The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-28
GOLDEN JUBILEE
OF M. T. CHURCH
OBSERVANCE OF FlFTIETH ANN.
VERSARY WILL COMMENCE
WITH ToMoRRoW's
SERVICES.

The completion of the nftieth year
of the organization of the Hancock
First Methodist Episcopal church will
be celebrated with appropriate exer-
cises and services during the entire
coming week, beginning with the rcgu-
lar Sunday services tomorrow. There
win be a praise service tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock. led by Alfred
Congdon; Rev. Joseph button will
preach at the morning service at 1890.
and again i'm the evening at 700
o'clock. with special musical features
at each service.
Tuesday evening, October 81, Rev.
DR. w. O. Shepherd. ID. d., of Chicago.
will give a lecture on "Thc JOY OF
Lie"
a grand concert will be the feature
of Wednesday evening This concert
Is TO be under the direction of Mrs.
Katherine Bree, assisted by the Calu-
met & Hecla orchestra, the Portage
Lake Glec Club and a chorus of sixty
voices.
a banquet will be served Thursday
evening with an Appealing menu and
toasts by Rev. James Pascoe, who will
preside as tOastmaster, Rev. A. T..
Healey of Pewabic, Rev w. O. Shep-
herd, Rev. G. NJ. Stuart of Chicago,
Prof H. t. Johnson, and Rev. II. G.
SHAW of Houghton, besides which there
will be vocal selections by Miss Jessie
Cameron, Miss Genevieve Finch and
Fred Rumble
Friday evening. Nov. ., at 1880 there
will be platform meeting at which
greetings from former pastors will be
read or given in person by such as may
hc able TO be present. a history OF the
church viii be read by Mrs. George II.
Roberts. lay members of the church
viii relate incidents connected with the
church's fifty years OF existence, and
musical numbers by Miss Stockly and
the assemblage will form features OF
the program.
Tho anniversary observance viii con-
cludo one week from tomorrow with the
following services: Anniversary love
feast at $3.50 a. m; sermon by Rev.
Stuart AT 1880; Sunday school at ~;
Junior League. 2:45; Epworth League,
Gao; and sermon by Or. Shepherd at
100
DR. Stuart is the editor of the North
western ChristiaH Advocate and DR.
Shepherd is general superintendent of
the Chicago northern district. At the
latter services the annual offerings for
the church debt will be taken, and il
is expected that when the amount re-
ccived is announced II will leave but a
comparatively small sum of outstand
ing Indebtedness upon the church
property.
History Of tho Church.
Tho Hancock Methodist Episcopal
church was organized i'm 1861, 80 years
uao, under the oversight of Presiding
Elder Robert Bird. II consisted of
twelve members. The lots on Hancock
street were donated by the Quincy
Mining company and valued at $500.
The enterprise of erecting a church on
this property was commenced and
prosecuted under, very trying circum-
stances. The membership was small
CT "a ~ WHY nililtu dbliiig. ht Hb-
ton i'm civil commotion-all business
affairs crippled in consequence of fin
oncial embarrassment occasioncd by
the secession and rebellion of many
Of the Southern ve-holding states
of the Union.
board of trustees was however
appointed by Presiding Elder Bird,
consisting of the following persons:
il. II. Hazelton, Bradford Barlow JOS
eth Carter. James l.. Johns and Thos
K. Wills, and in the winter of 1860-6l,
inltiatury steps were taken for the
erection of house of worship. the
building which still stands upon the
old site on Hancock street.
The corner stone was laid July T.
1851 The Rev. Francis Asbury Blades
an honorcd member of our Detroit
conference who only last year passed