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History, Glensfork, KY Part III Glensfork, KY, aka, aka Glenville, Glens Fork, & Hardscratch In this last of three installments of the history of Glensfork, KY
By Welcome Hamon, Glensfork, KY from the Adair County Review, edited by Mike Watson Part III, Churches Glensfork Union Sunday School Glensfork Union Sunday School was organized in October 1896. The Christian and Methodist Church held a joint Sunday School. They would rotate from one church to the other for their services, used literature from American Sunday School Union in Philadelphia. Each church had its own pastor, their own revival and carried on churches as two separate groups, but had Sunday School together. The Methodist Church This continued until the early 1920's when Methodist Church withdrew from the Union Sunday School and organized a Methodist Sunday School using Methodist literature. This division continued until the Methodist Church burnt in 1928. During the interim of division, the Christian Church still ran a Union Sunday School. After the Methodist church burnt in 1928 and before they had the church rebuilt in 1930, the Nazarenes organized a church at Glensfork. Some of the Methodists joined the Nazarenes. The Methodist had preaching services at the Christian Church during the interval where they had no building. When the Methodist Church building was ready for service in the summer of 1930, I believe, when the two churches began rotating Sundays and there was once again a Union Sunday School. The Union Sunday School continued until 1959 The Union Sunday School continued this time until November 29, 1959 when it was once again divided, each church going their separate ways and have continued until the present day (November 20, 1971). So much talk, bitterness and ill will was generated by this division that I suspect no one wants to try to patch up differences. Maybe it is best to let sleeping dogs lie. Church of the Nazarene This church was organized in October 1929 by district superintendent Lewis Tom Wells. The building and lot were purchased from Minnie Tucker with a down payment of $105. The location was the building and grounds used as Glensfork School from 1912 until 1928. This remained the location of the church until 1948 when they completed building the present building. The church traded its property to Mr. Tom Grant for land where the church building now stands. There were eleven charter members: Mrs. Liddie Andrew, Mrs. Siotha Marshall, Mrs. Harriett Ann Powell, Miss Ruby Harvey, Levi Andrew, Minnie Tucker (now Furkin), Mrs. Susie Andrew, Mrs. Della Collins, Bill Thompson, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mary Lizzie ThompsonThe first pastor, J. W. Norris, held the first services on October 25, 1929. Pastors of the Church of the Nazarene are as follows: J. W. Norris 1929-30, Ernest Gould 1930-31, L. D. Smith 1931-32, Ruell Wooten 1932-33, J. A. Willingham 1933-34, E. D. Cornish 1934-35, M. E. Turner 1935-38, R. B. Phillips 1938-39, C. L. Childers 1940-43, E. L. Buster 1943-47, Robert Altman 1947-49, H. A. Wilcox 1949-50, E. A. Cooprider 1951-52, Coolidge Grant 1951-53, Jessie Meredith 1953-55, Warren Hayes 1955-56, Lawrence Adams 1956-58, George White 1958-59, Ronald Wesley 1959-61, R. D. Roeper 1961-62, Cecil Wells, Jr. 1962-63, Samuel D. Phipps 1964-65, Earl D. Foye 1965-68, Charles Courtney 1969-70, Bobby Hambrick 1970-71, Joe Tyson 1971-?Christian Church It is definitely known that there was a congregation here as early as 1886. At that time, services were held in the old school building which stood on a lot now owned by Mrs. Tom Grant. This lot was between the present Methodist Church lot and s small branch. In 1887 the church bought a house and lot in Glensfork for $100 from Joseph Rice, Sarah Rice and S. W. Rice. This building stood about where the present Masonic Lodge Building stands. The upper room of this building was reserved for the Masonic Lodge so long as said organization was kept up and said upper room was kept in good repair, but if at any time the Lodge failed to do this, the upper room reverted to the Christian Church. In 1899 the church sold this property to the Glensfork Masonic Lodge for $50. In 1890 the church bought a one-half acre lot from Howard Webb and Louella Webb, his wife, for $50. Soon thereafter, a church was built on this property. It was torn down in 1958 when a church was built on another site. All of the lumber used in this building was donated. All lumber was yellow poplar, except the sills which were oak. The benches were homemade. Lumber used for the benches were given by Brockman and Hatcher who once operated a sawmill at Glensfork. The carpenters were Jimmie Willis and Joe Potts. They built the church for $100. A metal roofing was put on the church in 1928, concrete steps were built in 1945 and in 