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of the 1951 bulletin. |
| 1942, 82nd year. Homecoming was Sunday, October 11th. | |
| 1943, 83rd year. Rev.
O. T. Harrison was the pastor at Burlington on the first & third Sundays
of the month; Carter's Chapel on the second & fourth.
According to his letter of resignation written January 15, 1943, it was not easy for him to leave. "...Friendships have been formed, ties have been made that will be hard to sever ..." He went on to say, "...But I have felt that a divine hand is leading me to the boys in the Army & so I must go...." An offering 
of eleven dollars was sent to the Methodist Children's Home on June 10th
according to the one cent postal. There was no route number only
s name & town. |
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| 1944, 84th year. There was no route number on the one cent postcard postmarked from Versailles KY on November 12th shows that an offering of twelve dollars was received. "...Please keep your church & friends interested in our boys & girls." signed C. A. Sweazy, Supt. & Treas. | |
| 1945, 85th year. In April an offering of fourteen dollars, fifty cents went to the Methodist Home, Versailles KY. Written in ink on an August 2nd postcard addressed to a name, route number & town, was an offering of eighteen dollars, fifty cents. Penciled in was thirteen dollars, seventy-two cents (probably the Sunday School's portion of the money collected by the church). | |
| 1946, 86th year. Fifth Sunday Offering to the children's home was eleven dollars, seven cents. On a Sunday in December, there were twenty Sunday School members. Four in the Primary Class, five in the Intermediate Eight in the Women & Men. Three officers & teachers were present. | |
| 1947, 87th year. May
18th was clear & warm. Total class attendance was forty-one.
It rained on the 25th. The first & second Sundays in June were
partly cloudy, warmer. The weather on the 15th was clear, cool; attendance
was thirty.
According to a one cent postal, July offering to the children's home in Versailles, KY was eleven dollars, seven cents. August 24th was rainy & hot. On the 31st it was also hot, rainy & there was fog. Forty attended Sunday School on September 7th. The 28th was clear & cool; fifty-three were counted. December 7th was cold & rainy. On the 21st the weather was cool, clear. |
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| 1948, 88th year. January
4th was cold. It was snowing. Seventeen attended Sunday School.
On February 15th class attendance was fifty. On March 17th the offering
to the children's home was fourteen dollars according to the one cent postal
postmarked Versailles, KY. On March 21st was hot & partly cloudy by
the time Sunday School rolled around. A total of thirty were present
for classes
April 18th was clear & warm; with attendance, forty-five. On May 30th, thirty-eight. June 20th, thirty-six. Same amount on the Fourth of July. Mid August saw forty-two. At the end of that month thirteen dollars went to the orphan's home. On a Sunday in the middle of September attendance was fifty-seven & the offering was three dollars and fifty-five cents. October 7th was rainy & cool with seventeen; total offering, ninety-nine cents. Sunday November 7th was cold. The 21st of the month was too. Also windy. Twenty-four were in Sunday School on the day after Christmas. |
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| 1949, 89th year. On
January 9th 1949, forty-two attended. February 20th saw seventeen
people in Sunday School. March 27th, thirty-two. On April 24th there
were forty-seven present.
On Mother's Day, May 8th, there were thirty-six. Offering was two dollars and thirty-four cents. June 19th was a sunny Sunday. Twenty-six attended. July 3rd saw thirty-seven. August 28th, twenty-seven. The sky on September 11th was partly cloudy. Thirty-five people were in Sunday School. October 30th offering was nine dollars & seventeen cents with twenty-four in attendance. The next week, the offering was a dollar, ninety-four cents. Twenty-one people were in Sunday School Christmas Day. |
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| 1950, 90th year. On
the 1st day of that year, the weather was fair. Report for classes
Feb. 19th noted, seven in the Primary Class, seven in the Boys & Girls
Class, two in the Men's, five in the Women's. Three officers & teachers
were present.
