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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEarly Churches Panel Group 02Oral History: The Early Church 1. Date/Time: July 16, 1997, 10:20 2. Room #: 105 CSCC Moderator: Charlotte Bergstad Interviewees: Kelley Sistrunk Tom Sistrunk Bobbie Walkup Cleve Walkup Kitty Worley Will Worley Mary A. Wicker CB: Who would like to answer this first? What was first church or synagogue like? Fi road Cop TS: "Our Savior's" Lutheran Church started on the A &M campus in the YMCA in 1934. In 1939, a group of women organized the Women's Missionary Society. This lead to the formation and adoption of the constitution of what was then known as the American Lutheran Church of College Station, eventually becoming Our Savior's Lutheran Church. The ladies are really the ones who started all this, and they continued their meetings at the YMCA until 1948. CB: 1948? TS: 1948. Yes. At that time the property was exactly where it is today. Two charter members, and Rouloffs, donated two lots that were utilized. There were just houses on it. It's present facility was constructed in 1954. I believe it was dedicated in September of 54'. Now, two people everybody knows here in Bryan - College Station: Earnest Langford and Frank Lawyer, were the architects that designed the church building. CB: Oh! TS: There has been a lot of construction going on. That's on the intersection of Cross and Tauber street. That's been a little confusing because people have been delivering this to Tabor street way across town. (laugh) CB: Well, there's always a little problem some where, isn't there? (laugh) TS: Right. CB: Okay. Mr. and Mrs. Walkup...would you like to tell us a little about the beginnings of your church? CW: Well, I understand...that the A &M Methodist Church, now called United Methodist, was started in 1923. I came on the scene as a freshman in 1941 living on Jersey street in those days, in project house Number One. The house was named after Mr. Vemon Hafner. He was about the class of 1916 from A &M, and was County Agriculture Agent in Childress County. I was a 4 -H Club boy under Mr. Hafner. It was through the influence of people like that...that I was able to come to school at A &M. CB: Uh -huh. CW: I came with $99.00 and a few pennies. I could not quite scrape together $100.00. But thanks to men like Dan Russell and Vemon Hafner, I was able to get a room and board for sixteen dollars a month. My $99.00 wouldn't have gotten me very far in the regular dormitories at $45.00 a month. The first Sunday I was here I inquired where the Methodist Church was. They said," Do you know where the post office is ? ". I said, " I sure do." They said," Go one block past that, and look for a building that resembles a mule barn." In 1925, when it was relatively new...I guarantee yea, it did look like a mule barn! It looked like everything else, but a church. But, it lasted up until the 60's. In the meantime, there was a building program going on. A man named James Carlin was the pastor in 1941. In 1947, James F. Jackson was the pastor. There had been two pastors named Jackson. R.L. Jackson was pastor in 1932 - 1936. My wife stayed with them on the weekends, so they're the ones who got me into all this trouble. (laugh) They were the parents of Corky Jackson. He was in the clothing business here at one time, 1948. James F. Jackson, pastor 1947 -1952, was the biggest spark plug that built the sanctuary which we have now to worship in, between what was the post office and the First Bank of College Station. The highlight of all those years is when the pastor's son got shot. It was behind what is now Kinko's Copy Center...there were a few small houses. One lady was a seamstress at Tillies's Dress Shop around the corner from Gamer's Jewelry. At work one day, they brought word to her that her kiddos had found an old 22 shell out in the yard, and they had no shells in the house. They loaded that one shell and started snappin' it. No tellin' how many times it had been snapped, but as soon as little Jimmy Jackson, the pastor's son, went outside and stepped down the stairs, they snapped at him, but this time it fired! That bullet went completely through him and stuck in the door facing. I remember that high noon prayer meeting held by Bob Sneed when I left, I felt like I had been to church. The pastor was in Atlanta holding a revival meeting when word came that his little boy had been shot. The mayor or sheriff or someone loaded his car, and