Of The

Five Miles East Of Upper Sandusky, Ohio

(Miss) Ruth L. Failor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

E a r l y H i s t o r y .................................... 1

Home Department and Crad le Rol l .................. 15

Treasury Ledger o f 1908 .......................... 17

Class C e r t i f i c a t e s ............................... 19

........................... parsonage Account Book 20

................................ P i n a n c i n l Reports 23

.............................. Notes of Rev . Nietz 24

............................ Church Ledger of' 1924 25

M i n i s t e r s ........................................ 42

Cemetery ....................................... 45

Ladies ' Mission Bib le C l a s s ...................... 48

Missionary S o c i e t y ............................... 50

Young People ' s Missionary C i r c l e ................. 55

Mission Band ..................................... 56

..................... Merger w i t h t h e U . B . Church 57

News Iteme ....................................... 58

Odds and Ends .................................... 68

G i f t s and Memorials .............................. 77

Church Kinship ................................... 79

"1 Remember" .................................... 84

EARLY HISTORY

The book, The E v a n ~ e l i c a l Church i n Ohio, 1959, by the r e t i r e d church h i s t o r i a n Rev. Roy L. Leedy now of Lakeside, f u r - n i shed t h e ma te r i a l f o r t he e a r l y h i s t o r v of t h i s c o m ~ i l a t i o n .

Jacob Albr ight , May 1 , 1759, t o ~a~ 18, 1808, was born i n Pottstown, Pennsylvania t o Lutheran parents who emigrated from Germany i n 1732. He married a f t e r s e r v i n g i n t he Revolutionary War and s e t t l e d on a farm i n Lancaster County, Pennsylvania i n 1785. He was converted J u l y 31, 1791, i n a prayer meeting. I n 1797, he s t a r t e d a s a "gospel preachern i n exc lus ive English- speaking Methodist churches i n Pennsylvania, Maryland and V i r - g i n i a . I n 1800 he a t a r t e d h i s "Evangelical Churchn i n e a s t e r n Pennsylvania f o r t he German-speaking persons t h a t he f e l t were being neglected r e l i g i o u s l y by t h e Methodists.

Following h i s dea th , h i s s p e c i a l he lpe r s wrote and published i n 1809 both t h e f i r s t d i s c i p l i n e of A lb r igh t ' s t eachings and t h e f i r s t catechism. In 1810 they p r in t ed t h e i r f i r s t hymnal. A l l of t he se were i n German.

I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g now, s ince we a r e a l l Methodists, t h a t one of t h e 16 H i s t o r i c Shr ines of t h e United Methodist Church is the Jacob Albr ieh t Chapel near K l e i n f e l t s v i l l e , Pennsylvania. This Chapel was dedicated October 13, 1'150, on t h e f i f t i e t h anniversary of t h e Evangelical Associat ion. The bu i ld ing s t m d s on a one- a c r e p l o t , o r i g i n a l l y a family b u r i a l ground, which inc ludes the g r a v e s i t e of Jacob Albr ight . The Chapel was never used by a congregat ion but has always s tood a s a memorial sh r ine .

Rev, Leedy records t h a t on June 11, 1816, f i f t e e n i t i n e r a n t s of t h e 1401 "Albright Peoplen met f o r t h e i r n in th Annual Confer- ence i n Abraham Eyer 's barn a t Winfield, Pennsylvania. They decided t h e i r mission f i e l d would be Ohio, then a wilderness.

Their F i r s t General Conference met October 14, 1816, i n Union County, Pennsylvania and adopted the church name of Die Evangelische Gemeinschaft o r t h e Evangelical Associat ion, meaning fe l lowship i n t h e Gospel according t o Phi l ipp ians 113-6. The western edge of t h i s Conference was j u s t west of the Allegheny Mountains s o nea r ly 100 miles of western Pennsylvania had t o be c rossed before they reached Ohio. Ohio, t h i r t e e n years o ld and the only s t a t e i n t h e Northwest T e r r i t o r y i n 1816. had drawn a l r eady hundreds of f ami l i e s from Pennsylvania. Travel t o Ohio was very slow and dangerous because many miles were over only rough Indian trails.

The Rev. Adam lienney en tered Ohio i n June, 1816, and s t a r t e d t h e Canton C i r c u i t wi th 3 0 - 4 0 appointments covering about 400 miles . H i s 1817 Conference r e p o r t showed e i g h t converts and 33 new members making a t o t a l membership of 55. H i s s a l a r y , donated by h i s fo l lowers w i th in t he c i r c u i t , amounted t o $35.59.

The Rev. Freder ick Shower came t o Ohio i n 1816, too , and s t a r t e d t he Lancaster C i r c u i t . This C i r c u i t was served i n 1823- 1824 by the Rev. John S t n l l , t he grea t -grandfa ther of t h e l a t e D r . Daniel A . po l ing of New York C i ty . I t w i l l be r e c a l l e d t h a t

D r . Pol ing ce l eb ra t ed h i s f i f t i e t h o rd ina t ion anniversary Septem- ber 28, 1956, i n t h e Carey Evangelical Memorial Church where he had been ordained.

Joseph Long was converted i n 1818 i n t he Canton C i r c u i t . In 1822 he became the f i r s t m in i s t e r received i n t o t he Evangelical minie t ry from Ohio. La t e r he became a Bishop and helped dedicate Salem Church i n 1862.

The Rev. John Seybert , l a t e r t he f i r s t Bishop i n Ohio, w s e Bent i n 1822 from t h e Canton C i r c u i t t o Richland County where he ee t ab l i ehed t h e Mansfield C i r c u i t . I n t h e 1824 Conference r e p o r t he l i s t e d a t o t a l member~hip Ol 93 f o r h i s new C i r c u i t . The United Methodist Church i e now i n t h e process of e s t a b l i s h i n g a memorial t o him i n Bellevue, Ohio. Plans a r e f o r Rev. Leedy'e l a r g e , p r i ~ t 8 c o l l e c t i o n of Evangelical h i s t o r i c a l memorabilia t o be included.

The P re s id ing Elder of t he Manefield C i r c u i t , t he Rev. Adam K l i n e f e l t e r , l earned from h i s cousin, t h e Rev. Jacob Kl ine fe l t e r i n Marion County, of a s e t t l emen t of Germane i n the region of Upper Sandusky "among whom were some praying fo lk ." 30 a t a Q u a r t e r l y Meeting he ld near Mansfield i n t he autumn of 1826, t he Pres id ing Elder d i r ec t ed the Rev. Joseph M. Saylor t o v i s i t t h i s ee t t l emen t a s eoon as convenient and, i f poseibl.e, e s t a b l i s h an appointment da t e . According t o t h e Evangelical Aeaociatlon A M U ~ ~ B by t h e Rev. A . S t ap l e ton , 1900, Saylor went by horseback alld-became t h e f i r s t miesionary of t h e Evangelical Church i n the t e r r i t o r y of northwestern Ohio.

When Saylor a r r i v e d near noon, he found most of the neigh- borhood gathered f o r t he purpoee of c l e a r i n g land f o r cu l t i va - t i o n . Oxen teams, brawny arma, axes and burnine: brush greeted him. When he explained h i s mission, they were a l l very pleased f o r they had heard no sermon f o r s i x months. They stopped work, went f o r t he noon meal and then had a s e r v i c e . Another meeting wae held i n t h e evening which was l a r g e l y a t tended . Then a "c laee" of 25 men was organized. The records of t h e former T r i n i t y Evangelical Church i n Upper Sandusky g ive t h e date a s 1836.

I n t h i s group f i v e miles southwest of Kirby, were t he S t i m , t h e Fink and t h e Ruff f ami l i e s . From t h a t f i r s t c l a s s came tho family of Chr i e t i an and Fredericka (Stirrn) Ruff who became the f i r s t Evangel ical members i n Upper Sandusky I n 1858. The one Ruff daughter , Caro l ine , married David F a i l o r i n 1866. Subee- quent ly they became members of Salem Church and the grandparents of Mrs. Ca r l ( I rene F a i l o r ) Certsenberger .

The f i r s t yea r ly Conference r e p o r t o f t h i s Kirby Class l i s t e d t e n conver t s making a t o t a l membership of 29. The %an- dueky Conference" was f i r s t en tered on the A M U ~ Conference recorde wi th t h i e f i r s t r epo r t . Thie "claee- continued f o r a number of years wi th "worthym r e e u l t e .

The Ohio Report, a t t h e 1826-27 wMother Conference" i n Penn- e y l v ~ n i a , repor ted 523 mernbere i n Ohio f o r eleven years of work. The t o t a l c o e t i n Ohio dur ing t h a t time was $1,329.10 f o r s a l a r y and $313.28 f o r t r a v e l i n g expenses. Thie l a s t included 55 horse- back t r i p s of more than 800 miles each over t he Allegheny

r,lountains t o Conference. So a t t h i s Mother Conference o f f i c i a l a c t i o n was t aken t o c r e a t e t h e "Western Conference i n t h e f a r w e s t e r n c o u n t r y (Ohio)" and t h e E a s t e r n Conference of t h e Mother Conference i n Pennsylvania .

I n 1833, t h e Rev. Henry Niebel was s e n t a s t h e P r e s i d i n g E l d e r over t h e Nestern Conference. He, h i s wi fe and seven c h i l d - r e n , w i t h t h e youngest o n l y f o u r months o l d , moved t o Ohio i n a covered wagon. They l o c a t e d n e a r McCutchenville, Seneca County. From t h e r e he t r a v e l e d over t h e s t a t e p reach ing sermons t h a t held congrega t ions spe l lbound from two and a h a l f t o t h r e e hours .

The c o u n t i e s o f Marion, Hardin, Hancock, t h e l a t e r c r e a t e d lyandot , Crawford and t h e s o u t h e r n p a r t o f Seneca were formed i n t o t h e Crawford C i r c u i t i n 1836. The Rev. Henry Bucks of t h e Wooster C i r c u i t was t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e new c i r c u i t . Bucks t o l d about a camp meeting he a t t e n d e d t h e same y e a r w i t h t h e dyandot I n d i a n s a t Old Mission, "--- a l though I cou ld no t unders tand t h e i r language, excep t t h e word Jesus which was pronounced a s i n German ---. Here I saw f o r t h e f i r s t t ime a t a l l I n d i a n bes ide t h e p reacher on t h e p l a t f o r m i n t e r p r e t i n g --- t h e sermon f o r t h e I n d i a n s . I saw some squaws s h o u t i n g and p r a i s i n g God ---I and o l d men i n I n d i a n costumes w i t h t e a r s running down t h e i r cheeks, i n v i t i n g s i n n e r s t o come t o J e s u s . I s h a l l never f o r g e t t h e p r i v i l e g e I had of communing w i t h them a t t h e Lord 's Table."

The Wyandotse Old Mission had a g r e a t i n f l u e n c e on t h e Lvan- g e l i c a l cause . Jacob and Mary Corfman, who s e t t l e d i n Tymochtee Township i n 1827, were conver ted a t t h e Old Mission camp meeting i n 1835. Then t h e y founded t h e Ebenezer Evange l ica l Church about two mi les n o r t h of B e l l e Vernon. This " c l a s s " was abandoned i n 1888. The dyandot I n d i a n s , John and Mother Solomon, were s t a b l e members o f t h e Be l le Vernon Church which was organized i n 1862 - 1863.

I n 1840, t h e Missionary S o c i e t y o f t h e Ohio Conference was o rgan ized f o r t h e women. A t t h e same Conference a s i n g l e preach- e r ' s s a l a r y was s e t a t $46.98. I n 1843, t h e General. Conference a p roved t h e use o f t h e Engl i sh language i n t h e i r " c l a s s e s . " J n 1865, a f t e r t h e Wyandot Ind ians 'lad l e f t t h e i r riyandot Reserva- t i o n i n 1843. Conference c r e a t e d t h e Wvandot C i r c u i t which i n - c luded t h e f u t u r e Salem Church t e r r i t o r y : The The hvari-

e l i c a l Messenger, appeared i n Engl i sh i n 18ei!er* hen ia lem ghurch h i s t o r y s t a r t e d i n 1850.

Much r e s e a r c h has been done over s e v e r a l years i n kvange l i - c a l r e c o r d s and h i s t o r i e s , i n t h e Congressional L i b r a r y and i n t h e Nat iona l Archives i n Washington, D.C. , i n county h i s t o r i e s . - t h e Rev. F i n l e y ' s H i s t o r y of t h e Wyandot Ind ians , maps and r e c o r d s i n t h e Wyandot County Court House. t o f i n d t h e e a r l y f a c t s of o u r sa le ; Church. Nothing has been found t o i n d i c a t e t h a t i n 1845 a l o a church was b u i l t and c a l l e d " Ind ian Bush." ~ - . ~ - ~ - < -

R O S S Winter who f i r t i i s h i d t h a t in format ion i n t h e - p l a t ~ o i k and H i a t o r o f W a n d o t Count 1937, informed me t h a t e a never s e e n t g a t i n Y p r i n t d h been t o l d n about i t . we !&r:e: it i s hard most t imes t o s e p a r a t e legends and f a c t s i n h i s t o r y .

I n t h e c e n t e n n i a l bookle t o f t h e West Union Church, i t is recorded t h a t Union mothered seven d i f f e r e n t denominations i n -

c luding t h e Evangelical . I t is recorded f u r t h e r t h a t by 1861 t h e r e were enough f a m i l i e s of t he Evangelical denomination t o "bui ld a church of t h e i r own, Salem, two and one-half milee south."

Our Grandma F a i l o r l e f t an autobiography which we found i n her Bible a f t e r her death. In w r i t i n g of her mother she wrote, "--- and d ied a t the age of 36 i n 1862 j u s t when t h e Salem Church was f i n i s h e d ---.-

So every th ing i n d i c a t e s t h a t t he fo l lowing from page 547 i n Rev. Leedy's book is f a c t u a l 1 Five miles e a s t of Upper Sanduaky on t h e Oceola Road s t ands the SRlem Evangelical Church. In e a r l i e r t imes t he appointment was known a s "Indian Bush. " It was a l s o c a l l e d "Kuenzl i ' s , " t h e name of tho most prominent family. The beginning of t h e c l a s s da t e s t o a f r u i t f u l r e v i v a l held i n t he v i c i n i t y i n 1851 by L. Sheuerman and Frederick Frech, pastore of Wyandot C i r c u i t . Among t h e conver t s were C h r i s t i a n and Marga- r e t Kuenzli and Samuel Kuenzli and wife , who l i v e d about a mile west of where t he church s t ands . In January fol lowing, John Alexander Knoble and wife Mariah, migrants from Switzerland, s e t t l e d i n t he v i c i n i t y and were a l s o converted ---.

I n a footnote a f t e r t h i s , Rev. 1,eedy g ives c r e d i t f o r t h i a t o Rev. C. C . Knoble, a eon of t h e Knoble family. For more about Rev. Knoble s ee "Homecoming i n 1917" under t he t op i c of "Newa Items. "

Now we can t u r n t o recorded Salem h i s to ry . An o ld brown l e a t h e r l edge r i n Salem's h i s t o r i c a l f i l e s , has on i t s f r o n t page t h i s en t ry , "Records of the Salem Congregation i n Eden Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, of t he Evangelical Associat ion. May, A.D. , 1850." So t h e fol lowing yea r ly information i s from t h a t ledger . Ex t r a information from o t h e r sources is in se r t ed .

May, 1850. The bre thren , Fred Prech and Hampe, were s e n t by Conference a s min i s t e r s of t he gospel i n t o t he neighborhood c a l l e d "Indian Bush," being the f i r s t miss ionar ies s e n t here by t h e Evangelical Associat ion, preaching every two weeks a l t e r - n a t e l y a t Samuel Henry's and Benedict Walter 's . Brother H a r t m a n , too , preached here occas iona l ly . This was a year of l i t t l e apparent success .

May, 1851. Conference aga in assigned b ro the r Fred Prech t o t h i s work as preacher i n charge, bro ther I,. Sheuerman being h ie co l league . Besides preaching they a l s o he ld prayer meeting8 and it pleased t h e Lord t o b l e s s t h e i r l a b o r with t he convereion of eoula. A t t h e c lo se of t h e conference year , a c l a s 8 of e ight members ram organized whose names a re1 C h r i s t i a n Kueneli who wae e l e c t e d l eade r , Margaretta Kuenzli h i e wife , Samuel Kuenzli, hi8 wife Mary Kuenzli, Benedict Walters, h i e wife Rosena Waltera, Alexander Knoble and Mary Pfaehler ( F a i l o r ) .

Rev. Leedy adds t h a t t he Kuenzli homes and t h e Waltera home were t h e p r i n c i p l e meeting p laces . A t t imes they met i n t he Faylor ( s i c ) , Classer and Paulin homes nor th of the f u t u r e church bui ld ing .

May, 1852. Conference made b ro the r C . A . Munk preacher I n charge and bro ther P. Por r h i s co l league , who during t h e year waa t r a n s f e r r e d t o another f i e l d of l abo r . This, too, was a proeper-

ous year . These s o u l s were conver ted and added t o t h e " c l a s s W ~ John Phaehler , S r . , Mary Knoble, Samuel and E l i z a b e t h !ienry, John and Barbara G l a s s e r , John and Jacob F r e u t h a r t , Jacob, ivlary and E l i z a b e t h H a b l i t z e l . A Sunday School was o rgan ized .

May, 1853. Brother C . A . Munk r e t u r n e d a s p reacher i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r C . M. Reinhold. Five persons were admi t ted t o t h e church. (No names were r e c o r d e d . )

May, 1854. Brother George Hoehle was placed i n charge w i t h Brother Samuel Hoy, T h e i r l a b o r converted and added t o t h e c l a s a t h i r t e e n persons s w e l l i n g t h e t o t a l number t o 36. (The on ly names g iven were George H a b l i t z e l , Lorenz and Caro l ine S c h i n d l e r . ) During t h i s y e a r t h e c l a s s passed through many s torms among which was t h e t r o u b l e w i t h Michael Baker. ( J u s t what do you suppose Mike d i d l ) Some members have d ied and o t h e r s moved away. But i t was a y e a r memorable a l s o f o r i t s v i c t o r i e s .

May, 1855. Brother Hoehle r e t u r n e d with b r o t h e r Jonas Strome. Brother Hoehle was bod i ly much a f f l i c t e d , unable t o work, l e a v i n g b r o t h e r Strome a l o n e u n t i l February when b r o t h e r Benjamin K e l l e r was Rent t o h i s a s s i s t a n c e . A t t h e c l o s e o f t h e confe rence y e a r , t h e c l a s s numbered 29 members, seven l e s s t h a n t h e p rev ious y e a r .

May, 1856. Brother J . J . Kopp was i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r Jno. S t u l l . Four persons (no names r e c o r d e d ) were converted and added t o t h e c l a s s .

Rev. Leedy wrote t h a t t h e Evange l ica l s of Ohio took a f i r m s t a n d a g a i n s t s l a v e r y a t t h e 1856 Conference. In 1861, Confer- ence pub l i shed a d e c l a r a t i o n g i v i n g i t s s u p p o r t t o P r e s i d e n t L i n c o l n ' s Emancipation Proclamation.

May, 1857. Brother Fred Prech was a g a i n placed i n charge o f t h e work w i t h b r o t h e r Rohland. Brother Uenedict and E l i z a b e t h A m i moved away dur ing t h e year . Jacob (1819-1906) and Louisa (1826-1896) Kirschner were newly admi t ted .

May, 1858. Brother C . M. Halderman was i n charge w i t h bro- t h e r John Honecker. Converted and added t o t h e c l a s s were Nathan (1815-1887) and Mary A n n (Hahn) (1814-1902) P a u l i n , t h e i r daugh- t e r Mary A n n (1838-1916) and h e r husband John P a i l o r , Jr. (1835- 1896) . Brother John ( i d e n t i f i c a t i o n cannot be determined) passed i n t o dea th s i n g i n g , "Was ober meine S e e l e l i e b t das b l e i b t i n Ewigkei t" (What my s o u l most longs f o r w i l l con t inue i n E t e r n i t y ) .

May, 1859. Brother C . M . Reinhold was l aced i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r Fred Z e l l e r . C o t l e i b (1830-18697 and Mary (Gerber ) (1833-1924) Kuenzli of E d e n v i l l e ) , Margaret ta Lerch ( L a r i c h ) and 6 Susanna Durch (180 -1883) ( fo rmer ly from Lancas te r , pa. ) were admit ted making a c l a s s o f 44 members.

County r e c o r d s show t h a t Mariah Knoble s o l d one-half a c r e t o t h e church t h i s year . For d e t a i l s s e e t h e t o p i c , "The Cemetery."

May, 1860. Conference detached t h i s c l a s a from t h e Craw- f o r d C i r c u i t and annexed it t o Upper Sandusky Mission w i t h John Honecker i n charge. Nine persons (no names) were admit ted a s members on proba t ion .

Rev. Leedy s a y s t h e r e were f i v e appointments t o t h i s Mission b u t does n o t name them.

May, 1861. Conference p u t t h i s c l a s s t o Crawford C i r c u i t a g a i n and a s s i g n e d b r o t h e r Fred Prech i n c h a r g e wi th b r o t h e r Daniel Wonder, This y e a r t h e c l a s s b u i l t a house o f worship which was d e d i c a t e d i n February, 1862, a s t h e ~ a l e m Church of t h e E v a n g e l i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n . Bishop Joseph Long preached t h e sermon i n German and b r o t h e r Jwar tz made some a p p r o p r i a t e remarks i n t h e Engl i sh lanv,uage.

My grandmother , Lrs. Sophia ( K u e n z l i ) F a i l o r , daugh te r o f Samuel and i4at-y Kuenzl i , t o l d many t imes abou t h e r f a t h e r f u r - n i s h i n g l o g s f o r t h i s b u i l d i n g from h i s farm, now t h e Golf "urse. I do no t r e c a l l i f t h e number of l o g s was some, many o r a l l . She, 11 y e a r s o l d , and h e r n ine -year -o ld s i s t e r , H e n r i e t t a , s a n g a d u e t i n German a t t h a t d e d i c a t i o n s e r v i c e .

Flay, 1862. Bro ther Jacob Burke t t was p laced i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r P e r r y Vol tz who was suspended t h e f i r s t q u a r t e r . (Wondel- why t h e y d i d n ' t l i k e him?) But b r o t h e r B u r k e t t ' s work of t h e Lord s t e a d i l y p rospered .

'vlay, 1863. Rro ther J. 9. Z i n s e r a l o n e was a s s i g n e d t o t h e T i r c u i t having on ly f i v e appointments (no names g i v e n ) . T. Hlaser (1833-1.914) and h i s w i f e Rosanna ( K u e n z l i ) J1laser(lR36- l 8 8 5 ) , Z h r i s t i a n (1831-1907) and Anna Barbara (1825-1895) Stucky and H a l t h a i s Urunni were conver ted and jo ined t h e church . This :{ear b r o t h e r Chr. Kuenzli e n t e r e d t h e i t i n e r a n t m i n i s t r y .

P??ay, 1864. Bro ther Fred L e l l e r was i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r Au&ust Decker. The c l a s s g e n e r a l l y p rospered .

May, 1865. Bro ther J . Deck was i n charge w i t h b r o t h e r 9 . n i s e l a b o r i n g w i t h o r d i n a r y s u c c e s s . This y e a r G. Blase r e n t e r e d t h e i t i n e r a n t m i n i s t r y .

My Grandma F a i l o r was conver ted t h i s yea r a c c o r d i n g t o h e r au tob iography we found i n h e r i j ib le a f t e r h e r d e a t h .

~riay, 1b6h. b r o t h e r Freder ick i7rech was i n charge . The c l a s s was much b u i l t up under h i s l a b o r , h i s f i f t h t ime here .

Rev. Leedy s a y s t h a t y e a r Conference "exerted" a l l churcheu t o knee l f o r p r a y e r a s u s u a l r a t h e r t h a n s t a n d o r j u s t s i t .

May, 1867. The C i r c u i t had n i n e appointments (no names g i v e n ) a s s i g n e d t o b r o t h e r G . H lase r and b r o t h e r A . Decker, who became unable t o do h i s work l e a v i n g b r o t h e r R l a s e r a l o n e u n t i l w i n t e r when b r o t h e r Thomas George was s e n t t o a s s i s t hi-m. Some s o u l s were conver ted and added t o t h e church (no names).

The wyandot County H i s t o r y o f 1884 shows t h a t Henry and E l i z a b e t h Kuenzli and c h i l d r e n moved t o t h i s County, from Holmes County, i n 1867. T h e i r names were among, p robab ly , t h e new members t h a t

blay, 186$ear4 n r o t h e r William Wonder was i n charge whoae l a b o r s i n t h e Lord were n o t i n v a i n .

tiay, 1869. 3 r o t h e r W. H. P f e i f f e r was i n charge l a b o r i n g w i t h o r d i n a r y s u c c e s s .

