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AMARILLO SUNDAY NEWS AND OLQFE. AMARTLLO. TEXAS.
The Buchanan Methodists
By HERBERT and CAROLYN
TIMMONS
The Buchanan Street Methodist
Church, the North Amarillo Meth-
odist Church, was organized in De-
cember, 190A, by Rev. J. G. Miller,
presiding elder of the Amarillo dis-
trict and Rev. J. Leonard Rea, new-
ly appointed pastor o£ the Amarillo
Mission.
The oigani'/.ation meeting was
held in a small building erected by
the First Presbyterian Church for
a mission Sunday school at the
corner of Fifth and Buchanan,
where the Reneau Grocery now
stands.
Roll of members of the North
Amarillo Methodist Church joining
In the first four months of its or-
ganization arc Mrs. Rea, W. W.
Wynne, Mrs. 'Lila Wynne, W. T.
Harris, Mrs. Minnie Harris, J. T.
Sparks, Mrs. J. T. Parks, Mrs. Mag-
gie Smith, Mrs. I. G. Clark, Miss
Mary Clark, Miss Louise Clark, Da-
vid Clark, Mrs. Mattie Frazier, Mrs.
C. W. Ford, Miss Grace Ford, Miss
Renna Ford. Dudley Roundtree,
Mrs. Gertie Roundtree, Miss Bessie
Roundtree, James W. Cantrell, Mrs.
May Cantrell, Mrs. Lula Rippy, W.
B. Markley, "Grandma" i.ogan,
Herman K. XJmphres, Ben Harris,
Mrs. Bell Cornelius, James A. Lo-
gan, Mrs. Delia Logan, T. W. Swan-
ner, Mrs. Mollie Swanner, B. L.
Pool. Mrs. B. L. Pool. J. A. Travis,
T. J. Buntin, Mrs. T. J. Buntin,
James Brewer, Mrs. Minnie Brewer,
Mrs. Flora Lanier, Mrs. Allle
Dewey, William J. Beck, Mrs. J. F.
Ross. G. W. Ellis, Mrs. G. W. Ellis
and F. G. Doster.
Other members came In within a
few months, among them many who
took leading parts in the organiza-
tion work. Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Richardson and J. F. Stump were
among these. Mrs. C. E. McFher-
son is also recalled as an early
worker.
Already there was an active Sun-
day school organization in North
Amarillo. Early residents recall
that every Sunday afternoon the
Rev. E. B. Fincher, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, drove
to North Amarillo to conduct Sun-
ministry it waa deemed wise to dis-
continue both the Prairie View and
the Burch church organizations;
however, Rev. Robinson preached at
these points on Sunday afternoons.
While Rev. Rea was pastor, the
North Amarillo Methodist Church
had purchased three lots, 613, 615,
617 North Buchanan Street, for a
future church site. Early in 1910 a
large tabernacle was built at 617,
where the present church stands.
This tabernacle was erected by vol-
unteer labor, and only Intended for
temporary use.
• • •
The winter of 1910 was severe,
men found it difficult to secure
work, and finances of the North
Amarillo Methodist church were in
poor condition. While laboring
faithfully as pastor of the Amarillo
Mission, performing ever duty, Rev.
Robinson worked at a trade to sup-
port his family. Early members of
the congregation speak of him as a
deeply spiritual man who gave much
to North Amarillo.
Rev. W. I. Caughran was the
and the librarian wera chosen from
league members.
By this time membership In the
North Amarillo Methodist Church
numbered 106.
• • •
A memorable Easter egg hunt was
held by the Sunday school during
the last year of Rev. Caughran's
ministry. J. F. Ross was then liv-
ing at the government experiment
farm about five miles east of Ama-
rillo. On Saturday afternoon the
women of the Sunday school hid the
eggs out on the farm.
