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PAGE FROM THE SESQUICENTENN1AL PROGRAM FOR MARCH 25 A History Of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church mo memoum ^nurcn ox Warrenton, North Carolina, la an achievement of living faith. It had its beginning more than one hundred and fifty years ago when the earliest Method ists worshipped in a small log meetinghouse located on land once owned by Dr. R. S. F. Peete. The lot is marked "143 Church" on the original map of Warren ton which was chart ered in 1779. To quote Mrs. Montgomery in her SKETCHES OF OLD WARRENTON, "The first church to be organized for church worship was the work of the Methodist denomi-j nation." And again, Mrs. Mary Cook Green, daughter of Mrs. j Sally Hawkins Marshall Cook, who was a member in 1819, j and to whom a memorial win dow has been placed in the j church, tells of her early re collections of Warrenton. She J said, "There stood a log house in the midst of a chinquapin thicket in which tbt? small band of Methodist met fof worship." In 1775, Reverend Robert Williams held a great revival in Bute (now Warren and Franklin) County, in 1776, a North Carolina Circuit (south of the Roanoke River) was established and three ministers were assigned to this circuit. They were Reverends Edward Dromgoole, Frances Poythress, and Isham Tatum. In 1780, Reverend Francis A s b u r y preached for a week in War ren County. In April, 1785, the first conference of the Meth odist Church, which was organ ized at Lovely Lane Church, Baltimore, December, 1785, was held at the home of Reverend Green Hill, Bute County, (now Franklin). The small church grew stead ily and soon outgrew the limit ed facilities of the early build ing; so, on October 6, 1817, lot 92, as shown on the original j map of Warrenton, was bought! from John Snow and deeded | to the following trustees: Henry G. Williams, Hill Jones, Henry I Fitts, William Twitty, William Ruffin, Richard Boyd, and j Richard Davidson. ? Upon this j corner lot, now the property of Mrs. H. L. Falkner, was constructed a frame church.' Many distinguished ministers preached in this church. Among them may be mention ed the Reverend Thomas G. Lowe, Dr. Charles Deems, founder of the Church of the Stranger in New York, Dr. Closs, Mr. Moran, and Dr. R. O. Burton, to whom a me morial window has been plac ed In the church. In January, 1873, The Meth jdist Church of Warrenton was taken from a circuit of seven churches and made a station with twenty-two members. Rev erend J. D. Adams was presid ing secretary. The church re mained a station until 1880 when Macon was added. He bron was placed on the circuit in 1881, and Warren Plains was added in 1890. During the ministry of Rev erend J. N. Cole, 1888 90, T. I L. H. Young, R. B. Boyd, Jerre' Draper, C. A. Cook, Peter Al- J len, W. H. Baugham and Hugh f J. White were appointed to! 1 "mend the roof of the church | g or buy another lot and build j p a new church." They purchas- j { ed lots 73 and 74 on the south j r of "Old Eaton Place," then owned by W. P. Baugham, r and there erected a brick church. . The first sermon in the new . church was preached by the p pastor, Reverend Alpheus Mc- c Cullen on April 8, 1894 from , the text in Matthew 22:42 "What think ye of Christ?" j The church was dedicated as . "Wesley Memorial" by Bishop A. W. Wilson, November 25, 1894. He preached from the text found in Hebrews 8:5 on the subject, "Pattern on the Mount." In 1924-25, the Education! Building was planned, with Reverend H. B Porter as min-l ister, and the following build ing committee: W. H. Dam- j eron, C. H. Peete, M. D., W. i N. Boyd, Edmund White, R.j B. Boyd, Jr. This building was: completed in 1927 during the ( ministry of Reverend B. P. Robinson. During the ministry of Dr. j C. W Robbins, 1945 59, the i church membership became keenly aware of the need for a larger and more worshipful j church. H. M. Hardy was made j chairman of a committee that raised the first $25,000.00 to remodel and enlarge the church. Economic conditions caused the postponement of this fund-raising effort. On February 12, 1950, a Tellers organ given by George G. Allen and members of the church was dedicated in the memory of Miss Ethel Allen. The Mass Cathedral Chimes were also dedicated to the me mory of J. E. Rooker, Sr. This service was conducted by the district superintendent. Dr. A. J. Hobbs, and Reverend L. C. Veretn, minister in charge. In June, 1952, the building rogram took an unexpected urn when George G. Allen; avc 530,500.00 with which to urchase the "Old Eaton Place" or a parsonage. With funds eceived from the sale of the Id parsonage, together with aoney contributed by the aembers' of the church, the Old Eaton Place" was reno ated and remodeled. Its beau iful furnishings were the gift f Mrs. George G. Allen, and o honor her the parsonage fas named the "Mary Burwell lllen Parsonage." The legal letails were worked out dur- i ing the ministry of Reverend L. C. Vereen. The remodeling j took place under the ministry1 of Rev. H. L. Davis. Wesley Memorial became a: station for the second time on j Inly 2, 19S5. Earlier in this' same year, the church building program came to life again with a generous and unsolicit ed gift from George G. Allen who was interested in rebuild ing the church at the earliest possible time. The congrega-J tion gratefully accepted this' EVERYONE SCO WITH A CHECKING ACCOUNT On the scores of safety, convenience, and accuracy in transferring money, people who pay by check are always "ahead." Come in and give us an opportunity to explain why! The Peoples Bank NORL1NA, N. C. 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See the new Chevrolet at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's BltKfON CHEVROLET, INC. Unfwtunn Ucn No. 110 \ WARRENTON, N. C. cnalienge, put on a drive for an additional $20,000.00, and authorized the building commit tee, W. E. Perry, Jr., Miss Anne Burwell, Mrs. Claude Bowers, Mrs. Julius Banzet, H. M. Hardy, Graham Horne, and C. H. Peete, M. D., to proceed with plans. A ground-breaking ceremony was held on the afternoon of Sunday, June 12, 1955, and the following week the work on the new church began. During the period ol construction, George G. Allen and Wright Tisdale gave fi nancial support to complete the program, free of any in debtedness. The dream had come true and Wesley Memorial congrt gation, on Easter Sunday, 1956. held its first service ir. the beautiful and worshipf"1 church. The gratitude of t . congregation was exrressei the "Easter Offering f o r ( Others" in the amount of $800.00 "hich was used for mission 'R. V. By this fi: was general ly agre?- d e Education \ Building renovating. ( W'V ? ' i Tisdale be .ii .r g . i> interested and; 4 ' iCi.zed lae building com-; iii.ee tq completely renovate j and de*.orate the entire build-j ing anq to install both a heat ng and air conditioning system, rhe work was begun in July L956 and completed by Christ mas of that year. This work was completed under the min stry of Reverend W. A. Crow. In July, 1959, Reverend Troy 1. Barrett succeeded Reverend IV. A. Crow. The Wesley Ma norial Methodist Foundation, was established in 1961-62. Use the classifed advts. Shop Colonial and Save! GOVT. INSPECTED, TENDER MEAT/, FRESH-CUT FRESH-CUT FRESH-CUT BREASTS.. "> 45c LEGS.... ?. 39c m< D I COLONIAL STolTsl FRESH-CUT SERVE WITH RICE... FRESH PRICES GOOD THROUGH BACKS & NECKS 2 lbs. 35c GIZZARDS lb. 29c &J,9"-QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED. 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