, jpolaris Woodheater Has Part In Gold Hill Church History
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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
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ATLAS LAUNCH COMPI X This is an Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo.
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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
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Pensacola, Fla.-tUPD-Tropical
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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
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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.
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