May, 1870. Conference a g a i n annexed t h i s c l a s s t o t h e Upper Sandusky ~viission p l a c i n g b r o t h e r Chr. Kuenzli i n charge o f t h e Kiss ion who l a b o r e d two y e a r s i n s u c c e s s i o n , t h e Lord b l e s s i n g h i s l a b o r t o t h e c o n v e r s i o n of a goodly number o f s o u l a and t h e u p b u i l d i n g of t h e c l a s s g e n e r a l l y .

Rev. Leedy wro te t h a t Conference, t h a t y e a r , d e f e a t e d a

r e s o l u t i o n a g a i n s t promiscuous s e a t i n g i n church s o f a m i l i e s could s i t t o g e t h e r . A t an e a r l y t ime men and women n o t o n l y s a t s e p a r a t e l y bu t e n t e r e d some churches by s e p a r a t e doors .

Many o t h e r e a r l y concep t s a r e found i n A t i i s t o r y o f t h e E v a n g e l i c a l Church by Raymond Wolf A l b r i g h t , A . M . , Th.9. ,1942. On page 235 i n t h i s book found i n t h e Congress iona l L i b r a r y o f D . C . , i s t h i s r u l e f o r a l l members, "--- To avo id p r o f a n i n e t h e day o f t h e Lord --- e s p e c i a l l y t o r e f r a i n from a l l forms of s p i r i t s , d i s s i p a t i n g work such a s buying, s e l l i n g , engaging o r t r a n s a c t i n g b u s i n e s s , making v i s i t s which a r e unnecessary o r w i t h o u t s e r i o u s motive, and t a k i n g p l e a s u r e walks a s w e l l a s a l l o t h e r world1 y r e f l e c t i o n s , t h i n k i n g o r c o n t r i v i n g on t h e Lord ' s Day."

Rev. Leedy adds t h a t organs and v i o l i n s were banned f o r many y e a r s . The f i r s t r e p o r t e d r e e d organ was i n s t a l l e d i n 1870 f o r Sunday School i n t h e Yope Church, McZena, Ohio. The German f a t h e r s pushed i t t o t h e r e a r dur ing worship s e r v i c e . They warned, '*Watch o u t o r t h i s w i l l whip you!" The song l e a d e r a t t h e Carey Llemorial Church ceased a t t e n d a n c e f o r sometime when an organ was i n t r o d u c e d t h e r e i n 1873.

Nothing cou ld be found a b o u t Salem's f i r s t organ. ltiiss ?u th Kuenzl i o f Kevada knows t h a t h e r f a t h e r , Henry L. Kuenzli (1865- 1930) p layed t h e Salem organ when a young man. Mrs. Leonard (bl i ldred Kuenz l i ) S teck knows t h a t h e r mother, Mrs. Frank (Minnie S c h i n d l e r ) Kuenzli (1876-1938), was o r g a n i s t a t Salem f o r many y e a r s .

By t h e t ime most pe r sons had accep ted t h e "pump" organ, t h e p iano appeared on t h e scene and t h e feud ing s t a r t e d a l l o v e r . My f a t h e r t o l d many t imes abou t Salem's piano feud sometime around 1900. An o l d e r woman t h r e a t e n e d t o "walk o u t t h e door f o r good when t h a t d e v i l comes i n . " She never a t t e n d e d church a f t e r the purchase o f t h e p iano . The Good Lord is p r o t e c t i n g me -- I c a n ' t r e c a l l whose grandmother s h e was! The Rev. G . Hlaser was ve ry much opposed t o t h e pi.ano bu t he came t o church anyway.

There was no l e d g e r e n t r y f o r 1871. That y e a r blariah K n o b l ~ deeded more l and t o t h e church. $or more d e t a i l s s e e ""he Cemetery" t o p i c .

Nay, 1872. B r o t h e r Ehrhard t was p laced i n charge o f t h e Mission here t h r e e y e a r s i n s u c c e s s i o n . The r e l a t i o n between t h e p a s t o r and members f o r want of mutual conf idence , was a somewhat u n p l e a s a n t one. But may e t e r n i t y r e v e a l t h a t h i s l a b o r s were n o t i n v a i n . Bro ther Chr. Stucky e n t e r e d t h e i t i n e r a n t m i n i s t r y .

A p r i l , 1875. (Apparent ly Conference was changed t o A p r i l . ! Conference conver ted t h e Miss ion i n t o a S t a t i o n be ing s e r v e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h Crawford C i r c u i t by Bro ther C . R. Haldeman and b r o t h e r Jno. P l a n t z . William P f a e h l e r (my g r a n d f a t h e r ) and o t h e r s (no names g iven)were conver ted and admi t t ed t o church , making 59 members.

Rev, Leedy r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e r e was a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n , a t Conference t h e y e a r b e f o r e , be fore v o t i n g f o r a new E r i e Confer- ence . This was f o r t h e German churches i n t h e Ohio, t h e P i t t s b u r g and t h e New York Conferences . I n 1923 t h i s s p e c i a l confe rence was merged back t o t h e r e g u l a r confe rence . There were

32 m i n i s t e r s added t o t h e Ohio Conference i n c l u d i n g F. Hanke and C h a r l e s Hol tzwarth , both f u t u r e Salem m i n i s t e r s .

A p r i l , 1876. Bro ther W . H . P f e i f f e r was i n charge . Brother Sam H i p p e r t , h i s c o l l e a g u e , l a b o r e d h e r e u n t i l f a l l when he r e s i g n e d and moved t o Michigan w i t h h i s p a r e n t s . Local p reachers t h e n he lped o u t .

H, T. Kuenzl i , 1874-1951, appeared on t h e Salem scene t h i s y e a r . H i s son , G i l b e r t , 1899-1973, had t o l d me t h a t h i s f a t h e r was born west o f Upper Sandusky on t h e T i l e Yard Road. " d i l l i e m moved w i t h h i s p a r e n t s , F reder ick and Joseph ine Kuenzl i , t o the Knoble farm when two y e a r s o l d . So i t was 1876 when t h e Knobles moved from t h e farm s u r r o u n d i n g t h e church and t h e Kuenzlis bought it. The b r i c k house w a s b u i l t i n 1877 o r 1878 and t h e ba rn i n 1880. I n 1896 " d i l l i e , " a s my f a t h e r always c a l l e d him, mar r ied Myrt le Cross , 1875-1959, and t h e y l i v e d i n " t h e b r ick" t h e r e s t o f t h e i r l i v e s .

A p r i l , 1877. A meet ing of t h e congrega t ion was h e l d June 1 6 , 1877, t o become i n c o r p o r a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o a S t a t e Act of March 1 2 , 1853. The Rev. C . A . Munk was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t and ti. B l a s e r s e c r e t a r y . I t w a s ag reed t h ~ t t h e name would be Salem Congregat ion o f t h e E v a n g e l i c a l Assoc ia t ion . The f i v e t r u s t e e s e l e c t e d were Samuel Kuenzl i , Jno. F a i l o r , Jr., Chr. Kuenzl i , Fred Kuenzl i and G . B l a s e r . The t e n A r t i c l e 8 o f I n c o r p o r a t i o n were recorded J u l y 12 , 1877, i n Hyandot County Records i n Volume 2, p a w 71.

I n s h o r t t h e y c o n t a i n e d t h e name, t h e o b j e c t , t h e members. t h e o f f i c e r s , t h e t r u s t e e s , annua l meet ine o f t r u s t e e s , vacan- c i e s o f t r u s t e e s and accep tance o f t h e D i s c i p l i n e of t h e E v a n g e l i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n .

The A r t i c l e s were s i g n e d by 57 members I

Leader , Chr. S tucky G. Class, Exhor te r Anna ~ t u c k y Margaret C l a s s Godrey Stucky J a c . Ki r schner Mary Stucky Louisa Ki r schner G . B l a s e r Nathan P a u l i n Rosena Blase r Mary P a u l i n J . H. B lase r Maga Althouse C h r . Wyss Sophia Al thouse Rosena Wyss Regina Brunni John P f a e h l e r ailor or) Anna Bowsher Mary P f a e h l a r David P f a e h l e r Sam Kuenzli C a r o l i n e P f a e h l e r Angel ina Kuenzli (2nd w i f e ) Chr. H e r t i g John Kuencli David Gyger Chr. Kuenzl i Cath. Gyger Henry Kuenzli Wm. P f a e h l e r E l i z a b e t h Kuenzli Sophia P f a e h l e r Mary Lerch ( L a r i c h ) S. E. (Edwin) Kuenzli Geo. H a b l i t z e l J . ( J e s s e ) J . P a u l i n Sam H a b l i t z e l F r e d e r i c k a P a u l i n ms. Mary Kuenzl i Fred Kuenzli C a r o l i n e T r a x l e r Josephine Kuenzli F r e d e r i c k a Ehman Sophia Kuenzli

Fred Haldeman Rosena Haldeman John Boss Cath. Rappold Cath. Rappold (Dau.) Rev. C . Kuenzli

Margaret ta Kuenzli C a r o l i n e S c h i n d l e r Fred ' k Medrow Freder icka Medrow Ricka ~vledrow

During t h i s Conference y e a r some s o u l s were conver ted . Pub- l i c s e r v i c e s on t h e Sabbath were w e l l a t t ended . The Sunday School prospered under t h e Superintendence o f b r o t h e r Fred Kuenzli .

June 23, 1878. A t t h e annual meeting Sam Kuenzli , C. Ellaser. newly e l e c t e d Henry Kuenzli , Nathan P a u l i n and David P f a e h l e r became t r u s t e e s f o r one year .

Brother C . A . Munk bap t ized t h e f o l l o w i n g i n f a n t s i n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e homest Al len Ftobert Stucky. September 231 William Class, October 291 Rhuben Kuenzli , Samuel Edwin P f a e h l e r (my f a t h e r ) , I r a Sankey P f a e h l e r and Henry Freder ick F a i l o r a l l on November 1 0 ( n o t e t h a t Uncle John F a i l o r was more Americanized a t t h a t d a t e than h i s two brothers)^ Teresa and Benjamin b l a s e r . November 28.

According t o Rev. Leedy, Salem was now i n t h e newly c r e a t e d Melmore C i r c u i t .

March 2 , 1879. Brother Munk b a p t i z e d i n church Grace V i o l e t Kuenzli and a d u l t s P e t e r Trax le r . Rachael Lucine, H e n r i e t t a and William A l b e r t Kuenzli . These a d u l t s were newly converted and r e c e i v e d i n t o t h e church.

March 13. 1879. The congrega t ion d iv ided i n t o t h r e e c l a s s e s f o r weekly p r a y e r meetings. I n t h e North C l a s s , G o t t l e i b C l a s s was t h e l e a d e r and Wm. F a i l o r t h e Exhor te r . The members were: G o t t l e i b and Margaret Class1 Nathan and Mary P a u l i n l Caro l ine S c h i n d l e r l Maga and Sophia Althousel Anna Bowsherl David and C a r o l i n e F a i l o r i dm. and Sophia F a i l o r t J e s s e and Ricka Fau l in l Pred 'k , F reder icka and Kicka Fledrowr John and Mary b ' a i lo r wi th Amanda and Emma, and J e f f e r s o n H i l d ~ n b a n .

I n t h e German Class Rev. Chr. Stucky was t h e Leader and Rev. Chr. Kuenzli t h e Exhor te r . The members were: Chr. and Anna Barbara Stuckyl Codfrey and Emma ( a nickname) btuckyl Chr. and Rosena iVy8s J Samuel and Ar~ge l ine Kuenzli 1 Chr. Kuenzli I E:arga- r e t t a Lerchl Geo. H a b l i t z e l l Mrs. Mary Kuenzlil Jacob and Louisa Kirschner l F reder icka Ehmant Regina Brunnil C h r . Her t ig r David, C a t h a r i n e , Godrey and C a r o l i n e Gygerl Samuel h . Kuenzlil Fred and Rosena Haldemanl John Boss! Mrs. Ca thar ine Rappold and Cathar ine1 Rev. Chr. and Marg. Kuenzli .

I n t h e Engl i sh C l a s s , Rev. G . B lase r was Leader and F e t e r T r a x l e r t h e Exhor te r . The members were: Rev. C. and Rosena B l a s e r w i t h t h e i r c h i l d r e n J . H . , A u r e l i a , J. N. and M. J . B lase r l P e t e r and C a r o l i n e T r a x l e r l Rev. Fred and Josephine Kuenzli wi th t h e i r c h i l d r e n Sophia , Edwin and Henry Kuenzlil Henry and E l i z a b e t h Kuenzli w i t h t h e i r c h i l d r e n R. I,., H e n r i e t t a and W. A . K u e n z l i ~ James Cole! H e n r i e t t a and Amelia Kirschnerr Wm. B a r t ! John W i t t l C a r o l i n e E. B r u m i l Wil lard Conkel and f'hgen Swartz.

A p ro t r ac t ed e f f o r t was made commencing February f i r s t and cont inuing f o r f i v e weeks r e s u l t i n g i n about 40 conversions and 23 access ions t o t he church. The Sunday School, under the Superintendence of J . J. Paul i n , was r a p i d l y growing, too.

My f a t h e r t o l d about a t t end ing those Wednesday evening pray- e r meetings. The groups were formed because t h e neighbors, by walking, could g e t t oge the r e a s i e r even dur ing e s p e c i a l l y bad roads. A l l were then mud roads. Those evenings were b i g events f o r the ch i ld ren . They might " r i p and t e a r ou t s ide before and a f t e r , but a l l knew t o behave during t h e s e rv i ce . " The ch i ld ren l i k e d t o go t o Pauline ' e s p e c i a l l y mbecause Grandma Paulin u sua l ly had maple sugar f o r us."

February 3, 1880. The church t r u s t e e s were pres ident Rev. Chr. Kuenzli, v i ce p re s iden t dm. F a i l o r , s e c r e t a r y Frederick Kuenzli, t r e a s u r e r George Habl i tze l and Nathan Paulin who was chosen a s t h e r ep re sen ta t i ve t o Conference on March 11 a t Lancas te r , ohio.

1881. The t r u s t e e s were p re s iden t \Vm. F a i l o r , v ice p re s i - dent Jacob Kirachner, s e c r e t a r y Frederick Kuenzli, t r e a s u r e r George Hab l i t ze l and John Fa i lo r . Pro t rac ted meetings were held t h e f i r s t p a r t of February which r e s u l t e d i n t h r e e conversions and E t t y Paul in (Paul Kuenzli 's mother) was taken i n t o church.

Then followed a so-ca l led t r ea su ry r epo r t . Assets were $20.80 from penny c o l l e c t i o n s and s a l e of two b u r i a l l o t s . The expenses, not l i s t e d , amounted t o $7.80. The church had been painted i n s i d e and out a t a c o s t o f $124.04. Subscr ip t ions and $7.46 from the t rea8ury paid $114.56. There was a s i d e note t h a t t he r e s t was paid by the fol lowing February.

1882. Chr. flyas was appointed a t r u s t e e t o f i l l t h e vacancy when George Hab l i t ze l moved away. The t r ea su ry had a balance of 11 cen t s a t the end of the year a f t e r paying $23.72 f o r expenses of o i l , insurance and pa in t ing .

1883. Trustees were p re s iden t dm. Fa i lo r , vice pres ident Chr. Kuenzli, s e c r e t a r y Freder i tk Kuenzli, t r e a s u r e r C h r . Stucky and Godfrey Blaser . The t r ea su ry showed $17.20 t o t a l r e c e i p t s , $16.60 t o t a l expenses and a balance of 60 cen t s .

1884. Henry Kuenzli was e l ec t ed Sunday School Superinten- dent wi th Frederick Kuenzli h i s a s s i s t a n t . New members were Levi and Anna Swartz, John Kuenzli (F rede r i ck ' s s o n ) , Bar t ly Smith and Wm. L. Kuenzli (Samuel's s o n ) . I n Apri l the congregat ion was annexed aga in t o t he Upper Sandusky Mission. The Wednesday n i eh t German and English prayer c l a s s e s combined.

January 1, 1885, t h e congregation adopted t h e following "Rules f o r Sexton" 8

1. Open and c l o s e t h e church i n good time. 2. When necsury bui ld f i r e i n t he s toves t o have the house

comfortable and no one s h a l l l e t down t h e windows nor c l o s e t h e s toves o r bu i ld f i r e except Sexton. The Ther- mometer s h a l be t h e Sexton ' s guide and s h a l hang a t the bookcase and keep between S ix ty and Seventy.

3. Sweep t h e house c l ean and dus t a l s o sweep platform out- s i d e . The Sexton wi th Minister i n charge s h a l keep the c lock a s near c o r r e c t time aa poss ib le and no one e l s e .

4. Light t h e lamps i n good t ime and a l s o t h e one o u t s i d e when necsary.

5 . He is t o p rocure t h e o i l , lamp chimneys, burners and broom when necsary .

6. Keep t h e house w e l l v e n t i l a t e d and keep t h e g a t e c l o s e d i n f r o n t of t h e church.

7. The congrega t ion a g r e e s t o pay t h e Sexton every s i x months and a l s o a g r e e s t o pay f o r o i l , lamp chimneys, burners and broom and f u r n i s h t h e wood.

8. Have t h e wr igh t t o h i r e a n o t h e r s e x t o n f o r n e g l e c t o f du ty .

These r u l e s were a t t h e back of t h e l e d g e r which had space f o r a n e n t r v each January f i r s t 1

1888. 1890. 1891. 1892.

1893.

1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898.

March

C . H. and J. F. Kuenzli were h i r e d f o r $30. Paid. W. T. Kuenzli h i r e d f o r one year f o r . Paid. w. T. Kuenzli h i r e d f o r one year f o r ~$:. Paid. B. Smith h i r e d f o r one y e a r f o r $20. Paid. B. Smith s e r v e d n ine months a f t e r which J . Kirschner was h i r e d t o f i l l vacancy. The Smi th ' s moved t o C a l i f o r n i a . A l b e r t Wyss was h i r e d f o r $24.75 and rece ived $26.75. Paid. A l b e r t Wyss was h i r e d f o r $25.00. Paid. Sam and Prank Swartz were h i r e d f o r $25.00. Paid. Sam and prank Swartz were h i r e d f o r $30.00. Paid. Elmer Kuenzli was h i r e d f o r $29.50. Paid. Frank Swartz was h i r e d f o r $30.00. Paid.

(End of e n t r i e s . ) 1 5 , 1885. Newly converted members were E l i z a b e t h

Ear th , Fredy Kuenzli ( n o t s u r e who t h i s w a s ) , P e t e r and H. B. (presumed t o be h i s wife Barbara) Stucky emigrated from Switzer- l a n d i n 1884, Godleib Rappold, C h r i s t i a n and Susan Ca thar ine Leuthold emigrated from Swi tze r land i n 1883, and Mary Morganthaler ( s p . ? ) . That y e a r Conference changed from s p r i n g t o f a l l .

iQ f a t h e r t o l d t h a t t h e s e Leutholds , a n c e s t o r s of t h e p res - e n t Leutholds i n Bucyrus, f i r s t s e t t l e d w i t h t h e i r Swiss f r i e n d s a t Salem. He t a u g h t t h e l a t e Attorney Sam Leuthold, C h r i s t i a n ' s b r o t h e r , h i s Engl i sh A B C ' s which made them l i f e - l o n g f r i e n d s ,

August 4, 1886. I n t h i s e n t r y was t h e f i r s t mention of t r u s t e e s be ing e l e c t e d f o r one, two o r t h r e e y e a r s . Vice Pres- i d e n t John F a i l o r was t o r e p r e s e n t t h e Board o f Trus tees a t t h e y e a r l y confe rence September 1 6 a t ' d e s t e r v i l l e .

September 7 , 1886. E . C. and Sophia Blaser were r e c e i v e d a s new members by c e r t i f i c a t e from Winesburg, Ohio. David S i l e r , newly conver ted , was r e c e i v e d i n t o membership.

May 15 , 1887. Louis Alber t Kuenzli , t h e i n f a n t s o n of John and Mary (S tucky) Kuenzli was bap t ized i n church by h i s u n c l e , t h e Rev. Chr. Kuenzli .

J u l y 24, 1887. The a d u l t s i s t e r s , I d a and Del la Althouse, were b a p t i z e d i n church by t h e Rev. C . M. Reinhold.

Feb. 3 , 1889. Emery C l a s s , C . A . Kuenzli and Henry P a i l o r jo ined Church a f t e r being newly conver ted .

March, 1890. Teresa Blaser , Minerva Kuenzli, Pear ly Mae and Freder ic C . Stucky, a l l l i o t e d a s a d u t l s , were bapt ized i n church by Rev. D. Wonder.

1894. Newly converted members were I r a Weller, Jennie F a i l o r , Verdi Kuenzli and Mrs. S. Edwin Kuenzli.

Rev. Leedy repor ted t h a t t h e Ohio Conference had a most r e g r e t t a b l e ca lami ty i n 1894, alghough Salem was no t it. Many churches withdrew and formed tho United Evangelical Church. In time it had i t s own seven conference groups. By 1922 they were ready t o be taken back i n t o t he Ohio Conference and d id s o i n 1924. This brought i n 126 minis te rs and 156 congregations. Future Salem preachers i n t h i s group were G. N. Perkins and M. M. Rader. Alao brought i n were Pres id ing Elders R. A . Sain and H. V. Summers and D r . Daniel A. Poling.

June 2 , 1895. Wm. F a i l o r was e l ec t ed Leader f o r two years , wi th J . F. Kuenzli a s s i s t a n t Leader. Rev. C . Stucky was e l ec t ed Exhorter. Charles Kuenzli was e l e c t e d Superintendent and t r u s t e e f o r t h r e e years .

August 8 , 1895. dm. F a i l o r and W . A . Kuenzli were e l ec t ed Stewards .

1896. S. Edwin Kuenzli was e l ec t ed t r u s t e e f o r t h r ee years . Names not recorded i n t h e i r o rder but received a s members p r i o r t o September, 1896, were, John F. S toker , Lucy Kuenzli, Mary Stucky, E l l a Class , Della Althouse, Della Swan, Clara B a l l i e t , Frank and Je s se Barth, Sarah ( t h e second Ims. G . M a s e r ) , Ida, Theresa and !7. J . Blaser , Pear l Swan, Ca r r i e Class , Nett ie and Addison Swartz, L i l l i e Swartz, Nichlas Traxler , C a r l Weller, John and E l i zabe th Ege r t e r , Mary Ehman, Carol ine P a i l o r , Mrs. Henry ( I d a Althouse) P a i l o r , Ernes t Kuenzli, James A . Kuenzli, Avery S . Kuenzli, Mtnerva Kuenzli, John 4. and Grace V. Kuenzli, Edna Kuenzli. Hannah and E l i z a Stucky and dinona Pool.

Like a l l groups, many times records a r e poorly o r c a r e l e s s l y kept and Salem was no exception. This makes me wonder i f a l l t h e names were recorded i n t h i s group.

1897. Salem was i n t he newly formed Mexico C i r c u i t t h i s year . Two a d u l t s , Clara Mohre (Mrs. Arthur Kuenzli) and John Calvin B u w e l l were bapt ized i n t he church. Baptized and rece ived i n t o membership were Frank M. Pool (Winona's f a t h e r ) , Sherman F a i l o r , Lewis and Bertha Althouse, Wm. A . and Frank D. Winter, Augustus V. and Dorsa L. Larich, Rhea 6. and 0ra A. Kuenzli, Wm. L. S i g l e r , Edward Hi lderbrant and Wm. C lass . Others jo in ing church were Wm. P. and Blanche Vernella Ehman. Jacob J . Haas, Prank M. and Samuel A . Swartz, Jacob S c h i l l i n g , Samuel, Emma C . and Alber t d. Althouse, Lloyd Class , James Ezra Kuenzli, Frederick Bloerch ( s p . ? ) , Ezra J. Fa i lo r , I r a G. Pool (Winona's b r o t h e r ) , Rosa Barth, Mrs. Sophia (Ba r th ) Brewer, Maria Heft, ~ r s . Mary A . Winter (Mother of W i l l and Frank) and Albert F. wyss.

The records show t h a t a l l bapt iz ing a t Salem was by '.sprink- l i n g . '*

June 27, 1897. Baptized were t he twin Bong, Howard Fa i lo r Kuenzli and Homer Chew Kuenzli, o f S. Edwin and Laura (chew) Kuenzli.

Our f a m i l y r e c o r d s show t h a t Laura d i e d May 1 4 , 1895, when t h e twins were t h r e e days o l d . Grandma F a i l o r took Howard and Chew r e l a t i v e s took Homer. Maria Hef t , a new church member named above, had and was working f o r Uncle bd Kuenzl i . Her fam- i l y l i v e d a t t h e p r e s e n t Union parsonage b u t l a t e r moved t o Crawford County.

