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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
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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
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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
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man." Medford Public Library
has many inspiring biographies
of famous persons.
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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
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The Klamath High band has
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time of the annual classic, staged
for the benefit of crippled children.
of the electrical club spoke on
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Beef club and refreshments
were furnished by the Hog club.
A reading was given by Linda
Dahl.
Mrs. Charles Williams, leader
of the Home Economics, club,
announced that they were try
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books by urging everyone in the
community to write to the Med
ford library asking for book
service in this area. If enougn
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may be made available to the
community.
A Forestry club is available to
children in this vicinity, and if
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The next general meeting will
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