started this way. He used a two -way radio to clear a path for Jimmy Jackson. They brought him home to his son's bedside. I'm happy to say that the boy lived, made a Methodist pastor, and was serving as a pastor in the Houston area. One day he stepped outside making a Pastoral call, and the bullet came again! So, bless his heart, he has been shot twice in the service of the master, and is still surviving. One of the highlights during my stay here has been to read this book called "The First Fifty Years ". I was there continuously from 47 to 52. I was out teaching vocational agriculture for fifteen years, then we came back in 1967. I've been here now for thirty years. Some of these people are still alive. 1 like to remember the faces of the people who shook hands with me that first Sunday in 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Vera Brison, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy Godbey, and a few other old timers shook hands with me that morning. They made me feel at home. When someone is away from home, they appreciate that someone is friendly to them. There is no end to what I could relate probably, and I don't wanna take up all the time...(laugh) CB: Now, didn't Mr. Loupot belong to your church? CW: He did. CB: Yeah. He was my neighbor. You have a beautiful sanctuary. CW: One thing I remember about Mr. Loupot was, one time I got fired from a job, and needed a job...I had a wife and two children. I had applied at several places, and didn't get them. I was talking to 01' Army Lou, bless his heart, and he said," You know how to feed turkeys ? ". I said," I sure do." He knew I was an old country farm boy. CB: (laughter...) CW: He said," If you can't find something', I'll give you a job feeding' turkeys, so you can get something. It'll at least put beans on the table." My wife remembers that probably more than I do, cause she was the one home with the two kiddos. But he offered me a job when I needed one. CB: He was a great man. He was a good neighbor. I still miss him. CW: He was a good man. CB: Yes, he was. CW: He didn't hear much, like myself, so we sat up at the front. (laugh) CB: Let me tell you something about Mr. Lou- he couldn't remember names very well so all the ladies were "little lady" and all the fellas were "Bubba ". And that's how he got around messin' up names... well, Mrs. Wicker, tell us about your church. MW: I moved here with my Mom and Dad in 1928. My father, Reverend Norman Anderson, was the first called Pastor at the A &M Presbyterian Church. We moved in a Manse (parsonage), which was at the corner of College Main and Church Street, which subsequently has been moved. He retired in 1962. After he retired he served other Central and South Texas churches. He is buried in the College Station cemetery. I'm one of the few children who actually grew up at Northgate. College Main stopped at the comer of Church Street. Dad bought one of the staff campus homes and moved it to Timber Street. That's where we lived until 1972. Mother moved, after Dad died, into an apartment at Redmoad, now George Bush Blvd. The A &M Presbyterian Church started initially as a college student church; in other words, it was really founded to cater to young College -aged kids. We met for several years, including the three during W.W.II, at different places on campus. My mother, Mary Dunlap Anderson, is 93 and lives with me. She reminded me that A &M used to be completely military, and there was compulsory chapel attendance on Sunday mornings. That was held in Guion Hall. I don't know why we stopped meeting in Guion Hall, but there was a period when we did. And we met at the old assembly hall, which is where the current chapel is. My father, Reverend Norman Anderson helped with the planning of All Faith's Chapel. TS: That's where the All Faith's Chapel is located. CW: Yes. The All Faith's Chapel. MW: During the war, but not for very long, we met at the Palace Theater. We had to set up chairs and all sorts of things for that. We had a very active church. A lot of the members were A &M faculty, which was what composed most of College Station at that time... and we had a large high school and college student program, also. My dad traveled around the state and spoke with people of wealth who had an extra dollar, and he talked with ex- Aggies to accumulate money. His goal was to make enough money to build a church here. It was not easy to do- and he was not able to do what he really wanted. But after the war- Mother and I figured