August, 1897. Rev. G . B l a s e r was e l e c t e d Leader. J . F. Kuenzli w a s e l e c t e d Exhor te r f o r two y e a r s . Wm. Ehman was e l e c t e d t r u s t e e f o r t h r e e y e a r s .

1898. Augusta Bar th jo ined church. Aamuel Althouse was e l e c t e d a t r u s t e e .

September 1 8 , 1898. Ivlrs. (Avery) Grace 8. Kuenzli jo ined church by l e t t e r .

The l e d g e r gave n o t h i n g f o r 1899. fvly g r a n d f a t h e r , dm. f a i l o r d i e d January 13, 1899, a t age 51. He had been ill two y e a r s from c a n c e r o f t h e stomach.

1900. I n January Char les Ki r schner was e l e c t e d Lxhor te r f o r two y e a r s . J. F. Kuenzli was e l e c t e d t r u s t e e .

1903. New members were Hans dtucky, Ivlrs. (Lewis) Bess ie Al thouse by l e t t e r , P e a r l dchoenberger , Odessa Neate, T . deity and Frank Swartz .

1904. New members were Fred Kenan, Alpha Uin te r , Jenn ie Swartz , Niirt ie ( ;u inther (Snave ly ) and Mrs. ( E z r a ) Nora F a i l o r .

1905. New members were Mrs. Edwin F a i l o r (my mother) and Cmma G i l l i l a n d .

1906. New members were Char les and I d a Neate, t h e i r s o n s Frank and Edward, Ada Brown, Cva and Nary S t o k e r , E t h e l and Goldie s w a r t z , Roy Kuenzli (Uncle John ' s s o n ) , Harold Haas, Fred and Russel T r a x l e r , Kar l Ki r schner , Ray Kuenzli (N. A . ( B e r t ) K u e n z l i ' s s o n ) , A l b e r t d taub , Lloyd Stinchcomb, Mrs. Lucinda Neate ( C h a r l e s ' mother) and Mrs. jherrnan F a i l o r .

June 19 , 1910. Bapt ized i n church were t h e f o l l o w i n e a d u l t s I Mrs. E l l a Robinson, Ivlrs. ( C a r l ) Gladys Haas. Roy and F r e d e r i c k Schoenberger , Walter and S t a n l e y S t o k e r , Nayne and Yuth B l a s e r , G i l b e r t Kuenzl i , Cora and Lloyd Haas.

September 1, 1912. A t Conference i n Fremont A . F. Berry was appo in ted t o Upper Sandusky T r i n i t y charge .

I found e l sewhere t h a t he preached h i s first sermon a t Jalem on Sunday, September 1 5 , and used I Cor. 2 1 1 - 5 as h i s t e x t .

February 2 , 1913. Bapt ized i n church Mrs. Louis Kuenzl i , Helen Kuenzl i , Robert Kuenzli and I r e n e Swan (Wi l son) .

August 31, 1913. Conference w a s h e l d i n Upper Sandusky. Rev. Berry was r e a p o i n t e d . 6 Conference was h e l d a t Z i r c l e v i l l e and August 30, 191 . Rev. Berry was r e a p p o i n t e d . Salem s e p a r a t e d .

I have r e a d someplace t h a t Salem d i d n o t i n i t i a t e t h e sepa- r a t i o n b u t T r i n i t y because t h e y were a l a r g e r congrega t ion and wanted t o be a l o n e .

Rev. Leedy r e p o r t e d t h a t Salem was then p laced i n t h e Mexico C i r c u i t . The Rev. Anderson was appo in ted t o Salem, B e l l e Vernon and Mexico which became t h e dyandot C i r c u i t I1 i n 1914. There i s more C i r c u i t d a t a under t h e wSalem's M i n i s t e r s w t o p i c .

From t h e n on f o r many y e a r s , T r i n i t y Church i n Upper used

tha t o ld brown Salem Ledger. Mrs. Emery (Grace Neate) Hilderbrant of Tr in i ty Church t o l d me that she helped copy the ir e n t r i e s i n t o t h e i r own ledger sometime before t h e i r Centennial i n 1960. Then the o ld brown ledger was returned t o Salem with a notat ion t o that e f f e c t .

HOME DEPARTMENT AND CRADLE ROLL

This notebook o f t h e Sunday School had s i g n a t u r e s o f s e c r e - t a r i e s from 1906 through 1917. They were T r e s s i e T r a x l e r , Nova and Eva S t o k e r , Ruth B l a s e r , Mary Fernbaugh and Gladys Lar ick . There were no s i g n a t u r e s from 1918 t o 1922.

The Home Department c o n s i s t e d o f o l d e r , o r ill, members n o t a b l e t o a t t e n d Sunday School . Each q u a r t e r a new q u a r t e r l y was d e l i v e r e d t o each. A r e p o r t was made of t h e l e s s o n s s t u d i e d dur - i n g t h e p r i o r q u a r t e r . C o n t r i b u t i o n s were r e c e i v e d rang ing from n o t h i n g o r one c e n t t o 50 c e n t s . The number of members v a r i e d from 1 9 t o one, Henry Cross , i n 1922.

The f o l l o w i n g names appeared d u r i n g t h e years1 Mrs. G o t f r i e d Gerber Mr. & Idrs. C h r i s t . dyss Mrs. M a t i l d i a Beam ms. Chr. Luthy, 3 r . M r . & Mrs. S. M. S i g l e r Miss Libby Disher Mrs. Mary Evans ~ r s . M. M . Schwebel Mrs. Mary Graber Mrs. I r a Gongwer Mrs. Sophia F a i l o r M r . & Mrs. A . Nyss Mrs. Lucindia Neate Mrs. Cuin ther Mrs. Chas. Neate Mrs. P e t e r Atucky Mrs. M. C. Schoenberger Mrs. Wm. Robinson Mrs. James Swan Mrs. John Burwell Mrs. Kate Al thouse Levi L a r i c k Mrs. Mary Yoke Mrs. E l i z a Disher Mrs. L a f a y e t t e G i l l i l a n d Mr. & Irlrs. P. P . T r a x l e r Mrs. Samuel Bar th Mrs. Elmer Eberhar t Mrs. Frank Bardon Mrs. Sophia Wyss Mrs. Ezra F a i l o r Henry Cross

A t t h e back of t h a t notebook w a s t h i s e n t r y 1 The C r a d l e Rol l o f Salem Sunday School w a s o rgan ized by Rev. E. D. Pau l in i n 1902 w i t h 25 members. There a r e now 60 some members e n r o l l e d and 34 w i l l be promoted t o t h e pr imary c l a s s today, October 13. 1907. Some a r e p a s t t h e age 01 promotion which is t h r e e y e a r s b u t have never r e c e i v e d c e r t i f i c a t e s . Those t o r e c e i v e c e r t i f i c a t e s a r e 1

Homer B l a s e r Vera Althouse I r e n e & Marjor ie Swan Geo. & E s t h e r Schoenberger Mary & John Neate Fred ie & Marjor ie Kuenzli E a r l & Thomas Kuenzl i Ruth r a i l o r Roy & Bess ie Winter Byron & Velma Bwartz Eva Swan Henry, Al f red & E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g E s t h e r Kuenzli G i l b e r t , Harold & Bernice Kuenzli Louvie r re Rappold Mabel F a i l o r Edward Bar th Ruth Bar r i ck Eula A 1 thouse Rosa, Fred & F r e i d a Gerber Nora Maybe

The f o l l o w i n g members were l e f t 1 Bess ie Rappold Marie Wyss E s t h e r & Miriam F a i l o r Frances Bar th Homer Evans Robert B lase r Wilda Kotterman Grace, T r e s s i e & Florence Swartz

Josephine Kuenzli Earnest & Marguerite Gerber Evangeline S i g l e r Wanetta Bumel l Edi th Kuenzli John & Bertha S c h i l l i n g Vincent Kuenzli Ruth Maybe Dorothy Kuenzli Ruth Althouse Gertrude Burke Sy lv i a & Hilda Schindler Frank r a i l o r I have my c e r t i f i c a t e accept ing me a s a member of t h e Cradle

Roll May 14, 1905, and my c e r t i f i c a t e of promotion i n t o t he Pr i - mary Department October 13, 1907. Each is signed by Cradle Roll Super in tendent T re s s i e Traxler and Sunday School Superintendent J . F. Stoker . There is no p a s t o r ' s s i gna tu re on e i t h e r one.

I n 1962, t h e l a t e Miss Frances Tschanen gave Mrs. l r ene Wilson a handwrit ten l i s t of Cradle Roll members with b i r t h years from 1899 t o 1920. Other names on her l i s t were1

Myron & Loraine Kuenzli Martha Jane Creger Mildred Larick Margaret Neate Al ice F a i l o r Kenneth Carr M i r i a m Snavely Robert Hadsel l Mary Mil l igan Helen Blaser Fern Lar ick El izabe th Mohr John Gerber Morris & Virgin ia Kuenzli Russe l l Althouse Earnest & Annetta Disher I s a b e l l e & Arabelle Bardon Avor.?lle Wilcox Nelson Smith Katherine & Pauline Stucky Louella Nietz Ei leen Markley C la ra Kuenzli Naomi Neat Woodrow Traxler Faye Sarah White Evelyn Schindler Galen, Mildred, Wayne, Glen & Pear l Kuenzli C la ra , Homer, lvlary, Martha & Harold S c h i l l i n g Roy, Ruth Louise & Jean Schwebel Demard Elmo & Glen Sampson L i l e s

Recently Mrs. I r v i n (F re ida Gerber) Kear of Mi f f l i n Township has furn ished more Cradle Roll news. She has her c e r t i f i c a t e of promotion from t h e Cradle Roll t o t h e Primary Department dated October 13, 1907. The Signatures a r e t h e aame as on my c e r t i f i c a t e p lu s t he s i g n a t u r e of the Rev. John Hobson.

The same c e r t i f i c a t e f o r her s i s t e r Marguerite is dated Ju ly , 1910. Martha Stucky w a s the Cradle Roll Superintendent . The Sunday School Superintendent w a s Charles Kirschner and the p a s t o r was Rev. E. S . Flora ,

Her b ro the r Earnea t ' s undated c e r t i f i c a t e was s igned by Grace Bowers a s Cradle Roll Superintendent . The o t h e r s igna tu re s were t he same.

CHURCH TREASURY REPORT, 1908-1913

There i s a l e d g e r r e c o r d i n g t h e money s i t u a t i o n from Aeptem- b e r 13, 1908, t o September 8 , 1913, i n c l u d i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e I

Year - Rece ip t s Expenses Balance

These were t h e more i n t e r e s t i n g e n t r i e s : 9-13-1908 General c o l l e c t i o n $1.08

10-24-1908 Insurance on Church p r o p e r t y $1.66 11-21-1908 J a n i t o r s , Ot to Kirschner $35, Karl Kirschner $27.50

2-11-1909 Kuenzli Bros. (Nevada) , b a r r e l o f c o a l o i l $5.15 5- 4-1909 A . F. viyss, 3 c o r d s wood $10.50 9- 8-1909 Tschanen Bros. (Upper ) , 2 lamps $4.00

12-18-1909 J. H. Kinley (Upper) , 3 lamp chimneys $.75 1-15-1910 J . vl. S c h i l l i n g , broom and lamp wicks $.80 9- 1-1910 J . V l . A c h i l l i n g , o f j a n i t o r s a l a r y $30.00 2-21-1911 ti. A . Tucker (Nevada), c o a l $2.10 3-14-1911 H. E. K l i e n l i e n (Upper ) , c l e a n i n g c l o c k Y.50

12-15-1911 Hymn Books $51.60 3-28-1912 Mrs. J . F. Atoker, p a r t o f j a n i t o r s a l a r y $17.50

12-14-1912 A . M. aringrnan & Son (Upper ) , m i r r o r $1.35 3-20-1913 P u l p i t B ib le $8.00 5-31-1913 S t o k e r s i s t e r s , p a i n t i n g $2.00 8-16-1913 So ld o l d c a r p e t &3.00 ?- ?-1913 C o l l e c t e d and p a i d f o r new c a r p e t $78.10

The e n t r i e s s topped w i t h t h i s one.

The names o f t h e members were given w i t h t h e i r p ledges f o r t h e year , w i t h amount g iven each Sunday which w a s u s u a l l y t e n c e n t s and w i t h t h e monthly t o t a l f o r each. Some members d i d n o t p ledge but gave a lump sum. Anyone g i v i n g o v e r $20 f o r t h e y e a r is noted. Here a r e t h e names I

Prank A 1 thouse L. A . & Bess ie Al thouse A . i V . & Del la Al thouse Mrs. Susan Bennet t Ada Brown ( Kirschner ) G . & Sarah B l a s e r W. J. & P e a r l B l a s e r ,

Wayne, Ruth, Homer Grace Bower (Bardon) Fred & Mary B i e r r e - $35

Rose Bar th & Sara1 Rar th ( Brewer )

tws. Margaret C l a s s Miss Mary Creger Floyd a C r e t a Cross Mrs. Sophia F a i l o r , N e l l i e S. E . & Emma F a i l o r Mrs. Mary P a i l o r , C a r r i e Sherman & E t t a F a i l o r Ezra & Nora P a i l o r

H . F. & C a r r i e Pernbaugh, Mary Lucian Grabor J. J. & Lucy Haas, E d i t h , F r i e d a , Harold, Cora & Lloyd Nm. & Hulda Guin ther Chas. & Agnes Ki r schner , E a r l , Howard, Ot to & Karl h l r s . E l i z a b e t h Kuenzli J . A . & C l a r a Kuenzl i W . T. & Myrt le Kuenz l i , G i l b e r t & Helen J . P. & Mary Kuenzl i , Lewis - $32.50 Chas. & E t t a Kuenzl i , F lo rence & Paul - $28 W. A . & E l l a Kuenzl i , Ray J . E. & E t t a Kuenzli Frank & Minnie Kuenzli Mrs. Mary Kuenzli H. I,. Kuenzli S. E . Kuenzli Rosa Kuenzli Frank & Jenn ie L a r i c k Mrs. T,evi L a r i c k , Noble Mrs. May L a r i c k , C a s s i e M r . & Mrs. Percy Maybe Adeline M i l l e r (Young) \f. (;. & Grace M i l l i g a n Chfls. & Ida Neate, Odessa, Frank & Edward Mrs. Lucinda Neate John Rache te r C a t h e r i n e Rappold W . H . & b l l a Robison Mrs. 0 r a S c h i n d l e r J . W. & Ninerva S c h i l l i n g J. P. & E t t a S t o k e r , Nova, Eva, Mary, Walter & S t a n l e y Mrs. C h r i s t e n a Schoenberger , P e a r l , Roy h Fred P e t e r Stucky, E l i z a , Martha & Hans Mrs. Edna Secoy Mrs. ( C l i f f o r d ) blyrtle Snavely H. A . Smith d . M. & Tressa Schwebel A l b e r t S taub Mrs. Ida Swan & I r e n e hlrs. D e l l a Swan C. E. ti Anna Swartz A . E. & N e t t i e Swartz , E t h e l & Goldia P. F. & C a r o l i n e T r a x l e r , Fred & R u s s e l l W . B. Tschanen W . ti. & C a r r i e U l r i c h , Gladys Samuel & Sophia Walter P. D. & Raggie d i n t e r , Roy H. A . Winter Alpha Winter blrs. irlary Winter C h r i s t i a n & Rosa Wyss - $30 A l b e r t & J e n n i e Wyss

CLASS CERTIFICATES

A c e r t i f i c a t e from t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Sunday School Xssocia- t i o n is on f i l e w i t h t h e Church r e c o r d s f o r t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e Ladies' B ib le C l a s s , c l a s s number seven , on December 1 0 , 1910. The fo l lowing members had each s i g n e d h e r own name I Mrs. J . H . H a d s e l l , h l r s . Emma F a i l o r (my mother ) , Miss c l l a vl in ter , Mrs. Emma Kotterman, Mrs. W . J . Blase r p r e s i d e n t , Mrs. J . J . Haas, Mrs. L. L a r i c k , Mrs. Del la A . Swan, Miss E l i z a btucky, h l r s . c t t a Kuenzl i , Mrs. H. T. Fernbaugh, Mrs. Fear1 Burwell , Mrs. Myrt le s n a v e l y , k l r s . Ninerva S c h i l l i n g , Irlrs . I d a Awan, Mrs. Maggie d i n t e r , ( h e r s i s t e r ) Miss Mary Creger , ms. Del la Al thouse , Mrs. Myrt le Kuenzl i , iWs. M i l l i e Winter, I v l r s . Anna Al thouse , IWs. Ora S c h i n d l e r , Mrs. E t t a S t o k e r , IArs. May l a r i c k , iWs. Harry Smith , Mrs. L. E t t a Kuenzli , Mrs. E l l a Robison, s . Nora P a i l o r , Mrs. Grace h l i l l igan , Mrs. C a r r i e U l r i c h , Mrs. J e n n i e L a r i c k and Miss C a r r i e F a i l o r . There was no th ing t o i n d i c a t e t h e t e a c h e r .

A s i m i l a r c e r t i f i c a t e , da ted February 1 9 , 1914, is on f i l e f o r t h e Sunshine C l a s s . The f o l l o w i n g names were w r i t t e n by one pe rson I Florence and Vera Al thouse, Ruth Ulase r , Mary Bardon, Mary Pernbauch, Cora Haas, Helen Kuenzl i , Gladys Kuenzl i , Winona and Gladys L a r i c k , Mary S t o k e r , E s t h e r Schoenberger , I r e n e Swan, Gert rude S c h l e i f . Eva Swan, Bessie Nin te r and (Mrs. C h a r l e s ) E t t a Kuenzli t e a c h e r .

The t h i r d c e r t i f i c a t e was i s s u e d August 20, 1915, t o t h e Emanuel Bible C l a s s . The Rev. 0. D. Wonder was t h e m i n i s t e r . The c h a r t e r members, a l l i n one handwr i t ing , were George Tschanen, E z r a F a i l o r , Wayne and Homer B l a s e r , L. A . Kuenzli , Mervin Myers, Ter rance Kuenzli , G i l b e r t Kuenzl i , Walter and S t a n l e y S t o k e r , F o r e s t Disher , Roy and Fred Schoenberger , Pau l Kuenzl i , Robert Kuenzl i , Samuel and John Smith, Clyde Roby, C u r t i s ,Vill iams, Harry G o t t f r i e d , C a r l and Tloyd HaaG Roy bvinter, George Hadse l l , Roy Amshine ( s p . ? ) and Hi l l l am Schwebel.

( I t has been l e a r n e d t h a t Ezra F a i l o r had been t h e t e a c h e r o f t h i s c l a s s s e v e r a l y e a r s p r i o r t o t h i s c e r t i f i c a t i o n and s e v e r a l y e a r s s u b s e q u e n t l y . )

FARSONAGE. ACCOUNT BOOK

This s m a l l l e d g e r f o r "Evange l ica l Parsonage of Wyandot ,:ir- c u l t " was s t a r t e d i n 1915 by J . t i . S c h i l l i n g . I t seems s a f e t o assume t h a t he was a paruonage t r u s t e e .

On page one, t h e o n l y d e s c r i p t i v e d a t a i n t h e book is, "This parsonage w a s bought of Levi Lar ick and p o s s e s s i o n was g iven A p r i l 1, 1915. Cos t o f t h e p r o p e r t y , c o n s i s t i n g o f a dwel l ing house and o l d ba rn and t e n a c r e s o f ground, was $1,700.- This i s t h e same p r o p e r t y a c r o s s from Gene Conrad ' s which was s o l d i n 1966.

The " S u b s c r i p t i o n s " f o r t h e parsonage d e b t s t a r t e d on page two. The 39 pe rsons pledged $365 f o r 1915 w i t h amounts from $2 t o t h e one f o r $45 by Fred B i e r r e . The n e x t h i g h e s t w a s $20 by each F. D. Winter , L. A . Kuenzli and Char les Kuenzl i .

The i t emized r e c e i p t s were r Conference, $929.16; Parsonage s o l d , $3911 I n t e r e s t , $11.73; church organ, $30; Rent, from Bel le Vernon 46-65, from Mexico $5.00 and from Salem $151 I n t e r e s t on Church n o t e , $1 51 S u b s c r i p t i o n s , $339.70 (Someone f o r g o t t o pay h i s p l e d g e l ) making a t o t a l of $1,743.24.

For e x p l a n a t i o n of some of t h e above, i t can be assumed t h a t Conference he lped t h e new c i r c u i t w i t h a parsonage d e b t . The "Farsonage s o l d " must r e f e r t o t h e house e a s t of t h e o l d Hi lde rbrand farm n e a r Upper which used t o be a parsonage. The Rev. Anderson l i v e d t h e r e . The " I n t e r e s t " i tem may have r e f e r r e d t o church bus inens between c i r c u i t s s i n c e Salem was invo lved wi th a parsonage p r i o r t o 1915. The "Rent" was no doubt f o r use o f t h e newly a c q u i r e d parsonage.

I n t h e o f f e r i n g l e d g e r s of 1908-1913 t h e r e was an i tem f o r t a x e s on t h e parsonage of $4.67 on December 29, 1910. The parsonage t a x e s were $16.32 on May 11, 1912.

Expenses f o r 1915 were $2,069.96. There was much r e p a i r work done because t h e r e were b i l l s f o r f e n c e , lumber, s h i n g l e s , cement, garden f e n c e , p o s t s , hardware and l a b o r . A door key c o s t t e n c e n t s . Seed c o s t s f o r t h e farming were : $8.90 f o r 1 6 bu. 2 5 l b s . o f o a t s @ 53&; 31-91 f o r 2 5 l b s . t imothy s e e d ; $3.88 f o r 30 l b s . c l o v e r seed .

I n 1916 t h e r e w a s more improvement i n c l u d i n g t h e c e l l a r . The f a l l s e e d wheat c o s t $1.65 p e r bushel and f e r t i l i z e r c o s t one c e n t p e r pound. That y e a r t h e book was $51.48 i n t h e b lack .

There were 2 5 s u b s c r i b e r s f o r a parsonage w e l l i n 1917. The amounts ranged from 50& t o t h e one $8 by Fred B i e r r e t o t a l i n g $86.50. Expenses l i s t e d inc luded m a t e r i a l and work on t h e c i s - t e r n . Wayne Blase r worked two days and Robert Kuenzli worked one day @ $1.25. Mrs. 0. D. Wonder was pa id $5 f o r "boarding hands." 0. V. S c h i n d l e r was pa id $6 f o r t h r e s h i n g . The r e c e i p t s inc luded $226.88 from wheat If 32.20. On November 24. $125 was r e c e i v e d from Conference. The p r o f i t t h i s y e a r was $279.64.

The expenses f o r 1918 were $966.74 which inc luded b i l l s f o r p l a s t e r , lumber, paper ing , e t c . , f o r t h e house. F. D. Winter was pa id $15 f o r meals @ 504 f o r t h e workmen. Rev. Nie tz was pa id

$10 f o r meals. I n Otcober a cook s t o v e was purchased f o r $30 and a h e a t i n g s t o v e f o r $33. 9ev. N i e t z ' s n o t e s l i s t e d t h e t r u s t e e s a s J, W. S c h i l l i n g , Ezra Kuenzl i and bdwin F a i l o r .

There were s u b s c r i p t i o n s f o r a ga rage i n 1920. On A p r i l 1 4 , $50 w a s r e c e i v e d from Rev. Lee f o r a church l o t i n Idexico. I cou ld f i n d no e x p l a n a t i o n abou t t h a t l o t . Wheat, d 91.60, brought i n $121 -33. On August 31, Mack Evans p a i d $25 f o r 1 ,597 board f e e t o f lumber from t r e e s on t h e farm.

One hundred shocks o f c o r n were s o l d f o r $80 i n November, 1922. Mutual Insurance c o s t $51.90. There i s a n o t a t i o n t h a t t h e wheat c r o p was f r o z e n o u t d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r . The f i e l d was sown t o o a t s i n t h e s p r i n g o f 1923.

There was a " s o c i a l " i n 1924 because $80 from it and $20 from t h e Sunday School were g i v e n t o t h e parsonage d e b t . Hdns S tucky p a i d $56 f o r t h e c o r n c r o p i n December.

Crops were n o t ve ry s u c c e s s f u l f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s . The o a t s and wheat b rought i n $35 i n 1925. The hay s o l d f o r $40 i n 1926. So i n 1927 s u b s c r i p t i o n s f o r t h e parsonage d e b t were s o l i c i t e d . Five pe rsons responded w i t h $8. Then t h e Sunday School gave $100.

