Pleasanton’s McKendree Church Stood Through Century’s Faith
In Pleasanton Ohio a 1851 McKendree M E Church and 1860s parsonage anchored a village of 150. The circuit covered Jerseyville to Holiday with ministers like McElfresh and Stowe. The church hosted school events, patriotic rites, and annual homecomings beneath a mighty oak, while the community’s diverse founders kept faith and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Dixon
Athens
Pomeroy
Pleasanton
Jerseyville
Hebbardsville
Albany
Town House
Cross Roads
Wood‘yard
Pleasanton Circuit
McElfresh
Frampton
Wallace
Stowe
Mark
Nichols
Ricketts
Smith
Howe
McKendree Church
Athens County
McKendree
Pioneers of Christian Faith
East College Ave
Westerville
Ohio
Orchestra and Chorus In Program at Shade High School
A musical program was presented at Shade Consolidated High School on Friday night under director Raymond Connett and Miss Mary Helen Lee. The program featured the orchestra, the band, seventh and eighth grade choruses, a quartet of Paul Roush Herbert Gain Pearl Douglas and Ralph Williams, and sixth grade girls Betty Lou Wingett Helen Barnhill Mary Wilson Donna Jewell Barnhill and Mary Evelyn Carter. Mary Wilson and Mary Evelyn Carter performed tap dancing while Miss Lee and Armand Falace sang duets accompanied by Mrs. Luella Clifton.
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Shade Consolidated High School
Raymond Connett
Mary Helen Lee
Paul Roush
Herbert Gain
Pearl Douglas
Ralph Williams
Betty Lou Wingett
Helen Barnhill
Mary Wilson
Donna Jewell Barnhill
Mary Evelyn Carter
Miss Lee
Armand Falace
Luella Clifton
First Time at 78 Minnie Ellet Gives Bibles to Graduates
Minnie Ellet, 78, hospitalized for the first time, calls it a vacation while fearing she may not deliver Bibles to Ellet High School graduates, a yearly family tradition in Akron Ohio.
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Akron
Minnie Ellet
Ellet High School
Gen Stark Day in New Hampshire House Passed
The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a measure to observe June 17 as Gen. John Stark Day. Ceremonies will honor Stark’s patriotic devotion and his role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Gen. Stark
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Gen
John Stark
New Hampshire
Battle of
Bunker Hill
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Pleasanton -- Shrine
Old Virginia
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
Bishop McKendree
McKendree M. E
Scott, McCabe
Ames
Cranston
WGER
John Q. Mitchell
Winn Weeden
G. H. Mayhugh
W. P. Elliott
Ivalry
Shade
TAGE
Arnold Chippendale
Camden
Fred Sanders
Mgr
Arnold
City Loan and Guaranty Co
N. Court St
Miss Economist
Cooking
Ily
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
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