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[Choraliers Visit Avery Island, Louisiana]

Photograph of the choraliers visit to Avery Island, Louisiana. Left to right: Sharon (Mary Ann Murphy's granddaughter), Margret Anne Blitch, Dan and Audrey Daniel, Lois Bryan, Angie Bowers, Rose Merriman, Mary Ann Murphy, Jack Cansler, and Lois Copeland.

Date: May 13, 1998

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Choraliers Visit Avery Island, Louisiana]

Photograph of the Choraliers visit to Avery Island, Louisiana. Left to right: Angie Bowers, Bill Kettrick, Lois Copeland, Bob Bowers, Edna Nixon, Rex Copeland, Audrey Daniel, Lois Bryan, Jim Sutherline, and Bill Hauck, minister.

Date: May 13, 1998

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Christian Men's Fellowship Litter Control Committee]

Photograph of the members of the Christian Men's Fellowship Litter Control Committee. The committee was responsible for picking up the trash in the neighborhood of the church, along Ninth Avenue, from 60th Street southward to Alligator Bayou. Standing, left to right: Ward Beckcom, Abe Snider, Jim Sutherlin, Kenneth Parker, L.G. Douglas, Clarence Richards, Frank Nixon, and Sidney Baker. Kneeling in front, left to right are Ralph Harrington and John Widenhoff.

Date: 1987

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Christian Men's Fellowship Queen for a Night Program]

Photograph of the Christian Men's Fellowship "Queen for a Night" program. Left to right: Fulton Allgood (standing in back), Gladys Lacey pining corsage on Marie Darlison, Queen (sitting in chair), Allen Dawson (standing in back).

Date: March 1955

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[The Christian Tabernacle]

Photograph of the First Christian Church charter members in front of the building known as the "Christian Tabernacle". The Reverend H.M. Polsgrove is sixth from the left on front row. He served the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, 1908-1911. This building was constructed in 1905 at 700 Fifth Street. It was removed in 1912 to make room for the new brick structure which was completed in 1915. Other ministers who served in the Tabernacle were Reverend Tolbert Weaver, and Reverend C.F. P… more

Date: 1904

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Christmas Caroling Party 1953]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Christmas Caroling Party in 1953. Many carolers are standing in front of two parked buses singing. Janis Joplin, who became a noted rock star in the music world in the late 1960's, is standing on the steps of the bus in a white sweatshirt.

Date: 1953

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Chuck Wagon Youth Dinner]

Photograph of the Chuck Wagon Youth Dinner at the First Christian Church. A large number of men, women, teenagers, and children are spread out on a yard in a residential area. Some people are standing but most are sitting on the grass.

Date: October 25, 1953

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church 1956]

Photograph of a front view of the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: December 1956

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church 1956]

Photograph of the First Christian Church and educational building shortly after construction was completed..

Date: December 1, 1956

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church 27th Anniversary Celebration]

Photograph of the First Christian Church 27th Anniversary celebration. The church officials in the photo are, back row - left to right: E.C. Blackburn, John Stanley, Reverend Anglemyer, A. Roy, and H.T. Whitson. Front row - left to right: Mrs. Whitson, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Anglemyer, and Pauline Renwick. The cake they are standing behind was molded to look like church structure and weighed 150 pounds.

Date: 1942

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church After a Snowstorm]

Photograph of the First Christian Church after a snowstorm that took place on January 11, 1973. Three and a half inches of snow covers the church and the church bus parked on the left hand side of the church.

Date: January 12, 1973

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church After a Snowstorm]

Photograph of the First Christian Church after a snowstorm that took place on February 13, 1958.

Date: February 13, 1958

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Boy Scout Troop]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Boy Scout Troop.

Date: unknown

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Choir Quartet]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Choir Quartet. Left to right are: Bill Reeder, Kathryn Anglemyer, Pat Hilton, and Robert Gartman.

Date: December 1946

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Chuck Wagon Supper]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Chuck Wagon Supper on grounds of the historic home, Rose Hill, adjacent to the Sabine-Neches Waterway and at foot of Woodworth Blvd. at Lakeshore Drive. A large number of people are congregating around several picnic tables and chairs.

Date: August 30, 1957

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Chuck Wagon Supper at Rose Hill]

Photograph of the First Christian Church members being served during the Church Chuck Wagon supper at Rose Hill. The event is taking place outdoors and the members are huddled around picnic tables

Date: August 30, 1957

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Communion Table]

Photograph of the First Christian Church communion table, which is carved with an inset of the Last Supper. The table was given in memory of the Charter Members of the Church, by the Loyal Women's Bible Class for the new sanctuary. The women had earned $1000 making all kinds of needlework, mostly quilting, for eight years to provide this gift to the congregation.

Date: 1956

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Congregation]

Photograph of the First Christian Church congregation. The pews are full of people, there is not a single empty seat. The church choir is sitting in the two front pews alongside Reverend John M. Hughes, who is sitting on the inner side of the pew section on the right. Next to the minister is Jane Catanach and her son, Jimmy, and Arthur Catanach.

Date: 1952

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Cub Scout Banquet

Photograph of a Cub Scout banquet at the First Christian Church. Most of the guests are in the middle of eating and sitting at tables. The Reverend John M. Hughes is standing in the back of the room, second from the right.

Date: 1952

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Dedication]

Photograph of the new church building dedication for the First Christian Church. The Reverend Claude F. Pierce (dressed in white shirt and pants with dark jacket in front with his hands on his hips) was the minister here 1911-1915.

Date: July 1915

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Educational Building]

Photograph of the First Christian Church educational building. There is a large group standing in front of the building and two parked cars in the street.

Date: November 20, 1955

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Fellowship Hall]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Left to right is Mrs. John H. McDonald, a charter member, explaining the church history to two young members, Mark Huber and his cousin, Pete Huber.

Date: August 26, 1960

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Greeters for Sunday Morning Service]

Photograph of greeters for the Sunday Morning Worship Service at First Christian Church. They are shown here in the narthex of the church at 620 Woodworth Blvd. Front row, left to right: Robert A. Bowers, Johnny Edgerton, and Leatrice Huber. Back row, left to right: Glynn Lowther, Len Caillouet, and Fred Day.

Date: April 1979

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Groundbreaking Ceremony]

Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First Christian Church. Members of the Children's Division, under the supervision of Mrs. Shirley Trahan, Superintendent, (in photo helping child at podium) brought small bricks to the platform, symbolizing the part the children played in the growth of the church. John M. Hughes, Minister, is standing behind the podium.

Date: October 9, 1955

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

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