For o e v e r a l y e a r s t h e r e were no e n t r i e s . Then t h e r e i s a n o t a t i o n i n 1935, "Re-elected Trus tee . " H i s f o l l o w i n g d a t a i s supplemented w i t h i t e m s I found i n o t h e r r e p o r t s .

I n 1936, t h e parsonage t r u s t e e s , "Jake,. t Harry G i l l i l a n d and Mrs. I d a Swan, s p e n t $80 f o r a new h e a t e r , $38 f o r a k i t c h e n s t o v e and $35 f o r r e p a i r s and remodeling.

There were $169 s u b s c r i b e d i n 1937 f o r " s h i n g l i n g . " Jake, E r n e s t and Harold S c h i l l i n g , Roy Schwebel (1914-1944),

Lewis Reber and Harry G i l l i l a n d worked on a s e p t i c t a n k February 1 4 , 1939. The bathroom and w a t e r system c o s t $265.

I n October , 1943, s e e d wheat c o s t $1.70 p e r bushe l . The 112 bushe l s o f o a t s were s o l d @ 70 c e n t s . That y e a r a new r o o f on t h e house and a l l b u i l d i n g s p a i n t e d c o s t $300. The t r u s t e e s from t h i s y e a r through 1949 were J a k e , Harry and b l r s . Harold Kuenzl i .

Every c l a s s and many i n d i v i d u a l s gave money i n 1944 f o r t h e parsonage i n c l u d i n g $100 from Mrs. Martha C o t t f r i e d . Wheat, a t $ 1 . 0 , brought i n $196.94. This y e a r t h e ba lance was $327.08 because o n l y $94.11 was s p e n t f o r expenses .

A f u r n a c e w a s i n s t a l l e d i n 1946 f o r $650. Another e n t r y s a i d $365.

On October 9 , 1947, t h e Ohio Power Company was p a i d $ 1 5 6 . 9 f o r a n e l e c t r i c r ange and $118 f o r a w a t e r h e a t e r . The book showed a ba lance o f $173.05 t h a t y e a r , a f t e r some paper ing had been done.

June 1 6 , 1952, t h e Kuenzli Q u a r r i e s f u r n i s h e d 31 t o n s o f s t o n e f o r $125 f o r t h e driveway around t h e parsonage.

I n 1953 r o s e bushes were p l a n t e d on t h e lawn. Rev. Ted Wonder recorded t h a t a power lawn mower was pur-

chased f o r t h e parsonage i n 1 9 9 . The ba rn and house r o o f s were p a i n t e d as w e l l as t h e t r i m on t h e house.

on arch 26, 1956, $19.40 was p a i d f o r lumber f o r a bookcase.

Wharton Hardware was p a i d $200.40 f o r a f u r n a c e on Novem- b e r 1 0 , 1958.

IWs. I r e n e Wilson was e l e c t e d a parsonage t r u s t e e i n 1950. " J a k e ' s u las t e n t r i e s were i n 1958 and 1959 and covered j u s t

t h e u s u a l misce l l aneous i t e m s . Rev. Spyker recorded t h a t 90y Schoenberger p l a n t e d an

Engl i sh Walnut t r e e i n t h e parsonage ya rd t h e s p r i n g of 1961.

1917 - 1929 FINANCIAL REPORTS

Years ago copies of t h e p r i n t e d r e p o r t of t h e t r e a s u r y were given t o t he members. This r e p o r t included the name and amount of each con t r ibu to r , My f a t h e r had saved seve ra l .

W . T. Kuenzli, Wm. Ul r ich and J. E . Kuenzli s igned the r e p o r t f o r 1917-18. There were 104 con t r ibu t ions from one d o l l a r t o t h e one f o r $50 by L. A . Kuenzli and wife . The t o t a l r e c e i p t s were $912.33. The $839.62 expenses included $112 f o r Benevo- l ences , $36.58 f o r coa l , $18.60 f o r t h e l i g h t s ' carb ide ~ n d $37.50 f o r s i x months1 j a n i t o r s e r v i c e both t o ~ r s . J. F. S toker and t o Helen Kuenzli. L i s t ed "With the c o l o r s , " too, were Mervin Myers ( t h e f irst one t o go a s I have learned from seve ra l s o u r c e s ) , Wayne Rlaser , Paul Kuenzli, Terrance Kuenzli, Robert Kuenzli, Roy and William R . Schoenberger, Ralph C a r t e r , Ray Kuenzli and Roscoe Disher.

Miss E l i z a Stucky furn ished t h e r e p o r t f o r August 31, 1922, a s we l l a s t h e r e s t i n t h i s account. The 47 ind iv idua l s c o n t r i - buted from $4.00 t o $60 each by L. A . Kueneli and wife and by Mrs. Sophia Althouse. The r e c e i p t s were $1,205.55 and t h e expen- s e s were $1,084.76. Salem paid $303 f o r Missions and Benevo- l ences . The unnamed j a n i t o r received $1101 coa l c o s t $25 and carb ide c o s t $17.75.

The r e p o r t of August 31, 1925, shows 50 persona cont r ibuted from $4 t o t h e $75 by Harry Go t t f r i ed and wife. Receipts were $1,522.58 inc lud ing $140 by t h e Rev. 0. D. Myers from h i s s a l a r y of $840. The expenses were $1,522.58, t oo , which leads me t o be l i eve t h a t E l i z a con t r ibu t ed e x t r a s o t he church would no t be i n the red l

I n 1926 the 52 persons gave from 50 cen t s t o $85 both by L. A . Kuenzli and wife and by W . T . Kuenzli and family making t h e r e c e i p t s $1,420.64. The Mexico Church, which c losed i n 1926, con t r ibu t ed $39.90 t o t he pas to r ' s s a l a ry .

I n 1927 t h e r e were 51 con t r ibu t ions from $1.00 t o t he $97.50 by W. T. Kuenzli and family making the r e c e i p t s t o t a l $1,520.20. The $1,517.15 f o r expenses included $3.00 f o r t h e Eden School Orchestra and $2.00 f o r Prof. I. M. Snyder. No d e t a i l s were found f c r t h a t en t ry . Missions and Benevolences rece ived only $169.79. The unnamed j a n i t o r received $75, coa l and "draying* c o s t $32.36. Apparently e l e c t r i c l i g h t s were i n s t a l l e d t h a t year because one expense was $5.15 t o the General Light and Power Company of Bucyrus and carb ide c o a t only $5.00.

The l a s t r e p o r t my f a t h e r had saved was f o r ~ u g u s t 31, 1929. Cont r ibut ions from 53 were from 20 cen t s t o $104 both by Floyd Cross and wife and by W. T. Kuenzli and family. The r e c e i p t s were $1,493.54 and expenses were $1,424.34. Mission6 and Benevo- lences rece ived $350. Again unnamed, t h e j a n i t o r received $72.34. The coa l c o s t $17.55. The General Light and Power Company was paid $31.40.

NOTES OF R E V . E . E . NIETZ

A smal l persona l notebook f o r "Nyandot C i r c u i t , 1910-1919" was kept by t he l a t e Rev. Nietz . I t was given r e c e n t l y f o r our church f i l e s by Mrs. (Prances d i e s t ) Nietz , a former Eden High School t e ache r . I n memory of her husband, she con t r i bu t ed $50 toward t he c o s t of t h i s h i s t o r y . She is now a r e s i d e n t of the O t t e rbe in Home i n Lebanon, Ohio.

The members' names of t he "Salem C la s sn a s we l l a s Bel le Vernon and Mexico were l i s t e d with t h e miles and d i r e c t i o n from the church. H i s s a l a r y was l i s t e d a s $845 "from the f i e l d " p lus $75 f o r r e n t .

The Salem Church o f f i c e r s were; Class Leader and Exhorter , Jacob S c h i l l i n g and Mrs. Frank Swan; Stewards, W. T. Kuenzli , Ezra Kuenzli and W i l l U l r ich ; Trus tees , H. T. \ l t house , Albert Althouse and Wm. Blaserr Sunday School Super in tendents , L. A . Kuenzli and Jacob Sch i l l i ng1 C h o r i s t e r , Harry Fernbaugh (1870- 1948 ) .

The Y .P.A. o f f i c e r s were t pre s iden t , Lloyd Haas; v i ce p r e s i d e n t , Henry S c h i l l i n g ; record ing s e c r e t a r y , Ruth Haas ; corresponding s e c r e t a r y , Cora Haas; both Missionary and r e g u l a r t r e a s u r e r , E l i z a Stucky; p i a n i s t , Helen Kuenzlil c h o r i s t e r , Ruth Blaser . ( I found t h a t Y.P.A. had been organized a t Conference i n T i f f i n i n 1892.)

Named were t he 11 subsc r ibe r s t o The E v a n ~ e l i c a l MessenRer. The MiSSion~ry Messenger was taken by 19 women. Eleven f ami l i e s took t h e Y .P.A. Herald. The Der C h r i s t l i c k e Botschaf te r was rece ived by Mrs. C . (Rosa) Hyss, E l i z a Stucky, Mrs. (Gos t ieb) Mary Kuenzli , Ca ther ine Rappold and J. S e i l e r . This paper , begun i n 1835, was t he f i r s t r e l i g i o u s paper p r in t ed i n German i n America.

No da t e was given f o r t he fo l lowing Sunday School o f f i c e r s , but i t can be assumed they were f o r 1919-1920; Superintendent , w. T. Kuenzli wi th a s s i s t a n t J . W. S ch i l l i ng1 s e c r e t a r y , Vera Althouse and a s s i s t a n t Gladys Kuenzli; t r e a s u r e r , J . E. Swan; p i a n i s t , Wanda Alspach and a s s i s t a n t Mrs. Gladys ( U l r i c h ) Haas; C h o r i s t e r , Lewis Kuenzli and a s s i s t a n t Mrs. (Henry) Blanche Alspach; l i b r a r i a n , Henry S c h i l l i n g .

Names new t o Salem and not mentioned before a r e Mrs. Cora G i l e s , Jerome and Mary Hadsell and Raymond, Terrance Kuenzli, I r a and Grace (Alspach) Pool, Roy Putman, Mrs. ( ~ o h n ) Emma Rappold wi th Louvierre and Bessie , Harry and Mary Smith w i th Gladys, and ( l r l i s s ) E l l a Winter.

CHURCH LEDGER OF 1924

The Rev. 0 . D. Myers s t a r t e d a new l e d g e r i n 1924 f o r t h e r e p o r t s of t h e l o c a l Q u a r t e r l y Conference meet ings . This w a s used by many f o l l o w i n g m i n i s t e r s .

The Rev. Myers r e c e i v e d 605 of h i s <6840 s a l a r y from Salem, 25$ from Bel le Vernon and 1 5 5 from Mexico. He conducted a r e v i v a l meet ing a t Salem i n February, 1925, a f t e r which i t was dec ided t o r e p a i r t h e church . The account of t h a t i s i n t h e "News I tems" s e c t i o n . Mrs. Lucy Haas was C l a s s Leader and held p r a y e r meet ings a f t e r Sunday School every o t h e r Sunday when Salem d i d n o t have church s e r v i c e s . On Thursday evenings t h e r e w a s a combined p r a y e r meet ing and Bib le s t u d y a t t h e church . d . T. Kuenzli was t h e Lay Member t o Conference. The Sunday School enro l lment was between 125 and 130.

I n 1925 Rev. Hanke came f o r two y e a r s . H i s beg inn ing s a l a r y of $1,010 was r a i s e d t o $1,050. Me worked hard w i t h t h e 30 mem- b e r s i n t h e youth group, t h e e i g h t members i n t h e c a t e c h e t i c a l c l a s s , t h e 1 8 members i n t h e I J i s s ion Band and t h e e i g h t L i t t l e Heralds . Itrs. J . E . Swan w a s t h e Super in tenden t . she was a good one, bu t i t made h e r s o nervous. I o f t e n wondered how s h e cou ld r e a d from t h e s h a k i n g book o r paper she h e l d . J. d . S c h i l l i n g was Lay Irlember. The ~ u n d a y School enro l lment was 91 and t h e church had 114 members. During Rev. Hanke's second y e a r , 19.26, t h e Mexico Church c l o s e d a f t e r opening i n 1876.

The Rev. Cold i ron , who came i n September, 1927, r e c e i v e d $1,500. J u a r t e r l y Conference was h e l d i n T r i n i t y Church i n Upper because we were then i n t h e Columbus D i s t r i c t . Ivis. Swan was Super in tenden t and Mildred L a r i c k w a s S e c r e t a r y .

I n 1928 Henry S c h i l l i n g w a s e l e c t e d both Super in tenden t and Lay Member. The Rev. Perk ins came i n September, 3928. He l i s t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g a c c e s s i o n s t o t h e Church i n 1929 and 19301 b r n e s t and Annet ta Disher , Harold S c h i l l i n g , V i r g i n i a Kuenzl i , E s t h e r H a b l i t z e l , Kather ine and Pau l ine j t u c k y , Dorothy F a i l o r , Ruth Louise and J e a n Schwebel, Herman Hrewer, !~lrs. C a t h e r i n e McCleary, Helen Louise Alspach, Clara Kuenzl i , irirs. Grace Reber, h e r daugh te r Anna d a r y and h e r b r o t h e r Cla rence Lewis.

The Rev. Rader, a r e t i r e d supp ly m i n i s t e r , came t h e las t of January , 1932, when t h e Ferk ins l e f t . Rev, Maurers came i n September, 1932, and s t a y e d u n t i l September, 1938. He, l i k e t h e e a r l y Rev. P a u l i n , was n o t a f r a i d of work and soon earned t h e r e s p e c t of t h e men, e s p e c i a l l y . He would h e l p w i t h any work i n c l u d i n g farming and c a r p e n t r y . I n 1933 when Harold Kuenzli was e l e c t e d S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , t h e enro l lment was 1 1 5 w i t h 9 3 church members. J. N. S c h i l l i n g went t o Conference t h a t y e a r and through 1937. I n 1933 t h e r e was a two weeks' Da i ly Vacation Bib le School w i t h Union Church under t h e d i r e c t i o n of 3everends Maurer and Russe l l Hoy w i t h 68 c h i l d r e n .

I n September, 1934, t h e t r u s t e e s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e church had been r e p a i n t e d f o r "about $100." E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g was C l a s s Leader of t h e 98 church members. Harry G i l l i l a n d was Super in ten-

d e n t . The p r e a c h e r ' s s a l a r y w a s r a i s e d from $1,000 t o $1,200 i n 1935.

The y e a r 1936 saw more improvements. The i n s i d e of t h e church had been r e p l a s t e r e d and papered f o r $75 by a u t h o r i z a t i o n of t h e t r u s t e e s Roy Schoenberger , W. T. Kuenzli and Ross Winter.

Mrs. 1,ucy Haas was C l a s s Leader i n 1937. Henry S c h i l l i n g was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t and Lay Member.

The Rev. C h a r l e s Hol tzwarth came i n 1938 and s t a y e d u n t i l Conference 1947. He and h i s f a m i l y d i d a l o t f o r Salem a c c o r d i n g t o r e p o r t s . Jake S c h i l l i n g l e f t a n o t e s a y i n g t h e r e were 22 new members d u r i n g t h o s e y e a r s .

Prom h e r e on i n t h i s s e c t i o n t h e d a t a w i l l be a composi te o f t h e 1924 Ledger , t h e new l e d g e r s t a r t e d i n 1938 and t h e Sunday School C l a s s Report books. The e a r l i e s t c l a s s book found was f o r 1939. Some c l a s s books f o r s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t y e a r s were miss ing as w e l l a s a l l f o r some years .

The 1939 S u p e r i n t e n d e n t was Henry S c h i l l i n g w i t h a s s i s t a n t Harold Kuenzl i . The pr imary c l a s s , w i t h t e a c h e r Mrs. C r e t a C r o s s , was Norma Evans, David M i l l e r , David S c h i l l i n g , Ruth E l l e n , Margaret and Joan S c h i l l i n g , Martha Ann and Jimmie G i l l i l a n d , P h i l i p P r a n k e n f i e l d , C a r o l Ann and Mary Jane S t o v e r and Joyce Heis tand. I n C l a s s 82, w i t h t e a c h e r Mary S c h i l l i n g , were Nancy Evans, Jack and Thomas Wilson, Donald S c h i l l i n g , F l o r e n Long, Mabel Grossman, Herber t Winter , Kenneth Montgomery and Mary A l i c e Guin ther .

The t h i r d c l a s s , w i t h t e a c h e r Henry S c h i l l i n g , inc luded Edward S c h i l l i n g , Rober t S tuc ky, Karl Brown, Frances and Eunice Hol tzwarth , V i r g i n i a ; L i l l i a n and Miriam Wilson, Dick \ J i n t e r , Mary E l l e n Grossman, Teddy Ulase r , Dorothy and Dick Haynes. Mrs. (Henry) I l v a S c h i l l i n g was t e a c h e r o f t h e f o u r t h c l a s s w i t h Ruth Louise , J e a n and Roy Schwehel. C e c i l and Lloyd Snydeq Homer, Harold and Martha S c h i l l i n g , Ka ther ine and P a u l i n e S tucky , Helen and Margaret Brown,Anna Mary and Lewis Reber, Mildred Honsberger, Vernon M i l l e r , C l a r a Kuenzl i , Mildred L a r i c k and B e a t r i c e Hol tzwarth .

The Daughters of Dorcas, w i t h t e a c h e r Miss Iona S c h i n d l e r , were I r e n e Wileon, Ber tha ( ; i l l i l a n d , C l a r i c e Kuenzl i , Ruth Disher , Joseph ine Kuenzl i , Mrs. ( E r n e s t ) Hazel S c h i l l i n g , I n e z Winter , Rachael F r a n k e n f i e l d , Inez Heis tand, Mar jo r ie B a u b l i t z and I r e n e S t o v e r . The Lad ied Mission Bible Class, w i t h W . T. Kuenzli t e a c h e r , had E l i z a S tucky , T r e s s i e Schwebel, I d a Swan, Myrtle Kuenzl i , Ka t ie Stucky, Martha G o t t f r i e d , May Honsberger, Del la Swan, A l i c e Guin ther , Grace Reber, Alene S c h i l l i n g , Bertha Crossman, Mrs. Tom Kerr, IWs. Hol tzwarth , N e l l i e P a i l o r , Jenny Lar ick and Mrs. Ann M i l l e r . J . W. S c h i l l i n g t a u g h t t h e Men's B ib le Class w i t h Ross \Vinter, Tom Kerr, Floyd Cross , Harry G o t t f r i e d , I r v i n Guin ther , W i l l Honsberger (1871-1945), E l l i s Brown (1867 - l 9 4 8 ) , Dorse F r a n k e n f i e l d , E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g , J . E . Swan, Homer Evans, Harold Kuenzl i , F o r r e s t Disher , Roy Schoenberger and I r a F a i l o r .

A p r i l 9 , 1939, E a s t e r was snowy w i t h 98 i n a t t e n d a n c e wi th a n o f f e r i n g of $10.48. There must have been a program f o r t h e L a s t e r committee was I r e n e Nilson, C r e t a Cross , Mary S c h i l l i n g ,

Kather ine Stucky and B e a t r i c e Holtzwarth. The committee f o r Mother 's Day was Harry G i l l i l a n d , Ross Winter and E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g . I t was f r o s t y b u t c l e a r f o r Ra l ly Day, October 1 5 , when a t t e n d a n c e was 77 and t h e o f f e r i n g was $5.12. There i s a r e c e i p t s t u b showing t h a t F o r r e s t Disher pa id $15 f o r t h e Chris tmas t r e a t . Harold Kuenzli p a i d $11 f o r i t i n 1940.

I n 1941 Mrs. C r e t a Cross was l e a d e r o f t h e e i g h t L i t t l e Hera lds . The p a s t o r ' s s a l a r y was r a i s e d t o $1,321 i n 1942.

/ Henry S c h i l l i n g was Super in tenden t w i t h Mrs. Harold Conrad h i s a s s i s t a n t 1 P a u l i n e Stucky was s e c r e t a r y 1 t r e a s u r e r was Roy Schoenberger 1 Mary S c h i l l i n g was p i a n i s t w i t h s . Henry S c h i l l i n g a s s i s t a n t I ~vlrs. I r e n e Wilson was c h o r i s t e r w i t h

I a s s i s t a n t Dorse F r a n k e n f i e l d . The church t r u s t e e s , who s e r v e d from 1943 through 1949, were

b r n e s t S c h i l l i n g , Harold Conrad and Homer Evans. The n e x t c l a s s books found were f o r 1944 which showed Henry

S c h i l l i n g was s t i l l Super in tenden t . I n f a c t , he se rved through 1947. Bad wea ther w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o n l y 48 o u t on 1944 him Sunday, b u t t h e r e were 7 5 f o r E a s t e r . On Labor Day Sunday t h a t y e a r t h e 86-year-old Rev. E . D. P a u l i n preached. The Chris tmas bunday a t t e n d a n c e was 96 and a s usua l t h e b e s t f o r t h e y e a r .

The l e d g e r recorded t h a t J. rJ. S c h i l l i n g was t h e Lay Member t o t h e l a s t Ohio Conference o f t h e Evange l ica l Church i n Akron August 21-25, 1946. Emery Lundy of Be l le Vernon was t h e Lay Idem- h e r f o r t h e charge a t t h e f i r s t s e s s i o n of t h e Ohio Sandusky Con- f e r e n c e of t h e new combined Evange l ica l United Bre th ren Church i n F ind lay August 20-24, 1947. A f t e r t h i s f i rst s e s s i o n , t h e new Ohio oandusky Conference was held a t Camp S t . iilarys.

A t t h e 1951 Conference a t t e n d a n c e s l i p s were used f o r the f i r s t t ime. That y e a r , t o o , t h e P lan and Basis f o r t h e E.U.B. Church was i n f u l l f o r c e and e f f e c t .

The L e d ~ e r recorded t h a t e l e c t e d Stewards f o r t h e 1947-48 Conference y e a r were Mrs. Harry G i l l i l a n d , Irlrs. J. E. Swan, M r . and Mrs. Henry S c h i l l i n g , Mrs. Harold Kuenzli and lvliss a l i z a Stucky. The sunday School o f f i c e r s were Super in tenden t Irlrs. Harold Conrad, a s s i s t a n t Henry S c h i l l i n g , s e c r e t a r y Lois Conrad, t r e a s u r e r Harry G i l l i l a n d , o r g a n i s t Mrs. Henry schilling, a s s i s t - a n t Mrs. Fred C r i m m and c h o r i s t e r Mrs. I r e n e Nilson. The Rev, Mart ins came i n September, 1947, f o r two y e a r s , sa lem pa id him $1,680 w h i l e B e l l e Vernon p a i d $720. Lewis Reber was C l a s s Leader. C o t t a g e p r a y e r meet ings were s t a r t e d t h e f i r s t o f 1948.

I The 1947 Class Books show t h a t t h e t e a c h e r s , beginning w i t h t h e youngest c l a s s , were Ber tha G i l l i l a n d , Iiary Conrad, Fred G r i m m , undetermined f o r t h e Young People , Henry S c h i l l i n g f o r t h e Daughters of Dorcas, J . W . S c h i l l i n g f o r t h e l a d i e s and Homer Evans f o r t h e men. New names t h a t y e a r were t h e James S a l e s , C la rence Mot te r s , Karl D i l l e y s , Vernon Fox, Donald Walton, Mrs. N e l l i e b k l e b e r r y and Darwin, Mrs. Jenny Nyc and a t e v e n , J e r r y and Janey G i l l . Ra l ly Day a t t e n d a n c e was 110 w i t h an o f f e r i n g of $23.80. Rev. Mart in recorded t h a t i n 1947 he h e l d r e v i v a l meet ings w i t h e i g h t convers ions and seven a c c e s s i o n s a t Salem and 12 convers ions and n i n e a c c e s s i o n s a t B e l l e Vernon. He added a l s o t h a t Salem Church was p a i n t e d .

J. .V . S c h i l l i n g recorded t h a t Salem and Union had a two weeks' r e v i v a l i n 1948. There were t e n c o n v e r t s " a l l from Union." The Ledger shows t h a t Harry G i l l i l a n d w a s Lay Member. Harold S c h i l l i n was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t w i t h a s s i s t a n t Lewis Reber. On August 2 , 1988, t h e church a t t e n d a n c e was 94 and t h e Sunday School 95.

