church in CHERRY TREE and it should be pla ced in ing number of churches in the Northeast where our proper order . Negro brethren demonstrate the power of the Holy VILLANOVA Spirit working through them. Thi s church was estab In 1963 the church here started meeting on the cam lished through the efforts of the Church in the Wild us of N.I.C.E. wood in Bernardsville . Jackson Simmons , an employee WEST ISLIP of Clinton Davidson doing most of the preaching. The This is where the Exodu s/ Bay Shore group meets- church was established in the late 40's or early 50's . Its 600 Montauk Highway. A great work. Dwain Evans is nice house of meeting is at 265 Evergreen. It is not preacher. to be confused with the congregation now meeting in Whippany , which had its beginning in Morristown in 1956. Mail to Box 567. RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE In the report it should be noted that Harold Thom as NEW YORK came Sunday afternoons from Boston from 1942 to BAY SHORE 1944 and held a meeting in October 1944. Remove Buffalo , Commack and Huntington Station which are all out of order. * * * BETHPAGE . The above corrections by Brother Thomas are appre Carmelo Casella , who has been in Australia for some ciated very much. There are also a few correcti ons years is preaching to about 55 members here. Address: which should be made with the pictures. Under NE W 1 Flamingo Lane. !ERS_EY the fi:ie looking gentleman in cap and gown HUBBARDSVILLE IS Clinton David son, Sr. Under NEW YORK the pic This is the oldest church of Christ in New York state ture shown as the building in COMMACK , Long Island -t hat is that has not merged with some other work. is actually the building at 16th & Decatur in Washing I (JHT) do not know its origin but I know that th e ton, D.C. and I would suppo se that under DISTRI CT father of Norman Dart , who is a leader there now was OF COLUMBIA the picture of the 16th & Decatur a_ssociated with the church many years if not all ~f hi s building is that of Commack. We all know by now hfe. Bro. George Klingman held meetings for thi s that the picture of the Manhattan Chur ch in · NEVV church many years ago. It has had few located preach YORK CITY is not the one which is to be built. In ers-but Brother Killom was there for some time dur CANADA we could not report a church in Quebec ing the 50's. It has a buildin g and serves the personnel vvith Owen Aikin preaching and with Jerr y David of Camp Hunt during their sessions in the summer . son and S. F. Timmerm an , Jr. , well on their way to ward building in Montreal. ASTORIA and NIAGARA FALLS Before I end my work with this project let me sug Should show in bold type. gest to each of you who read the se line s to subscrib RIVERHEAD for ACTION - $1. This is a monthl y publication Should be removed . ~edicated to miss.ion work a~d I believe you ·will enjoy UTICA It. Alan Bryan IS my associate. Use me whi le I live Is out of order and may be found on another page. and God bless you all. Jimmie . ke
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JAMES L. LOVELL TALKING THIS OVER •... with JIMMIE LOVELL A STATEMENT The history of my family - tho se who took th e Bible For the past two years I have written a numb er of and th e Bible alone for the ba sis of th eir faith an d letters to every church Ii ted in the North Atlantic practice; who believ ed Jesus .to be the Christ; who Directory of Churches of Christ as king fo r the history . repented of th eir sins and. were baptiz ed for th e remi s Jt ha s cost consid era ble money and a great dea l of tim e sion of them; who called th emselv es Christians and sought but the work will live on and becom e even mor e val uab le to live the Christian life, dates back to the Revolutionary in years to come. So many of you have helped and to all War days. My great, great, great grandfather, Thoma s l express my gratefu l appr ec iation. In no mann er have Cowan of Rowan County , North Carolina , was a captain 1 sought to pass judgm ent or tak e part in toca l differences . in th e War and later an elder in the Pre sbyt erian Church. I have a deep feeling for the splendid work don e in our He led the group, befor e 18 10, to bapti sm by imm ersion , summ er camps throughout th is whol e area, for Nort h to wear the name Chri stian and Lord 's Supp er every eastern Institute for Chri stian Educa tion, ort h Atlantic week. Alex ander Campbell , I am told , baptiz ed his son, Christian an d the many ways it see ks to serve the brothe r Willi am Buntin, my great, great grandfather, and David hood with book s, literature and so on. But without Eugene Lipscomb baptized my grandmother, Mary Frances Bun S. Smith, Jr ., and his mot her, of Go spel Bro adcast in tin, who was a charter member of th e church in Portland , Dallas, I wo uld not be able at all to produce thi s Histor y. Tenn., which was estab lished almost 100 years ago. Thi s These two fine Christi ans print and distribut e Gospel was my home and my peopl e have been members and Treasure Sunday Schoo l and Vaca tion Bible School litera leaders in this church to this day. ture and I hop e that yo u will show you r appr ec iation to I became a Christian in I 909 and the record in the th em by ordering this material. church of my work, especially in the west beginning in We felt that it would be nice if you knew where many of Denver in 1920 - Salt L ake City, Chicago and all of the tho se mention ed in the se histories were tod ay in ca e they western states since we came to Los Angeles in I 933 , are still living . There are some on whom we have no stands for the Lord to judg e. I am happy over two facts: information but what we have should prov e va luable and ( 1) My wife, Vivi an, being , so far as we know, th e first interesti ng. Utah born person to become a memb er of the church Hold fast my belov ed brethr en. God is yo ur Fa the r, and (2) the fact I have neve r been engaged in any church Christ is your Broth er and you belon g to the grea test division or ugliness. Th ere is not a brother or sister in the family on th is eart h. The church is marching on and will family of God living or dea d whose hand I have refu sed make more progress in the next 25 years than it has made to shake. since Pentecos t. May the Good Lord bless you now and While in Denver agai n for a few months in 1936 I forever. Use me while I live. started publishing the Colorado Christian. Upon our James L. Lovell return to Los Angeles we began the West Coast Christian 3105 Palos Verdes Blvd. N. which was merged for awhi le with the Christian Leader Palos Verdes Estates, California but published again by mys elf until August , 1948 when Septemb er 30, 1962 I gave it to the Christian Chronicl e. Later I began pub lishing the California Christian and in time gave it to This public ation is dedicat ed to every person living Jack Bates and brethren in Santa Ana, Calif. , who hav e and de ad who, in any manner, has had a part in procl aim just now merged it with the Christian Chronicle . I started ing Christ to souls in thi s area. ACTION in J anuary of this year. There are· few foreign mission points on earth or mis sionaries whom we have not in one way or another help ed and many of them visited on two trips around the world. It has been my joy to have served as a tru stee of th e Children's Home in Ontario , Calif. , and of Pepperdin e College in Los Angeles - I stifl serve the College. For 36 years I covered all of North Americ a and many other areas of the world for Dupont Company - am now retired. Vivian and I are building our home at thi s tim e at 3105 Palos Verdes Boulevard Nort h, Palos Verdes Es tates , Calif., on the ::.hores of the beautiful Pacific. This is our last stand in life. We are happy to be with our only child and her family here in the fine R edondo Beac h Church of Christ . I wlll personally spend my remaining days trying to get the gospel into all the world, stimulating you and all Christians through ACT ION to have a greater part. INTRODUCTION "Th e ca use of Restora tion in Vir ginia was advanced when Th omas Olbricht , writin g on " Restora tion in the N orth Alexander Ca mpb ell ca me to Richmond in 1829 . Whil e here east in the No rth Atlantic Chri stian, May, 1962, says: he led the fight to democratize the governm ent of Vir ginia "Th e pro ponents of restorationism in the Nor theas t have and crossed swo rds with some of the most famous men in neve r been significent pro portionally exce pt in the initi al Am erica n histo ry, such as James Mad ison, Ja mes Monroe stages, since afte r 1820 the strength of these peop les lay west and Jo hn Ma rshall. While in Richmond he preac hed every of the Alleghanies. But two major strea ms of the restorat ion Sund ay and many seeds were sow n which were to germin ate had their beginnin gs in the No rth eas t, and although they in the futu re. Though the Restora tion Movement bega n in neve r merged with the larger mid-western body, they fed it America in the state of Vir ginia, most of the wor k was lost. co ntinu ally with new settl"ers look ing for lands and fo rtun es. A great dea l of progress has bee n made in the state in rece nt 'T he initia l pulsation of these rising views was felt in yea rs but it remains still very mu ch of a mission area for Virginia not long afte r the Revo luti onary War. In 1794. at ch urches of Christ." Old Leba non. Ya., Ja mes O' Kelly, Rice Hagga rd and others Remarks from Don H . McGa ughey : adopted a reso luti on to take the Bible as their only creed and "Although the Restor ation Move ment in the Maritim e the name Chri stian as their only des ignation. Ten yea rs later Prov inces of Ca nada bega n independe ntly of Alexa nder Ca mp Rice Hagga rd influenced the new move ment which arose in bell, there is a definite relations hip. Ma ny were influenced by Kentu cky - Barton W. Stone was late r its leader. the thin king of Robert and Ja mes H aldane in Sco tland. It "Abo ut 1800 a similar move ment bega n in New England was with the schoo l of the Haldanes in Gl asgow th at Ca mp led by Abner Jo nes and Elias Smith . In 180 I Jo nes estab bell beca me associa ted for a while after his abortive first lished the first chur ch ca lled 'C hri stian' in Lyndon, Ve rm ont . attempt to sail for the New World . and later ( 1804 ) joined the wo rk of Smith in Por tsmouth , ·'In 1809 a gro up of Scotch emigrants, who had been New H amp shire. Daniel Hi x, with 400 other Bap tists, of memb ers of Scotc h Baptist chur ches, asse mbled to organize a Dar tmouth , Mass .. ca me into thi s fellows hip in 1807. co ngrega tion for Chr istia n worship in River Jo hn , N ova Scot ia. "Th e people of Virginia and those in New England dis T his gro up continu ed to increase in number under the leader cove red eac h oth er in 1809. In September, J 808, Elias Smith ship of Ja mes Sillers. Today there are only thr ee co ngrega tions comm enced pu blishin g the Herald of Gospel Liberty alleged to in the Ca nadian Maritim es (plu s the chur ch in Montr ea l) be the firsi religious newspaper in the world . that do not use the instrum ent. Th ere is a group of about "A th ird move ment which influenced the North eas t after 20 members in H alifax. Thi s is a new work begun in 1956 1810 was that which Th omas and Alexa nder Ca mpbe ll we re by J. C. Bailey, W . C. Mur ray and members of the Wallace the leade rs; howeve r, their influence was not great. In 1836 family (these are desce ndants of a family originally con Alexa nder Ca mpbe ll visited Chri stians in Verm ont, New nected with the ea rly chur ch in West Go re.) Th ere is a Hamp shir e and Massac husetts. gro up of about 20 members in Mill Vill age. Ten members are " In the Maritim e Provinces of Ca nada, restora tionism bega n meeting in Fredericton ." fro m a somewhat different bas is. Ea rly in th e 19th centur y Evere tt Ferguson gives some interestin g fac ts : Scotch Baptists, who had bee n influenced by the Scottish "T he nation's 'Keystone State' - Pennsylvania - was a Ind ependents and who in tu rn affec ted the Ca mp bells. bega n keys tone in the history of the Restora tion Movement. to migrate to the Mar itim es. In the ear ly l 830's notices from "Th e first imm ersions in the Ca mpb ell move ment were these gro ups bega n to appea r the Millenni al H arbinger, a perform ed by Th omas Ca mpb ell on Jul y 4, 18 1 l in Buffalo journ al publi shed by Alexa nder Ca mpb ell. Th ese people were Creek about two miles from Bru sh Run . At the same place eve ntu ally absorbed by the Ca mp bell move ment and were on Jun e 12, 18 12 Th omas and Alexa nder Ca mpb ell, their genera lly mori: conservative. wives and a sister were baptized. "Af ter 1860, the Ca mpbe ll-Stone people bega n to divide on " Penn sylva nia was fo r a tim e the home state of the two the qu estions of instrum ental mu sic in worship , missionary editorial antogoni sts over the issues which eve ntu ally split societies, and towa rd the end of the centur y ove r mode rni sm. th e church - Isaa c Err ett of the Christian Standar d and Most of the chur ches in the mov ement in the North eas t went John F. Rowe, later editor of Am eric an Chri stian Review and with those who affirm ed these issues exce pt some in Penn the Christian Leader. Brother Rowe was born on a farm sylvania and Wes t Virg inia. Af ter 1930, th e Discipl es' (th ose near G ree nsburg, Pa., in 1827. H is pare nts moved to Ohio who affirm ed ) churc hes grad ually bega n to die in the upper when he was 12." North eas t, and especially in New England . Th eir chur ches th at A few words fro m Ja mes Jarrett : remained are mostly in Pennsylvania, New York City "Th e , history of the Ca mp bell move ment in the mo re ( Brookl yn ), and Virginia. modern era is of cour se our curr ent Resto ration mov evm ent. "Th ese peopl e themselves bega n to split after the turn of l n the 1930's there were only two or thr ee small chur ches of the centur y ove r moderni sm, and the co nservative chur ches Chri st in all of New England with a total memb ership of withdr ew their sup port fro m the mission ary soc iety due to und er 100. Presently there are mor e than 50 con grega tions libera l influences in it. Th ese people, know n as the Chri stian with over 2000 memb ers. H oweve r, related to our stor y is Church or Chur ches of Chri st in som e regions, rally aro und the conversion of Warren H owa rd by H arold Th omas in the Chri stian Stand ard , pr inted in Cincinn ati. the l 940 's. Broth er How ard 's parents were memb ers of th e "Th e chu rches which nega ted the inn ova tions, know n as old Manton, R. I., church . Hi s gra nd father, A. T . Remin gton , the chur ches of Chri st, were mainly in the South and South spann ed the entire era of the Ma nton Chur ch. Althou gh thi s west. T hese people were few in numb er in the No rth eas t until devo ted Christian was born after the Manton Church ceas ed the late l 930's. Several of th eir early memb ers were fro m th e meetin g, his religious her itage had mu ch to do with his church es in the Maritim es pro vinces who had migra ted to accept ance of the restoration plea ." New England. Chur ches of Chri st may now be found in many cities in the N orth east." Quot ations from Ray F. Chester in the same issue: "Vir ginia, the state which has cont r ibut ed so mu ch to the histor y of Ameri ca , has the distinction of bein g the scene of th e ea rliest effort s tow ard the Restor ation of New Testa ment Chri stianity. Thi s movement, led by Jam es O'Kelly, originated in the l 790's, some 20 yea rs befor e the Ca mpbell s came to the country . CONNECTICUT $80,000 . Thomas Brown has given much support to thi s work BRIDGEPORT as have severa l ch urches in Tex as. Pau l Watson succeeds Sylvester Pike got William Lane of Cincinnati to come Jack Scott. Despite giving up members in 1961 to start two for a meeting in the summer of 1872. new churc hes our attend ance of 119 was recently broken . Sylvester Pike , Andrew Fancher, Leland Rider and Wm . WALLINGFORD B. Cleveland were baptized . Brother Lane returned in 1873 T his church was begun in Decemb er, 1961 in the Yales and baptized Elizabeth Porter , Estella Bailey, Annie Rose, ville Eleme nt ary School. Dale Comb s, gradu ate of Hardin g, Eliza Clevel and , Mary Clevel and , Laura Bailey f Mrs . Pike , is preaching to the 10 members . Dale moved to th is area Lizzie Rose, Willi am Whee ler, Sr., and Charlie Rowe - thr ee years ago and his work in teachi!jl,g, visitation and they met in the Pike home until May 9, 1874. Brother Belding preaching has been most fruitf ul. Wallingford is a city of of Troy , New York came and baptized others in 1874. 45,000 and located mid way between chur ches in H amden Charles Abercrombie and Sylvester Pike served as first elders. and H artford. First building was erected in January, 1897. Other pre achers WEST HARTFORD who have helped here are W . G . Campbell, Ira Mitchell , Fi rst service was held in Hote l Bond , Nov. 13, 1949 with Daniel Sommer , Stephen Settle and Darrell Bolin . Pre sent six members and four visitors. Wilmer E. Hebbard family is addres s: 814 Maplewood Avenue . (Note: I have worshipped responsible for sta rtin g this churc h. June 13, 1951 first serv ice here over the years. JLL) Report by Wilford Wright. in new place of worship. Some of the members started a new GROTON work at Westover Air Base at Springfield on Ja n. 1, 1953 and Wilmer Hebbard did the preach ing in the first meeti ng on ovember 8, 1953 Northsid e was started. W. E. Kirk held in the Grange Hall March 27, 1955 when 20 were came in Sept., 1954 - the first fully supp orted preache1 present, and assisted with the preachi ng until November 1, in the state. This gave Broth er Hebbard opp ortunit y to hel~ 1957 when Gary Freem an, from Tennes see came. Gary was in other places . W. E. Kirk just recently joined the fac ulty succeeded by Harold Thomas , former president of North of Okl ahom a Chri stian. He is a gradu ate of Abilene and eastern Institute of Christi an Educ ation who came in the for some tim e editor of North Atlantic Christian. Address of summer of 1962 . This church started with thre e memb ers the church - 31 W. Beaco n. W . A. H arrison, Jr ., and family and has grown to about 65. A new record was set in April , returned to New E ngland from Waco, Tex., tak ing full-time 1962 with 197 present. Building is located on Route 12, just work here. Attendance recor d was broken in meetin g with across from the Submarine Base. Property valued at $70,000. Morris Thurman. GUILFORD Outgrowth of the Whitney A venue Church in Hamden . DELAWARE Started in November , 1961 with 10 members meeting in the DOVER Grange Hall . Paul Watson , graduate of Abilene and student This church began on Mar. 21, 1954 when two families of at Yale , did the pre aching until the summer of 1962 . A new Air Force rented the Ce ntur y Club and James L. Finney, record was set recentl y for this con gregation with 34 pre sent preacher in Laurel, same up to help org anize the wor k. H. B. for wo·rship. Report by Jack Scott. (Picture of Paul.) Darnell and his wife, Janice D arnell , Lou , Tommy and Mary HAMD£N (see NEW HAVEN) Weave r and James were the seve n present at the first serv ice. HARTFORD The chur ch in Old Hick ory, Tenn ., sent Bill Scott in Septem Northside was organized November 8, 1953 by Wilm er ber , 1954 and Jer ry Reynold s came in Oct. , 1955 . Jerry is Hebbard who was then preaching for We st H artford . Owen now a missionary in Gh ana. Attendance the first year Cathey served from 1953 to 1954 as first pre acher. John A. averaged 16, in 1955-23, 1956 - 31 and 1957-45. A Smiley came in Sept ember, 1955. Wilmer Hebb ard , Palmer building was erected and is located at I 156 S. Governors Matthews, John Davis and others helped with the pre achin g. Avenue . Jerry is a Lipscomb gradu ate. Some faithful charter members still here: Ivan Redwood s LAUREL Te ainie Gartrells , Donald Wilsons , Audley Watsons , sister; This church rea lly began in late 1940 when seven women, Rose Loman , Estelle Redding , Jessie Brown , Fannie Dunc an. Sisters Ellen Banks, Batterton , Boswell, Dana Broy les, Dis Sallie Mills now lives in White Plains , N . Y. Present memb er brow , Hill and Lois Vantr ease met for wors hip in their hom e ship over 50. Present Address: 3366 Main Street. Plan s und er in Seafor d. S. H . H all of Nashville , who passed away in 196 1 way for new bui lding . Report by John A. Smiley . A new in Los An geles, held the first meeting in a rented hall in record of 114 was set recently . Seaford in 1942 - thr ee were baptized . Ja mes Smythe , then MANCHESTER in Lipscomb , now in Pepperdin e, was the first regular pr eac her Eugene Brewer , present preac her , report s the beginning but later the worship was discontinued from th e lack. of of the church on Sep. 10, 1961 with 19 members (8 families leadership . In about 1946 Sister Vantrease , with the help of from 7 towns) , mostly from the West H artford Church , Joe Sobe l and others of Wilmin gton and Philade lphia, the Present membership 35. Meeting in Orange Dodge H all, 70 E. work was resumed in Seaford. Bill Wood , 0 . Bedford , George Center Street. West Side, Muskogee , Okla., supports Eugen e. Joyner, Fa rley, Tuckwood , G ar rett and Miller and then Building planned. Send mail to I 00 Scott Drive. Weld ell Broom, led meetin gs in homes . The Charles Hud son NEW HAVEN fami ly, Sister Ellis and the Russell Bailey family gave Just 18 years after the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock , strenght. Th e church in Lavergne , Tenn ., sent Lero y G arrett New Haven was settled - 1638. In Jan ., 195~ brethren in for a meetin g in Seaford and Laurel in 1947 and sever al were West Hartfo_rd began holding Bible classes on Tuesday nights . converted. C. D . Plum was the preacher in the new building The Ernest Moores came and later, from Baton Rouge , La ., in South Laurel in 1949. James L. Finney labor ed here from the Joe Mitchens and Mrs . John Shia . Th e first worship 1950 throu gh 1954 . He did a good work in helpin g start the service was held in the Community House on 227 Elm St., congregation in Dov er while working here. So rea lly, there West Haven on May 1, 1955. There were 22 present. John were two congregations sta rted from this one, Dover and McRay , the first pre acher , of Holdenville , Okla ., came on Salisbury , Maryland. Self supp or tin g in 1955 and another July 1, '1956. John is a gradu ate of Lipscomb with his masters work started in Salisbur y, Md. After Roger Mills left in 1960 from H arding . On Feb. 17, 1957 , 44 were present. Oct. 6, Thom as H ahn came as preacher. Members hip abo ut 60. 1957 Jack Scott came as preacher . He will join the Pepperdine Report by H . M. Brassell. Address : I 009 Centur al Avenue. College fac ulty in September , 1962. Address: 2155 Whitney Not e : Thomas H ahn held a meeting in Rehoboth in August in Ave ., Hamden , Conn. Members hip about 70. Since the start view of starting a new work there .. 65 have been baptized. Our property is valued at over NEWARK BANGOR This chur ch meets at 95 Merrows Road , Brook side, and was C hurche s in Gr and Pr airie, McLean and Littl efield, Tex ., started by th e Mount Pleasa nt C hurch in Wilmington. Th e sent ~ex Tilly and South side in Ft. Worth sent Norman first serv ice was held o n Sept. 4, 1960. Ca mero n C. Sincl air Gipson here in 1957 - Southside helping from the beginning preached th e first year fo llowed by Loren Thompson. Self around 1949 and 1950 . Others who have helped in this work supporting af ter first year. C harter members: Mr. and Mrs. are John Fog arty , Marvin Martin, E. R . D avis, Harold Ja me Dike , Mr. and Mrs. Willi am Wimmer , Mrs . Eul a Ar Thom as, H erbert Morang and Bob H arp. Church house rin gton , Mr s. Lillian Hall, Miss Sonya H all. Thirt y eight at va lued at $30,000 is located at 516 Union Street. Morris first service. Own home for preacher. Thurman , Ne al Durgin , Marvin Porterfield and Sam Owen WILMINGTON were ea rly preacher s. Rex Smith , who is here now , arrived ELSEMERCHURCH in August , 1960. Bradl ey Peter s, Wilmer Libby and Leman The John W. Allen fa mily and an airm an named Melvin Albee assist in preaching at oth er places. A llen met for the first service in John 's home at 28 Bedford BRUNSWICK Dr. , Edge moo r Garde ns, Jul y 25 , 1943. T wo weeks later Mr. Roy C . Lacy of Arlington , Tex ., came to Brunswick as a and Mrs. Stroman attended . C. E. McHaughey was sent up te acher in the Univer sity in I 947 and soon located three from Washington for a tent me etin g in August and six were other members and start ed worship . Sister A. M. Burton of baptized . Washin gton and Phil adelphia suppli ed pre ac hers Nashville , Tenn ., came to visit the Lacys and gave $5,000 and services were held in the IOOF H all at 10th and Kin g. to wa rd the purchas e of a buildin g. Southside in Ft. Worth Old Hi ckory in Tennes see sent Clyde P. Findley in November helped and on July 25 , 1948 the service was held in the and by Ja nu ary , 1944 there were 28 member s. Sisters C lara building . H aro ld Thom as came for a meeting . Ru ssell Gleaves Dalton and Elsie Kramer are still her e. Th e prop erty at bega n full-time work and rem ained for seven years followed 508 New Road in Elsemere was purch ased in 1944 and th e by H erbert Morang . Property is loc ated at Federal Street and first serv ice was held on A ug. 27, 1944 with Will ard Co llins Jordan Avenue and va lued at $65,000. Skillman Avenue in of Old Hickory , now vice president of Lipscomb College , the D allas, Gr een Street and Trinity Lane Churches in Nashville speaker. Du e to ill health , Broth er Findley had to leave and have helped much . Report by Russell, Marjorie, Herb and Wendell Broom came in Septembe r, 1945. The work was Rosa mond . sta rted in 1946 in Seaford which new me ets in Laur el and CARIBOU likew ise in Annapolis , Mary land . Wendell resigned in 195 1 First service was held Jul y 12, 1953 in a one-room school and later went to Nigeria. W alter Larkins came and th e building eig ht miles north of town. Pre sent were Tommie , church beca me self-sup port ing in I 954. Additions to th e Jessie, "Little Tommy " Lovel and , Maurice Teddlie , Jim building were made in 1956 and 1957 and a home was pur Ranne , Eddie and Amy Amerlin g, Glenni s H arr is, Jack and chased for th e preacher at I 13 Olga Ro ad . In Dece mb er, Jun e Nelson and E. R . Davi s. September 6 service was held 1957 Walter went to Ni aga ra Falls and Ca mero n Sincl air in the IOOF H all and used until Sept. 2, 1956 when we came and rema ined until sometim e in 1960 when We~dell mov ed into our present building on Lime stone Road which returned. (Fo r 36 years I was with DuP ont and when in is valued at $40,000. Pre ac her s who have held meeting s: Wilmington on Lord 's D ay I often worshipped at thi s goo d G eo rge Erwin , Harold Thom as, Arthur D avis, Paul Simon. church . Wendell , Ern ie H yne and ot hers are person al friends . Pau l Epps, Alvi s Bryan, W . A . Harrison , Jr. , Norman Gip son , JLL) This repor t wa made in 1959 by H erb Pr att. C. M. Rhod es, W . R. Tittle , Jeri Week s and W. E. Kirk . F . B. WILMINGTON Shepherd was with us for six months . E. R. Dav is ha s been MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH the loca l pr eacher from th e beginning while Gu y Brewer ha s The first service was held May 10, 1959 at the YMCA. served as tr eas urer. Later, a meetin g hou se. erected in 1838, at I 009 Phil adel DANFORTH Soon after the turn of the century a Mr . C. M . Daggett , phia Pike, was pur chased , with an I I room building which while in Pennsylv ania , was converted . When he returned he is used for Bible schoo l. Self-supporting from th e begi nnin g. C harte r members : Mrs. Nor a D alton , Miss C lara Dalto n, taught a denominational preacher more perfectly - his name Mrs. Annis Jackson , Mrs. Elise Kr amer, Mr . and Mrs . Loris was Dalbeck . For years Brother August R . Dalbeck went by Prath er, Mr. and Mr s. James Dike , Mr. and Mrs. William hor seback all over Northeastern Maine preaching and bap Bred in , Mr. Kennet h Bredin , Mr. and Mrs. Basil Ferguson , tizing souls into Christ, but there was no leadership in the Mr. and Mrs. H erbert Pratt. Ca mero n Sincl air, gradua te of town s to hold those who were converted . Few members remai ned in 1946 when H aro ld Thomas arrived in Danforth. Abilene , has been the preac her. H aro ld located and restored several member s and soon after ward s D albeck died. H arold wa s followed by Delbert Mat MAINE thews, E. R. Dav is, G eorge Erwin , Jerry Yarbrough and AUGUSTA Wilmer M . Libb y. Brother Libb y does the preaching for both Olive Willi ams and Wanda Hud son had Roy Lanier , Sr. , D anforth and Lambert Lake at the present time . Churches come to August a in 1948 and 1949 for meet ings, but no in Ju stin and Keller , Te xas, Henderson , W . Va., L. W. Richard visab le result s. S. L. Mo rga n began coming from Unity for son in Ft. Worth and the J. C. Baker s in Crockett have classes . In the summ er of 1950 H aldon Arnold and family helped the work here and Lambert Lake . and Ja net Whitegurst ca me from N ashville, Tenn ., and th e DEXTER first permanent wors hip service was held in th e C ity H all on R . C. Smart , Sr. , writes: "When I came to Dexter in August Sept. I 0, I 950 with fewer th an 12 persons. Nov ember 14, 1956 there were no member s known to us. Bro. Shirley Mor Ne llie Viles was baptized a the first convert. D ece mber 9, gan who was pre aching in Unity had held some Bible classes 195 1 Rich ard and J ane H ardy ca me to work with the Arnold. previous to that. We started meeting in the VFW Hall and A meetin g hou se was begun in Jul y, 1952 and th e first service later moved to the Grange H all. We now meet in our own in the building Jan . 