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celebrate Nlass a: rhe new church in Mineral Point. a mission parish of St. James; the "Ladies of the Catholic Church in Potosi" served dinner to the public on August 24,1,909, at 5 p.m. Ice cream and other ref reshments were served, f ollowed by an evening of dancing; parish women held an Oyster Supper at Settle's Hall in Potosi on November 24.L909; during a week in May, 791.4. a mission was held at St. James Church with a "large crowd of Catholics and Protestants" in attendance. On November 13, 7907, The Potosi Journal carried the obituary of a well-known and respected member of St. James and the community - Judge John R. Higgins. Judge Higgins, who had immigrated here wiih his mother and siblingsfrom Canada in 1861, and favored the side of the Union in the Civil War, resided in the county for forty-five years "making his home on a farm near this place." He was elected presiding judge of the county court in 1890. and "was always recognized as an honest man. a consistent Christian and a pairlotic citizen. and it is right and just that every good man should respect his memory." According to the booklet issued for the ?:::s: B:centenniai in 1963, the yearsbetween -: : =:.-- ::.e 1930's sau,barite "hand-mining -.. ="::=::a: a-. ::,e chemists f ound more :-: - -:a -:=a : -:'-a.2 .'.:.::e f :nefa] and mOfe -.::a': :'- - ---. =- - :- ::a : : =:.'.:- :: ::.: -:e:: :a.a'= -- -:a-::a'::- --:: :- j:::,] ' ..:..-_.. - ..:: a - Se''€::. :--:::: -: -:
Evidence of ecumenism, preached decades later by Pope John XXIII, are threaded throughout the history of St. James. The Catholics of St. James and other Christians in the community were on fraternal terms. Potosi and environs were not subject to the waves of immigrants from Catholic countries that flowed onto the eastern coast of the United States, where their growing numbers became suspect by the descendants o{ settler's who came to the New World to escape religious intolerance. Potosi grew gradually, and the interests of the community were common to all. Another example is shown at an event in 1918 when Reverend W. E. Judy, pastor of the Methodist Church in Potosi, was honored at a reception for having been returned to the church for another year. An article in The Potosi Journal for October 9, 1918, recounts that "Mr. Judy has been so active and helpful in promoting war benevolences and Liberty Bond sales, and various charities, that the people of the community generally took this method of welcoming him back and manifesting their appreciation of his services." The story reports that there were several officials and community leaders in attendance, including Father Canning. "Father Canning made an impressive prayer for the success of our armies and forthe safe return of the boys of this county from the war," and then requested that "appreciation of Mr. Judy's services be shown in a more substantial manner, and delegated Reverend M . L. Eaves and Mr. J . B. Boyer to 'pass the hatl with the result that a donation of about twenty dollars was turned over to Mr. JudyJ' The article concluded: "ltwas a community get-together meeting that warmed the very cockles of the heart." Changing Times The process of mining ore included separating the barite from clay, and was usually done at the site. The miner would place the chunks of ore and clay in a "rattle box" which had a screen bottom. He would then shake the box until the clay broke loose and fell through the screen. This "washing" method was time consuming, and various mechanicalprocesses were attempted, but proved inadequate until the 18 mid- 1920's when the first barite washing plants were introduced in the area. It did notseriously affect hand-mining, which continued tothrive in the late 1920's. With the Depression in the 1930's and wide scale unemployment, producers of mechanically washed barite halted operations and depended on hand-mining sources. But handmining and washing were mechanized in the 1940's when World War II and the 1940's changed economic conditions. Since then its uses have continued to grow and Potosi, the center of the barite-producing area, is often called "The Barite Capital of the Worldl' The history of barite mining is intertwined with the history of Potosi and St. James Parish. The number oi parishioners increased and decreased along with the ups and downs of the barite industry, which in turn were aflected by the country's economy in times of peace and war. Parish status reports show that in the Depression year of 1932 there were about thirty families registered. Thatnumber grewto ninetysix families ln 1937 , and droppsd to fifty-six in 7941.. By 1977,there were some two hundred and seventy-seven families in the parish. A simple church uas built in Mineral Point t'rom the soluage of the lrondale Church. dismantled in 1909. A tornado, howeuer. left the town in ruins and only a corner oJ the church remoined
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