| Hertiage Sunday Tribute to the Kerr Addition United Methodist Church by Annie. It is with great pleasure and a real honor that you have requested me to share some of my very cherished memories with you on this special Heritage sunday. Times were very difficult back in the beginning of the church as it was during the depression and most of the men were without jobs. Rev. G. Patterson was with us for about five years. We were one of five churches on the circuit. The others being Mt. Joy, Selins Grove, Hyde City and Pleasant Grove. He and his family did a good job at at the Kerr Addion church and were loved very much by the congregatation. We then had a couple very young pastors. I do not recall their names. One got married and left, the other was a golfer who used to play golf with Roy Carson and young Zebrun. This was back in 1938. The next pastor I recall was Rev. Cleaver. I recall the churches men's basketball team: Rudy Curry, Dan McCracken, Blake Hubler, Al Hubler, Jim and Les Carson, Les Hall, Max Raymond, Joe Pry and Jim Condon. They played in the field out from Jim Carsons. They always had a good crowd to watch them. One of the highlights of my church affilation was my Sunday School Class. There were about 20 in numbers. Al and I would take them on picnics, trips, etc. We went on a weekend trip to Pee Wee's Nest in Curwenville. We also took a trip to Elliott Park for a pancake breakfast. We took our class to our camp on Rockton road. One particular trip, Jackie Keller got a fish hook in his hand and Al had to take him to the hospital in Clearfield to have it removed. Thelma Carson had a nose bleed, never a dull moment. Just ask Elsie and Bill Crandel, Grace (Keller) Leigey, Thelma (Carson) Guelick, Juanita (Woodring) Chanupa, Mary Condon and Maxine (McCracken) Maines. Sunday school class: (*denotes deceased as of 1984) Betty (Baney) Rolland, Olive Best, Elsie (Carson) Crandell, Helen (Carson) Seitzer, *Mildred (Carson) Guelick, Mary Condon, Bill Crandel, *Wilton Dalton, Vivian (Hall) Woodring, Grace (Hendricks) Condon, Ethel (Hubler) Pooton, Maxine (Hubler) Kisner, Elis Johnson, Grace (Keller) Leigey, *Jack Keller, *Cora (Kitchen) Shaw, Dorothy (Kitchen) Best, *Evelyn Kitchen, Albert Lansberry, Jack Lippert, Priscilla Lippert, Miriam Ludwig, *Hazel (Marsh) Putt, *Jack McCracken, Maxine (McCracken) Maines, Lillian Raymond, Doris (Schucker) Guelick, Mabel Schucker, Lester Valmont, Juanita (Woodring) Chnupa. Members of the Ladies Aid Society: Mrs. Frank Baney, Mrs. Best, Mrs. Bowman, Blanche Carson, Geraldine Condon, Ida Curry, Ada Dixon, Annie Hubler, Rena Hubler, Maude Keller, Joy Kitchen, Flora Lansberry, Cora Luzier, Lydia Pry, Jenny Raymond, Effie Rowles, Mabel Schucker, Alma Woodring, and Mrs. Homer. Special tribute to Ida Curry, Ada Dixon, Geraldine and Jim Condon, Rudy Curry, Frances and Lester Carson, Alma Woodring, Mrs. Lansberry, Annie and Al Hubler, Mabel Schucker (organist) and Frances Carson who did a great job with her Sunday school class of young married people. Also, Clayton Woodring, Sr.; Claude Luzier; Sam Maines; Leff Luzier; Art Luzier and Mr. Harry and Clara Buck were all instumental in starting the church. |
| TOWNSHIPS IN CLEARFIELD County Beccaria........formed in1807 Bradford........formed in 1807 Geulich..........formed in 1807 Lawrence.......formed in 1813 Covington.......formed in 1816 Brady..............formed in 1826 Chest..............formed in 1826 Decatur...........formed in 1828 Girard.............formed in1832 Bell.................formed in 1834 Jordan.............formed in 1834 Penn................formed in 1835 Morris..............formed in 1836 Boggs...............formed in1838 Fergusion.........formed in 1839 Huston.............formed in 1839 Karthus............formed in 1839 Goshen.............formed in 1845 Bloom...............formed in1857 Greenwood........formed in 1875 Bigler...............formed in 1882 Cooper..............formed in 1864 |
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| McClure Church, First meeting place on record built by the presbyterians at the McClure cemetery site in 1803 or 1804. It was also used as a schoolhouse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friends Meetings, in the Grampian Hills was held as early as 1811. A log building was erected in 1824 on the hill where Friends Cemetery is located. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Catholic church was built around 1830 of brick and held 300 persons. It may have been the first church in Clearfield borough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Catholic church was build in Grampian in 1833 and one in Frenchville bout 1857. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Lutheran church in the county was build near Luthersburg in 1845. Then one in Clearfield about 1850. |
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