Heatherdowns Church

(First Toledo)

(1914-)

The Gospel Messenger Aug. 15, 1914 page 523 Vol. 63 No. 33

 ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST TOLEDO CHURCH, OHIO.

Eld. S. H. Dickey, of Fostoria, Ohio, and Eld. J. W. Reiser, of Alvordton, Ohio, were appointed by the late District Meeting of Northwestern Ohio to organize the members of the Toledo Mission into a congregation. This had been a part of the Black Swamp congregation. A council convened in Toledo on the evening of Aug. 1 for that purpose. Eld. Dickey took charge of the meeting, and the writer was appointed clerk. The boundary lines were satisfactorily arranged, and the following officers elected: Trustees, Brethren Hurley McKimmy, W. F. Furgerson and Thomas Burros; treasurer, Bro. Thomas Burros; secretary, Sister Fern Kaiser; church correspondent, Sister Cora Eastwood. The name, " First Toledo," for the congregation, was unanimously agreed upon. The church elected Bro. Hurley McKimmy to the deacon's office who, with his wife, was duly installed by Eld. Dickey. Eld. N. K. McKimmy was chosen to be their elder in charge. Thirty-six charter members were enrolled,— ten brethren and twenty-six sisters. They have an elder and two deacons. Noah Long, Sr. Pioneer, Ohio, Aug. 4.