Evangelical
A Unique Ceebratinn It latins
Mie ai me first Evangelical
uniiea nremren Church Sunday
11 is noi unique because it is 90
years since the first congregation
of the Evangelical Association was
formed in Salem, although that
is not common, but because, not
only was a church then formed in
Salem, but that here was the be
ginning of what now is the Oregon-
nasningion conference of the
Evangelical United Brethren
t-nurch.
It was here that James Croas
man came on a river steamer
from Portland, arriving on the
evening of June 13, 1864 with his
uttiB family from Pittsburgh, Pa.
He had come by way of New York,
sailing to Panama, then across
the Isthmus by rail, then up the
Pacific to San Francisco and again
transferring to another steamer
lor Portland
You ask why so far around? It
was because this was the most
epeody way to come from the East
to eregon in those days. Rev. Mr.
Croasman was appointed a mis
sionary to Oregon by the then
Evangelical Association: He was
an energetic young man, having
preached for six years previous
to this in Pennsylvania. The
Weekly Statesman said of his
appointment: 'The State of Ore
gon will be his field." Although
he had such a large field, he
found no parsonage, no church and
no members here. He was a
Iranger in Salem, a city of about
2000 population.
It was not easy to establish a
work. The first Sunday by invita
tion he preached in the Congre
gational Church and the second
in the Methodist Church and fin
ally secured the right to preach
in the old Courthouse which stood
on the same block of our present
Courthouse. This Courthouse was
built about 18S2 and stood facing
High Street, 50 feet back from the
curb. This was not too desirable
a place nor could he maintain a
Tegular preaching schedule for he
also went out from here to Inde
pendence, Corvallis, Albany and
echoolhouses in this vicinty. Fin
ally in the spring of 1866 he began
to build a church on a lot secured
at Center and Liberty which is
now occupied as a used car lot.
This building was completed by
September of that year. Croasman
prevailed on C. F. Deininger, who
had come West with him to dedi
cate the church, and taken up mis
sion work in San Francisco, to
make the trip from there. He
came the Croasmian way, by
ocean and river to Salem. The de-d'-ation
took place September 2,
18fifi.
The next year Rev. Mr. Deinin
Rer was transferred to Salem and
Croasman went to Corvallis. The
missionaries were appointed for
four years, but Deininger consent
ed to stay two years longer. Dur
ing his stay he organized the
First Evangelical Sunday School
in Oregon. He stayed until 1870
when Josiah Bowersox, a young
man of 33 years, arrived from
Pennsylvania. Bowersox continued
in Oregon until his death at the
ripe age of 91 years. On his ar
rival he became superintendent
of the Oregon .Mission and upon
the organization of the Pacific
Conference in 1876 he became
what was known as presiding eld
er, holding this position until 1895,
or for 19 years. During part of
this time he also served the Sa
lem Church. Also he went to the
far reaches of what is now known
as the Oregon-Washington confer
ence, establishing churches. In the
winter of 1884-85 he went up into
what was the Washington territory
near Spokane and establishtd four
new -churches during the bitter
cold of that winter, and just previ
ous to this had established a
church at Sweet Home. He was a
tireless worker and his name was
known throughout this valley both
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in religious circles as well as in
the evjery-day walk of life. Now a
great grandson. Joe Bowersox,
Jr., is a member of the church
here. During these years, begin
ning in 1884. another personality
became prominent in Evangelical
annuals in Oregon who for two
terms served the Salem church,
namely, C. C. Poling. He did much
to develop the work of the Evan
gelical Church in Portland, he
also was much interested in the
educational work of the church on
the West Coast. His youngest son
Paul N. Poling is now pastor of
the Presbyterian Church here.
In another sense the First Evan
gelical United Brethren Church is
unique for it is the composite of
three former churcnes m ssaiem.
In order to understand the form
ing of the three churches and then
their coming together again it is
necessary to refer to a dark page
of the history of the Evangelical
Association for a riff came into
the church which led to the form-
ing of two churches, namely: The
Evangelical Association and the
United Evangelical Church. The
division of the Oregon Conference
took place in 1890 but the division
of the church did not fully come
until in the Fall of 1894. The con
gregation that worshipped at Cen
ter and Liberty largely belonged
to what became the United bvan
gelical Church who had to sur
render all property to the Evan
gelical Association finally but for
three years they continued to wor
ship in the church at Liberty. But
I. B. Fisher, presiding elder at
the other group desiring to have
a work in Salem, began a church
in East Salem in 1892 and built a
very crude building at 17th and
Chemeketa which cost them only
$42. It was said to have only an
earth floor at first and a canvass
for a roof, but in 1894 they built
the church, which still stands on
that corner. This congregation
was entirely English and at one
time was the largest of the three
congregations.
In May of 1893 the congregation
that was worshipping at Liberty
and Center lost the use of the
property there and on June 10
held their first service in the
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WCTU rooms two doors East oni
Court Street from the then Opera
House, but now occupied by Mil
ler's department store. Here they
worshipped for over a year, dur
ing this time they built a church
on Cottage Street which was dedi
cated December 16. 1894. This
church burned in 1916 and at
once the congregation began to i
build a second church which was
dedicated January 14, 1917. This!
building is still slanding and is
owned by the Women's Club of
Salem.
