The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-17

lWent| -nNs ears d-O tOtI-"''' III viz
L.aatherwood school, thirty-eight loyal
Presby\arianS Of the then Altenhe'm
district =athere together and decided
10 found a little church In that COM
uunity. after Sunday school and
praver services had been held 'or
Tour years in school house and IN
private homes.
Tomorrow morning at the beautiful
edifcc az Woodsdale OF the Vance
Memorial church the outgrowth OF
that little meeting in the Leather
wood will be observed.
Frsnl that ltlc beginning a quarter
of century ago. from the little Sun
dav school. the Vance Memorial
church has crown steadily until today
il is one o: the strongest Presbyterian
churches in the state OF West Eir-
-inia. and has one OF the most heauu
fll church buildings in this section OF
the country.
And OF the thirty-eight who attend
ed that little meeting 10 organize the
church which few weeks later De-
came the Vance Memorial church.
fourteen are still active members OF
the CONGREGATION and Sunday school,
and will attend the services tomor-
row morning.
Trpressi:n will be the services TO
n,or~oy rno~aiaS marking the twenty
6Fth anniveysary Of the church. Inc
Rev ! H. SrovGen professor or the
pre,ryto-i4n Theological seminary o.
p.ttsb,,rrh will deliver the anniFcr'
S4ry address. \ procession % 'W'Ai''
Ave yrunc lrdiaG. representing "acn
os rho ,rore that has passed. WI! -
mai. rc the r~0~"a-!. While tAc
,,riro-~irr p. tho Lii" memorial sorry
TO- ~.ir pc ri"ea t"r TIC six ei"eHS o
,ho n .r,A % aavc died. and toT u"
o.,o. laa-,rprs Of ihn CnnCreS2Hpn
who r2vc ~~no To thci" ete"n1l res"
Services will hn-m 1T II 2!ccN.
while special memorial! exercises WI"
-. gwen IL he Sandy school
From the humble beginning twenty
five years ago the Nanc" Memorial
Presbyterian church has grown stead
Nv and It's history is indeed one OF
which 20 he proud. Little ana 'hoSe
,hi~t". eiaar Prnsbyteri"ns think whe"
Ihcy net in the L"athcrwood scnool
tbo, in , short quarter ~ century
tIcir eerrts would result in the Dig
Ioval church that today it IS.
re The e,reat maj rrity o: 'hurch"N,
.. - 80 nu;"ruwth Of SUCC"NSiu'
va,ha.h scn,o;. The s"ssi"na' rc'"E"~
show thai carly in 1872 The de; n'
sabbath school IN he community ''tn
known ~ Al'rHhcim originated an" W.
enthusiastically taken hold ~ ny -"
,r,,ie.l,, workers. II resulted IN N"
.,.,t,,,.;,, NJ .I.ctthcrwood Sunday
.,.ho,l" nn March :. 1897. win an
,,,r,,.r,sn, ur uhnu' Nifty teachers ar"
...,oIarS. TAo A'c MIR. Robert {. pat-
z,,l ~. elected suucrintendcnt the hrSc
Va and was followed in annual sue
,..;o, p, VI James V. Brafen, I'r'
r, " Alexander aud Mrs.. James =.
N,ro-c MIR Prndru was then re-elec'eu'
" {; McClclland is now the super'n-
;endeni.
Church Is Organized
Win tho advent Of The SabhRth
s.rcni naturally came INC weekly
,rsycr meetings which were Wei ar
.n.del dlr,ng rhe four years net"re
.he organization Of the church. soon
se,e- the Inauguration Of these r"i'SiouS
.erylynS. = chapel was discussed. win
- possibility Hl 'hu''h ''~'
ZION On account OF business de-
,,-e..io,, ,ro matter was deferred until
he,tr- lines Eut in the meantime the
ohisr, was not forgotten and Slcciai
prarln-s were taken FOR the furnishing
81 . rc,v chanel and its erection was
kerr In mind a. an object toward which
tn work. and one daN 20 be attained.
committee ~ Washington Freshly
rerv met in the I.cItherw"od SrNno1
house June -. 1897. and effected me
organization 90 the church with 50
.i,,r,rr members of whom II are stu!
!o,riyc membership. Or. T.. w. Alex
sude~ and Mr. James Y. Bradcn were
elected elders for q term OF three Years
Afr W v. Hutchinson and Mr. J. +.
T,oulI were chosen as dcICous. and the
following trustees were elected: Messrs.
J. y. Vance. Morgan l.. OFT William +.
Treiskci, George Wise. George w.
Moods and Robert e. Dalzell.
Dedicated June 27, 1897
on sabbath. June -. 1897. tn" hand
Some stone building. erected by MI.
7 Y Vance as memorial TO his
Parents. James and Mary Vance. was
dedicated % he worship of Almighty
God. Tn's building was erected at
COS, ~ $4,000 u would be an archt-
tectural ornament IN any city and was
Declared AZ the time 10 ne the hand
Eomest church building IN West Etr-
Klnla II stands toSay-and long shall
stand--a noble monument 70 the fine
Christian impulse AMI large hearted
generosity OF him who has ever been