10, 1954. C lass rooms we re furnished building at 31 Mill Street . F. B. Shepherd held our first dur ing the work of Dwain Eva ns. Th e H ard ys left Nov. 22 , Gospel Meeting s and helped much with the early work here. 1953 to start a new work in Kitter y. The Evans came in Other s who have been with us for special meetings are, Ju ly, 1955 to replace the Arnolds. In Jun e, 1958 J. P. William s Rich ard Donle y, William Par sons, John Gipson , Horace Little, pr ea ched until Jun e 14, 1959 when th e Ross E . H enshaw Joe Baisden, Re x Till y." Brother Smart is a native of Maine , fa mily arriv ed . Skillm an Avenue in Dallas, T exas has sup converted in Ode ssa, Texa s, moved back here to preach sup por ted this wo rk for the pa t ten years. Prop erty is va lued port ed by th e Par kview church in Odessa , Te xas . Married and at $40,000. Addres s: I 05 Eas tern A venu e. has thr ee children . Ralph . Jr ., Nol a Lee and Dw ay ne De an. John Gipson of Ode ssa, Tex as held a fine meeting m May ~25th & G_eraldine) and Snyder , Tex. , (Eastside.) Shirley is with 59 per sons pres ent. intere sted m all church related act ivities in the North Atlantic HOULTON area. A new work is planned in Old Orch ard Beach nea r Nor Bradle y Peter s says , "Th e work was started about 10 yea rs way , Maine. ago by Marvin Martin and other s from the south. Texas UNITY churches helped us get a building . Marvin taught school and R. H . Smith report s that in Jun e 1871 a group of Christians pre ached until 196 1 when he moved to Ca liforni a. Since started worship in Albion. A Brother Wing of Unity met th at time , although I live and teach school 40 miles away, with them and in time the building in Affiion was moved I drive over every Sund ay .. We need a full-time worker to Unit y. When S. L. Mor gan came here in 1946 there were who lives in Houlton ." Fir st worship was held in the Americ an only eight or ten member s left . Brother Morg an labored here Legion H all on the seco nd Sund ay of July , 1950 and meetings for ten yea rs and when he left there were 5 I members not were held ther e. until the present building was purch ased on counting 21 others who had moved away. Robert H . Smith , Main St. in 1952. Th e church in Kermit. Texas was respo nsible grad uate of ACC came in 1956. Wor ship is in their own for this work and helped until 1957 with some later help building on School Street. until 1960 . MARYLAND KITTERY ABERDEEN We were never able to get an answer from this place but Lt. Jerry Strader , with Sister C. H. Ph aup , Jr. , started this from " Maine Points" we find that the church here beg an church Aug. 10, 1952 in building 3219 at the Proving Grounds. Oct. 25, 1953 , but no names are given except that of Rich ard The Coo ms family from Bel Ait and Lt. Joe Rose came and C. Hard y the preacher who came to Maine from Alabama in attendance soon reach ed 20 . Lloyd Dav is of Baltimore came 195 1, -teaching and leading singing at Augu sta. H e is a grad to preac h in June 1953 and rem ained 18 months followed uate of Lipscomb in Nashville. Th e church meets at 48 by Hu gh Daniels and John L. Smith also of Baltimore. Start Love Lane. ing in November 1953 services were held in East Chapel. B. H . LAMBERT LAKE Atkinson ca me Dec. 12, 1954. March 1955 saw the church This church may have begun in 19 15 under the pre aching in the present building at 10 Rosevelt. Huey P . Thompson of of Brother Dalbeck . It is repor ted th at there are about 35 Trion , Ga ., came afte r the church had been without a pre acher faithful member s here - the only religiou s group in town. for some time and is still here . Gary Anderson , graduate of Clyde Grass is a perm anent cont act. Meeting place is on Vance ACC is one of the teacher s. boro Road . Wilbur Libby of Danforth does the preaching. MILBRIDGE ANNAPOLIS Report by Roscoe Bagley. "I was born here but first learned Church was started on Oct . 1, 1950 in the Community of the church of Chri st when I married into a family of Servic e Building and is made up largely of young people - Christians in Lambert Lake where the church there had been teacher s and profe ssional workers and midshipmen . Property established in 1912 by August R. Dalbeck (note spelling in 1s worth about $20,000. Church in Baltimore has given much other places. JLL) . After we were married Broth er Dalbeck help . Franklin P . Dunl ap, a teacher , does the preaching . came here for meeting s and converted my moth er, grand- Address - 200 Chesapeake . Meetings were held by Elvis - mother , brother s and others in the area. In time, interest Huff ard and Charles E. Crouch. fell away but Ja ck Fogarty came from Te xas to Bangor and BALTIMORE worked with us her e also and worship was restored. Perr y How ard Horton , now head of the Bible Department at Kemplin came and stayed five years and Charley Huffman for Pepperdine College in Los Angeles and who preached for five. We have no pre acher at this time . We meet in our the University Parkway Church from 1943 to 1949 makes building on Main Street." this report in Oct. 1946 : PITTSFIELD "A lthough the present congregation is of recent origin, the Report from R . C. Smart, Sr., Dexter , Maine. "I started seed of the restoration were sow n in Baltimor e as early as a class on March 20, 1957 in the home of William Spencer. 18 17 when a young man by the name of Farquarharson came F. B. Shepherd came for a meeting and four were added, from Scotl and and with five member s began meeting in his Lowell C. Bell of Au stin , Texas is the pre acher there now . own home. In 1831 a building was erected and the next few The church meets at IO Manson St. - address Box 303. About years were marked with rapid growth. Great men as Alex 25 member s." ander Ca mpbell , W. K. Pendleton , Isaac Erret, Walter Scott, RICHMOND David S. Burnett and others held meetings or worked with Ross E. Hin shaw report s the first meeting here Jul y 23, the congreg ation . Th e leaven of digression began to work 196 1 mthe ?ome of Dou glas Adkin s and he has been helping soon af ter the Civil War. ever_ smce. l he church is entirely dependent upon the Adkin s "A small group of Christi ans met in the city between 1920 famiiy who may move away. Sever al from the church in and 1925 but we have no accurate information. In July 1936 Augusta have helped. a small group started meeting in the IOOF Hall. Mr. and ROCKLAND Mrs. L. B. Keedy, Evelyn Brewer are early members who are Thi s work was start ed in the GAR Hall in January 1956 still her e and Martin Elm is at Essex. The church in Washing by H arold Thom as and Dwain Evans. It is our understanding ton sent T. P. O'Shanahan here in 1940 and worship was held that there is no church here now. in the Guild The ater but as workers and other s came in the SOUTH PORTLAND early par t of the last war a building was erected at 2000 N . Russell Gleaves and Haldon Arnold started the church Fulton." in 195 1 and for seve ral years wors hip was held in rented halls The new building at 530 W. Univer sity Parkwa y was used und er the leadersh ip of Charles Chandler and Howar d Mitch for the first tim e on Jun e 6, 1948. The total cost was abo ut ell. Howa rd . beca me the full-time worker for · the group in $ 100,000. Elvis H . Huffard followed Brother Horton in Sep 1956 and Shirley L. Morgan ca me in October. Construction of tember 1949 and rem ained two full yea rs. In January 1952 a building was -star ted in 1957 and completed in 1959 at a Charles E. Crouch came and served for two years. Dean cost of $~2,000 ·b~cked to the extent of $25,000 by the Clutter came in 1954 and remained six yea rs, followed by churches m Del City, O_klahom a and East Side in Snyder , the present pre acher, James E. Priest. Texas. Pre sent member ship 50. Address Highland and Evans. Haro ld Bry ant , Lester Keedy , Newell Lenham and John Broth~r Morg an and his wife Mary Belle are both graduates Smith serve as elders and John Brewer, Wilson Bry an, W . F. of Abiiene. The y are helped by the church in Okl ahom a C ity Hoffm an, Lewis Morri son and Robert Trimble serve as deacons. BALTIMORE in Texas. Milton Stovall has given valuable help. Joe Harrison , ESSEX CHURCH Bruce McDonald , E. Mitchell , Richard Scobey and Winfred J. J. Reynolds of Neugent , Texas, in memory of his son , Sellers have helped much in preaching and teaching . Sisters is largely responsible for the beginning of this work in a Thelma Brown English, Nettie Rice and Doris Watts Spitzer suburb of Baltimore in 1943. He helped raise support for are among the first members. The church is known as Wilder Andrew Morris to come here , working under the College croft Church and is located at 6330 Auburn Avenue. Mem Church in Abilene, Texas . First meetings were in a residence. bership about 100. By the end of 1944 plans were underway for a building which FOREST HEIGHTS they now have at 103 Riverside Drive. John B. Himelrick Sixty three members, mostly from Southeast Church in preached from 1953 to 1956, followed by Matthew Morrison Washington , D. C., met in the Flintstone Elementary School who came in 1956 and left in 1960. for worship on January 3, 1960. Ray A. Dillard , regular min BALTIMORE ister for the Southeast Church preached the first sermon . The GILMORE STREET (now Bloomingdale Road) church was known from the beginning as Oxon Hill. Since Humphrey Foutz , the present preacher, advises that the Otto Foster had previously guided a number in studies of church which formerly met on Gilmore Street now meets at church leadership , Harold R. Tyler directed the installation 1602 Bloomingdale Road . Membership about 100. of D . W. McKenzie , Herbert L. Peterson and Robert R. Stone , Note: Howard Horton reported back in 1946 that Allen J . Jr ., as elders and Orville Bragg , William H. Brown, Charles Blackwell and nine other Negro Christians were meeting for E. Campbell , Arthur Kendall , Sr., John Reavis, James E. worship in his home. Scobey and James Shurbet as deacon s. Men from various COLORA places did the preaching for the first year. In February 1961 Five or six families had been driving to Aberdeen but on P. 0. Box 7001, Washington 20, D. C. Dec. 7, 1958 the first service was held in Cecil County in Robert C. Oz was obtained . Building is planned. Mail address: the home of Samuel B. Hackney. Later meetings were held GLEN BURNIE in the high school but as this was limited a building was pur Glen Burnie is located 12 miles south of Baltimore. I do chased in Colora three miles from Rising Sun. Essex Church not have the dates but would suppose in the I950 's 12 mem in Baltimore gave us chairs and money on the building came bers living in the area decided to start worship and Walter from all over the nation . St. Marys , W . Va ., gave us pulpit Chuprun , who had stock in a community propert y, arranged furniture and Sister Bryon Varner a clock . James Morris of for worship to be held in the community building. Curtis Baltimore preached once a month for a year but otherwise Combs , assistant to Don McG aughey at West Hyattsville , we have used own members. The church in Algood , Tenn., helped get the work started. There were 64 at the first service . has given us much help. We need a preacher. Charter mem Sixteenth Street sent preachers later. In 1957 a nice building bers ; Mrs . Rachel Bonar, Mrs . Ethel Hackney , Samuel Hack was erected at 2 Eastern Avenue . Oscar Ellison McCoy is ney, Arza Elder , Erma Elder , D. W. Hogan, Pauline Hogan, the preacher. J. B. Martin , Nora Martin , James Martin , Thomas Williams , one picture of the building Nancy Williams, Johnnie Jermain, Muriel Jermain. Report HAGERSTOWN by Samuel B. Hackney , Box 232 , Rising Sun, Md. Several members of the Martinsburg, W. Va., Church CUMBERLAND started meeting here in 1949 - Mr. and Mrs . W. R. Roach Twelve members began meeting in the home of John R. and their two daughters - now Mrs. Donald Hochstein and Sanders, 404 Hill St., in July 1940. Charles L. McLean did Mrs. J. H. Carpenter - Heber Swaim , Mrs . Edward Poe, Joe the teaching. Both men are dead. A room was rented in Sponaugle and J. H. Carpenter. Howard Horton held the the Queen City Hotel and preachers were sent from the first meeting in June 1949 and this marked the beginning. church in Washington - Bonds Stocks and Bro. Truax. Meet Building was purchased in 1954 and remodeled in 1956- ings were held by Edward Craddock , Hadley Smith and L. directed by B. J . Wilson, Thomas Bowers , Heber Swaim and Lewis. In Feb. 1942 meetings were held by Ed Craddock and J. H. Carpenter. Brother Carpenter did the preaching for the John Smithson in a building at 400 Goetha St. and 14th Street first eight years - he is a mechanical engineer - assisted at sent Bro. Haldman to preach for us. We moved to the IOOF times by B. J. Wilson , Paul Hosse , James Capps and others . Hall in March 1946 with Paul Rotenberry preaching. We S. W. Larkins preached from Sept. '59 to Sept. '61 and Edwin later found a building at 213 S. Lee St. Brother Spear cam e Miller and J. H. Carpenter do the preaching now . Church for a meeting. Chesley Wooten and Paul Hosse served as is located at 2206 Virginia A venue. · preachers. First service in new building in March , 1959 two pictures of the bldg valued at $45 ,000 . Courtney Chaney , one of the first 12 is the HYATTSVILLE song leader. Paul Catherman , Jr., serves as preacher. Elders The Colesville Road Church was brought about by the are John Mullin , Herman Morris , Courtney Chaney and merger of the Avalon Heights, West Hyattsville and Jefferson Garland Hulzel. Deacons: Paul Cauterman , Sr., Theodore Street churches . Avalon Heights met for the first time in Buser , William Scott and Frank Foshee. Over 100 members. April 1926. West Hyattsville started in January 1946. The Preacher needed. joint groups met first in July 1957 in the Avalon Heights build EAST RIVERDALE ing. When the building program started in 1948 there were A small Community Church was meeting in a little frame 84 members . Three and one half acres were purchased near building on property donated by the Presley family when the U of Md . for ~38,000. The building was completed in James H . McBroom , who was preaching at 14th St., in Wash July 1960 and the property valued at $200 ,000 . Sixteen addi ington , came for a meeting . Worship after the New Testa tional classrooms are in the plan.ning. Harry S. Dawson, Olin ment order was begun . The record may be that in time the L. Stout and Earl Williams were appointed elders in March group may have moved in an organ but when Hugh McCord, 1961. Billy H. Hood has preached since June 1957. Address : then in Washington came for a meeting the instrument was 6420 Colesville Road. Jerry J. Jennings assists with the abandoned . Preachers and teachers came from all congrega preaching . tions in the District - Curtis Combs , Brodie Crouch , Joe LEXINGTON PARK Harrison , Brother Litton , Denton M . Neal , Harry Pickup , All the information we have is the location - 10 Chinlee Jr., Carl Rogers and Olin Stout. Joe Harrison and later Curtis Drive . Combs did preaching in the early 50's. Chesley Wooten and RISING SUN (See Colora) presently Denton Neal is preaching. Additional property has ROCKVILLE been added due a great deal to the help of Bob Sikes, now Fifty four men and women and children from the Silver Spring Church met here for the first time June 14, 1959 in in 1952 and a new work was started in Bedfor d (now Lexing the Rich ard Montgomery Hi gh School. Regular worship was ton) in 1956 . Brother Thomas return ed here for two more started when W. E. Albri ght, government employee, moved yea rs followed by Roy Bowen Ward and Don Hue y McGau to Washingt on from Hunt sville, Ala. Preacher's home bought ghey. All records were brok en in Sept. 1962 durin g Lecture in 1960. Milton Cope land , Abilene boy and law student at ship featuring John Banister and Pat Harrell. George Washington, assisted in preac hing beginnin g in Feb , CHICOPEE FALLS (see Springfield) 1961. Ed H . Enzor , Jr. , came full-tim e in Aug . 1961. Buildin g EASTON is being planned for 1963 . Meeting in High Schoo l. Mail , Joseph A . Bolster repo rts that they met from Wednesday address - 1622 Tweed St. evening classes in Brockto n for some yea rs and dro ve 23 SALISBURY miles to Brooklin e on Sund ays. Harold Thom as, Roy Ward , Started July 1957. Windle Kee present preacher-P . . O. Harold Forshey, Everett Ferguson and otfi"ers guided in the Box 842 . Building located on Ocean City Road . About 40 worship which was held in the YMCA and home s. Later members . Wendell Needh am, who was then at Brooklin e, directed eve SILVER SPRING ning warship. July I 0, 1960 Morris D. Thurm an of Okla On Nov . 16, 1947 fifteen people met in the New County hom a came to fully establish this work - supp orted by Hill Building to worship . In Nov. 1953 worship started in the cres t Church in Oklahoma City. During the past two yea rs Montgomer y Blaid Hi gh School and moved to present building mor e than 20 have been baptized and a new buildin g has at I 00 E. Fr anklin in May 1959 . Thi s building is valued at been erecte d at Central & Depot Street s. Mail to Box 291, $75,000 . Earl Hilb ert was the first located preacher and South Easton , Mass. Member ship 4 1. served from Oct. 1950 to Aug. 1952 followed by G . W . FALMOUTH Nicholas who soon had to leave due to illness. In March 1953 The only inform ation we have is what we find in the North Clyde Sloan, now director of the Bible Chair at Lawton , Okla., Atl antic Directory of 1960 "Falmouth Church of Christ, came and remained until Aug . 1958. Doyle Cannon preached IOOF H all, Permanent contact Rob ert H . Hall, Lot 18, until T. Furm an Cauth en, present pre acher , came in July Otis Trailer Village, Otis AFB ." 1961. Churches in Rockvill e and Laurel , Md., were started LEOMINISTER by members from here . Elders: W . A . Anderson, 0 . H . Fir st meeting in Grange H all Sept. 28, 1958 with IO mem Tomkin son , W . G . Strosnider. Deacons: F . R. Boyett , D. C. bers from Littleton and Worcester. The key person was Jackson , W. H. Peacock , P . H. Snyder . Mrs . John Morrison. Jeff Martin , a serviceman, preached Picture of Furman until he was discharged from service. Ellis Coats and A. R. MASSACHUSETTS Hill , Jr. , of Alabama came for meetings as did John Fr ank BOSTON (see Brookline) lin of Oklahom a, Charles Chandler of New Hampshire and BROOKFIELD Thomas Cook of Ohio . Bill Martin , student at Harva rd, is In the summer of 1946 a few Christians met in the Ain s helping with the preachin g. The Lexington Church is help worth W . Adam s' hom e for the first worship . Harry Dighton ing us. Place of worship - Union and Adams Street s. Mr. of Worcester served as the first preacher. About Oct . 1947 and Mrs. Young , citizen s, have given prop erty for church . Broth er D ighton left and Brother Adams was asked to preach building. -:---he is doing so to this day. Thom as Page and Harold Th omas LEXINGTON had come often to preach. In 1956 worship was started in a Abe Malherb e preached for the first service, held in the building on Fishd ale Road. During that year Cecil Allmon Hanscom Field chapel in Bedford in January 1956 and . held a meeting and Pat H arrell , who was then preaching in has been the preacher ever since. Charter members include Natick , held a meeting in 1957. Brother Maynard of Michigan Paul McNiel , Harr y Kreid e, Russ Hulbert , Denis Brown , held a Vacation Bible School and meeting in 1958. Steve Filan and Clyde Jones . In cooperation with the church BROOKLINE at Natick , a new church was started in Littleton the end of Mrs . George Wallington writes: "Dear Brother Lovell : You 1956. In Ja nuary we moved from Hanscom Field to a Masonic probably don't remember us but you worshipped with us in H all near Lexington . A preacher's home was purch ased. Our the Phillip Brooks Hou se in Harvard College yard back in building was erected in 1960 at 319 Lowell St. A . H . Bryan, the twenties . I remember very clearl y. In September 1921 Paul Jr. and Paul H . McNiel serve as elders while R. L. Fish -and John Young of Texa s, Bro . and Sister C. P . Poole and back, Jr ., R. D . Hulbert , J . C. James and K. C. Kreide serve son and Sister Poole 's brother Luke, Brother and Sister Harri as deaco ns. Congregation helps support two preachers in son and son from Texa s, A. S. Croom , Sister Marg aret Ehers mission areas. Membership about 50. Picture of A. J. Mal man and our selves started the Boston Church. George , Mary herbe. Mailing address Box 144. and myself were the only resident members . During the next LITTLETON 18 years we had only two preachers - John R. Hovious and Established the last Sund ay in October 1956. A Bible class Arthur Grah am. We are now with the church in Melrose ." had been taught in the area by Jeff D. Martin of El Paso, (Yes, Sister Wallington, how well I remember and I have Texas ~se rviceman at Ft. Devens. Of the first 2 1 who at kept up with all these over the years . JLL) tended the first service only Mr. and Mrs. How ard Fenno and Other early leaders : Wendell Burgess , Alexander Suttie Mr. and Mrs . Jay Carver rem ain - report made by Jay. and Paul McNeil. Some who held meetings in the 20's and After Jeff left May 1957 Jay has preached since. Services 30's: George Klingman , Fred Rowe , A. W. Hastings , E. H. were held in the home of Sgt. Earl W. Burton until March Ijams , Sam Davis Tatum , Wendell Needham , 0. H. Tallman , 1958 when a hall was rented . In May 1958 two acres of and in the l 940's - Lemoine Lewis. The only churches in land were given by Malcolm and Miss Judith Dunn of Action , the entire New England state in 1940 were Bridgeport , Conn., Mass ., and anoth er half acre since . Building was erected and Portland , Unity and Danforth, Maine and here. first service on Jan . 25, 1959. Addres s 220 Harwood Avenue . In 1942 the church moved from Boston (actually Cam Fewer than 50 members. bridge) 1o our new building at 416 Washington Street in MELROSE Brookline , Mass . J. Harold Thomas was our first preacher First service was held in Malden in the fall of 1944 in with Thomas Page, Lemoine and Jack Lewis and others going the home of Emma Watts and her daughter wtih Harold out from here to preach and teach . Worship was soon started Thomas doing the preaching - he was then at Brookline . in Natick, Malden (now Melrose and Roxbury) by these men Lemoine Lewis , then in H arvard , assisted. In November , and through the efforts of various member s congregations 1945, Rich ard Walker preached until December 1948 when were established in Worce ster , Mass ., Providence , R. L. , and he left for mission work in Berlin. Germany where he is Manchester , N. H . Joe E. Sanders followed Brother Thoma s tod ay. In Septe mber 1949 W. A. Harrison , Jr. , moved to to a rent ed store at 363 Warren Street . In October 1958 a Ma lden but had to support hims elf for two years. In I 951 residenc e was purch ased at 8 I Walnut Street. H arold For Edgefield in D allas, three churches in Abilene, University shey , while attending school and partially supporting him Avenu e in Austin and West End in N ashville mad e it pos self, worked with the church in 1958 and 1959. D avid Wil sible for Brother H arrison to pre ach full-time. In May son has been an inspiration to this church. Present mem I 953 land was purch ased in fast growing section of Melrose bership about 50. Buildin g is planned. Report by H arold and in May 1956 a building was started and the first Forshey. service in it held Nov. l I th. Cost $52,000 . Help came from SPRINGFIELD (Chicopee Falls) all over the nation . Location 409 Upham St. Norman Gipson In the fall of 1953 Tro y Williams and W. E . Hebbard ob present preacher. Picture of building. tained permission to conduct service s in a chapel at Westover Air Base. Later a hall at 43 Dwight St. in Spring NATICK field was used. Until mid 1955 one service a week was held John Hamilton , 22 H ammond Rd. , is one of the leaders with usuall y just thre e persons present - Brother William s, of the church at this place and he makes an interesting re Sister Ha ynes and her daughter. Latte r part of 1955 attendance port. His sister Mr s. Gladys Randall lived in Brookline . incre ased and two services were held and by March 1956 The church there left a pamph let in her mail box inviting 24 were present and Wednesd ay evening study started. her to worship. This was our first contact with the church Jay Carver came to preach twice a month . Wallace E. Mynatt of the Lord . Jun e A. Smith, Louise B. Hamilton and John of Waxa hachie , Tex ., came for a meeting in Jul y 1956 and H amilton were the three original members who met for the it was a great success. With some support from Tex as, first service here in 1945. A building was started in 1952 Brother Mynatt came in September to work with us. In but not fully completed until I 96 I - total cost over $60 ,000 . 