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But a very few of the original membership remain with us.
The present cabinet is composed of the following persons :
Superintendent Ina Spangler
President. Marguerite Kerrick
Second Vice-President Frank Ramsey
Third Vice-President Florence Ford
Fourth Vice-President Allington J. Jolly
Secretary Arthur B. Jolly
Treasurer
Lloyd Beecher
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OUR LADIES' AID SOCIETY
The origin of this society seems to be shrouded in mystery. Nothing whatever is known concerning it, as no written records were kept, but it is reasonable to suppose that as soon as the church was organized some form of a woman's society was started. The following ladies have served as president :
Mrs. C. B. Johnston. 1890-1895
Mrs. Adam Haig 1895-1905
Mrs. F. A. Ehringer 1905-1908
Mrs. George Garrison.
1908-1910
Mrs. Gilbert Combes.
1910-1912
Mrs. F. A. Ehringer 1912
Since 1900 it has contributed about $1,500 for church and parsonage improvements. Of this sum, $616.00 was paid for the erection of the present church.
OFFICERS LADIES AID 1914
President.
Mrs. F. A. Ehringer Secretary Mrs. Wm. Johnston
Treasurer Mrs. Clara Ramsey
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OUR W. F. M. S.
We note that in 1875 this society is credited with $43, showing an organization, but it lasted only a short time, as the next year it drops to $2.
The society was organized by Mrs. O. T. Dwinnell April 28, 1890, with 21 members, as follows:
Mrs. J. R. Tweddale
Mrs. J. E. Barnes
Mrs. B. Butler
Mrs. J. E. Connor
Mrs. Clara Beckwith
Lenna Gill
Mrs. C. B. Johnston
Ida C. Boys
Mrs. A. Sangbush
Lottie Stephens
Mrs. De Moss
Alice Blackmon
Mrs. J. Hollenbach
Laura McCulloch
Mrs. Wm. Sharp
Lizzie Grove
Mrs. R. McCulloch
Emma Butler
Mrs. Charles Boys
Emma Houck
Mrs. A. Combes
The presidents follow in their order:
Mrs. C. B. Johnston. 1890-1895
Mrs. A. Sangbush 1895-1898
Mrs. J. E. Barnes. 1898-1899
Mrs. G. L. Taylor 1899-1900
Mrs. J. Powell 1900-1901
Mrs. George Moschel
1901-1902
Mrs. A. Sangbush 1902-1905
Mrs. G. M. Boswell 1905-1908
Laura McCulloch. 1908-1909
Mrs. A. Sangbush
1909-1910
Mrs. Adam Haig.
1910-1913
Lenna Gill 1913
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The contributions of the W. F. M. S. during these years have been large and continuous since 1890.
1890
$ 23.81
1902
$ 79.14
1891
25.23
1903
104.68
1892
28.65
1904
108.52
1893
26.08
1905
135.98
1894.
36.78
1906
111.62
1895
50.97
1907
113.33
1896
45.63
1908
128.36
1897
63.18
1909
98.82
1898
75.78
1910
119.63
1899
62.68
1911
129.68
1900
77.57
1912
109.60
1901
74.76
1913
85.55
$590.82
$1,324.91
Here we have a grand total from this society, from organization to date, of $1,915.73.
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OFFICERS W. F. M. S. 1914
President Lenna Gill
Vice-President. Mrs. N. M. Spangler Recording and Corresponding Sec. ..... Mrs. J. E. Barnes Treasurer. Mrs. F. A. Ehringer
Mite Box Superintendent Mrs. Wm. Jchrston
CHOIR 1914 C. E. Spangler
Frank Combes
J. W. Combes C. S. Holman
Hazael Spangler
Ina Spangler Ethel Ehringer / Mildred Combes
Allie Combes Irma Moschel Edyth Mason Mary Green Maude Miller
Mrs. A. J. Jolly
Mrs. C. S. Holman Mrs. J. H. Moschel Mrs. F. Quiram Myrtle Combes Mrs. R. E. Patterson H. E. Tweddale
A. B. Jolly
A. J. Jolly
J. E. Moschel
SUGGESTIVE FACTS-SUMMARY OF FIFTY YEARS
Given to Missions (Foreign) $ 3,000.00
Largest sum (1874) 180.00
Church Improvement from 1872 18,000.00
Largest sum expended (1906) 6,500.00
Property Valuation, 1868
1,500.00
Property Valuation, 1914
15,500.00
Conversions in Sunday School.
