History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . 1 Newton to Bald Mount in 1904. The Newton circuit was taken from part ofAbington circuit at its formation in 1851 withnine places of worship, namely: Newton Cen-tre, jMilwaukie, Falls, Mill City, Lake Winola,Shocks School-house, West Abington, Schultz-ville and LaOrange. In 1888 the charge wasdivided, Falls charge being formed out of someof the ai>pointments of Newton charge. Shooksappointment was dropped about 1875. Since1888 Newton charge has embraced Newton,Schultzville and Milwaukie. school-houses
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . 1 Newton to Bald Mount in 1904. The Newton circuit was taken from part ofAbington circuit at its formation in 1851 withnine places of worship, namely: Newton Cen-tre, jMilwaukie, Falls, Mill City, Lake Winola,Shocks School-house, West Abington, Schultz-ville and LaOrange. In 1888 the charge wasdivided, Falls charge being formed out of someof the ai>pointments of Newton charge. Shooksappointment was dropped about 1875. Since1888 Newton charge has embraced Newton,Schultzville and Milwaukie. school-houses and wherever most 18, 1868, Dr. H. S. Cooper, Rev. J. , Johnson Roloson, Jacob Bieseckerand E. Taylor were appointed a building com-mittee. The church building was dedicatedNov. 28, 1871, by Rev. W. P. HeUing of Scran-ton. It is built of wood, size 36x50 feet andwas neatly finished and furnished. The churchl^ropertj was valued at $5,000. After Mr. Sherman, Rev. George Lukinspreached a year and Rev. Newell Callenderthree years; Rev. W. G. Comstock, 1880-85;. OLD M. E. CHURCH AND BAPTIST CHURCH, BALD MOUNT Baptist Church. The Newton Baptist church is an outgrowth(if the Falls Bajjtist church, and was constitutedin the spring of 1828, in the eastern part ofFalls, now Newton township, with four raem-l)ers: Elias Smith, Samuel Mittan, CatherineLitts and ilrs. Fritchell. Rev. Isaac D. Jones,a licentiate of the church at Exeter, was thepreacher until 1833. Rev. .John Miller preach-ed occasionally from 1836 to 1839, and Clark part of 1840. February 2, 1845, the Falls Baptist churchwas formallj disbanded, and the Newton Bap-*st church organized. Rev. Silas Finn preach-ed half the time during the next three years,and in 1853 Rev. John Miller accepted a call topreach half the time. February 9, 1857, he be-came pastor, and H. S. Cooper and BenjaminRo,«enkrans were elected deacons. Rev. CharlesParker succeeded Mr. Miller, and preached tillMarch. 1859.
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