1956 six were baptized and six restored . In October we Harold Thomas and Tom Page came from Brooklin e for purchased lots in Chicopee Falls , a suburb of Springfield , many months to help in the pre aching. John Franklin , now for $14 ,000 . We look forw ard to a building. Meeting place in Tuls a, Okla., was the first full-time preacher . P at H ar now is at 284 Montgomer y St., P. 0 . Box 134, Chicopee rell was here for seven years and about 1959 Tom Olbricht Falls , Mass. M. E. Blake followed Brother Mynatt in preach came and continu ed Until Sept. '62 . Harold Vanderpool , ACC ing. Lon Elkins succeeded Mickey Blake in March 1962. gradua te of Abilene , attending H arvard is assisting. Loca WORCESTER tion of church - North Main at Pine . Sund ay, Nov. 21, 1943, Th omas N. Page, who was assist NEW BEDFORD ing J. H arold Thomas at Brookline , preached at the first In 1952 Hector Loade r, from Long Island, came to New service held in a room at the Bancro ft Hotel. Paul McNiel Bedford to visit his relatives. While he was there he told had set up the arrangement s a week before . Tom con them of his new found for the Lord. Brother Load er's son, tinued until 1951 . Fourt een were present at the first serv Rich ard, was to be married at the church in Flushing , New ice. Arthur Pike, a student at Worcester Poly , was the only York and the relatives from New Bedford attended . They known member then in the city . Charles and· Sister Masters met E. J. Sumerlin who gave them a lesson on the church soon came from Edcouch , Tex .. and took membership . Mrs. and the next day they were baptized. When they returned Charles Briggs was baptized and Lt . Charles R. Page . H arry they went to worship at Newport , R . I. First worship in Dighton became a part of the fellowship as well as oth ers. New Bedford was in the Edgar Foisey home , then a store In 1947 lots were purch ased and in 1949 an additional lot building , YMCA and now our own building at 186 Cedar and dwelling which was used for worship. New building is Grove Street. For some years preachers from other places planned. Pre achers who have helped - Elza Hufford , Paul came to help us. John L. Newton , Jr ., made many trip s Edwards, Ellis McGaughey, F . B. Shepherd , J . W. Gallagher , with Hector Loader helping the church to grow and finally M. Norvel Young , James Baird, Andy Ritchie , Jr., Cecil moved from New York here where he worked night s to J. Allmon came in September 195 1 and is still here. Robe rt help his support. He is now in Dover, N . J. Jeri W. Weeks fol W. Lawrence is assisting. Marjorie Rogers who went to lowed and while here 4112 yea rs baptized 26 persons . He is Germany as a mission ary nurse became Mrs. Fred Casmi!. now at Davenport , Iowa. Thomas Fender came in July 196 l Fred is a member of the faculty at Pepperdine College and and doing a fine work. a loyal gospel pre acher . Jo anne Johnson went to Hardi'ng PITTSFIELD and became Mrs . Jame s Jarrett. James preaches for the church This church was starte d in 1958 when brethren from in Warwick . R . I. Janet Sterner went to Lipscomb and Chicopee Falls met for afternoon worship in the YMCA. married To~y Forrest who pre aches for church in Taylor The Wade Chandlers , Ken Bastins , Vernon Ru ssells and ville, N . C. The evangelistic zeal of Mr s. Ernest Perre ault led Dalton Dietz came from Chicopee Falls and the George to Bible classes in her home and the church in Keene , N. H . Kieffers and Harold Gardners came from Bennington , Ver Marjorie Morri son and her three children were the prime mont. Paul and Mary Lou Jones, Mrs . Pauls Gosselin , Mr s. movers of the church in Leominster. Floyd Miller went to Frank Bask aw, Mrs . Mona Brown and daughters , Mrs . Don Lipscomb and is now pre aching in Cooperstown , N . Y . ald Miller , Kenneth and Cori anne Merritt , Mrs . Joe Mohr Many persons and places have helped here but special thanks mann Tom Hilliard and Ann Holloway were the first local to Skill.man Avenue in Dallas. Address of church- 2 I 7 members . Wade Chandler did the early preaching with Paul May St. Jones directing singing. In January 1960 Claud R. Danley from Bentonville, Ark. , arrived and in September moved NEW HAMPSHIRE his family here. They met first in his home at 35 Pine Grove and later in the Coitsville Community House and at present CONCORD in Girl's Club _ Building . A fine work is being don e. Mail - Started Jan . 18, J 959. R. W. Fowler , 44 Fisherville Rd. , P. 0 . Box 932 . reports that his family were driving over from Brattle ROXBURY boro , Vermont , but later moved here. Anne Leavitt, a st.u Mr. and Mrs . John D avis, Georgi a Mitchell and John dent nurse , was the only known member living in Concord . Stringer started meeting in the Davis home in November Meetings were held in Railro ad. YMCA . There were five 1944 - Henry Forgy was the first preacher. Others who baptisms in 1959. Services were moved to the Fowler horn~ have worked with this church are Lemoine Lewis, W. B. which was later purchased for a place of worship by the 4th Barton, Howard Johnson , Everett Ferguson, Abe Malherbe, Avenue church in Franklin , Tenn., which was helping him. Samuel Trotter , John Davis, John Davis , Jr. , and H arold Several others have been baptized since. Char ter members: Forshey . In 1950 while Brother Trotter was here , they moved Rus sell,. Lea, Thomas and Judith Fowler, Anne Leavitt and Delm a Hill. Today there are 20 members . Pl ans are for a sale of Pat's book, "Twixt 12 and 20" for Northea tern better place of worship . Institut e for Chri stian Educ ation. I know of good works all KEENE over the world done by thi s fine family. Clint and I do not Char les Ch andler was born in McKinney , Tex. , graduated agree on all thin gs but I love him as I do few men in the great from ACC and has been pre aching for the church here since fami ly of God. the beginning in April 1956. The church started with 9 mem In 1936 the David sons bought a beautiful estate mid ber s and grew out of cott age meetin gs held by E . H. M aster s way between Mendh am and Bern ard sville on which there of Brattleboro, Vermont. who baptized eight. After first was a beautiful little chapel which the y l'ramed 'The Little meeting in a schoo l building the y met in the Chandler home Church in the Wildwood ." Their two grandchildren reque sted which was built for a place of worship. The church in M ar the grandmother to teach them their Sund ay School lesson low , Okl a., backed this purcha se. In 1958 a brick building in their own church buildin g. They invit ed friends. Before Jong was erected by Paden Co nstructi on Co. , who have built so the y had a large Sund ay School with the grandfather teaching many of th~. buildin gs everywhere. The church in Seagoville , high school boys. Every Sund ay became a full day wit h Tex ., made a loan of $35,000. Mrs. Shirle y Amidon , Mrs . Bible , play and food for all. I have visited and talked here Dor a Chene y, Mr. and Mr s. Wesley Eisner , Sr ., Paul Hebert , often as have Eddie Co uch , E. H . Ijams, Leon H arding, Mr s. Agnes Hendrick s. Mr s. Gladys Murdock, Mrs. H attie A. W. H astings , George Benson, Hu gh M . Tiner , Reuel Rich ard son, Stanley Winmil and Mr. and Mr s. Char les Lemmon s and many others . Clinton Davidson , Jr. , with his Chandler are charter member s. H. Decker Clark, Jr., assisted father, did much of the pre achin g. H ar ry Robert Fox , Jr., Char les for a .yea r before he went to Leominster , Mass. , and preached his first sermon here . Jac kson Simmons , a N egro , John Bailey, formerly of A.bilene Christian College, beg an was converted in Georgia, was hired by the Davidsons and work her e in June 1962. Building is located at Arch & with Nathan Carter , anot her employee , have estab lished Blosso m and mail to Box 261. churches for their own race in Trenton and Morristown. MANCHESTER In J 945 Cl inton Rutherford came to assist "Jack " D avid It seems that Ivan Peace of Georgia moved to Manchester son and after Jack's death has rem ained with the work until over 20 years ago and held a meeting on Granite Squ are. At this day. In 1951 the Davidson s raised something over $ I 00,- the tim e the on ly known church in the whole area was the one 000 to purcha se a 60-room estate next door (an adjoining meeting in the Phillip s Brook s House on H arvard campus fa rm .) This was turned into Camp Shiloh where some 400 ( see Montrose , Mass .). Broth er Peace married and his wife or more boy s and girls are enrolled eac h summer for Chri s beca me a Chri stian and service s were held in their hom e. tian educ ation and trainin g. More th an 200 of them have Rich ard Walker helped much in the pre aching and severa l been baptized. The church meet s in this place and might be were baptized. The Peac e family mov ed to the Suncook com considered one of the finest "plants" in the brot herhood . Sup munit y 13 mile s north . W. E. Hebba rd pre ached and in the port is being given workers in Mexico , Japan , Africa and other late 1940's W. A. H arrison came and helped both here in nations and if further information is ever wanted on the where the Peace family lived. Later H arr y Dighton preached good works of the D avidsons and this congreg ation , I have for some time but had to leave and a difficult period came a file on it. for the church . Alvi s Brya n held a meeting here in the Pictur es of rs. Davidson , Mr. Pepperd ine , Jack, Clinton 1940's and baptized Bill Jens en who has rem ained faithful. MT. HOLLY His wife, Lois, had been baptized in Florid a ear lier. Bill Although we do not have the names , one of the pre achers has done much to save th e church from tot al extinction. In and an elder of the church in Springd ale, Ark ansas made a November 1954 L. G. Dev ey, supported by Edgefield in Dal survey her e and decided to star t the church . This was some las, came for a year. Bill Jensen and Tom Alli son guid ed the time in the summer of 1962. work after · th ar for a lon g period of time. but when service men from the Air Base were moved out active member NEW JERSEY ship was reduced to the Jensen s, E. Mekras , Sister Ruth Osgood and Sister Fr eda Henesse. Again Alvis Bryan came BURLINGTON-LEVITTOWN to the rescue and helped get nearby churches to coop erate . The church here began in the home of Ed Carruth in Most of the member s who had been meeting with the Pe ace Moorestown in 1958 . On Jan. J, 1959 Willi am Reeves began fami ly had moved away. This was the situation when Ray work and in Janu ary 1960 moved into their new building mondville , Tex as church sent the George True Baker family on Sunset Ro ad. Auditorium will seat 140 and property is here in 1957. George is a graduate of Abilene . The six mem valued at $5 6,000 . William Spindler bega n full-time work bers of the Pe ace family add strength. Church meets at 66 in July 1961, supported by the Polytechnic Church in Fort Mamouth Ro ad. Worth, Texas. There are about 40 memb ers and the indebted SEABROOK ness is now about $25,000. Mai l - Box 675 , Levittown , N. J. Three families of Christians have lived here for some years BERNARDSVILLE (See Mendham) but have driven to Kittery , Maine to worship. In time these COLLINGSWOOD three fami lies purcha sed a buildin g and the church formally A letter from Cline Paden , one of our m1ss10naries in had its beginnin g March 5, 1961 with Lawson Mayo , Jr ., of Italy, in 1950, asking someone to visit a former Catholic Laredo , Tex. , as preacher. Lawson grad uated from Abilene . who was baptized in Italy now visiting near Camden , N . J. He is still with this work - postal address: Box 62. Remodel The peron visited was a former Catholic priest and Fran ing of building in May '62 . ciscian monk who had fled to Americ a seeking freedom - MENDHAM-BERNARDSVILLE his name was Aniceto Sparagna. Ralph Gr aham , then with (Since Clinton and Flora Davidson are two of the dearest the church in Trenton found Aniceto , arranged for him to friends I have on earth I want to write what I know of this become an Americ an citizen and converted him to Christ. work and them person ally. JLL) Working under the church in Flusing , N. Y. , and later 56th Cli nt was an orphan in the Potter Home in Bowlin g & Warrin gin in Philadelphi a, Ralph and Aniceto traveled Green , Ky. , when I was an orphan within a few miles of him . 35,000 miles, visited over 200 churches in 20 states and money He became one of the great men of the church and I have for the building in Collingswood valued tod ay at near $100,- had close associat ion with him for many years . Cli nt was 000 . First meeting was M arch 2, 1952. Ch art er members the person who directed George Benson in becoming such still here - Ralph and Irene Graham , Mrs . Jimmie Mes a power in building Harding Co llege. Clint is the man who sick, Mrs . Arthur Milnamow , Mr s. Pearl Sutcliff e, Mr . . and put together the "Pat Boone and U. S. A. " radio program Mr s. Warren Taylor. A young ar chitect , M alcolm B. Wells, for Pepperdine College and who worked out the printing and was asked to design the buildin g. He and his wife were later baptized . Much credit to this venture is given to Brother wors hip _was started in New York City they met there for Sparagna and thank s are given to so many across the nation sometime · but with new children in the family they started who helped. Elders: Robert T. Bearden and Samuel D . worship again in New Jer sey. A. W. Hastings was preaching Townsend. Address : 300 White Horse Pike. Ralph lives at when they decided to move to Jerse y City. Geor ge Bailey, 408 Cornwall Rd., Haddonfield , N. J. now at the great ColJege Chur ch in Abilene , was pre aching DOVER in Jer sey City and followed by Wendell Needham in 1945. In First service Sept. 16, 1956. William Morg an preached and 1948 the gro up decided to move to Fair Lawn . WilJiam Reeves he and Glenn Kram ar continued for some time . Members came in 1950 and helped in getting a building which was the from Whippany gave much support. Andy T. Ritchie came first for our peop le in the entire Metropolitan area. Th e for a meeting in the summer of 1957 and seven were bap three John son brothers did not live to see the building com tized . In September eight graduates from Lipscomb moved pleted but their widows did . Sister Anni e has since died and here to take teaching positions and the church was greatly Sister Lillian is still faithful and with us. Sister Amy Jives with strengthened . Helen Miller , Barbara DeYries, Charlotte Bax children in Holl ywood , Californi a. (If I got no other happi trom , Helen Alban , Arch anct' Ethel Johnson , Robert and ness out of this project than trying to locate this great Chris Elizabeth Reider and Hel en McKnight were the natives who tian lady and her childr en in California, it would be worth made up the nucleu s of the church. Charles Moore and the it all. I have just learned that Sister Amy died . JLL.) Clarence work in Japan received support. Peter Mastrob attista assisted King, now in Lubbock , Tex., preached in 1954 and ·1955. Brother Morgan and others in the preaching until John Lee Fay H. Starr came in Ja n. 1956 . James L. Finney and Ed Newton came in 1958 . Building and land purchased in ward Baker serve the church as ministers today . Location, 1958 and tod ay the church is in a new building at 118 Plaza Ro ad at Marlot Avenue. Quaker Church Rd ., Dover Mt. 2, New Jersey. John is HAMMONTON preaching with Bob Spain, Neal Stotts, Forest Sudde ath and On Jan. 29, 1956, 8 brethr en met for worship at 209 Lowell Hayman leading songs. Bellevue Avenue. Anic eto Sparag na (see histor y of Collings EAST ORANGE wood) has been the pre acher from the beginning. He helps In the Spring of 1953, Emmanuel Luxardo, preacher of support him self as a berr y farmer, the vocation of his father a Pre sbyterian Churcb in New ark , heard a gospel sermon in-Jaw, Brother Charles Cutts. His wife, Viola, teaches school over the radio. He cont acted Bill Reeves in Fair Lawn in Mount Holl y. After four years property was purch ased. and was baptized into Christ. Bill and his family, Emmanuel May 15, 1960 worship was held in the new $40,000 build and the Eddie Carruth family began meeting in the Conti ing at Liberty Street near Bro adway - J. Harold Thom as and nental Hall in downto wn Newark in the later summer of '53 Ralph Gra ham preached . and a few weeks later met at 6 West-Park Street. The church Charter member s who are still here : Mr s. William grew and in November 1954 worship was held in the newly LaM anna, Mr s. Helen De Lucca , Mr. and Mr s. Sparagna, purchased propert y at 169 Main Street , East Orange. Much Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Lawson, Mrs. Lillian Sein, Mrs. Stella help was received from Castleberry Church in Ft. Worth , Tom asello, Mr. and Mrs . John Thee. Mail: P. 0 . Box 147. Texas. Gene Lyles followed Bill in 1956 and rem ainer until LAKEHURST 1959 when Bill Echols came and a fine work is continued. Charles Brown , who formerly preached in Red Bank , Meetings have been held by Harry Pickup , Jr. , Thom as moved to Tom s River ( I 021 Bell Street ) to start the church . Warren , Ross 'Dye, Roger Mills, Glenn Kram ar, Roger At pre sent worship is being held in Lakehurst and some 60 Hawley , Ferrell Jenkins , Edward McCaskill , Jame s Finney , or 70 are attending . No address of the meeting place in Rich ard Donley and Roy Cogdill. Lakehurst was given. EATONTOWN MENDHAM In the summer of J 941 Mrs. H. W. Henson , wife of an MORRISTOWN army officer not then a Christian, made plans with Lt. C. W. Sewell H all was the speake r for the first service held here Wallace for worship in the Elks Club in Red Bank . They later in Feb . 1956. The church in Hunt sville, Ala., sent Glenn used a chapel at Ft. Monmouth from December 1941 to Feb Kramar , a California boy, educated at Abilene , in March . ruary 1946. After meeting in a Community Church building Four acres of land and a 15-room dwelJing at 265 Ever for a few months they used the Advent Christi an Church green is the place of worship . Tn 1963 the Kram ars went building for morning worship in Eatontown. This building to Peru as new first missionar ies there. was purch ased in 1951; a lot next door to the building with MOUNT HOLLY over 10,000 square feet has recently been purch ased. Due to a heavy snow, Ralph Graham could not be pre sent Eddie Couch , James 0. Baird , Ralph V. Gr aham, for the first service in the home of Norm an and Nev ada Gre en Leroy Garrett , Juan Rivera, Arthur Moody , Roger Mills wald in Feb. 1958. Ralph did preach for sometime aided by and others helped with the preaching until May 1953 when John Cutts of Tabe rnacle. Charter members - the Green Jim Oldh am came as the first full time man and rem ained two walds, their two sons and their wives, their two daughters , years followed by Jim Elliott and Bob Knight. Beginning Mfss Ge raldine Johnson. Miss Gail Gilliss. Mr. and Mr s. Cod m March 1959 SFC Lyle E. Ensminger pre ached until April rick. After meetin g in the YMCA a buildin g was purch ased 1960 when William N. Scott came. Bill is a graduate of Abi in 1961 at King & Grant Streets. Pat E. HarrelJ has been line and got his graduate work at Harding . Served as asso the preacher since Jan . 1960 . Andrew Connelly in Africa is ciate minister at 16th Street in Wa shington, pre ached in helped . There are about 40 members . Dover and is doing a fine work here . The church in Red NEWARK Bank was started by this group. Place of worship Highw ay No . 894 S. 14th Street. 35 at South Street - P. 0 . Box 142. The church started in this city Nov . 14, 1937 at 145 W . FAIR LAWN Market St. with six member s with A. W. Hastings pre aching . On Sept. 7, 1907 three young Englishmen named John July 1, 1939 we moved to 27 Hartford St., with 12 members . son , with their mother , arrived back in England for the pur In Dec . 1942 to a storefront on 15th Ave., at Bedford with 15 pose of bringing their fiances to Am erica. They arri ved back member s. In 1945 a smalJ building was purchased which in New York and were united in a triple wedding on Sept. was later sold and in 1958 the present $100 ,000 property was 21, 1907. For the next several years the elder John sons purchased and we moved in May 1, 1960. Others who have and the three couples , alJ members of the church of Christ, served as preachers are Levi Kennedy , H . U. Johnson , met in the Johnson home for worship . The closest group S. T. W. Gibbs , Sr., 0 . Cathey, S. Turrentine and at this they knew was in Tabern acle, N . J., 75 miles away. When time A. O'Bryant. 80 South Orange A venue . church is self supportin g. Th is is a faithful and zealous group. Beginning Sept. 18, 1955 with Charles Murr ay preach TABERNACLE ing. Charter members: Jacob and Moses Johnson , Mr. and The church here began in 1914 with three member s. They Mrs. Clinton Ford , Sister Davis . Brother Johnson often assists met for a few month s in the Methodist Churc h, Lodge Hall with the preaching. There are about 30 members . Report and then the home of Charles Cutts until meeting house by Kathy D. Poole. was built in 1916. A larger place was erec ted in 1957 - mem (North Atlantic Directory lists a church at 125 Somer bership abo ut 60. Ernest Joynes, Leroy Garrett , Way land set but we received no information on it). James , Donald Sime and Ron ald Bever served as preachers. NEW BRUNSWICK Ralph Price is here now. Permanent contacr; Mrs. Ross Cutts, (No information received . North Atlantic Directory lists : Rt. 3, Vincetown, N. J. Contact H. Davis , Rt. 2, Box 100) . TOMS RIVER (see Lakehurst) NEW EGYPT TRENTON After Bible study in Mrs . M. D. Dove home the first wor 2329 Liberty Street ship service was held here in April 1959 with 19 person s The beginning was in the hom e of William White in New present. Jn May 1959 meetings were held in the Boy Scout ton, Pa., with Mr. and Mrs . Weidenhaver, Mr. and Mrs. building . Preaching and teaching was done by local men Estep ( the Esteps were not then memb ers.) In 1940 wor and visitors for other churches and later by Ed Carruth and ship was held in a hall at 47 Clinton Ave. , in Trenton and Bill Reeves . Joe C. Lemmons came in Nov. 1960 and re consisted of the White s, Weidenhavers, Mr . and Mrs . Carl ceives partial support from 36th & Prospect Church in Okla Saunder s, Sister Hamilton , Sister Gena Wilkes, Sister Elsie homa City . A. J. Rolling s of Athen s, Ala., held the first Cheatham , Sister Florence Blood, Sister Florence Ashley, meeting in Aug . 1960. In July 1961 Andy Ritchie and 17 Sister Florence Blood , Sister Campbell and Sister Ruth Ca mp you ng people from Harding College conducted a person al bell, James 0 . Baird was the pr eacher and Broth er White led work meeting . The group at present is made up of service the singing. Four years later a basement building was pur men and families at McGuire , Ft. Dix and Lakehurst. Con chased at our present location. Besides Brother Baird , who is struction should now be underway of a building east of town now president of Oklahom a Christian College in Oklahom a on highway 528. Eleven baptisms since Joe Lemmons ar City, Edward Coud., Robert Broadd us, Leroy Garrett, Ralph rived. Report by John T. Walker, 23 Cedar St., New Egypt. Gr aham , Roger MilTs, Baylor Anglen and Gera ld Skaggs have C. E. McGaughey held a meeting in summer of '62. served as preachers . Wayne I. Newland is here at this time. PITMAN Elmer Merrifield , Glen Bru estles, Arthur Smith and Merrick Three families living in this area and assisted by the Francis lead singing . church in Tabernacle , worship was started in the VFW Hall TRENTON in November 1959- Mr. and Mrs . Gene Johnson , Mr. and 84 Norman Avenue. Mrs . Frank Rizzuto , Mrs. William Frambes and her two No inform ation was receiv ed but I know that two fine Chris· sons. By Febru ary attendance had grown to 30. In July 1960 tian Negros - Jackson Simmons and Nathan Car ter, both of with about 30 members Marlin and Nancy Connelly and their whom work for Clinton Davidson at (Box 35) Bernards son, Philip , moved here from Calhoun, Ga. In September ville, N. J., helped start this church as well as the one in two acres of land were purchased. Jn April 1961 Acklen Morri stown . They have their own building without asking for Avenue in Nashville began sending $300 per month which a penny out side the state on it or for any other purpose which helps Marlin and his family to live and a building fund is quite a re.cord in itself. to be started on a building which was moved into in 1962. WESTFIELD Location on East Holley . There are about 50 members . Mail After meeting in homes for a few month s in 1951 an old to Box 205, Pitman , N . J. Presb yterian building at 600 Springfield Ave., was purchased. PRINCETON Help was given by Central Church in Houston , Tex., and In Sept. , 1946, thirteen charter members began meet Sewell Hall came in time as the first full-time preacher. ing in the YWCA Building . Of these only Mrs. S. S. Wilks B. E. Bawco m and . his family, upon their return from and Mrs . H. G . Goeke remain , all others having left the mission work in Nigeria , came in Sept. 1956 when the area. Since 1949 various men from Princeton Theologic al member ship was 60. Membership grew to more than I 00 and Seminary and Northeastern Institute for Christian Edu when the Bawcoms left to take work in Okl ahom a City in cation have worked with the congregation on a part-time 1961 there were about 125 member s with 25 baptized the basis. The congregation, consisting of 14 members, and hav past year. Building progr am und erway for a $ 150,000 build ing an average attendance of about 25, now meets in the ing. Few churches in the nation ·have such a large percentage Princeton Shrine Club Building on River Road . Various of profe ssional men - about 10 with doctor 's degre es. Ap men from the congregation and from other nearby congre pointment of elders and deacons are in the making. Splendid gations share the preaching and teaching . Contact with the work done at Annandale Penal Farm and many boys bap congregation can be made by writing either Princeton Church tized . W. D. Fogle and Dell Hein assisted Brother Bawcom of Christ, P. 0. Box 385, Princeton , or Glenn H. Bruestle , in this work. Burney and Louanna have four children . B. E. Bear Brook Road , Princeton Junction. Lemmons is the present preacher. RAHWAY Picture of new and old building . The church here meets in the VFW Hall and was started WHIPPANY Nov . 28, 1960 with most members from Westfield. They first Fir st service at YMCA in Morristown afternoon of Feb . met in Woodbridge in the home of Mr . and Mrs. Dorsey 26, 1956. Sewell Hall , then preaching at Westfield , was Galbreath . Charter members - Mr . and Mrs. Jerry Rogers , speaker. Other s present were Fred and Dorothy Goodheer , Marvin and Mrs. Roberts, Mel Setner and the Galbreath Herm an and Laura Buffmyer. Later Bill and Jennie Netterville family. Jerry Rogers preached. Our number has grown to and Sister Ollie Davis became part of the starting nucleus . about 50. Meeting place 1419 Campbell St., Rahway, N . J . Glenn and Janice Kr amar began full-time work April I , Contact Dorsey Galbreath , JO Hillside Ave., Woodbridge , 1956 and within a few weeks Sister Alban, the Me adows , N. J. Mastrob attistas, Morrisons , Odgens and Bill Morg an joined RED BANK in. Bob Morri son was the first person baptized . Beginning of North Atlantic Dir ectory lists this place at IO Riverside the church was recently held in his (a nd Ilene's) hom e in Ave., and contact as James Elliott, JO Jumping Brook Dr ., Lima , Peru . Bill Morgan assisted Glenn for sometime and · Neptune, N. J. Caleb J . .Kirkpatrick , 89 Laurel Dr., Little then moved to Dover to help start that work. Harold and Silver , N. J., is the preacher. There are 75 member s and the Doroth y Stinehelfer came in 9ct. 1956 and he has helped so much in leading of songs and personal work . Sept. 23, daughter Lucille Copeland. In the same month Brother Smith 1957 we moved to the present location at 270 Whippany baptized John Roach who now preaches in Memphis , Tenn ., Road. A new building has been erected that will seat 300. and Norman B. Lyons. When Brother Lyons returned after Much help has been given by brethren near Huntsville , Ala. the war, although just a babe in Christ, Sister Credell and We are abou t self .supporting now. her daughter Lucille, Mr . and Mrs. Bryant Young , Sister WOODBRIDGE (see Rahway) Drew and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bush asked him to preach . From six members meeting in the Credell home in 1946 we met in store building, basements and a third-floor over a tavern until we purchased our own place. We now have NEW YORK over 50 members. We need a full-time preacher although ALBANY Brother Norman continues to do his best. We have no information since Bob Scott (see Syracuse) BUFFALO has just moved to Albany to start the work. With Christians NORTH BUFFALO CHURCH now meeting here the last capital city in America has a church The North Buffalo Church met for the first time in 1938 of Christ. with seven persons present. Worship was held in the YMCA BAY SHORE and later in a rented store building . The first church rouse BETHPAGE was located on Hertel Avenue and the present lofation The church grew out of a meeting in the home of Dr . is 350 Kenmore Avenue with property valued at $12~,000. Walter Rogers in Lubbock , Texas. Headed up by Dwain Membership is 115. Harrison 0. Slaughter, Jr., a Florida Evans with Wafter Rogers , Alfred Holeman and Robert boy who attended Alabama Christian , served this church Qualls , with the Richmond Hills Church taking the oversight, for some time. Dave M. Hearn , Jr., a native of Anniston, abo ut 15 families , mostly from Tex as, decided to move here. Ala ., and married to Mary Evelyn Driskell , is the present As we go to press mor e than 60 families are committed to the preacher. Dave is a graduate of David Lipscomb, Abilene and "Exo dus - Bay Shore " project. George Peabody. BINGHAMTON ELMIRA In 1~55 six Christians began worship in the YMCA. Emil W. Thomas, 207 Wygant Rd ., Horseheads , N. Y., Today there are about 40 members mostly due to personal reports: "New church building address is 615 Westinghouse work and correspondence course. The work is greatly handi Road , Horseheads . Phone RE 9-2621. No preacher at capped due to having to meet in a store building. An acre of present." land has been purchased and plans are underway for a FLUSHING building - possibly already completed but we do not have HAMPTON BAYS the address. Mail to P. 0. Box 1104. Charles A. Buchanan , Information is that no church here. Jr. and William E. Fields are two of the leaders. Larry Rob HUBBARDSVILLE erts, a graduate of Harding, has been the preacher since the North Atlantic Directory shows "F. E. Killom, preacher, summer of 1957. Box 712." BROOKLYN HUNTINGTON STATION Flatland Church, 2475 Ralph Ave. UTICA Bill Fryer, a former Air Force Captain, decided to return Max T. Neal was born and .reared in Texas and held after the war and work here for the Lord . He began with a meetings across the nation and served many churches in local small group in November J948 and for the next three years work. W. R. Yowell baptized him and he married Stella met in a hotel room. In 1952 Roger Hawley moved to New Archer. The two of them with their younger daughter Carol , York to help the Fryer s. They rented a house where both moved here in Aug. 1959 and began with six members in the could live and hold worship . In 1955 both men went on basement of their home. The other members were Mr. and the road to raise $45,000 for a building program . First unit Mrs . S. L. Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Piper, Mrs. was completed in 1959 and the last in 1960. This was the Laura Graves and Mrs. Lester Schlosser . "We have lost first building of the church in New York City. Bill went to six families since but now have 30 members with 20 bap Abilene College in 1956 and Roger remained until 1959 when tisms since we came," says Brother Max . In August 1961 a C. E. Wooten came and remained until Robert Fisk and his pretty brick building that will seat 360 has been completed family came from Abilene, Tex. , in August of '61. Member - located at 1330 Herkimer Road. F. M. Perry is song direc ship is close to I 00 . Property valued at $90,000. tor and assistant minister. Max says they owe much to I 84 Tompkins A venu e. Crestview Church in Waco, Tex. Negro brethren worship here but I have no additional in ITHACA formation. Jim and Doris Smith came here from Woodward, Okla., BUFFALO and started the church in 1953 while taking graduate work COMMACK at Cornell. Doris is the daughter of Elmer Shackeford who is LEWISTON preaching in Hawaii and the sister of Don who has just re This church began March 5, 1959 with the following turned from 4 years in Italy. In 1955 James E. Johnson , Jr., memb ers: Joyce Banziger , Lloyd and Loraine Dr aper , Bon and his family who had just returned from mission work in nie Draper , Don and Maureen Duke , Mitchell and Lillie Nigeria, came here. The membership is now near 40 . They Embry, Daviq and Maxine Mitchell, George and Althea have a beautiful building with property valued at $85.000 - Montgomery , Erma Mueller , Donald, Lena Gary , Norma location , J 210 N . Cayuga Street . The church is still small and Vi Pierce , Ovilre , Marjorie and Marlene Burdett. Oliver yet over 200 Christians have been here at times. Several Burdett and Mitchell Embry helped with the preaching. The churches in Nashville , Tenn ., Texas and Oklahoma assist name is quite historic al. This church has been self-supporting this work. Virgil Trout , Bob Scott , Eugene Peden , Bob from the beginning. Contact Mitchell Embry , Rt. 2, Lewis Marshall , Jack Wilhelm and Fred Allen have assisted in ton, N. Y., or Oliver Burdett, 3601 Abbott Rd. , Blasdell, N. Y. meetings and study. BUFFALO FLUSHING (L~ng Island) 223 Madison Street. In April 1945 some 20 members met in a rented build Norman B. Lyons reports that in August 1943 there ing at 42-08 Murray St. for worship. The charter members were four colored Christians known in Buffalo - Mr. and still worship there - Granville Beasley and Sister Joy Fox . Mrs. Samuel Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Credell and her The building and ground were bought three years later. Virgil Bentley preached here in 1946, Dale Larsen 4 7-48, John MALVERNE (Long Island) P. Fogerty 49-51, Odell Meyers 51-55. Harold Holl and 56. S. 0. Vandersloot held serv ices in his home in Queens Al Hartwigson 57 , Curtis Sampl ey 58-59, Edward Rock ey Village from 1932 to 1935 after which a hall was rented 59 to Sept. 61 when Bob Haf ner came. This church has on Jamaica Ave. in Hollis . ( All of thes e addre sses are helped establish churches in Brookl yn, Malverne, Beth page, in New York City.) ln 1941 Brother Vandersloot moved Co mm ac k. Property valued at $75 ,000. E. J . Sumerlin and to Philadelphia to live out his years. Other members went to family moved here from Texas in 1952 and rem ained with Manhattan Church. This inform atio n was given Mac Lynn thi s church until the crew work at East Meadows was by Jay, a son of S. 0. Vandersloot. started in July 1953. The Malverne Church began in 1945 ,with Dale Larsen BETHPAGI (Lon1 hland) and Bill Fry ar preaching. The first five yea rs they met in This church beg an in East Meadow , L. I., on July 12, rented halls. Ralph Price came from Muncie, Ind ., in 1953 in a residence . The families of Chris Bath er, John I 958. He is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman. Mac Lynn, DiBlas .i., Arthur He aton , and E. J. Sumerlin. evangelist, were a Tennessea'n who went to Florida Christian, Lipscomb and th e charter members. After me eti ng in a Poli sh Catholic took his graduate work at Harding , is the preacher her e Church and a store building , the congregation erected a now . He is married to Marty K arn es. Address of the church, new building at 65 Stewa rt Avenue, Bethp age, L. I. Brother Stu art A venue and Oxford Street. Sumerlin was the mini ster from 1953 to 1956. In 1955 he MASSENA helped convert Ed Rocke y, who served as mini ster from Co nstruction workers in the St. Lawrence Seaw ay started 1955 to 1959 and from 196 1 to the present. Lacy Wil worship here in 1956. Among those was John W. Buster liam s and W . G. Mulligan eac h serve d as minister for one of Arkansas. Some 90 member s met in a rented hall. With yea r in the period 1959- 6 1. Membership is now 75 , and construction finished by fall of 1959 only a few members the attend ance is over I 00. Gus Winter has done much to remained. Jamie Hemphill hea rd of the need of a preacher help build this work. Members of the Bethpag e church formed through Robert Scott , pre acher in Syracuse , who was at the nucleus for the Commack church , and a few members tending ACC Lectureship. Contact was made with Howard will join th e ·'Exodus " gro up from Lubbock, Texas , who M. Kempton , one of the lead ers in Massena , and the plan to begin a new church in Bay Shore. L. l. , in 1963 . move was made in Sept. 1959. Propert y was bought and COMMACK (Long Island) a building at 16 Stephenville St. has been completed. Brother Brother Sumerlin says th at when he came to Suffolk Kempton and Clifford B. Oglesby serve as trustees . Billy Co. in 1959 with five other workers there was no congre L. Jackson succeeds Jamie Hemphill as evangelist. Nash ga tion meeting. We began meeting in a home April 18 T. Stanton leads the singing. Membership, 21. Mail: Box with 17 members . Some of the charter member s: Hugh 265. L. Palmer family, Ruth Breith aupt , H . L. Farris, Paul Nor NEWARK ris, Dorothy Stager , C hamber s fa mily , E. J. Sumerlin . In Three families met for worship here in Feb. 1959 - September 1959 began meeting in a basement of a home Mr. and Mrs. James George, Mr. and Mrs. C harles Guyer, where the Sumerlins now live - No . 2 Adelaide St. , Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Max Larwin . Meeting was in the Grange H all ington Station . This hom e was built for th em by the Trail for th e first five months and in July 1959 we met in our Lake Church in Ft. Worth , Sept. 18. 1960. The church oc own building - 219 West Avenue- in town. In Novem cupied the new building on Old Indi an Head Road six ber 1959 Wendell Williams came from San Angelo, Tex., mile s east of Huntington Station in the little city of Com supported by Skillm an Avenue in D allas, Texas. Frank mack. The building cost $80,000. There are nearly I 00 Shepherd held a meeting for us in J 960 and Andy Ritchie members. Rusty Bolton . Dale Harper , Glenn Paden, E. J with 15 Harding students a "camp aign" in 1961 . Fifteen Sumerlin and T . E. Bonn er are full-time workers. The work have been bapt .ized . Our building has been enlarged and on Long Island - five grow ing congregations - is pretty the work moves on. This report was made by Charles G . much the result of hou se to hou se work led by Brother Guyer. No pre ac her at present. Sumerlin. NEW YORK RIVERHEAD (Long Island) MANHATTAN CHURCH The church started here beg an Nov . I, 1959, when Before I record the history of the church in New York Ernie Gi ll, a member at Huntington Station, then in the C ity I must say that back during the first world war I had Air Force, met with Mr. and Mrs. Walter King , Wanda a cousin, Miss Edna Lovell, who had come here from Alderich and Mabel C lark. Ro y Cosgrove from Oklahoma Portl and , Tenn. , as a hat designer for two or three of came for the first four Sund ays and preached. Meetings th e largest dep ar tment stores in the city. She late r had two were held for the first five month s in the Base chapel, for shops of her own - one at 127th and Bro adway and awhile the third floor over a - bank and then in a rented another over on 3rd. She lived in an apartment at I 25th hall on Route 25. Some of the early members as the & Bro adway and during the war, when I was in and out Wayne Boswe ll family , Sister Doroth y Pr yor, Sister Bar on transport duty to Europe, we met in her apartment for bara Phillip s and Mr. and Mrs. Shumaker have gone. worship when I was with her on Sunday s. I believe th at The first 15 month s after we started meeting in Riverhead Earl and Aubrey Shaub of Nashville may have met with we baptized I 5 per so ns. I left the service to give full us at times. We knew of no other Christians in the time to this work supported by Trail Lake in Ft. Worth, cit y. She moved to Bridgeport - is now dead - before Texas. We hated to lose Wendell Sullivan , says Ernie. Manhattan Church was started in .Tulv 19?. I Mail: Box 284. Two families, the George McKees of Georgia and the Johnson family (see Fair Lawn, N. J.) composed the HUNTINGTON STATON (Long Island) first members . E. E. Joynes of Phil adelphia was largely When the church was started in Co mmack the work here responsible for getting the work started. G. C. Brewer held was not discontinued. About 35 remained here with H. L. a month 's meeting in the city in 1924. When Homer Put Farris working full-time with them . The church in Com nam Reeves began working with the church in November mac k has been helping them in getting a house and meet 1939 they were meeting in a rented hall on the edge of ings are now held in the basement - addre ss : Bro adway & "H ell's Kitchen " on west side. There were nea rly 150 P ark. They now have about 70 members. members. The colored brethren had a desire to establish WEST HAMPTON BEACH a congregation and M anhattan helped them do so in 1940. (Long Island) (See Riverhead) Aug. 3, 1941 the congregation moved to 48 East 80th Street. This was m ade possible by the Hillsboro Church in Nashville and Mr. and Mrs. A. M . Burton of that church. Eleanor Hunter , Grace Jackson, Hild a Logan, Maxine It was Homer who located the property and encouraged Mooney, Bobb and Nancy Nichols, Johnnie Norris , Ange our people to buy it. ln 1942 8 . C. Goodpasture held a lina Ottom ano, Harry and Muriel Parker , Berth a, Helmut and meeting. Membership then was 125. During the war when Waltraut Petrich , Augusta and Ramonda Plath , Don and E. G. Co uch was here memb ership reached as high as 300. Gail Price , Margaret Rav antti , Philip and Anit a Ricca , Durin g this time the work in Queens was started and help Ju an and Jimmie Rivera , Edna Rothchild , Emily Sapir, given to the starting of churches in Jersey City, New ark , Helen Schiffer , Charles and Ca rrie Shaw, Frances Smith, Bernardsville and East Orange , N. J ., and Harlem and Elaine and Waverl y Steinbeck , Ralph and Maxine Strane Hemp stea d, N. Y. Jn 1952 Eastside was started. (now with the Christian Church in Pomona , Ca lif.) , Phyl In 1954 a division took plac.e with a number of mem lis, 0. H. and Helen Tal lman, Ruth Wattenberg, Mic hae l bers star ting a new work , leav ing abo ut 60 here. Burton and Yvonne Wilton , Dorothy Woelfel, Herbert and Marianne Coff man was invited' and in Dece mber , he and Sister Coff Wright , Joyce Young . 0. H . Tallman has served since the man arrived to face the grea test challenge of their lives. beginning with E. Bruce Cooley and Eldon Degge assist Jn 1955 Ralph E. Damp , Stanley H. Soule and Dr. C. 8 . F. ing during the years . Meeting place 152 West 66th St. Young were appointed elders. (Cy Young is toda y living in Brother Tallman lives at 566 Taylor Ave. , Oradell , N. J. Dougl asville, Ga.) Wesley M. Johnson was appoi nted a lit NEW YORK CITY tle later and A. C. Thornton· in 1961. Eastside Church As the building on 80th was on ly 23 feet wide and could (When I first met this Irish boy , Eddie Grindley, he only sea t 150 a long range plan became necessary . In 1955 was a bell-hop at a hotel in Los Angeles - this was some 25 an appeal for launched and soon oyer $500,000 had or 30 years ago. Eddie was a faith ful worker for the Lord been contributed. Property adjoining was purch ased and then and has been ever since. He will never be satisfied the beautiful buildin g as pictured will soon become a reality. until he personally takes to the gospel to Irel and . I have Membership is again over 300. Brethren John son, Soule aske d Eddie to tell of thi s work in New York City as no and Thornton are the elder s. The deacons are - T. U. Faun one knows it as he does. J LL ). tleroy , Wilbur H. Davies, Joe C. Nix (Joe made most of "J heard Eddie Couch in Searcy , Ark. , in 1945 speak this report) and Olin C. Tice. Ministers who hav e served on the opportunities in New York City and the North full time are "Morgan Carter, E. E. Shoulders, John Allen east and decided then to go. In 1947 I took my fam ily Hud son (who just died in Los Angeles) ·, T. W. Phillips and started doing person al work for the Manhattan Church . (w ho now lives in Santa Barb ara, Calif.), Walter Adams Jn 1948 we took over 100 children to Ca mp Hunt. Most (now De an of Abilene Chri stian College), Walter Sikes , of them were Catho lic and a numuer were baptized. Since Arthur K. Gardner, Homer P. Reeves, E. G. Couch , Jr. most of the se were from the Eastside, we rented a build (now in Jacksonville , Fla.) Dale R. Larsen (now presid .ent ing at 3 I I E. 83rd and soon purch ased the building at of New York College in Nebr aska) , 0 . H . T allman, Bur 313 for $40 ,000. Antonio Ochoa , a former Catholic priest , ton Coffman , Geo . M . Hill (now at Pepperdine) and James who was baptized by E. J . Sumerlin , and who was working R. Petty. As this is being typed (June 1962) Burton and with me , started the Spanish Church. During this time James are still here. Bob Harp , Fern Adams and Bob Davidson were helping NEW YORK CITY us at Eastside. Later Brother Sumerlin moved out on Long Washington Heights Church Island , Bob H arp went to Maine and Bob Dav idson later Paul D. English of Te nne ssee came to New York in to College Statio n, Tex as. Ed Ransom and family came 1940 to help start the work among his race in Harlem. from Mississippi and worked with us for four yea rs. Joe The first service was held at 227 Lenox Avenue Feb. 25, Cueller, who graduated at Hard ing College came to work J 940 with Ward K. H alber t of the Manhattan Church as with the Spanis h speaking Christians . He and Velma are sisting Paul. (In later years Ward, through the influence and doing a splendid work . At pre sent John Neistadt is working help of Clinton Davidson , went to Harding College to as with the English congregation. John is a native of New York sist George S. Benson in setting up his powerful machine City and was one of the first Roman . Catholics baptized for good . lt was there that Ward died) . C. B. F. Young at Camp Hunt. He met his wife at Camp Shiloh. They backed this new work financially an d otherwise. Lloyd are both graduates of Harding and John had two yea rs at Watki ns led the sing ing. Charter members were Elizabeth Freed-H ardeman. Carter , Clyde Cabble, Anna Cowsen, Clara I. Gibson , Grac e "At present - 1962 - I am working with Camp Shiloh McBride , Louise Bold en, John and Leona Livingston , Blissie full-time and this was one of our greatest year s teaching Jones , Matilda Johnson, Hattie and Samuel Trotter , Lucille , Christ to hundreds of your boys and girls who had never Lloyd and Ethel Watkins The church was known as Har before known him . May God bless all who are helping to lem Mission . make these great works possible ." In July 1940 Paul English met a sudden death and Ward ASTORIA (Long lsland) Halbert carried on - Paul was a Negro - Ward was white A few Spanish speaking members meet here at 27th Ave - and the church moved to a hall on 132 Street. Levi Ken nue and 12th Street . Joe Cuelle r pre aches for them as nedy came and a move was made to 23 W. I 24th Street. well as Eas tside (Spanis h ) in New York City. Charles Murray came in 1941 as well as Mario;:i Kelly. NIAGARA FALLS A. C. Holt later came to work with Samuel Trotter. M. F. This church had its beginning in a rented store in Holt came in 1945 and remained until 1948. It was while Novembver 1938. In 1940 they moved to a place on Buffalo J. F. McClellan was here that the building at 536 W. 175th Avenue and in March 1947 the first meeting was held in St. was purchased and the church became Washington Heights the present location - I 121 N . Mi litary Road. This build Church of Christ. How ard U. Johnson came and another ing was made possible by the Skillm an Avenue Church building was purchas ed at 105 W. 13th St., the present in Dallas , Tex as. In March 1959 about 20 member s and location . their families started the work in Lewi ston but we have grown again to some 125 members with a fine progr essive NEW YORK CITY progr am. Those who have preached here are 0 . H. Tall Central Church man , T. Pierce Brown , Eugene Perry , Warren White law, This church was started in October 1954 by former mem Charles Rice , Roy Akers and Walter Larkins. Alfred F. bers of the Manhattan Church - Lavenia Bail, Marvin and Hartwigsen and his fami ly moved here in September 1959 Veta Boatright , William Claypoo l, Gail Dagge tt , Mar ie Grell, and have been here since. Hughes and Betty Higginboth am, William and Janet Hop e, PLATTSBURGH a fe w others were sent to help estab lish the church among The Air Base here was activated in the latter part of th e Negro brethren which church is now located at 37 1955. Major Foy Shoem ate, a faithful C hristi an, contacted Re ynolds Street. Christians at the Base and wor ship was first held Jan . 29, ROME 1956. The number present was five. During the first two First service held in th e Francis E. Phi llips home , I 033 years $200 a month was sent to help a home for the age d W. Liberty , Sept. 1955. Char ter member s: Francis , Sally and and work in Jap an. Besides Brother Shoem ate , Mr. and Mrs . Fred Ph illips, John and Betty Gunvordahl, L. D. and Sylvia Edwin Kuntz , Mr. and Mr s. Bill Burge ss and Mrs . Nona Rich ardson, Betty Gilliam , Sam and Clara Spang ler, Stanley were the first member s. Bill did much of the early Ju anit a Reedy. After meeting in the IOOF hall from May pre ac hing . In 1957 others came and the membership in 1956 worship was held in own building at 415 N. George creased to 21. In Septembh of that yea r Stephan Bilak (now St. - the location today . Frank E. Killom preached in the at Michigan Christi an and doing so much to get the gospel afternoons for first three yea rs, driving from Hubbard sville. into Russia via radio) was working in Montreal, Canada , and F. B. Shepherd preached for sometime in 1958, followed offered to split his time with us. West Side in Cleburne, by L. D. Richardson, Nelson H allmark and John Duncan Texas , was supporting him . He came in November and stayed have been our song lead ers. G ar th W . Black who is still here . through 1958 and we grew to 35. In December Bro. Burge ss Propert y has been purch ased and a new $65,000 building is was discharged and received support to continue with us under construction. Southside in Ft . Worth and M ayfa ir wh ile finishing his college education . When he left in 1960 in Oklahoma City have done much to help here . we had grown to 45 and Levi Babcock a nd James McBride , SCHENECTADY loca l members carried on the work - Kenneth Wi lson as Vaughn F. Abercrombie was the org anizer and pre ac hed sisted until his tr ansfer. In 196 1 we purchased property on the first sermon in the YMCA in Dec. 1943. Five people Trembly Avenue and a building was erected. Meet ings were present. They soon moved to 13 Union Street and met have been held by E. S. Boring , James Hemphill , Mill ard there until May 1955 when they moved to the present build Loftis , M. E. Blake , Bill H ea rne and Bill Echo ls. Report ing at 2042 Balltown Road . Those who have preached are submitted by James C. McBrid e. Mail - P . 0 . Box 557. Ralph Starling, Carroll Lanc aster, L. G. Devey , W . Russell POUGHKEEPSIE Gleaves who . is the present preacher. Char les R. Brewer, Began March 2, 1947 with six member s. In 1957 a bui ld Andy Ritchie , Wendell Needham , H aldon Arnold, Burton ing was purchased at I 12 Montgomery St. Preachers who Coffman , Alvis Bryan , F . B. Shepherd , and H arold Thomas have served: Bill F ain, Tom Byer s, and now Gene Lyles. Bill have held meetings . Property valued at over $ I 00,000 . In Byers served from 1952 to 1959. We now have 40 mem March 1962 elders appointed. The work of Brother Aber bers . In Oct. 1960 18 of our group who lived in the New crombie will live long in the he arts of all here . burgh area started the work there and this reduced our mem STA TEN ISLAND bers hip but made us happy . The churc h in this area has a With the encouragement of the church in Brooklyn good future. and with th e help of churche s in Tennessee and Tex as, Alfred Note: Brother Lyle s asked th at the history not be includ ed H . Palmer and his family moved here to start the churc h unless we mention his opposition to many brethr en whose in 1958. There were I I member s and the meeting wa s in names are written in this Hi sto ry of C hur ches. Thi s is a the pre acher 's home unti l March 1961. Meetings were then History not a scandal sheet and we maint ain the right in any held in the Maso nic Temple but lots were purchased in thing we publi sh to include or not include suc h as I, James 1959 and the bui lding shou ld be ready by the time th is is L. Lovell , see fit. I will say, in all fairness to the church in written. Lett erhe ad ,shows the ad dre ss as 218 King Street. Poughkeepsie th at if there are thos e who oppose Christian Sal Fischetti of Brookly n recently moved here and is a Co lleges, programs as the Herald of Tr uth , and the like , they great he lp in the leaders hip. Brother Palmer is still with the will find comfort at this place - as of now . J LL). work. RIVERHEAD SYRACUSE ROCHESTER Records show three or four congregations in this area 37 Reynolds Street. in 1850 but they all went digressive - which proves th at it In 1949 Edgar D. Brown and his family moved here can be done . Georg~ Gurganus came here in 1940 as an from Flor ida. He loc ated others and the wors hip was started , empoyee of American Airlines and met wit h a few peop le meeting in his home . A tent meeting was held and a storeroom who used the instrument of music in worship. They gave rented where the church met for the next five years and up the practice in 1941 and made use of their own place then a bu ilding was purchased . In April 1959 Franklin D. of worship. Later they purchased land in Nedrow and con R. Florence, Sr. , was eng age d to preach full-time and mem str ucted a small building. They met here until March 1960 bership has grown to over I 00. A splendid work in various when the y purchased land at 216 Lexington Avenue in Syra areas is being carr ied on . Jo hn W. Winston, Cass Wade , cuse . Lesl ie Burke , George Gurganus , C . W. Brad ley , Jr. , and Josh M. Lofton are three of the pre sent leader s. Lewis Case , M arvil Allison and Bob Scott have served 25 Law son Ro ad. her e as pre achers - Bob has ju st terminated six years of T his work dates from 1937 when worship was started in work in order to move to A lbany to pla nt the cause of Christ the home of Thomas Page. The y later met in a room at in the last remaining capital in the nation where there is the Baptist Temple , in the Littl e Theater on East Avenue , no New Test ament church . Bob and Sister Scott are Abi and for a time on Plymouth Avenue. Encouragement was lene graduates. Southside in Fort Worth , Tex ., continues to given by brethren in Niag ara Falls. In 1942, a resid ence help this work. was obt ained from the Taylor family at 47 We llington . Hugo UTICA McCord (now at Ok lahoma Christian), Jo hn O'Dowd (now WATERTOWN in Houston) and H . A. Dixon (now president of Freed Directory shows: "Perm anent cont act : Raymond J. Paul, Hardman) held meetings. Le slie Grant and Frank B. Guyer Bro wnville , N. Y. " pre ached for a time before Glendo ( C . Grimes came in WHITE PLAINS 1952. In 1953 the Wellington property was sold and in I was un able to get inform at ion . Dir ectory shows : "YMCA 1955 to the new bui lding at this address. Eugene Peden , upon with Richard" E. Donley , 10 Thomas Pl ace, Valh all, N . Y . his return from Nigeria , came in 1955 and when he re as pre acher." turned to Nigeria in 1957 Joe Lemmons came for thre e years . John A . Cupp, from Chattanooga, Tenn ., came in December 1960 and is sti ll here . Jn 1947 Edgar Brown and PENNSYLVANIA but not all active·." Listing of the chu rch si 3 miles south of ALLENTOWN Coatesv ille on Route 82 . Addr ess of Brother Smith is Rt. l do not know when the chur ch was star~ed but it see ms 4, Box 160. that in 1955 the chu rch in Lov ingto n, N. Mex ., sent Ervy CONNELSVILLE Boot he here as full-tim e pr eac her. Jn less th an two yea rs there Dan L. Smith , who preac hes for the chu rch here which were abo ut 42 members . Ervy is an Ab ilene grad uate, mar meets at 306 S. Pittsburg St., makes this report : "Worship ried and has two children or did whe n the repo rt was made has bee n held here at tim es for the past 20 yea rs. Abo ut IO some years back . William Spindler, a grad uate of Lipsco mb yea rs members who lived here dec ided to wo rship at Som er is also helpin g this work. The chur ch now has 70 members set and McK eespo rt. Th e rece nt work bega n in 1954 meet and meets at 1300 Ove rlook Road at 15th Street Exit. ings in homes and then in the present Maso nic Hall. In 1958 ALTOONA Charles Ga lt bega n preac hing regularly. I came in Jul y T here is no chur ch here, howeve r, Sister B. E. Ye arich 1960. Eight co ngrega tions in the area helped in my support. writes that they did meet for worship in the POS of A There were 23 members. When the church in U nionto wn H all from 1935 to 1940. Her thr ee children became Chri s started two of our members who lived near went there. In tians durin g th at tim e. Later services were held in her home September 196 1 the chur ch started in Ligonier and this took and the home of J. W. McC lows key. Sh" 5ays that Bro ther another seven and we still have 33. We have lots and plan Yea rick does eva ngelistic wo rk most of the tim e and they to bu ild." Addr ess of Bro ther Smith - 2 14 W. Cedar Ave. are away a great deal but when at home they still wors hip CORAOPOLIS in either their home - 20 12 Hu dso n Ave. or at Brot her Charles J. Aebi, who preac hes for the church which meets McC lows key's - Rou te 3. at State and George , makes thi s report: "I ca me here in BOLIVAR Feb. 1956 . My first yea rs were spent in getting a buildin g No info rm ation. D irecto ry shows Charles Cummin gs. which we moved into May 30, 1959 . Au ditorium will sea t BRADFORD 200 and all told cos t $ti2 .000. We have over 70 memb ers - 30 Te n members met in a home for the first service in the iii ! 