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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Trinity Church-Tuckermy The Sunday lar ycroi ncsove Washington, D.C. June 20, 1948 > * + er Color Photo by Elwood Baker ntury Relic Old Trinity Episcopal Church and graveyard, Church) Creek. Md. (See Pans = . . R % Three types of traps used by ore displayed by Creed W. Sayles, © } t} Rat-bait ingredients ore ' Pope, 3565 Tenth street NF 4909 Just stacet N.E. os ured into a mixer by Haywood District r@t-control experts - eve IN THE BASEMENT F 6t.a school-bullding on P- street N.W, near Wisconsin avenue, is a room that looks for all] the world like a candy kitchen. At one side are jars of mo- lasses and sirup, cans of sugar and crushed nuts. There are a scale, two mixing machines, a pouring table and a drying unit. - The ‘gweetmeat that is con- cocted t each day is dead- ly—deadly’ to rats, that is. This is the bait preparation statior of the District rodent control unit, a five-man crew that goes out each day to war against the hosts of rats that plague Washington more than the average citizen real- izes. - : ‘“You take 30 .pounds of bread crumbs,” says Creed W. Sayles, foreman of the crew, “one gallon of molasses, @ gal- lon and a half of water and four pounds of red squill—and then you've got a batch of bait.” . og Most of the ingrédients come from ' foodstuffs con- ‘demned in stores and restau- rants by District tid inspec’ tors and therefore cost noth- ing. . . Little balls of the bait are put on ruhways and near rat- holes. LeRoy R. Smith, a rodent-control supervisor, in- sists that the poison his men use most often—red squill— will mot kill other animals, despite the complaints he gets from time to ie that the By STANLEY BAITZ poison they set out ‘killec a household pet. The baiting crew uses sev- - eral other kinds of poison, too, depending on_ place and cir- cumstances. The newest com- pound, evolved by the United States Public Health Service, is a whitish powder: called 1080. It is so potent that it takes ,only one.ounce to the galloh of water to make @ “batch.” It is poured into tiny paper cups which are put down at strategic places -for thirsty rats to drink. “That stuff hits ‘em so fast they don’t ‘have time ‘to get back :to their-holes,” says Mr. Sayles. “We don’t have to go and look for them.” The baiters are very care- ful with this stuff. They make sure: other animals will not have access to it. They count each cup as it is laid down and note -its location, They make certain to pick up the same number of cups when they next come around, at which time they carefully de- stroy the, remaining fluid and burn the cup. Even the rats killed by 1080 have to be in- cinerated, for any other ani- mals that got at a poisoned rat would die in turn. _. The rodent-control crew is @ multi-weapon uhit. Besides internal. poisons they use pol- son gas, traps and a “sticky pad” — simply a piece of thickly tarred paper which is eae J es eS so gluey it will hold any r that walks across it The gassing operation carried on with a hand pum and the operator, ifehe is wis -yses-a mask, for this is t same kind of gas used in t lethal chamber of some Stats for executing murderers “Funny. thing about rats says Mr. Sayles. “You put gi down a rathple and the fir one owt epery time is t pappy rat.) He wants air a he doesn't let anything sta in, his’ way. But you take ft mather rat—she'll always t to push the baby fats o ahead of hef.” The traps are used to’obts live specimens for, laborato ‘analysis to determine whet they are carriers.of typhus other epidemic germs. , * Mr. Sayles has been in District service for 26 yea Up until three’ years ago had served gs mes ger, cle and — storekeeper. © But thought those, jobs too ca fining and asked for a job rodent control, so he co get outdoors. ,He is deligh with his work—an. attit Which is ‘echoed by © members of the crew. “Till rats is fun,” they say. F his ‘experiences .of the 1 three years and from what has yeat, Mr..Sayles has come quite an authority rats and their habits. “You can find rats in finest resitten tial s@ctions well as in the slums,” he s “They aren't particular at 2 wer ; Loe: : CAR: El ae Ninety Years Later? | (FCC _ Trinity Plans New Edifice Trinily Episcep i Church in the fellowship hall of Presbyterian’ Church Rev. Frank .F, Fagan, Church ‘rector for two years, made “ishigners will’ meet nght to plans for a new church building, fol- lowing a covered dish | supper Thur =~ Ay hear proposed t t more In 1875, the present building was aks © the property ‘was donated by = Superior Court Judge D. M. var | es. By 1876, there were 30 com- municants