Fletcher Herald (Fletcher, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1957 Page: 2 of 4
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LARGE CROWD GATHERS both perfortpanees In the even-
FOR fIOth ANNIVERSARY Ing presentation a viola solo by NI and MI'S James Stafford
CELEBRATION OF CHURCH LE Pourlas Tiblit tiect)mvaniefl Lowe and son Of Tulsa visited
rrox mit sattrild
l!wls'm !ve over the weekend
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tondcd the :-1n h A niiivnr itrY (f ''Wiici ing Poipe" 'Music was I
the 1r-t Baptist Churh of El- irder the direction of Mr Chris- Thursday right members of the
for 10th services Stnday Di-1 tison For his cooperation in :-th grade of Stony Point school
iihor i-11) proparin : the Aage the Senior had a class party and weiner
'nit m"yriinv l'il-''-11-"I' v"''' 1 ias preeoted r Lehi Al"tla a roast on the creek at the farm of
hoir !iit dy a former Pa iir li' cyft Mr Cecil Land) as co-l'orl- Mr and Mrs Alvin Ilawpe Games
'11! is Izoc now of DaHaniTh r received a gin ah'o C''rsage' were played and prizes for the
' 'Lit''' A l'ai'li:et dinner wiis vete pi esented to Mrs Homer winners
scrised at noon The "it''' 'list class mother and to Irs
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sel vice 1)iigan at 2:1:7) Thu nin-ic ciiiitiann Mir Bandy also re- Rev Scottie Newton of Lawton
was tinder the lirection if MI a uosage This Nva3 a
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t r of Paradise Valley church
A 1 Pyrum of Molhail 011a ! play which will long be remem-
a f"rmer DILL'ie edireetoi of the Lured as it was true to life with was able to resume his pastoral
duties Sunday after several weeks
Eigin church The prnt Iili''! a good lesson and it was well of illness
tor Rev DOn Bergeron gave the
presented —O--
welcome Devotional by Rev 'C —0-- 1Irs IL E Espcnshade wife of
D Farmer also a former pastor
l‘Irs Leo Bandy announces that Sgt Espanshade of Stony Point
Historical sketch of the church
under her direction on Thursday community has been ill in the Ft
was by Rev Bon Berg cpe
eron c-
Dec 19 at 7:30 p nu as a Christ- Sill army hospital at Fort Sill
ial music by the girl's trio Mrs
mas program the Speech Class was transferred by plane 2:00
Alice
will present a -Christmal pageant p m l'Ionday the army hospital
the fi Walcott was introduced as rst organist for the church
e It Nvill be in two scenes the first at San Antonio Texas The Es-
at th:it time playing for
th' will be the secular part with panshade children are staying'
Methodist church of which she was
t hristmas stories and Tableau ae with Mr and Mrs A Rose
D Farmer also a former pastor
Historical sketch of the church
Ixas 13 Rev Don Bergeron Spec-
ial music by the girl's trio Mrs
Alice Walcott was introduced as
the first organist for the church
at that time playing for the
Methodist church of which she was
a member and also playing for
the Baptist church Prayer was
by Rev Charles Reed
ii r anner also a lormer paJ
Mrs Leo Bandy announces that
Historical sketch of the church
under her direction on Thursday
was 13 Rev Don Bergeron Spec-
Dec 19 at 7:30 p m as a Christ-
ial music by the girl's trio Mrs
mas program the Speech Class
Alice Walcott was introduced as
will present a -Christmal pageant
the first organist for the church
It Nv I II be in two scenes the first
at that time playing for the
wild be the secular part with
Methodist church of which she was
Christmas stories and Tableau ac-
a member and also playing for
compamed by the Glee Club The
the Baptist church Prayer was
second scene will be the Nativity
by Rev Charles Reed
scene with the story narrated
The evening message was by
front the Book of Luke also ac-
Rev Charles Reed of Carter Ok-
compamed by the Glee Club
la also a former pastor Rev
Immediately following the pro-
Dale Geis a former pastor was
gram the grade school teachers
unable to attend because of illness
will hold open house featuring
in his family At the evening ser-
their Christmas decorations and
Ivice Sharon Hise and Dwight
will ou be served in the Homemaking
tstanding work Refreshments
Lamb sang "Whispering Hope
In 1907 Mr and Mrs J M cottage by the Senior Homemak
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M M
artin Jennie artin Mr and
Mrs p A James Audrv and ing class supervised by their in-
Leah James Mr W C Moniomery
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and Mrs E P Harrel organized
Word was received he e of the
the Elgin First Baptist church
on the present site Rev J T death of Mr Fate Taylor a for-
Stephens Comanche County Mis-
mer resident of Elgin at his home
Cache s
sionary preached the first ser-
Cache He had been uffer-
mon to the new church Monday
ing with a bad heart condition for
September 7 1908 at 3:00 pm some time and had planned to at-
tend the 50th anniversary of the
the corner stone was laid for the
Elgin First Baptist church
construction of a house of worship
He contracted the flue and was
for the Baptists of Elgin The
building was completed during more than his heart could stand
191o under the leadership of Pas-
tor pennett In 1933 while Rex and 'Mrs Jim Alvie Day
and family have moved from the
C FarmT was pastor the South
J M Day
rooms were added in 1939 with
property to the Stan-
Lev C C Scott pastor the room ley eathers place which was re-
on the North were added The s
cently purchased and remodeled
by Mr
North Educational Building was and Mrs Nick Alderson
erected in 19-17 under the leader-
of Fletcher