450
Largest number (1909) 30
Probationers each year- Largest number (1856) 60
Recorded Adult Baptisms. 350
Largest number (1868) 28
Recorded Children Baptized.
115
Largest number (1909) 24
Ministers appointed 32
Ministers deceased. 12
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Presiding Elders in charge
Presiding Elders deceased
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Deceased Ministers.
B. P. Wheat
J. G. Blair
G. W. Burns Jos. Hart
A. C. Price G. L. Taylor
G. B. Snedaker J. F. James
Benj. Applebee V. B. Denning
N. W. Atkins
John Borland
Deceased Presiding Elders.
S. C. G. Worthington
F. M. Chaffee
John Luccock
J. D. Smith
Francis Smith
B. W. Baker
Richard Haney Thomas Doney
J. W. Haney
Richard Crewes
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OLDEST LIVING MEMBER Jacob Hollenback, Born July 14, 1827
YOUNGEST CRADLE ROLL BABY Sylvia H. Taylor, Born April 28, 1913
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OUR HONORED DEAD.
Charles Boys
June
12, 1902
Aurelia Boys.
May,
1913
Mildred Barnes
April,
1881
Lewis D. Blackmon
Aug. 27,1894
Julia Bocock
May 26, 1904
Isaac Boys.
1906
Amanda Blackmon
May
24,1911
Elizabeth Baker
Feb.
7, 1911
Ellen J. Bell
March 27, 1911
Robert Barnes
1879
Susan Butler
April
13, 1910
Merinda Clemens.
Feb.
26, 1859
John P. Clemens
Meriah Cummings
Nov.
18, 1873
Daniel Chambers (in the army)
William Cotton
June
4, 1877
D. F. Clark.
1886
Alfred Combes
Aug.
22, 1900
Betsy Combes.
Jan.
11, 1902
Lydia Cochran.
April
28, 1909
Daniel Davis
Nov.
21, 1858
Lydia DeBolt.
1890
Marion Day
Aug.,
1891
Lillis Day
Feb.
4, 1885
Susan Eberhart
Eben W. Eberhart
Lydia Fisher
Feb.
9, 1888
Elmira Fraser
April
21,1912
Elizabeth Feasel
Jan.
28, 1907
Wm. Gibbs (in the army)
Hannah Genoway
Henry Gill
April
30, 1912
Minnie Boys Gill
May
8, 1910
James Hall
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Ovil A. Henthon
Oct.
15, 1864
Jane Hollenbach.
Nov.,
1858
J. C. Houck.
Jan.
25, 1897
Elizabeth Houck.
Aug. : 21, 1899
Margaret Hoover
Oct.
13, 1895
Margaret Hollenbach
Aug.
17, 1900
Henry W. Hull
Joseph Holman.
March 10, 1904
Emily Herrick
Nov.
16, 1909
Henry Hollenbach
1907
Edward Harris
Feb.
3,1859
Jane Iliff
Caroline Iliff
April
8, 1864
John Iliff
Charles Iliff
Robert Iliff
Dec.
7, 1904
Mrs. Ivins.
Feb.
10, 1905
James Kirby
Feb.,
1882
J. W. Miller.
Jan.,
1867
Rachael Miller
Emma Moschel.
Jan.
13, 1902
Robert McCulloch
Feb.
24, 1905
James G. McWhinney
Aug.
28, 1912
Rebecca McCulloch.
March
8, 1896
Thomas Newport.
Nathan Preston.
David Perry
July
3,1908
James Rea.
Nov.
24, 1907
Elinor B. Rea
1900
Winnie Sangbush
Jan.
25, 1904
David Snyder
April
22, 1895
Maybel Schultz
1902
Oscar Shugart
April,
1905
David Riffey
Dec.
17,1896
Ruth Riffey
July
29, 1893
Harold A. Joseph
Aug.
25, 1899
LaFayette Ingle
Sept.
12, 1913
Henry Schafer
March 12, 1908
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Wm. Thompson
Aug.
11, 1864
George F. Taylor
Aug. 30,1902
Mary Weaver
Aug., 1865
Mary Watt
April
28, 1865
Thomas G. Wells
Dec.
3, 1907
Jesse R. Weaver
Dec.
23, 1904
Nicholas Watt
July 13, 1912
Sophia Wineteer
March 9, 1907
Lewis Younger
March 16, 1904
Ellen Younger
Jan. 3,1908
Phoebe Younger
Nov.