The church at Center and Lib
erty, at this time having passed
into the hands of the Evangelical
Association, and they having an
English church in East Salem,
made this a German church which
continued so in part until the time
of the merger of the two in 1923.
In 1915. when H. E. Hornchuch
was pastor, the original church
.was reolaccd bv a more modern
one. Hornschuch's widow is living
j at present in the Old People s
i Home on Center street and is a
! member of this church. The
church was dedicated October 3.
1915. This church continued in
use until 1929 when the property
was sold to General Petroleum
Corporation of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. It was to the shame of the de
nomination and the regret of the
two groups in general that thye
ever divided and soon measures
were set in motion to reunite Ihe
two groups, often known as The
Sons of Albright, after their found
er. It was a day of great joy when
the United Evangelical Church
and the Evangelical Church were
merged into the Evangelical
Church in Detroit, Mich., October
14, 1922. At once the Cottage
Street Church and the Liberty
Street church set about to unite
which was effected after the an
nual conference of 1923, which met
in the Liberty Street church, merg
ing the two Oregon Conferences.
The Liberty street church was
chosen as the one to be used. Later
the congregation on Chemeketa
Street asked to become a part of
what was now known as the First
Evangelical Church of Salem,
which had purchased property at'
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The above pictures of churches in which members of First
Evangelical United Brethren have worshipped tell the' story
of the church's work and progress in Salem. Upper left,
' church that stood at Liberty and Center, built in 1866, and
dedicated September 2 of that year; upper, right, building at
17th and Chemeketa, dedicated Oclobdr 7, 1894. Middle, at left,
church at Center and Liberty, dedicated October 3, 1015; mid
dle, right, church on Cottage Street, dedicated January 14, 1917.
Below, present church at Marion and Summer, dedicated April
19, 1931.
Marion and Summer streets and
on July 1, 1929, this union was
effected.
The present church which stands
on this corner was built in the
Fall and Winter of 1930 and 1931
and was dedicated by Bishop G.
E. Epp, D. D.. April 19. 1931. The
4Sth annual conference having con
vened on the 15th had finished
ference. It was in into that the
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Christ and the Evangelical Church
united, taking the name Evangeli
cal United Brethren Church, hence
it became the First Evangelical
United Brethren Church of Salem.
It is this church which is celebrat
ing 90 years since the first church
was organize here in Salem. A
cordial invitation is extended by
,he Kalion PPlc of
Salem to attend these services.
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Santa Anna Took Fatal
Napll9 Years AgoToday
By BKl'CE HENDERSON
SAN JACINTO MONUMENT, I and in a treaty signed Feb. 2.
Tex. One afternoon 119 years
ago today a general took a siesta
and Mexico lost an empire.
A band of Texans jumped the
general and whipped his army.
The story should interest not
only Texans. it's important to
folks in Arizona, New Mexico, Cali
fornia, Nevada, Utah and Colo
rado.
Thoir otntiw hifnmA n.irt m
these, United States, because ofjr" ,n reruns iuie ior me noii
thc battle of 'San Jacinto. day-who awakened a sleeping
Things had gone badly for Tex -
as that spring cf 1B36 in us ngiu
for independence from Mexico. On
March 6 the garrison at Alamo
Mission in San Antonio had been
massacred by the legions of Gen.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Santa Anna, the "Napoleon of
Ihe Weit," swept east and camped
I at the junction of the San Jacinto
River and Buffalo Bayou 22 miles
east of Houston.
On the afternoon of April 21, as
Santa Anna took his siesta and
liis force of 1.6O0 squatted con
fidently behind their breastworks,
General Sam Houston's army out
numbered 2 to 1 charged.
It must rank with history's most
vicious and surprising attacks.
' Shrieking "Rcmcber the Ala
mo!" the Texans routed the Mexi
icans in 18 minutes killing some
6.10, wounding 280 and capturing
730. Texan casualties: Two dead,
23 wounded,
Santa Anna was captured.
Texas had independence, and
nine years later joined the union,
touched off the U. S.-Mexican War.
But Ihe annexation of Texas
Mexico broke off relations with
the United Slates and laid a claim
to Texas.
The United Slates won the war,
Echo Dam Bill
Wins a Victory
WASHINGTON (UP) - Backers
of the 1 1-2 billion dollar Colorado
River Storage Project won a pre-1
limmary victory in the Senate:
today. I
Hie Senate voted down an '
amendment to a bill to authorize
the project which would have cut
out a section declaring it is Ihe
intention of Congress in the future :
to authorize additional project
units.
The amendment, by Sen. Thom
as H. Kuchcl (R-Calif), was re
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The action preceded votes on
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eliminate Echo Park Dam- from
the project and another to return
project revenues directly to the
Treasury rather than make them
available for project works.
Pacific P & L to Cut
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Public Utilities Commissioner
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Wcdnesda'- to reduce its rates.
The reduction, effective next
Friday, amounts to $242,000 a year
in Ihe company's Coos Bay j
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a result of the company's merger :
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!, aiexico ceaca mot part of
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Texas and the Louisiana Purchase
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the anniversary of the battle of'
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