It was cold and terribly windy
when Sunday came, but it seemed
that every child in Amarillo, cer-
tainly every child in North Ama-
rillo, was assembled at the church
after dinner for the truck ride to
the farm. Thq hunt was begun, but
even in those days the dust blew
occasionally. A red dust storm soon
sent the children Into the farm
house. Here games were played,
refreshments served. Mr Ross now
declares that the men plowed up
Easter eggs for a couple of years
after that abandoned hunt.
Rev. H. Bascom Watts was the
next pastor, remaining two years.
During the years there had been
day school. Long before he reached
the small building his surrey was | next pastor of the North Amarillo
full of children he had picked up congregation, serving until Novem-
to bring to Sunday school. Rev. i
Fincher was ably assisted in this ber 1"> 1913-
Sunday school work by Herman ; It was evident that ths temporary
Umphres, a member of Polk Street tabernacle had long since outlived
Methodist Church. When the Meth- its usefulness. E. L. Richardson,
odists were the only organized Herman Umphres and Rev. Caugh-
church In North Amarillo, they ran met every Saturday afternoon
took over the Sunday school, with j during the winter months and nail-
Mr. Umphres as superintendent. ; rd boards in place, straightened sup-
Among early teachers were Mrs. W.! ports, made the building safe for
H. Wynne, Mrs. John Ross, Miss ; Sunday's use, then hoped that no ill
Grace Ford, Mrs. Emory Richard- ' wind would wreck the tabernacle be-
son and W. J. Beck, Mr. Beck fore Sunday morning.
EARLY DAY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS of Buchanan
Street Methodist Church. Those identified are, with
coat, lone Schaffe, and, from her left, a Miss Haynes,
Lucille Rippey, Marita Richardson and Mary Stump.
several changes In church officials
New Loan Plan Prospers
rillo Church had been served by one
pastor. At the conference of 1916
North Amarillo was made a station
and given the name Buchanan Street
Methodist Church. Rev. Haggard
soon had Buchanan Street church
work lifted to a higher plane and
served acceptably as full time pastor.
Rev. C. W. Foote, followed Rev.
Haggard and brought a period of
deep devotion to the church by his
eloquent sermons. At the close of
his pastorate the revised church
roll numbered 199.
• • •
Rev. G J. Irvin was the next pas-
tor, serving until March IS, 1924.
The need of larger quarters became
so pressing that Rev. Irvin rallied
his people to the work. First move
in the extension was the building of
a parsonage on the lot at 615 North
Buchanan Street. The two-story
building that, had served previously,
was converted into Sunday school
rooms, a social center and a kitchen.
Tiiis change brought new activity
to Buchanan Street Methodist
Church. Rev. Irvin pushed steadily
on with his building drive. In 1932
the two-story structure was sold, and
the "Little Gray Church" was mov-
ed to the rear'of the lot at 617 North
Buchanan Street. A new frame
building, large enough to care for
the needs of the congregation, was
then erected at 617 North Buchan-
an Street. When the new church
was completed, the old one was re-
modeled for Sunday school use.
In the spring of 1924, Rev. Irvin
was called to be ' Father Irvin" to
the children in the Amarillo Chil-
dren's Home, called to be "Father
Irvin" to all Amarillo citizens who
knew of his loving care of the
needy ones.
Rev. W. H. Strong succeeded him,
remaining only until conference,
when Rev. George Bryant came to
the Buchanan Street work.
With adequate buildings the work
of the church continued on the
same plane during the terms of the
next several pastors. Each labored
faithfully, but as is so often the
case with loval pastors when there. , , ,
is no especial work, records tell lit- CniLs a^^
tie cf their accomplishments. Among | Earnings are creaitea to tne account
the group who served faithfully dur, K,v mfm,hs |tt oomnnnnd-
ing this era were Rev. George Bry-
Although it is one of the youngest
financial Institutions In Amarillo,
having been In business here less
than three and a half years, the
First Federal Loan and Savings As-
sociation has multiplied its assets
more than three times since the
granting of its charter In March,
1935.
The First Federal, besides serving
as a home loan agency, provides a
channel for Investments, large or
small, all of which carry govern-
ment insurance up to $5,000.