and the rector’s sal: | ry was $290. A year later, with 51 communicants, Rt. Rev. | -« Atkinson consecrated First Trinity > than the _an- sc nouncement today and members to be presen! for. the urges important Meeting ‘that will be gin at 6:45 p.m W:-L. Allison, ; Jr., . buildihg committee chairman, and. Thom as A. Eanjoy, buildiig fund drive chairman. along with theit committees and the rector, have | spent many’ hours on the mam- | moth project. They will present plans and: an architect's draw ing af the building, with 13,875 square feet of enclosé id floor space, that ‘will be constructed len the corner of Henkel. Road x it was the $1,800 structure and | and North Center Street named Trinity Church. | Parishioners painted the in- | terior of the building in March, 1984, and the organ loft . was erected in the rear . of the © church. The choir was moved and a larger narthex was erect: ed‘ at the same time: Owner of one of the : pipe or gan first | ns. in Statesville, the irst church had a beamed Goth- | Fic ceiling and Gothic windows */ Howev er. when | i. in the sacristy. installed, 4 | fla furnace = F | rounded ceiling | easier heating and support. At | the same time, hardwood floors : wer laid and air ames E | and i rect lighting yére in- caljed in a ehurch In 1947, Trinity Church. . be- | came a self-supporting pach | | egrlier, a parish | + jand a year }| house was bailt ibe money given \vin Tomlin. as 4 other, Mrs Charlie \ in a life-long member. with a- sum by the late Ir- memorial ato | Tom Street rectory was ‘ for $15,000. | Allison are. Richard H ae | | bership, Mr. ‘three services each Sunday—8 was built . for fi the Cross, . held there # June, 1858, by Rev. George B. Wetmore, ,who along ; conducted baptismal 1863-1873, at the. Iredell County | . Serving on the cemmittee with Griggs, warden. Hofmes Ewel , Eugene Troutman and, | Bremen Working With Fai- _|. Joy are Neil Gutchess, K. C i Eller, _Jr.. | burne. and: Loring Fish Because of increased mem Fagan conducts °~ } a.m., Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m \\ family. service; morning worship—at the pres | ent church on Walnut Street. liv € sufficient facilities «also make it impossible to have adult class- es on Sunday morning. and ‘11 a.m Originally riamed Chapel — of the. first- service was with Rev. R. W. Barber, also services, | Dear Friends: Trinity Episcopal Church, Henkel Road at North Cen- ter Street. is a relevant. portion of Advent in our com- munity! This commynity fellowship extends welcome, has: warmth and is confessional! Holy Communion is offered, served and feceived at 8:00 A.M. each Sunday and on Wed- “ nesday mornings during Holy Seasons! This Sacrament is always open to sinners, and Christ comes each day to the members of this church! sie gt ¢ Trinity Episcopal Church has an excellent day nursery with two teachers, a positive Parish School, 10 certified — lay readers, and a devoted secretary arid receptionist! The ~ Reverend Clay’H. Turner, Priest, and the Vestry openly - declare’ war upon hatred, bigotry, racism, poverty, \apathy and pessimism! This church grows 207% or more per year and schools of instruction for confirmation are ever ready - to receive communicants! e . Trinity Episcopal Church has no class distinction, is friendly, and the widow’s mite and right is respected the same .as the blue or white collared worker! Everyone is treated the same, and the avenues of service in worship from Trinity Episcopal Church are the Mind and Chargé of _ Christ made’ manifest to all mankind! Actually, Christmas ‘ is celebrated every day at,.and from, this church! s : « — = : a Theirs is Stewardship. “Ss vv - Nicholson’ Funeral. Home ‘2 ante, | “ Jn) rhe ea Bay, nee ope: ht ee a Bit dear 1733 Biel tide Le Ma Teck (Ube ft Lael: fz Lal f : A Cie Cee Jey (ee (yt : alot {Lx c ~ tf 4 4 E.. cl. Hehe to el Seat eS Pe i <- {97S = fre! ate ete 2 es beth, Nat lee Ay at Pete ot LaAbYS 2 a ee a OT c mae ( , i a he t i , : S A o ‘ , : Wy), ; : f 4 fa} ole Ve. ; i a al pein qk Kastor. | m4 a Dee ob take =t a Fes | Gt ed CA ag. - Pies oe A Myth eek fs _ $6 cS. Aeateaot oe EPS? bits st [ b<4.4h ao tout Sn a al. ; : [ =o ‘ « | ne f cat [btz, wd 7 | Bete P < cub Lec, aatett a tG eA. a fe - gf ———— ef es (dt ccs SF fete es EP a * r fo : ue . et. . e Jug a eas af Dee. i Wont Leck 21 2. whe: eu Ie ano. a p ~ “ teen (Cec oe ath ele: mes c /\ At otk ] > oh? of fe! 4 beg 8 a }H/ Ca ce fot CL wee Wren ¥ i Ans pd A t210-¢¢ é7 Homecoming Planne "At Trinity Methodist ” By HOMER KEEVER | conference against doing away fs ‘with Thyatira, lodged ‘by Sno Sunday will be homecoming ' : . Creek members but evident! a ; evidently ay at Trinity Methodist Church | i, nehalf of a dissident element on the Wilkesboro Road. The . in Thyatira, Not all the mem- | * pastor, Rev. Bryon ~ Shankk, a will preach at the regular 11 page ee oe cer cae rt a.m. i 4] i a there will be | ference turned down their plea he grounds. At the | by a vote of 23 to 7, and evening service Rev. - Wayne |»: : Billings, pastor of Monticello eer pe aoes od from the Methodist Church, will begin revival services, which will ptinity , then, is a continua- continue through Friday eve- tion of an older church. That ning. : : church dates back to 1826, when Trinity has its roots back to it appears oa the church -rolls | t.