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I ; »n N. h, at C . t» € a o 08 Shiloh Celebrates 200th Anniversary This Sunday By ELIZABETH STEWART Shiloh Presbyterian Church, organized in a log cabin in Grover in 1780, celebrates its 200th birthday Sunday as the old Shiloh Church Bell calls wor shippers together for a 9 a.m. ser vice for the Hambright Clan and an II a.m. Celebration service. Members of the congregation have been planning the 200th year celebration since the coun try’s celebration of its Bicenten nial and have developed special historical displays and items used by their founding fathers to build the county’s oldest house of worship as the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain raged at the nearby battlefields. The colorful history of Shiloh will be recounted by members Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in a pageant, to which the public is invited. Participants will dress in Revolutionary War period attire and refreshments will be served typical of that era. Rev. Harold Hutchison, who was ordained early this year as pastor of Shiloh, will lead two services of worship on Sunday. The early service will be held for descendants of Col. Frederick Hambright who are in town by the hundreds to attend Celebra tion activities. The II a.m. wor ship service on Worldw ide Com munion Sunday will feature a communion service used by ancestors in 1780. Rev. Hut chison spent several weeks at Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond,Va. researching the progrmam and worshippers will used a Com mon Cup and Common Loaf as they receive the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at the altar. The non-traditional service will also feature the use of a vintage communion cloth and Bible, two of the oldest items in existence, in addition to other sanctuary items from that period. Citizens are invited to visit the O 0 fgregbutcrian ^WORSHIP^WO A.«C c • WELCOMEIl IGENTCNMAL 1780 SHILOH 1980 OLDEST CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE- Cleveland County's oldest church, Shiloh Presbyterian at Grover, will celebrate its 200th anniversary Saturday and Sunday with special events beginning with a 7:30 p.m. pageant on Saturday and two ser vices of worship on Sunday morning. SEC TION Thursday, October 2,1980 church to see some of the cherished items on display, in cluding a beautiful handmade quilt which is embroidered with names of the congregation plus the “prodding sticks” and anti que offering containers, plus many other clippings and documents which recall the early days when the town of Grover was called Whitaker, S.C. Mrs. W. A. Hambright was chairman of the pageant com mittee which included a large number of members and Paul Hambright was general chair man of the Bicentennial Com mittee which included a large number of members. Some relics of the past have been donated by families to the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian Church at Mon treat, including the silver-tipped walking cane that Elder Ezekiel Price used in the early 1800s and donated by the family of Mrs. M. C. Pruette. One of the most interesting items and a conversation piece is the feather-tipped prodding stick, which was apparently used in the early days of the church to “prod” those worshipers who fall asleep and the offering con tainers were also mounted on sticks, as the accompanying photographs show. The handsome quilt, which hangs in the foyer, was a gift of love from the congregation who are featuring the quilt in a color ful display of Shiloh’s rich history of 200 years. Photos .-M-' Stewart :r*' % \ ■ •'/yr HANDMADE QUILT-Shilob Church oMBibart •mbroldwod th«lr namM on a hand- mad* quilt which ia diaplayad in th* church ^ thia w**k*nd on ita 200th birthday. From l*ft. Mra. William Hambright, Mra. laki* Ham bright, Mra. F. B. Hambright and Mra. Pr*aton Goiorth. iar right. t-. SHOW PRODDING STICKS-Glann Roun- tr**. left, Buatar Crisp, seated, Roy Houser and Preston Goforth show the vintage prod ding sticks and collection items which are on display at Grover Shiloh Presbyterian Church during its 200th birthday celebration this weekend. .-i-* hr §m i\ Urn ml li 't'®. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHILOH-Members of Shiloh Presbyterian Church dress in costume and stand in front of a bulletin board filled with memorabilia on the long and colorful history of the county's oldest church. From left. Mrs. loe Rountree holding 11-month-old Katy, Mrs. Ola Pruette. Mrs. Lucille Kiser. Mrs. S. A. Crisp and Miss Holly Rountree. V,y^ WELCOME VISITORS-Some of th* membars of Shiloh Prasbytarian Church at Grovar stand in front of th* 200-yaoT-old sanctuory to walcom* visitors to th* Bicentennial Celebra tion. Front row, from left. Brandy Morgan, Sissie Morgan. Alice Moss. Sarah Katherine Moss. Second row, Mrs. S. A. Crisp, Mrs. Edith Morgan. Holly Ropntre*. Patsy Rountree. Mys. Preston Goforth: Third row, Mrs. Lucille Kiser, Mrs. Mary Hambright. Mrs. Buster &isp. Mrs. Glenn Rountree and granddaughter, Katy, Mrs. Roy Houser, Mrs. W. A. Hambright; Back row, Glenn Rountree. Mrs. Olo Pruett*. Roy Houser. Lewis Morgan. Mrs. Brice Hambright. Buster Crisp and Mrs. lenni* Moss and Mrs. F.B. Hambright.
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