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Table 7. Winchester First U.B. Church: Pastors and Church Membership, 1960-1969
Year Charge Name Appointed Pastor Members Start Yr. Members End Yr.
1960 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 679 659
1961 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 659 664
1962 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 664
1963 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 671
1964 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 671 664
1965 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 679
1966 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 679 669
1967 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 669 667
1968 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 667 686
1969 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 686 672
D. U.B. AND EUB PREACHERS WHO ATTENDED SHENANDOAH
The following alphabetical list of 139 U.B./EUB preachers (20 percent of the 680 known
preachers of the U.B./EUB Virginia Conference) has been extracted from Vol. 9 of this History (in
which there is provided a biographical sketch and photo, if available); some of these names were found
by searching early Shenandoah catalogues; others from 1987 and 2002 Alumni Directory (those found in
the Alumni Directory are highlighted)51:
Andrew Charles Agnew, Sr. (1951-52) Dr. Joseph W. Flory (Class of 1962)
Daniel C. Agnew (Class of 1956) Millard Ray Floyd (Class of 1942)
Donald Agnew (1954-55; Probationer) Bishop Henry Harness Fout (1882-86)
Harold Edward Albert (Class of 1956; member of the Julius E. Fout (Class of 1893)
Kenneth B. Frank (Class of 1958)
Faculty in 1960) Daniel Abraham Frazier (1920-21)
Jay Hartzel Arnold (Class of 1917) Donald Nelson Fridinger (Class of 1947)
Jack Lee Arvin (1959-60) William O. Fries (1877-79)
Donald P. Austin (??; Probationer) Lawrence R. Frye (Class of 1960)
Paul Clinton Bailey (Class of 1955) Dr. Floyd Luther Fulk (Class of 1933)
Herbert Eugene “Gene” Baker (Class of 1955) Dr. Howard Lee Fulk (Class of 1942)
Earl Clayton Bateman, Sr. (Class of 1929) Kingsley Willard Funk (1916-19)
A. S. Beshore (1912-13) John Lawrence Garber, Jr. (Class of 1955)
John M. Bolton (??) Golden A. Gaither (Probationer) (Class of 1950)
Robert Lucius Bridgers (Class of 1942) Garren L. Gaston (Class of 1964)
R. L. Brill (Class of 1912) John Lawrence Garber, Jr. (Class of 1955)
John Henry Brunk (1879-80; also a Trustee) Bruce Dwight Gearhart (Class of 1959)
Luther Olin Burtner (1878-81; also a Janitor) Charles M. Good (Class of 1901)
W. O. Burtner (Class of 1894; attended 1894-95) W. D. Good (Class of 1903)
B. P. S. Busey (attended 1890-91) Arthur Elwood Grant (Class of 1953)
Norman Butler (Class of 1954) Bishop David Thomas Gregory (Class of 1915; President)
Kathleen Rebecca (Kohr) Caplinger (Class of 1924) G. Edward “Eddie” Grove (Class of 1962)
Ernest Bruce Caplinger (Class of 1923) Jacob Paul Gruver, Sr. (Class of 1922; Chaplain; Trustee)
Florian Wendell Cassady (Class of 1938) Dr. William Franklin Gruver (ca. 1884-87)
Kermit Ralph Cassady (1930s) T. C. Harper (1899-1900)
Claire Chenoweth (1955-56) Eddie Lynn Henry (Class of 1962)
Thomas L. Coffman (Class of 1947) John R. Hinkle (Class of 1927)
George H. Collis (early 1950s) Dr. Carl William Hiser (Class of 1919; valedictorian)
Joseph Romaine Collis (1911-17) Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel (Class of 1892 and President)
Harry M. Crimm (Class of 1917) William Paul Hollar (Class of 1915; his wife, Kate Umstadt,
Newton Francis Augustus Cupp (1879-1881)
Raymond Davis, Jr. (1935-36) was also in the Class of 1915)
Earl C. Day (1960s??) Abram M. Horn (1878-79)
John D. Donovan (Donavon) (1878-81) Alexander N. Horn (1880-81, 1885-86)
Frank Smith Douty (Class of 1962) George Peter Hott (ca. 1880)
Ruth Naomi Dunn, R.N. (Class of 1957; Missionary) Ulsie Perkins Hovermale (Class of 1913)
51 Shenandoah College and Conservatory Alumni Directory 1987. White Plains, New York: Bernard C. Harris Publishing
Company, Inc., 1987 (Shen LD 4931.S451 S48 1987); and Shenandoah College and Conservatory Alumni Directory
2002. Purchase, New York: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc., 2001 (Shen LD 4931.S451 S48 2001).
Davis on History of S.C., 1982-2008 91
Table 7. Winchester First U.B. Church: Pastors and Church Membership, 1960-1969
Year Charge Name Appointed Pastor Members Start Yr. Members End Yr.
