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mortgage on the parsonage was entirely paid, first officers elected w ere: Rev. D, J. W al­ ler* Jr.* president; W. H. Brooke, vice presi­ freeing the church completely o f debt. dent; A. N. Yost* secretary; V. B. Cummings* Church o f Christ corresponding secretary; E. B. Tustin* treas­ urer. Rooms were secured in the second and Starting out a few years ago with only a third floors of the Dentler building* and in­ few members who held regular meetings in a cluded a meeting hall* reading and game rooms* room over the Hess jew elry store, the congre­ which were conveniently fitted up and nicely gation of the Church o f Clirist has grown furnished. rapidly until now they own a large corner lot In 1899 the William Xeal property was pur* at Fourth and W est streets and occupy a chased and rearranged for the use of the asso­ handsome frame structure built upon the West ciation. Dr. W aller was president until 1894* street side of the tot. Intervening between and his successors were Dr. J. P. Welsh* S. C. those two extremes* however* there were years Creasy, F. X. Turner, C. H. Albert and W. L. o f struggle and toil, the results of which the White. The successive secretaries were li. V. congregation is now reaping. A fte r purchas­ Armstrong* C. E. Kcsty, C. D. Lynn* B. F. ing the present lot they built a small rude Armstrong* U. G. M oigain, A. E. Barton and structure on Fourth street in which they met W. H. W alters. until it proved to be inadequate to meet the Excellent work was done, but the financial demands of the congregation* so the present support w as not sufficient to warrant a con­ structure w as erected. tinuance, so in December, 1905, an offer h av­ T his church wa.s orgwizc<t March lo* 1902* ing been made fo r the purchase of the prop­ the first pastor being Kev. R. H. Sawtellc, of erty, it was sold to Caidw'cll Consistory fo r the Stillwater Cliurch. H e was succeeded in $12*000, and the association suspended A p ril 1904 by Rev. G. C. Zeigler. Following pastors I * 1906. T hey then purchased from j. L. have been Revs. H. R. Bixell, 19 10 - 12; H. H. Dillon the PhiUips lot, on Market street, next Carter, 19 12 - 1 4; and C V. Huffer, the pres­ to the post office, for $8,000, and in April* ent pastor. T he present officers of the church 1Q06, sold 4 feet front and 90 feet depth to a r e : G. G. Baker, A. M. Stevens, W. Brook­ the First National Bank for $i,^X ). The re ­ ing, J . W. Mordan* A . L . W alter, C . D. Foll­ mainder of the lot is still owned by (he A sso ­ mer, O. W. Ashworth, Charles Munson. ciation, but is vacant* and there is no imme­ diate prospect o f its being utilized for Y. M. Pentecostal Church C. A. purposes. T he Eighth Street Mission Church was erected in 1803 by W. B. Cummings, and was Y O t :N U W O S a F .N 'S C U R I S T I A S A S S O C IA T IO N first called the Methodist Mission. On Ju ly 9 * 1908, it w as organized as the Pentecostal A power for good in the life o f Bloomsburg Church of the Nazarene* with Kev. H. G. was the Young Women’s CTiristiaii A ssocia­ Trum bauer as pastor H e served until July* 19 12, when he accepted a call elsewhere, and tion, which* organized several years ago, cnw as succeeded by Rev. H. N. Haas* who be­ dcavorcfl and succeeded in doing for the g irls of the town what the Young Men’s Christian gan his pastorate on A pril 1, 19 13. Association did fo r the men. Not only w as the religious part of the girls' lives given carefu l M, E. Church direction, hut classes in practical subjects w ere The A frican Methodist Episcopal G iurch conducted, the better preparing them for fu ­ w as organized in 1870. Rev. 1>. J. Waller* Sr., ave the building site on First street* near ture careers. Located in the Evans building, farkct* and M rs. E dgar donated the lumber the Association succeeded in getting close to for the building. T he first pastor w as Rev. a large number of the girls of the coinniunity John Henson* who had hccn a slave at one and the work has without doubt left its im ­ time. H is successor was Rev. William West. print. Many social affairs given under the The present pastor is Rev. W. T. Watson, who direction of the Association aided mightily in also has charge of the Danville Church. maintaining interest. Unfortunately the w ork lagged for want o f financial support, and the Y O C K C M K S ' S C H R I S T I A N A S S O C IA T IO N organization disbanded. M rs. George E. W il­ T lic Y. M. C. A. o f Bloomsbui^ was organ­ bur w as the organizer and the leading spirit ized Nov. 16* 1890, in Hartman’s hall, and the during its cxistctKC.

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