This firm was the first lending
agency to begin making loans on
homes in Amarillo following the de-
pression, and during 1935 was the
only lending agency to make loans
on homes in Amarillo to any extent,
says W. H. Brymer, secretary-man-
ager.
During that year, 154 homes were
financed by this Institution, making
total loans of $282,644.95. In 1935,
'36 and '37, the First Federal made
453 loans. These totaled $271,171.37
in 1936, and $304,024.42 in 1937, mak-
ing a total of $857,840.74 In home
loans during the three years.
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A"! loans are made on the month-
ly reduction, simple interest plan.
Variable interest rates are made ac-
cording to location and construction
of homes. Loan rates are five and
one-half, six, six and one-half, sev-
en and 7 and one-half per cent.
Borrowers have the privilege of
paying any part or all of their loans
in advance without penalty. In fact,
borrowers are encouraged to pay off
their homes as rapidly as possible
so they may own their homes clear
or debt.
The association has more than
400 borrowing members at this time.
Two kinds of accounts are provid-
ed for investors. The Savings Share
Account provides for the payment of
regular monthly installment pay-
ments or odd amounts to be paid
tiples of $100, and earning* are paid
by check to the Investor each alx
months.
The association has never paid
less than four per cent per annum,
two per cent being paid each six
months. It has 375 investing mem-
bers at this time. All accounts are
insured up to $5,000 by the Federal
Savings and I.oan Insurance Cor-
poration, an agency of the federal
government.
• • •
Assets of the association, as shown
in periodical statements since It was
chartered, were as follows:
June 30, 1935 $271,766.70
Dec. 31. 1935 393,484.57
June 30, 1936 531,593.96
Dec. 31, 1936 637,040.73
June 30, 1937 745,472.50
Dec. 31, 1937 824,610.90
Mar. 31. 1938 878,790.73
The First Federal was chartered
under Section 5 of the Home Owners
Loan Corporation Act as amended
and approved April 27, 1934, which
provides:
"In order to provide mutual thrift
institutions in which people may in-
vest their funds and In order to pro-
vide for the financing of homes, the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board is
authorized, under such rules and
regulations as it may prescribe, to
provide for the organization, incor-
poration, examination, operation and
regulation of associations to be
known as 'Federal Savings and Loan
Associations', and to Issue charters
therefor, giving primary considera-
tion to the best practices of local
mutual thrift and home-financing
institutions in the United States."
An amendment to the National
Housing Act was approved June 27,
1934, which provided for the incor-
poration of the Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance Corporation with a
capital stock of $100,000,000, the
capital to be furnished by the gov-
ernment and the corporation to be
an Instrument of tht government.
This corporation waa organized for
the purpose of Insuring Investments
In Federal Savings ana Loan Asso-
ciations up to $5,000.
To assist Federal Savings and
Loan associations to meet the de-
mand for home financing the Uni-
ted States Treasury was authorized
to Invest In these associations to the
extent of $100,000,000. Later, the
Home Owners Loan Corporation was
authorized to Invest in these associa-
tions to the extent of $300,000,000
H. E. Fuqua has been president of
the First Federal since it was char-
tered, and W. H. Brymer Is secre-
tary-manager. Directors are P. L.
Reppert., John N. Maynard, E. A.
Simpson and J. R. Durrett.
Mcsquile Something New
Hunter Irwin; Andrews: "Tu the
old days, the country around here
looked quite different. There was
practically no mesqulte, and what
there was, was low. Mesqulte has
grown up In the last 25 years. When
we first came here, the whole coun-
try was grass; you couldn't find
enough sticks to make a fence. Now
the mesqulte is big enough for fence
posts. Wo moved hay in ravines,
once that now have brush so thick
you can hardly ride through them.
We could see long distances then."
W. H. Gray, who owns part of
the old LS ranch, is a real estate
dealer in Chicago. During the
World's Fair in 1893 he tore down
Llbbey prison and brought It to
Chicago and reproduced it.
OQI.DBN ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 1M8.
