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MEDFORD (ORESO) MAIL TRIU SEVEN CONSTRUCTION TOP Friday. December 28, 135S HURCH STORY HEWS o O O o o c o 3 O w O o O o C3 O o o b o o o o o o o r o 3 O o Stories Also on New Churches and Pastors C 3 By PEG HUTCHINSON 0 i Ml Tribune Church Editor Church construction in the cy was the top .story of 1956 to the church news department. Several large building proj ects wre completed during the year. Others ace still ;n the ' pn.ess of being finished. Some q are still in the blueprint stage, ccording t a poll conducted - 3f many nf the local churches. Congregations Sponsored Th First Methodist, church qP tjmgregation during the year ronsired the St. Luke's Meth odist church in the tast part of town, v.hile another church, O First Church of the Nazarene, plans to sponsor a new congre gation next year when the Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the O cNazarene church building is o completed at Mt.. Pitt ave. and O c, Ciesfnut st. Both-new churches brought new ministers to the arf. One building program nearly completed is Our Lady of Fatima ) Catholic church, Shady Cove, r-which held Christmas eve mid nfht mass this year as their first service. O The First Church of Christ. 0 Scientist. Berean Baptist church, , White City, Kingdom Hall of Qfchovah's Witnesses, and Phila delphia church have completed their buildings this year and held formal dedication services. Other Churches Partly built is the new church for the Free Methodists, and in the preliminary building stage are churches for Bethel Assem bly of God on East McAndrews rd, and Pilgrim Holiness church on,,their property at East Jack son ami Bessie sts. The Re-Organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints G purchped their building from the Free Methodist church at . 10th nd Ivy sts., while First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, and Apostolic Faith church com pleted rmodelinf of their church buildings. c St. Joseph's Catholic church ii) Jacksonville was reopened for weekly mass during 1956 an Central Point Community Bible church completed their new parsonage. Church School Buildings Sunday school buildings were O also included in the year s build ing' procrpm. ,-3 Outstanding among them is "the SI 13.000 building completed O for St. Mark's Episcopal church school. Also completed and dedi cated was the Sunday school building for the Congregational church. Still being built is the Sunday school building for the Country church. Midway Four Corners on Table Rock rd. Hew ministers arriving during tfie year also formed a large part of the religious news, t New Ministers c Eight new ministers and six ,new full time assistant ministers have assumed their duties here during 19jf. Among them is the Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson. who will be pastor Cof the Ascension Lutheran church, ELC. when it is formal ly organized next year. Others new to the area and their churches include the Rev. Cjohn A. Tsvlor, St. Luke's Meth C ot'ust; the Rev. R. E. Cull, First Assembly of. God: the Rev. Dwayne Batchelor. Mt. Pitt Ave- O rrlie Church of the Nazarene: te Rev. Lester Wilcox Jr.. For est Acres Community;' Elder 'John D.'Trude. Seventh-day Adr veritist: the Rev. Loyce Carver. Apostolic Faith; and the Rev. J. ii. Shelley. Central Point o; Church of Christ. Assistant Ministers Xcw assistant ministers are. j 'fiie Tiev. Haddon Robinson, First i Baptist; th Rev. George A. t Trobough, First Methodist: the j Rev. John Bright, St. Mark's : Episcopal: the Rev. W. Lee fclansveld. First Church of the e iazarene; tlie Rev. John A: Ilg. Sacred Heart Catholic; and Lt. ; R. L. Anthony, Salvation Army. Hre v a month - by - month siSnmary of church news, select ed from church news stories ap pearing in The Mail Tribune. " JANUARY 0 The" Rev. James W. N'oely, First Baptist cfturch, start? ser mon series to last entire year . . . Ea: ood Baptist a ch'urch honors elected officers . . . The Jftv. and Mrs. R. H. Mathewson. attend c annual International Foujsifjare church convention in Los Angeles. Calif. . . . Congre gational cliv.rch installs new of ficers . . . Phoenix First Presby teriancinstal:s four newly elect go. Jfficers . . . Chapel named in honor of Clsrence A. Meeker by Medford First Methodists. FEBRUARY First fviterdenominational youth rally held in Medford .'. . Berean Baptist church. White Tity. holds services in new chap el on Craterr Lake highway . . . New- Kingdom hall at 2402 Jack sonville highway dedicated by- Jehovah's Witnesses . . . Faith Advent Christian church group organized to meet at 1329 Saling ave. . . . Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb. First Methodist church, leaves on two week evangelistic mission to Hawaii under auspices of the National Council of Churches of Christ in USA . . . Lent beings . . . Dedication rites for Philadelphia church plan ned ... St. Joseph's Catholic church, Jacksonville, reopened for regular weekly mass . . . Medford Ministerial association outlines plans for Easter season and tells of directory of churches to be published . . . Local men attend National council of Pres byterian men in San Francisco . . . The Rev. Haddon Robinson of New York City assumes du ties as assistant at First Baptist church . . . Assemblies of God church Sunday schools in valley announce goal of 1.000 student attendance set for year. MARCH Remodeling begins at Phoenix First Presbyterian church . . . Girl Scout Week recognized in many churches . . . First Church of Christ Scientist building dedi cated at Oakwood and Windsor avenues . . . Congregational church dedicates new Sunday school building . . . Holy Week noon services conducted at Cra terian theater daily by Medford Ministerial association . . . One Great Hour of Sharing observed in local churches . . . Holy Week services announced . . . Palm Sunday . . . Good Friday services scheduled . . . Easter services held . . . Easter Sunrise services for youth on Huener's Butte east of Phoenix . . . Public Sunrise Easter services held at Starlite Drivein theater by St. Peter's Lutheran church . . . Medford Ministerial association distri butes 500 church directories to businesses. APRIL Daily Vacation Bible school dates announced by several churches . . . Medford city coun cil directed city legal department to prepare an ordinance creating a zone for churches . . . 34th anniversary of Medford First Church of the Nazarene com memorated . . . Pilgrim Holiness church purchases land and starts clearing it for new church buil ding site. MAY Congregationalists name their church Sunday school building Pilgrim house . . . 50th anniver sary observed by Eagle Point Community Bible school . . . Bcr ean Baptist church. White City, building dedicated . . . Mother's day sermon topic in many churches . . . Interchurch daily devotional program sponsored by the Medford Council of Church Women and Medford minister 13 1 association . . . Meeker Me morial chapel dedicated by Med ford First Methodists ... Dr. R E. Balcomb elected to four year term on commission to study racial relations and jurisdiction al structure within the Methodist church . . . Salem area and south ern Oregon Friends church rep resentatives meet in Talent . . , The Rev. Raymond Hum, First Church of the Nazarene. elected 'president of Medford Minister ial association with the Rev. Clynton Crisman. Friends church vice president, and the Rev. Richard M. Jones. Eastwood Baptist church, secretary . . . The Rev. Marvin Lumlev assumes duties as pastor of the Phoenix Church of the Nazarene ... St. Luke's Methodist church formal ly organized . . . First Baptist church does minor remodeling. JUNE . First Church of the Nazarene installs officers . . . Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb preaches sermon chosen by congregation as most helpful during past year, "The Life Worth Living." given Dec. 11, 1955 '. . . The Rev. G. E. Walston, Advent Christian .church, leaves for New Hamp shire to attend national church conference . . . Churches engage ssislant pastors for summer, many students . . . The Rev. Ray mond W. Hum, First Church of tha Nazarene, to attend church schools convention of the Naz arene church in Kansas City, Mo., as delegate . . . The Rev. George A. Trobough assumes duties as associate minister at First Methodist church . . . Vaca tion Bible schools start in many churches . . . First services held by St. Luke's -Methodist church in Bighara hall at county fair grounds . . . The Rev. Ernest F. Post, Forest Acres Community church, leaves for California af ter organizing and b u i Id i n g church cited by American Bap tist convention as the "church making the most progress'" dur ing Baptist Achievement year in Oregon for churches having less than 100 members . . . The Rev. John Albert Taylor arrives to be pastor of St. Luke s Methodist church. s UNDER CONSTRUCTION Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Nazarene educational unit shown above at Mt. Pitt ave. and Chestnut st. is one of the several buildings now under construc tion by churches in the Medford area. The Mt. Pitt Avenue church, sponsored by the First Church of the