The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
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awakened to the MeeQ pR = As@p-...r = s,on in the suburb, then known as
 Tvso young women, Miss Dennis and Miss Alice Ivey. assisted by Mrs ". '. Na,v alI members of tho First Bap~ tkst Church, were active in their ef- forts to secure a building ana orga. nize a mission. They were granted tne use of the county school house. on hoas street, for the meetings. and Was there that the Holt Street Mission was organized in 1888. took root ana eventually grew into a mighty fotcs
 Prior to this time, the only organi- zation approaching Baptist sunday school in that part of the city was class taught Sunday afternoon oy MISS Mary McDonald, at her home on clay ion street This class was afterwaru merged into the mission. -
 The ffrst officers Of ths organization were William Gamble, superintendenI' Miss Alice Ivey, secretary; Mrs. ". T. New. secretary.
 Services were held at the school nouse until it outgrew this building, wnen S vacant store on the corner of Holt and Clayton streets was rented There the sunday school continued under the Auspices and care of the First, Churcn until 1891. ., Al this time, if was deemed wise 10 look to the permanent estaplisnmsnt | of the church, and in the store nouse s.s | held. an organization known as tne west Montgomery Baptist CnuIcn' 1 came into permanent existence in the The church began life with thirty swo charter members, and with AeV' lG. W. Townsend as pastor. The men s... 1 harshtn continued to grow as the clty 1 ladyanced and the organization oect"s0 I 10 have a home of it's own. 1 man of means and owning considerAg.e rran If means and owinng connloer1nie 1 nronartv in that section of the cly | nreferred the use of one or nls oWn | iots on the corner of Holt and Ciayton l streets, on which to erect 2 puIluiMs' als ! The church was erected under the su-
 ,.ar,,,sion of Rev. Townsend and IS
 gnawn today as the clayton Street Baptist Church. , ,.s
 asha church has been served since US orwsnization by the following pastors' Hev. O. W. Townsend. Rev. J. E Thompson, Rev. H. w. Provence. hoM a missionary fin China; Rev. N. l irreaaway. and Rev. J. W. O'Hara' Who l aaxv has been with the church for two
 years.
 eVo and is a tasteful frame structure
 The present membership of the church
 is s15.
 gomery, the Clayton Baptist Church
 school is noted for thorough and effi- cient work, and has an enrolment or
 1se members. W. II, Clanton is the secretary and | treasurer: Frank Allen, superinten- dent; W. B. Holmes, assistant super
 This corps of officers has given for
 many years to the school its loyal ana untfrinK service. Mir Allen was
 made superintendent when it was the Holt street Mission" and has been 1 leloseiy identified with its growth dur | Ing ali these years.
 | The primary department is one of
 the largest and best graded In the city. .. 1 Contributing to the life Of the church. lfhe Ladies Aid Society was organized lin the early days of the church, ana lefId good work under it's first president Mrs. w. T. New. 1t has for It's spe- Icial work now the support of an orr Iphan at Evergreen. The present ofi- lcers are: Mrs. M J. Osborne. presi- dent; and Mrs. V. Fl. Cianton' secre- tary and treasurer.
 The Woman's Missionary union was Ioruanized by Mrs Thompson, during Iher husbands pastorate. It makes third in contributions in the Montgomery
 AsHociation and has a membership ot twenty-five. The officers are Mrs L. IA. Johnson, president, and Miss N. lRandolph secretary and treasurer.
 The B. Y. P. U. for the young peo- tnie has done good work in the Chris Titan Culture Glass, which is conducted Iby otto Hale. the president of the Un- ion. -.
 The Sunbeam Society recently orga-
 nized. is A live little band, under the leadership of Miss Meddie Mcdonald
 The officers are: Miss MISS Mets nieip n,,na.
 nresident: Miss Lulu Osborne, organiz- : ar. and Miss Caiie Brown, secretary
 and treasurer. .., In many respects the Clayton Street
 Raptist Church sets an example TOT other churches of the city, and In its levArv line es work keeps ahead wltn lIts sister churches.