Livingston county history
CENTENARY M.E. CHURCH SOUTH
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CENTENARY M.E. CHURCH SOUTHCentenary Church was located on the northwest corner at the crossroads, a mile and one half south of Sturges. A rather large rectangular building with a steep roof, double doors in the south and three windows on the east and west sides. Long wooden seats ran through the center with an aisle on each side, then shorter seats to the wall. A wood and coal stove stood mid-way on each side with long stove pipes that went up and joined together near a high ceiling. There was a raised platform and pulpit at the north end. In the southwest corner was a small room that served as a kitchen and for storage. The building, located near the south side of an acre of ground was painted white. A combination wood shed and outhouse was west of the church and some large hedge trees which served as hitching posts were on the east line. The cornerstone in the foundation bore the inscription “1884 Centenary Church Set apart from all unhallowed ground to the glory of God.” The church was on the Chillicothe circuit. The pastor lived in the parsonage in Chillicothe and served four rural churches. He conducted services morning and evening at each church once a month. He drove a horse and buggy until autos came into general use. Some of the pastors were Rev. Smart, Rev. Riggs, Rev. Hornback, Rev. Wilson, Rev. Mathis, Rev. Mangold, and Rev. Mrs. Olive Fay. A Ladies Aid Society met on Wednesdays for quilting and sewing and other activites to raise money to pay the preacher. They served public sales, held ice cream socials and oyster suppers. On Thanksgiving they served a big dinner and held a bazaar. In 1914 a cyclone damaged the north end of the church. It served the community until 1950 when the circuit was discontinued and memberships moved to other churches. The church building was sold and torn down in 1951. CHULA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHThe Presbyterian Church of Chula, Missouri was organized January 26, 1892. There were seventeen charter members with six more being added the next day. Rev. J. M. Ragan, who was responsible for the new organization was first on the list and also their first minister. Rev. J. H. Tharp gave the sermon at the dedication service. Sunday School and worship services were held in the schoolhouse until a church building was erected in 1895. The land, Lots 17 and 18, Block 3 in the Village of Chula, located on the corner of Mansur and Broaddus, was bought from the Milwaukee Land Co. for the sum of $36.00. The early session records from 1895 to 1902 were destroyed by fire. In 1906 when the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church North united, the Chula church went with the union. One member, Dale Gorman, became a Presbyterian minister and was ordained in his home church. Rev. August Thalman was ordained during his ministry in the Chula Church. Since 1902, the church has been served by twenty-four ministers, many student ministers, and a number of lay ministers. The present minister, Rev. Michael Lewton, is an ordained Presbyterian minister. The present membership is 80, with about 50 active in Sunday School, and 20 in the missionary group. The active members of the Session are: Norman Thierne, Jack Thierne, Leroy Arr, Ronald Haas, and Minor Gibson. The present Deacon-Trustees are: Lloyd Jones, Sharon Arr, Frances Haas, Lorraine Gibson, and Ann Meservey. In the spring of 1977, the congregation purchased new pews and hymnals. The purchase was made possible through the generous gifts of members, past and present. The hymnal racks were removed from the old pews, refinished and used on the new pews as they had been made by C. E. Parks and Garnett Pryor from lumber donated by C. E. Parks. On the first Sunday in 1979, a Homecoming-Rally day was held and it is planned to make it an annual event. CHURCH OF CHRISTThe Chillicothe Church of Christ had its beginning in 1910 with a few disciples meeting house to house. For one season they met in the office of Dr. T. G. Phelps. In July 1911, Floyd M. Edwards held a tent meeting at the corner of Commercial and Montgomery streets. In this meeting 22 members banded together: Floyd and Minnie Edwards, Charles L. and Sarah J. Phillips, George H., Melissia, Nellie, Lula, Lura, and Maud Carr, Dr. T. G. and Mrs. Stella, and Erma Phelps, Mrs. Frank Harrison and Roy Harrison, Mrs. Jennie Hossman, Gladys, and Edd Hossman, Golda Cramner, Brs. Ollie Meadoff, and Mr. Akers. In December 1914, three trustees were appointed to purchase a lot on which to build. They were Floyd Edwards, Ralph Acree and Frank Harrison. The wood frame building at the corner of Jackson and Commercial was begun in 1916 and finished in 1917. In February 1922, Jess Knouse, F. O. Blunt, and A. A. Taylor were appointed elders. In January 1939, W. E. Ballinger of Hale, Mo. appointed Earl M. Sallee and Fern R. Bailey as elders, William F. Wigfield and Archie W. Bailey as deacons. In 1951, a new brick building was erected on the present site at 308 Elm street. The building site was a gift of Fern R. Bailey. In 1970 an addition was made to the building, and in 1980 the educational wing was extended. Russell Potter was ordained as elder in 1967. On August 15, 1967, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Maberry and family moved here from St. Louis to work with the church. John Emerson and Charles Fleener were installed as elders in 1968, and 1970 respectively. At the time of this writing, there are 250 members with an average Sunday morning attendance of 325. THE CHURCH OF GODDue to the drought and depression in 1934, J. J. and Ollie Burner and daughter Alice and A. M. Harkins moved from South Dakota to Chillicothe, Mo., to live. They were new converts and members of the Church of God in Lemmons, South Dakota, looking for a Pentecostal Church to worship in, they attended service where H. E. Bunton was preaching in the Old Milwaukee Hotel, on Webster Street. He had a good crowd attending but no organization. Brother Barker of St. Joseph, Mo. district overseer of the Church of God, was contacted and he came to Chillicothe and set a Church of God in order in 1935. Homer and Claradene Howe were the first 64 pastors, with H. E. Bunton assisting. An old two room house was bought at Second and Ryan streets. Everybody went to work selling candy, pies, doughnuts and bricks to pay for the new church. Homer Howe owned a saw mill and sawed the lumber and was master carpenter and Joe Alnutt put on the stucco. The charter members were three Howe brothers and their wives, Doc and Edith Howe, Archie and Babe Howe, Bill Howe and their families; John and Ethel Cobb, Jess and Lizzy Cobb, Fred and Minnie Cobb, Nathan and Alice Cobb and their families. Many others have become members of the Church of God down through the years. The Church of God was the First Pentecostal Church in Chillicothe and is affiliated with the international Church of God with headquarters in Cleveland, Tenn., and is the oldest Pentecostal church in America being organized in 1896. The Church of God, Second and Ryan streets has had an influence on many lives over the years, and prayfully will continue to do so. The Reverend and Mrs. A. A. Lynch came to Chillicothe as the pastors in 1978 and the church is growing under their leadership. 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