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NOTES- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF NEWHALL
1880s Rev. F.D. Seward(Synodical Missionary) preaches at Southern

Hotel in Newhall,. Newhall Refinery, Pico Oil Fields.
1889 Newhall citizens ask Rev. Seward about a church in August and
September,"Did not seem best at that time."
1891 May 31. Rev. F.D. Seward organises a church known as First
Presbyterian Church of Newhall. Members are:

Alex I. Fraser ~ Mrs. Maggie Fraser; Samuel c. arid Callie Grier;
Mrs. Flo :.- B. Arnott; Alex and Annie Hume;Henry and Ellen Miller;
Mrs. Barbara B. Lane; Miss Lill ie M. Miller; Mrs. R.D. Shyrock;
Mrs. Mary I. Mendenhall; P.V. Kinnear; Mrs. Ella Drew; Mrs.Ward.
Ruling Elders were Alexander Hume and P.V. Kinnear

June 7. Rev. Seward baptised Stella,Almer Pearl,Jessie Ethel and
Flora Belle, chil dren of Mrs. and Mrs. Grier,at Newhall Elementry.

July 4. George H.Newhall, Sect. of Newhall Land and Farmin.g,donates
100 by 150 feet plot facing Newhall Ave. in townsite of Newhall
to the church.
August 1. c.s. Hogan of Pacpima begans construction of church.

September 15. Church completed. Cost $1225.
October 11. Church dedicated, deb.t free. Ed Pardee donates
organ.

1893 January 1. Rev. H.P. Wilber arrives. He goes to Europe in 1894,
return.s in 1895 and retires July of 1897.
1897 The 97 Home Missionarys in Minrnesota gave more to the church
than a~ e~ual numbe~ in Ca l ifornia-inbfact 3 times as much.
1904 June 7. rnomas ~. ~~ew becomes a mem er.
1908 Henry Clay Needham and rl . Clay Wiley elected Elders. A. Hume
Associate Member and Clerk of the Sessions. Embark on an
anti-saloon campaign.
Wi ,,·e
1909 J •R• W±t-i,;ey, Pastor

1910 Manse built at cost of $572.58
(A ' • ) t
1913 Rev. Whitdey retires.
1914 July 5. Rev-. Wolcott • Evans appoimted Pastor.Congregationmka.d
bee:rn rapped for poor record keeping. Catholic Church built. Dr.
Evans be came "The Litt le Shepard Of The tli lls ''. xie came from

Calvary Presbyterian Church of Wilmington.
1916. Manse enlarged. 3 Elders, 5 trustees,23 ~embers ,jO i n hurch
chool.
Blanch Sha f fer passed away. Frank .Shaffer married her si ster.
1917 32 members. Frank Hovey replaced Mr. Wiley as Elder.
1921 Communion services held im Saugus.Alex Hume died March 2a.
All Newhall businesses cl ose in his honor. Hume never ordained
for s ome reason. Don Frew accepted on Sept.17. 41 members.

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