Record Book D: 1915

[1915]

At the prayer meeting, Feb. 11 the pastor read a letter of dismission and recommendation of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cook from the 1st Baptist Church of Factoryville, Pa. On motion they were received as members of this church.

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Commencing Feb. 28, 1915 We commenced a series of revival meetings in a tabernacle reaching from the Baptist to the Methodist Church in connection with that body the Presbyterians refusing to unite. There was good interest from the first.

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At the home for Aged women Sister [Susan] Whitcomb passed away early Sat. morning March 20, 1915 having received internal injuries by a fall.

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Sister Hannah Mayborn passed away at her home 203(?) West Main St. after a lingering illness.

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The revival meeting closed on Sunday evening April 11. The results are marvelous: many have been born again and many of the present members who had come indifferent were revived.

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At the prayer meeting, Apr. 15 the following persons were received as candidates for baptism and afterward Church membership: Mrs. Alice M. Masters, Earl(?) L. McKelvy and his wife Dorothy S., Arthur Wright, Jessie May Powell, Leo K. Powell, Louis McFadden and his wife Myrtie M., Lee ODay and his wife Charlotte E., Lizzie M. Allison and her daughter Beulah M., Mrs. Lizzie Swartz, William J. Moir, William J. Harper and his wife Emma, Mrs. Mary Miller, Bruce Mathewson, Guy C. Watson, Florence H. Dittman, Mrs. Sarah Wilson, Mrs. Myrtle Carr, Henry G. Wagner and his wife Lillian, Ruth Van Scoter, Chester Van Scoter, Mrs. Carrie De Long, Mrs. Alice Sobjak and her daughter Gertrude, Charles H. Lusk, Dell Kester, Mrs. Nettie I. Deitzen, Doris F. Webster, George Whitney, Edward R. James, Mrs. Rose H. Stickney. Also Mrs. Anna Harvey and William J. Allison were received on their Christian experience both having been baptized.

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Fellowship Meeting

The annual church and society meeting was called together Apr. 17 at 2.20 P.M. by Brother D.G. Sackett who nominated the Pastor as the moderator of the meeting. After listening to the report of the various societies and transacting the business of the meeting the society adjourned and reassembled as a church meeting. Sang What a Friend we have in Jesus.

Report of the church clerk. Report follows

Numbers of members reported in 1914 407

Added by baptism 33

experience 4

letter 8

Total additions 45

Diminished by letter 10

Death 15

Erasure 7

Total Diminutions 32

Net Gain 13

Membership Apr. 1, 1915 420

Obituary report read by Mrs. G.O. King, one of the deaths reported being that of the sisters that appears on our roll as Miss Carrie Budd who married George E. Powell and died at Englishtown N.J. in March, 1914 but had not been reported to the clerk. 129 registered at the meeting and letters were read from Jennie Prescott, Mildred Wiltsie, Rose Carlson, Nathan K. and Margaret S. Martin, Dora Cady, M. Helen Randall, George J. Tuttle, Maud Johnson, Martha M. Hughes and Charles W. Fargo. Brother N. Roy and sister Margaret Martin asked for letters of dismission and recommendation to the Sinclairville Baptist Church. Moved and seconded that their request be granted. Motion prevailed. Sister Janice Stedman asked for a certificate of Christian character to unite with the 1st M.E. Church of Batavia, N.Y. Moved and seconded that her request be granted. The motion prevailed. Sister Heremine(?) Mauer asked for a certificate of Christian character that she might join the Grace Gospel Church Brooklyn, N.Y. Moved and seconded that her request be granted. Motion prevailed.

Sunday, April 18 at the close of the evening service Bro. Louis B. Barton related his Christian experience and on motion he was received as a candidate for baptism and afterward church membership. Afterwards the pastor baptized the following brethren and sisters: Dell Kester, Mrs. Alice McMaster, Earl L. McKelvey, Dorothy S. McKelvey, Arthur M. Wright, Beulah Minnie Allison, Wm. J. Moir, Mrs. Mary Miller, Bruce Matheson, Guy C. Watson, Florence H. Dittman, Henry G. Wagner, Lillian May Wagner, Edward R. James, Ruth E. Van Scoter and Louis B. Barton.