Nazarene, will meet in the unit when finished until the other two buildings in the group are completed. The' Rev." Dwayne Batchelor is pastor of the congregation. JULY The Rev. John A. Bright ar rives as new assistant at St. Mark's Episcopal church . . .'Dr. D. Kirkland West, First Presby terian church, elected to Synod of Oregon committees . . . Fu ture charter members of Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Naza rene meet with district superin tendent of the Oregon-Pacific District Church of the Nazarene . . . Dr. Raymond Balcomb places second in Northwest Methodist sermon contest . . . The Rev. W. Lee Mansveld arrives as new as sistant to the pastor and minister ol music at First Church of the Nazarene . . . Free Methodist church building started . . . Trie Rev. Robert E. Cull arrives from Payette, Idaho, as new minister at the First Assembly of God church, 1108 West Main st. . . . Everett Faber elected to mem bership on the national Board of Education of the Methodist church, member of First Metho dist church . . . Congregational church holds Sunday afternoon service at the rim of Crater Lake . . . St. Peter's Lutheran church receives gift of Presence Light for sanctuary. AUGUST Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb at tends 'organizational meeting in Chicago of commission to study the jurisdictional structure of the Methodist church . . . The Rev. Dwayne Batchelor, arrives from Kansas City to start Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Naz arene . . . Central Church of Christ free of debt due to Gart ner lrgacy . . . Forest Acres Com munity church new pastor, the Rev. Lester Wilcox Jr., arrives . . . Free Methodist church sells building at 10th and Ivy sts., to Re-Organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints . . . Free Methodist church holds services in Pythian hall . . . The Rev. Stephen H. Fritchman, min ister of First Unitarian church, Los Angeles, speaks here . . . Youth camp attendance report ed high . . . Local Kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses sends 85 delegates to Salem convention . . . Unity Truth Center closed during month . . . Country church, Midway Four Corners starts construction of Sunday school building. - SEPTEMBER First Baptist church starts series of Teen Time chili feeds for youth following high school football games . . . The Rev. C. W. Frost, Apostolic Faith min ister, -leaves for St. Louis, Mo. . . . S113.000 St. Mark's Episco pal church school building dedi cated . . . Talent ingathering service held at First Church of God, Haven and Holly sts. . . . Elder E. F. Coy, pastor Seventh day Aduentist church, transfer red to Gresham, Ore. . . . Free Methodist church holds services in Moose hall. 11 Newtown st. . . . Elder John D. Trude assumes duties at Seventh-day Adventist churches in Medford and Eagle Point . , . The Rev. Loyce Carver arrives from Los Angeles as pastor of Apostolic Faith church . . . Central Point Community Bible church completes new par sonage . . . Medford Ministerial START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT! Consolidate Your Debts SEE US NOW! LOANS TO 51,500 Crater Finance Corp. 135 Pine Street Phone NO-4-1273 CENTRAL POINT, OREGON Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. No Parking Problems Moaowbu. -riTn,f jiMiifc ft -mt-, , 1 association announces committee chairmen . . . Promotion Sunday held in many churches . . . The Rev. John A. Ilg arrives to as sume duties as assistant priest at Sacred Heart Catholic church . . . Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Nazarene church construc tion started. OCTOBER World Wide communion ob served Oct. 7 . . . The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman, Zion Luth eran church, official representa tive of Pacific Synod to United Lutheran church in America con vention in Harrisburg, Pa. . . . Young people of Ashland First Methodist church contribute new outdoor fireplace to church . . . Dr. D. Kirkland West chosen by Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian church of USA to conduct preaching mission in Alaska ... Dr. G. B. William son, general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, at Nazarene church here . . . Fam ily Rosary crusade announced by Sacred Heart Catholic church . . . Revival meetings held in churches . . . "Religion in the News," television program starts on KBES-TV with the Rev. George A. Trobough, associate minister of First Methodist church, moderator . . . Friends church observes 14th anniver sary . . . The Rev. Floyd Yeats, Temple Baptist church, accepts call to Burlington, Wash., church . . . Churches hold Laymen's Sunday . . . The Rev. Mr. Jean M. Shelley arrives as new min ister at Central Point Church of Christ . . . 