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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1959)
The old First Presbyterian church in O’Neill will revive many memories when the local congregation celebrates the 76th year and dedicates its new education unit Saturday. Presbyterian Church History Began Here in Year 1882 Saturday will be special for O’ Neill Presbyterians as they gather to relebrate the church's 76th an niversary and dedicate their new education unit. Services will be at 10:15 a. m. and 3 p. m. The following history has been prepared for Frontier readers: Church History Sometime during December of 1882, eight persons gathered to sign a petition that a Presbyter ian church be organized in O’Neill. On January 14, 1883, they atten ded a meeting moderated by Rev. John C. Sylvanus to organize the church which was to be known as The First Presbyterian church of O'Neill and to sign the cove nant and the articles of faith. James H. Riggs was elected to the position of stated clerk of the session He was an uncle of Mrs. Mabel McKenna. The first man that served the church was Rev. Sylvanus, but the first rag ular minister was Rev. A. Dure mus. Since then 17 other ministers have served the church, the long est being Rev. George Longstaff, who served from 1912 to 1925. fhe sanctuary originally faced the north, and was heated with a large pot-bellied stove. Once dur ing services the stove blew up and censed quite a disturbance to the worshipers. The basement was dug in 1900 by Charlie Pettijohn. The windows were clear glass hut this was not satisfactory, so they were painted white and then covered with colored paper to resemble stained glass. The entrance to the church was originally in the center of the south wall, but when the church was remodeled the entrance was put in its present position. At this time Mr. Neal Brennan donated the liell for the church and requested it he rung on every 12th day of May at 10 a.m. This was to comtnorate the day he landed on his homestead south of O'Neill. In 1919 the church was again remodeled. This time the addition was to the east for the choir loft and pulpit, a kitchen was taken from a former manse and became the ministers study on the north side of the building, the basement was enlarged and new pews added. 12 Boy Scouts Taste Outdoors On Labor Day Twelce Boy Scouts and 7 spon sors from O’Neill went on an over night camping trip during the La bor Day weekend. The lx>ys planned their own menus and managed to eat all they brought. Some of the camping equipment was loaned to them by the National Guard. Activities on the camp-out were nature studies, astronomy clas ses. instruction and tests in the use of the compass, stride mea suring. and following a marked trail. The ixiys walloped the counse lors in a baseball game. All 12 ixiys passed their requirements for the Tenderfoot rank. They were examined by the Troop committee. Those attending were Jim Hum rich. John Miller, Bill McIntosh. Dick Clyde. Jot' McLeish. I'>oug MacKinley, Larry Krugman, Lar ry Lieb, David Neiman, Kenny Lieb and Dick Wray. Amelia News By Mrs. Florence Lindsey Mrs. Vem Sageser and Mrs. Link Sageser were O'Neill shop pers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Adams of Lin coln camte Tuesday of last week and visited his sister and brother in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bar nett. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston, Mark and Kay. of Fremont, came Wednesday of last week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson and her brother. Don Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Visited a day or so at Ainsworth and the little folks stayed with their grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Ott and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees fished at Fort Randall Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Mrs. Vein Sageser. Mrs. Link Sa geser, Mrs. Blossom Butler, Mrs. Edith Andersen and Mrs. Elmer Coolidge attended the district i meeting ol the Garden club at Chambers Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Doolittle and boys went to Morristown, S. D., Friday to visit Mrs. Doolittle’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hienie Hoffman. They return ed home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rees and fam ily of Denver came to Burwell; Thursday because of the serious illness of Mrs. Rees' father, Wil liam Matthauser of Burwell. Mr. Matthauser passed away Sunday morning and funeral services were Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees drove to Burwell Saturday to visit their son. Bob Rees and family of Den ver. Jam ; and Ruby Rees re turned U> Amelia with their grand parents and visited until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Waldo and Mrs. Edna Davis visited at the Frank Pierce's Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Marian Stronger returned to their hum*1 in Omaha Thursday after a visit here with their grandmoth r, Mrs. Lindsey and Flop nee. Th y also spent a few days in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mr. a 1 Mrs. Paul Nielson and son, Rodn y of Omaha, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and M i. Clyde Burge and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore and Jackie of Rapid City, S. D., flow down Saturday and visited her sister nd brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton over the Laltor D .y holiday. Mr. an i Mrs. Ruby Swandt of Lancaster, Calif., came Sunday morning and spent a few days with the Ge n-ge Fullertons. The Swandt's ate the parents of Mrs. Don Fullerton. Pfc. Da'. Doolittle and a cou ple of bu l lies from Ft. Sill, Okla.. spent tbo Labor Day weekend with Dale's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Art Doolittle. Mr. and Bus Enliody and daughters ot Atkinson, Mr. nd Mrs Eldon Ballagh and fant !y, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bilstien and Dick, and Mrs. Stella Sparks and i nnnin wrp Sunday dinner guests at Tommie Doolittle's. Rusty Adair is building a new barn on his place. Mrs. Stella Sparks and Lonnie, Cathy and Joyce Doolittle and Dick Bilstien attended the stock ear races in Stuart Sunday evc ing. Mrs. Walter Slaymeker (Leone Fix i began teaching school near Atkinson Monday morning. Mrs. Doris Baker is caring for the Slaymaker children. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Kramer and family of Lincoln came Sunday evening and visited until Monday evening with her mother, Mrs. Edith Andersen. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Skala of How ells were weekend guests of their laughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Doolittle and boys. Mr. and Mrs. William Fryrear and Mr. and Mrs. Lew Backhaus ' were fishing at Goose Lake Sun ! day Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carrol, Con nie and Linda visited Thursday af lomoon at the Arthur Hiatt home. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rees have named their new little daughter, Kathryn Amelia. She was born ! August 28. Mrs. Letha Cooke and Mrs. Ed ith McClenahan of Chambers were supper guests on Monday evening. September 1, of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hiatt. Amelia WSCS met at the home of Mrs. Edith Andersen Septem ber 2. Roll call was answered by 10 members, each stating a goal for the year. Mrs. Alice Wid man, program leader, gave an in teresting lesson on ‘New Respon sibilities”. Hostesses. 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