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Prayer meeting, Apr. 22 our sister Mrs. Frank Martin presented a letter of dismission and recommendation from the Stockton, N.Y. church. Moved and seconded that she be accepted as a member of this church. The motion prevailed. Mrs. Phoebe J. Potter and Ernest Roberts related their Christian experience and as they had both been baptized upon a motion they were received as members of this church. At the same meeting the following brethren and sisters related their Christian experience and separate motions they were received as candidates for baptism and afterward church membership: Gains McKelvy, Mrs. Chas. H. James, Merle G. De Long, Mr. & Mrs. James W. Cave, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. D. Cove, Jas. F. Wilson(?) Sr., Jas. F. Wilson, Jr., Robert McKelvey, Sam(?) J. Brewer, Herbert and Margaret Johns, Chas.(?) H. Scisson, Wm. E. Welch, Jas. Falcon, C. Wellsville(?) Evertts.

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At the close of the preaching service Sunday evening April 25 the following persons were baptized by our pastor to wit; Margaret Johnson, Herbert Johnson, Lizzie Swartz, Nettie S. Deitzen, Mary J. James, Myrtle Carr, Lizzie Allison, Myrtle McFadden, Louis McFadden, Lee ODay, Charlotte ODay, Joseph F. Wilson, Sr., Joseph F. Wilson Jr., Sarah Wilson, Joe Falcone, Charles Lusk, Merle De Long, Gains McKelvey, James W. Cave and Robert McKelvey.

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At the covenant meeting, April 29 Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Lamkin presented letters of dismission and recommendation from the Stockton Baptist Church and on motion they were received as members of this church. At the same meeting Herbert K. Cornwell was received upon relation of his experience as he had formally been baptized. At the same meeting the following were received upon profession of their faith as candidates for baptism and afterward church membership: Eliphalet W. Watson, Mrs. Anthony Sadon and daughter Margaret H. Sadon, Mr. and Mrs. George G. Shipman, Frank W. Martin, Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Clark, Clifford N. and Carrie M. Lawrence.

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At the communion service Sunday May 2 our pastor gave the hand of fellowship to 37 members who have recently united with the church.

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At the close of the evening service May 2 our pastor baptized the following brethren and sisters: Mrs. Barbara Sadon, Miss Margaret H. Sadon, Mrs. Carrie De Long, Mrs. Rose H. Stickney, Mrs. Mildred F. Shipman, Mrs. Alice Sobjak, Miss Gertrude Sobjak, William J. Harper, Mrs. Emma Harper, Charles C. Clark, Mrs. Carrie F. Clark, Eliphalet W. Watson, Frank W. Martin, George W. Whitney, William E. Welch, Samuel J. Brewer, C. Merrill Everetts.

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At the prayer meeting, May 6, Sister Emma Topliff asked for a letter of dismission and recommendation to the Baptist Church at Barring to, Ill. On motion her request was granted.

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At the same meeting the following brethren and sisters related their Christian experience and received as candidates for baptism and afterward church membership: Elton D. Bundy, Mrs. Ernest Roberts, Mrs. Dell Kester, Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Cove and Rachel S. Cove.

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At the close of the preaching service May 9 the pastor baptized the following: Mrs. Ernest Roberts, Carrie Lawrence, Mrs. Dell Kester, Rachel S. Cave, Pearl Cave, Edward Cave, Clifford Lawrence, George G. Shipman and Elton D. Bundy.

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At the prayer meeting, May 13, 1915 the name of Sister Mabel Heubrath was dropped from our roll because she has united with a Lutheran Church in Buffalo.

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At the prayer meeting May 13 the following related their Christian experience and were received as candidates for baptism and afterward Church membership: Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Press, Olive Matthewson and Fern Lusk.

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[Note in the margin reads: Sun. June 19, 1881 new stained glass windows used in church for first time.]

 

At the close of the evening service May 16th the pastor baptized A.W. Press, Mrs. A.W. Press ((?) May), Clifford Sisson, Leo. K. Powell, Jessie Mae Powell, Dorris F. Webster, Fern E. Lusk, Oliver Mathewson.

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At his residence on Maple Ave June 6 our brother Wales M. Martin passed away after a short illness aged 72? Years.

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At the covenant meeting, June 3 Brother Louis D. Burton asked for a letter of dismission and recommendation to the Mayville, N.Y. Church. On motion his request was granted.

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At the same meeting Mrs. Mary Lucas presented a letter that was granted her in 1900 to unite with the Rushford Church and had never been used. On motion she was received into the membership of our church.

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At the prayer meeting, June 17 Mrs. Fred Barber related her Christian experience and was received as a candidate for baptism and afterward church membership. Sister Helen Sawely related her Christian experience. She formerly united with the Disciple church at Warren O. She was received as a member of this church.

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