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Centtniiiil of CKtilohvill® ? Prietbytcriih Church to Bc Auguit tO •■V'Congregation .-.of. the Clintonvllle Prcjbytorkn church on.AUgiui 10 vMl .obicflrvc the 100th anniversary oi the founding of tho church, at ■ day of special aervic«;There. will . he' jpcclal Sunday fchooj obs«vance at 0:45 a. m., andspecial, worship services at U a. m.. Communion ‘lll be observed hL 2 | p. u\. A number.of former pastors . j arc expected :to* participate: in the service*.The volume Early Churches of I Venango County, by Kuticy C, -Mor*• row, siiuej that Tor 10 years the . • original parish** or pioneer Pies^. | fayterlati churches in Joiver Venango . | county show no division.. In lQ ’ members in the vicinity of Clinton* jiVlile preBtmlcd a petition lo Butler ( Presbytery ashing for a church, to! be organised there.• /After. snnie . consideration, the book states, the committee appointed to ascertain the iruc state Of Ihinea In relation to Ihiv place *d Scrubgrass’! .rcportflil !o Presbytery June 6, *KepOrl »n Orjranlxatlan i I • Rev. Robert B. Walker nnd ftfiY., j John Agnew, upon approval of the j presbytery, were ftp pointed to or- j! .: f.nnizff ihe church and the second -1 Tuesday of February, 1641. which ; t ivaa the nmlh. the cnmmiltce re-J;iorted that it had discharged. iLs- j duly. 4 • .I j The fli st rongregaLlOn «'M coai-ijptwed aC lh« following )2 members: j | kVllllnm ChrWiy #nd TiionJfw'Mc-, Kee. Sr, ciders:- D, C. McKee. A. F. Hollister. Porter Phipps,. . John Kliwes, Jamas Scott, James Baird, Robert Cross, Joseph Cummings, John Kilpatrick, R. J, Phipps, John M. Parker McKee nnd John .Porter: Among Ihs earlier pastor-*. were: KeVS. John Moore, John V, MSUcr. James Caul Ur. T. B. Van E man. John i\ Barber, Sa/auel t.sGleno, William.M. Hays. James M. Keljy, s ThuemLsJ. Crcy, Clarence C. Anderson, Hrdg© At.. Eagleson and Thamtw F. Kerr.A Babb a lh school org suited In r. 1SN lias been In continuous activity- [ for. over 90 years.!. j The congregation has. furnished anumber of valuable servants In the mi ids tty, including- Robert J. phlppa,. D. D., home missionary; rj Henry C. Foster, Charles P. Hol-dja'isirr, T. f'arlfcf McKee, John A. ] e lt;Hkikfn, missionary to Slam; WUUam i | James McKee, missionary to jNlng-j ripo. China; and Frank 15. Sinirnx. J i* who was IdMed by the Boxers at[ X j paO'.Ting-Fu, China. Junc. 30, 1000. ■ d j Two idstrrs . of .Rev. John A. j t! Etikin. AJ.rs. Belle Eakin Dodd and j c I Elijnheth Eakln were mission arte* ; t to Slam. ■’’!
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Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 24, 1941
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