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, jpolaris Woodheater Has Part In Gold Hill Church History o e By BfHfi. CLYDE KELL GcaHill - About 40 diem brs and friends of the Gold 9j?L Community Methodist cnurch attended an all church family fellowship night, held recently at tfce church. The affair began with a potluck supper, followed by musif furnished by James Coward and Edward Griggs, who played their electric guitars. Mrs. Roy Eskew was in charge of the entertain ment and group singing. The closirg devotions were given by the Rev. James F. Eu banks if., pastor of the cSurch. Hiis ws the first .social of iny such family fellowship nts which will be held s j month at the church, ffcea attending inspected tv.oil. furnace which ( tee installed recently to re- fei "black monster" as e tfc egrgtio had termed tit fcsmssr heating facilities. 0Ye ! furnace consisted of e O sU il stove in the sanc- .fe4?7 if tn old-fashioned 9A ioa Polaris woodheater, trfcie stoQd in Ihe area cf the 0 fHVAlfUrVUCIC H1C AJCW 1UI- sV "g installed. 0e ifev pews have been con 4fatK:te in tie space previous tf wcuyiad by the oil stove 9gtfidi9 n addition seating m 5 people. JTbe.oil stove, one portion tfi"monstr," was used as , tjfSKor tor the family fellow 9 event. It was placed in e(M tenter f the dining-room . - jriiM e sum on xou inscrioea ' sftl" o . ft iig belief ed that the stove 1 faten used to heat the Ajnctutry jince Jan. 22, 1939, rK h fiwt services were held in the church. Dedica tion of the building was held Feb. 12, 1939. The site for the present Gold Hill Community Metho dist church was chosen be cause it is a central location and easier for the older peo ple to get to since it is on level ground. The new struc ture replaced the old Metho dist Episcopal church which was on a hill located on Fifth aw arm whirh harl hoan i moved and repaired about 1911-12. Built Fixe Nearly 40 years" ago a smal1 boy who lived with his par ents across the street would rise early every Sunday morning and go to the old Methodist Episcopal church, where he built the fires in the Polaris heating stove. At that time It stood in the center of the approximately 20 by 30- foot one room church build ing.. . Several years later this same stove was moved to the present church basement where it had been used con tinuously until the new fur nace was installed. Women of the TVoman's Society of Christian Service of the church kept food for their church dinners warm on top Medford Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1959 Page 1-10 mjm ' " ATLAS LAUNCH COMPI X This is an Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo. artist's conception of the J.S. Air Force (UPI Telephoto From Defense Dept.) Atlas ICBM launch complex at the Warren , of the large old stove, which was made by the St. Louis Iron Works, and holds a chunk of wood about three feet in length. ( On fellowship night, old Polaris, the second part of the "black monster" was pur chased by one of the men in the community who bought it because of sentimental rea sons, as well as to heat the basement in his home. This man was the small boy who had tended the church fires. Funds from the sale of the stove were placed in the "black monster fund," which was started several months ago to finance the new heat ing system. A container for donations for this project i3 placed each Sunday on a table at the rear of. the sanc tuary so that those who wish may. make a contribution. Old Polaris had been used for over 50 years to warm the hands and feet of those at tending Sunday school on cold winter mornings. Early Services The first Methodist services are believed to have been held in Gold Hill in the early 1890s, the location is Tropical Storm Lashes Pensacola , Pensacola, Fla.-tUPD-Tropical storm Irene hit Pensacola Thursday with 55 - mile an hour winds, then dumped tor rential rains over Southern Alabama as it punched inland. : Residents in Southern Ala bama and North Georgia were alerted to expect up to five inches of rain from the dying storm today. ; - About 47 million Ameri cans live in the suburbs. not certain. Some longtime residents of the community recall that there was a Meth odist church building behind the city hall. Then, for many years the church was at the location on Fifth ave. where the county shop is now lo cated. ,i The old Methodist Episco pal church building was mov ed about 1911-12 to the hill side location on Fifth ave. where it was put onto its foundation and repaired after considerable delay due to hard times. The repairing to the old Methodist Episcopal church was carried on mainly by donated work. Prior to this time, the pas torate supervision had been varied, sometimes Gold Hill having been alone and other times in connection with Jack sonville or Central Point. During the conference year 1909-10 Gold Hill belonged to the Central Point charge and regular services were held un til about June. The Sunday school was discontinued for a time in the summer. Following the establish ment of regular services an adult Bible class was organ ized which increased to 80 members about 1912-13. This class, it is recalled, held a large place in the social life of the church and community, holding monthly social and business meetings. Soon after the organization of the adult class, a young people's class was organized with a membership of 22. Piano Debt About 1917, through the ef forts of the Bible class, the last payment on the piano debt was paid. It is believed that the piano is the same one that is still in use at the present MERE NOW ARE i '': "SUPERLATIVE .irWEW CHEVROLET? '..FOR. 1960 ! . 4 IMPALAS Nowhere else in the low-price field will you find luxury like this. These! fresh, fashionable Impalas most el.ant of all the superlative '60 Chevrolets are all the car you ever yearned for. Each embodies distinctive treatment inside and out, with triple-unit rear lights, ' fingertip door releases and safety-reflector armrests. Besides th&.Jmpala sport sedan above, tnere are aonvertiDie, sport coupe anq 4ioor, eaan ' 5 CHEVROLET 9 4 BEL AIRS Sumptuous as these Bel Airs are to behold, they're priced Just above Chevy's thriftiest models. And, like all Chevies, they give you a choice of two of the thriftiest engines going as standard equipment the famed Hi-Thrift 6 and a new Economy Turbo-Fire V8 that gets up to 10 more miles out of a gallon of regular while giving you more "git" at normal speeds. There are the 4-door Bel Air sedan above, a 2-door sedan, sport sedan and sport coupe. Gold Hill Community Metho dist church. The old Methodist Episco pal church building on the hill was torn down in October, 1938. Valley men assisted lo cal men with tearing down the structure and helped build the new building. On Jan. 22, 1939, the first serv ices were held in the new church at the present location on the corner of Fourth ave. and Fourth st. While the building was being construct ed church services were held in the Gold Hill Grange hall. About this time the church became known as the Com munity Methodist church in stead of the Methodist Epis copal church. It is supported by the entire community with a number of denominations worshiping there. It was legal ly recorded in 1937 as the Cold Hill Community Meth odist church and is one of th churches of the Oregon A nual Conference of the Met) odist Church. " mm We Give GREEN ST AM P& CENTRAL REXALL DBlQ Main and Central w METROPOLITAN TV ,wnwie ' ,,,1111! v ONiy:$,jl95 lHHlfl. SM NEW SPACE-SAVER TUBESI ' !H ' HARDWOOD CA,MIS ; Moaei ivi-iu, i'r lane iv . Only 16SP5 in Mahogany I Also in Colonial Maple (shown? I 9 " ti'e&'rest to perfection a low-priced &r ever camel 0 S BISCAYNES These (though you'd never know to look at them) are the lowest priced of the superlative '60 Chevrolets. They bring you the same basic beauty and relaxing roominess as the other models. 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