| founder of the church at States- |: as early as 1826 and has ‘been au = idson’s._In_ 1880, in the 4 ville that has grown into Broad on its present site, or there- midst. of a Mave to change the | 1) Street Methodist Church abouts, since before the Civil family names of churches to|1) Traditionally, though, it was, War. It is one of the best ex- more Bible sounding - names, | | not Campbell who furnished the | amples we have of the close the same had been ‘changed to! 1 |land. It__was Dick *. Johnson. connection between church and Thyatira. | %igearch as you may and you | school that sprung up in. the Traditionally, “the move of| (| will not find a direct record of | far years between the beginning of Thyatira to Trinity was part of | / | any deed. It was not registered..|-Pi our public_school ‘system” and | ° movement that included some| {| But as the estate of Benjamin | i's other churches in the coumty| | Johnson was being settled |'g And Campbell seems to have | been ‘the moving spirit in| hi moving old Thyatira to the site | # ijof Lyceum School and re- . | naming the ehurch Trinity. His |” home was less than a mile | ‘ away down toward Fourth; } | Creek and his name was on|§ F é ‘the roll of both Thyatira and) Trinity. He. had moved to Ire-|* dell with his father ip, 1828, but | his brother, James Campbell, {| had been in’ the county since | J} about 1900 and in 1828. was | ye ge the outbreak Of the Civil War. on the list of th paying quarterage on the Iredell Cir- _ cuit for the first time at the . second quarterly. conference of 1849, and a roll of 67 members appears in that year's class rolls. It was not the first Metho- dist Church in that, community. In fact it seems as if Thyatira Church, which, had stood a mile or so northward toward -the South Yadkin, was simply -moved near the top of the ridge and, renamed Trinity. A large part of the members of the new Trinity had been memr bers of the old Thyatira. And a protest was lodged in the minutes of, the quarterly far Weck and must have included more than we have evidence of: It was part of a movement to combine public school and | church as-a. kind ‘of -commun- ity center. Nobody questioned | such moves then. The argument | at ‘Trinity. was whether the. school should be moved to \'Thyatira Church or the church | to the recently. established | school. : ‘ The public school system in| North Carolina was less than | 10 years old when the move was made. % was 1842 before the county was organized for school work, on the basis of a statewide law passed in 1839. The fa of Iredell’s system was Mi Campbell. He laid ‘off the county inte some 76 | districts and, in the years be- fore the Civil War, was the head of the board of examiners, the nearest thing they had to | peewee | om | 4 ii t@ Duke University. «| there are two references to a) | is on a deed made by Benjamin '| Johnson of. the old homeplace jto John 0. McLelland. It. re- | seryes about two acres, “which lig conserved to the trustees of |.Lyceum _ School | Church.” Sométime in the process the &% school dropped | and Trinity after the death of his widow, | i lot for, Lyceum School and Trin- | i ity Church; and one of them | the narhe | si Lyceum and took the name of. ¥ R the church, and in the period around 1900 and afterward ref- vi erences to Trinity School are té numerous.-° Incidentally some di nine or ten years. after ‘Trinity of Church took its ‘name, {he Niname of ‘another school, down | ' diin Randolph County; had its Riname ‘changed from Normal) ceCollege to’ Trinity College, a| Hi school later moved to Durham | ‘and still much later changed to | srinity Church-by Honez places. -At»some places ti bethlenem out from atesvi re ; ; a 4 hiss UY UE ; ¢ é aeec to chu put W ~~ Rawk ‘) aati Ge La 492- ae wa es 1 toot. Vite: on d)ol. a ee eee a hon OB ATE et ie re ats efit | Jcecfar. 12% 0 borg | 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16. D.C. 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