29, 1910
OUR LOCAL PREACHERS.
James D. Barnes
R. A. Cowen (received into Trav. Con. 1859)
W. A. Cummings (received into Trav. Con.) Sam P. Ogle-Local Deacon
A. Kerrick-Local Deacon
Nimrod Kerrick-Local Elder
Jeter Foster Wesley Akers
"BETHEL" CHURCH OF LOWPOINT.
The transaction which gave to Methodism the prop- erty above named occurred in 1851. The deed trans- fers a certain lot of land from Conrad H. Tool and wife "to the Board of Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church and their assigns forever." Isaac Boys was one of the original trustees.
In the summer of that year the church was built. This old meeting house for a long time previous to its connection with Washburn, was used by the Methodists in their work of salvation. There is no record extant which will give the data of these first years, so full of hope and promise.
However, we know that the "Circuit Riders" visited in regular order, month by month, and were enter- tained in the homes of the Fosters and the Clarks. There were two local preachers living in the vicinity, Jeter Foster, the grandfather of Brother Henry Fos- ter, and Wesley Akers, both of whom did good service among the neighborhood folk.
In 1875 Lowpoint became an out-appointment of Washburn, and together they make "Washburn charge."
Several good revivals have been held since 1875, and many accessions to the church are reported.
November 19, 1911, the Lowpoint Local Union Church came into being. A weekly service is held
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by the pastor of Washburn church, but purely as a UNION service. This plan was rendered imperative by the varied denominations represented in the village. The Sunday School has been for many years superin- tended by Mrs. R. E. Hood. Though not a member of the church, Mr. Clark has been active in the official life of the society many years. At 73 years of age, he was the oldest resi- dent friend of the G. M. CLARK 1841-1914. church. He was killed by a train April 20, 1914.
"BETHEL" CHURCH 1851.
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OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH
Trustees at Washburn.
F. A. Ehringer
J. R. Tweddale
F. A. Combes
F. G. Gill
J. W. Combes
Thomas Kerrick
F. B. Ireland Hughes Pritchard
George Moschel
Trustees at Lowpoint
F. D. Banta
G. M. Clark
A. L. Banta
Thomas Drennen
Eilert Fries
Nathan Owen
Stewards at Washburn
J. W. Combes
Geo. Moschel
Benj. Schafer
A. Sangbush
Thomas Kerrick
C. E. Spangler
Martin Hoover
Mrs. A. Sangbush
F. B. Ireland
Mrs. W. E. Taylor
Mrs. J. Hollenbach
Mrs. F. A. Ehringer
H. E. Tweddale John Schafer
F. A. Combes C. S. Holman
President of Epworth League F. A. Combes
Superintendent of Junior League Ina Spangler
Superintendent of Sunday School John E. Moschel President of Ladies' Aid Mrs. F. A. Ehringer President of W. F. M. S Lenna Gill Church Treasurer C. E. Spangler
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PRESENT MEMBERSHIP
Barnes, J. E.
Crank J. Millard
Barnes, M. E.
Crank, Grace
Barnes, Matilda
Carrithers, Lillie*
Barnes, Eva
Drennen, Thomast
Beecher, Susie
Drennen, Ellent
Beecher, Grace
Dohman, Ida*
Beecher, Leon
DeGuibert, Daisy
Beecher, Lloyd
DeBolt, Mrs. Chas. * Drennen, Olive
Bocock, W. H.
Eberhart, Maryt
Bocock, W. H.
Eberhart, Myrtle*
Banta, Frankt
Ehringer, F. A.
Banta, A. L.t
Ehringer, Ida
Baeckler, Maryt
Ehringer, Emma
Boon, Eva F .*
Ehringer, Della
Cochran, David C .*
Ehringer, Bert*
Cochran, Anton*
Ehringer, Bertha
Ehringer, Seva
Ehringer, Clyde
Combes, Clara
Ehringer, Gail A.
Combes, Mildred
Combes. Frank A.
Ehringer, Beulah
Combes, Laura
Ehringer, Ethel
Combes, J. W.
Furrow, Ella
Combes, Mary A.