Lewis Reber was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , w i t h a s s i s t a n t Harry G i l l i l a n d , i n 1949 and 1950. On February 1 2 , 1950, t h e members were urged t o a t t e n d Union because Salem was c l o s e d f o r r edecora - t i o n . Salem and Union had a combined one week's r e v i v a l i n t h e s p r i n g of 1950 w i t h R . N. Sorneville and E d i t h G a l l a g e r a s evange- l is ts . There w a s a n o t h e r combined week o f meet ings i n October w i t h t h e Rev. Arberso ld ( s p . ? ) o f Ind iana which r e s u l t e d i n a n o t h e r f o u r c o n v e r s i o n s . Salem had no s e r v i c e s November 26 because of snow. The s t u d e n t - p a s t o r Rev. d i l l i a rnson r e c e i v e d $2,000 from Salem f o r t h e f i s c a l y e a r 1950. Homer Evans was Lay Member.

Lewis Reber, w i t h a s s i s t a n t E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g , was r e - e l e c t e d f o r 1951 and 1952. Nhen Rev. Williamson l e f t i n 1951 f o r f o r e i n miss ionary work, he r e c o r d e d Salem Church had 86 members and 89 i n Sunday School . That y e a r Salem and B e l l e Vernon purchased a d u p l i c ~ t o r f o r t h e parsonage. When Rev. Ted Wonder came i n 1951, h i s s a l a r y was $2,652.

J . d . S c h i l l i n g recorded t h a t i n J u l y , 1952, t h e o u t s i d e b u l l e t i n board w a s e r e c t e d and t h a t t h e S t a t e Highway Department improved t h e e a s t pa rk ing l o t . The Rev. Maurer o f Gibsonburg was t h e a f t e r n o o n s p e a k e r f o r t h e R a l l y Day Homecoming which w a s a t t e n d e d by 120.

Rev. donder recorded f o r t h e same y e a r t h a t t h e average a t t e n d a n c e , a t t h e combined Holy Week s e r v i c e s w i t h Union, was 96. The combined c h o i r s a s s i s t e d t h e worship w i t h s a c r e d music. P o u r Y . F. g i r l s a t t e n d e d C h u r c h c a m p t h a t s u m m e r . D u r i n g t h e y e a r Salem l o s t 1 2 members b u t gained 15 .

Harry G i l l i l a n d a s s u p e r i n t e n d e n t , a s s i s t a n t Gene i o n r a d and s e c r e t a r y Ruth t l l e n b c h i l l i n g s e r v e d i n 1953, 1954 and 1955. There were 1 2 0 f o r Sunday School and 1 4 5 i n Church on Ra l ly Day 1953. Members o f t h e Primary Class i n 1953, t a u g h t by Ruth E l l e n , were S t e v i e Reber, Barbara Corb in , Karl S c h i l l i n g , Emily S c h i l l i n g , Armin Giese , Karen McClain, Beverly Van Horn and J e r r y I l o t t e r . T h e i r c o l l e c t i o n s ranged from 29 c e n t s t o $2.65. A J u n i o r Catechism C l a s s had s i x members.

March 27, 1955, w a s such a bad day t h a t t h e r e were no s e r - v i c e s . The A p r i l 3 b u l l e t i n had a c a l l f o r more v o l u n t e e r workers on t h e r e s t rooms be ing i n s t a l l e d i n t h e church. On Au- g u s t 2 4 i t was vo ted t o have p reach ing each Sunday a t bo th Salem and B e l l e Vernon. The o n l y c l a s s book found f o r 1955 was t h e J u n i o r C l a s s t a u g h t by Mary E l l e n D i l l e y . Names i n i t were Sandy Reber, Robert S c h i l l i n g , Eddie McClain, Tommy Smith , R i l e y s t o v e r , Marie G i l l i l a n d , Richard D i l l e y , L a r r y Snodgrass , Ruth Ann I4otter and S a l l y S h o f f n e r .

S t a r t i n g i n 1956, and c o n t i n u i n g f o r a number o f y e a r s , t h e r e w-s a v a c a t i o n summer Sunday when most members went t o t h e E ~ n g e l i ~ a l Linwood Camp Grounds a t Vermilion on Lake E r i e .

Super in tenden t Gene Conrad and a s s i s t a n t Donald S c h i l l i n g s e r v e d i n 1956, 1957 and 1958.

Other o f f i c e r s i n 1958 were s e c r e t a r y inarie C , i l l i l a n d , a s s i s t a n t Sandy Reber, t r e a s u r e r Ed RcClain, p i a n i s t dandy Reber, a s s i s t a n t Mrs. Sa rah Jane M c C a l l i s t e r , c h o r i s t e r Mrs. D i l l e y and a s s i s t a n t Lewis Reber. Church o f f i c e r s were: t r u s t e e b r n e s t S c h i l l i n g 1 t r e a s u r e r Harry G i l l i l a n d , o r g a n i s t r I l v a S c h i l l i n g w i t h a s s i s t a n t Mrs. M c C a l l i s t e r ; u s h e r s , warren . , co t t , Fred Mooney, David S c h i l l i n g and bd i r~cc la in ; Lay r~lember t o C o n f e r e n c e C r n e s t s c h i l l i n g . Anewname t h a t y e a r w a s Mrs. l v a Kimble.

Karl D i l l e y , J r . , was buper in tenden t w i t h a s s i s t a n t Cene Conrad f o r 1960 and 1961. A l l t h e c l a s s books a r e on f i l e and show t h e fo l lowing t e a c h e r s 1 Pr imary, Mrs. Jean Byrdl J u n i o r s , IKrs . L i l l i a n McClain; Youth Fel lowship, Donald , c h i l l i n g r Fr iend- s h i p , E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g 1 Daughters of Uorcas, [Ws. Ber tha G i l l i l a n d ~ t h e combined Lad ies ' and blen's B ib le C l a s s , J . J . S c h i l l i n g . S t e v e Reber, Karen and Eddie McClain were recogn ized i n 1960 f o r be ing p r e s e n t 50 Aundays i n 1959.

The Cen tenn ia l was i n 1961 and is d e s c r i b e d i n t h e "rdews I tems" s e c t i o n . The Daughters of Dorcas combined w i t h t h e Lad ies ' and Elen's Bible C l a s s which became known a s t h e S e n i o r A b l e C l a s s w i t h t e a c h e r J . N. S c h i l l i n g . A k i n d e r g a r t e n c l a s s was formed w i t h t e a c h e r Mrs. Jean Byrd. Iws. Treva S c h i l l i n g became t h e Pr imary C l a s s t e a c h e r . The December 3 b u l l e t i n asked a l l t o s a v e Pepsi b o t t l e caps f o r t h e Y.F. s c r a p d r i v e . New names appear ing were Robert and Ruth Nilt, Donald and Kat ie Wheeler, Robey and Lois Farrow, Mrs. Lar ry ( J a n e t H i t e ) .,nodgrass and Danny G r i f f i n .

The Y . F. p r e s e n t e d t h e Chris tmas program w i t h Mark Conrad g i v i n g t h e welcome. R e c i t a t i o n s were g i v e n by Tommy Young, Diane Farrow, Timmy Conrad, Carson Mooney and Jimmy S c h i l l i n e . The Men's d u a r t e t t e sang " 0 Holy Night" and "On t h e b e r i c h o Road." The p l a y , "The Blind Beggar on t h e Uethlehem Road," had t h e s e c h a r a c t e r s I t h e beggar , Lddie IricClainl t h e r i c h man, Robert Mooneyl t h e Innkeeper , John McCal l i s t e r ; t h e s m a l l boy, I'ed P lcCa l l i s t e r I a s h e p h e r d ' s s i s t e r , Karen fvIcClain1 t h e shepherds , Bernard Spyker, S t e v e Reber and Dale Wheeler1 p a s s e r s b y , Harbara Mooney, Lar ry Reber and Ronald Spyker .

For t h e f i r s t s i x months i n 1962, T r e a s u r e r Harry G i l l i l a n d r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e Sunday School o f f e r i n g s were $596.35. T r e a s u r e r Donald S c h i l l i n g r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e church o f f e r i n g s f o r t h e same p e r i o d were $2,480.48. The 1962 6den Community D V U , w i t h Mrs. Treva S c h i l l i n g i n charge , was h e l d June 11-22, There were 64 p u p i l s from whom $42 w a s c o l l e c t e d i n d a i l y o f f e r i n g s f o r miss ionary work.

Gene Conrad was Super in tenden t i n 1963 and 1964 and a l s o farmed t h e parsonage ac reage . I n February, 1963, t h e Church Counci l of Admin i s t ra t ion decided t o g e t new communion cupy t o r e p l a c e t h e broken and chipped ones . I n J u l y t h e Counci l appo in ted Donald S c h i l l i n g , Eddie McClain, Mrs. I r e n e Wilson and Mro. Sarah Jane M c C a l l i s t e r t o buy t h e memorial organ. 1n September Karl D i l l e y , J r . , a n d Mary Al ice Guinther were appointed

t o buy a new mimeograph machine which c o s t $335. lvlore abou t t h e s e i s t o l d i n t h e "r~;emorialsvl s e c t i o n . A used s t o k e r was i n s t a l l e d i n t h e parsonage i n October .

I n November, i t was decided t o make r e p a i r s on t h e parson- a g e . New c l o s e t s j n two bedrooms, seven aluminum u p s t a i r s s to rm windows, a l i v i n g room s to rm window and i n s u l a t e d c e i l i n g s c o s t r;1,060. Fred [ h o n e y and h i s men d i d t h e work.

The Counci l dec ided i n May, 1964, t o " f i x t h e k i t c h e n " i n t h e church and revamp t h e basement t o make more c lass room s p a c e . A t t h e end of t h e y e a r t h e Church s t i l l had a ba lance o f $899.05 and t h e Sunday Achool, $577.38.

Lewis lieber was Super in tenden t i n 1965 w i t h David S c h i l l i n g h i s a s s i s t a n t . S e c r e t a r y was Karen lrlcClain w i t h Ronald Farrow a s s i s t a n t . l!arry G i l l i l a n d was t r e a s u r e r . Emily S c h i l l i n g was p i a n i s t w i t h h e r mother t h e a s s i s t a n t . The c h o r i s t e r s were Mary A l i c e ( i u i n t h e r and Bernard Spyker . The t e a c h e r s were: t h e Youngest c h i l d r e n , Mrs. Ann Conrad; c l a s s #2, m-s. Inez ;;nodgrass 1 c l a s s #3, David S c h i l l i n g 1 Y . F . , Donald S c h i l l i n g ! F r i e n d s h i p , Gene Conrad I S e n i o r s , Mrs. I r e n e d i l s o n . The church t r u s t e e s were Fred liooney, David S c h i l l i n g and Lewis Reber. lilembers-at- l a r g e i n t h e l o c a l confe rence were Harry Nesterman, Robert S tucky , G i l b e r t IJurphy and Gene Conrad. Donald S c h i l l i n g was church t r e a s u r e r . The D i r e c t o r s were : c h i l d r e n , Mrs. Treva S c h i l l i n g 1 Youth, Mrs. Nargare t Reberl Adul t s , Mrs. I r e n e Nilson. The Communion Steward was rcrs. 13ertha G i l l i l a n d . Mrs. C l a r i c e Kuenzli was t h e h i s t o r i a n . Organ i s t was Emily S c h i l l i n g wi th Eddie McClain a s s i s t a n t . C h o r i s t e r s were lips. Nilson and %Steve Reber. S t e v e was p r e s i d e n t of Youth Fel lowship.

Salem decided t o pay B e l l e Vernon's s h a r e o f t h e p r e a c h e r ' s s a l a r y through June when t h e B e l l e Vernon Church c l o s e d Octo- b e r 31, 1965. That " c l a s s w was formed i n 1862-63. The b u i l d i n g was b u i l t i n 1870 and was d e d i c a t e d on Chris tmas Day f r e e of d e b t . The t r u s t e e s were E l i a s E l l i s , D.1I. C u r l i s and John P a u l i n . A p r o t r a c t e d meeting was then he ld f o r f o u r weeks r e s u l t i n g i n 62 c o n v e r s i o n s and new members. The l a t e Rev. Emery D. P a u l i n was one of those c o n v e r t s . A t f i r s t , r e g u l a r p reach ing s e r v i c e s were h e l d once i n s i x weeks by t h e p r e a c h e r s from t h e Carey C i r c u i t .

L a t e r i n l i f e Rev. P a u l i n made comments abou t t h e B e l l e Ver- non Church, " I remember t h e t e s t imony of John Solomon, t h e b i g Ind ian . ... t h e n i g h t I was conver ted , he l a i d h i s b i g hand on my head s a y i n g , ' S t i c k t o i t , my boy. ' " He r e l a t e d t h a t Mother Soloman had a s t r o n g f a i t h , t o o , and o f t e n shook w i t h emotion d u r i n g mee t ings . She had a good word f o r a l l , e s p e c i a l l y God's peop le , and l i k e d t o h e a r s i n g i n g . She wanted a l l t o be good and happy. Rev. r a u l i n was l i c e n s e d t o preach i n 1888. Two of h i s I n d i a n n e i g h b o r s , who were members o f B e l l e Vernon Church, s igned h i s l i c e n s e a p p l i c a t i o n .

Back t o Salem h i s t o r y , t h e Y.F. sponsored a S u n r i s e s e r v i c e on E a s t e r , 1966. Mrs. Louise Klink o f Nevada gave t h e medita- t i o n , "The L i l i e s of (;olgotha." Breakfas t i n t h e basement fo l lowed . B i l l and Jean Byrd were Youth D i r e c t o r s .

There were many d i s c u s s i o n s abou t t h e f u t u r e o f Salem s i n c e B e l l e Vernon c l o s e d . An e f f o r t t o j o i n Union and Salem f a i l e d .

On May 8 , 1 9 6 6 , i t was o f f i c i a l l y d e c i d e d t h a t S a l e m would be "yoked" w i t h t h e O c e o l a E.U.B. C h u r c h t o f o r m a c h a r g e . 1 t was d e c i d e d t o u s e t h e p a r s o n a g e i n O c e o l a w h i c h C o n f e r e n c e b u i l t i n 1 9 6 3 . The Rev. a n d blrs. S h e r r i f f a r r i v e d a t t h e p a r s o n a g e J u n e 2 9 , 1 9 6 6 . S o i n O c t o b e r , Sa lem s o l d t h e i r p a r s o n a g e w i t h i ts t e n a c r e s t o K . ri. F a t z i n g e r f o r :$3,500.

Acknowledgment m u s t me made o f t h e f i l e o f S u n d a y b u l l e t i n s , l e f t by t h e !?ev. S p y k e r s , itlany d e f i n i t e d a t e s a n d e v e n t s f o r t h i s

c o m p i l a t i o n w e r e s e t t l e d by t h a t f i l e . I n December, 1 9 6 6 , t h e c h u r c h ' s o l d s t o k e r f u r n a c e was

r e p l a c e d w i t h a new o i l b u r n e r f u r n a c e w h i c h c o s t $1 ,000 . I n 1 9 6 7 a new c l a s s f o r two- a n d t h r e e - y e a r o l d s w a s f o r m e d

w i t h t e a c h e r s la-s. T r e v a S c h i l l i n g and r , Ann C o n r a d . ~virs. J o y c e Xurphy t a u g h t t h e P r e - p r i m a r y C l a s s w h i l e id rs , l n e z S n o d g r a s s had t h e P r i m a r y C l a s s . B i l l Dyrd had t h e J u n i o r s a n d Donald S c h i l l i n g t h e Y, P. Class. h l r s . ( D o n a l d ) r r a n c e s S c h i l l i n g t a u g h t t h e F r i e n d s h i p C l a s s a n d c r n e s t ; c h i l l i n g t a u g h t t h e S e n i o r s .

New f o l d i n g d r a p e s f o r t h e b a s e m e n t , a n d c o s t i n g $390.04, w e r e s e l e c t e d i n 1 9 6 7 by Ann C o n r a d , T r e v a S c h i l l i n g a n d ! # ~ a r g a r e t R e b e r . A t t h e same t i m e I l v a S c h i l l i n g , Ruth J i l t a n d F r a n c e s S c h i l l i n g w e r e t h e c o m m i t t e e t h a t c h o s e t h e new g r e e n S u n d a y S c h o o l h y m n a l s . I n J u n e , Ross . i i n t e r a t t e n d e d t h e l a s t k,.U.jJ. C o n f e r e n c e , when t h e v o t e , t o merge w i t h t h e I C e t h o d i s t C h u r c h , c a r r i e d 1 6 6 t o 1 2 0 . I n November Cmi ly ; c h i l l i n g m a r r i e d K i c h a e l d o l f e i n a b e a u t i f u l c h u r c h w e d d i n g .

H a r r y G i l l i l a n d r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e t o t a l Sunday ; c h o o l o f f e r - i n g s f o r 1 9 6 7 w e r e $1. ,273.50. Donald S c h i l l i n g r e p o r t e d t h e c h u r c h o f f e r i n g s w e r e ;; ' j ,650.32. Aalem p a i d ;p3,315 t o w a r d t h e p r e a c h e r ' s s a l a r y and t r a v e l f u n d a n d $tZO t o O c e o l a f o r p a r s o n a g e r e n t .

Reed a n d D o r o t h y Kennedy, w i t h Rita, 2 d d i e a n d J o h n , w e r e new members i n 1 9 6 7 a n d l i v e d i n my Grandmother k ' a i l o r ' s o l d home w h e r e I war b o r n a n d r a i s e d . idy own a t t e n d a n c e s t a r t e d a g a i n i n O c t o b e r , 1 9 6 7 , f o l l o w i n { ; t h e d e a t h o f o u r f a t h e r . ikly membersh ip h a s a l w a y s b e e n a t S a l e m a l t h o u g h I had a n a s s o c i a t e membersh ip i n b i a s h i n e t o n , D.C., w h i l e I worked f o r Uncle .;am.

!Jew f l a g s f o r t h e c h u r c h w e r e p u r c h a s e d f r o m t h e I ; v e r y b o d y l s Fund o n J u n e 1 6 , 1 9 6 8 .

The t r u s t e e s f o r 1 9 6 0 w e r e G i l b e r t Murphy, R o b e r t . ; tucky, Ross W i n t e r , F r e d blooney a n d R o b e r t W i l t . Dav id : S c h i l l i n y , was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t w i t h H a r r y G i l l i l a n d a s s i s t a n t . B a r b a r a Nooney w a s s e c r e t a r y w i t h L a r r y R e b e r a s s i s t a n t .

I n 1 9 6 9 t h e l a s t C o n f e r e n c e was h e l d a t Camp A t . i<arys u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h w i t h B i s h o p G e r a l d E n s l e y p r e s i d i n g . She f i n a l v o t e o n t h e m e r g e r o f t h e E.U.U. a n d I i l e t h o d i s t C h u r c h e s was t a k e n . A l t h o u g h I a s Lay Member o p p o s e d t o t h e m e r g e r , t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y v o t e d f o r i t .

The Oceola -Sa lem community was s h o c k e d a n d s a d d e n e d t o l e a r n o f t h e d e a t h o f n4rs. ( L o i s ) S h e r r i f f December 2 , 1 9 6 9 , i n Liar ion Community H o s p i t a l .

The 1 9 6 9 C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m was "The L i g h t o f Men," a f e a s t o f t h e c a n d l e s , u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f hlrs. Ruth W i l t a n d

Mrs. Frances S c h i l l i n g . J a n e t S c h i l l i n g was Mary and David iriooney was Joseph. Debbie Brown w a s Angel of 1.ove. Other a n g e l s were Connie, Helen and Bonnie Murphy, R i ta Kennedy, 9 iane and Sharon Farrow, E i t Urown, L i s a Wilt and Al ice G i l l i l a n d . The shepherds were Jim and Joe s c h i l l i n g , Eddie Kennedy, Tommy byrd, Dale G i l l i l a n d and J e f f W i l t . The Wise hen were Lewis Xebcr, I:ene Conrad and David S c h i l l i n g . The a p o s t l e s were )dike n'olfe, dil.1 Dyrd, Jim C i l l i l a n d , Reed Kennedy, Bob Stucky, Fred Mooney, Robey Farrow, Bob W i l t , G i l b e r t Murphy, Donald d c h i l l i n g and L,ewis Reber. The Sa lemet tes sang . Donald S c h i l l i n g sane " 0 Holy Night." J e r r y Murphy had t h e c a l l t o worship and gave t h e b e n e d i c t i o n . Tom Young and Mark Conrad were ushers . Gennis Young was i n charge of l i g h t s .

Rev. S h e r r i f f r e t i r e d from t h e m i n i s t r y a t t h e f i r s t Ohio E a s t Conference -- t h e :;andusky River d i v i d e s t h e b a s t and i fes t Conference -- of t h e United Methodist Church a t Lakeside, Ohio, i n June, 1970, w i t h Uishop F r a n c i s A . Kearns p r e s i d i n g . I w a s Salem's Lay Ivlember and a t t e n d e d Conference t h a t y e a r and through 1972.

The Bev. D r . Fred and Yuth LaMasters, w i t h Fred Al len and Michael, moved i n t o t h e Oceola parsonage Ju ly 2 , 1970, from L a s t L iverpoo l , Ohio. T h e i r l a s t t ime a t Salem was June 27, 1971. S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r they moved t o Greensboro, North C a r o l i n a , and joined the Evange l ica l Methodist Conference a f t e r wi thdrawing from t h e United Methodist Conference. H i s s a l a r y had been $7,280.

The Rev. Donald and D e l o r i s I ,autzenheiser , wi th I , ind ia , Wilbur, J e a n e t t e , Yvonne, David and Martha, moved i n t o t h e parsonage Ju ly 4 , 1971, from t,he : ; teubenvi l le a r e a .

Our members were saddened by t h e sudden d e a t h of t h e Rev. D r . Daniel S . Cor l a t h i s home i n Michigan on August 30, 1972. He had been Salem's D i s t r i c t Super in tenden t i n t h e former ohio Sandusky Conference of t h e E.U.B. Church w i t h headquar te r s i n Findl.ay, Ohio. A t t h e Ohio E a s t Conference o f t h e U . I d . Shurch, he had r e t i r e d i n June, 1972, a s t h e D i s t r i c t Super in tenden t of t h e Mansf ie ld Dis t r i c t . The Rev. D r . Abraham L. Brandyberry was appo in ted t o assume h i s d u t i e s i n t h e Mansfield D i s t r i c t .

E a r l y i n 1973, M r . & IWs. Robert W i l t and Ivlr. B N r s . James G i l l i l a n d were appo in ted t o g e t new f o l d i n g t a b l e s f o r t h e base- ment. A f t e r many d i f f i c u l t i e s i n c l u d i n g p a r t of t h e o r d e r be in l o s t e n r o u t e , t h e e l e v e n t a b l e s and c a r t a r r i v e d e a r l y i n 197E a t a c o s t o f $361. One t a b l e w a s g iven t o t h e S e n i o r C i t i z e n s f o r t h e i r meet ing i n t h e Court House a t Upper.

The church was p a i n t e d d u r i n g t h e summer of 1973 by Parker Bros. o f McCutchenville f o r $490.

Gene Conrad's t r e a s u r y r e p o r t f o r t h e y e a r 1973 showed t h e t o t a l church exvenses were $7.446.20 and t h e t o t a l income was $7,532.64.

On March 5, 1974, t h e Pas to r -Par i sh Committee o f both Salem and Union U. M. Churches met t o d i s c u s s s h a r i n n a m i n i s t e r . Salem's v o t e on Sunday, A p r i l 7 , was 35 f o r and f o u r a g a i n s t t h e p roposa l .

The committees met a g a i n May 9 , 1974, a f t e r Union had a

f a v o r a b l e v o t e , and made t h e n e c e s s a r y arrangements c o n c e r n i n g money and t imes of s e r v i c e .

The A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Boards of both churches met w i t h D r . Brandyberry i n Union on May 20, 1974. He g l a d l y accep ted a l l t h e p r o p o s a l s . T h e r e f o r e , on June 30, 1974, f o l l o w i n g Annual Conference a t Lakeside which I a t t e n d e d a s Lay Member, t h e 9ev. Joseph H. a l a g l e , fo rmer ly of t h e Union, P lank ton , Lemert Charge,preached h i s f i r s t sermons f o r t h e new Union-Salem Charge.

Salem had a n e v a n g e l i s t i c r e v i v a l meeting October 6 - 13 , 1974. The v e r y f i n e g u e s t p a s t o r was t h e Rev. James BonDurant of Bowersv i l l e , Ohio, and E v a n g e l i s t of t h e Ohio Nest Conference of t h e United i l e t h o d i s t Church. Ainging was i n charge of D1r.s. Darlene Below of R i s i n g Sun, Ohio.