out that it was from the Victoria Airbase, Dad was able to buy the Army Air Base Chapel. And that was the beginning of the Church structure which is at 1301 Church Street. I've got pictures that show this chapel without facade or landscaping. TS: That was Foster Air Base. MW: Thank you. Mother and I couldn't remember. As I said, Dad Stayed as pastor until he retired in 1962. Following him was Rev. Bruce Fisher . He stayed until he retired. During his tenure the church was bricked and redecorated. I think my father planted all those trees that line the front of the church property. When we lived at Northgate and Timber Street, the young people would meet out in our yard for watermelon feasts, and hamburger cookouts. Mother has a story of one kid who ate ten hamburgers one day when he was there. Easter sunrise services were held in the area of the Presidents home and Botanical Test Gardens followed by outdoor breakfast at our side yard on Timber Street. I believe we were rained out only once! WW: Can I add something? MW: Yes, please. WW: I'm Will Worley, my wife and I came here from the University Presbyterian Church in 1955. We moved in, we went to church on Sunday morning. When we came here, the President of the college , and all the deans were members of the Presbyterian church. Charles Workman was the head of the students there. The fellowship hall was a great asset. MW: Daddy did not have an assistant or a youth minister in the early days. WW: One thing I remember when I started here in 1935, is that we were the ones to have Easter service in Guion Hall. We had a religious emphasis week. There were several speakers that came. CB: This is in 1939? WW: Yes. MW: My father also started the Department of Religion at A &M. CB: That's right. He cared deeply about the students and there activities, as well as there lives. WW: He had many religious leaders on campus. The students could get credit for religious classes. MW: Yeah. The athletic students would want to take them for the grade points. (Laughter) TS: I mentioned awhile ago that in 1934, we started the A &M Lutheran club. Two of the former members of the corps are still living B -CS. One is Herb Schleider and the other is Al Giesenschlag and he's one of the interviewees. He helped found our Savior's Lutheran , and Herb's still a member. MW: Many of the college students did not come with a car, and most stayed on campus. There was nothing on University, except at Northgate, and Texas Avenue was Highway 6. There was no bypass and few means of entertainment, so the churches constituted activity. CB: Did anybody have choir in your church? KS: I know they had a choir in 1957 when they first started. CB: Do you know how long it was? KS: I want to say...well, let's see, `57 till `97, it's been for awhile...for a time, we didn't have a music program- now it's very strong. You see, Lutherans do a lot of singing. MW: Gorgeous choirs. KS: That's right. BW: Methodist have a small choir, too. MW: We had an organ when we met at the Y, and Mrs. Luther Jones, Catherine, was organist for many years. I Teamed to sight read because of my father and her. I played piano. Mr. Killough sang many a song. He had a gorgeous tenor voice. He would sing solos. We had a choir and we always had special music. Well... we started a little angel choir, Carolyn Mitchell was the director of the children's choir groups Mrs. tom Leland, Sr. (Ruth) and Mrs. Edward L. Williams (Jane) also directed and assisted with choir works. Mary Leland, a violinist still plays occasionally at our services. CW: Carolyn Mitchell was bom on the A &M campus. MW: At that time, the faculty was required to live on campus. KW: I was thinking about all the churches and the student activities. What about the A &M Methodists, was there student organizations? Do you know anything about that? CW: The, uh, first building, the one that looked like a mule barn, was owned by the Wesley Foundation. When the A &M Methodist Church wanted to put a building there, they did not own the property. So, even after the sanctuary was erected, they could not finish construction because the Wesley Foundation owned the tabernacle in between the three story Sunday School building and the present sanctuary, so that old building just sat there for awhile. (Laugh). But bless his heart, a Pastor named Nolan Vance came on the scene in 1952, and the Methodists swapped that land with the land the parsonage sat, where the little boy got shot. Today they have completed it, and