956. There have been 28 baptis ms since we ent ered th e fall of 1934. Jn four years there were 30 memb ers. Prop building. Ma ny chur ches helped us pay for it." Broth er Aebi ert y was bought at 24 Der rick Road and building erected. moved to Sisterv ille, W. Va. , in Fe b. 1962. Jo hn Fa irs Nichols held a meetin g in 1936 and baptized This chur ch bega n in Oct. 194 l with 20 members in th e two. Others who have held meetin gs - A. E. H arper, C. C. area who had bee n atte nding Oa kland ( now 5th & Beec h Ab bott, Chester Gray , Tice Elkins ( now in Alamorgordo, wood) and Estella Street in Pitt sburg h. C. W. Holley preac hed N . M .) J . Bern ard Maso n, Ira Y. Rice, Jr. ( now in Ma laya the first yea r. doi ng mission work) , Jo hn O'Dowd , T homas Page , Char les DuBOIS He nders hot, Rober t H are, A. A. Ga llagher, L. S. May nard, Report by Larry W . Va n Steenberg. Larry and his wife Zellie D aniels. Ralph H a nlin was the first located preac her Elaine are Lip scomb gra du ates. He is a speech th era pist in ( 1943). Oth ers who have served - I. D. Ja nney, 0. H. Ta ll the public schools and preac hes for the chur ch. "H ad its be man, Car melo Casse lla, Ge ne Pa tterson, and at the tim e ginnin g in 1944 with M rs. Edwa rd Del ong, M r. and Mr s. of the report - William D. N ichols. Chas. W. Moo re Ha rry DeLong and family and M r. and Mrs. Char les DeLon g and Co rbly S .. Am mons serve as elde rs. H aro ld Too thm an and family - meeting in the Charles DeLon g's home. Co n and Howa rd Brow n as song leade rs. In Aug. 196 1 moved tac t was made with the chu rch in Summ erville and help was into new br ick bu ilding at 12 1 Derri ck Road. T his chur ch given. H enr y Ditt er was the first preac her and remained here helps Car melo in Australia. Me mbership abou t I 00. for five yea rs (see Portsmou th , Va. ) Way ne Barn es of Brad BROCKHAVEN ford helped mu ch. We moved into our new buildin g in Jul y T his chur ch aws possibly started in abo ut 1959. Do n Ga r 196 1. We have about 50 members." La rry's address- Rt. I, rett fro m Wes t Chester is helping with preac hin g until a man Brookville, Pa. H arr y DeLo ng, Rt . 2, DuB ois. ca n be fo un d. Josep h Blac kburn is an elder. Mee tin g place EAST RIDGE at Chur ch and Virginia. This is a suburb of Cheste r, Pa. No inform ation . Dir ectory shows contact as Philip Pierce, BROOKVILLE Wes tove r, Pa. With a bea uti ful new building th is work was star ted in EGYPT 1962 . No direc t inform ation. Co ntac t : Wade M. Va nSteen Paul Mackey of H oward, Pa., preached here in 1925 and berg, Sigel, Pa. a few obeyed the gos pel, two Graham fa milies, Luzier fa m BUTLER iy and Shomo fa mil y. Josep h H all of Missouri helped start N o infor mation . Directo ry shows F. Roberso n, Rt. 7. the work . detween 1925 and 1938 the chur ch met in homes. CAMP HILL (.see Harrisburg) In 1938 a buildin g was erected - openin g service Oct. 29 , 1938. Remode led in 1959 . Charter members who are living CARLISLE Started in March 1952 . Me mbers hip abo ut I 00 and plact now at G uys Mills, Pa. Th e place of worship is six miles north of wo rship 252 "A" St. H ome for preac her has bee n built. of Woo dland, Pa. Pr ese nt leade rs are Pr esto n Keph art , Ellis Hub ert Showa lter, his wife and thr ee childr en ca me in 1956. Kep hart , George and May nard Gra ham - all RFD , Wood Last repor t shows Rex Smith as preac her but he rece ntly land . ERCILDOWN moved to Bangor, Ma ine. Con tact : Hollis A. Decker, Rt. 3. This chur ch was established in 1878 by Samu el Ruth , an CHARLEROI ex-s lave . Born in South Caro lina in 1850, came to Penn syl The chur ch here meets on State Route 48 1. Ma il Route 2. va nia after the wa r and wen t to schoo l. Beca me a stud ent Have abo ut 30 memb ers . Have neve r had a preac her who of the Bible since he had prayed as a boy for his freedom . lived here. We are as some ten other Wes tern Pennsylvavnia While wor king in Chath am, a chur ch of Chri st preacher by church es who need preac hers. T homas Butt erfield says , " My .the name of Daniel Somm er came to hold a meetin g and wife and I and my wife's pa rents have wors hipped here Samu el and his wife Lo uisa attended and were co nvert ed. for 20 yea rs. When we ca me there were but IO or 12 meet These two set their course in life - towa rd Chri st. Th ey ing. We meet in the basement of our buildin g. Attenda nce hea rd of a little Qu aker village -Ercildow n, where peo ple about 40. " Brother Butt erfield ca ri be reac hed Box 32 1, were · friendly. They walked there and bega n to preach - 9 Brow nsville, Pa. miles four times a week. Many ca me to hear this ex-slave COATSVILi.E and many were co nverted. A buil ding was erected and th is Clarence A. Smith , Sr., elder, repo rts, ··w m. H all, Snow beca me the first chur ch of Chri st in Eas tern Penn . Twelve Shoe and 8. E. Yea rick of Altoo na do most f ur preac h childr en were b.orn to this co uple and five are still living ing. T hse of us here take turn abo ut. We have 120 memb~rs and active members of the church whic h their father and erts. Besides Walnut Bottom , Old Hi ckory , Te nn . ha probably mot her loved so much and for which Christ died. Samuel helped the most in gettin g the church firmly estab lished . The Rut h baptized over 2000 persons before his death in 1937. church beca me self-supporti ng in 1959, and is now suppor t Worsh ip is still held in the buildin g erected in 1892. Thi s ing a number of workers in Pennsylvania and Africa. Loca report sent by Isabelle Stokes and Clarence A. Smith, Sr. , says, tion : U. S. Hi ghways 11 & 15 in Ca mp Hill. Mailing add ress: "The s;hurch in Washington , D . C., Philadelphia, Newark , 3042 Cumberland Boule vard , Ca mp Hill, Pen na. N . J. , Clayton , N . J., D arb y, Pa. and Avond ale - now HATBORO Ke lton , Pa ., were started by this church. " As we were readin g proof, a letter came from Roy R. ERIE McCown , Box 179, Willow Grove , Pa., sayi ng that the Hi ll T his church began September 1945, first meeting in the crest Ch urch in Arlin gto n, Tex ., is supp ortin g him and his home of Mr. and Mrs . Feiss at Northeast and later in the wife Billie as they start a new work in the G reater Phila home _of Mr. and Mr s. Dri ver her e in Erie. Doyle Chapin delphia area. They expect to remain until , th e church is self came 10 Ju lv 1946 and was supported by the ch urch in Here supportin g. First service will be held in the Co mmunity ford, Texas . Worship then was at 614 E . 26th St. In 1946 Room of the H atboro Feder al Savings & Lo an on March the move was made to the Veteran 's Hall at 7 19 State St. Ad 3, 1963. Hill was our first missionary in Turkey but had to ventists Church was rented in 194 7. Andy Ritch ie and some return home when the governm ent would not allow the Harding students came that year for a tent meeting . April church to be established there . 4, 1948 services were started in the City Hall an nex. Feb . HOLMES 12, 1950 first service in new building at Maple Leaf and Mr. and Mr s. Stanley Chavis, Sr., and Mr. Robert Holli s Pebble Drive . L. C. Chapin came as our preacher. Build led in establishing the church here in 1928. Elders of the ing was finished in 1955. Leslie Grant came in 1956 and 5 1st & Brown (now 56th & Warrington) Church in Phil a Robert Hendren in 1959 on part time basis. B. H . Atkin delphia were cont acted and helped in getti ng a meeting hou se son came full-time in December of '5 9. He lp was given by the in Aldan, Pa. Some of charter members: Mr. and Mr s. U . L. church in Ni aga ra F alls. Member ship about 85 - 11 bap Clark , Mr. and Mrs. H . N . Cawthon , Mr. and Mrs. H arr y tisms in last year Report by Donald L. Litz. Leighton, Sr. , Mr . and Mrs. Stanley Chavis, Sr. , Mr. and FLEMINGTON Mrs. John L. Boner , Mr . and Mrs. F. M. Blunk all, Mr s. No information. Directory states, "Contact : R . R. Cramer , Cruw s and daught ers. Joseph Farley , Haro ld Adey , Samuel 419 James St." Vandersloot and Isaac Shaver from 5 1st & Brown helped GARRISON, R. D. with the preac hing. 'Regular preachers were Logan Fo x, No information. Directory states, "Sand Hi ll Church , mem James Finney , Kenneth Baggett , Loyd Spive y, John Scott bership 30. Building valued at $ 15,000 . Elders: H arold Rizer , and at this time , Brown Kinnard , Jr. U. L. Clark filled the Deep Va lley, Pa." pulpit on occasions befor e his death in 1959 . The following GEORGETOWN (See Tomlinson ) have held meetings: Edward Craddock , A. E . Wickham , GLEN ROCK Eddie Couch , J . C. Ro ady, Willard Collins, J. H arold Thomas, Carl E. Sneeringer reports : James H. Bailey who pre ached William Kirk , Furm an Cauthen . Location: G ra nd & South at Camp Hi ll, Pa., and in the Ohio Valley, came to us in Avenue. The building is in Ridl ey To wnship and erected in January 1961 . Thom as E. Turner is still here. We are self 1954. H elps in the work in Gh ana. Report by Brown Kin supporting with a small building and a preacher 's home . nard , Jr. Property va lued at about $30,000. Membership 75 ." Cont act HOWARD Brot her Sneeringer at Rt. 3. Th e church her e was established by a Broth er Mitchell in GREENVILLE 1832 and erected a house in 1856. Over 140 were baptized. No inform ation . Directory states, Shenango Church 1112 This is the only church Brother Mitchell start ed that did miles South of Main Street. Contact: E. E. Little , Rt. 18.) not go with the mu sical instrum ent brethren some 55 years GUY MILLS ago . Thi s church is working closely with the State College Mrs . Mae Graham report s: "About I 953 , my sister and church. Report by C. W. Moore, Box 193. (No te: Brot her her husband ; my husb and and I met here for worship in a Moore will be 8 1 Ju ly 26, 1962 . He has been an elder for Nur sing Home for the aged which we were establishing . 45 yea rs and a gospel preacher for 5 l years. The church Paul Macke y and Boyd Yearick came for a few days at a in How ard need s help to repair the building. JLL) . time to teach and preach and bapt ized our children and the HUNTINGDON church began to grow. My husband was called home in Church started with Bible stud y in the home of Arthur 1957 but we. worked on and now have abo ut 30 attending. Black Nov. 27, 1957 and regular worship Jan. 26, 1958 . Twelve have been baptized in the past two years. Trustees Moved to the pre sent location - 6th & Moore Sts. - a rented are Ed LonKoskey , Ivan Barton and Mrs . Ernest H anson . building , Feb . 9, 1958 . The Jerry Snyder fam ily, Arthur Black Norman Childs and Arthur Lenhart are the leaders." family and Charles Guttermuth, Jr. , family were ch arter HARRISBURG member s. Brother Guttermuth preached. He and Harold Began Dec . I I, 1949, when the church in Walnut Bottom McKee! gave free ly of their tim e and effort. T he E. Ray rented the Municip al Building in Paxtang and began hold Coates family came in June I 959. Kent East is the song ing services. Kenneth Franklin preac hed the first sermon . leader and the church is growing . Gynnath Ford held a good James Finne y, supported by the church in Dickson , Tenn., meetin g in 196 1, Herbert Mass held a spr ing meeti11g thi s came to work with Kenneth Fr anklin in getting the work year and James Bailey will be with us this fa ll. Severa l Penn established . Men from Walnut Bottom preached until Hubert sylvania churche s are helping with support. Contact: E. Ray Showalter came to work full time . Kenneth Franklin began Coates , Rt. l, He sston , Pa., Arthur Black , 1324 Moore St., working full time with the church in 1954 and, at this time , Huntingdon. lots were purchased in Camp Hill and a building erected at INDIANA a cost of $30,000 , in which we now meet. Opening services Established in the spr ing of 1945 with nine member s. Earl were held No v. I 1, 1956 . Others who have pre ached are Buterb augh of the church in Cherry Tree , purchased a Paul W. Ha ll, James Bailey, and Haldon Arno ld who is dwelling on M ain Street and rented it to the group at a very here now, having come in March of I 961. Elders and deacons low figure to help them get started. The y met here for I I have recently been appointed. The elders are Haldon Arnold , years . Malcolm H arri son, Barton D avis, Alfred Palmer , Lewis William Burnett, Paul Eber sole, Earl Steever, and Millard J . Karko sky and Ray Coates help ed with the preaching. The Hinton . The deacons are Robert Bays , Everett H arwood , Wil church was almost self-supportin g from the beginning. With liam Hayes, Blair Isenberg , Orlin Prosser, and Thom as Rob- 4 1 member s in 1955 some 200 had been converted to that date. In 1956 $33,000 was spent for a building at 225 LIGONIER East Pike . This church has a fine future . In Nov ember of 1960, Joe L. Connell, who preaches for JOHNSTOWN the church in Johnsto wn, Pa ., conducted several cottage Six members met in the home of J. B. Brilhart on Jan . 31, meetings here in Ligonier. This resulted in the conver sion of 1943 for the first service - Mr. and Mr s. J. B. Brilh art, John three women (two baptisms and one restor ation) . In Janu K . Brilhart , Donald Scott , Mr.s. Joseph Cramer , Mrs . Estella ary of 1961 throu gh the encourag ement of the church in Binnie . The y later met in Sister Bennie's home for a yea r. Johnstown, these women started assembling for worship South Side in Fort Worth sent R. C. Jones for a meeting in eac h Sunday aftern oon. Broth er Co nnell and severa l of the 1944 and a store buildin g at 400 Messenger was rent ed. In member s from Johnstown would gather with them . January 1945 this fine church sent 0. J . Swinney to pre ach Thr ee other families who were driving over thirty miles each full-time . June 24th of that year they bought a buildin g. Lord 's Day to worship in Somers et and Connellsville were Curtis Combs came in 1946 and rem ained until 1949. Other anx ious to start meetin g here too when they learned of this preach ers in ord er : Lewis Mikells , Jacob Boyer, Phillip D. small group meeting in their own town . Boyer , William Walton . The y had no pre acher from 1954 Guy Kuhn, supported mostly by congregations in the to 1956. Lewis Karko sky came in November 1957. In May south , moved here to preac h and work with them in Sep 1959 Joe L. Co nnell of Nashvi lle, Tenn. , came and is here tember 1961. A meeting in October 1961 with Melvin Barker at this time . The church on Walnut Street was sold in 1956 of McKeesport, Pa . doing the preaching, gave much en and a new building erected in Richland Township , a fast couragement , as did the second meeting in the spring of growing area four miles from downtown. There are now J 962 with Brother Bill Hein selman of Ca nton , Ohio doing about 75 members . Some who have held meetings are : R . C. the pre aching. Place of meetin g, 10 I N . Market St. Jone s, Warren S. Jone s, H arold Thom as, Cecil Hill , T. H . LINDEN Tarbet, Chas. R. Brewer, Shirley Morgan, Ted Norton , The Askey family started this work. They had moved Charles Prince, Gerald Skaggs , Gynnath Ford , Bryon Thr asher here from Clearfield Count y - Lemuel Aske y, his daughter and oth ers. Addre ss: 2783 Bedford St. and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hannan and later a KELTON neph ew W illiam R. Askey and his wife Mary . Members do (West Grove , Pa .) nated their time and mon ey to build a place to start the worship This is the oldest church of Christ in Penns ylvani a and pos in 1957. In Feb. 1958 L. V. Bays of Woodsfie ld, Ohio came for sibly in all of the Northe ast. In December 1938 a man, his a meeting and Russell Askey , son of Lemuel, was restored. Th e wife and mother moved to New London , Chester County , church is known as Quenshukency Church of Christ and from Baltimore and began worship in their home . Pre acher s located a mile north of Linden. More than 20 have been came from Baltimore and Phil adelphia to help them and soon baptized. There is a fine spirit her e. Repo rt by William R. 11 others were added. The church was set in order Dec . 30, Askey, Rt. l, Linden. Note: Since property has been pur 1938 (this was an old way of saying that elders were ap chased in South Williamsport at Central Ave. and Fleming pointed) (JLL) by George Austin, a preacher from Balti St. this will soon be the new addre ss. Under stand Bob Roger s more . Worship was then held in a school house known as preaches here. Chester Grove on route 796 . In 1854 ground was purchased LOCK HAVEN across the road and a stone house was built. From 1838 Not only does Darrell W. Bolin give me a good report on to '74 over 200 persons were baptized. In 1875 Daniel Som the work here but sends valuable inform ation on many places. mer , a young man, came to Chestnut Grove , as the church The church here was form ally organized on April 12, 1959. was then called. The little stone building proved to be too A numb er of efforts had been made with brethren meeting small. Our present buildin g was erected in 1879 and Broth er in Mt. Eagle and in the home of John Kramer in Rote . Dif• Sommer hewed most of the timber . Pre aching was done by ferences in opinion made it rather hard to consolidate the member s until 1948 when Paul Rotenberry , studying at U . of group but 22 did come together at Highl and and Linden Pa. came . Bro . and Sister Ernest Holt are our oldest member s. Street for worship. On Oct. I, 196 1 worship was held for the Alen Bixler helped and in 1956 Leroy Garner, who worked first time in a new building valued at $35,00 0 at Second Av for the government , is now helping us. We have about 50 enue and Wa lnut Street. Membership is about 35. members. LOVEJOY LANCASTER No inform ation . North Atlantic Directory for 1960 re Started in 1952 with 20 members. Have own building which ports : "Co ntact: Thom as Snow, Comm adore , Pa." seats 200 and valued at $40,000 , located at 1800 Lincolnway McKEESPORT Highwa y East. Paul Tustin , his wife and two boys are work The church here was formed from the Oakland Church ing with the church . Paul is a Freed-Hardeman graduate . Clay (now 5th & Beechwood) in Pitt sburgh . The y sponsored us and ton A. Sauder , 525 E. Orange St., is a leader. sent Warre n A. Henr y for abo ut a year. Our first meeting LANGELOJH with 11 persons met on Dec. 3, 1939 in the Bryn Mawr Fir e First members were of the Christian Church in Burgett s Hall. We soon grew to 30. Lot was purch ased at 947 Frank town and in l 936 Tom Butterfield came for a meeting and lin in August 1940 and now we are known as Fr anklin Street 46 of us left to start this work. Progre ss was slow. We now Church of Christ. We occupied the buildin g first in May 1941 have a building . Brother Wright from Weirton , W. Va., has while William H. Hull was conducting a meetin g. Besides been preaching for past three yea rs. Brother Beggs of Wash brot hers Henry and Hull other pre achers have been Clif ington , Pa. , held us a meeting . Report by S. G . McDon ald. ton Inman , Barton Davis, Malco lm Harrison, Ear l N . Ste LEVITTOWN-FAIRLESS HILLS phen s, Walter B. Smith , John C. Gra ham, L. C. Chapin Started in July 1953 wtih 14 persons present. Building , lo and Melvi n C. Barke r, our present minister. We have abo ut cated at 3810 Levittown Parkwa y, was completed in 1956 and 60 member s and a nice hom e for the preaching. Thi s report property valued at $50,000 . C. F . Myer, Jr. , went to Abilene , by Everett P . Sexton , 724 3rd St., East McKeesport. He got his B.A. from Harding and his M .S. from Harding states, "The con gregation of colored brethren which for Graduate School and doing his graduate work at Univer sity merly met at 149 Third Ave., here has been disbanded." of Pa. He is preaching for this church . Contact - Melvin MONROEVILLE Norris , 207 S. Olds , F airless Hills , Pa. H. A. Boring of the church now meeting at 205 Stro schein This work was planned by the 56th & Warrington Church Rd·., says, "As I remember , we met in our living room the in Phil adelphia . Wendell Kee was the first preacher . Mail: first Sund ay in Ja nu ary 1955. T brought the lesson and later 3810 Levittown Parkw ay, Levittown , Pa. our two sons, Timot hy, age 17, and Barrie , 16, made talks - Timothy led the singing. Only two families at the time - Brothers L. L. Ford , Edwin Ratts of St. Johns , Kansas and Sister Ellen Hanover , Mary Hanover and sons Alexander A. C. Warren of Farmington , N . M. came east in 1942 and and Douglas. We now have our building in pretty good held meetings in the Donnley Mills Chapel. A little later order and there are about 45 in attendance. Membership Bro. Ford. brought Bro . A. N . Gingrich of Monte Vista, about 20. We need a full-time preacher. Colo. (son of D . L. Gingrich) east and held meetings in MT. EAGLE the homes as we did after the tent meeting . In 1946 Bro . Raymond Neidigh , Howard , Pa ., sent this information: Ford and Bro. Paul Kinne came and held meetings in the "In 1889 Peter Haines gave a land grant to the church for a homes. meeting place and a building erected that year . Names of Bro. Heisey , Bro. & Sr. Ickes passed away. Bro. & Sr. Lenker some who preached - Nathan Mitchell , Bergen, Delmont , moved to ·near Shippensburg . There were no services from Burcher , Giffon , Thompson , Moore , Bauchnan , Paul How 1947 to 1958. ard. The church grew fast and had a membership of 130 In 1947 I moved back home with my 'Mite, Edna and two with elders. In time it grew weak and fewer than 10 members children , Nancy , age 3 years, and Elden , age 5 months. We were left. Dave Welch of Howard, Brother Casselberry of heard the Herald of Truth over Carlisle station and then later State College , Cecil Garrison and myself from Jacksonville , Bro. Hubert Showalter over the same station. Mother wrote then a small church nearby with Vernon Hurst as evangelist. to them and told them of hearing the program , and then in In 1952 Jacksonville joined with Mt. Eagle with Darrell Bolin June of 1957 Bro. Nelson Paxton brought Bro . Showalter of Lock Haven as evangelist. Within a year we had 65 mem to our home to visit. The following month we started at bers. Walter McCloskey and myself were appointed elders. tending services in Carlisle, Pa. Milford Lucas , Phil Lucas and Miles Etters deacons. Out Bro. Showalter started holding weekly Bible Study in our of this work has grown the Lock Haven Church and we still home January of 1958. Those attending were Bro . and Sr. have 45 members ." Hower and son Earl, who were going to Camp Hill for wor NEW BRIGHTON ship, Bro. Paul Britcher, his wife Ruth and four children . First service here on Jan. 21, 1945, meeting in the home My wife was baptized into Christ in August of 1950 and in of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Sams at 833 12th Street. Six May of 1958 Bro. Showalter baptized me before he left for members were present and Aurice Mick preached . In April Richmond, Indiana, they started meeting in Kramer Hall on 3rd Avenue. Eve We have been able to rent a school house from the Com ning services started May 10th . C. D. Plum held the first munity Grange on the Ridge Road about 31/2 miles from town meeting in Junior High School June-July 1945 - Charles and only one-half mile from our home in June 1958. Bro . Plum Jed the singing. A special business was held in the home Rex Smith replaced Bro. Showalter as evangelist in Carlisle of Dane Foutty as to getting a building. It was approved and came over the mount ain each week for our Bible Study , and we met it first on March 7, 1948 - 14th Street & Penn and held our first Lord's Day worship service on the 7th sylvania. Harry Thomas, Jr. , was the first full-time preacher of September 1958. Brother s Nelson Paxton, W. Heiser , W. - 1953-1955. Present membership about 85. Contact: C. Boldosser , H . Decker from Carlisle and L. Harris from V. Willison , 202 Foch St., Ellwood City , Pa. Lewis E. Smith, Camp Hill took turns preaching for us on the Lord's Day , preacher . Address: 1403 Penn . Ave. and leading our Bible Study each Lord's Day morning . Among NEW CASTLE others that have preached for us are R . Seiders and R. No information. Directory shows, "1713 West State Street. Brewer. Brothers L. Baty and D. Kline are now helping Contact: Ed Phillips." Brothers Paxton and Hseier at the present time . NEW FREEPORT We have held two meetings, one in the fall of 1958, Bro. No information . Directory shows , "Route 18. Member Smith was the evangelist and the other was in June of 1960 ship 60. Building valued at $10,000. Elders. Contact: Charles when Bro. James Baily from Camp Hill, Pa. was the evan C. Bissett, New Freeport, Pa ." gelist. John Baker, Richard and Pauline Campbell obeyed NEW KENSINGSTON the Gospel while students at Penn State University while Bro. No information. North Atlantic Directory reports, "Al Higgenbottom was the evangelist. They now worship with us. legheny Valley Church of Christ, Stewart School , Leechburg John is still at school but comes when he is home . Road . Membership 32. Contact: Fred Matthews, 634 Linden Our daughter Nancy obeyed the Gospel in August of 1960. Ave., New Kensington. Preacher - Gynnath Ford, Rt. I ." Several of the men are conducting the services one Sunday NEWPORT a month and they are doing very well. The following report was sent to me in July 1962 by Stan At present we are trying to find a congregation or individual ley F. Saul, Box 20 I, Route 2, Newport , Pa. who will help support a full time minister to live in the area "My great Uncle , David L. Gingrich, of Monte Vista , and work with us." Colo . sponsored a tent meeting in this vicinity for s,x weeks NITTANY during the summer of 1939. L. L. Ford , evangelist , his son Harry 0. Yarnell , Rt. 2, Howard , Pa ., send the following: Warren and song leader Virgel Florea drove a truck and The church in Nittany was started in the winter of 1897. brought the tent with them from Canyon City , Colo. My Charter members were : S. R. McCaleb , his wife, their son Mother, Mrs . Roy C. Saul , was the only charter member. Joe and his wife, Jessie and Lily McCaleb - all dead. Some Those who obeyed the Gospel during this meeting were who have preached here: Asa Winter, Frank Burgan, Georg~ . Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Ickes of Port Royal, Pa ., (Mrs. Headl y, W. A. Burcher , A . J. Bachman , W. R. Giffin, Paul ~ Ickes is the niece of David L. Gingrich) Mr . & Mrs . W. H. Mackey, D'. A. Sommer , Vernon Hurst, Delmont, Hancock, Lenker and daughter Charlotte , Paul E. Britcher , Charles Thomson, I. C. Moore, C11ssell, Juday , William Ketcherside , H . Neely of R. D . 2, Newport, Mr. John Heisey , and Mr . Balenger, Swisher, Ruth , Ruth, Jones, Ervin Waters , Otis Cas & Mrs . B. A. Hower of Newport, Pa ., and Warren Ford . tleberry, Correll, E. R. Hayes, A. E. Wickham , James Galla Bro . .Florea stayed east for one year, worked as a meat cut her , L. V. Bays, Newland , J. Hall , Gifford, Stigers . This ter and met with us on Lord's Day . church functions by local talent, not with located preachers . In 1940 L. L. Ford, wife dnd 7 children drove from Canon Mail : Rt. 2, Howard , Pa. City , Colo., and held meetings in Baily and Airy View PAISLEY School Houses for 6 weeks . Mrs. Blair Henry , daughter of This church started in 1912, meeting in a school. Ells Mrs . Ickes, obeyed the Gospel during these meetings . Bro. worth Green and Benjamin Prov ance were elders - Samuel Florea went back to Colorado with the Fords . Miller a deacon . First meeting was with A. A. Bunner of West Virginia. Present building was erected in 1914. We now have 45 member s. Bern ard Peter son preaches. A. E. gro wing congr egation . Some other eva ngelists who conducted Wickh am held our last meeting. Mrs. Clyde Clark, daughter effective protr acted meetin gs were Cled E. Wallace, C. D . of Ellsworth Green , is our oldest membe r. This report was Plum , Ted Waller , Leslie G . Th omas, James 8 . Scott , Jimmie made by Mrs . Arthur Smith , Box 572, Carmichaels, Pa . Wood; and other s, C. J. !