Furrow, Nellie
Combes, Myrtle
Furrow, Ruby
Combes, Allie
Furrow, Hazel
Combes, Phoebe
Clark, Edna M.f
Clark, Georget
Ford, Sarah
Ford, Florence
Ford, William
Corbin, Florine*
Ford, Alva
Corbin, Ethel*
Foster, Henry
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Furrow, Mrs. David
Ford, Edward
Carter, May*
Corbin, Anna
Cochran, Russell*
Combes, Gilbert
Ehringer, Irma
Beecher, Eva C.
Colborn, James Colborn, Mattie Fries, Eilertt Fries, Clarat Faw, Millie Gill, Amanda Gill, Frank G. Gill, Sarah
Gill, Roy*
Gill, Ralph*
Gill, Lenna Gill, Herbert Gill, Bertha
Garrison, Sadie Gingerich, Elsie
Guiscking, Alice*
Griggs, Thomas
Griggs, Mrs. Thomas
Hoover, Martin
Hoover, Lizzie
Haig, Adam Haig, Agnes
Haig, John*
Hollenbach, Jacob
Hollenbach, Mary
Harmon, Anna Holman, C. S.
Holman, Josephine
Harper, Charles
Harper, Bessie Hood, Fanniet
Hood, Eurat
Hood, Florencet Haney, Earl*
Haney, Fanny* Hook, John W.
Hook, Nora B. Jolly, C. Nora
Foster, Laura Jolly, Harold U. Johnson, Powellt
Johnston, Wm. Johnston, Clara
Johnston, Ora
Johnston, Clarence*
Iliff, Alice
Iliff, Herbert
Iliff, Harry
Iliff, George
Iliff, Frank*
Iliff, Myrtle*
Iliff, Mary E.
Iliff, Charles*
Iliff, Ray*
Iliff, Clara
Ireland, F. B.
Ireland, Caroline
Ireland, Harrison
Ireland, Cady C .*
Ivins, Jessiet* Kunkle, Flora*
Kerrick, Thomas
Kerrick, Margaret
Kerrick, Marguerite
Kalb, Ellen
Kalb, Norabell
Lewis, J. A .*
Lewis, Elizabeth*
Little, Della
McCulloch, Laura Mc Whinney, Cath- arine Mc Whinney, Eva Mc Whinney, Clara Moschel, George Moschel, Irma
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Jolly, Arthur B. Jolly, Allington J. McCauley, Flora* McNeff, James Moschel, Elizabeth
Magee, Elsie*
Meink, Daisy*
Mason, Edyth
Owen, Ilat Nelson, Rita
Perry, Kate
Perry, Mary*
Perry, Myrtle*
Pritchard, Hughes
Pritchard, Edith
Patterson, Frances
Peabody, Florence
Porch, Rufus* Porch, Mrs. *
Quiram, C. B.
Ramsey, Clara
Ramsey, Frank
Ruark, Sangbush, August
Sangbush, Etta
Sangbush, Maimee
Schafer, John
Schafer, Emma
Schafer, Anna B.
Schafer, Ethel F.
Schafer, Ethel V.
Schafer, Susanna Simpkins, Emma Spangler, N. M.
Spangler, Clara
Spangler, Hazel
Spangler, Ina M. Spangler, Arthur L.
Moschel, John E. Spangler, Bessie Spangler, C. E. Spangler, Madge Schultz, John Schultz, Clara Schultz, H. G. Sands, Martha*
Shugart, Mary
Shugart, Wilber
Shugart, Warren
Shugart, Mabel E.
Sommers, E. J. Sommers, Katie E.
Shrieve, Sophia*
Spangler, Anna
Schafer, Benj. Tweddale, Rosa B.
Tweddale, Harry E. Tweddale, Irma
Taylor, Orpha
Wineteer, George
Wineteer, Jessie Wells, Ruth*
Wendland, Eliza
Wendland, Iva Watt, Ruth
West, Lola E .*
Wayt, Mittie Wyat, Florence
Younger, Alfred *
Younger, Flora* Younger, Benj .*
Younger, Charles*
*Lowpoint Non Resident
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HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
Under Whose Auspices This Work Was Compiled
Church at Large
J. E. Barnes August Sangbush
Official Board
F. A. Combes J. R. Tweddale
F. A. Ehringer
Ladies' Aid Society
Mrs. A. Sangbush
Mrs. F. A. Ehringer
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Mrs. J. E. Barnes Mrs. Lenna Gill
Epworth League
Mrs. C. E. Spangler Miss Maimee Sangbush
Miss Clara Mc Whinney
Sunday School
J. W. Combes Thomas Kerrick
Junior League
Miss Ina Spangler
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