The annua l R a l l y Day and Homecoming was Sunday, October 1 3 , w i t h the sermon by Rev. BonDurant. A s h o r t program was g i v e n between aunday School and t h e church s e r v i c e , a t t e n d e d by 105. A Harves t Home l o v e o f f e r i n g of v e g e t a b l e s , f r u i t s , e t c . , were prP- s e n t e d t o Rev. ~ l a g l e . The u s u a l good f e l l o w s h i p and p i c n i c d i n n e r fo l lowed i n t h e basement.

superintendent Donald S c h i l l i n g had appo in ted t h e f o l l o w i n g committees f o r t h a t day: program, Rober t & Lois Atucky, Ruth P a i l o r , G i l b e r t &C Joyce Murphy, Harry and Bertha t i i l l i l a n d l pub- l i c i t y and i n v i t a t i o n s , i iober t & Ruth W i l t , Marie Mooney, David & Treva S c h i l l i n g , b r n e s t and I l v a ~ c h i l l i n g i d e c o r a t i n g and t a b - l e s , Gene & Ann Conrad, B i l l & Jean Byrd, Lar ry & Donna Ra l s ton and J e r r y Murphy; k i t c h e n , Margaret Reber, Judy G i l l i l a n d , Lois Farrow and Prances S c h i l l i n g . They were r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a n e x c e l l e n t day.

On t h e f o l l o w i n g pages a r e t h e l i s t s o f Salem Church ( i f f i c e r s f o r 1969 - 1975.

SALEif UNITED I4ETXODIST C H U R C H CHURCH OFFICIALS A N D CROUP PERSONNEL - 1969

S . G . S h e r r l f f Ross Winters I r e n e l i i lsori Donald S c h i l l i n g Frances S c h i l l i n g Emily Kolfe Ruth k? j l t Inez He is tand Ruth F a i l o r I l v a S c h i l l i n g Lewis Reber Treva S c h i l l i n g

- P a s t o r - Lay t.lember - A l t . Llernber, C h o r i s t e r , Coord ina to r of Adul ts - T r e a s u r e r - C o o r d i n a t o r of Family I d i n i s t r i e s - Coord ina to r of Youth M i n i s t r i e s - C o o r d i n a t o r o f C h i l d r e n ' s I d i n i s t r i e s - Communion Hostess - A s s i s t a n t Communion Hostess - A s s i s t a n t Organ i s t - A s s i s t a n t C h o r i s t e r - D i r e c t o r of Vacation Bible ~ c h o o l

Rober t ! l i l t , Chr. Ni l l i am Byrd, Sec. Warren S c o t t ! i c h a e l & o l f e Reed Kennedy G i l b e r t Murphy

G i l b e r t Murphy, Chr . , 1969-71 Rober t Stucky, Sec . , 1967-69 Fred biooney, V. Chr . , 1968-70 Ross Winter, T r e a s . , 1967-69 Rober t W i l t , Rep. t o Finance Committee, 1968-70

STE',lARDSYIP A N D FINANCE CO:III,IITTEE

Harry G i l l i l a n d , Chr. Donald S c h i l l i n g Gene Conrad

PASTOR-FARISH COIJMITTEE

Rober t S tucky , Chr. Ann Conrad, Sec . Ross \ ; i n t e r

Robert ( l i l t P a s t o r

Robert di1.t Lewis Reber

N O h l I N A T I O N AND FERSONNEL COIvIMITTEE

S . G . S h e r r i f f , Chr. Margaret Reber, Sec.

Joyce Murphy Inez Heis tand

SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR 1969

David S c h i l l i n g Gene Conrad Harry G i l l i l a n d Lar ry Reber Ronald Farrow Lewis 3eber Ruth W i l t Emily : iolfe Ruth F a i l o r

- S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f s t u d y program - A s s i s t a n t Super in tenden t - T r e a s u r e r - S e c r e t a r y - A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y - C h o r i s t e r - A o s i s t a n t C h o r i s t e r - P i a n i u t - A s s i s t a n t P i a n i s t

SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH C H U X H OFPICIALS AND GROUP PERSONNaL - 1970

S . G . Y h e r r i f f Ruth L. F a i l o r

I r e n e Wilson

Donald S c h i l l i n g Prances S c h i l l i n g Emily Wolfe Ruth Wilt I n e z He i s t and I l v a S c h i l l i n g Lewis Reber Treva S c h i l l i n g

- P a s t o r - Lay Member, A s s i s t a n t Communion Hos tess , D i s t r i c t Steward ti Union R e p r e s e n t a t i v e - A l t e r n a t e Lay Member, Adul t C o o r d i n a t o r , A s s i s t a n t C h o r i s t e r

- T r e a s u r e r - C o o r d i n a t o r o f Family Program - C o o r d i n a t o r o f Youth Program, O r g a n i s t - C o o r d i n a t o r o f C h i l d r e n ' s Program - Communion Hos tess - A s s i s t a n t O r g a n i s t - C h o r i s t e r - D i r e c t o r o f Vacat ion Bib le Lchool

H i l l i a r n hyrd , Chr. Reed Kennedy Robey Farrow Dennis Young G i l b e r t Murphy Ronald Farrow Michael LJolfe Warren S c o t t

Gene Conrad, Chr. , 1970-72 G i l b e r t Ivlurphy, Sec . , 1969-71 Rober t S tucky , V. Chr. , 1970-72 Robert W i l t , T reas . , 1968-70 Fred Mooney, Rep. t o Finance Committee, 1968-70

STEWARDSHIP A N D FINANCE COMiUTTEE

Harry G i l l i l a n d , Chr. Fred Mooney Donald S c h i l l i n g

PASTOR-PARISH COlJlIiIITTEE

Rober t S tucky , Chr. Ann Conrad, Sec . Ross Winter

James G i l l i l a n d P a s t o r

Robert W i l t Lewis Reber Ruth L. P a i l o r

NOMINATION AND PERSONNEL COIillvlITTEE

P a s t o r , Chr. Joyce Murphy, 1969-71 C a r o l Rlooney, Sec . , 1970-72 Inez He i s t and , 1969-70

SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR 1970

James G i l l i l a n d David S c h i l l i n g Harry G i l l i l a n d Judy Farrow L a r r y Reber Lewis Reber P rances S c h i l l i n g Cmily Holfe Ruth L. F a i l o r

- S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f s t u d y program - A s s i s t a n t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t - T r e a s u r e r - S e c r e t a r y - A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y - C h o r i s t e r - ~ s s i s t a n t C h o r i s t e r - P i a n i s t - A s s i s t a n t P i a n i s t

SALEM UNITED PILTHODIST C H U R C H CHURCH OFFICIALS A N D G7UUF PnXSCNML - 1971

P a s t o r I Fred H . LeMasters Lay Leaderr 1,ewis Reber

TRUATEES G i l b e r t lvlurphy Reed Kennedy Gene Conrad Robert Stucky Ro bey Farrow Robert d i l t Fred lilooney d i l l i a m Uyrd

:,~I~IBL~S-AT-LAI'(!~ Fred biooney Judy Farrow Margaret S e t e r Caro l krooney Ross l i n t e r Inez Heis tand David S c h i l l i n g Joyce Frurphy G i l b e r t Murrhy Ronald Farrow ~ a r r y Reber cmi ly d o l f e Robert d i l t

i3LFRE;lcNTATIVr. OF U .bl. Y .F . Judy Farrow

COUNCIL O N MINISTRIES ( FROGRAM COUNCIL)

David S c h i l l i n g , Chariman

CHAIRIdEN OF W O R K AREAS ACa-LEVEL COO8DINATORS Treva S c h i l l i n g - Ecumenical Ruth \.lilt - C h i l d r e n James G i l l i l a n d - Educat ion 14argaret Yeber - Youth Frances S c h i l l i n g - Evangelism I r e n e Wilson - Adult Ann Conrad - i . i issions Frances S c h i l l i n g - Yamily Ruth F a i l o r - S o c i a l

Concerns Donald chilling - ;.s. Supt . Harrv C i l l i l a n d - s tewardsh ip J e r r y durphy - Youth Rep.

FINANCE. 2 OM1'4ITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d , Chairman P a s t o r Donald S c h i l l i n g , T r e a s u r e r Fred idooney James G i l l i l a n d

PASTOR-PARIS!{ C Ol\ll4ITTEE Robert Stucky, Chairman Ruth Y a i l o r , Lay Leader Ann Conrad, s e c r e t a r y Ross d i n t e r Robert W i l t

RECORDS AND HISTORY Ruth P a i l o r Treva S c h i l l i n g Judy G i l l i l a n d

NOMI NATIONa A?!D PERSONNEL Fas t o r Joyce !\lurphy - 1971 Caro l rilooney - 1972 Inez Heis tand - 1973 Inez nodg grass - 1973

LAY TaMBEH ~ u t h F a i l o r

I'oEMBhXYHIP SbYRETARY Bertha G i l l i l a n d

SECRbTARY OF LNLISTIVENT Margaret Reber

RECORDING SECRETASY Emily Wolfe

HEALTH AND WELFARE Caro l Mooney

SALEM UNITED METHODIST C H U R C H CHURCH OFFICIALS AND GROUP PERSONNEL - 1972

P a s t o r I Don L a u t e e n h e i e e r Lay Leader1 Lewis Reber

TRUSTEES Gene Conrad Robert S tucky

4 Robe y Farrow Robert d i l t Fred Mooney W i l l i a m Bryd E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g G i l b e r t Murphy Harry G i l l i l a n d

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Margaret Reber Ross Winter David S c h i l l i n g Caro l Mooney Inez Heis tand Joyce Murphy Mark Conrad

Judy Farrow, youth

David S c h i l l i n g , Chairman

CHAIRlWN OF WORK AREAS AGE-EVAL COORDINATORS Treva S c h i l l i n g - Ecumenical Ruth W i l t - C h i l d r e n James G i l l i l a n d - Educat ion Margaret Reber - Youth Frances S c h i l l i n g - Evangelism I r e n e Wilson - Adult Ann Conrad - Missions Frances S c h i l l i n g - Family Ruth F a i l o r - s o c i a l

Concerns Donald S c h i l l i n g - S.S. Sup t . Harry G i l l i l a n d - Stewardsh ip J e r r y Murphy - Youth Rep. I l v a S c h i l l i n g - tvorship

FINANCE C OMMITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d , Chairman Gene Conrad, T r e a s u r e r Rev. Don. P a s t o r Donald S c h i l l i n g Fred Plooney James ( i i l l i l a n d

PASTOR-FARISH COMMITTEE Robert W i l t , Chairman Ruth F a i l o r , Lay Del. Ann Conrad, S e c r e t a r y Ross Winter Lewis Reber Robert Stucky

RECORDS AND HISTORY Ruth F a i l o r Treva S c h i l l i n g Judy G i l l i l a n d

HEALTH A N D WELFARE Caro l Mooney

N O M I NATIONS COMMITTEE Rev. Don, Chairman Caro l Mooney - 1972 Inez Snodgrass - 1973 Joyce Murphy - 1974

LAY MEMBER TO ANN1ML CONFEWNCc Ruth F a i l o r Harry Gar r igues - 1st Res. I r e n e d i l s o n - 2nd Res. William King - 3rd Res.

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Bertha G i l l i l a n d

SECRETARY OF ENLISTMENT Margaret Reber

RECORDING SECRETARY Emily Flolfe

FINANCIAL SECRETARY Harry G i l l i l a n d

DISTRICT STEWARD Fonda Gar r igues

SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH C H U R C H OFFICIALS AND CROUP PERSONNEL - 1973

pastor^ Don L a u t z e n h e i s e r Lay Leader1 Lewis Reber

TRUSTEES Rober t W i l t F red Mooney Wil l iam Byrd E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g G i l b e r t Murphy Harry C i l l i l a n d James G i l l i l a n d Mike d o l f e Robey Farrow

MEMBERS-AT-LAYGii Margaret Re b e r Ross Winter David S c h i l l i n g C a r o l Mooney I n e z Heis tand Joyce Iwrphy Gene Conrad Robert Stucky

Emily bJolfe - Recording Sec. ~ u d y Farrow - Youth Rep.

PROGRAM COUNCIL

David S c h i - l l i n g , Chairman

CHAIRIWN OF NORK AREAS AGE-LEVEL COORDINATORS Treva S c h i l l i n g - Ecumenism Ruth W i l t - C h i l d r e n James G i l l i l a n d - Educa t ion Margaret Reber - Youth Frances S c h i l l i n g - Evangelism I r e n e d i l s o n - Adult Ann Conrad - Mifisions Prances S c h i l l i n g - Family Ruth E 'a i lor - ;oc Concerns Harry G i l l i l a n d - Stewardsh ip Donald S c h i l l i n g - 5.;. ~ u p t . I l v a S c h i l l i n g - Worship Lewis Reber - A s s t . Supt . Mark Conrad - youth Rep.

FINANCE COMMITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d , Chairman

and F i n a n c i a l S e c r e t a r y Gene Conrad, T r e a s u r e r Donald S c h i l l i n g Fred liiooney James C i l l i l a n d Rev. Don

PASTOR-PARISH COlU~lITI'EX Rober t W i l t , Chairman Ruth Y a i l o r , Lay Delegate AM Conrad, S e c r e t a r y Ross Winter Robert Stucky

HISTORY Ruth F a i l o r Treva S c h i l l i n g ~ u d y G i l l i l a n d

HEALTH A N D WELFARE C a r o l Mooney

NOFl l NATIONS COMMITTEE Rev. Don, Chairman Inez Snodgrass - 1973 Joyce Murphy - 1.974 David S c h i l l i n g - 1975

LAY iiEMBbR TO CONFEREW!: Ruth F a i l o r - Del. Harry Gar r igues - 1st Res. I r e n e Wilson - 2nd Res. N i l l i a m King - 3rd Res.

IvlERIBERSHIP SEC RbTARY Ber tha G i l l i l a n d

SECRETARY OF bNLIST1UiNT Margaret Re be r

USKERS Narren S c o t t Rober t W i l t Mike wolfe W i l l i a m Byrd

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SALEM UNITED MZTHODIST C H U R C H CHURCH OFFICIALS A N D GROUF PERSONNEL - 1974

P a s t o r 1 Don L a u t z e n h e i s e r Lay Leader : Lewis Reber

TRUSTEES IvIEMBERS-AT-LARGE E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g - 1974 Ross Winter David S c h i l l i n g G i l b e r t Murphy - " Margaret Reber Caro l Mooney Harry C i l l i l a n d - " Inez Heis tand Joyce Murphy James C i l l i l a n d - 1975 Gene Conrad Robert l f i l t Mike Wolfe - I* Fred Mooney Wm. Byrd Robe y Farrow - 1 8 Inez Snodgrass J a n e t Snodgrass

Emily Volfe - Recording Sec . Judy k'arrow - Youth Rep.

PROGRAM COUNCIL

CHAIRlbEN OF WORK AREAS AGE-LEVLL COORDINATORS Treva S c h i l l i n g - Ecumenism Ruth Milt - C h i l d r e n James t i i l l i l a n d - Educat ion lrlargaret Reber - Youth Frances S c h i l l i n g - Evangelism I r e n e Wilson - Adult A M Conrad - Missions Frances S c h i l l i n g - Family Ruth F a i l o r - S o c i a l

Concerns Donald s c h i l l i n g - S.S. s u p t . Harry G i l l i l a n d - Stewardship Lewis Reber - A s s t . s u p t . I l v a S c h i l l i n g - d o r s h i p Mark Conrad - Youth Rep.

FINANCE CUIWIITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d , Fin. Sec. Gene Conrad, T r e a s u r e r Donald S c h i l l i n g Fred Mooney James G i l l i l a n d

FASTOR-FARlSli COMMITTEE. Robert W i l t , Chairman Lay Member t o Conference Robert Stucky Bertha G i l l i l a n d

HISTORY Ruth F a i l o r Treva S c h i l l i n g ~ u d y G i l l i l a n d

HEALTH A N D WELFARE Caro l Mooney

NOlvllNATIONS C OMlrlITTEE Sas t o r , Chairman Joyce Murphy - 1974 David S c h i l l i n g - 1975 ~ u t h d i l t - 1976

LAY IriEMUER TO CONFERENCE Ruth P a i l o r Harry Gar r igues - Res. I r e n e d i l s o n - Res. Wm. K i n g - Res.

USHERS Warren S c o t t Robert d i l t Mike Wolfe Wm. Byrd

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Bertha G i l l i l a n d

SECRETARY OF ENLISTMENT Margaret Reber

SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CHURCH OFFICIALS AND GROUP PERSONNEL - 1975

Lay Leaderr Lewis Reber, R e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f Methodis t Men

TRUSTEES James G i l l i l a n d Michael Wolfe Robey Farrow G i l b e r t Murphy Fred Mooney Rober t Stucky

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Ross Winter Inez Snodgrass Margaret Reber Joyce Murphy dm. Byrd Robert W i l t I nez He is tand David s c h i l l i n g Gene Conrad Caro l Mooney FredMooney J a n e t S n o d g r a e s

Ruth F a i l o r - Recording Sec. Diane Farrow - Youth

PROGRAM COUNCIL

CHAIRMEN OF WORK AREAS ACE-LEVEL COORDINATORS Treva S c h i l l i n g - Ecumeniem Ruth W i l t - C h i l d r e n Donald S c h i l l i n g - Educat ion Margaret Reber - Youth Frances S c h i l l i n g - Evangelism I r e n e Wilson - Adult Ann Conrad - Missions Frances S c h i l l i n g - Family Ruth F a i l o r - s o c i a l Donald S c h i l l i n g - S.S. Sup t .

Concerns Harry G i l l i l a n d - Stewardship I l v a S c h i l l i n g - Worship

FINANCE COIWIITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d , Fin. Sec. Gene Conrad, T r e a s u r e r Donald S c h i l l i n g Pred Mooney Jamee G i l l i l a n d

PASTOR-PARISH COMMITTEE Robert W i l t , Chairman Ruth F a i l o r Gene Conrad Ber tha G i l l i l a n d David S c h i l l i n g

RECORDS AND HISTORY Ruth F a i l o r Treva S c h i l l i n g Judy G i l l i l a n d

HEALTH A N D WELFARE Caro l Mooney

CAl4,PING CONTACT PERSON Robert lilt

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE David S c h i l l i n g - 1975 ~ u t h d i l t - 1976 Joyce Murphy - 1977

LAY MEMBER TO CONFERENCE Ruth F a i l o r I r e n e Wilson, a l t e r n a t e

USHERS G i l b e r t Murphy Warren S c o t t Michael Wolf e Wm. Byrd

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Harry G i l l i l a n d Treva S c h i l l i n g Margaret Reber

MEMBERSHIP SkCRETARY Bertha G i l l i l a n d

SECRETARY OF ENLISTMENT Margaret Reber

CHURCH OFFICIALS - 1 9 7 5 ( c o n t . )

CHARGE RECORDING SECRETARY MUSIC COMMITTEE Mrs. Ralph F a i l o r (Union) I l v a S c h i l l i n g

Ruth F a i l o r C O I f i U N I O N STEWARDS Emily Wolfe

, J ean Byrd Ruth W i l t Joyce Murphy I n e z He i s t and AUDITORS

Donald S c h i l l i n g Margaret Reber

SALEM MINISTERS

May, 1850 - Freder ick Frech and Henry Hampe 1851 - Freder ick Yrech and Leonard scheurman 1852 - C. H . Munk and P h i l i p Porr 1853 - C . H . Munk and C . H . Heinhold 1854 - George Haley and Samuel Hoy 1855 - George Haley and Jonas G . Strome 1856 - J . J. Kopp and John S t u l l 1857 - Freder ick Frech and D. Roland 1858 - C . ivl. Haldeman and John Honecker 1859 - C . H. Reinhold and Freder ick L e l l e r 1860 - John Honecker 1061 - Freder ick Frech and Daniel donder 1.862 - Jacob Burker t and P e r r y F o l t z 1863 - J . G . L i n s e r 1864 - Freder ick L e l l e r and August Decker 1065 - J . Dick and C . f i i se 1066 - Freder ick Frech 1867 - Godfrey B1.aser and August Decker 1868 - d i l l i a m donder 1069 - W . t l . P f e i f f e r 1870 - C h r i s t i a n Kuenzli 1872 - Char les Khrhar t 1875 - C . H . Haldeman and John I ' lantz 1876 - IV. H . P fe i f f ' e r and Samuel Hipper t 1877 - C . H . Munk 1080 - W . H. F f e i f f e r

March, I'''31 - Dani.el S t u l l 1 8 8 2 - ? McKanly 1883 - Henry Urenneman 1804 - Daniel Strawman 1805 - John S t u l l

September, 1t386 - C. M. Reinhold 1889 - Daniel Nonder 1891 - John S t u l l 1092 - C . M. Heinhold 1895 - J . J . Uernhardt 1896 - J. h'esley Zackman 1.900 - :;amuel Conkl in 1901 - H. C . Berger 1902 - E. D. P a u l i n , 1858-1949 1906 - John Hobson, Salem p a i d him $325 i n 1908 1909 - E . S. F l o r a , 5alem p a i d him $308, $350 & 4360 1912 - A . F. Berry, Salem pa id him $400 1913 - W. E . Anderson 1914 - 0 . D. wonder, s a l a r y $505 h i s l a s t y e a r 1918 - E. E . -Nie tz , 1887-1972 1919 - B. L. Lee, s a l a r y $601 h i s l a s t y e a r 1922 - S . E. Drummond 1924 - 0. D. Myers, s a l a r y $840

1925 - Eyed Hanke, s a l a r y $1,010 and $1,050 1927 - A . C . Co ld i ron 1928 - C. N. F e r k i n s , 1900-1960, s a l a r y $1,050

January , 1932 - M. M. Rader, Supply P a s t o r September, 1932 - H. M. Maurer

1938 - C h a r l e s Hol tzwarth 1947 - John Mart in 1949 - Lowell Williamson 1951 - E. Ted Wonder 1954 - John Hoover

August, 1960 - Edward Spyker June, 1966 - S t a n l e y G. S h e r r i f f , R e t i r e d

1970 - Fred Lablasters 1971 - Donald A . Lau tzenhe ise r 1974 - Joseph H. S l a g l e

According t o a n o t a t i o n i n t h e o l d brown l e d g e r , t h e F r e s i d - i n g E l d e r s who l a b o r e d a t Salem p r i o r t o 1850 were J . J . Kopp, A . E . Dreisbach, C . A . Munk, I). Strohman, G. F. Spreng, Jno. S t u l l , C . M . Reinhold and J . W. dalkey.

From church r e c o r d s and Rev. Leedy's book, I found t h i s d a t a about some of t h e r e s t of o u r P r e s i d i n g E l d e r s : H . C . Berger (1851.-1918) was p a i d $20 November 21, 1908 1 John Wesley Heininger (1869-1963) was p a i d $20 November 1 9 , 19101 Joseph Benton Kanaga (1859-1314) was pa id $20 November 30, 19121 J . d e s l e y Zachman ( ? - 191.4) was p a i d $20 Ma 31, 1913. David L. Caldwel l (1875- 1951) s e r v e d Salem from 191E t o 1923. I n 1918 he was ~ a i d $42 -50 and i n 1922, $65.20. Harry Vic to r Summers (1.875-19 1) s e r v e d through 1928. I n 1925 he was e n i d O W , i n 1926, $83.30 and i n 1927, $98. R. A . S a i n (1867-19 5 ) s e r v e d through 1340. I n 1929 he was p a i d $84. Edward E . Nietz (1886-1972) se rved through 1967, t h e end o f t h e E.U.B. Church. Daniel D. Cor l (1904-1972) s e r v e d Salem from 1.967 u n t i l h i s r e t i r e m e n t i n June, 1972, dur ing which t ime he wao t h e Mansfield D i s t r i c t Super in tenden t of t h e United lrlethodivt Church. Abraham L. Brandyberry, 1972.

Salem has been i n s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t C i r c u i t s . The f o l l o w i n g d e t a i l s a r e g iven t o show how much t e r r i t o r y e a r l i e r m i n i s t e r s had t o cover . The Crawford C i r c u i t , formed i n 1836, inc luded t h e c o u n t i e s of Crawford, Marion, t h e f u t u r e Wyandot, Hancock and Hardin. dhen ilyandot County w a s e r e c t e d i n 1845, t h e appoin t - ments w i t h i n i t s bounds were s e r v e d from t h e Crawford C i r c u i t and c a l l e d Wyandot C i r c u i t . I n 1860, t h e Crawford C i r c u i t I1 was formed w i t h t e r r i t o r y around Upper Sandusky i n c l u d i n g Salem, a e l l e Vernon, Bloomvil le , Brokensword and Bucyrus. The Upper Sandusky Mission, i n c l u d i n g Salem, w i t h i n t h i s new C i r c u i t had f i v e appointments , which were t o o many f o r one m i n i s t e r . So f o r t h e f i r s t t ime T r i n i t y i n Upper Sandusky and Salem were sepa- r a t e d . Salem was i n t h e Crawford C i r c u i t from 1861 t o 1864. From 1864 t o 1913, Salem was back wi th T r i n i t y .

blelmore C i r c u i t , founded i n 1877, had t h e s e appointment6 I bielmore, Bloomvil le , Mexico, Ebenezer between B e l l e Vernon and McCutchenville, and Be l le Vernon. I n 1880, Chicago J u n c t i o n (now W i l l a r d ) was added. The name Melmore C i r c u i t w a s changed t o

Mexico C i r c u i t i n 1897 and Be the l , n e a r McCutchenville, was added t o t h e appointments . I n 1913, T r i n i t y went by themselves and Salem was p laced i n t h i s Mexico C i r c u i t . I n 1914 Salem, Be l le Vernon and I4exico formed t h e Nyandot C i r c u i t 11. I n 1925, t h i s name was changed t o t h e Upper Sandusky Charge. IYexico Church c l o s e d i n 1926 and B e l l e Vernon i n October , 1965.