(irkp atrick .Jabo_red advantageously PHILADELPHIA (Columbia Avenue) for the congregation during the period its present meeting Thi s church start ed Au gust 31, 1942 with seven member s - hou se was erected . John and Ida Culbreath , How ard Lee, Willie Weston H ar "In addition to able pulpit teaching the elders feel th at riet Jones, Celeste Blunt and Doroth y Boyd . The ch~rch 1s subst antial gains cumul atively have been realized over the in good ord er and active . Building is planned . years through its Bible Correspondence Course , its N ewspa PHILADELPHIA (56th St. & Warrington Ave.) per Sermon ads, its Cottage Meetin g Film Strip s, and a gen This church was started aroun.d 1896 by brethren- who had ero~s Tract Dis.tribution Pro gram coupled with subscriptions come here from Ecgl anp y~ars . befor~. ·one ~or two ·~f the to ipembers and prospect s· of the 20th Century Christian. Dur original members are still talcing an active :part. A . H~ Drink ing the first brief m'inistr y of Robert J. Roe a Bible Cor water , who died a9out ·3 years ago at 85, was an elder most respondence Course began to be ofkred free to the public in highly respect ed. The church met in several place s in the March , 1956 in which to date 7,328 person s have been en city over tne Y.ears. In 1950_the presen·t building was erecte d. rolled . "OPERATION PITTSBURGH ," a IO-Year Plan J. P. Miller , Eddie Co uch , Elza Huffard , Wendel Broom , M ack with. a goal_ of one new congreg ation each year in Gre ater Langford and John Ren sha.~ have served as preachers . J. o: ~itt sburgh _ was the brain-child of Don G ardn er, begun Jan . : arker is her e now~ Me!:Rbership about 100. M~t ouratand 1, t 9si and producing to date two new congregations plus mg work over the years has been in assisting.. other churches oth er gains realized and in the making for the Lord 's church get started in 'the area. In the past six years members have in nearb y places. A Sermonad Program bega n about same gone to thr ee new churches . Other church es in the area time in daily newsp apers and carrying over into Byro n J. and elsewher e have been helped . Its elders hip has {iven -in Thrasher 's mini stry promot ed considerable interest in New valuable advice and counsel to almost every congreg ation in Te stament Christianity in Gre ater Pittsbur gh but had to be the area . discontinued due to high space charges in Pittsburgh news PHILADELPHIA (4035 Grand Avenue) papers. Robert J . Roe is schedul ed to return about June 1 Samuel Ruth started this church in _1902_. They had no 1962 to resume a short but very profitable mini stry at 5th & building until 1923 when one was purch ased' at 719 N . 46th Beech woo d he left five years earlier to finish some gradu ate St. and occupied until 1953. In Oct. 1954 tfie present build work elsewhere." ing was purch ased at 4035 Girard Avenue. James H . Ste.wart Note : Brother Roe is here and it should be reported th at has pre ached here for some years and rrierribership has gro.:Vn · South Hills Church has now mer ged with 5th & Beechwood . steadily . Ther e are elders. Co ntact : David Williams , Bldg. 30 This ":,as done on Feb. 4, (962. Park Ave ., Woodbur y, N. J. ·· . Picture of bldg . PHll~DELPHIA (North Philaderphia) . PITTSBURGH (Hill District) About 18 membe·rs of the 56th Street' Church living in this A few Christians started meeting in homes in 1947 under area met in the home of George N ankivell in the spring of the lead ership of Charles Pennin gton . Th ey -then moved to a 1951 for the first service . Paul Rotenberr y, now at Abilene, rented building at Fullerton & Center where the y met until was the first preacher . H e was followed by Jim Seller s, Jesse September 1952. Robert Castleberry , Jessie Williams and Lewis , Larry Goldm an, Jim Zink , Jim Oldh am and H arvey James D . Stephens served as preachers , meeting in a Lodge · Flo yd. Robert 8 . How ard came in Jul y 1959 and is still her.e. H all at 2503 Center Avenue. Samuel Trotter came in Jan . Sherrod Avenue in Flor ence , Ala ., help s with his support . 1953 and bapt.ized 32 and man y were restored . He writes in He is editor of UNIFIER which is sent to denomin atio nal November , 1961, "We are abo ut ready to close on a building leaders in all the Northeast . Land has been purch ased at 3200 at Millbridge & Climax in the South Hill s section of the city Primro se Rd . Malcolm Wells of the church in Collin gswood , and am sure we wiH be in the buildin g before you go to press . N . J., Church is working on the plans. Building will be re_ady Thi s will give the Negroes a fine place of worship in this city ." in 1962 and we move out of Gallagher's H all at 5324 Rising PITTSTON Sun Ave. The futur e look s bright for this church . M ail: Box HARDING (see Pittston) 6653 , Phil adelphi a 49 , Pa . A small group began meetin g in the YMCA in Wilkes PITTSBURGH (5th & Beechwood) Barre in 1942. Later they met in a schoo l building until The following report was made by J. Edw ard Meixner Feb. they erected their own place in 19~7. Jack Coleman came I, 1962 : and preac hed from 1958 to August 1959. Th ere were 14 "Thi s congregation , in the backyard of the Re-~toration baptisms in l 960 and 1961. and attendance doubled. Ken Movement now ·un familiar histor y to the secular public , for Vanderpool has been pre achin g since 1959 and is being merly known as OAKLAND CHUR CH OF CHRIST , began supp orted by 21st & Eisenhower Church in Odessa Tex as with 3 or 4 families in 1928 in a private hom e. It met in 6 36th & Pro spect in Oklahom a City , Brook side in Tul sa'. church rent ed places until occup ancy of its own building in April, in Springd ale, Ark ., and Hubberton Church near Springdale . 1952. Its buildin g, heav ily mortg aged, seating 320 , valued Addre ss, Rt. I, Pittston , Pa . at approx imately $ 125,000 , is easily found and is centrally POTTSTOWN located for its widespre ad membership. The pre sent work was started on Jul y I 0, 1955, meeting in . "With abo ut IO members in 1928 to 182 memb ers and a an apar tment of Sister Oza John son and shortl y afterwards, weekly budget of $466 on Jan. I, 1962, its affairs are ad a back room on the seco nd floor on Main Street. From here mini stered by 5 elders and 6 deacons. Successively its full we moved to our ·present location - YMCA . We have eleven tim e preachers have been John F. Nichol s, Warren Henr y, members. In 1959 we purcha sed land for a building. Everitt John 'C. Graham , Or am J. Swinn ey, C. J. Kirkp atrick , Rob F. Wood is helping us with the pre aching at this time. The ert J. Roe ,. Don Gardner , Byron J. Thra sher , and Robert J. future .Jooks bright as our few members have a mind to Roe is schedtlled to return for a seco nd mini stry as of June work. C. E. Smith , Jr. , is one of the leaders . Mail: Box 364. I, 1_9~62 . READING "The impetus pro vided in an outstanding sermon series Leo Rogol , eya ngelist of this church which meets at 715 by Fo y E. Wallace , Jr. in a month-long meeting in 1934, with N . I 0th S[ , reports , "We have 19 members (Oct. 1961) city-wide meeting s in 1942 and 1944 in Ca rn egie H all held and the church owns its own building. The church has been by r.. Ellis McG aughey did much to firmly establish this slow meeting at the present since 1955 ." Clyde Craley ; 110 Chest nut , Shillington, Pa., is listed as a leader . ROTE ham , Roy H arris , W. Carl Ketcherside , L. V. Bays and D ar Darrell W. Bolin of Lock H ave n writes, "A few members , rell W. Bolin. The report says, "Pa ul Mackey and Harold Shas formerly meeting with the church in Flemington , Pa . (from teen deserve special credit if any is to be given - most planted, which church no information was received) (JLL) began each watered and God is still giving the increase." Contact: meetin g in the hom e of John Kramer on Aug. 27 , 1950. Lloyd William H. Hall to whom I am indebted for so much in get and William Kramer are the leaders. I am trying to help ting the data on churches together in this state. JLL. them) . SOMERSET SCRANTON No information . Directory shows, "place of worship 310 The church here was &tarted the first Sunday of April 1957 S. Kimberly , membership 55, building Valued at $40 ,000. when Char les F. Scott , formerly the preacher at Old Hick Preacher: I. F. Woodrow, Somerset, Pa." ory , Tenn. , moved here to start the church . The Melvin B. SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (See Linden) Gambrell family were the only known members. We later STATE COLLEGE found twc, others. About 30 have been baptized and we now The church started here in a room provided by the univer have 40 members. In the beginning Preston Road in Dallas sity when the P. X. Rices came in IQ_36.Helene Ric e obtained supported the Scotts and the past two yea rs North "A" in Mid some help from her father John T . Hines, editor of the land Tex., has backed thi s work. Others have given much Gospel Advocate and James D . Willeford came and preached ass istance. Place of worship is 137 South Main Stree t. Brother for a year. Other families includ ed the Strunks , Zieglers , and Scott is trying to find help for a preacher at Wilkes-Barre. Jenkins who were restored. Eddie G . Couc h came in 1939. SHARON (Shenango Valley) Sister Rice died in 1940. Ottis T. Castleberry came in 1943, Over 70 years ago there was a strong church meeting in left in 1945 and came back in 1950. Raymond Lowry came Bethel and later a few rem aining members met in Neshan in 1951, . assigned for duty in the navy . He was able to get nock in the home of Elizabeth Co llins , a faithfu l member of Albert Gonce to come in 1952 and some 20 souls were con many years. Jn 1909 Sister Coll ins got a few members to verted before Albert left in '54. In 1956 F . Presnell Higgin gether in Farrell . The church here was "set in order" in botham came and remained until January this year when 1912. Late r the few rem aining members met aga in in Bethel. he and his family went to Lilomgwe , Nyasaland, Central In March 1929 Wilbur Griffin and Frank Settle began meet Afric a. While Presnell was here a beautiful building was ing in Sharon in the home of Robert Smith. Sept. 10, 1936 erected which cost $57,000. Some 50 or more were , added to a contract was signed to erect a building at 809 Spruce Street the church whi le he was here and the church faces a fine in Sharon. W. R. Griffin pr eached the first sermon in the future . Location 405 Hillcrest Avenue . D . C. Jenkins , Box building on March 28 , 1937. In 1943 members of this 312 is a leader. church started worship in Greenville, Newcastle, Struthers , Picture of Presnell and Warren , leaving but 20 members. In June 1954 prop SUMMERVILLE erty was purchased on Sunset Boulevard and Edward White No information. Directory states, "Route 28. Membership preached the first sermon in the new building on Feb . 17, 100. Building valued at $25 ,000 . Contact: H. J. Holly, Box 1957 . Amos Orrison held the first meeting . The greatest need 52 ." today is a full-time preacher . SUNBURY (4th and Arch Streets) SHILLINGTON Larry W. VanSteenberg , who came here to preach in No information. Directory shows, "Montrose Church of 1962 is a grad uate of David Lipscomb Co llege and married Christ, Montrose and Fritztown Road . Membership 25. Build to Elaine Speer of Nashville, Tenn. They have a little girl, ing valued at $12 ,000 . Contact: John S. Park (Montrose) Te ah Lynn. There are 65 members in Sunbur y and they own Shillington , ·Pa." their own building which was built nearly I 00 years ago . SHIPPENS.URG There are no elders or deacons. Church is self-supporting. Address : 412 East King Street (U . S. Route 11) . The town , The beautiful preacher 's home was willed last year by Sister 6,000 population, is located midw ay between Harrisburg , Pa ., E. K. Drumh eller. and Hagerstown , Md. , in the Cumberla nd Valley. Church THREE SPRINGS founded in 1925. Member ship 45. Own own building. Con No information. Mail returned from Church of Ch rist , tacts: L. 0. Seidel , 122 E. G arfield , and Irvin Hutchinson , Route 376. Directory shows W. J. Brungard , Mapleton Depot , Rt. 2. Pa ., as contact. SNOW SHOE TOMLINSON Brothers Delmont and Mitchell converted John Shaw R. B. Riffle, Rt. I, Box 6, Chester, W. Va., makes this in Arnot, Pa ., and he moved to this community in 1881 with report : "Began June 4, 1945 in a school house at Pugh town , his wife Margaret and daughter Mary . In time he held meet W. Va. Ch arter members: H. Z. Nuzum and wife, Winnie, ings in his home and obtained Ira C. Moore for the first H. Z. Nuzum, Jr. , Lloyd Nuzum and wife, Lillian , Georgia preaching . No doubt Brother Moore came here from How D avis, H aze l Reed , Ro y Moore and Billy Hayes. C. D . ard, Pa ., where the church had been established some Beagle preached from the first to August 1946. The church 50 years before by Nathan J. Mitchell , one of the known in Weirton , W. Va ., sent Fred E. ·Dennis for a meeting that of the "pioneer" preachers. Other early members were E. R. year and two were baptized . Others who have helped in the Krone and his wife , Irvin Watson and wife and Fred Banks. preaching : Wm. McMahan , Glenn Logston, John Cun When meetings were not held in the Shaw home on Number ningh am, George Kimball , Paul King , Amos Orri son and Ten Hill they were held in a school building on Fountain G. R. Hanlin. The present place of worship in Tomlinson Road .• Brother Shaw died in 1903 but E. R. Krone carried Run , Pa., was occupied in July 1953 and G . R. Hanlin on in a building first used in July 1905 and sti ll being used preached until 1958 when R. B. Riffle began to serve. The today . There are now about 60 members . The list of evan present membership is 80 and a good work is being done. gelists who ha ve preached here is most interesting and enlight Others who have held meetings: Carl Finley, Horace E. ening: Ira C. Moore , C. D. Moore, Asa Winters, W . P. Reed y, Taylor, C. D . Plum , Homer A. Daniels, Tom W. Butterfield Willie Jones , W. A. Burcher , W . R. Giffin, A. E. Harper, and Lewis Mikell." M ail : R. D . I, Georgetown, Pa. Daniel Sommer, D . A. Sommer , H. G . Cassell, Brother Bin UNIONTOWN ney, Johnny Rhodes , J. W. Stigers , Joseph Hall , Paul Mackey , Charles Gatts, a postman , was born in Uniontown of Italian William 0 . Jones , Samuel Ruth , Chester Ruth , J. H. D. parents and naturally became a Catholic. Desiring to search ThQmpson , E . E . Juday , James Corson, Harold Shasteen , the scriptures he tried hard to find the church. One time he Kenneth Morgan , L. C. Roberts , B. E. Yearick , A. E. Wick- heard a radio broadcast from Steuben ville, Ohio. He wrote a letter and two brethren from Morgantown, W. Va., came cent4ry but no records are available which is a reflection upon to see him and he was baptized. The nearest church was any leadership but is quite common, I find, with churches . Connellsville. He soon felt it his duty to start the church in The present propert y was purchased in 1954 - 600 Allison Uniontown (not to be confused with Uniontown in Cherry Avenue. Tree, Pa .) Mary Jaroz was the only other member. Brother The property is valued at $65,000. Membership near 200 and Sister Condon lived 15 miles away as did Broth er and and there are elders. Contact: Andrew Kotor a, Rt. 2. Ray D . Sister Russ Oliver - the se with Nell DeCarlo began meeting Beggs, a Freed-Hardeman graduate moved here with his on November 13, 1960 in the YMCA. Mrs. Emmit Miller family in August 1956. soon joined the group. This church will grow but needs help. Picture of Ray and bldg This report is from William Buterbaugh , Cherry Tree, Pa.: WAYNESBURG Oct. 2, 1911 a group of Christians met in Uniontown to This work was started i·n 1943. Place of worship, valued worship - W. M . and Anne Buterbaugh, Ellen Langham, at $20,000 located at Sherm an Avenue & Seventh St. There Cora Stein - all deceased . Sept. 7, 1921 Earl Buterbaugh are about 85 members. ·contact: Harold Wilkison , Rt. 4. was appointed a deacon and H arvey Buterbaugh an elder. Dan L. Smith, 671 Race St., has been preachnig here for There are today ( October 1961) 45 members and Charles more than five years. Cigr ang preaches. The congregation is self-supporting and WEST CHESTER working with complete harmony. Members from here have The church here first began when six members of the started worship in Johnstown and Indiana and we work closely church in Kelton who lived here decided to start worship with both places. With other churches we started the work in in West Chester - this was during World War II. First Altoona and own property there but no worship at this time . meetings were in homes and then the IOOF Hall. Churches Our building in Uniontown was remodeled in 1959. We are in Philadelphi a and Wilmington furnished most of the preach blessed with man y young people and the church is growing." ing. By 1947 there were 14 members . In 1947 the church in VALLEY FORGE Dickson , Tenn. , sent James L. Finney as full-time preacher. Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6, 1958, a new church was born in Service s were held in New Cou ntry Club Building and mem the auditorium of Northe astern Institute for Christian Edu bership grew. Everitt Wood came in 1953 on part-time basis. cation. Eighty-four attended the first service . Mack Langford Lots were purchased at 1326 Park Avenue in 1954 and con of 56th Street in Phil adelphia, from which church many struction began the same year with worship held in fire-house of these memb ers came , and Dr. Rex Johnston, president next door until building was finished. Form al opening July of NICE, were the pre achers and teachers. Thirty-six persons 1956. In Feb . 1957 Dew ayne Davenport, graduate from took member ship and within a year there were near 125. Harding , and his wife Jane (Ja ne Russell of Decatur, Ala.) Self-supporting from the beginning. Two acres of land were moved here. Dewayne left to start the work in Ghana in Sep purch ased in King of Prussia, Montgomery County and a tember 196 l. There are about 60 members here and property building to seat 400 is planned. valued at $65,000 . Contact: Donald Garrett , 29 Reese Ave ., VILLANOVA Newton Square , Pa. William T . Ladd, a Tennessean graduate I am not sure but have an idea that this is the same of Lipscomb , married to Betty Ann Head , came Aug. I, 1961. as Valley Forge, meeting at the time on Montgomery Avenue . Picture of Dewayne K. L. Edgar, Rt. 1, Schweu esville as contact and Mack Long WEST GROVE- (See Kelton) ford, 391 Crossfield Rd ., King of Prussia , Pa., as preacher. WILKES BARRE Membership 80 and with elders. This is the home of North WOODLAND eastern Institute for Christi an Education. Started here in 1924. Charter members : Mr. and Mrs . WALNUT BOTTOM John F. Steiner , Mr. and Mrs . Newton Dixon , Mr. and Mrs. One of the most complete and interesting histories of all George Shomo, Sister Arthur Peters. Paul Mackey and Joseph churches listed in this book was sent in by Robert J. Smith, Hall helped start the work . Some of the present leaders are whose grandparents and father were early members . The his Glenn Cunningham, Calvin Keph_art and John Steiner. This tory goes back to 1820 and picks up from the diary of inform ation was sent by Sister Ruth Baird. Mail to : Rt. I, John LeFevre the exact record until his death in 1864. John Box 226 . was baptized by Alexander Ca mpbell and spent his life preach YORK ing the gospel in this area. Much is said about the "breaking Wm. Kay Moser , graduate of Harding, who came here in of bread" at Mt. Rock and the preaching in many places in 1957 and is still here. It seems that in 1942 John and Bessie Cumberland County . Mention is made of the great Camp Bowman who had moved here from West Virginia , began bell-Purcell debate. David LeFevre, forefather of Brother worship in a rented . store building on South Albermarle Street. Smith , Levi Kissinger, Jacob Tritt and others is named during The church in Washington, D . C. sent Halle y Smith in 1957 the period following the Civil War. John A. Smith was born and Presnell Higginbotham came in 1952 and remained five in 1890 and Da vid LaFevre died in 1904. John did most of years until Brother Moser came. Pre acher's home located the teaching from 1914 to 1917 and in the 1920's . Landis at 545 Bergm an Street. Russell Woodrow and Gerald Dean . LeFevre, William and Ray Eyster and George Shearer were lead singing with help from Herbert Jacoby . Charles Haynes elders. A new work was started by members in Shippensburg and wives of these men help with the teaching. This church has under C. J. Beidle in 1926. In the 1930's only about 10 mem supplied members for starting of churches in Harrisburg , bers were left but during World War II J. A. Baty came from Lanc aster and Glen Rock . Besides the church in Washington, Oklahom a and the church began to grow again. In 1952 Camden , Lepanto , Fayetteville and Hunt sville, Ark . have done members here started another · work in Carlisle with Ken much to help this work. Location of church: 1290 Lancaster neth Franklin preaching. Today there are 22 faithful mem Ave. bers. My grateful appreciation to Robert Smith, Dickin ZELIENOPLE son, Pa. Aurice L. Mick, Rt. I, Box 25, sent this report Jan . 29, WARREN I 962. "With my son Gene, Okey Mick and his son Charles and The church here started with six members in August 1955. Noel B. Roberts , this church was begun April 18, 1954 with fn Sept. 1957 Ernest Walker and his family moved here and I I members and their families with Brother Roberts preach remained until Sept. 1962. Worship is held in a rented place ing. He is now with the church in Benton Harbor , Mich . We at 305 Hickory Street. Mail to Box 762. met in the IOOF Hall from 1954 to 1958 then purchased land one mile from the city. After two years when Brother Rob WASHINGTON Actually the church began worship here at the turn of the erts moved away , Manford Lamp of Weirton, W . Va ., helped us about a year. Loyd Ash of Abern athy , Tex. , came for a few F. Lake, James P. Black, Basil Jame s Boles and Warren R. months during 1959. In July 1960 John W. Rockhold started Howard signed the papers for the first building of the church work full time. Membership about 70. Those who have held of Christ in Rhode Island located at 934 Greenwich Avenue . meetings: Noel B. Roberts , J. Novi s Taylor , Ben H . Atkin Tot al .value of propert y, $40 ,000 . It is known as the Apponaug son, Loyd Ash , Harry Thomas, Jr ., Lewis Smith, Charles J. Church. Mail - Box 95. The church is almost self-supporting Aebi and John W. Rockhold ." Brother Mick has filled in with about 60 members . James D . Jarrett , who was born in over the years when no pre acher was available. This ends Tex as, graduated from H arding and married Joanne Johnson, the history of the church of our Lord in Pennsylvania as we came here in October 1957. have the information. May God bless the great souls who ~- have lived and died in His cause. JLL. VERMONT
RHODE ISLAND BENNINGTON Began November 1958 with six members. Own a lot with NEWPORT extra footage for meeting house later. Have built a pre acher's No information. Directory reports: Location: Aquidneck home at 524 South Street wher e we -now meet for worship . Grange , Middleton. Mail: Box 177. Membership 30. Contact : Two meetings have been held - correspondence courses and Charles K . Brown , 6 Keeher Ave ., Newport. . Preacher, Lewis cott age meetings. G. W. Kieffer is the present preacher. Hager , Box 83, Saunderstown, R. I." There are about IO members . James Jarrett , in North Atl antic Christi an, says, "Mem BRATTLEBORO bers in Providence who came from Newport had started The churc h here meets at 75 Western Avenue in a build meeting by J 950 . Newport grew steadily with most of its ing valued at $35 ,000. Ralph H. Wheeler is a permanent con growth from N avy personnel. The Astor estate was pur tact - 237 South Main Street. E. H. Masters did much to help chsed with a Christi an Colleg e in mind but when Northeastern get the church started here - 1954-1960 . He now pre aches Institute was started in the Philadelphia , Pa. , area , this in Colorado City, Texas. The South Side Church in Ft. Worth property was sold. The Newport congregation has doubled has done and is doing much to help this place. There are in attendance since Lewis H agar came and several have about 27 members . A. L. Oswald pre ached 1960- 1961. Jim been baptized . Suit able property is ebing obtained for a Bob Jarrell , 19 Highlawn Rd. , came in February 1-962. building ." BURLINGTON PROVIDENCE This church started in 1952, meeting being conducted · in In the North Atlantic Christian of November 1960 , James the YMCA until 1959. Many Air Force men and their Jarrett had an article on the church in Rhode Island in which families have worshipped here until the closing down of the he stated , "According to our knowledge the church in this base in 1960. Monroe and Martha McCandless drove from state met first in 1942. A few people - mostly service per South Barre , Vt. (60 miles) for five years to conduct meet sonnel from Newport , Quonset Point and the Cape of M·as ings. In July of 1959 the church in Tulia, Texas , sent Alvin sachusetts , gathered for worship in a Providence hotel. Jack Jennings and family here to serve as first full-time minister. P. Lewis was the first regular pre acher. Th e group called on 25 & Geraldine in Oklahoma City and Southwest in Ada , H arold Thomas to come Sunda y afternoons from Boston - Oklahom a have contributed liber ally to the building fund. he also held a meetin g. Jack came soon after the church was A Building valued at about $50,000 was completed on the started and remained until 1951. By 1950 enough money had main street in South Burlington in July 1961. VBS 's have been raised to buy a building at I 03 Beacon Avenue . By this been condu.cted two years with over 100 attending each year, time members at both Newport and Quonset Point had started mostly Catho lic children. Regular newspaper , radio , and oc their own worship ." casion al TV programs have helped to publicize the Truth and C. M. Tuttleton writes on August 1, 1961, "I came to Provi build up the congregat ion in the most holy faith. There are dence in 1953, to work with the church on Beacon . In July about 25 members of the church in this largest city of Ver we sold the building and I moved to Warwick. Late in 1955 I mont. Address: 330 Dorset St., So. Burlington. resigned and went back south but seeing more churches in MONTPELIER one county in Alabama than in all of the New England states Ten members began worship here in January 1958 and we decided to return and help re-establish the church in Provi Alvis A. Bryan came as the preacher. Alvis was born in d~nce - this was Sept. 15, J 956 . Oct. 7th we began meeting Oklahoma and gradu ated from Abilene . He married Glenda in the YMCA with seven present. Since that time 22 have been Qualls. Formal opening of new building, valued at $60 ,000, baptized . In 1958 I travelled through the brotherhood raising July 23, J 961 with some 200 pre sent. Address : 115 North money and rather than lose the $30,000 investment whh.:h we field St. Mail: Box 685 . There are about 40 members now and had made on property at 22 Wampanoag Trail, East Provi the work is most encouraging. dence , Druid Hill s Church in Atlant a mortgaged that church SPRINGFIELD for $33,500 and loaned it to us. We have also helped on The church here began in the home of Urbane Richardson the building in Warwick ." Mail Box 504 , Providence. at 36 Rita Street in October 1941. They had moved here from WAKEFIELD Boston , Mass ., and shortly afterwards, other members of their "After the Charles Grinnells of Peacedale were converted family began meeting with them. They learned of Sister Rich they located a place in Wakefield to hold worship. Jon Chap ard Erskine in Bartonsville whose husband is now an elder elle, a contact made soon after the Grinnell's conversion , be in this congreg ation , and they assembled here to . w.orship: Le came the third member of the Wakefield Church. He was Moine Lewis , then a student at H arvard, spent the summer baptized last summer ( 1959) while attending Gander Brook here in 1942 and preached . He came often until Spring of Christi an Camp ." Report by James Jarrett. 