Smyrna times., 1895-04-24
Subscribed at dedication of Basement
April 30, the spring of 1845.

| Tbo,no i7 eaqiIlcksOn, Peter Jester
j. Tarburton, N0iuS"oroush'
Inc lecture and class rooms vara
dedicated in the latter part of Anil
1910, by Rev. John Newlip MatTitt snd
DR. Joseph Castle. In February 1S46
tne main auditorium was dedic9ted hv
Dish0p Beverly Waugh and Rev. Rob.
ert Gerry A'oo-
=. Is. Cooper was called next and
| addressed the church in few remarLs
MS knowledge of the church and neo.
PIE only dates back about forty years
as he moved here when a yon1n rnon '
lie spoke of the town and hnsinas1
men as he knew them when ne visitod |
nero small boy. Among the niarsons
he remembered were Geo n Pou
mond and Joseph B. Benson tb9n
boys. An impression was also nd
on his youthful mind of the 1four
Bennys, BENZ. Coombe. REM Pou 3oui
'0ii, neDJ hn0s and Benz. i. Collins.
John ID. HOhecker was the ne,t
speaker. His remarks were 'dG di.onta! neAs
IN mostly 10 the building of the new
, "olsIlplng In the old church and wit.
f,,,,l -. 'A'0ie est Cue laying of the |
LlonIu4tlon and building of the new
ollc6 structure. The church was bepnn
iH Bi Io44; The building committee was
1: lncI nM1ansneld, w Joseph HOffecker and
PPeDJ, collins. The officers of the
f"II HJaru OF trustees were, Piner Mans. ,
held, president; Alex. McClvmsnI
treasurer, and James Mcdowell secrs'
!ary. Ihe contract was placed in .
the hands OF Henry Van Gasken then !
VI .he leading builder and contractor of =
Iuls town; The building was a two /
9Iory orlck structure, having a seating {
'sPacIty pa OF GOO. 1t was built at cost y
Dt SI,OOO. The old church for a wbiIe =
literwards was used as a worsbinning =
pIace oy the colored people, Several
Years afterward it was moved from Tho
'lu pace and now part of it is en- - -
'taced y IN the double residence of prof "
Ocum ana Mrs. Boyd, which bniId. "
ng caught on fire few weeks AGO P'
new l. ID. Haynes does not figure ~
5 an old resident, as his knowIedge
Il smyrna only ran back abont eig61 "a
cen years. His remarks then W.
oS oI historical nature, but in a fa,y e
1eIi CHOSEN words he dwell on q
What Is In a Name,n Comparing this III
myrna to the one spoken of in The
and of Smyrna Turkev pr
heV' L. Snowden Thomas followed
10 ABOVE remarks with a review of tba
astors and their whereabouts Twon {
zone pastors have served this charga ke,
ne ioIlowing are the names in orJen Re
'seph Mason, James McCarter L. hol
= Ihoehe, Henry E. Gilroy. Tbomos IN
urphey, VIM. g. Robinson w IT Guy
Ilsoane, Charles Hill, VIM. Bisbon fhe ar'
larIes Cooke, Samuel l. GroceRH' Gro
aron KlttenhOuse, John F. CIvmeSy the
20. "A. Ph@bus, Enoch Stubbs. r. n and
~ yGes; Jonn ID. Rigg. J. B. Ouigg to t0, t
: o. hoolnson, W. w. w. Wilso5 Cili
q Adam Stengle. Those who bsva -
5u are Joseph Mason, w. n r. =.
ne, Charles Hill, William RisbnS VI
aries Cooke and Enoch Stubbs
DIR. ROCHE REMINISCENT
Rev. Mr. Roche was introarooa
no ,~sv speaker OF the evening. His
was he said, in the linn.
-tSu tTu ol Time IN the food of memor-
W onIV come before him, and in the Cu,
fe .So IeiI ne could only allude briefly "'
M ieIIIIihiscenses that crowded the
a.; ! ms knowledge of Smyrna. he
= uateu back to 1927 when he came 4242
= ooy from Still Pond, Md. N -
: - oieIAlhg IN the store of Duhamel q
huSin' iaS out after nearly a year CON
ieu ne wanted trade and went 70
carriage shops of Benson & Cats Ap,,
apprenticed himself for five YEAS mite, mite,
Urn the trade of harness maxine at the
carriage trimming. eUnsic con.
ne three prominent men in Smvrno ~
1naI ume were John Cuinmins
80 Davis and DR.. Needham. who If
-" 1ork with the same success
III nave oeen regarded as Million
:, uuI they were not, though men e.u nuI
Ca. resources. Smyrna was pre.
lIenC'y commercial centre, (before A.,
iays OF rallroadsl not only for this - --.-
Vi Delaware but for large part
e ADJOINING State of MARYLAND
70 OIher churches had gone into
y, ahu from the beginning of the
Tue methodist society had be- ~ A lar
1ne dominant religious organiza. from oni"'S \
q 1nu, ne SAID, In his twenty-eight Potato
residence in New York and
8 church, he had found no Ma,h' ..'1
'hurch in wealth, intelligence ond
position in comparison of nnn. G1.s
better equipped than the church
iyrna, Judge Davis was a man
narka6le endowments, whose hos. IOOOC
" he enjoyed part of one dav low rat
81 each week aud was never ~
ompany ten minutes withont 484t
ng something. DR.. Needbom
the society of Friends. which
cen large and influential in tSa In
'us generations, but had dw;n w
2 lew IN numbers, holding maat
my occasionally in their laree
meeting house. i@ige'
feter's Episcopal Cburoh Estim
eng built, mostly by the n,e"Ss was Stairwa,
Oummins, using the remoins MAINS with pro
cnnrch at Duck CreeL J'i,hs ,ahtns FOWL
en without an organization wn'en en- IN
y rsr'y years. Mr.. Cummins ond ro5 4s8m
le T. had been members % ana
liss Church, but for a cansa - 'he
II II: @ y Ss:s ;rs 8 'a:a g%.% 'i' y s.$ !: EMIT
his experience ~ IL. :.
. ever cue nrst Methodist meetins
= mi MAJ attended tfor his paren,s
IN !, 1etsnodistl ,'stn in the old. woodan III
"nae was called "Method;1a III