1946 the church wired for electric lights. In 1959 the church bought one acre from George and Mary Smith for $1,000. Work was started on the new church on March 8, 1958. The church was completed in July 1958. The first services were held on July 20, 1958 and the dedication was August 31, 1958. Carpenters were Ores Loy and Ernest Finn. They worked for $1 per hour. A partial list of ministers are: Flavius Barger, ----King, ----Profit, Robert Kirby, Z. T. Williams, ---Lockhart, W. K. Azbill, G. B. Gwinn, ---Wheeler, Malcolm Leach about 1925, H. J. Conover 1926 or 1927 - 1931, no ministers in 1932-33, H. J. Conover 1934-38, J. C. Ashley 1939-1941, Lawrence R. Fugit 1942-April 1948, H. J. Conover May-Dec 1948, L. Metcalfe Miller 1949-50, Ray Hammond 1951-56, Joe Bob Grider 1957-Jan 1959, Paul Dunn Mar-July 1959, Lionel Talbot Au-Nov 1959, Billie Miller Nov 1959-Nov 1963, Joe Guthrie Dec 1963-1965, Bernard Bricker 1966-1969, Carl Bridges 1970-May 1972, Howard Asa May 1972, Bill Wethington 1973.On February 12, 1961 the church had a special mortgage burning ceremony. The church borrowed $4,000 from the Bank of Columbia in 1959 and the last of the indebtness was paid on January 20, 1961. Schools and Teachers I don't know when the first school was organized at Glensfork. The earliest building I know about stood between the present homes of Ed Lee Grider and Mrs. Annie Mary Grant. The next oldest building, so far as I know, stood between the present Methodist Church grounds and a small branch. This lot is now owned by the widow of Tom Grant. School was held there as early as 1884. The last term of school there was in 1912. This land was given by Ghira Wesley, grandfather of Virgil Wesley, of Columbia. On May 2, 1912 W. L. Brockman and wife, Anna B. Brockman, deeded the county one acre and fourteen square poles for $20. The lot was used by the Church of the Nazarene from 1929-1948. Miss Mae Upton taught the first term of school here in 1912. Mrs. Carrie B. Bolin taught the last term there between July 1927 and January 1928. On December 12, 1927 H. K. Walkup deeded the county 3.61 acres. In 1928 a four room building was built on this plot of ground. Two rooms were used for elementary and one for high school. Glensfork High was a two year high school for the first term in 1928-29 through 1933-34 term. In 1934 it became four year high and remained such until the end of the 1942-43 term when the high school was discontinued. Due to vandalism this building was torn down and a one room building built on this school ground. I believe the old building was torn down and the new one built in 1950. The elementary classes were held in this new building from 1950 until Glensfork was discontinued. The pupils were then enrolled in Colonel William Casey and John Adair in Columbia. After Glensfork High School was discontinued the county sold the grounds and building to Roy Grant. Subscription schools There have been many subscription schools here. These schools were held in the winter after the public schools closed. They were also called winter school because they were held in the winter and a subscription schools because the pupils paid the teacher a fee. Z. T. Williams had an academy in the upstairs part of the old two-story building that stood a few feet south of where Samuel Aaron & Company building stood. A partial list of teachers who have lived in the community at one time or another are: Mrs. Allene Aaron, Dr. William Blair, Mrs. Carrie Bradshaw Bolin, Lena Bolin Baugh, Dr. Benjamin J. Bolin, Mrs. Grace Conover, Welcome Hamon, John A. Jones, Pauline J. Taylor, Mrs. Norene Rosenbaum, Mae Upton, Mrs. Annie Rosenbaum, Mrs. Madge Calhoun, Mrs. Rachel Estes, Mrs. Malcus Breeding, Mrs. Emma Johnson, Mrs. Norah Blair, Mrs. Frosica Hoover, Mrs. McIva Hale, Mrs. Kate Webb, Miss Cora Kelsay, Mrs. Lucy Dudley, Elbert Webb, Mrs. Mae Webb, Miss Dicey Webb, Mrs. Maud Kelsay, Bryce Walker, Mrs. Carrie Walker, Coolidge Grant, Mrs. Edna Wilkinson, Joe B. Morgan, Mrs. Cleo Morrison, Roscoe Antle, Mrs. Ida Marshall, Clarence Marshall, Robert Marshall, Mrs. Irene Marshall Reece, Finis Strange, Eli Strange, Jenny Marg Simmons, Mors. Polly Belk Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Jan Dudley, Mrs. Helen Johnson, Mrs. Lutie Smith, Azro Hadley, Mrs. Myrtie Hadley, Philip Hadley, Mrs. Alice Upchurch Hadley, Mrs. Laura Sinclair, Cora Cartwright, Lou Cartwright, Pauline Hamon Jones, Lum Winfrey, Henry Aaron, Sally Miller, Molly Miller, Horace Jeffries, Cortez Sanders, Jessie Taylor, Gordon Montgomery, Fannie Smith, C. E. "Dink" Wilson, Annie Wilkinson, Flora Powell, Thomasine Garnett, Love Richards Bailey, Allie Garnett Cundiff.Beginning in 1928 Glensfork had 2 elementary school teachers until 1936. To read all three installments of The History of Glensfork by Welcome Hamon:
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