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History of U.B. Churches in Harrisonburg-Staunton Region December 26, 2024
Virginia Sherman Ritchie, Mamie Hartman Robinson, David Carl Ruebush, Ada Brewen Ruebush, Mildred
Hartman Ruebush, Glenwood H. Ruebush, Phyllis Louise Ruebush, Wanda Lee Ruebush, Ortelia Rader Sandy,
Wilda Rader Schaffer, Hattie Bennett Sherman, Marvin H. Sherman, Pearl Hawse Sherman, Edward L. Sherman,
Mary Wilda Fulk Sherman, Harry Lee Sherman, Robert Wayne Sherman, Ralph Ross Sherman, Wilson Boyd
Sherman, Bertha Smith Shifflet, Howard Wesley Shoemaker, Arizona Lee Shoemaker, Weaver Shoemaker,
Thelma Berry Shoemaker, Jacie Berry Shoemaker, Ethel Ritchie Shoemaker, Clarence Beaver Shoemaker, Elmer
Ward Shoemaker, Nellie Pearl Shoemaker, Dorothy Berry Showalter, Charles Edward Shipp, Wilma Catherine
Shipp, Mary Frances Shipp, Ruie Jane Shipp, Dorothy Twila Shipp, William Shultz, Harriet Neff Shultz, Jean
Shultz, Warren Shultz, Carolyn Shultz, Evelyn Ruth Shultz, John I. Smith, Ester Neff Smith, Gilmer A. Smith,
Mae Leota Ritchie Smith, June Brewer Smith, Carey Smith, Mildred Ann Wenger Smith, Gretchen Fay Smith,
Ralph Smith, Ruby Smith, Woodrow Wilson Smith, Spencer Smith, Nelson Smith, Mabel Marie Smith, Eleanor
Lucille Smith, Claud D. Smith, Rosie Smith, Evelyn Virginia Hedrick Smith, Clinton Robert Spitzer, Anna May
Pennington Spitzer, Virginia Hawse Spitzer, Linda Sue Spitzer, Carl Wilson Spitzer, Floyd F. Spitzer, Solomon
Southerly, Wade Southerly, Ellen Shipp Southerly, Doris Marie Southerly, Ruby Ashenfelter Strickler, Juanita
Whitmire Strickler, Charlotte Louise Strickler, General Gordon, Jr. Strickler, Nancy May Strickler, Phyllis Paige
Strickler, Paul R. Stroop, Hazel Evelyn Stroop, Bertha Smith Taylor, Clarence Wilson Taylor, Betty Raynell
Taylor, Phyllis Jean Taylor, Frances Elizabeth Trumbo, Edward Lee Tusing, Betty Lou Tusing, Frederick L.
Whetzel, Sada L. Kenny Whetzel, Frederick Lawrence Whetzel, Ollie Whetzel, Pauline Halterman Whetzel,
Raleigh Whetzel, Ivan J. Whitmer, Blanche Mason Whitmer, Geraldine Jeanetta Whitmer, Beverly Ivan Whitmer,
and Arnold Zirkle.
Memorandum, for a Bush Meeting, September 1887. Program of meeting to be held near
Cherry Grove commencing on Sunday the 18th of September, 1883. The following rules will be rigidly
enforced during the meeting—all are resolved that the services will commence by timing, when it will
be expected that the people come to order and be seated. No talking or laughing allowed within hearing
distance of the stand; no gathering in groups. All huckster stands shall be closed at the same time and
not to be opened until services are over. Hucksters’ shall see there is no disorderly conduct about their
stands during services, no ardent spirits allowed to be sold within the distance prescribed by law; in
regard to hucksters, the power is invested in the committee to rent the stands and [decide] where they
shall be located, no hucksters to make any sales unless they comply with rules. By order of the
Committee, Rev. W. F. Gruver, E. S. Pennington, Henry Zirkle, J. W. Bixler, W. F. Smith, and James
Bush.
Conference Reports. Cherry Grove U.B. Church was first mentioned in Conference Minutes in
1888, when the Shenandoah District Presiding Elder reported: “a new house of worship at Cherry
Grove on [Singers Glen] circuit is in progress.” New Salem is listed on Broadway Circuit in 1899 and
1901. In 1901, New Salem had 70 members—the other churches on Broadway Circuit at the time were
Broadway, 63 members; Pleasant View, 60; and Mt. Carmel, 147 Cherry Grove was not mentioned
again until 1905, when the churches of Broadway Circuit were listed: Mt. Carmel, 173 members;
Cherry Grove, 58; and Pleasant View, 80 (in 1905, Broadway was on Lacey Springs Circuit with 60
members). In 1906 the Broadway Circuit report noted that Cherry Grove Church had been painted at a
cost of $60.
In 1906 Cherry Grove, along with Broadway, Mt. Carmel, Pleasant View, and Singers Glen were
attached to Singers Glen Circuit (Mt. Clinton from Singers Glen was attached to Dayton Circuit). In
1912 Cherry Grove on Singers Glen Circuit reported $18 in repairs. In 1916 the church reported $60 in
the treasury for improvements. In 1921 Singers Glen Circuit was a two-point charge: Cherry Grove,
174 members; and Singers Glen, 271. In June 1942 Rev. Millard Floyd was appointed to supply the
pulpits at Singers Glen and Cherry Grove, made vacant by the death of Rev. W. D. Mitchell.
