Committee, Members Work Nights On Washington Avenue Church
The First Baptist Church reports completion nearing of a new Washington avenue edifice after 33 years of planning. Pastor Rev Arthur F. Williams notes the cooperative effort saved at least $10,000 in construction costs and details committees, donations, and cornerstone events from 1950 to 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Washington Avenue
Arthur F. Williams
D. D
Pesett Greams
306
East Avenue
Choren
Church
Washington
Richard J. Elliott
Harlie G. Stevick
Emory B. Fisher
Building Funds Committee
Albert Fridenstine
Stephen VanSyke
Howard Comstock
Eugene Smith
Howard Smith
Herbert Carlson
Clyde Bennett
Harold Wilson
Herbert Kemble
Winifred Fay
David Davies
Oliver Wilcox
Lucy Murdoc
George Taylor
Fay
van Syke
Westinghouse Company
Glidden Paint Company
Cleveland
Davies
William R. Murrell
T. T. Hume Company
Williams
J. Irving Reese
Middle Avenue
Second Street
Washington Avenue House
Northern Savings and Loan Company
Ed Frederick
Arthur Anderson
India
Dolores Finley
Venezuela
Olive Pontier
Angola
Africa
Dr. Williams
Christian Service Brigade
Pioneer Girls
Women's Fellowship
Recollections of Elyria First Baptist Church Growth and Pastors
The Elyria church timeline shows Rev. Neighbour and Rev. Nichols service shifts in the 1920s, then Rev. Ketcham 1926 1932, and Rev. Neighbour again before Rev. Ralph W. Neighbour and Rev. J Irving Reese guiding growth through World War II. A new organ was dedicated 1938, with postwar expansion and missions activity including Home Missions work and broadcasts. Delays in building, a planned 242 East avenue site, and later a 1947 pastorate intro by Dr. Williams mark a long arc toward a 1 000 member congregation and multiple volunteer ministries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Neighbour
Oscar G. Nichols
Medina
William H. Walker
Ketcham
Robert T. Ketcham
East Avenue
R. E Neighbour
Ralph W. Neighbour
Inez Drake Fitch
A. E. Taylor
Reese
Ralph Neighbour
J. Irving Reese
Fellowship of Baptists For Home Missions
Elyria Church
Mr. Reese
First Baptist Church
Arthur F. Williams
O Connor Builds Parking Lot And Driveway For Church
O Connor Service, the firm behind the Washington Avenue church lot, traces its roots to Patrick Haney and family emigrating from County Mayo in 1883. The O Connor lineage includes Garrett and Cornelius O Connor from County Kerry, who started a blacksmith and horseshoeing business, and Patrick who shifted from home building to excavation with bull dozers after returning from Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett O’connor
Cornelius O'Connor
County
Kerry
Garret
Patrick
Ireland
America
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Hebrew Christian Society
Association of Baptists For World Evangelism
Philadelphia
Christian Missions, Inc
Paterson
N. J
Mid-Missions
Don Winters
Cambridge
Ohio
Broadway
Lorain, Ohio
Dicken
Mr. and
Mrs
Harold Dicken
First Baptist
Lake Ave
Elyria, Ohio
O'Connor
D.D
Washington Ave
The
Elyria Savings & Trust Co
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Coruna
House of God
New House of Worship
Sam Ross & Sons, Inc
Elyria Ave