The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1921-12-08

Inn Evnus. of the-West Lexington
Presbytery, under an arrangement
made by DR.. +. o. Goerrant with mrs.
I'M. Il. Law and Jno. ID. Atkinson and
Others. OF Stanton. came here and held
series OF meetings, covering perhaps
two weeks, Prior to that time Mr.. At
kinson was the only person in Powell
4 County who had ever heen connected
with the Presby terrain church. During
the meeting about 10 persons became
members and the chur IN was organic
ed with Mr.. o. G. Law and Jno. ID. At
kiuson as elders. Rev. Hopper revisit
ed the congregation for few times
and held services in the Christian
church, and during the following year,
the Rev. II. A. Irwin, then located at
Frenchburg, became pastor Of the
church at Stanton. and in the year 1892
moved to Stanton, where he resided a
few years, afterwards moving to Clay
City, but he remained the pastor Of
the Stanton church until his death in
1909.
The old Presbyt erian church was
built at Stanton in the year 1892, under
contract price of $4,000, but after its
completion there was a debt of $1,000
over it, which was afterwards settled
by Mr.. Atkinson through the assistance
of Hon. w. M. Beckner, of Winches-
ter (now dead) who procured dona-
tion from the Presby terians at that
place to help pay this debt.
After the United Presby terrain church
through its Board, had established
Stanton College, the Board Of Church
Extension took over from the West
Lexington Presbytery the church prop
critics both at Stanton and Clay City,
and now that the congregation at STAN
ton has grown to membership of l46,
and find that the old church is not adj
equate to a ,commodate the congrega-
ton and its Sabbath School which has
an average attendance around 100, it
has erected splendid new building
across the street from the old site suf-
ficient to meet its needs, and will hold
the dedication service on December
4th, 1921, at which three services will
be held during the day to which every
one interested in church work are cor
daily invited. The membership is as
follows:
J. d. Atkinson, Mrs. Lucy Atkinson,
Virgil Atkinson, Clarence Atkinson,
Marion Atkinson. JamesAtkinson, Nam
cy Atkinson, William Atkinson, Robert
Atkinson, John ID. Atkinson, Jr., Mrs.
Clarence Atkinson, Marion Atkinson Jr.
Edgar Arnett, Clarence Arnett, Robert
Baker, Mrs. Robert Baker, Frank Bak-
err, Alice Baker. Lawrence Baker, Eu-
gene Baker, Ernest Baker, Pearl Bak-
err, Mrs. Francis Baker, Kathryn Baker,
Mrs. Kate Bohannan, Betty Boone,
Beatrice Blount, Nelson Blount, Mrs.
Sarah Blackburn. Neva Bolles. Myrtle
Lois Clair, Shirley Campbell, Mrs. Ida
Daniels, Alice Daniels, Anna Daniels
Fulkes, Mary Daniels, George Derrick
son, Herbert Derickson, Maude Dennis,
Chester Dennis, j. s. Even, Mrs. j. s.
Even, Nancy Even, Florian Even,
William Even, e. ii. Fuller, Mrs. e.
H. Fuller, Ernie Gardner. Pricie Gilley
Mrs. s. ID. Hall, Charlina p. Hall, San
ford Hardwick. Susie Hardwick, Julia |
May Holder, Bernice Hall, Mrs BERTHE
Hall, Florence Hall, Mrs X. G. Hall,
Nellie Hall, Albert Holmon, Dustin
Heckathone, Strothers Hall, James
Holman, James Hopkins, Charles Hop
kins, Elizabeth Johnson, William ohm
son. Lois Johnson. Labe Knox, DIR. M.
l.. Knox, Mrs. Laura Knox, Mia Knox
Clay Knox. Beulah Knox, Mabel Knox
Ethel Kilburn, Abbie Kilburn, William
Kirkpatrick, Leonard o. Knox, hrs.
Leta Knox. M. X. Lyle, Mrs. Blanche |
Lyle. Mrs. Kate s. Lyle, Margaret Lyle,
Mrs. m. Il. Law, DR.. J..E. Lemming,
Morgan Lyle, Jr., Andrew McCormi SIX, |
Helen McAllnney, Anna l.. McCona-
CHA, Troy Profit, June Rogers, Mrs.
Margaret Raybould, Alvin Stephens,
Luther Stephens, Mrs. Carrie T.. |
Upton, Nina Upton. Sally Tomblin,