were able to deed the land. The Wesley Foundation owns the property across the street, now. (Laugh) CB: The old "mule barn" as you call it- what were the pews made out of? CW: They were wooden, I don't know. (Laugh) CB: Wooden, huh? (Laugh) CW: I believe they were folding chairs, about six of them joined together. It was my privilege, when I was a freshman in 1941, to, at 25 cents an hour, and I was glad to have the job, I got to mow the church lawn with a hand - pushed reel mower! It rained 46 inches that year and the dallis grass got to be a foot tall. If you've ever pushed a hand real mower in grass that's too tall- it's a new experience. I would go over it one direction, then the other. That's the way I had to'tackle it, but at 25 cents an hour, I didn't complain. CB: Uh, let me ask you a few things about the old mule barn. How was it heated? Do you remember? CW: Well they had some gas heaters when I came on the scene. CB: Was it cooled by ceiling fans or fans? CW: We had one of those big aluminum fans on a stand. It sounded like an airplane taking off. And bless his heart, Mr. Jackson...when he started preaching, they'd have to turn the fan off, cause you couldn't hear him with it on. That made it hard to live I there, but you couldn't hear the minister with that fan going. There were no ceiling fans. CB: Tell us about the funeral home advertisement hand fans, that you used to keep cool. Did anybody have those? MW: We had them in the sanctuary. Opening the windows was fine, but come July and August there's no breeze, you know? Daddy always wore a white Panama suit. And before he started the sermon he told the congregation he was going to remove his coat and if they wanted to do the same, they could. Everybody would stand up, shake their coats off, fold them over the pew, and then sit back down. Then Daddy would preach. It was just too hot! But it was formal. People wore hats, hose, gloves, ties, etc. CW: One of my memories, as part of the Wesley Foundation, I had the privilege of taking the offering. With my sweaty hands, it was all I could do to keep from dropping the offering plate. So- I made three mahogany plates and donated them to that church. We still use one of those plates. As my Daddy would say, "When you put that many people together, you've gotta lot of animal heat!" (Laugh) CB: That's right. MW: Speaking of the offering plates...one Easter Sunday we had two darling little girls who had an Easter basket each with a live bunny in it. Daddy always taught that you give the best you had. So when the Deacons passed the plate -both of the little girls put there prize possession in there. The deacon did not know what to do. Dad said, "Girls, this is the sweetest gift of all, but I really think the Lord would like you to have them!" CB: I would like to ask Mr. and Mrs. Sistrunk if there was anything else you would like to add. Is there anything that pops into your mind that you would like to contribute? TS: What I remember about the Lutheran Church are the wooden buildings that were there. Some were air - conditioned with window units, and some had open windows. I noticed that the wooden building were used for a lot of things. Finally they were removed to make way for a new fellowship hall. CB: That old building, did it have wooden chairs or wooden pews? TS: It just had folding wooden chairs. KS: One of our buildings had old furniture. TS: Most of our beginnings relied upon the students. MW: I remember the combining of the high school students and the college kids. But there was no dating until the girls were late high school age. They treated me like a little sister. It was sorta a big family relationship. They always had a home to go to on Sundays. Many in our home on Sunday afternoons were foreign students; they were lonesome for a home. TS: Seems to me like we hitch -hiked when I became a student. activities were pretty slim. MW: Across the street was the Baptist Church with R.L. Brown...a very strong Baptist Church. KS: Like he said, churches make you feel welcome. I came from the northernmost part of Minnesota down to Bryan, Texas and the first people to welcome me were Harold and Olga Sovenson. Their deceased now. That was something I'll never forget. It made me feel at home. MW: As I recall, one of Our Savior's activities on Sunday afternoons, was to pile outta the house and see the train come in. CB: What were some of the early traditions of your church? Was there anything unusual? KW: I think that whenever she mentioned