The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-04-02
NEWLY REBUILT CHURCH
TOBE DEDICATED SUNDAY
st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Edifce Completed; Three Ser
vices To Mark Celebration
BRIEF HISTORY is GIVEN

The newly rebuilt Saint Paul's Meth
odist Episcopal church will be dedi-
Gated with appropriate services on
Palm Sunday, April 5. There will be
services at 1880 a. M, 2:30 p. m. and
1880 p. M, and actual dedication will
take place in the afternoon.
The structure has been rebuilt at
a cost of approximately $4,000, and
is considered adequate for the needs
of the congregation for many years.
In addition to beautiful and spacious
auditorium for public worship there
are ample rooms for Sunday school
classes, modern kitchen and an audi
forum in the basement for suppers,
entertainments, etc.
At the morning service on Sunday,
Rev. John L. Wolfe, DID,, district su-
perintendent of Morgantown district,
will deliver the sermon. The afternoon
sermon will be by Rev. Joseph C. Hoff-
man, DID,, of Morgantown, w. Va.
Presentation of the building will be
by F. A. Thayer, president of the Board
of Trustees, and the dedication will be
by Rev. Wolfe. David Bane will sing
special numbers at both the morning
and afternoon services.
Rev. David c. Trimble, rector of St.
Matthew's Parish, Oakland, will de-
liver the sermon in the evening and
there will be an anthem by the choir
and solo by Mrs. Frederick Thayer.
Taken From Records
Among the records of the late Rev.
j. M. Davis, number of interesting
facts about the church in it's early
years are shown. The records showed:
McCarty's first Sunday school orga-
nized on the Loar farm in 1929, later
a little church in the country. In 1852
a building on the McCarty farm that
was used as a church and Sunday
school and school house, was torn
down and some of the lumber used in
building the first M. E. church in Oak
land, on lot donated by Mr.. McCarty.
The church was enlarged in 1875
and Sunday school was held in Memoir
ial church from August % to October
"a. The church was dedicated by Rev.
]. w. Webb. The Oakland district
was formed in 1880.
June 81, 1891, the cornerstone was
laid for the new church by President
Hutchinson; September 81, the new
church was dedicated by DR.. A. Nor
cross, cost $1,000. The bell was do
mated by DR.. j. Lee McComas. Ralph
Thayer, Esquire, being the oldest
member of the church at that time,
was accorded the honor of naming the
church, and he gave it the name of
t"Saint Paul's." September 16, 1922,
the new parsonage was purchased
from Mary G. Martin for $4,000 cash.
The following are Presiding Elders,
Pastors and Sunday school Superin-
tendents since 1852:
1852 to 1854, H. 2, Adams, elder;
Spencer King, M. M. Eaton and Will
liam Smith, pastors; Isaac McCarty,
superintendent.
1855 to 1858, Gideon Martin, elder;
William Smith, Adam Bowser, D. o.
Stewart, pastors; Isaac McCarty, Will
liam M. Loar, S. L. Townshend, super
intendents.
1859 to 1861, DR.. James Drummond,
elder; Ashford Hall, J. J. Dolliver,
pastors; S. L. Townshend, super
intendent. Il
1862 to 1865, G. w. Arnold, elder;
J. ]. Dolliver, Spenser King, M. V. B.
White, R. M. Wallace, pastors; S. l..
Townshend, William M. Loar, Ralph
Thayer, superintendent.
1866 to 1859, j. B. Blakely, elder;
Charles King, ]. M. Powell, pastors,
Rev. ]. M. Davis, superintendent. Rev.
Davis remained superintendent until
1909.
1870 to 1873, ]. W. Webb, elder, r.
M. Wallace, I. L. Clark, J. P. Thatcher,
pastors.
1874 to 1876, Samuel Steel elder, j.
P. Thatcher, J. A. FullertonS pastors.
1877 to 1879, W. W. Bolton, elder;
Benjamin Ison, H. C. Sanford, pastors.
1880 to 1883, Benjamin Ison, elder;
S. E. Jones, M. W. Rider, pastors.
1884 to 1886, C. H. Lakin, elder; M.
w. Rider, J. Engle, w. ]. Sharps, pas
tors.
1887 to 1890, W. J. sharps, elder;
]. w. Bolton, C. ]. Trippett, G. E.
Clark, pastors.
1891 to 1897, N. L. Baumgartner,
elder; G. w. Kepler, S. K. Arbuthnot,
pastors.
1898 to 1902, L. W. Roberts, elder;
R. B. Ward, Ashbury Mick, Hezekiah
Scott, pastors.
1903 to 1908, R. B. Ward, elder;