1960 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 679 659
1961 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 659 664
1962 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 664
1963 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 671
1964 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 671 664
1965 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 664 679
1966 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 679 669
1967 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 669 667
1968 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 667 686
1969 Winchester Station P. J. Slonaker 686 672
D. U.B. AND EUB PREACHERS WHO ATTENDED SHENANDOAH
The following alphabetical list of 139 U.B./EUB preachers (20 percent of the 680 known
preachers of the U.B./EUB Virginia Conference) has been extracted from Vol. 9 of this History (in
which there is provided a biographical sketch and photo, if available); some of these names were found
by searching early Shenandoah catalogues; others from 1987 and 2002 Alumni Directory (those found in
the Alumni Directory are highlighted)51:
Andrew Charles Agnew, Sr. (1951-52) Dr. Joseph W. Flory (Class of 1962)
Daniel C. Agnew (Class of 1956) Millard Ray Floyd (Class of 1942)
Donald Agnew (1954-55; Probationer) Bishop Henry Harness Fout (1882-86)
Harold Edward Albert (Class of 1956; member of the Julius E. Fout (Class of 1893)
Kenneth B. Frank (Class of 1958)
Faculty in 1960) Daniel Abraham Frazier (1920-21)
Jay Hartzel Arnold (Class of 1917) Donald Nelson Fridinger (Class of 1947)
Jack Lee Arvin (1959-60) William O. Fries (1877-79)
Donald P. Austin (??; Probationer) Lawrence R. Frye (Class of 1960)
Paul Clinton Bailey (Class of 1955) Dr. Floyd Luther Fulk (Class of 1933)
Herbert Eugene “Gene” Baker (Class of 1955) Dr. Howard Lee Fulk (Class of 1942)
Earl Clayton Bateman, Sr. (Class of 1929) Kingsley Willard Funk (1916-19)
A. S. Beshore (1912-13) John Lawrence Garber, Jr. (Class of 1955)
John M. Bolton (??) Golden A. Gaither (Probationer) (Class of 1950)
Robert Lucius Bridgers (Class of 1942) Garren L. Gaston (Class of 1964)
R. L. Brill (Class of 1912) John Lawrence Garber, Jr. (Class of 1955)
John Henry Brunk (1879-80; also a Trustee) Bruce Dwight Gearhart (Class of 1959)
Luther Olin Burtner (1878-81; also a Janitor) Charles M. Good (Class of 1901)
W. O. Burtner (Class of 1894; attended 1894-95) W. D. Good (Class of 1903)
B. P. S. Busey (attended 1890-91) Arthur Elwood Grant (Class of 1953)
Norman Butler (Class of 1954) Bishop David Thomas Gregory (Class of 1915; President)
Kathleen Rebecca (Kohr) Caplinger (Class of 1924) G. Edward “Eddie” Grove (Class of 1962)
Ernest Bruce Caplinger (Class of 1923) Jacob Paul Gruver, Sr. (Class of 1922; Chaplain; Trustee)
Florian Wendell Cassady (Class of 1938) Dr. William Franklin Gruver (ca. 1884-87)
Kermit Ralph Cassady (1930s) T. C. Harper (1899-1900)
Claire Chenoweth (1955-56) Eddie Lynn Henry (Class of 1962)
Thomas L. Coffman (Class of 1947) John R. Hinkle (Class of 1927)
George H. Collis (early 1950s) Dr. Carl William Hiser (Class of 1919; valedictorian)
Joseph Romaine Collis (1911-17) Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel (Class of 1892 and President)
Harry M. Crimm (Class of 1917) William Paul Hollar (Class of 1915; his wife, Kate Umstadt,
Newton Francis Augustus Cupp (1879-1881)
Raymond Davis, Jr. (1935-36) was also in the Class of 1915)
Earl C. Day (1960s??) Abram M. Horn (1878-79)
John D. Donovan (Donavon) (1878-81) Alexander N. Horn (1880-81, 1885-86)
Frank Smith Douty (Class of 1962) George Peter Hott (ca. 1880)
Ruth Naomi Dunn, R.N. (Class of 1957; Missionary) Ulsie Perkins Hovermale (Class of 1913)
51 Shenandoah College and Conservatory Alumni Directory 1987. White Plains, New York: Bernard C. Harris Publishing
Company, Inc., 1987 (Shen LD 4931.S451 S48 1987); and Shenandoah College and Conservatory Alumni Directory
2002. Purchase, New York: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc., 2001 (Shen LD 4931.S451 S48 2001).
Davis on History of S.C., 1982-2008 91