that we have Easter services early... MW: Uh -huh, sunrise services. KW: That was an early tradition. CB: Well, did you have any elaborate ceremonies that were observed? MW: I do not remember the dedication of the Foster Victorian Air Force Chapel. I don't recall that. The dedication would have been in 1949 or so and I had moved out of state by then. KW: Talk some more about the sunrise services. Now we don't have many people come out. Back the there were large crowds. We have good food, but it's not the same. MW: Uh, those were very significant to me. We would meet at sunrise. Every Easter, it would be foggy and drizzly. Then when the service started- the heaven's would open up. It was significant to me of the resurrection. CW: I remember the laying of the cornerstone for the present building of A &M Methodist. I was present. Bob Sneed, James F. Jackson, Bishop Smith, Brother Taylor Ramsey, the first pastor of church, they were all there. MW: Mr. Walkup, what year was that building built? Did you say 1960? CW: No, no! 1950. And occupied in `51. CB: Okay. Thank you. CW: I followed Jarvis Miller as president of the Wesley Foundation. The activities of the Wesley Foundation, then, were held in the tabernacle. That was the sanctuary before the main sanctuary was built. MW: I remember that. CW: And there's a history behind this cross. That was a channel iron or I beam steel cross. Brother James Jackson had that thing put up, and he put neon light on it. It was about twelve feet tall. The cross stood out. The high wind blew it down. Somebody would have been killed if they'd been around there, so they never did put it back up. In 1951, that cross was on there, on top of the present three storied educational building. CB: Um, did any of you ever have any revivals? And where were they held? How many weeks did they last? MW: I don't recall it really. Not in the older sense of "revival ", but we did have a very significant Religious Emphasis Week each year. CB: What about a churchyard? MW: We had our structure in `48. We got some property then. See, air conditioning stopped all that outside stuff. We don't do things outside anymore. CB: Uh -huh. MW: I don't know how we survived without `em. CB: Do any of your churches have a cemetery? Uh, what about Baptism? How did your church conduct early Baptisms? MW: Ours is the same as it's always been. CB: Which are...? MW: Just sprinkling. And announcing the name of the child and the responsibility of the parents and congregation to raise the child in Christ. CB: What about adults? How do you baptize adults? MW: Exactly the same way, except the pastor doesn't hold them. (Laugh) CB: Unless anybody has anything else to add, I wanna thank you all for participating. I think you did very well. with 5. 1722 (i1DieLE y 6 .JJ i-Tr/ 1/JtZ. Lam The City of College Station, Texas Memory Lanes Oral History Project INTERVIEW AGREEMENT The purpose of The Historic Preservation Committee is to gather and preserve historical documents by means of the tape - recorded interview. Tape recordings and transcripts resulting from such interviews become part of the archives of The City of College Station Historic Preservation. Committee and Conference Center Advisory Committee to be used for whatever purposes may be determined. 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C - City of College Station Memory Lanes Oral History Project This is 4Q,et Today is ail'- / o _, L? (month) (day) (year) A-1" time `A V c ))014 (Mr., Mrs., Vkzo&, 7ZLif . Miss, Ms., Dr., Etc. I'm interviewing for the This interview is taking place in Room /»c of The at 1300 George Bush Dr. College Station , Texas . This interview is sponsored by the Historic Preservation Committee and the Conference Center Advisory Committee of the City of College Station. Texas. It is part of the Memory Lane Oral History Project. Have each person introduce themselves so their voice is identifiable on the tape recorder. arks: Memory Lane: Name Kelley Sistrunk Interview No. Interviewer Interview date 7 /16/97 Interview Place Conf. Ctr. Interview length Special sources of information Date tape received in office Yes # of tapes marked Date Original Photographs No # of photos Date Recd Describe Photos Interview Agreement and tape disposal form: Given to interviewee on Received Date Signed Restrictions - If yes, see remarks below. Yes No Transcription: No First typing completed by Pa Date First audit check by Pa g e s Date Sent to interviewee on Received from interviewee