Souihcrn Oregon News Review
Ashland, Oregon, Thursday, December ,o. i
Missionary Herald Carries Story T
On Ashland Congregational Church
»
T
l> HedI •nI 2«7°Fa ry »hHerald' t Ub' ariM and cal,ed K>8«th«' the few
Y
P in
f
n “Ve2 i e-
unattached C ongregationali, t «.
York C it>. h i December 1948. thirteen in all, and discussed the
carried a story on “The C hinch possibility of organ i z i n g a
cl the Month. and selected m e church. Being favorably impress-
x' hian l°aRrfh a
h church e f ; ed* he returned again in Decern-
Ashland as the church.
f her and the following March 25,
The complete story is
fol- 1888, the First Congregational"
lows: “Located at the southern church was organized with ...
end of the beautiful Rogue River teen members.
valley and 21 miles from the
Four lots were purchased for
Oregon California line the A sh­ $450.00, and $200.00 in cash was
land Congregational church owes given to the newly organized
its existence to the foresight and church, the money representing
untiring effort of the Home Miss­ a gift obtained by Dr. Atkinson
ionary of the American Board, from Portland friends. A house
The Ashland Congregational .hurch is located
Siskiyou
was purchased for a tem porary boulevard.
The Rev, George H. Atkinson.
“Dr. Atkinson visited Ashland place of worship while plans
in November 1887, arriving on and progress were made toward the members and friends • ,
one of the first trains over the a church building. In due course! chill; •h is now growing rapidly S h O W d * fO F T H p
a new edifice was completed to-
newly completed Oregon Cali­ «ether
with furnishings costing' u.1'” **’ " hundred
new members t v
— -----
i . . . ___ »_ t
it > •
fornia railroad. He surveyed the
e been added w ithin the past * K d U l l l i l l l S IS I I ( ‘1(I
$3.500 and paid for w ith a bal-
two years and four new S unday' Mrs. U rover Hillman was host-
ance in the treasury of $40.
school rooms have recently been 1 >s Saturday evening honoring!
“It is interesting to know that
i ompleted. With the rapid grow Mr and Mrs. John 11 Tiedeman,
one of his last official acts as th of southern Oregon and the Jl Mrs. Tiedeman is the form er
Home M issionary was the dedi­
coming of m any hundreds of new Irma Carroll. M.\ny friends gath
cation of the new building which
families
to this
particular
val- e n d to extent congratulations
took place December 30, 1888 Dr. , . ,.
---- -------
*««
Atkinson passed away in Port- e> W Per,” anent* healthy exist and well wishes to the newly
couple, Mrs. Hillman
ence of the Ashland churcl h j married
land on February 25. 1889.
seems assured. One handicap was assisted in serving delicious
Thus the only Congregational
refreshment», by Mrs J Ahring
church south of Eugene and west States Mr. Borden, “is the dis
Those pressent wen* M r s
fance
of
our
Church
from other Ax is Clark. F H Granger. Otto
of the Cascades was on its way.
churches
of
our
fellowship.
It
is A. Riche, P C. Huna, E. Just, M
The history of the organization
during the past sixty years shows hoped that in the not too distant B. Shroy, Mr. and Mrs. N E
both high and low seasons of act­ future there can be organized Harmon, Mrs. F. Downing. Geo
ivity, so low that at one time Congregational churches in the rge Hursman. Casper D Smith
only one vote saved the property cities of Roseburg, G rants Pass Annie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs
and Medford.' "
from sale.
i Dow K linefelter Mr. and Mrs
“With the coming of new fam-
Orhan Genung, Mr. and Mrs. I.
ilies of the Congregational fel­
Vellon, Mrs. Jane Miller, Miss E
lowship, however, to this rapidly
Miller. Mrs. Vera Taylor, Mr.
growing part of Oregon, new life
and Mrs E Bartholomew Miss E
and hope is evidenced in all de­
Georgetti, Mrs. Vincent Gianella.
partm ents of the church.
Haith Gianella. Catherine G ian­
Dr. Evart P, Borden, present
“Under the leadership of the
minister to the First Congrega­ Rev. Evart P. Borden and with
ella. Mr. and Mrs. S. K Bowles,
tional church of Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs Waited White, Mr.
the hearty and loyal support of
and Mrs. I. S. Siedel, Mr. and
Mis. E E. Henneke, Mr and Mrs.
Orvil Yancey, Peggy Erkman.