Boone County Larger Parish and Youth, written by Catherine Carroll, appeared in a bimonthly issue of an official publication of the Kentucky Conference. At the time a yearly subscription to the magazine cost $1.00 . The writer's article in The Kentucky Methodist praised Rev. V. V. Hill for his determination over the last two years ~ enlisting neighboring rural churches to organize the parish young people. Membership originally came from Walton, Florence (a group that recently withdrew to join the Covington Urban MYF), Williamstown, Falmouth, Warsaw and various churches of the Boone County Parish. Two other groups were added to the Sub District in 1950, Dry Ridge & Butler. Rev. R. P. Patton was then the Superintendent of the Covington District. There were seven churches & no parsonages in the Boone County Larger Parish There were twenty-three people in attendance for Carter's Chapel Sunday School on March 26th. April 30th saw twenty-seven. Kentucky Methodist National Family Week ran from May 7th through the 14th. May 21st was sunny. Pastors’ School, at KY Wesleyan College, Winchester was June 5th-9th. June 16th-18th, Young Adult Assembly. Weather noted in a record book at Carter's Chapel says June 18th was hot! On July 13th Covington District Church School Institute was held at Trinity Church in Latonia. Sunday School offering at Carter's Chapel on July 30th was eight dollars & ninety-one cents. August 6th, two dollars & eighty-six cents. 130th Session of the KY Annual Conference was August 23rd-27th. September 10th was both hot & cool, according to a Carter's Chapel Sunday School notation. On October 29th there were twenty-three present. Same number on November 19th. December 17th listed two in the Primary Class, nine in the Intermediate Boys & Girls, three in the Women, seven in the Men with officers & teachers also in attendance. |
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| 1951, 91st year. Philip Townley was preaching every first & third week at Carter's Chapel. Sunday School classes were at 10:00. Morning worship was at 11:00 AM, the pastor's sermon was entitled, Putting God in His Place. According to the bulletin, Sunday October 21st, 1951, a member joined by transfer from the Kavenaugh Methodist Church.. Youth Fellowship was at 7:00 PM; young people were divided into two teams for a Bible quiz on the book of Mark. At 7:30 there was an evangelistic service; sermon topic, If I Sin. | |
| 1952-1953, 92nd year, 93rd year. No data, yet. | |
| 1954, 94th year. November 9th the Methodist Home sent a receipt showing an offering of a one dollar offering was sent from Carter's Chapel. "... We thank you for the offering & for the kindness that has been shown to our children." the two cent postcard says. | |
| 1955, 95th year. Despite
the heat, fifty people were in Sunday School, July 17th. It was cloudy
on the 24th. Hot again, the 31st ~ day the offering was collected
for the Orphan's Home. Twenty-one dollars, nineteen cents was taken
up from the combined Sunday School Classes. August 7th was a warm Sunday.
An offering of thirty-two dollars, twelve cents was recorded by the home
in Versailles on a two cent card postmarked August 13th.. The 14th was
cool; 21st humid; 28th, warm.
On September 4th the weather was cool, as was the 11th. Then, there was one child in the Primary Class, three in the Junior, four in the Boys & Girls, twenty-one in the Women's, seventeen in the Men's, with five officers & teachers present. The 18th was warm; 25th, cold. Weather for all Sundays in October was cool. Orphan's Home offering the last Sunday that month: nineteen dollars, forty cents was taken up, with forty-two in attendance. November 6th was a cool day. On the 13th of the month there thirty-nine in classes. The 20th was a snowy day. Thirty-seven were present. It was cool on the 27th. Forty-five attended classes. December 4th was a cool day. The 11th was cold. On the 18th there were ten children in the Primary Class, six in the Junior, four in the Intermediate Boys & Girls, six in the Women's, eight in the Men's, with five officers & teachers also present. Christmas Sunday was warm. |
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| 1956, 96th year. January
1st saw fifty-six in Sunday School. On the 8th the weather was cool; 15th,
cold; 22nd, foggy. Orphan's Home offering was on the 29th. Seventeen dollars,
forty-five cents was taken up. Thirty-six were present for Sunday School.
