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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1953)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 1953 ChiloQuin Methodists Celebrate Anniversary HERALD AND NEWS; KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THRES By DABLENE wm.vv To the thousands ot people who . have never attended worship ser vices except in a regular church f building, the early days ot the Chioquin Methodist Church will ' seem strange. - . . : This first church in the- comun ity spent its organizational years rr.-eting in a hotel lobby, people's homes, a parsonage, school, tele- ' phone office, empty business build ing, and- an ex-rooming house be fore dedicating its present building . in October of 1937. This week the church is celebrating its 25th anni versary as an organized church under the Oregon conference, but 1 its actual beginning was 35 years ago this fall. During the fall of 1918 ministers work. Be arrived with his family in the middle of a snowstorm and after a few weeks moved to the parsonage at the mission. Be also served the Fort Klamath Church. Neufeld and laymen realized the need for an adequate building. With the Interest ot District Super intendent Or. Sydney Hall, a pro gram was begun which resulted in raising funds to construct the church. Excavation began In June, 1937, and by October 24 the build in? was completed, a dedication program held with Bishop Titus Lowe presiding. . FEW UNPAID Only one bait of one percent of the pledges were unpaid at the close of the fund drive. The trus- Saether. J. B. Hamilton and Mrs. John Lott. FMU1D jucuuvern, uigu school Instructor, drew .up the preaching, usually held In the lob by ot the Ions since razed Rkeen hotel, which was , located ' across from the depot. The district super intendent occasionally came for ,' potluck meals at homes and ser vices were held later in the day. A Rev. Cookingham of the Mis sion board, who was stationed at Williamson River Mission, held the first regular services and helped ; local people erect a church build- ' ing. The place is now owned by Roy Gienger and occupied by the Sidney Burgdorfs, but it is better known to old timers as the George Horton residence. The present church is located at the other end ot the same block. The land had been donated by Charles Btrow bridge. The only active member then wlio is still in touch with the local church is Mrs. Ray Mo Keever of Cutler City, who has been visiting during this summer. BILL PARSONAGE By ism there was need for a parsonage and a larger church. The parsonage was built on the hill halfway between the school level and the Roy Gienger home and Is now owned By Asa Miller. The Ladles Aid invested $200 in ex. cavatlng adjoining lots for a church and the first building was sold. Con struction plans fell through, how ever, and due to the depression, ana lor the next thirteen years rented locations were used. Services from 1926-1932 were held In the parsonage, the school, in the present location of the Youth Cen ter, and in the former two story telephone building .which faced Markwardfs garage and was on land now filled by Frosty's service station, years of poor building ar rangement, mixups on moving. neighbors who objected to the en thusiastic singing, the town jokes about the moving Methodists fol lowed. The telephone building lo cation was also the scene of a tra gedy. A four year old bov. Jack Alameter Jr., darted between two parked cars on his way to Sunday school and was struck by another car driven by a youth also on his way to service. During these interim years the Rev. Dean Poindexter, now of Bend, and the Rev. Cotton had lived at the Mission. The Rev nd Mrs. J. Ross Ferguson occupied the parsonage, were active in the church school and build up emotl-d iicir. At was aunng mis period that the church went out from un der the mission board and be came a self-organized group. MORE SPACE It was necessary to have more space so again a move was made, this time to the Gienger building at the south end of Main Street, now used as a grain storage. The many small rooms were ideal for Sunday school rooms. The Rev. Harvey DeVries, now of Portland, was here at that time as a student minister. It was his first charge, and he had not yet completed his training for the ministry. The Rev. Ben Davis, a recent visitor here from Baldwin Park. Caiil., was his successor. Through his help an improved system of church organization and finance was set up. Church books were au dited regularly and business meet ings called. He was transferred during the winter months and the Rev. A. J. Neufield, guest speaker at the an niversary this Sunday, took up the plans and his shop classes helped construct the news. - ... : The Rev. Lee Mooney replaces the Rev. Neufeld In 1939 and -was here when, the Pine Ridge fire des troyed the , uveiinooa w many rhureh members. With their moving, further building plans to a- 1 Sunday scnooi rooms to we church had to be sneivea. xne nev. Moonev left to enter the army as a chaplain, and has since been en gaged in YMCA work In the Puget Sound area. The Rev. Gilbert Brown, wno came in 1942, was the first to oc cupy the present parsonage, pur chased from the Frank Lamoos Brown.also, was the first