Simplicity and good taste char­ Mary Christensen, Irma Beck.
acterize the inferior of the Con­ Mrs. Land, Clar Holloway, Mr.
gregational church.
and Mrs. Charles Lem aster, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Millet. Mr. and
Mrs. V. A. Bower, Mrs. J. W
Ahring and Johnnie, Jack Farris,
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. RansdelL
Miss Beryl Tucker, Mrs. Charles
Jessel and W ilbur Simmons
'4»
I
Jobs Open At
Vet’s C enW
positions o-e tT ’fli $271)9 $257 I,
$2250 and $2152 a year
F urther inform ation on tin so
exam ination ; and the nreessi'rv
application forms tei applyina
Fedeial Civil Service announce . may he olitameli (inni the Boa >|
exam inations for perm anent pro of U S Civ il Sei \ In I* ■
V e te ra n s A d m in!*.hall *i l |u s |i
bational appointm ent to tin-
sitions of Cook. Baker and Meal tai, R o seb u rg , ( b e g u n . th e Hl
t litter In the Veterans Admin n d a iy , B oard el t ' S C iv il S<
istration.
v iie E x a m in é is ,
,,lt\
«•«•••ml
eia
.*
|
.
t
office
(>| |i , ;
Persons w ho d e sire p.-i n ia n e n t
E le v e lllh 11 S <’|\ i!
I till* D ll e c t o i .
u v '1. ' ” r Si Wt '11 h i' V’ "
"» 'P *"‘ un
•tv to file fo r a c iv il se rvice eg J 1 Service Kei/ion. Reoin
i Cenit al
I
Building,
Seattle,
4
W.e
n t lg t e ll
lead,n« »•> P 'o iia tlo n a l1
appointm ent with
nerm an.m t Applications should h Id* • w ith
Clasalfied c iv il se rvice sta tu s
tile Board of II S 'C n ll S civi *'
Ouse positions in t|te V eterans
I x a n u n c i s, Vi tei.m . Aihninisti a
A dm inistration Domiciliai > Ceil
tioil Hospital, R o l l i m i ; O l c g o l l ,
ter, Medford. Oregon.
not later tiiati the dosi or bu* I
The entrance talari« rs in these
nigis on Jan u ary 13, 1949
NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS
S ful
IH ‘SS
Hank every oik * for their
I«''and look forward with
ing you in 1919.
*
*
BI RT TERRY
G R E E T IN G S --
Sincere good wishes for a delightful
year of ’49
1
4
W tS T fR N
70 East Main
A U TO S U F F IV CO.
Next lo Bank
Phono 4521
The store that friendship built
Cherny’s Shoe Service
xMMNST
76 N O R T H MAIN
.-ai»
New Year’s Greetings
To our many friends and customers
May the New Year bring Happiness,
Prosperity and Good Health to all
McNair Bros. Drugs
YOUR REXALL STORE
O N THE PLAZA
To all of our
friends and
customers we
wish a Happy and Prosperous 1949
Even though accident
or ill health keeps you away
from your job, your income
can be protected by accident
and health insurance. Loss of
time benefits pay you the
money you so greatly need
when you are laid up and
income stops. Don’t let sick­
ness or injury jeopardize
your savings and home. For
information, consult . . . .
'1
Why we say
THANK YOU
ft
four million
times a day
S.C. Jones & Sons
1 • W h e n ,h e ° P e r a *o r says "thank you" as
she handles your call, she is of course following
a telephone tradition for courtesy. And every
day, up and down the Coast, those words are
repeated more than four million times by local
and long distance operators who are— as always
— doing everything they can to give prompt,
cheerful service.
“BILLINGS AGENCY”
(Established July 1883)
Mam & Oak
Ph. 8781
.
Ashland, Oreon
| 232 West 5th
pp,. 75581
Medford, Oregon
DEPENDABLE
INSURANCE COUNSELORS
<
. V,. ■ • »
A
MONUMENTS
Marble, Granite. Bronze
Available
burns agency
Gardenia, Orchid and Rose Corsages all
"On the Plaza"
made to order for your New Year dance.
Alfred’s Florist
Phone 21321
Corner Iowa and Siskiyou Boulevard
M ill Wood
Fuel Oil
Gunter Fuel Co.
MJ 4th St.
Phone , 7 n
2 . These a re busy days in the West's tele­
phone offices . . . more equipment is handling
more calls, twenty million of them each day. And
service generally is better, you’ll notice. There’s
relatively little wait for the dial tone. Operators
are able to answer more promptly in most places.
Long distance calls usually go through in two
minutes or less.
4 . As
1948
ends,
Pacific-
Telephone adds another "thank
you ” —for your patronnge. We
deeply appreciate the under­
standing o f those waiting for
service. We are doing our best
to provide the telephones the
West needs and to make your
telep h on e increasingly valu­
able to you.
dropping a lin e ” for another new
telephone . . since V-J Day more than a million
have been added on the Coast. We’re porting in
still more thousands every week. And telephone
people . . . operators, in stalk is, service represen­
tatives . . . all are doing their level best to welcome
our new customers in their usual friendly and
helpful way.
7
3. He s
The Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company
M ore than /0.C00 people working together to fur­
nish ever-better telephone service to the West