Antelope Church

(Bear Creek, Black Bear)

(1907 - )

The Gospel Messenger July 13, 1901 page 448,

From Polo, Noble Co., Okla.

 Elder W. B. Sell, of Fredonia, Kans., and Joseph S. Masterson, of Tonkawa, Okla., and M. Weland, of Ponca City, Okla., recently came to us who reside here in the neighborhood of Black Bair Creek.

We had an enjoyable and soul-reviving love feast on June 29.  June 30 we met in council.  After the opening exercises, Eld. W. B. Sell stated to the members that the Turkey Creek church had sometime past in a regular quarterly council considered the propriety of the of the members here forming an organization.  He then took the vote and it was decided that an organization should be effected. The boundary lines is to be the with of Noble County north and south and west to the Rock Island Railroad, taking in a corner of Garfield county east to about eight or ten miles east of Perry or to meet the west lines of an organization in Southeast part of the strip, and this organization shall be know as the Bair Creek congregation.  As they had only one deacon they unanimously agreed to elect another, and Bro. J. D. fisher was elected.  He and his wife were then installed.

  Sister Ella Phrimmer was elected correspondent and secretary. For an elder the members voted by ballot, and Bro. W. B. Sell was selected.

Our elder stated to the church that he heard that there were some that thought it best for this part of the strip to be cut off from South-eastern Kansas and attach to Oklahoma Territory.  In order to have this satisfactorily settled he requested all the members to vote their mind by ballot, and they were unanimous in staying with the Southeast District of Kansas.

  The organization being effected, and our elder also being the District evangelist, and this now being a missionary point, he agreed to do what he could for us.  There are about twenty members in this organization. We are now in good spirits and feel that we have good reason to believe we will prosper.  Our elder will remain a week or ten days with us, as some are near the kingdom.

  Bro. Masterson lives at Tonkawa, thirty miles for here.  He and his daughter, Sister Fanna, were here, and we enjoyed ourselves well.   Ella Phrimmer,  July 1.