1500 attend smorgas bord at First Methodist church . . . Emmanuel Apostolic church, 1110 North Central, changes name to Emmanuel Pentecostal Church Jesus Name . . . Lt. R. L. Anthony assumes duties at local Salvation Army church from Portland Harbor Light Corps. NOVEMBER Gerald Bross leaves for two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at San Antonio, Texas, member of local church ... St. Luke's Methodist church holds charter service . . . The Rev. Ellmore J. Gilstrap retires after 45 years in ministry and leaves Central Church of Christ . . . The Rev. Perry M. Johnson starts as pastor of the First Baptist church in Phoenix . . . Church of the Brethren dedicates new elec tronic organ gift of Ashland Church of the Brethren . . . Dr. Raymond Balcomb's sermon pub lished in "New Christian Advo cate" magazine November issue . . . 2,000 children enroll in Bible history classes in Medford and county sponsored by Jack son county Board of Christian Education . . . Union Thanksgiv ing service held at First Chris tian church sponsored by Med ford Ministerial association . . . The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson and Miss Ruth Zacher arrive to start Ascension Lutheran church, ELC . . . Trail Community church in corporated with the Rev. Ernest Evers as pastor . . . The Rev. Haddon Robinson, assistant pas tor First Baptist church, leaves on month of evangelistic cam Salary Auto Furniture - -j :: -fe T--V ' -Jt paigns in Eastern United States and Canada . . . The Rev. Rob ert L. Green, vicar of Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect, and St. Martin's, Shady Cove, called to Astoria church. DECEMBER Remodeling completed at Apostolic Faith church . . . Parish mission held at Sacred Heart Catholic church . . . Churches ask for donations of money and clothing for Hungar ian refugees . . . Christmas pro grams start with first scheduled Dec. 16 . . . Salvation Army kettles appear on Medford streets . .. . Ascension Lutheran church announces first services Jan. 6 in Pythian hail . . . Fire at Sacred Heart Catholic church Parish hall . . . W. E. Atkin elected lay elder of Eagle Point Seventh-day Adventist church for 1957 . . . Christmas eve mid night mass celebrated in Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church in Shady Cove for first mass . . . Dr. Norman K. Tully resigns as pastor of First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, to assume full time duties at Central Point Presbyterian church . . . Bethel Assembly of God church starts preliminary construction on new church building on East McAndrews. The great scientist Louis Pas teur once said, "Study a great man." Medford Public Library has many inspiring biographies of famous persons. 52 GALLON UPRIGHT Hotpoint HATER HEATER High Wattage Elements REG. PRICE $134.95 Now W5 j USED WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC WATER $ HEATER MAYTAG SQUARE TUB WASHER With $ Pump iwi in'iTTm- ESTATE ELECTRIC RANGE With Griddle 3945 MONARCH COMBINATION WOOD and ELECTRIC RANGE ni $1195 uiny OAKLAND WOOD HEATER Brown Porcelain I J" 11 " a r ten m m 4-H Club News Phoenix-Talent Tractor The first meeting of the com bined Phoenix -Talent Tractor club was held at the home of Tom Carter the leader. Ten members were present. We elected officers. John James was elected president, Dean Sommers was elected vice president. Ginger Martin was elected secretary and Dianne Carter news reporter. We chose the name Rubber Burners from the two following: Sod Busters and Knuckle Bust ers. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served. Girls have been encouraged to join. Dianne Carter News Reporter New Ruch Club The first general meeting of the newly formed Ruch 4-H club was held at the Ruch school Thursday, Dec. 20. Romelle Fossen, president of the Dairy club opened the meet ing by leading in the allegiance to the flag and the 4-H salute. Ed Fossen, leader of the Dairy club introduced William A. Johnson, a retail milk business man of Grants Pass who was guest speaker. Johnson spoke on the import ance of good breeding stock, and pointers of judging cows. John son is a former county judge. I Jerome Peterson, junior leader hurrv mi OUT THEY GO! Here's extra saving during our BIG END-0F-o THE-YEAR CLEARANCE SALE. Don't Miss These AMAZING DISCOUNTS on Good New and Used Appliances. BUY N0Wo SPECIAL! 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