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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES

A. W. H arvey. William Bcrkcy, M rs. Jennie B crkcy. Miss Blanche Bcrkcy, M iss Maine Berkey. M rs. O. M. Mess, M iss Ida Berkey, Albert C. Young, M rs. Jessie Young, H arry O. M cH enry, M rs. W. F. M cEw en, M rs. Jen ­ nie Mann, Mrs. Lizzie Hartman, M rs. Einora L. Trcscott. T he present church, a neat frame, seating about 225 persons, w as erected in 1905 and dedicatcil Ju ly 29, 1906. Its loU l cost was $7,000. The congregation is about 200, and the Sunday school. 150. l l i e pastors have Ijccn: Rev. I.. O. Knipp, who preached for a time as su pply; Rev. H. J. Dutlley. the first .settled p astor; Rev. George C. Z c ig lcr; Rev. Theodore B. Shaffer, who was accidentally killed while assisting at the con­ struction o f a tabernacle in 19 13 fo r the Slough evangelistic cam paign; and Rev. C. M. lam s, who came in March, 19 14, and is still occupying the pulpit. T he ciders o f this church in 19 14 a r e : K. P. M cH enry, S. S. Michael, A. C. Young, O. M. H ess; deacons: Milton Sitler, L evi Blank, Luther Coates, Charles Zimmerman, Charles W oolley, Charles M cH enry, John Hartman. John Kyttle, John Wilson. C a r le s Chamber­ lain.

ice in the Austrian army. His successor was Father John N. Dannekcr, o f Lock Haven. Pa., who took chaige in 19 14. Father Petro­ vits spoke and read nine languages; Father Dannekcr speaks only three. These ri^uircments are necessitated by the many nationali­ ties represented in the congregation.

Z u in g li R efo rm ed Church

Rev. M. M. Alibeck, the pastor o f Holy T rinity Lutheran Church o f Berwick, made a canvass of the territory now known as West Berwick and. as a result o f his labors, organ­ ized a Sunday school M ay 26. 19 0 1. T he first session was held in the old “ White schoolhouse’’ in the afternoon with fifty-three per­ sons in attendance. Rev. M r. Alibeck first acted as superintendent, until the election of R u fu s Funk to fill the position. T he other officers were as fo llo w s: Adam Smith, assist­ ant superintendent; .A. G. Birt, secretary; W. C. Bond, treasurer; M iss Emma Pullen, o r­ ganist. .After the session o f Sunday school on M ay 4, 1902, Rev. M r. Allbeck issued the call fo r the organization o f a congregation. A consti­ tution and by-laws were at once adopted. T he following persons were elected and installed as the first church officers: Deacons— Dean Funk, F. V. Hildebrand. William Pullen. Elders— Charles Pullen, George H. M yers, Samuel Michael. T he charter members of the congregation w ere: 1)0.10 Funk. Georjgc H. M yers. Mrs. George M yers, Samuel Michael. Mrs. Samuel Michael, W illard Micliael, W illiam Pullen, M rs. William Pullen, Charles Pullen. Emma Pullen, Z . T . Kcaglc, F. V. Hildebrand.

was established in i<^3 and the same year the fram e building on Vine street w as built. The congregation numbers about ninety, and the present pastor is Rev. D. J. Ely. Roman Catholics St. M ary’s Roman Catholic Church was es­ tablished m 1902, and the present handsome fram e church on M ulberry and Cemetery streets w as built in 1903. Some services were held in Berwick during the building of the canal, but the arture of the workmen who had formed the congregation caused the services to he ab.vndoncd fo r a time. Father J . R. Murphy, pastor of the Blooms­ burg Church, organized a mission in Ber­ wick in 1902. and in (he following year suc­ ceeded in getting together funds fo r the erec­ tion of the present church. H e continued to serve the Berwick Church until his departure fo r Hanover. Pa., where he Is now in charge o f St. Vincent’s Church. Father Joseph Petrovits w as the next pas­ tor, serving until the bc^nning of the great Eurcqican war. when he volunteered fo r serv­

Sah'alion A rm y T he Salvation A rm y has hccn established in Berwick fo r ten years and has done excellent work among Ihe poor and needy. The local corps is under the chaigc o f Captain Hen­ derson. W E S T R E R W IC K C H U R C H E S

With a large foreign population, speaking ten or more different la n ^ a g c s or dialects. W est Berwick is providco with many small churches, most of them missions, and all built since the growth of the ]>opulation o f Berwick forced the laying out o f this separate borough beside the older one. Grace Lutheran Church