on Copy editing and second audit check by i "� Final copies: Typed by City of College Sta t.ion Memory Lanes Oral History Project Oral History Stage Sheet Churches (name) (name) (name) Indexed by: Sent to bluffer) by Date Received from bindery Date Deposited in archives by: Date Date Pages ' 12-- Date 1 i g icr7 Pages Date Proofread by: 1) Pages Date 2% Pages Date Photos out for reproduction: Where to: Date: Original photos returned to: Date: arks: Memory Lane: City of College Station Memory Lanes Oral History Project Oral History Stage Sheet Churches Name Ton Sistrunk Interview No. Interviewer Interview date 7/16/ 3 Interview Place Conf. Ctr. Interview length Special sources of information Date tape received in office # of tapes marked Date Original Photographs Yes No # of photos Date Recd Describe Photos Interview Agreement and tape disposal form: Given to interviewee on Received Date Signed Restrictions_ If yes, see remarks below. Yes No . Transcription: No First typing completed by Pages Date First audit check by (name) Sent to interviewee on Received from interviewee on Copy editing and second audit check by -ark- P) Pages (name) Final copies: Typed by Proofread by: 1) 2 ) Photos out for reproduction: Where to: Original photos returned to: Indexed by: Sent to binGlery by Date Received from bindery Date Deposited in archives by: Date Date (name) Pages Date Pa Date Pages __Date P Date Date: Date: Date g I Cc1M---7 arks: Memory Lane: City of College Station Memory Lanes Oral History Project J t Oral History Stage Sheet Churches Name Bobbie Walkup Interview No. Interviewer . Interview date 7116197 Interview Place Conf. 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Interview length Special sources of information Date tape received in office # of tapes marked Date Original Photographs Yes No # of photos Date Recd Describe Photos Interview Agreement and tape disposal form: Given to interviewee on Date Signed Received Yes Restrictions- N yes, see remarks below: Yes No Rest Transcription: No First typing completed by Pages Date First audit check by (name) Pages Date Sent to interviewee on Received from interviewee on Copy editing and second audit check by TY vL 6e Pages (name) (name) Final copies: Typed by Pages Proofread by: 1) Pages 2 ' Pages Photos out for reproduction: Where to: Original photos returned to: Indexed by: Sent to bindery by Date Received from bindery Date Deposited in archives by: Date Date Date: Date: Date — Date Date Date [ 1.11 . ! 1 arks: Memory Lane: City of College Station Memory Lanes Oral History Project Oral History Stage Sheet Churches Name Cleve Walkup Interview No. Interviewer Interview date 7 /16/97 Interview Place Cont. utr. . Interview length Special sources of information Date tape received in office Yes # of tapes marked Date Original Photographs No # of photos Date Recd Describe Photos Interview Agreement and tape disposal form: Given to interviewee on Received Date Signed Restrictions- yes, see remarks below. Yes No If Transcription: No First typing completed by Pages Date First audit check by (name) Indexed by: Sent to binflery by Received from bindery Deposited in archives by: (name) Pages Date Sent to interviewee on Received from interviewee on Copy editing and second audit check by 1 a YZ kt Pages (-_ (name) Date Final copies: Typed by Pages Date Proofread by: 1) Pages -Date _ _ 2i. Pages Date Photos out for reproduction: Where to: Date: Original photos returned to: Date: Date Date Date Date arks: Memory Lane: Final copies: Typed by City of College Station Memory Lanes Oral History Project Oral History Stage Sheet Churches Name Teenie Wicker lnterviewJ4q�� 9-7 Interviewer Interview date Interview Place Cont. Gtr . Interview length Special sources of information Date tape received in office Original Photographs Yes No # tapes marked Data Describe Photos # of photos Date Recd interview Agreement and tape disposal form: Given to interviewee on Received Date Signed Restrictions- If yes, see remarks below. Yes No Rest Transcription: No First typing completed by Date First audit check by Pages Date Sent to interviewee on Received from interviewee on Copy editing and second audit check by (name) (name) Pages ;_,A.A.,i L 1 - - P a g e s I " / .Z Date 1 I I l 1 6 ( (name) Pages Date Proofread by: 1) Pages -- -Bate 2, Pages Date Photos out for reproduction: Where to: Date: Original photos returned to: Date: Indexed by: Sent to bindery by Date Received from bindery Date Deposited in archives by: Date Date