The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WAS ITS START
Highland Park MI. E. Church
Organized by Washburn Boy.
CLYDE Hale Acted as Pastor and
Superintendent.
BUILDING A new CHURCH
Suburban Organization Wins
Fight for Success.
Congregation Now PilOted by
the Rev. C.. w. Marlin.

In June 1904, hearing that there
was no Sunday school in Highland
Park DR.. Edwin Locke sent Clyde
Hale, a student at Washburn, out to
organize one. He was also appointed
pastor and for a year and half acted
in the double capacity of pastor and
superintendent He organized
Methodist class with only five mem
bers. In the spring of 1906 it became
part of the Tecumseh charge with
Edgar Moore as pastor b. l.: Huch,
ms became pastor in 1907 ana served
for two years. During his pastorate
the church grew in numbers ana
strength. The young man appointed III
1909, a Rev. Mr.. Elliott, dled pe1ore
he came to his work and for SIX
months various supplies were on the
work until Floyd Webb was appointed
AffiIiates With Seward.
The next year it became a part of
the Seward avenue charge with J. w.
Johnston pastor. During his two-year
pastorate the lots on which the new
church now under construction stands,
were purchased. He was followed by
A. S. Clark, who served two years.
Rev. A. E. Hughes was appointed pas
tor in the spring of 1914 During his
pastorate sod was broken for a new
building and by faithful work the /
foundation laid and basement COM
pleted Sufficient funds have now I
been guaranteed to warrant the build /
ing of the Superstructure, and the |
cornerstone was laid Monday. Sept. 6,
with appropriate ceremonies, con-
Quoted by District Superintendent H.
E. Wolfe.
Build New Church.
The building VIII now e pushed to
an early completion. The church has
had its ups and downs. 1t has been
and is going through all those throes
of all subur ban churches.
G. w. Rossiter, G. w. Chase and
wife, Mrs. Dean E. A. Dunlap and
wife. E. E. Marsh and family, Mrs.
Emily Butts and family have held On
when there were only few members.
J. n. Edgar, while not a member of
the class, has stood by it, suPerintend-
ed the Sunday school.
Prospects now are bright. The
Sunday school under the superintend-
ency of Mrs. Dean IS growing I'll the
time. 1t has an enrolment of around
lis and the average attendance of
SO for the last quarter. 1t is now the
head of the charge. Linn Creek and
Berry Creek are the outlying charges. | '
Rev. c. w. Marlin came here from 3
Wakarusa last spring, bringing with !
him it were Linn Creek and Berry
Creek that he had had pastoral charge
over for two years. During hat time s
he had over 100 conversions in those
two points and they are growing con-
He just finished a series of ]
meetings at Berry Creek September
5 with nine conversions. making ~
conversions at this point in the last :
thirteen months. During this last
meeting he used SO laymen On differ
ent gospel teams, representing nine
different denominations. They have !
a good Sunday school at this point ,
with William Mize as superintendent
EpwOrth League, Mrs. Bette Cubber-
ly, president; Mrs. Flood, president Of .
the Ladies' Aid, and VIM. Fry class
leader of a meeting held every Sun y
day night Besides this it has a mems :
gospel team under leadership of Sher- !
man Reed and women's gospel team. +
Mrs. Frank Cubberly, leader. F
Linn Creek Charge.
Linn Creek has a flourishing Sun {
day school, superintended by Mrs A
Minnie Havekott. The attendance t
runs from eighty to 100. 1t has a Ba- 2
raca class of young men of thirty
two members taught by Ernest ZIr- T
KEEL The Philathea class of young f
ladies' taught by Homer Henick, has V
a membership of twenty-five, and is 1
equal to the boys in activity. The 2
league, led by E. E. Zirkel
and gospel teams, the older led by Dr. c
n. j. Taylor and the younger by Err G
nest Zirkel, have few EQUALS The 1
Highland Park is growing. The at 2
tendance is increasing every Sunday. f.
ladies' foreign missionary society
has been organized recently with n
Mrs c. II. Witherel as president and n
lhey VIII be represented at the branch t
meeting in Lincoln, Neb., in October C
by two delegates. Highland Park is on t
me move. With the church cOmplet-
ed, their ambition is to have enough n
nome support to care for the pastor C
so as to have his services all the time
Ehey nope to dedicate the new build
ing by the first of the year.