The Singers Glen Circuit report in 1947 reported a lot had been donated for new church at
Cherry Grove, $500. In 1948 the Conference Superintendent reported he had preached at the Cherry
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Virginia Sherman Ritchie, Mamie Hartman Robinson, David Carl Ruebush, Ada Brewen Ruebush, Mildred
Hartman Ruebush, Glenwood H. Ruebush, Phyllis Louise Ruebush, Wanda Lee Ruebush, Ortelia Rader Sandy,
Wilda Rader Schaffer, Hattie Bennett Sherman, Marvin H. Sherman, Pearl Hawse Sherman, Edward L. Sherman,
Mary Wilda Fulk Sherman, Harry Lee Sherman, Robert Wayne Sherman, Ralph Ross Sherman, Wilson Boyd
Sherman, Bertha Smith Shifflet, Howard Wesley Shoemaker, Arizona Lee Shoemaker, Weaver Shoemaker,
Thelma Berry Shoemaker, Jacie Berry Shoemaker, Ethel Ritchie Shoemaker, Clarence Beaver Shoemaker, Elmer
Ward Shoemaker, Nellie Pearl Shoemaker, Dorothy Berry Showalter, Charles Edward Shipp, Wilma Catherine
Shipp, Mary Frances Shipp, Ruie Jane Shipp, Dorothy Twila Shipp, William Shultz, Harriet Neff Shultz, Jean
Shultz, Warren Shultz, Carolyn Shultz, Evelyn Ruth Shultz, John I. Smith, Ester Neff Smith, Gilmer A. Smith,
Mae Leota Ritchie Smith, June Brewer Smith, Carey Smith, Mildred Ann Wenger Smith, Gretchen Fay Smith,
Ralph Smith, Ruby Smith, Woodrow Wilson Smith, Spencer Smith, Nelson Smith, Mabel Marie Smith, Eleanor
Lucille Smith, Claud D. Smith, Rosie Smith, Evelyn Virginia Hedrick Smith, Clinton Robert Spitzer, Anna May
Pennington Spitzer, Virginia Hawse Spitzer, Linda Sue Spitzer, Carl Wilson Spitzer, Floyd F. Spitzer, Solomon
Southerly, Wade Southerly, Ellen Shipp Southerly, Doris Marie Southerly, Ruby Ashenfelter Strickler, Juanita
Whitmire Strickler, Charlotte Louise Strickler, General Gordon, Jr. Strickler, Nancy May Strickler, Phyllis Paige
Strickler, Paul R. Stroop, Hazel Evelyn Stroop, Bertha Smith Taylor, Clarence Wilson Taylor, Betty Raynell
Taylor, Phyllis Jean Taylor, Frances Elizabeth Trumbo, Edward Lee Tusing, Betty Lou Tusing, Frederick L.
Whetzel, Sada L. Kenny Whetzel, Frederick Lawrence Whetzel, Ollie Whetzel, Pauline Halterman Whetzel,
Raleigh Whetzel, Ivan J. Whitmer, Blanche Mason Whitmer, Geraldine Jeanetta Whitmer, Beverly Ivan Whitmer,
and Arnold Zirkle.
Memorandum, for a Bush Meeting, September 1887. Program of meeting to be held near
Cherry Grove commencing on Sunday the 18th of September, 1883. The following rules will be rigidly
enforced during the meeting—all are resolved that the services will commence by timing, when it will
be expected that the people come to order and be seated. No talking or laughing allowed within hearing
distance of the stand; no gathering in groups. All huckster stands shall be closed at the same time and
not to be opened until services are over. Hucksters’ shall see there is no disorderly conduct about their
stands during services, no ardent spirits allowed to be sold within the distance prescribed by law; in
regard to hucksters, the power is invested in the committee to rent the stands and [decide] where they
shall be located, no hucksters to make any sales unless they comply with rules. By order of the
Committee, Rev. W. F. Gruver, E. S. Pennington, Henry Zirkle, J. W. Bixler, W. F. Smith, and James
Bush.
Conference Reports. Cherry Grove U.B. Church was first mentioned in Conference Minutes in
1888, when the Shenandoah District Presiding Elder reported: “a new house of worship at Cherry
Grove on [Singers Glen] circuit is in progress.” New Salem is listed on Broadway Circuit in 1899 and
1901. In 1901, New Salem had 70 members—the other churches on Broadway Circuit at the time were
Broadway, 63 members; Pleasant View, 60; and Mt. Carmel, 147 Cherry Grove was not mentioned
again until 1905, when the churches of Broadway Circuit were listed: Mt. Carmel, 173 members;
Cherry Grove, 58; and Pleasant View, 80 (in 1905, Broadway was on Lacey Springs Circuit with 60
members). In 1906 the Broadway Circuit report noted that Cherry Grove Church had been painted at a
cost of $60.
In 1906 Cherry Grove, along with Broadway, Mt. Carmel, Pleasant View, and Singers Glen were
attached to Singers Glen Circuit (Mt. Clinton from Singers Glen was attached to Dayton Circuit). In
1912 Cherry Grove on Singers Glen Circuit reported $18 in repairs. In 1916 the church reported $60 in
the treasury for improvements. In 1921 Singers Glen Circuit was a two-point charge: Cherry Grove,
174 members; and Singers Glen, 271. In June 1942 Rev. Millard Floyd was appointed to supply the
pulpits at Singers Glen and Cherry Grove, made vacant by the death of Rev. W. D. Mitchell.
The Singers Glen Circuit report in 1947 reported a lot had been donated for new church at
Cherry Grove, $500. In 1948 the Conference Superintendent reported he had preached at the Cherry
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