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
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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.
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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. M., had won
America's highest award for hero-
Ism was kept secret because he
was a prisoner and "the Commu
nists might have made it rough
for mm" if they had known.
There were no official records
here to show when Miyamura won
the medal, but alter much coaxing
he shyly acknowledged tlmt It prob
ably was in the battle just oeiore
his capture April 25, 19M. '
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He commanded a machine sun
squad of 15 men in the 3rd di
vision when thousands of Chinese
attacked along the Imjin River.
When tha Reds overran Dart ot
his position, Miyamura said, "I
told my men to pull back a little
I stayed and fired until they got
there, then I went back too. '
"There were Just five ot us left
In our new positions we fired the
guns and threw grenades until we
ran out of ammo and grenades.
men I told the men to withdraw
I let them go and I was covering
toem wun an mi rule.
"After they took off I went my
DANCE
Modern and old time dancing
Every Sat, Nile 9 p.m. to 1 o.m.
Music by Four Clovers.
K.C. HALL. Public Invited.
self.-1 ran into some Climes 'and
they threw some grenades and
wounded me In the leg. I kept
going but got hung up on our own
wire."
That was when the Chinese cap
tured him. .
CM his award,' Miyamura said:
"It surprised me. On of the mea
must have got out to tell a tout
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as his Communist captors marched 1
him to the rear he saw 40 to M
Chinese bodies In front ot the peti
tion his squad had defended.
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