Then i n 1966, we became "yoked" w i t h Oceola. I n 1974, Salem and Union began s h a r i n g a m i n i s t e r and us ing

t h e Union parsonage.

THE CEMETERY

According t o Volume 1 2 , page 527, i n t h e dyandot Lounty Recorder ' s O f f i c e , Mariah Knobel s o l d one-half a c r e , i n t h e e a s t h a l f of t h e n o r t h e a s t q u a r t e r o f S e c t i o n 25 i n Cden Township, t o t h e E v a n g e l i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n f o r $5.00 on A p r i l 4 , 1859. r rurn t h e road t h i s r a n t e n r o d s t o t h e n o r t h and was e i g h t rods wide. The Recorder ' s Of f ice f u r t h e r shows t h a t t h e Knobels had p c x - chased t h e n o r t h e a s t q u a r t e r o f S e c t i o n 25 on January 26, 1852. On t h e diagram a t t h e end of t h i s t o p i c , t h i s p l o t is i n d i c a t e d a s number one.

A t t h e f r o n t o f t h i s p l o t t h e church b u i l d i n g was e r e c t e d i n 1861. Graves were s t a r t e d a t t h e e a s t s i d e of t h e p l o t runn ing n o r t h and s o u t h and from t h e r e a r of t h e s i t e f o r t h e f u t u r ? b u i l d i n g . Of t h e t h r e e known graves i n t h e f i r s t row a r e t h e i n f a n t twin s o n s of John and Mary ( P a u l i n ) F a i l o r who d i e d i n J u l y , 1859, t h e i n f a n t c h i l d r e n o f L. (Lorenz) and K. S c h i n d l e r and a Nathan somebody.

I n t h e second row t h e r e a r e e i g h t known graves i n c l u d i n g my g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r John k'ailor(1797-1870) and my great-grandmother Mary Kuenzli (1830-1862). There a r e e i g h t g raves i n t h e t h i r d row i n c l u d i n g t h e Wal te r s , t h e G l a s s e r s and G o t t l e i b Kuenzli , a l l e a r l y members. My great-grandmother Mary Ann F a i l o r (1796- 1874) i s b u r i e d i n t h e f o u r t h and last row of s i n g l e e r a v e s . No map was found f o r t h e s e e a r l y g raves .

The r e s t of t h e cemetery was l a i d o u t i n fami ly l o t s w i t h t h r e e n o r t h and s o u t h rows wkst of t h e b u i l d i n g and ex tend ing t o t h e road . The f o u r f r o n t l o t s i n t h e f i r s t row wes t of t h e church were never s o l d as w e l l a s t h e two f r o n t l o t s i n t h e second row. Beginning w i t h t h e f r o n t l o t i n t h e t h i r d row wes t of t h e church , t h e s e l o t s i n t h e o r i g i n a l p l o t were numbered from one through 36. This i s accord ing t o a l i s t found i n t h e o l d brown l e a t h e r church l e d g e r and on a map on f i l e w i t h t h e C l e r k o f Eden Township, d i l l i ~ m Lehnhar t . According t o a a t a t e Law, c e m e t e r i e s a r e now t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of townships.

The Recorder ' s Uf f ice revea led i n Volume 25, page 44, t h a t t h e Knobe1.s s o l d t o t h e c v a n g e l l c a l A s s o c i a t i o n a s t r i p o f l and 30 f e e t wide a t t h e n o r t h of the f i r s t p l o t . This was don? U c t o - b e r 1 6 , 1871, f o r one d o l l a r . F i f t e e n f e e t of t h e 30 f e e t were t o be used a s a driveway. A s f a r a s can be determined, t h i s s t r i p never c o n t a i n e d any g raves . This i s number two on t h e diagram.

The o l d brown l e a t h e r church l e d g e r has a n undated l i s t r e c o r d i n g t h e l o t number and person t h a t bought each. Any i n f o r m a t i o n i n p a r e n t h e s e s is a d d i t i o n a l t h a t 1 have found elsewhere .

1. (Jacob Evans) 5 John Bart 2. hvens 6 . Andrew Ler ich ( L a r i c k ) 3 . Hauf 7 . George Ler ich 4. Senas Ahle fe ld 8. John Folk

( s o l d t o Frank Swan) 9. Henry Kuenzli

1 0 . Kannen (Cannon) 39. 11. Jacob Ki r shner 12. Regina Brunni 40. 13. George Ahle fe ld 41. 14. John P a u l i n 42. 15.-20. (no r e c o r d o f s a l e s ) 43 a

( J a c o b Ki r schner 1 44. John S u t t e r 45. David P a i l o r 46. Lamuel Al thouse ( f o r p a r e n t s ) 47. Wm. swan 48. Rev. Godfred B l a s e r 49.

( f o r 1s t w i f e ) George H a b l i t z e l (moved t o

Henry Co. & s o l d t o 50 Rev. ti. P l a s e r i n 1900) 51

Samuel h u e n z l i Nathan P a u l i n

52. 53.

John Ahle fe ld 54. John hheman 55. Urn. Iv!ichels (Susan) Durk (Durch) L. Hart ( b l i z a h )

56 @

57. C . (,:onrad) Haas 5f3 . Rev. C h r i s t i a n Stucky, J r . 59. ( l o t - Fred Kuenz l i ) t 60. ( l o t ) Joseph ine Kuenzl i

Wm. Lerch ( L a r i c k ) ( s o l d t o Chas. Kuenz l i )

S. E. Kuenzli Rev. C h r i s t i a n Stucky Rev. C h r i s t i a n Kuenzli Godl iep Rappold (Levi Swar tz ) (John P. Kuenz l i ) Lucian Graber J e f f e r s o n Hilderbrand C h r i s t i a n Wyss (Mrs.) h l i z a b e t h (Swan) Myers ( l a t e r Mrs. Arch iba ld Chew)

Jacob G i l l i l a n d (John A e e t e r ) (k.. G. laser) (Mcnlheny ) (Louis L a r i c k ) ( Jacob G i l l i l a n d s o l d t o

Terrance Kuenz l i ) G o t t l e i b C l a s s (Sophia F a i l o r ) lvlary r ' a i l o r (George Hilderbrand') (Got f red S tucky)

S i n c e lot number one had l o t s numbered one thr0ue.h 36. and - - . s i n c e t h i s A l i s t f i n i s h e s w i t h l o t number 60, one i s l e d t o b e l i e v e a new p l o t was purchased f o r l o t s 37 through 60. Much r e s e a r c h d i d n o t r e v e a l any f u r t h e r purchase of l a n d u n t i l p l o t number t h r e e i n 1907. The d e s c r i p t i o n of p l o t number t h r e e , g i v e n below, cor responds wi th t h e Township map of t h e cemetery f o r c o v e r i n g l o t s from 37 t o 92. So one must conclude t h a t t h e r e was l e s s s t r e s s on l e g a l p o s s e s s i o n i n those days s i n c e many were b u r i e d t h e r e b e f o r e 1907 i n c l u d i n g my g r a n d f a t h e r d i l l i a m F a i l o r i n l o t number 57 i n 1899.

I n Volume 64, page 242, i t i s recorded t h a t Wm. T . and Myrt le Kuenzli s o l d n i n e - t e n t h s of a n a c r e t o t h e Church Pebru- a r y 5 , 1907, f o r $0 and a cemetery l o t . This l a n d , a s p l o t number t h r e e on t h e diagram, i s on t h e w e s t , t h e n o r t h and t h e e a s t s i d e s of t h e two e a r l i e r p l o t s . This was measured i n c h a i n s ( 6 6 f e e t equa l one c h a i n ) w i t h one c h a i n ' s width on t h e e a s t s i d e of t h e church. The l a n d on t h e wes t was l a i d o u t i n l o t s of f o u r g r a v e s each and numbered from 37 t o 92. A d r i v e of 1 4 f e e t and s i x i n c h e s was t o t h e s o u t h nex t t o t h e road . There a r e f o u r e i g h t - f o o t drive:; o r a l l e y s runn ing n o r t h and s o u t h , two through t h e middle and one on e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e p l o t . S e v e r a l h a l f l o t s were r e s e r v e d a c r o s s t h e nor th end f o r i n d i g e n t s : however, t h e r e is no r e c o r d of any such b u r i a l s .

According t o County Volume 89, page 231, t h e Kuenzl is s o l d more l a n d , a s t r i p 36 f e e t wide, f u r t h e r west on November 21,

1931, i n exchange f o r two cemetery l o t s . Th i s a d d i t i o n added l o t s 93 through 108. This p l o t i s number f o u r on t h e diagram.

The l a s t a d d i t i o n t o t h e wes t was made on A p r i l 30, 1966, f o r $300 a c c o r d i n g t o Volume 139, page 549. C la rence Karl and Mary E . Brown s o l d a s t r i p 2.325 c h a i n s e a s t and wes t and 3 .03 c h a i n s n o r t h and s o u t h t o t h e T r u s t e e s of bden Township. 'I h i s p l o t i s l a i d o u t w i t h 442 p o s s i b l e g raves . 'he f i r s t row t o the e a s t has e i g h t and one-half four -g rave h a l f l o t s . Next i s a l h - f o o t space f o r a f u t u r e d r i v e . The o t h e r s i x rows t o t h e west have e i g h t and one-half double l o t s w i t h e i g h t g raves i n each l o t . This p l o t i s number f i v e on t h e diagram.

Honor i s p a i d t o t h e v e t e r a n s b u r i e d i n o u r cemetery. ?he f i r s t f i v e names belonged t o t h e G . A . R . , t h e Grand Army o f t h e Republ ic , d u r i n g t h e C i v i l Nar.

Conrad Haas, 1841-1914 dm, Michaels , ? -1886, 49th Ohio I n f a n t r y John R . Bar th , 1838-1900, 5 1 s t uhio I n f a n t r y Levi Swar tz , 1837-1905, 1 0 1 s t Ohio I n f a n t r y Henry Kuenzl i , 1838-1909. I n t h e b i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h of

t h i s v e t e r a n i n t h e Nyandot County H i s t o r y o f 1884, i t is recorded , "... h I r . Kuenzli was a s o l d i e r i n t h e ranks , a c t i n g a s Order ly b e r g e a n t o f h i s company i n camp a t Ivlansfield, Ohio, but h i r e d a s u b s t i t u t e , and abandoned t h e army on account o f f a i l i n g h e a l t h . .,." This seems t o have been t h e accep ted t h i n g d u r i n g t h e C i v i l d a r i f one cou ld f i n d a s u b s t i t u t e .

There i s a C . A . R . f l a g h o l d e r on an unmarked grave j u s t wes t o f t h e church. According t o t h e s a l e of l o t s , a Jacob bvans purchaned two l o t s t h e r e , b u t I found no d a t a abou t the s o l d i e r .

There a r e f o u r g raves f o r bVorld War I v e t e r a n s : Terrance K. Kuenzl i , 1895-1956, P K , 62 Depot, SVC Co., ASC Edward Swar tz , 1898-1918, Co. A , 1 4 6 t h I n f a n t r y F r e d e r i c k ii. B l a s e r , 1892-1929, USMC Roy d . Kimble, 1894-1972, Pv t . , Btry . B-17, Pld . Arty . o f Ohio

There i s one world d a r I1 v e t e r a n b u r i e d i n o u r cemetery, Georee samuel Uarth. 1926-1973. 5. 1, USN3.. -

I f t h e r e a r e o t h e r s , 1- fbund no d a t a .

THE LADIES ' lrlISSION BIBLE CLASS

Mrs. Karl D i l l e y , S r . , f u r n i s h e d two s e c r e t a r y books f o r t h i s c l a s s c o v e r i n g t h e y e a r s 1942 through 1950. The meet ings were h e l d i n homes w i t h t h e December one always w i t h t h e t e a c h e r , J . W, b c h i l l i n g (1875-1968).

The members i n 1942, who p a i d f i v e c e n t s monthly dues , were hlrs. C r e t a Cross ( l883-1964) , Mrs. Myrtle Kuenzli ( l875-1959) , drs. J e n n i e L a r i c k ( l875-1958) , Mrs. Grace Reber (1889-1942 ) , vlrs. A l i c e C u i n t h e r , Mrs. Ka t ie Stucky, ms. I d a Swan (1869- 19451, hlrs. D e l l a Swan (1875-1951 ) , Ivlrs. T r e s s i e d h w e b e l (1008- l 9 7 l ) , IWs. Martha Got , t f r i ed (1887-1968), Mrs. May Honsberger (1800-1951 ) , ldrs. b t t a Disher (1860-1952 ) , Miss E l i z a Stucky (1873-1960) and Mrs. Martha Hol tzwarth ( 7 - ? ) .

I n A p r i l , 1942, t h e c l a s s made $25 a t a bake s a l e , b u t t h i s was soon gone f o r t h e c l a s s p a i d h a l f on a new $46.50 sweeper f o r t h e Church. I n September a t a p i c n i c meet ing i n t h e b ~ a t t i s o n Grove (now t h e S t a t e Fark e a s t n e a r t h e Vevada r o a d ) , i t w a s dec ided t o send The Upper Room t o t h e boys i n s e r v i c e namely Lewis Reber, Harold d c h i l l i n p , , Fred G r i m m , Lloyd Gwinner, Karl mown and Homer b c h i l l i n g . A b i l l o f $11 was p a i d a t t h e same meeting f o r a new American f l a g f o r t h e Church. I n December " Jake" was ; r e s e n t e d a p a i r o f g loves .

The c l a s s l i s t e n e d t o C a p t a i n Eddie Rickenbacker ' s , a d d r e s s on a t u c k y s ' r a d i o i n January , 1943. A s h o r t memorial s e r v i c e was conducted f o r IYrs. Grace Reber i n beptember. I n October a com- m i t t e e (names n o t r e c o r d e d ) was appo in ted f o r t h e lunch s t a n d a t C r e t a and Floyd Cross ' p u b l i c s a l e .

I n May, 1944, t h e c l a s s dec ided t o buy a s t e p l a d d e r f o r t h e 3 u r c h .

I n 1945 and 1946 new names were Idrs. Mary Conrad, ms. Vio- l e t S a l e s , ! w s . Emma Lregory and ,Ws. Anna D i l l e y . I n November, 1345, Mrs. Holtzwarth was appo in ted t o buy a new cover f o r t h e communion t a b l e . iws. Hol tzwarth was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t i n 19Lb'. f o l l o w i n g Mrs. Honsbergcr. During t h e February, 1946, meeting w i t h %lrs. Conrad, d i z a d tucky r e a d a n account o f t h e miraculous h e a l i n g of i\,iss ; l i n a b e l l e Cross of Upper. The c l a s s p a i d 49.95 f o r new c u r t a i n s f o r t h e Church basement a t t h e J p r i l meet ing i n t h e b a l e s ' home. A t t h a t nee t in t , , Ruth Ann S a l e s conducted a c o n t e s t which was v!on by k r s . Fear1 B l a s e r (1875-1949). The Rev. and :irs. Xol tzwarth brought a b e a u t i f u l whi te cake , i n honor of t h e i r 3 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y t h a t day, t o t h e December 1 8 meet ing w i t h j ake . The unsigned minutes of t h a t meet ing c l o s e d w i t h , "A snowbal l game was much enjoyed."

During t h e February, 1947, meet ing, a l e t t e r w a s r e a d from a coup le i n Kasse l , Germany, g r a t e f u l l y acknowledging a package of c l o t h i n g . I n June, $5 was s e n t t o t h e to rnado s t r i c k e n c i t y o f Woodward, Oklahoma. A t t h e December meet ing, i t was dec ided t o send two boxes o f food t o Japan. The pos tage c o s t $4.61.

Mrs. Mary Conrad was t h e new p r e s i d e n t i n 1948. b i r s . D i l l e y was e l e c t e d s u b s t i t u t e t e a c h e r . I n December t h e c l a s s dec ided t o

s e l l me ta l sponges which c o s t $8.50. I n January, 1949, i t was announced t h a t a l l had been s o l d f o r $14.40.

The February, 1950, mee t ing was a t t h e Conrad home where IWs. D i l l e y s a n g "My Task." During t h e March meet ing w i t h iviartha G o t t f r i e d , Mrs. D i l l e y sang some s p i r i t u a l s . A t t h a t meet ing, too , iilrs. Conrad made some comments on t h e P a s s i o n P l a y i n Cer- many which s h e had a t t e n d e d . I n December each one gave 50 c e n t s i n t o t h e t r e a s u r y i n s t e a d of having a g i f t exchange.

That was t h e last r e p o r t . The 1950 membership l is t c o n t a i n e d t h e s e names: Martha

G o t t f r i e d l D e l l a Swan; Ka t ie and E l i z a S tucky ; A l i c e Guin ther l V i o l e t S a l e s 1 Mary Conrad; Anna D i l l e y ; Myrtle K u e n z l i ~ N e l l i e F a i l o r 1 blay Honsberger and t h e t e a c h e r Jake S c h i l l i n g .

THE WOWIAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY

his b o c i e t y of t h e E v a n g e l i c a l Church had i t s i n c e p t i o n w i t h i n t h e bounds of t h e Ohio Conference. C r e d i t f o r i t belongs g r e a t l y t o Minerva Sttawman, t h e d a u g h t e r o f Rev. Dan ie l Strawman who was one of Salem's e a r l y m i n i s t e r s . She f o r m u l a t e d t h e docu- ment which was a c c e p t e d by t h e board of Miss ions i n October, 1880. r J i f t y wornen of I .! inerva's Lindsey C i r c u i t had s i g n e d h e r p e t i t i o n r e q u e s t i n g t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n .

In fo rmat ion a b o u t Sa lem ' s f i r s t Woman's lq i s s ionary S o c i e t y was f u r n i s h e d by Miss L l i z a S tucky f o r t h e 75 th a n n i v e r s a r y of .;a1 em and r e p r i n t e d i n t h e C e n t e n n i a l b o o k l e t . "During . . . 1907, t h e WiVG was o r g a n i z e d w h i l e Rev. John Hobson w a s o u r p a s t o r . Xrs. riobson was t h e f i r s t p r e s i d e n t . d r s . n t t a Kuenzli and Irirs. J . F. l iuenzl i were t h e f i r s t d e l e g a t e s t o a t t e n d t h e dlvL c o n v e n t i o n h e l d i n L indsey , Ohio, where Rev. P a u l i n was s t a t i o n e d . "

An i t e m was found i n The Da i ly Chief o f F r i d a y , September 6 , 1907, o f t h e un ion meet ing o f t h e S o c i e t i e s o f Salem and T r i n i t y h e l d a t t h e home o f i~lrs. Samuel Al thouse on cast Nyandot Avenue ( t h e John D e ~ o l t home now), on Thursday. Devotions were conducted by Mrs. John !lobson. R o l l c a l l and r e p o r t s were r e a d by Salem's s e c r e t a r y irk's. J . E. Swan and T r i n i t y ' s s e c r e t a r y i%iss Ber tha i i l t h o u s e . A p i c n i c s u p p e r was t o have been enjoyed on , the lawn b u t because o f c o o l wea the r w a s he ld i n t h e house.

The Chie f r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e Uctober meet ing was w i t h Vtrs. A l b e r t Al thouse . Rev. Hobson l e d t h e d e v o t i o n s . Papers on m i s s i o n a r y work wPre r e a d by Mrs. Henry Kuenzl i , Nrs. G . B l a s e r , I ,ma . . r . John S t o k e r and iWs. Al thouse .

Another i:hief i t e m of November 1 9 , 1909! r e p o r t e d t h a t Sa lem ' s S o c i e t y r endered t h e f o l l o w i n g Thanksgiving program a f t e r Sabbath School : organ v o l u n t a r y , ikliss Florence Kuenzli I song, c o n e r e g a t i o n I s c r i p t u r e r e a d i n g , I s . D e l l a Swan I p r a y e r , lulrs. E . :;. F l o r a l r e c i t a t i o n s , Ruth F a i l o r and Dorothy Kuenzl i ; d i a l o g u e , "How t o Make t h e World B e t t e r , " I r e n e ;wan, Eva Swan and Gladys Kuenzl i l s e l e c t i o n , male q u a r t e t t e composed of J. r i . B l a s e r , Rev. F l o r a , 1,. A . Kuenzli and J. E . Kuenzl.it paper on *Some bxcuses f o r Not At tend ing Miss ionary S o c i e t y , " Mrs. E t t a ! ;uenz l i j paper on "why Should We Be Thankfu l , " 1Ws. L t t a S toker1 song , c o n g r e g a t i o n .

The December 9, 1909, e d i t i o n o f The Nevada News gave t h i s i t e m . The December mee t ing o f t h e WIG was h e l d ilednesday a f t e r - noon w i t h Ibiesdames Wil l iam and Edwin F a i l o r e a s t of Eden Cen te r . Ihe 9ev. 3 . i. d e r g e r of d a r i o n l e d i n d e v o t i o n s . A p r e t t y v o c a l d u e t w a s r endered by idrs. Grace ~ i l l i g a n and Ivlrs. I d a Swan. .?eadings on m i s s i o n a r y t o p i c s were g iven by ivlru. I d a Swan, Mrs. De l l a Swan, Mrs. Lucy Haas, irlrs, E t t a Kuenzli and Mrs. Emma F a i l o r . Remarks were made by Rev. G . Hlase r , Rev. F l o r a and 3ev. b e r g e r . A f t e r a we l l - r endered voca l s o l o by Mrs. lvli l l igan, t o t h e accompaniment of Mrs. De l l a swan, t h e S o c i e t y ad journed t o meet January 5 a t t h e home of b p s . (P rank , 1867-1947) ~ a g g i e

( C r e g e r , 1866-1949) d i n t e r (now t h e Gene Conrad Home ) . The o f f i c e r s f o r 1918-19, l i s t e d i n Rev. N i e t z ' s j o u r n a l .

w e r e : p r e s i d e n t , Mrs. (Henry) Blanche Alspachl v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Iv l rs . I d a Swan: r e c o r d i n g s e c r e t a r y , Ivlrs . D e l l a h l t h o u s e : c o r r e s p o n d i n g s e c r e t a r y , Miss E l i z a b e t h D i s h e r ~ t r e a s u r e r , Blrs . Lucy Haas.

The Nevada News r e p o r t e d t h e June, ,1921, mee t ing was he ld w i t h Mrs. John D i s h e r . Mrs. d . T. Kuenzl i had d e v o t i o n s . F r e s i -

\ d e n t Mrs. J E , ( D e l l a ) Swan was a p p o i n t e d d e l e g a t e , wit ,h Mrs. J . d . U l a s e r a s a l t e r n a t e , t o t h e Branch Convent ion i n Akron. Mrs. Myron Schoenberge r r e n d e r e d a v o c a l s o l o accompanied by !..iss Ruth F a i l o r . The l e s s o n , from The Church and t h e Community, was d i s c u s s e d by Miss E l i z a b e t h Dishe r and Mrs. J . J . Haas. A s u c i a l hour was en joyed .

The Ju1.y 25, 1921 , D a i l Ch ie f had t h i s n o t i c e , "The ./oman's Li ies ionary S o c i e t y o f S- w i l l h o l d a s o c i a l a t t h e F. D. . / i n t e r home F r i d a y even ing , J u l y 29. Chicken and w e i n e r sandwiches , cake and wa te rme l lon . A l l be s u r e and come."