Visitor Stays
P. H. Buthker came to Amarillo In
1924 "Just to visit Texas." He still
is here and owns and operates a
major business — The Amarillo
Greenhouse.
Mr. Buthker, who has spent most
of his life In the floral business,
worked In Ohio and Pennsylvania
before coming to Amarillo.
The Amarillo Greenhouse was es-
tablished In 1902 by H. C. Gettys,
who Is In the floral business at
Clovls, N. M. Tine business was es-
tablished at Fourth Avenue and
Jarkson Street. In 1922 the down-
town store was startpd at, 419 Polk
Street. It was moved, to 605 Taylor
Street In 1924.
When the downtown store was es-
tablished the greenhouse remained
at the old site. It was moved to
Ninth Avenue and Jefferson Street,
the present 6ite, In 1926,
The Amarillo Greenhouse does a
strictly retail business. The crem-
house is used for keeping flowers
and growing small plants in the
spring. Mr. Buthker says he has dis-
continued the practice of growing
cut flowers.
The firm belongs to national asso-
ciations which give It, facilities for
telegraphing flowers to any point.
"I wouldn't think of returning to
the East," Mr. Buthker said. "I like
Amarillo and the people here, and
am happy in my business."
taught the adult class.
Working largely with volunteer
The women of the North Ama- ' labor, the tabernacle was torn down
rillo Methodist Church at once or- | jn eariy spring and a small but sub-
ganized a Ladies Aid Society, with j stantial building erected at 617 North
Mrs. Ross as president. This so- Buchanan Street. This was called
ciety did very effective work In
both the church and in social ser-
vice lines until 1919, when the
Woman's Missionary Society was
organized. Among loyal leaders and
workers of the early years were
Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. F. W. Ford,
Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. F. W. Saunders,
Mrs. Charley Hall, Mrs. J. W. Cant-
rell, Mrs. M. F. Lackey, Mrs. Booth,
Mrs. C. E. McPherson.
The Ladies Aid at. once set about
raising money to purchase an organ
for the church. Pie suppers, ice
cream festivals, oyster feeds—the
Indies worked steadily until the or-
gan was paid for. Mrs. Wynne, Mrs.
MrPherson and Mrs. L. Wermel-
skirchen are among early organists.
Preaching services and Sunday
school of the new organization were
held in a small building at Fifth
and Buchanan.
The conference of 3910 assigned
Rev. Leslie Robinson as pastor of
the Amarillo Missions. Karly In his
ant, November 1924-1928: Rev. H.
A. Nichola, 1828-29 and Rev. J. P.
Patterson 89-80.
Rev. J. S. Huckabee was the next
pastor. With Increase in member-
each six months, thereby compound-
ing the earnings. Thus the account
grows to the extent of the earnings
as well as amounts paid in.
The association does not sell
stock.
The Investment Share Account
Following Herman Umphres as Sun- j ship, the church was again in need ! Prm r • ' e
day school superintendent were J. F. ! of more room. There was a special
Stump, N. H. Morler, and Louis need for a place for the standard
Sunday school work. As the old
church building had outlived Its
usefulness, an educational unit was
constructed on the same lot, and
given the name "Bennett Hall," in
a be-
the "Little Gray Church."
Up to this time the North Ama-
rillo Methodist Church had not
owned a parsonage for their pastor.
Rev. Caughran purchased a large
two-story house for the church in
1912. This building was moved onto
the lot at 613 North Buchanan for
a parsonage.
To aid In making payments on
the new church and the parsonage,
the Ladies Aid gave an Ice cream
festival on the lot between the
Wermelskirchen. Emory Richardson
was among the first stewards and
served faithfully in this capacity
for almost 20 years. J. F. Ross was
a steward for a long period.
Church records reveal there was ! memory of W. C. Bennett,
an outstanding revival series while j loved member.