February 5th's offering was twelve dollars, eighty-eight cents with forty-eight
in classes. The 12th & 19th were cloudy days. The 26th was cool.
Sunday March 4th was warm. The weather
was cool on the 11th. There
was snow the 18th of that month. The 25th it was pretty. May 6th, 13th, 20th were warm. The 27th, cool. Also June 3rd. 10th & 17th were warm. It was hot the 24th. The 1st day of the seventh month, weather was warm; also the 8th & 15th. The 22nd was a rainy day. Forty-two were in classes. The 29th was warm too; thirty-eight were present for Sunday School. The first two Sundays in August were hot. Class attendance was in the mid & upper forties. The 15th was rainy, 26th, warm. The second half of that month, the number of people present for Sunday School ranged from upper to mid thirties. September 5th was a cool day. Forty-five people came to classes. The 16th saw fifty-five present. |
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| 1957-1959, 97th, 98th, 99th years. No data, yet. | |
| 1960, 100th year. An offering of sixteen dollars was received by the children's home on April 20th according to the three cent postcard, which still had a route number & town. The county line had moved from Pendelton to Grant sometime that year or in those surrounding. It would become Pendelton County again. "... We thank you for this gift to the children & we appreciate the interest shown ...." C. A. Sweazy, Supt. & Treas. | |
| 1961, 101st year. World-Wide Communion Sunday was October 1st. | |
| 1962 through 1967, 102nd-106th years. No data, yet. | |
1968, 107th year. The
June 10th Offering
to Methodist Home was twelve dollars, fifty cents . Postage on the card
was five cents. There was a route number in the address along with
a five number zip code. Summer pastor at Carter's Chapel UMC was
Carl Townsend. |
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| 1969, 108th year. No data, yet. | |
| 1970 marked the 109th year.By
now the building had been freshly painted. There was new front step outside.
Inside new Methodist Hymnals sat in recently attached book racks on the
pews. The last Sunday in August was set aside for fellowship with old &
new friends.
Homecoming continues to be a yearly event, featuring morning services followed by a basket dinner  then
gospel music. |
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| 1971, 110th year. There
was a weekend revival April 22nd-25th featuring a different speaker each
evening. Dr. Perry delivered the message for the Sunday morning Rededication
Service. Homecoming music came from Dayton, Ohio's Southern Aires.
The church went on record as approving the astronauts reading the Bible
while in orbit (on 12/68). In 1971 Carter's Chapel hosted the Community
Thanksgiving Service.
Young people sold napkins & decorative plates to purchase new song books for Sunday School. An every member canvass & annual Christmas program was held. That night Christian & American flags were presented. Relatives of Rev. Fielding T. Howard honored his memory with a gift of a new communion table. The cross & candelholders were given in memory of Mrs. Pauline Spegal by her sister-in-law. The communion set was repolished. Pictures of John Wesley & a praying hands plaque were presented to the church. By now the interior of the church had been completely redecorated. Also an exterior bulletin board with automatic electric lighting was installed & a security light put up. Two sides of the cemetery had new fencing. The approach to the front step boasted gravel. Signs pointing travelers to the church were erected on Highway's U.S. 25, KY 17, & KY 491. |
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| sources of above (edited) information:
History excerpts plus improvements & activities from various
church annual & bulletins:
AMENDMENT #1 HISTORY OF CARTER’S CHAPEL .... OUR 110TH YEAR .... 1971; AMENDMENT #2 August 1972; AMENDMENT #6 August 1976. letter from O. T. Harrison written January 15, 1943 old postcards from the Methodist Home Boone County Larger Parish, By Valis V. Hill & various other excerpts from Vol. 16, No. 4 - 1950 Kentucky Methodist, Town & Country Edition Also Meigs' International Sunday School Record 1955 & Sec./Treas. Bk from 1940's & 50's. Sunday 10/21, 1951 bulletin. Last update, 10/24/04.
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