to serve just Chiloquin and Fort Klamath, the missionary work at Williamson River having been combined with Beatty .nd Bly work, an arrange ment that continues today. VISITING MINISTERS The Browns left after a year and ' for several months there were visiting ministers. In October 1943, the Rev. L. J. buck ana fam ily came. -. TV, o nawnnni,. V, a H hMn enlarged slightly the previous year, and was again increased. The Bucks leit more than memories of excellent church work when they were trans ferred to Elkton after nearly three years. Juanita, their oldest daugh ter, married a local man home from service, Forest Freid. Last January the Rev. Buck read the wedding service again for a mem ber ' of his family: his second daughter married Leroy Gienger Jr. The Rev. Buck came from Tualatin for this event. - ' The Crusade for Christ cam paign began in 1944-45,. and was over subscribed by the end ot the second year. At the conference it was reported , tnat cruioquln held the record the highest donation per membership given In the United states. James Zeller, a student minister, replaced Buck and was resident pastor at the time of the 10th annl versary of the dedication of the church. This event drew 57 out-of- towners. The Rev. Neufeld, coming from Lakevlew, officiated both In the pulpit and by baptizing the first child born, to the first couple married In the church building. 1 (Dallas Veraons of Klamath rans.i The Rev. Gene Elliott came in 194 and began the release time classes, so that children can come to the church for one half hour each -week to receive religious in struction. The Elliotts were anxious to do missionary. work and In '49 were assigned to Alaska', but there was no one available to fill the local pastorate. . Ross Ferguson, By men reureu in the Williamson River district. walked or found a ride to town each Sunday morning. He helped with the ' Sunday school and preached, then went to the mission for afternoon services, ine oio gentleman was growing increasing ly deaf and frail.- He died nearly two years ago, after a lifetime of service to' others. , . No Methodist minister was avail able until the following June, al' though a non-denominational man was here for a lew momns. in early July, 1950, the morale of the church improved with the appoint ment of the Rev. C Ellery Echlln. He, his wife and children bad only been back In the states for a year. following a five year missionary service in Honduras. During the nast three years, many new ac tivities and policies of the church have been adopted. ' Lay teachers were .used for re- lease time classes, a spring visita tion program and laymen's Sunday were Inaugurated, an intermediate Methodist Youth Fellowship was organized Ho' augment the work done by the senior MYF. Folding partitions were Installed - in tne basement, which was. pain tea. A regular choir was1, organized, in early. '52, the first choir since the 12 years of cnoir aireciion oy Mrs. Jean Blake, now Mrs. J. B. Hamil ton, of Gilchrist. A junior choir of Freed Prisoner Now Learns He Won Medal Of Honor T v. -w 1 TS . 1 J f ! I Mat Avomen want i to kn ow 1 I about the I Kinsev 1 Report x I Can the Kiniey Rf port on Tomra help bring them happinras in marriage? The LadW Home Journal interpret! the forthcoming "Sexual Behavior in Anwr- i lean Vomen" from thia X one important aspect. Get J ? your eopv of the sVpeem- t ber Journal today I Y SIPTEMIER UOIll' MM f ! JOURNAL! . a . l ILlf. tuMf. orffinuea. . ua una year primary choir for girls. All thrn srouns now have robes. In January the church began pay ments on an eiecino '". STANTON TAKES OVEB. , . Now. as the Rev. Edmund Stan ton and his wife are taking over ihein first nastorage, following sev en 'years of college and divinity school training, the church: has 48 members., a Sunday school aver age of 45-50 In the summer, 5-70 in the winter, an active WSCS. and well chosen trustees and, commit tees, r';'-'rj.' i : Back through the years there have been innumerable examples of church Influence In lives of local residents, wonderful leadership by pastors, struggles to keep an ac tive church, numerous hours ot hard' work to earn money to make all the payments, and memories of laughs which come when people worship and work together.. There was tha time, lor example, when a group of women working at the para mage moved a ladder and went home for lunch leaving one of the women stranded in (he attic, where she was replacing the elec tric wiring. .Another time a group was repapering a room and got as much paste on themselves as on the paper. Again, a boy choir mem ber fell off a seat during a solemn moment In a service, and in June of this year a picnic bench 'upset just In time to change the emotion of farewells to the Ecniins irom tears to laughter. , v. FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea 141 A shy young Japanese American who all alone held back attacking Reds while his men withdrew re turned from a Communist prison,! Thursday to learn with astonish ment that he had won the Medal of Honor. . , - Sgt. Hlroshl H. Miyamura ot Gal lup. N. M., looked bewildered when Brig, Gen. Ralph Osborne, said news that Sgt.. Hlroshl H. Miyam ura, 27, of Gallup, N. 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