1946. Chaplains in the Army pre ached during the War - WARWICK Jack Fogarty , Frank Trayler , Frank Cope , Gerald Fruzia, As noted from the history of the church in Providence , Edwin Hampton , H arlan Woodruff , Douglas Jones , Richard after the building there was sold in 1955, a residence at 95 Walker , C. E. McG aughey of Washington , D. C., and Robert Toll Gate Road in Warwick was purchased and C. M. Tut Jones of Ft. Worth , Texa s. Harold Thomas and Tom Page tleton moved here and preached from 1954 to 1956 when held the first Protracted Meeting in May of 1945, and Richard Howard Sawyer came. In 1958 three acres were purchased Erskine was one of the three baptized. In August 1945 the and the Toll G ate propert y was sold . Jack P. Lewis , Anne prop erty at 295 Park Street was purchased, and Sis. A. M . Burton of N ashville, Tenn ., helped with the do wn pay nea rest congregation to downtown Washington , D . C. ment. The first meetin g conducted in the buildin g, Jun e 15, AUSTINVILLE '47 . E. H. M asters and family came in Jun e 1946. He was the Th e Vir ginia Dir ector y show5: "Kno wn as Round Knob first full-tim e preacher in the state. After seven years, Charles Church on Hi ghway 747 in Ca rroll Co unt y seven miles from E. McDon ald came in December 1953, and return ed to Ala Hill sville. Elders - Carl Parn ell and 'Paul Shupe . E. L. bama within a year du e to ill health of Sis. McDon ald, but re Jennings , C. E. Mannon , A. L. Altizer, R . C. Walker , W. B. turned to Springfield in September, 195 7. M:embership is pres Fr eem an, part-t ime. Self-supportin g. ently 79 . Recei ved support from Church of Chri st in Bartle s BIG STONE GAP ville, Okl a., Sis. Eva Boileau. Pr esently, the. 25th & Ger No inform ation. Vir ginia Director y sho ws Er vin H all as aldine con gregation in Oklahoma City is helping support the cont act. We also have the name of Wen dell W iser. work . Th e latter has support ed the work over a long period BLACKSBURG of tim e. The congreg ation is now Scriptur ally orga nized, hav With the help of the church in Chri stiansbur g, th is work ing Elder s : George Webb, Richard Erskine, Chandler Clarie; was started Sept. I , J 962. Bruc e R . Cur d from Detroit , Mich ., and Deacon s: Wend ell D avis, H arr y Oln ey, Rich ard Hill. is the pr eacher. The y started meetin g in our building on Sep Ev angelist M . L. H arless moved from Ont ario , Canada, to tember 2, '62, and have 42 memb ers. work foll-time with the co ngregation in No vember , 1961. A BRISTOL new Meetin g Hou se is one of the con gregation 's grea test Fir st services in Feb. 1937 with four members and two needs! oth ers found the next week. Worship in homes until an up SOUTH BARRE stairs room was rented in town in 1942. Th at year a build Wh en the Alvis A . Bryan family and the Monroe McC an ing was purch ased. Thom as H . Burton came from Portl and , dless family mo\led here in Feb. 1950 the six Chri stians from Tenn ., in 1944. A lot at 18th on State was purch:l(6edin 1945 Waits River drov e 20 miles and helped us establish this and the first service in the new buil ding was held March 12, church . We met in a lodge hall the first 18 month s. We held 1947. W . S. Lon g and Brother Burt on ra ised the mon ey a meeting and durin g the first year eight were baptized and needed. Th etus Pritch ard followed Brother Lon g and th~n about 30 other s the next two years. Lot purch ased in 1951 Ed ward Ander son . Jere Via came in April 1956. In 1956 and a garage buildin g was con verted to a church hou se. several of the member s began worship in Abin gton but the Ther e are about 70 member s. Lee Peter s is the pre acher. H e membership here soon grew to 150 or more . Paul Carm an and and his family came from Kermit , Te xas. M ail: Box 2 1. Wesley Brumbelow are elders. Raymond Hud gens evangelist. Note : Brother Peters moved to Dunc an, Okl a., in Jul y '62. CHARLOTTESVILLE With help from the church in Arlin gton , Paul T . Menefee VIRGINIA and his wife Evelyn started the church here on Jan. 29, 1950. Charter members: Mr. and Mr s. Men efee , Miss Iona Cope, Mr. and Mr s. H arvey Kilp atrick , Mr. and Mr s. Oscar Atkin s. ABINGDON H arvey and Paul did the pr eachin g. Nelson Smith is the evan Thi s work began in 1951 when Oswald Wilson held a meet gelist tod ay. From 1958 to J 960 Charles J . Mich ael did most ing in a tent and moved here with his family afterw ards . They of the preac hing. Brother Mich ael and Broth er Menefee are met first in the Town H all and moved into a buildin g on Main elders. Church address : Old Stoney Point Ro ad, c/ o Nel son Street until the pre sent building was finished - location Colo Smith , Rt. 4, Box 231, Charlottesville. (Broth er Menefe e nial and Campbell Sts. Jim Girdle y served from 1954 to 1955 is now living in N ashville wher e childr en are in Lipscomb .) follo wed by Karl Peltier for a year. Clayton Wint ers pre ached CHESTER from 1956 to 1960 and now Maynard Lee Booh er is preach No information . Vir ginia Directory shows , "Rivermont ing. Maynard is from Tennes see. Went to Florida Christi an Church , Rout e 2, 52 memb ers, propert y valued at $25 ,000. and married Jo yce Byrd . H elp has been given by Trinit y Norman Midnight, Rt. 2, Box 347-M ." Mount Pleasant , Tenn ., Lan e in Nash ville, the church in Dickson , Tenn ., and the helps with this work. Comer Fund. Ther e are about 50 · members and propert y valued at $30 ,000 . Mail: Box 604. CHRISTIANBURG ALEXANDRIA First wor ship here April 2, 1950. A buildin g was erected About 30 members began meeting here in March 1945. before worship began - 20 I Radford Street and member ship Building valued at $60,000 , was con struct ed in 1950 - loca over 200 and self-supportin g. Started the chur ch in Radford. tion 111 East Bradd oc k Road. In 1956 30 person s were G . W . Phillips , S. E. Teel and Tri gg Thomp son are elders . baptized . Memb ership tod ay is about 200 . Jack Exum was A. Lowell Altizer , a native who gradu ated from Freed here before Jack Meyer, Jr. , came. Fr ed P . H all is one of H ardem an, is the preacher. He married Faye Mitch ell. Helped the leaders. establish thi s church and has pr eached here ever since . This ALUSONIA church, with some memb ers, is helpin g to start the work in North Atl antic Director y shows the church here "Clark Blacksburg . Mills Church of Christ " but "Churches in Virgini a - 1961 " CLINTWOOD does not show this pl ace. No inform ation. No inform ation . Directori es show: "Mail Box 746 . Dickson ARLINGTON County. Cont act : Kermit Puckett. He and Shirle y Mullins do Est ablished in 1940 and within a year the first unit of a the preachin g. Self-supportin g. Own buildin g. About 40 mem building seating 275 was started . In 1949 the church was free bers ." For further inform ation see Osborn 's G ap. of debt and helped Alexandri a get a build ing. About 50 of COEBURN J our members started the work in Falls Church . In 1953 plans There is a church here made up of colored people but ' ! for a building seating 700 was underw ay am! the property I have no other inform ation th an this. now located at 20 North Irving Street is valued at $350 ,000 . COLONIAL HEIGHTS Ch arles M . Barne s, Elza F . Bloomingburg , Edwin H. Enzor , The church here was started before World War II in the Sr ., C. Everett Nickell , W . Wade Smith and J. Anders serve hom e of Sister Luc as with H arri s Dark coming from Rich as elder s. Guy Bloomin gburg , Wayne Bloomin gburg , P . G . mond to do the pre achin g. Startin g of the church in Hope Buck , Joe D . Herm an, James Hulfi sh, Haile y Litton and M. well took a numb er of members who had been comin g here. L. Kibler serve as deacon s. C. J. Kirkp atrick , who recentl y In Augu st Mark N . Hick s came . Brethr en Holt , Morgan and did the pre aching , has moved to Red Bank , N . J. This church Paden moved into the area and gave stren gth. In 1953 a has taken an active part in building many churches in the area, buildin g was erect ed at 602 Ca meron Avenue. Lowell Paden summer camp s, and other good works and is possibly the preached for about 2\/1.·yea rs whil e Mark Peter sburg Hicks was in New Mexico. A congregation for colored people was 336 Riversi de Driv e. star ted in 1960 and we continue to help them . Elders are to FRONT ROYAL be appoint ed soo n. Raymond Wells, Ed Moores and Darrell Churche s in Falls Chur ch and Arlin gton helped Nelson M. Adkins have led the songs. Mark N. Hick s pre sent preacher. Smith in the startin g of this work in 1947 and member ship COVINGTON now is nea r 60. Building is located at 140 West 15th Str eet. "Started July 6, 1952 with How ard Parker holding a meet Mail: P. 0 . Box 1173. Edwin Floyd is the preac her. Co ntacts: ing w ith 4 memb ers - Mrs. H . L. Seay, Mrs. Charles Per Mrs. M . M. Norri s, 723 Staym an St., or A. P . Taff , Sr. singer, Fr ank McBee and Mrs. M . T. Wynne , Jr. The church (Str asburg , Va.) , . now has 17 member s, severa l having mov ed. We meet in a GALAX rented store bu ilding . Th e church in Roa nok e helped us ." No information. Shown in North At lantic Dir ectory only. This report made by Sister Wynne , 402 W . Ridg eway, Clifton "Route 2, Mt. Pisgah." Forge , Va. Co ntact : Ca rl H afer , 419 E. Gray, John L. Uarich , GRUNDY 1626 W. Jackson. Mail Box 152 . Kenneth Martin is the No information . Virginia Directory show s, "Ro yal City pre acher. Church of Ch rist one mile from Grundy on highw ay 460. Ceci l CULPEPER Cox and Andrew Horn elders. Co ntact : Cec il Cox, Vanslant , James H . Kilp atrick, Box 765, says "My wife, mother-in Va. Own bui lding . 20 memb ers." law and I sta rted worship here in 1954. We rent a place at 307 HARRISONBURG N . Main Str eet. We have a nice bui ldin g fund and about 20 Ce ntr al Church of Christ, 14 Gra ham St. Mail: c/ o' Paul members. I do most of the pre aching while makin g my liv Sampson , 232 Ca ntr ell Ave . Oscar E. McCoy , evangelist. Help ing in insura nce. Ear l Edge of Memphis, Tenn., recently closed from many churches. N ame of H arry L. Postlewait was shown a goo d meetin g for us." as former preacher. This work was started on Dec. 23 , 1956 , DAMASCUS by the Paul Simpson and Lawrence Rhod es fa milie s. Lawrence , No inform ation. Virginia Dir ectory report s, "Located an Abi lene graduate, was the first preacher. H arr y Po stlewait in Main Str eet. M ail: Box 324. Bert Owen s one of the leaders , then came until Novemb er 1960 and Brother McCoy came H. Ernest Shoaf , preac her . Shady Valley, Ten n., bought the in May 1961. property and Chape l Avenue in Nashville help s support the Jesse Clayton held a meeting. We lost some member s when pre acher." the church was started in Waynesboro. DANVILLE HOPEWELL No inform ation. Virginia Dir ector y shows, "C ontact : Basil The D avisv ille Church was started in a tent in 1957 when Pow ell, Rt. 2, Box 43 . Meeting at 422 Locust Dr ive; about John R. Vaug hn er of Florida held a meetin g and baptized 20 member s." ove r I 00 souls. Raymond J. Dunwood was the first preacher DRAPER and after two years Jess e Brown came and served until John No information. Virginia Dir ector y shows , "C lark' s Mill A. Smiley succ eeded him and rem ained five yea rs. Juniu s Church , loca ted about five miles from Dr aper in Pul ask i Steve ns came in 1956 and has been her e since th11t tim e. Co unt y. Co ntact is Walter Crigger, Dublin , Va. He and Clay France ! Mi les, John W. Judkins, Walter Shands, Sr. , and ton Gregory serve as elders. Wende ll Teel preache s. Own Fl etch er Robin son are leader s. Benjamin Sessom s and Lin building, self-supporting; abo ut 60 members. " wood Rob erts lead singing. Loc ation 215 Termina l St. Own ELK GARDEN building and have about 100 member s. No inform ation . Virginia Dir ector y sho ws, "Corn Va lley HOPEWELL (4th & Dawson) Church, 15 members . contact: Mack Riffle, Richlands , Va ." Mail: Box 584 . Elder s: Bryan Stok es, Clyde Balderson and FALLS CHURCH Ellis Fraz ier. Secretary: Me lvin Mannin g. Pre acher , Wil First meetin g Sept. 4, 1949 in IOOF H all of about 50 liam H arper. Own buildin g - 120 members . member s from Ar lington . In Jul y 1957 there were about 235 LAUREL HILL member s. Prop erty was purch ased on East Broad and Church Six miles from Rad ford , Va., on Dr y Valley Road . Elders: Pl ace in March 1950 and opening services Sept. 16, 195 1. Troy Boyd , Grove r Shelbourn e, Buford Shelbourne, and the Home for the pr eac her was purch ased . Visiti ng preachers preac her is Wendell Tee l who lives in Riner , Va . Chu rch is served from Sep t. 1949 to 195 1 when Billy Hood from Tampa , self-supporting. They own th eir building and have over 60 Fl a.,• came , being helped by the ch urch in Arlington . Thomas member s. N. Page came in April 1951 and stayed until Jul y 1954 . Rob LEBANON er t C. Oz came Sept. 19, 1954 and has been her e until 1960 . Report by Mr s. Everett Penick . "We mov ed her e · because Rob ert was born in Michigan and gradu ated from Lipscomb . the church in the se mount ain regions is weak. My hu sba nd Hom er Utl ey baptized him . He is marri ed to Annetta Neb took a job with Clinchfie ld Coa l Co. , as an electrical engineer lett. Bob L. Hoover held a fine meet ing here in 1957. On and we started the church in our home in November 195\}. Feb. 22 , 1953 Will iam Geddes , Charles E . Grandey and Rich There were five member s - Evere tt Lamar Penick , Dori s ard R . Lyle were appoint ed elders. Jo hn A. Johnson , Gene Pe nick, James , Rose and Bett y Hilton. Six weeks later George H. May , Phi lip McCrea and Allen B. Tru ax were appointed and Gera ldine Abshire returned to the church . Lamar doe s deacon s soo n af terw ards. William Ayres , John Floyd, Marvin all the preaching. We have just comp leted our new buildih g Kinc aid and Charles Saxton lead the singing. In 1956 land which seats 250 and we now have 20 fa ithful members . We was purch ased at 300 Leesburg Pike and after the old prop need a full-tim e pre acher. " Mail: Route 2. erty was sold we entered our new $250 ,000 buildin g in Oct . LYNCHBURG 1958 . Th ere are over 200 members. Jack Myer , Sr. , is th e Fort Avenue Church , 1132 Sandu sky Dri ve. In 1938 Wil present preac her. Jack was born in Buffalo, N. Y. , went to liam Ec hol s and his family mo ved here and began worship Lipscomb and Abilene, married Mary Elizabeth Pittm an. in their home . H arvey Kilpatrick held a meeting and four Well known for his writings . were bap tized includin g Mary Tre nt who is still with us. FREDERICKSBURG Meetings were held in a stor e buildin g at 5th & Clay for two Fir st worship servic es were held in 1952 composed of mili years and then to Sister Trant's hom e for four yea rs. Garvin tary per sonnel meeting in rented halls. Lots were purchased Toms and Chester Gr imes came for meet ings. In tim e on ly in 1959. There were ten member s and a full -time pre acher. Sister Trent and Sister S. M. Langford and her two children A basement buildin g was constructed and now the propert y is remained. In tim e Sister Langford moved away and th ere was valued at $80 ,000. Members hip is about 70 . Rob ert A. Goff no one left to worship with Sister Tr ent for seve n yea rs. In is the preacher. Much credi t is due the Grann y White Pike 1949 the church in Arlington sent A. M . Dowell to help start Chur ch in N ashville, Tenn . Mail: P. 0. Box 65 l. Locatio n : worship again in Sister Trent's home . Robert Haver and °his reports that they are helping get the church in Williamsburg wife moved here and remained with the church four years. started . In 1952 with outside help a residence at 410 Vernon Street NORFOLK was purchased and used until July 1961. William O'Neal (Note: When I went throu gh naval training in this area in came for a year and Elmer Bowers helped off and on for 1917 I could find no place of worship except a Christian two years. In cases the church went on when no men were Church. JLL .) present at all. In 1950 How ard 'D. Parker and family went to Although there are three churche s listed in Norfolk we Roanoke and soon became interested in the work here . In received inform ation only from North Highlands, 4747 Provi June 1960 they moved here and in July 1961 into the new dence Road. Another church is located at 580 I Gr anby Street building . The property is valued at $65,000. Our members live where Benjamin Lowe pr eaches. They have a nice building and at least 55 miles apart. We believe a great future faces us. some 275 member s. Started the church in Lynchburg and Membership about 40 . Several recent baptisms . back the work in Kor ea. The other church listed is located How ard was born in Alabama, baptized by E. E. Byars, at 4700 Little John Drive with Doyle Ca nnon as preacher. married Mamie Rose and went to Freed-Hardeman and Lips· They own their building , have over 144 member s and are self comb Colleges. supporting. LYNDALE Norfolk Highl and started in Jan. 1958 when 26 members No inform ation . Virginia Directory lists as, "Lyndale met in the Civic Center area. James E. Seigenthaller preached Church of Christ, secretary - Roscoe Counts. 20 members ." and Smyrna , Tenn ., helped in his support. Lots were pur MANASSAS chased at our present location in Dec . 1958 and the first Began in May 1957 as a result of work of Ed Valentine . service in new buildin g in Oct. 1960. We have elders and Ch~rter members , Mr. and Mrs. Valentine , Mr. and Mrs. deacons . We work in full fellowship with the other two Ronald Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Luttrell , Sister Dorothy churches here. Earl G. Headr ick, U. S. avyv, has been Trusler , Mr . and Mrs . Fred Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Fr ank helping us with the preaching. Jerr y Humphri es came in Potter , Mr. and Mr s. Orval Marshall, Sister Ola Bickle . Stan Nov. '61. Elder: James C. Steele, 3308 Martin Ave. ley Brewer was the first preacher . Don Northcutt is the pres Jerry was born in Ala. , baptized by 0 . S. Lanh am, gradu ent preacher. Ron ald Knight leads singing. Over 100 members . ated from Alabama Christian , marrie d Margaret Wilson. A Building seats 350 . Ronald Knight , Charles Wildman and good report of growth by Harri s Winston . Fr ank Potter are leaders. Location : Weems and Weir Streets . OCEANA Mail Box 270. Location: 521 Virgini a Beach. Mail: Box 5 3 I. Met for the MARTINSVILLE first time July 15, 1956. L. D. Berry was the first preacher, No information . Directories show: "823 Starling Avenue . followed by Earl Headrick , Walter Milton and James W. J. E. Hill , 1024 Jefferson Circle as one of the leaders." Medlin who is here now. We have a nice building. Most of W. B. Freem an did preach here. our members are service personnel in the Navy. Address: 521 McLEAN Virgini a Beach Blvd., Oceana,, Virgini a. Mail: P . 0. Box 531. This church started Oct. 15, 1962 and became the 15th con OSBORN'S GAP (see Clintwood) gregation in the greater Washington , D. C., area. With 26 Mrs. No ra Vanover , Jr. , write s: 'T he church here was es Charter member s worship was started in the Community tablished in 1940 by my broth er Carson Swind all with only Room of the Vienn a Trust Co. , under the oversight of 16th two member s. I had been living in Kentucky and had obeyed & Decatur Church in Washington. Four elders were selected - the gospel and wanted my people who lived here to know the Otto Foster , form erly of Joshu a and Cleburne, Texas , James Truth . I got Sherd Riffe of Shelb yanna, Ky., to come and McF arland, Jr. , who had served at 16th .& Decatur as a dea pre ach and my brother Carson was baptized. Later Brother con . Brother McFarl and is a doctor and while in the services Riffe had the church in Norfo lk sent Joseph Jones here fm helped start the church in Kodi ak, Alaska. William R. Fr ank a meeting in l 944 and 12 per sons were baptized . The next year lin was an elder at 16th & Decatur for 10 years, and W . E. Joe came back and brou ght his brother Warren for another Albright. Wayne Poucher, who is so well known for his fine meeting. (Here is one of the great thrill s of this sort of work on the Life Line radio program , and Brother Albright , work and the church of our Lord: Joe went to Pepp erdine former elder in Evanston, Ill., Central and Memorial Park College here in Los Angeles where I am a trustee . Warren way churche s in Hunt sville, Ala ., does most of the preach is now on the fac ulty and in the administration . He also ing. Mail: W. E. Albright , 4301 Columbia Pike , Arling preaches for the church in Redondo Beach, Calif ., where we ton , Va . worship . I work with him almost daily. ILL) Most of my fam NEWPORT NEWS ily passed away and we lived in Clintwood for a time and we The first meeting ever held here in Hampton was in a tent now have a nice little church in town. After I moved back in 1923 in the Wythe school yard with W. S. Long preach here last year from Michigan I came out to the old farm near ing. Joseph and Dor a Smith were baptized . They came here Osborn 's Gap where there is a little church hou se. We started from England. Brother Smith was a brick layer and he classes for the children as ther e are no men to help us. helped construct a small building at 306 Catalpa . George and There are just four of us- Dr axie France , Mary Stell Smith , Heleq Bunch , Mr s. George Wynn, Mrs . B. W . Mangrum, my 13 year old son Clarence and myself. Clarence does all John Tucker , and the Smith children became member s. the work of a man of the church." Some of the early and known preachers : Thom as B. Wallace , Picture of Clarenc e S. H. Rutledge , G. L. Hardin, Harvey Kilpatrick , J . F. Jone s, PEARISBURG Bro . Tarbet, J. C. Hollis , Ben H. Atkin son, Lloyd Gaw. Meet No information. Virginia Dir ectory shows, "Meets in Ma ings held by Jody Cope land , B. C. Carr, A. C. Dreaden , A. sonic Hall. Mail: c/ o John Shoun . Don ald Reece helps with E. Emmons, Van Ingram , Nelson Smith . In 1948 membership the preaching." was about 20, in 1950 about 35. In 1953 work was started PETERSBURG among the colored people. Today white and colored worship No inform ation. Th e church in Colonial Height s reports together. Building started in 1958. Auditorium seating 400. that this work among the colored (249 Halifax)-was started Address : 5956 Jefferson . Location - 72nd & Jefferson. Bruce with L. V. Pade n and Bob Higgenboth am helping with the Jackson from Alabam a came in 1957 and is preaching now. pre aching . There are IO member s. George E. Hodge and Eli B. Brashear are elders. Charles R. POUND Tucker , Carl E. Hughes and Jim Clark, deacons. This report Own building . Elders pre ach and teach. About 40 mem by Eli Brashear, 104 Tyler Ave. , Newport News. He later bers. Contact : Lawrence Hodges. PORTSMOUTH chur ch had been meeting in a building that was on the H aw N o inform ation from 706 Broad Street where Jam es C . thorne fa rm befo re and during the war. Th ere was a Christian Crowe, Shri ver W. Eve rly and G . A. Sullivan serve as elder s. Church in Snowville that was started by Chester Bullard about Bill W. Bates is the preacher. Th ey have their own building the time of Alexa nder Ca mpb ell. H e never heard of Ca mp and plan a new one. About 100 members and self-supporting. bell until a few yea rs later. He preached "back to the Bible" I have much inform ation from another church which gives throughout this state. My gra ndfather's brother , J. T . Sho 3923 Deep Creek Boulevard as the addr ess and H enry J. walter attend ed the Snowv ille Church after N ew Salem was Ditt er as the pr eacher . Since this church appears to want no built until the org an was bought in 1896 . Then he and his part of me and my work and offers nothin g but critici sm of fa mily moved their member ship to New 8-alem. He was a the other chur ch here and the elders as well as oth ers in pr eacher befo re he died in 19 15. He reared 12 childr en and Vir ginia, I will just have to leave it up to others who may be now only two of them are living - E . T . Show alter and Dr. more familiar to draw their ow n conclusions. In any case, A. M. Showalter. Thre e of his sons were pre achers - G . H . P . . so far as I am person ally conc erned, if there are Christi ans Showa lter (for years editor of the Firm Found ation in Au stin , here, erring just as I, they are my bre thren . JLL. Tex, JL L.) , E. T. and Mifton V. There are only four families PULASKI that go to New Salem now. I am the oldest member of thi s Clark's Hill Church . Co ntact: W. F. Gr egory, Rt. 1. congrega tion. My moth er, Lula Show alter Ca rey , who died RADFORD in 1953, told me the history of this church . Over all th e years No inform ation. Dir ectori es show, "La1,1rel Hill Church , we never had any part with societie s, the instrument of music six miles from Radford . Mail: c/ o Tro y Boyd, Rt. 1. Tro y or any oth er such probl em. One of our young preach ers did , Boyd and Grov er Shelburn e, elders. C. E. Mannon , Rt . 3, at one time, tr y to get the deed changed from "Christian Christi anbur g, preacher. Own building ; 60 member s, self- Church " to "Church of Christ ," but deeds are not changed. supporting. · We have always been Chri stians." (In early days in middl e RADFORD (8th & Robertso n) Tenn essee we were known as the Christian Church before R. C. Walker , Sr. , is the evangelist. Th ey own their buildin g there was any "Chri stian" Church . JLL.) and have about I 00 member s. Mail: Box 1 13, Station A. SOUTH HILL RICHMOND No inform ation .• Virginia Dir ector y report s, "East Main No inform ation from either of the four chur ches here which Street. Mail: Box ;281. Cont act: W. E. Bell, )r. Minist er : is very hard to under stand but I shall list the church as they John Witt. " are in the Dir ector y of Virginia - 1961 : SPRINGFIELD Highland Park, 230 1 3rd Ave. Co ntact : D . Youn g. Wil Fir st met March 30, 1958 in elem entary school. Jack Exum liam Bryson, pr eacher. About I 00 members, own buildin g, preached the first sermon . Rob ert H ann led the singing . self-support ing. Charter members : Geraldine Albaugh , Bill and Lorr aine West End - 319 Maple Ave. Cont act : John No sker. Barnes, Geor ge and Agn es Benn !!tt , Flo yd, Ora and Raleigh pre acher : Fra nk J. Jam erson. About 50 memb ers. -Clifton, Lero y and Mar y Elrod , Virgini a H armon , Ernest and 600 Chim borazo. Hom er Smiley preacher. About 40 mem Louise Lincoln , Newton and Rob!:>ie Burnh art, Barbara bers. Muell er, Ca rl and Carla Murdock , Ca rl and Mild red Pullen , Central, 104 N . Belvedere. L. E. and Elizabeth Reed, Helen Rhett, Vernon and Marjori e RIDGEWAY Snyder, Arti s Snow , Margaret Whi te, Trum an and Margaret No inform ation and oeither dir ector y had anythin g addi Coo k, Talmadge and Lillian Jon es, Ro y and Margaret Sloan, tion al. Ju stine Duk e; Hill ard Thorpe , Donn a, Dori s and Mrs . Rob erts, ROANOKE Grace Veil, Sally Belote and La Vonn Camero n. In 1961 No inform ation . Virginia Dir ector y shows, "2006 · Brandon a $90,000 buildin g was dedic ated. Th ere are about 125 mem- ' Ave ., SW. Elders: E . E. Altizer , C . W. McA llister and C. W. bers. Mike Anglin was the first full -time preacher. He· is finish Tidwell. Minister : Paul E. Shoulder s. Own Building , about ing his work at Lipscomb . Roger Mills, a native of District of 135 member s, self-supportin g. East G ate Church at 1610 Co lumbi a, came in Sept. 1960. Phi lip Hime s, Everett Danley 17th St. NE . Mail: % E. L. G ill, 1608 18th St., NE. " and Ca rl Pull en are elders. Jim Button and Bill Barne s serve Broth er Bryson sent the following: "Th ere are four congre as deacons. Phil Hinie s, Everett Danley and Jame s Maxwell gation s here . (Broth er Bryson makes som e comments on the lead singing. Add ress of the church : 7350 Bryon Ave . Mail: peculi ar differ'ences which have characteriz ed churche s in so Box 84. (Anoth er interesting point: I have known Philip many places over all the years which , if left to be worked out Him es and his father, moth er and famil y for many years here locally, will in time be don e. JLL. ) We at Highl and believed in the Los Angeles area . He has one broth er an elder of the strongly in coope ra tion of every good work and are helping Tor ra nce, Calif., Church and anoth er who is a memb er of the the colored brethr en in their work here ." 