Rev. Watts was pastor. Names of j Rev. Huckabee and his wife were
many children, now grown and ac- ! dearly loved by all North Amarillo.
tive in church organizations over 1 The kindly, spiritual sermons of the
the city, are listed as uniting at this ] errand oW man who has given three
time
tev J hn T. Hicks came as pastor
in .. co serve one year. Early in i
his ministry, J. D. Stlnson and his j
family united with the North Ama- :
rillo Methodist Church. This fam- ! ... „„„
ily gave much in consecrated service S f ' Y" JY'?pr S 1Mr t/> finish
to the church and to North Amarillo (or, °,V S"SjSTjIZ?V." S™
over many years. I °ut the conference year when Rev.
J ! Huckabee was transfered to a milder
Mr. Stlnson served as president of climate. He labored effectively un-
the board of stewards, Sunday school j m yle Cf 1937
superintendent leader or worker | Early in 1937, 'nr'e completely de-
Pitman, a man of deep consecration
and powerful physique, gave his very
best to the work. While holding
firm the religious life of his charge,
he labored night and day toward
the building. When the church is
completed, and through the years
to come, North Amarillo will be
greatly indebted to Rev. Pitman for
his far-sighted planning.
sons to the ministry, made the Bu-
chanan Street Methodist Church
rich in spirit, even though there was
a financial depression over the
world.
wherever he was needed. Miss Car- stroyed the Buchanan Street Meth-
rie Stlnson soon brought new life odlst Church but left Bennett Hall
into the Epworth League, combining standing. With Sunday school
the senior and junior leagues into ; classes meeting in various places, and
one effective organization. services held in Bennett Hall, Rev.
Mrs. Imogene Pace affiliated with : Pitman at once began the task of
church and the house, ihls spot,; the c]1Urch about this time, giving j providing the church with an ade-'
proved a delightful recieanon freeiy of (ler time Rnd talent jn its i quate plant to care for the needs
service. Her home was always open of North Amarillo. The new struc-
i to the league group, and many resi- i ture, as the architect's plans show, j
HERMIT OF PALO TH RO
Jim Hastings: "The first winter
Goodnight's men were in the Palo
Duro, many days they would find
their chuck and tobacco gone when
they came back to camp. They
never could catch anyone. But they
found a barefoot track, and later on
they found a man under a ledge,
barefooted, bareheaded, ragged, and
with long hair and beard. Started
to kill him because they considered
him dangerous, but they let him
go."
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ground for use of all church organ-
izations.
Rev. Caughran organized the Kp-
worth League early in his ministry.
He also established a circulating li-
brary in the Sunday school, giving
any child or adult in North Ama-
rillo the privilege of securing b6oks.
As an Incentive to church loyalty
both the Sunday school secretary
dents of North Amarillo still recall
the pleasant social gatherings that
were planned by Mrs. Pace.
Rev. L. G. Haggard served from
November 12. 1916 to November 3.
1918. Since its organization, except
for one short period, the North
Amarillo Church and the F.ast, Ama-
will have two units, a church
building and an educational unit.
Foundation and frame work of
the church was completed in the
summer of 1937 and many brick were
on the ground when the work was
temporarily halted by lack of funds
Through this trying period Rev.
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TRUE WESTERN HOSPITALITY
of the kind that has made the Southwest famous was closely linked with
the serving of fine coffee and good foods.
If was more than 20 yea rs ago that ARNHOLZ COFFFE became famou
for Its Rare, Rich Flavor and Delightful Aroma.
This same fine coffee is obtainable today at your grocer's.
"It's Really Fresh'
YOUR
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HAS
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And At Your Favorite Restaurant
Try a cup of piping hot Arnholr Coffee with a sizzling hot steak at your
favorite restaurant today . . . you'll agree that it is a great treat.
Congratulations-
At this time we sincerely congratulate the Old Timers whose courage
and vision made our modern life in the Panhandle possible.
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We have Farm and Ranch Lands
out of the
Old XIT Ranch
in Dallam, Hartley, Deaf Smith
and Parmer Counties
for sale at
Reasonable Prices on Liberal T erms
SAMUEL ROBERTS
General Land Commissioner
Capitol Free hold Land T rust
Dalhart, Texas
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