THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, D. COSTA, BEYER, BISHOP, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HELM, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, MANN, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MIRABITO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, READSHAW, SANTONI, SIPTROTH AND WHEATLEY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 22, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Congratulating the Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church, in the

City of Aliquippa, Beaver County, on the occasion of the

centennial anniversary of its founding as the first African-

American church in the city.

WHEREAS, In 1910, the Reverend Joseph Only and his wife began

to hold church services in their home at Logstown, near the Ohio

River, along with their four daughters; and

WHEREAS, The church moved to the then Borough of Woodlawn in

1917, and five years later, land was purchased at 505 Washington

Street in the borough, which was consolidated with Aliquippa in

1928; and

WHEREAS, The basement of the church was constructed under the

leadership of the Reverend Harry H. Jones and later by the

Reverend Grant Roberts in 1943; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Roberts continued as pastor until 1983,

giving him the distinction of holding the longest tenure for a

pastor of the church; and

WHEREAS, The church is currently known as the Triedstone

Missionary Baptist Church, and in 2010, celebrates the

centennial anniversary of its founding; and

WHEREAS, Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church is the earliest

church to be founded in Aliquippa with an African-American

congregation; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the

Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church, in the City of Aliquippa,

Beaver County, on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of

its founding as the first African-American church in the city.