16th Street Church in Wa shington , D . C. JLL) ROSE HILL Pictur e of Roger Orl an Sawey report s a small, faithful group here . No oth er SUFFOLK information . Started in Jan. 1958. Charter member s: Mr. and Mr s. SALTSVILLE J . W. Jasper , M. C. Tool ey,.S. D . Wilson; Mr s. F'.'J. Mc Clenny . No inform ation . Virginia Director y shows, "Anderson Meetings were held in a:l ocal hot el and Phythta n Castle until Chape l, Washin gton Cour.ity. Four miles from Saltsville on present buildi ng on Holl and- Ro ac) iri Maple 'Hills Add ition, Poore Valley Ro 11d. Mail : % W. M. Sword , Rt. 2. H. E. Shoaf was erected. Mail: Box 675. No preacher at this time. Report preaches part time . About 20 members ." . by J. W. Jasper. About -20 member s. SHORT CREEK WARDELL No information . North Atlantic Dir ectory lists, "Round Mack Rife, Box 184, Richl ~nds, Ya,_, reports: _"To advise Knob Churc h of Chr est." of a new church at Wardell in Tazewell County . Two other SNOWVILLE . breth; en and I built our buildfng_ and started meeting in it M. Betty Carey, Rt. I, Box I 0, Snowville, write s April 26, April 29, 196 1. We had four to be baptized and now have J 961 : "Last Sund ay S. S. Cole ·of the New Salem Church gave nine members. A meeting is planned. Jessie Matney , Rt . l , me a letter frQm you and Warren Jon es askin g for inform ation Cedar Bluff, Ya., and Ir vin Matney , Cliffield, Va., were the on the church here. Th e first buildin g was put on a lot that other two who helped me. This is the only church of our Lord was deeded to the Chri stian Church by my great grand father in this county ." D avid Show alter soon aft~r the close of the Civil War. Th e time work . In late 1946 Denton M. Neal came and rem ained WAYNESBORO until 195 1 when Billy Hood came and rem ained about 10 No information. Listed in Virginia Directory "Augu sta yea rs. Ray A. Dill ard is the present preacher. He was born County, 1034 Main Street. Mail : % Ralph Denny. " in Alabama, graduated from Lipscomb and Pepperdine . Bap WILLIAMSBURG tized by J. Roy Vaugh an and married Je anie Blume . Mem Dr. S. D. Southworth and his wife Winifred moved here bership about 250. in I 927 to teach in the College of William and Mary. In Picture of Ray and the bldg 1933, through the influence of his Christi.~n wife, Dr. South (13th & Irving ) N . W. worth obeyed the gospel. So often after that only the two This church had its beginning with the coming of Sister had worship together. There were times when Sister _Fannie Arbul a Youn g from Ercildon , Pa. She and her daughter first M : West, Winifred's mother , would be visiting from: Kinsley , worshipped at 14th Street but due to some feelings on the Kans ., and worship with them at 701 Powell Street. From part of few having to do with mixed races , Sister Young , in 1942 to 1945, after this family had moved to Arliagton, the 1934 influenced Willi am 0 . Jone s and Paul Macky to come church did not assemble. Bruce Jackson, preacher, and for a me eting . P . E. Butler was the first full-time pre acher. Charles Tucker, song leader for the church in Newport News H arriet Taylor , Texanna Thoma s, Janie D aniels and Lina were sent here to hold service in the home of Arthur Kessler Mack placed membership and later the Earl Johnsons. Jerome the first Sunday in April 1959. Two months later they began Ca tor , Joel Hankins , Willi am Robin son , David Shows have meeting in a public place - 452 1h Boundary St. Tom Han served as preachers and S. Dougl as Greer , who is here now , cock came in the fall of '59. Churches in Alabama sent came in October 1947. First place of worship was on R Richard Taylor Sept. 1, 1960 and services started at 1336 Street NW and later a funeral parlor. In 1943 I 4th Street Richmond Rd. Steady growth has been made ever since . Land and Arlington churches · helped obtain a building at 463 K St. has been purchi:\sed east of town on highway 168 and a ne_w SW ., and in September 1948 the present property was pur building has been erected at 202 Highway 168. Membership chased. Membership over 300. about 30. This is a working church. CHURCH OF CHRIST, SIXTEENTH AND DECATUR WISE The church th at meets at 4801 Sixteenth St., N.W ., Wash Christians have been meeting here from house to house ington , D . C. is in its fiftieth year. On the first Sunday in for several generations. About ten years ago a group began 1913 a group of five Christians assembled in a private home meeting in a Union H all here and soon built a place of their to worship according to the New Testament pattern. This own on Hurricane Road . Hargis Simmons and Walter Reed, grciup for the next few years rented a meeting place and in Coeburn, Va., and 0 . V. Arnold, Wise, Va. , are the elders. 1919 bought a building located at 3460 14th Street , N .W. These men were among those who erected the building . They met in this building until Febru ary 1951 when they Orlan Sawey does a great deal of the preaching here. Brother moved into their newly con structed meeting house . The present Sawey is he ad of the English department at Clinch Vall ey building is a beautiful structure seating approximately 900 Co llege ( University of Virgini a) but is leaving . Brother Sawey people , located on a large beautiful lot on a major ~horoug? says "The church listed for Rose Hill may very well be a fare . From the beginning of the church in Washmgton m Christian Church that calls itself "C hurch of Christ " as many J 913 , it has grown to seventeen con gregations in the metro of them do in this area (as well as in California JLL.) Wendell politan area with a member ship of between 2,500 ~nd ~,O?O. Wiser , I believe pre aches for them . He is the pre acher at The Sixteenth Street Church has been active m m1ss1on Big Stone Gap." work both at home and abro ad. The A. R. Holtons and WYTHEVILLE Melba Carlon went from this congregation to Korea in Church here meets in own building across the road from the February 1957. Plans are bein g made to send the 0. P. Baird High School. We have 27 members . William Blaine Freem an, family of Columbia, South Caro lina, to Korea to repl ace the Freed-H ardeman graduate, moved here in 1960 and µie Holtons who will return due to illness of Bro . Holton . The future looks bright. Bill was born in Georgia, baptized by Holton s are expected to take up residence in W ashington T. C. King, married Christine Howell. The church in Bristol once aga in. We support William N . Scott , former associate is helping here. minister in Eatontown , N . J. Within the last year our You will find below some general information on many of elders h'ave helped to launch two new congregations in the the preachers, teachers and others whose names are ~n Washington area. tioned in the church histories - men who have worked with This congregation bas taken a lead in a cooper ative news the churches , held meetings , and so on . In most ~ases, these paper advertising program by which large ads are run in are men who have come and gone but some are Ul the area the metropolitan dailies . now and many presently with churches have not b~en dupli The congregation, because of its location, serves as a cated . We felt that you would like to know somethmg about liaison between the brotherhood and the Chief of Chaplains these per sons although we are not sure the information is of the Army , Air Force and Navy . Tho se who wish to serve correct. There are cert ain to be mistakes in spelling, etc ., as Chaplains should contact us . We also help to get approval and we ask your forgiveness. Those on whom we did not for service men to conduct worship on military installation s. receive new information are not listed. Ray F . Chester has served as minister since April 1957. L. Denton Crews, Jr. serves . as associate minister and Lowell Simpson as Song Director . The following have also served DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA as mini sters : A. R . Holton, Burton Coffman, C. E. McGau WASHINGTON (Southeast) ghey, Hugo McCord , Cecil Douthitt , George Klin_gman, This church then known as Anacostia Church of Christ , James H . McBroom , John Allen Hudson , T . B. Larnmore, had its first me~ting in the home of Robert I. Dix, 1330 Ridge W. S. Long and R. R. DuckwQrth . Place, SE, Oct. 19, 1941. Hugo McCord was the speaker. Nov. 2, the church started meeting in the Masonic Hall at CANADA 14th & U and then on May 22, 1943 in the Jr. OUAM Temple , MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA 2407 Minnesota . The present bui lding at 2600 Minnesot a Present address of the church : 760 44th Avenue, Lachine, Avenue S. E ., was entered June 1953 . Earl B. Bailey drew Quebec. Telephone : ME 7-3931. Jerry L. Davidson, evangelist. the plans and specifications. Total value $110,000.00. Others Alvin Jennings cam e to Montreal and with the Branch and who helped with the pre achiog in the early days - John ~ Hicks families 16 persons met in the YMCA on Sept. 23, Smithson , Jr ., J. Novis Taylor, C. E. McGaughey and Curti s 1956 for the first service. Charles (who is a neuro-surgeon) Combs . ·April I , 1943 Bonds Stocks was called to take full- and his wife Sylvia have been faithful workers from the beginning . Alvin moved to Vermont afte r abo ut two and a the province dur ing the summer s of 1956 and 1957 . He was half yea rs of work. The Steph en Bilak s arriv e in March 1957 assisted th at first summer by three brethren from State College, and in May Paul H all held the first meetin g. Aubrey P atter Pen n.: 0 . L. Cas tleberr y, F. P . Higginbotham , and G . W . so ns came in Jun e. Jimmy Jivid en held a meeting in Jul y and Thomas. Durin g that summer ten were baptized . That fall ~o y Merriu a deba te with some Mormons in August. Meetings and the following winter several brethren from Ontario came in 1958 with Flo yd Dav is, H. M. Phillip s, F . B. Shepherd and down to help out for short period s. Brother Bailey, accom Farrell Till. Jerr y Da vidso ns arrive in January 1959 . Later panied by brother D avid Ludbury , came again in the summer meeting s by Gene Overton , Pau l Watson, H arold Mc Co lum of 195 7 a nd seve ral were bap tized . Brother Ludbury agreed Maurice H all and B. F. H ay ni!!. Ira North, Burton Co ffma~ to stay and work with the Mill Village and Halifax churches and Jimmie Lovell visit in June 1960 enroute to Europe . for a year. Brother Bruce Tetreau then came from Saskatche Lachin e property purch ased in Sept., 1960 . M any churches wan for six months , and in March of 4959 brother Walter in the United have had a part in this work. This is a ripe H art moved to H alifax and since then has been working field for the gospel. with this church as well as th e one in H alifax. Note: M ilitary personnel from the United States have held There are now about 18 member s meeting at Mill Vill age , services in Argentia, Newfoundland and Goose Bay , Labra which is a rur al communit y loc ated abo ut two miles west dor, and no doubt continue to do so as is. the case wherever of Shub enaca die and about 42 mile s from Halifa x. The 72 they go. yea r old building is in good repair , and since the reactivation HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA in 1956 a basement with classroo ms has been ad ded . Each Th e work in Halifax beg an when C . W. Murray deter yea r a vaca tion Bible schoo l is conducted, which usuall y _mined to bre ak with the C hri stian C hurch and to completely brings close to 40 ne ighborhood children, mo st of whom are restore N. T. Christianity in Nova Scoti a. It was in 1956 that from non- Chri stian hom es. Other efforts this year include he and severa l others who had lef t th e Chri stian Church beg an teac her s tr ainin g classes, and two gospel meeting s. to meet to worship. Then brother J. C. Bailey, assisted by Co ntacts: Gordon Wa llace , Shuben acad ie RR#l , R ants 0. L. Cas tleberry , F. P . Hig ginboth am, and G. W . Thom as, Co ., N. S. Roland Bennett , Shuben acadie RR#I , Hants Co ., came to Nov a Scoti a for meeting s in the summers of 1956 and N. S. 1957 and th e work was fully launch ed. Brethren from Ontario ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA came for short periods durin g the winter of 1956 and 1957 , In 1951 , the church of Christ was established at St. John 's, and then brother Dav id Lidbury moved to Mill Village ( 42 Newfoundl and, by some member s of the church, then sta mile s away) and for a yea r drove in to Halifax to help con tioned at Pepp errall Air Force Base there . The church of duct services. In the fa ll of 1958 brother Bruce Tetreau came C hr ist at Winfield, Kansas began th en to activel y support to wo rk full-time with th e two Nov a Scotia churches for six this work with the assistance of other congreg ations and month s. Broth er Walter Hart repl ace d Brother Tetre au in assisted in the purch ase of a site, and th e erection of a meetin g March of 1959 and has been livin g in H alifax and working hou se. The men of the Air Force and their families made with this church and the one at Mill Vill age since that time. up the congregation. From a beginning of four or five members the H alifax In October i 955, the church of Winfield, Kans as sent church has grown to number 16 at the present time . An Bro . Cecil G. Robi son, Jr. , an d his fa mily, of Wichita , Kans as active program of work is carried on by this church , including to Newfoundland. Bro. Charles G . McPhee of St. Catharines Bible correspondence courses and home Bible studies. Among Ont ario , and Bro . J . H aro ld Thomas of Phil adelphi a, Penn .'. our activitie s for 1961 are : Teachers tr aining classes , three have assisted in gospel meetings. gospel meetings , and our first vacation Bible school. All of those conv erted with the exception of one elderly During the first years of its existence the church met in a native, a Broth er Geor ge Th omas, were Americ an service base ment room of the YWCA , but this year has begun to personnel who have since moved back to the States . meet in the Masonic Hall in the H alifax suburb of F airview. Februar y 15, 1960, was a tr ag ic day. Brother Robison , Jr . Lots are owned in this suburb and plans are underway for had to leave St. John 's due to Jack of support. Since then construction of a meeting house in the spring. the Winfield congregation , who held the deed for the property Halifax is the large st city of Canada's four eastern provinces , in St. John's, sold it to th e United Church of Canada and at Canada's major Atl antic seaport, and the capital of Nov a the present time hold a fund in the bank of $2, 034 .56 which Scotia. With this status, a popu lation of over 174,000 (metro.), is to be turned over to any congregation who is willing to and a steady growth, opportunities are unlimited . re-establish the work in th at city . Mailing address: Church of Christ, Box 1261, N . Postal Only one member of the body of Christ is left alone, the Sta., Halifax , Nov a Scoti a. befor e mentioned Bro. Thomas. At this writing he is about 87 Meeting plac e: M asonic Hall, Ashdale Avenue, Fairview and is confined to his bed. In a letter from him he stated (Halifax). " ... I am alone , like Elijah. I have to go to the Bible and Contacts: W alter N . Hart , 58 Dutch Village Ro ad, Halifax , to Jesus C hrist to ask, and wait patiently for the answer ... " C. W. Murr ay , 435 Windsor St. , H alifax . He is pr ay ing for some interested congregation to return and MILLS VILLAGE, HANTS COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA, pre ac h the gospel to bis people. It is believed that the Mill Village Church of Christ began According to my latest information, which was some time around 1855 , and th at the bu ilding was erected in 1889 . In ago, the Gospe l Pione ers , a mission-minded organiz ation at thi s period there were a numb er of churches in Rants county , Northeastern Institute for Christian Educ ation , has taken up and it has been estimated th at at one time there were more this ch allenge . According to their brochure sent to me last members of t?e church per capita in Rants county th an in any Janu ary , there are three pre achers and twelve students who other county m Ca nada. But then there came digression arrong are willing to go for a five-week period of intensive personal the churches , accompanied by the moving away of fa. .i"ul work. BUT HOW CAN THEY GO EXCEPT THEY ARE members , and as a result the Mill Vill age building sat idle SENT ? The goal th at has been established for this trip is for a number of years. $8,00 0. Brother Gary Norman, Box 158, N. I. C. E., Vill a nova , Peu!l·· is their coi:respondent. Then C. W . Murray , a government worker in Halifax left In addition to the need in St. John's , congregations of ser - the Christian Church, and was ab le to go to Mill Village' and vice men are now meetin g at the U . S. Nav al Station at get a few to begin meeting again in the only building still Ar ge ntia just 80 mile s away . These brethren, at last report, owned by faithful brethren. H e asked for help in this move are sendin g$ I 00.00 a month to help the work in H alifax , N. S. to restore N. T . Christianity, and in answer to thi s plea brother I received a letter thi s week from the he ad of the Baptist J. C. Bailey of Carman, Manitob a, held several meetings _in Church in Newfoundland , in which he stated that the opening of a new building of Argenti a the first Sund ay in May . Wh y Bailey, George W. (Co llege Church , Abilene , Tex . Herald are we not there? of Truth .) On the western side of the island is anqth er opportunity for Bailey, James G. (G len Rock, Pa . us to gain a footho ld for Christ. American service men and Bailey, John their families meets at Steph enville. T under stand from Brother Baker , Edward Ca in, who recently returned from ther e, that there are some Baker , George Tru e ( Manchester, N . H .) 25 adult s and 25 children meeting regul arly . They are inter Barker , Melv yn C. ested in building and working among the Newfoundl ander s. Barne s, Wayne They have about $ 1,000 set aside for this purpose . The Bap Bates, Bill W . (Port smouth , Va .) tists also have a building there, just since this past year. Brother Bawcom, B. E. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Ear l Whitt , c/ o church of Christ, Box 748 , Steph enville, Bays, L. V. (Wood sfield, 0.) Newfounpl and, is theii: corre spqndent. Bell, Lowell C. (Pitt sfield, Me .) Th ere has been for several years, and to the best of my Bentley, Virgil (Oklahoma City) knowledge there still is, a congreg ation whic h meets at the Berry , L. D . (New Hamp shire) Air Force Base in Goose Bay, Labrador , which is part of the Bilak, Stephan ( Michig an Christian. Ru ssian radio work .) Province of Newfoundl and. Bixler, Alan (Wilmington , Del.) FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK Black, Gart h W. Rome , N . Y. This congregation here in Fredericton , New Brunswick met Blake, M. E. (Sulphur Springs , Okla. ) for the first time on Augu st 3, 1958 with six charter mem Bolin ,· Darrell W. (Lock H aven, Pa. bers, Brother and Sister Fred Betts , Sister Burton Dunl ay, Bolton , Ru sty (Co mm ack, N. Y.) Sister Pauline Betts , and Brother and Sister Louis Pauls. Louis Bonner , T. E. ( Long Island) Pauls being the first fu ll time gospel preacher to enter ·this Boothe , Ervy (New Mexico) province representing the non-instrument group in a period Bower s, Elmer (Waco , Tex.) of abo ut forty years. Boyer, Jacob (Johnstown , Pa. ) Fred Betts and fami ly are native to this province, prior to Boyer, Phillip D. (Johnstown, Pa. ) 1958 the y worshipped with the congregation in Houlton , Bra dley, C. W. (Winston-Salem , N. C.) Maine about 75 miles from Fredericton . Louis Pauls and Brashear, Eli (Newport News , Va.) family, Nellie Margaret as wife and Dale Edward as son, Brewer , Chas. R. (Nashv ille, Tenn .) left their work in Port Colborne , Ontario to move into this. Brewer , Eugene (Manchester , Conn.) province which was then one of two remaining province s in . Brewer , G . C. (Dead) Ca nada in which the church was not established . Brethren in Broaddus , Robert Ca nada and the United States help support this work , this Broom , Wenaell W. (Wilmington , Del.) work is still handicapped by lack of support, class teacher s Brown , Charles (Toms River , N . J .) and especially a building for worship . The congregation meet s B;own , T. Pierce (Manchester, Tenn.) in the basement of the Paul s' home. The present mailing Bryan, Alvis A. (Monpelier, Va.) address is Church of Christ, 276 Edinburgh Street , Fredericton, Bryson, Wm . (Richmond, Va .) New Brunswick, Canada. Burcher, W. A. (De ad) Burg an, Frank (Dead) Burg ess, Bill (Lewiston, N . Y.) Burdett , Oliver A Burton , Thomas H . (De ad) Abbott, Cornelius , C. (Central Church, Ardmore , Okla . Butterfield, Thos . (Ohio) Broth er-in-l aw of Parker Henderson , missionary in Th ai Byers, Tom (Poughkeepsie, N . Y.) land.) C Abercrombie, V. F . Ca nnon , Doyle (Norfolk , Va.) Adams, Dr. Walter H. (Dean at Abilene Christian College, Capps, James here after ACC.) Ca rruth , Ed (Levittown, N . J.) Aebi , Chas. J. (Sisterville , W . Va .) Carver , Jay (C haplain) Akers , Roy (ACC) Cas mir , Fred L. (Pepperdine CollegeJ Albee, Leman (Bangor , Me .) Casse ll, H . G . (Long Beach, Cal if.) Albrig ht, Wilbur E. (McLean, Va.) Casella , Carmelo (Brisqane,. Australi a) Allison , Tom Cas tleberr y, Otis (California) Allison, Marvin Ca uthen , T. Furman (Silver Spring s, Md. Allmon, Ceci l I. (Worce ster , Mass.) Chandler , Chas. (Gastonia, N. C.) Altizer, A. Lowell (C hristiansburg , Va .) Chapin ,' Doyle (G allup , N .. M.) Anderson, Edward (Georgia) Ch apin , L. C: (Bloomfield , N . M .) Anderson , Gary Clark, H. Decker , Jr . (Leominister , Mass. Anglen , Baylor (ACC) Clark , U. L. (Leominister , Mass.) Ang lin, Mike (Tiptonville, Tenn .) Clayton , Jesse (Illinois) Arnold, H aldon (Camp Hill , Va . Coates , E. Ray' (Shillington , Pa.) Arnokl, 0. V. Coffman , Burton (New York City) Ash , Loyd (ACC) Co leman, Jack (Ore. or Wash.) Askey, Wm. R. (Linden, Pa.) Collins , G. Willard (VP David Lipscomb College) Atkinson, B. H. (Dead) Combs , Curtis Austin , George (ACC) Co mbs , Dale B Connelly , Marlin (Pittm an, N . J.) Babcock , Levi Cope , H. Frank (U ptown , Lon g Beach, Calif.) Bachman , A. J. (Dead) Co peland , Milton (Wa shington , D . C.) Baggett , Kenneth Cosg rove , Roy (L ong Island) Baird, Dr. James 0. (President, Oklahom a Christian College) Co uch , Eddie G. Jr . (Ja cksonvill e, Fla.) Craddock, Ed J. (Nashville , Tenn .') Cro uch , Brodie H an; Maurice (Michig an Chri stian) Cue llar, Joe (New York City) Hall, Paul W. (Parkersburg, W. Va .) Cupp , John A. Jr . H all, Samu el H. (Dead) Cutts , Chas. (Shipley , Fla .) Hall, Sewe ll (N iger ia, Africa) Cu tts, John (Tabernacle , N . J .) Hancock, Tom D H ardy, Rich ard C. (Kittery , Me .) Danley, Claude R. (Pitt sfield, Mass.) H arp , Bob (Los Angeles , Ca lif.) Dark , H arr is (Nas hville, Ten n. ) H arper, A. E. (Dead) D ave nport , Dewayne (G hana) Hare, Robe rt L. Davis , E. R . (Gar ibou, Me.) Hemphill , James ( Mason , Tex.) ,. Davidson, Clinton , Sr. ( Bern ardsville, N. J.) Harrell , P at E . (Ho usto n, Tex.) Davidson, Clinton , Jr. (De ad) H arrison, Malcolm (Blairsv ille, Pa.) Davidson, Jerr y L. (Mo ntr ea l, Canada) H arrison , W. A . Jr. (Wes t H ar tford , Conn.) Davidson, Robe rt E. (Ba ngkok , Thailand) Harris, Ro y (Iowa) Dennis, Fred E. ( Mariett a, 0 .) Hastings, A . W. Devey , L. G. Hartwigsen , Alfr ed (Niag ara Falls , N. Y.) Dill ard , Ray A. (D etroit , Mich.) H ave r, Rob ert Dixon, H . A. (Pr es. Freed-H ardeman Co llege ) H ayes, E. R . (W. Va.) Drink wate r, A. H . (Dead) He adrick , Earl G. (Bainsbrid ge, Md.) Dur gin, Ne al (Aub urn , Me .) H earn , Dav id (Buffalo, N . Y .) . E Hearne, Bill (San Antonio, Tex.) Echo ls, Bill (New Jersey) Hebbard , Wilmer E. (West Hartford , Conn.) Edwards, Paul (Dead) Hein, Dell Elkins, Tice (A lamo gordo , N . M .) Hi gginboth am, Presnell (Nyasa land , Africa) Eng lish, Pau l D. (Dead ) Hinshaw, Ro ss E. (A ugu sta, Me.) Enzor, Ed , Jr. (A rlin gton , Va .) Hick s, Mark N. Erwin , George (Princeton , W . Va .) Hill , A. R . Jr . (Lo uisville, Miss.) Evans, Dw ain ( Ft. Worth, Tex.). Hill , Cec il E. (San Antonio, Tex.) Exum , Jac k, Jr. (Dallas, Tex.) HiM, George (Pepp erdin e College) Eyster, Ray (Car lisle, Pa.) Hines , John T. (De ad) F Holla nd, Harold E. ( Los Angeles, Calif.) Ferguson , Everett ( N . l. C. E.) Holton, A. R. (Just returned from Kore a) Findlay , Clyde P. Hood, Billy H . (Was hin gton , D . C.) Finney , James L. (Fai rlaw n, N. J.) Hoov~r , Rob er t L. (L ubbock, Tex.) Fisk , Robert Horton , Howard P. (Pepperdine College) Flo yd, Ed (F ront Ro yal, Va.) Howard, Paul (Dead) Fo garty, John P. (Te nt eva ngelistic work) Hudgens, Raymond Ford , Gy nnath (New Kensington, Pa.) Hudson , John Allen (Dead) Forshey , H aro ld (Ro xb ury, Mass.) Hufford , Elza N. (Pre sident N. I. C. E.) Forrest , Tony (Tay lorsville, N. J.) Humphries, Jerry (Norfolk , Va .) Fox, Logan J. (Pepperdine Co llege) Hurst , Vernon (Co lorado) Fr anklin , John (T ulsa, Okl a.) H awley, Rog er (Yo rk Christi an Co llege) Franklin , Kenneth (Mobi le, Ala.) I Fr eeman, Gary (Groton , Co nn .) Inm an, Clifton Freeman , W. B. J Fruzia , Gerald 0. Jackson, Bruce (Cave City, Ky.) G Jamerson, Frank J. Gallagher , J. W. (Ohio) James, W.yland . Gardner , Don (Pre s. Ohio Valley Co llege) Janney , I. D . (De ad) G urga nus, Geo. P. (H ardin g Co llege) Jarrett, James D . (Wa rrick , R. I.) Garrett , Leroy (Bethany Colle ge) 'Jennings , Alvin (Burlington , Ve .) Garrison, Ceci l (Loc k Have n, Pa . Jennings , Jerry J. G aw, Llo yd Jivid en, Jimm y D. (Va n Nuy s, Ca lif.) Gip son, Norm an (Gra nd Pr airie, Tex.) Johns on, Jas . E. Jr. (Ithica, N . Y.) Gleaves , W. Ru ssell (Sch enecta dy, - N . · Y.) Johnston , Dr. Rex (Pepperdine Co llege) Goff, Robert Jones , Joseph F. (Okl ahom a Chri stian College) Goldman , Larry (Bayside , Tex .) Jones , Dr. Warren S. (Pepperdin e College and our pre acher Gonce, Albert A. Jr. (Te nn .) at Redondo Beach , Ca lif.) Goodpasture , B. C . (Ed itor Gos pel Advoc ate) Jone s, W. 0 . (Dead) Gr aham, Ralph V. (Co llinswood , N. J.) Joyn er, Georg~ (Phil adelphi a, Pa.) Giffin , W. R. (Pleasa ntville , Pa.) Joynes , Ernest E. (Dead) Grim es, Chester Juday , E. E. (Dead) Grindley, Eddie F. (Ca mp Shlioh. Plan s to go to Irel and .) K Greer , S. Dougl as (Was hington , D . C.) Kemplin , Perr y (N . I. C. E.) H Kennedy , Levi H ack ney, Samuel B. (Rising Star, Md .) Ketcher side , W . Ca rl (E ditor Missionary Messenger) H agar , Lewis ( Lexington, Mass.) Kieffer, G. W. H ahn , Thomas (La urel, Md .) Kilpatrick , H arvey H aines, Peter (De ad) Kinnard , Brown , Jr. (Holm es, Pa.) Halbert , ·w ard K. (Dead) Kirkp atrick , C. J. (Red Bank , N . J.) H all, Jo seph (Dead) Kirk, WiHis E. (Oklahom a Christian College) Kram ar, Glenn G. (Lima , Peru) Olbricht , Tom L Oldh am, James Lancaster , Carroll Oswald, Al Langford , Mack (Philadelphia , Pa.) Overton , Gene (Scottsville , Ky.) Lanier , Roy H. Sr. (Denver, Colo .) Oz, Robert C. (Easto n, Mass.) Larkins, S. W. (St. Mary's , W . Va .) p Larsen, Dale R . (President York College , York , Nebr.) Paden , Glenn V. (Co mm ack, N. Y.) Lawrence, Robert W. (E ditor , North Atlantic Christian) Pade n, Lowell Lemmons , Joe C. (New Egypt , N. J.) ' P age, Thomas N. (Dead) Lewis, Jack P. (Harding College) Palmer, Alfred H . Lewis, Jessie (Philadelphia, Pa .) Parker , How ard D. (Ly nchburg , Va.) Lewis, La Moine (A. C. C.) Peden , Eugene (Italy) Long, W. S. (Dead) Peltier , Karl (Colorado) Lyles, Gene (Poughkeepsie, N . Y.) Perry , Eugene (Beansville , Canada) Lidberry ? David (West Canada Christian College) Peters , Lee (Dunc an, Okla.) 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