ship of Rev Morris Roe This
building has been recently re-
Mr and Mrs 11 E Hinson
modeled and houses the Inter-
and family two miles West of
mediate a n d Young
married Porter ID11 have moved to Law-
People's Department the kitchen ton and Mr and Mrs Bob Schultz
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and serves as the dining and Fel-
of Richarc1 Spur have moved ifs-
lowship Hall for the church In
to the hre vacated by the Ilin-
1951-55 it was necessary for an-
sons
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other expansion and the East Ed-
ucational Building was construe-
Mr and Mrs Don Manse' have led taking care of the Regi
moved into their new home one
na'
block East and two blocks South
Primary and Junior departments'
of
of the Sunday School and Train-
the Bank of Elgin
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ing Union This was while Rev
Dae Geis wa pastor born to Mr and Mrs Charley
s
4- Hasenbeck a girl December 5
of the Sunday School and Train-
ing Union This was while Rev
Dae Geis vas pastor
Out-of-town guests were Mrs
A J Byrum Mu Plan Okla Mks
Sally Russell Miss Marion Hen-
sley Mr John Roe Mr and Mrs
Travis Arnold awl son Travis
Wayne all of Oklahoma City
Those from Lawton 1'N-ere Ralph
Biles Mr and Mris O Z Pyle and
Wanda Mr and Mrs Pete Stin-
nett and family Mr and 2Irs
Roy Hooper and family: Mr and
Mrs Joe Skrille Mr and Mrs
I) M Ilise Mrs Vernon Wil-
iiams :tnd lis Oiis Ste-
ens and Mr and Mrs Hayden
Ilerryhill and family
Mr and Mrs C A Durham of
'ikai-rt City Mrs Charlcsr Reed
Cartr Okla Mr aid Mis Gra-
dy liann and family Lush Sprimrs
Mrs Eva Cylil Mrs
Yori and Mrs Caineva Carter
of V ichil a Falls Tex
tra-7 Weat!icrs of Oilahoina
and Mi - E A Ringer
N rr TOYCe SteVCrIS
Mr4 Lorene James of
1110e ttriiinL :: r0111 rktClit'r
HCkld''41 :11 and Mrs John Loll
vlr and Mrs Glenn San-
rs and family M and Mrs
Richard Berryhill and family Mr
and Mrs Emineft Zike and faini-
IY Mr and Mrs E B Williams
and daoghter 'Mrs W O San-
ders Mr and Mrs Edwin Brid-
ges :Intl family and NIrs W T
Rev Cecil Whatley pastor at
Richard Spur Paptist churclt Mr
and Mrs Donald Miller and fami-
ly of Cyril Mr and Mrs Preston
Berryhill and family of Duncan
and Mrs Troy Gildon of Duncan
SENIOR CLASS PRESENTS
"THE BISHOP'S !klANT117
Under the direction of Mrs Leo
Banday a three-act five scene
d To ramie play "The Bishop's
Mantle" was presented by the
Senior class of Elgin school De-
cember 3 afternoon and evening
at the school auditorium
The cast consisted of Larry
Payne Dwight Lamb Nelson
Plumbtree James Rhoades Wayne
liawpe Sharon IIise Peggy Burns
Marion Strange Barbara McClung
Mary Skrdle Odessa Abrams and
Wanda Bridges In the afternoon
between acts the Senior class sang
"Whispering Hope" with Sharon
IIise and Dwight Lamb singing
the second stanza as a duet John-
nie Cremer sang "I Believe" at
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CLJ1ton 1(10 tjM S Jan ti?
While prices of other '53 cars hive gone UP
Ford h35 reduced prices BELOW 19571
Ford has reduced Ole prices Of poptdor Custom
300 and Fait-lane models below 1957 prices!
And these new '58 Fords that roc can Inv Jar kis
ihan 1957 prial are beautifully styled handsomely
trimmed cars that stand up with pride aionrside
eVe 11 the costliest cars
Viit your Ford Dealer and Action 'rest a new
5s Ford It will prove to you that for smoothei
ridintz comfort topnotch perfotniance 60u-fisted
economy best dollar b'altie a '58 Ford just
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NOBODY OUT-TRADES
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2:45 p m at the Southwestern
Hospital in Lawton The young
lady weighed eight pounds and
eleven ounces Mrs Ilasenheck
is the former Beverly Stanton of
Lawton
The boys "A" basketball team
and the girls basketball team of
Stony Point school played the
boys and girls teams from Apache
winning both games Stony Point
has entered the basketball tourna-
ment at Apache and are scheduled
to play Wednesday
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Rev and Mrs R T Milner and
family have moved from the Meth-
odist parsonage to the rent prop-
erty of Dr C M Martin until
the completion of the new Meth-
odist parsonage
Word has been received that
and Mrs Morris Roe of
Dardanella Ark have a new son
dorn three weeks ago Rev Roe
was a former pastor of the Elgin
1apt ist church
With Mrs Ben Keeney as the
leader the Junior Methodist Fel-
lowhip was organized Sunday
evening with ten members: Roy
Farrar La Dale Jones Mary Jones
Carol and Darol Keeney Lila
Lawson llank Leonard Larry
Walcott and Carolyn Stephens
They meet at 6 pm for an
hour-long lesson then the Junior
MYF forms the choir for the eve-
ning service at 7:00 with Mrs
Alice Walcott as director and
pianizA FoloNlr'ing church in the
assembly room they have a rec-
reation period and fellowship
games and refreshments
Sunday dinner guests in the Ray
Chamberlin home were their dau-
ghter and 'family of Lawton Mr
and Mrs Eddie Darough Calling
in the afternoon were Mr Cham-
berlin's sisters Mr and Mrs Tom
Johnson and Mr and Mrs Tom
Reed of Lawton also Mrs
Chamberlin's brother Mr and
Mrs Earnest King of Sterling
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Barber, Ted & Barber, Clara. Fletcher Herald (Fletcher, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1957, newspaper, December 12, 1957; Fletcher, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2073482/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.