The 1921 December mee t ing , a c c o r d i n g t o The C h i e f , met a l l day w i t h idrs. I / . T. Icuenzli . I n t h e morning t h e L a d i e s ' Miss ion B ib le C l a s s was r e - o r g a n i z e d . hlrs. J . P. Disher w a s e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t , i s . m U l r i c h v i c e p r e s i d e n t , k i s s E l i z a Atucky s e c r e t a r y and iiiss E l i z a b e t h U i s h e r t r e a s u r e r . At noon a f i n e p o t l u c k d i n n e r was s e r v e d . Then G~rs. J . L . Swan was i n cha rge o f t h e Miss iona ry meet ing. iiirs. J. E . Kuenzli r e a d s c r i p t u r e and ivlrs. D i s h e r o f r e r e d p r a y e r . idrs. Frank Swan, a s s i s t e d by Mrs. Gale i i i l s o n and hrs. L. A . Kuenzl i , had t h e l e s s o n from B i b l e and F i s s i o n s . Mrs. J . . Swan, i s . Henry Alspach, Mrs. i.lyron Schoenberger and I.lrs. Wilson r e n d e r e d a v e r y p r e t t y s e l e c t i o n accompanied by lilrs. Ter rance Kuenz l i . i~n-s. 8 . L. Lee e x p l a i n e d t h e d h i t e G i f t Chr i s tmas . The n e x t meet ing w i l l be January 4 w i t h i d r Z . Floyd Cross .

The C h i e f r e p o r t e d t,he June, 1.925, meet ing w i t h Mrs. ( F r a n k , 1871-1956) ~ e n n i e ( B u r w e l l , 1 tj75-1958) L a r i c k . The meetin{; opened w i t h "America" and d e v o t i o n s by ;Ws. J . J . Haas. !di s s e s Arabel and I s a b e l Uardon p layed a p i a n o d u e t . A r e a d i n g was g i v e n by Ifliss Mildred L,ar ick . Xiss C l a r a Kuenzl i s a n g a s o l o accompanied by Mrs. Ter rance Kuenzl i . I t was dec ided t o send a b a r r e l o f canned v e g e t a b l e s t o F l a t Rock C h i l d r e n ' s Home. I'drs. B . C . Harmon and Mrs. d a l . t e r Umstead o f T r i n i t y Church gave a r e p o r t o f t h e Conven t ion a t Kenmore. A v o c a l d u e t was sung by \ :iliss B e s s i e Winter and Mrs. Te r rance Kuenz l i . The meet ing c l o s e d w i t h t h e L o r d ' s P r a y e r . Mrs. F o r r e s t D i s h e r and blrs. Prank I Swar tz were o t h e r g u e s t s . The n e x t mee t ing w i l l be t h e annua l p i c n i c August 5 a t t h e H a r r i s o n Smith Pa rk .

The Rev. 0 . D. Myers r e p o r t e d , t h a t d u r i n g h i s y e a r 1924-25 a t Salem, Mrs. J . J . Haas was t h e p r e s i d e n t and t h e r e were 50 members. The n e x t m i n i s t e r , Rev. Hanke, r e p o r t e d t o Conference t h a t t h e r e were 40 members.

The S o c i e t y p u t on a p l a y one Sunday even ing i n t h e f a l l o f 1928 a t t h e Church w i t h t h e h e l p o f t h e Young P e o p l e ' s Miss iona ry C i r c l e . The c a s t o f "Soup, Sand and Sage Brushw were : Grandma, Mrs. Floyd Cross1 Rev. Robiaon, Will iam Cold i ron! Mrs. Robison,

Ruth F a i l o r i t h e i r d a u g h t e r s , lvlrs. I r a Pool and J a n e t Cold i ron ; an I n d i a n woman, 14rs. Edwin F a i l o r ; an I n d i a n woman and papoose, Irlrs. Ga i l Wilson and l i t t l e daughter1 a n Ind ian maiden, E s t h e r ; - fab l i t ze l . A t a l a t e r d a t e t h e p l a y was g i v e n i n Upper Sandusky f o r t h e T r i n i t y Missionary S o c i e t y . Henry S c h i l l i n g , a s Rev. Robison, was t h e on ly change i n t h e c a s t .

i r i s . J . E . Swan was p r e s i d e n t t h a t y e a r , w i t h 34 members, and remained p r e s i d e n t through 1930.

In format ion about t h e S o c i e t y , f o r t h e n e x t 20 y e a r s , i s f o r p r e s i d e n t s o n l y . Mrs. Alspach and Mrs. C r l .q each s e r v e d one y e a r b e f o r e Plrs. ( E z r a ) lday H a b l i t z e l se rved two y e a r s . Mrs. J.E. Swan was e l e c t e d a g a i n i n 1935, when t h e r e were 1 6 mem- b e r s , and s e r v e d through 1939. Mrs. Harold Conrad s e r v e d t h e n t h r e e y e a r s before Mrs. Henry S c h i l l i n g s e r v e d through 1946. Mrs. Harry G i l l i l a n d was e l e c t e d f o r two y e a r s . Then Mrs. S c h i l l i n g s e r v e d a g a i n i n 1949 and 1950, She was p r e s i d e n t a g a i n i n 1955.

Mrs. Lewis Reber was p r e s i d e n t from 1956 through 1959. I n June, 1956, C l a r i c e Kuenzl i , Inez Snodgrass , I l v a S c h i l l i n g , Iva Kimble, Anna D i l l e y , E l i z a Stucky, Martha C o t t f r i e d and Emma Gregory s p e n t t h e day a t t h e Missionary Convention a t Camp S t . Marys.

The I. lotherqs Day meeting i n 1957 was h e l d i n t h e Reber home when t h e Rev. P. B. Chapman of Union Church gave a c h a l k t a l k . Mrs. Mary Conrad showed p i c t u r e s o f h e r European t r i p .

IWs. (Donald) Frances S c h i l l i n g was p r e s i d e n t i n 1960 and 1961. The S o c i e t y s e r v e d t h e Product ion C r e d i t Banquet i n Octo- b e r , 1960, and made $222.46. I n 1961 t h e group s e n t Emily S c h i l l i n g , Steve Reber, Eddie McClain and Bernard Spyker t o Conference Youth Summer Camp.

A l a r g e crowd a t t e n d e d fami ly n i g h t , i n charge o f t h e then- c a l l e d Woman's S o c i e t y of World S e r v i c e , a t t h e church i n May, 1961. The f o l l o w i n g program was given1 a piano due t p re lude , IUs. Sarah Jane McCal l i s t e r and Sandy Reber; c a l l t o worship, J e r r y Murphy; s c r i p t u r e r e a d i n g , Ted McCal l i s t e r and Bernard Spyker 1 m e d i t a t i o n , "The Open Door, " IWs. Karl D i l l e y I voca l d u e t , "The L i t t l e Black Sheep," Ronald Spyker and Lar ry Reber; p l a y l e t , "Youth, L e f t Out?," Emily S c h i l l i n g , John McCal l i s t e r , Karen IlcClain, Bernard Spyker and S teve Reber; Eden Grange yuar- t e t t e , Dorse Frankenf ie ld , Fred Corfman, Donald S c h i l l i n g and Lewis Reberl t a l k on Red Bird blission i n Kentucky, Mrs. I r e n e Wilson; t a l k on Ybor C i t y i n F l o r i d a , Mrs. Roy Kimble; Mccurdy Mission School i n New iilexico, Rev. Spyker. P a i n t i n g s of t h e s e m i s s i o n f i e l d s were made by Mrs. I r a Edgington and were d i s p l a y e d i n t h e f r o n t of t h e church. Before t h e b e n e d i c t i o n , p l a n t s were g i v e n t o Mrs. Gregory a s o l d e s t mother, t o irll-8. G i l b e r t Murphy ~ n d t o rms. Gene Conrad a s youngest mothers p r e s e n t . The t a b l e s , f o r t h e p o t l u c k supper p r i o r t o t h e program, were decora ted i n keeping wi th t h e miss ion f i e l d s d i s c u s s e d i n t h e program.

ms. Armida Spyker became p r e s i d e n t o f t h e S o c i e t y i n 1962 and s e r v e d two y e a r s . A Family Night was h e l d i n May, 1962, when Mrs. James Hough showed p i c t u r e s o f B r a z i l , South America, where s h e and Rev. Hough s e r v e d a s m i s s i o n a r i e s .

Mrs. Ann Conrad became p r e s i d e n t i n 1964 and s e r v e d f o r t h r e e y e a r s . lWs. Eu la S o r t l a n d was t h e g u e s t s p e a k e r f o r t h e 1964 Mother ' s Day S e r v i c e .

The t r e a s u r e r r e p o r t e d t h a t i n 1965, $336 w a s s e n t t o t h e Conference. T h i s inc luded f i v e s p e c i a l o f f e r i n g s 1 t h e l a r g e s t was $87.54 f o r t h e Thank O f f e r i n g . The expenses f o r t h e y e a r were $95.77.

I n 1967, Mrs. Bertha C i l l i l a n d was p r e s i d e n t . That y e a r t h e S o c i e t y decided t o keep 507: o f t h e monthly o f f e r i n g s f o r home miss ions . The Thank O f f e r i n g amounted t o $60.63.

The A p r i l , 1968, mee t ing w a s a Family Night a t t h e Church when M r . and t h e l a t e Mrs. Harold Cope showed p i c t u r e s of Japan. For t h e May meet ing s e v e r a l c a r l o a d s o f members v i s i t e d F l a t Rock C h i l d r e n ' s Home. I n November t h e S o c i e t y was i n charge of t h e Thanksgiving s e r v i c e a t t h e Church on Sunday evening, November 24. Mrs. (Reed) Dorothy Kennedy gave t h e c a l l t o worship . Mrs. Mar- g a r e t Reber r e a d t h e s c r i p t u r e , and Rev. S h e r r i f f l e d i n p r a y e r . Each Sunday School Class f u r n i s h e d a number f o r t h e program. Mrs. C i l l i l a n d , t h e p r e s i d e n t , i n t r o d u c e d t h e Rev. Donald Corbin of Lmanuel Church i n P i t t Township, t h e g u e s t speaker .

A w h i t e and a p u r p l e a l t a r c l o t h s e t s f o r t h e church were purchased i n November, 1969. A t t h e December meet ing a $40 memo- r i a l f o r lilrs. (S. C . ) l (?is ; ;he r r i f f was made t o t h e Mansf ie ld D i s t r i c t Woman's S o c i e t y .

Mrs. Prances S c h i l l i n g was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t i n 1970. That y e a r t h e S o c i e t y se rved t h e Eden Alumni Banquet a t $1.75 p e r p l a t e .

A f t e r t h e church merger, t h e name o f t h e S o c i e t y w a s changed t o Uni ted Methodis t Momen i n 1972. I n r e p l y t o t h e r e q u e s t , by t h e Conference o f f i c e r s , f o r a new name, t h e Salem S o c i e t y sugges ted t h a t t h e word " C h r i s t i a n " be r e t a i n e d i n t h e new name.

The 1973 Se l f -Denia l S e r v i c e was a t Oceola Church. S e v e r a l o f t h e Salem members had p a r t s i n t h e pageant impersona t ing women whose l i v e s have c o n t r i b u t e d much t o t h e church i n g e n e r a l .

That y e a r t h e group decided t o save Bet ty Crocker coupons which would h e l p r e p l a c e t h e s i l v e r w a r e t h a t had been s t o l e n o u t o f t h e church k i t c h e n .

I'or t h e Thank O f f e r i n g S e r v i c e i n 1973, Mrs. Ronald C o u r t r i g h t and h e r c h i l d r e n o f Upper ;;andusky p r e s e n t e d a musical program t o a v e r y l a r g e crowd. The c o l l e c t i o n amounted t o '$107.42. L a t e r c o f f e e and cook ies were s e r v e d i n t h e basement.

1 was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t f o r 1974. The group decided t o remember t h e s i c k , t h e o l d e r and t h e s h u t - i n s of t h e church each month. I n r 'ebruary t h e Se l f -Denia l S e r v i c e was h e l d w i t h t h e L i t t l e York group. ivlrs. Treva S c h i l l i n g and IJis. J a c k i e Mosman o f L i t t l e York planned t h e s e r v i c e u s i n g "Hands" a s t h e t o p i c .

For one o f t h e Wednesday evening 1974 Lenten s e r v i c e s , t h e group had a s p e c i a l c a n d l e l i g h t s e r v i c e a t t h e church. Mrs. Donald Alban, a s s i s t e d by Mrs. dayne Cerber both o f whom a r e from t h e Emanuel United Church i n C h r i s t of P i t t Township, p r e s e n t e d h e r own w r i t t e n s e r v i c e , "The Cross o f Jesus . "

The program f o r t h e 1974 Thank O f f e r i n g was g i v e n by a group of young peop le from Upper t h a t had worked i n t h e Dominican

Republic miss ion f i e l d f o r two weeks. Even though i t was a r a i n y evening, a l a r g e crowd a t t e n d e d . The p u b l i c ' s g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t i n miss ions was shown by t h e $107.27 f r e e w i l l o f f e r i n g .

YOUNG PEOPLE'S MISSIONARY CIRCLE

The f i r s t d a t a found about t h i s C i r c l e was i n t h e 1924 Church Ledger. Rev. Hanke r e p o r t e d t h e r e were 30 members i n 1926. Henry S c h i l l i n g was p r e s i d e n t .

The n e x t d a t a found was i n a s e c r e t a r y ' s book of t h e C i r c l e beginning w i t h 1943. The o f f i c e r s t h a t y e a r were I p r e s i d e n t , rdargaret Reber 1 v i c e p r e s i d e n t , B e a t r i c e Hol tzwarth I s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , Jean Schwebel.

I n 1944, P a u l i n e Stucky (Walton) (1919-1959) was t h e v i c e p r e a i d e n f , F r a n c i s Hol tzwarth t h e p i a n i s t and Kather ine Stucky c h o r i s t e r . There were 24 members. On September 1, 1944, t h e r e was a ba lance i n t h e t r e a s u r y of $67.45.

The o f f i c e r s i n 1945 were I p r e s i d e n t , V i r g i n i a (Wilson) Lchwebel I v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Nancy Evans (Jones ) I s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , Jean Schwebel w i t h Margaret Reber h e r a s s i s t a n t ! p i a n i s t s , Donald S c h i l l i n g and Kather ine Stuckyl c h o r i s t e r , Fred G r i m m .

A c h i l i supper was enjoyed a t S tucky ' s on February 1 4 , 1945. On May 4 , Donald S c h i l l i n g t o l d of h i s r e c e n t l y won t r i p t o dash- i n g t o n , D . C . , when t h e C i r c l e met w i t h Darwin Okleberry. The August meet ing was a p i c n i c a t Har r i son Jmith Park. "A very e n t e r t a i n i n g and i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r was r e a d from Fred C r i m m now i n t h e Armed Forces ." During t h e November meeting a t Reber ' s , s a l e s t a x stamps were counted which i n due time added $15.07 t o t h e t r e a s u r y ' s balance o f $13.06.

T h ~ r e were 1 5 members i n 1946. The name was now t h e Salem E v a n g e l i c a l Youth Fel lowship. On June 28 , they e n t e r t a i n e d the "Y.P." of T r i n i t y Church i n Upper on a hayr ide t o t h e r o a d s i d e park e a o t n e a r t h e Nevada Road. Refreshments were a c o o l d r i n k , r o a s t e d weiners and cookies . During t h e J u l y meeting a t Evans ' , Lois Conrad was e l e c t e d n r e s i d e n t , Donald S c h i l l i n g v i c e p r e s i - d e n t , Mary A1 i c e C u ~ n t h e r s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , F h i l i p r ' rankenfield chorister. Donald J c h i l l i n ~ v i a n i s t and Herberl - . d i n t e r r e p o r t e r .

Othcr members l i s t e d ( . e r e : kunice Hol Ekleber ry (Or ians ) ; L i l l i a n i McClain) r di r iam and Tom Wilson I Helen (Brown) Q o t h l i s b e r g e r Reberr lqiary (Reber ) schilling^ Robert Stucky Kenneth Ivlontgomery; Milford and Heber Irl i l ler 1 Evans1 J i m Michaels and b r o t h e r ( s p . ? ) .

t zwar th l Neva Jean (Hol t s h u u s e ) I Jack

(1918-1972): Lewis I Edward S c h i l l i n g ; Gene Conrad: Norma

MISSION BAND

The f i rs t d a t a on t h e lvlission and was i n 1925-26 when Rev. Hanke r e p o r t e d 1 8 members.

The second d a t a found w a s a r e p o r t i n 1942 by Rev. Ho l t ewar th . Of t h e 14 members, f o u r were on t h e Honor R o l l f o r h a v i n g between one and two d o l l a r s i n t h e i r Thank O f f e r i n g boxes . They were Thomas Wilson, Kenneth Iriontgomery, L o i s Conrad and Donald S c h i l l inp,.

PJo s e c r e t a r y books were found. The f i r s t mee t ing r e c o r d e d was a t t h e Church .January 28 , 1945, w i t h 13 p r e s e n t . The l e a d e r was Irlrs. ( H a r o l d ) Mary Conrad. O f f i c e r s were I p r e s i d e n t , irlilton M o t t e r ; f i e c r e t a r y , Norma Evans I p i a n i s t , Ruth kil len S c h i l l i n ( i o n d e r ) I c h o r i s t e r , David Schi l 7 i n g . The membership grew t o 1% t h a t y e a r .

There were 2 1 members i n 1946. The o f f i c e r s were1 p r e s i - d e n t , Ruth E l l e n J c h i l l i n g ; v i c e p r e s i d e n t , David 3 c h i l l i n g r s e c r e t a r y , h a r y E l l e n D i l l e y ( L e e ) ; a s s i s t a n t , Joyce He i s t and ( ivlurphy ) .

i~irs. Kar l D i l l e y became t h e l e a d e r i n 1947 w i t h a t o t a l o f 1 9 members. David was p r e s i d e n t w i t h ~vlartha Ann ~ i l l i l a n d ( J e n n i n g s ) a s v i c e p r e f i i d e n t . J ean H e i s t a n d ( d y r d ) was t h e s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r w i t h lv~a rga re t S c h i l l i n g ( b y e r ) h e r a s s i s t a n t .

Jimmy ~ i l l i l a n d was t h e 1948 p r e s i d e n t w i t h Margare t S c h i l l i n ~ a s v i c e p r e s i d e n t . C a r o l Ann Atove r ( ~ r l o r r i s o n ) was s e c r e t a r y w i t h t r e a s u r e r Joan S c h i l l i n g ( K l i n k ) . There were 1 5 members t h a t y e a r . They s e n t $37.00 t o Confe rence . Tha t October mee t ing was a hamburg f r y a t Conrad ' s a s were t h e f u t u r e October mee t ings .

Jirnmy was p r e s i d e n t a g a i n i n 1949 w i t h Kar l D i l l e y , J r . , as v i c e p r e s i d e n t . Joan S c h i l l i n g was s e c r e t a r y w i t h Jimmy B a u b l i t z h e r a s s i s t a n t . Ivlrs. D i l l e y w n s t h e t r e a s u r e r f o r t h e 1 9 members who s e n t 326.16 t o Confe rence .

I n 1950 Joan . , c h i l l i n g was p r e s i d e n t w i t h Jimmy B a u b l i t z a s v i c e p r e s i d e n t . The s e c r e t a r y was D a r r e l Mot t e r w i t h Mary Jane S t o v e r ( B e n d e r ) t h e a s s i s t a n t . Conference r e c e i v e d .$22.15.

Marie G i l l i l a n d ( D i l l e y ) was t h e 1951 p r e s i d e n t w i t h Rober t S c h i l l i n g t h e v i c e p r e s i d e n t . R icha rd D i l l e y was t h e s e c r e t a r y . E l r s . ( B e r t ) B e t t y Corb in became t h e new l e a d e r . Confe rence r e c e i v e d $31.00.

The [ : r e s i d e n t f o r 1952 w a s Sandra Reber ( P i p p i n ) , and blarie C i l l i l a n d was s e c r e t a r y .

The las t y e a r r e p o r t e d was 1953. Rober t S c h i l l i n g was t h e p r e s i d e n t , and Pau l S c h i l l i n g was t h e s e c r e t a r y .

O the r members names were Heber M i l l e r , L o i s Conrad, Paul and Ruth Ann Mot t e r , Prank and Rose AM S a l e s , P a t r i c i a C o l e , Glen Montgomery, S t e v e n Nye, J a n e , J e r r y and B i l l y G i l l , A r d i t h Mar t in , Ba rba ra and John Burns, Eddie IvlcClain, Tommy Smith and Glen VanHorn.

MERCER WITH THE "U.Bmes"

Recorded h i s t o r y r e l a t e s t h a t t h e United Bre th ren movement was i n a u g u r a t e d by P h i l i p William O t t e r b e i n , 1726-181-3, i n Mary- l a n d and F e m s y l v a n i a i n 1800. O t t e r b e i n was a n o rda ined German Reformed m i n i s t e r when he came t o America i n 175% from Germany where he was born. He con t inued t o preach h i s e v a n g e l i s t i c mes- s a g e s i n Pennsylvani-1, Maryland and V i r g i n i a t o German-speaking persons .

Then on September 25, 1800, O t t e r b e i n and a dozen o r s o o t h e r t r a v e l i n g p r e a c h e r s o f t h e e v a n g e l i s t i c messages met i n F r e d e r i c k , Irlaryland, and o rgan ized as t h e "United Bre th ren i n C h r i s t . " He was e l e c t e d Bishop a t t h i s meet ing. Then i n 1810, C h r i s t i a n Newcomer, an a c t i v e miss ionary from O t t e r b e i n ' s group, came t o Ohio. He found many United a r e t h r e n f a m i l i e s i n the sou thwes t p o r t i o n of t h e s t a t e where he formed t h e United Breth- r e n Miami Conference. On Newcomer's l a s t t r i p t o Ohio i n 1830, he a t t e n d e d t h e t h i r d s e s s i o n o f t h e General Conference of t h e United Bre th ren Church i n Ohio.

The merger o f t h e r . v a n ~ e l i c a 1 and t h e United Bre th ren Churches was e f f e c t e d a t t h e ~ v n n g e l i c n l General Conference i n 1946 a f t e r a number of y e a r s o f n e g o t i a t i o n s . Our Annual Ohio Conference took i t s f i n a l f a v o r a b l e vo te on the merger a t a spe- c i a l s e s s i o n i n Linwood Park J u l y 9 , 1951. The l a t e Emery Lundy, o f t h e Be l le Vernon Church and d e l e g a t e o f our Upper Sandusky Charge, was p r e s e n t .

The f i n a l s e s s i o n of t h e Ohio Conference was h e l d a t t h e Ohio Avenue E v a n g e l i c a l Church i n Columbus August 15-19, 1951. A t t h e Sa tu rday forenoon s e s s i o n a f a r e w e l l s e r v i c e was h e l d a f t e r 1 3 5 y e a r s of E v a n g e l i c a l h i s t o r y i n Ohio. That s e r v i c e c l o s e d i n t h e manner of t h e e a r l y camp meet ings and Conference s e s s i o n s by j o i n i n g hands i n a f r i e n d s h i p c i r c l e and s i n g i n g a f a r e w e l l song. On t h e n i n e t e e n t h t h e l a t e Rev. d. 2 . Nie tz o f f e r e d t h e motion a d j o u r n i n g t h e 114 th and f i n a l s e s s i o n of the Ohio Conference of t h e Evange l ica l Church.

The combined t e r r i t o r y of t h e new E v a n g e l i c a l United Breth- r e n Church was d i v i d e d i n t o f o u r c o n f e r e n c e s : t h e Ohio Sandusky which i n c l u d e d Salem; t h e Ohio E a s t l t h e Ohio S o u t h e a s t ; and t h e Ohio Miami.

The f i r s t annua l Ohio Conference of t h e new i5.U.B. Church w a s h e l d August 29 through September 2 , 1951, a t Camp S t . Marys on S t . Mary's Lake. Again t h e l a t e Emery Lundy w a s t h e d e l e g a t e t h a t a t t e n d e d from t h e Upper Sandusky Charge.

The church papers of t h e two former churches , t h e Evan e l i - c a l M e s s e n ~ e r and The R e l i g i o u s T e l e s c o ~ e , were c o m b b d d e c l a r e d The Telescope-Messenger.

This new denominat ion con t inued u n t i l t h e merger w i t h t h e Methodis t Church i n 1969.

NEWSPAPER ITEMS

The Nevada News r e p o r t e d t h a t Salem (Sunday) School f u r - n i s h e d music and a r e c i t a t i o n , b u t no names were g iven , f o r t h e Eden Township Sunday School Convention h e l d i n t h e Nevada M. E. Church Sunday, January 6 , 1907, a t 2100 and a t 7100 p.m. Salem's Rev. Hobson gave t h e a f t e r n o o n a d d r e s s , "Marching Orders f o r t h e New Year. "

The A p r i l 1 7 , 1907, e d i t i o n r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e same organ iza- t i o n met i n t h e L i t t l e York Church. Again Salem f u r n i s h e d music. Rev. Hobson conducted one o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n s on "Give your r e a s o n s why t h e Sunday School has been a h e l p t o you."

The Sat,urday, November 23, 1907, e d i t i o n of The Dai ly Chief r e p o r t e d t h a t more than 30 Y.P.A. members of Salem and T r i n i t y

were f u e s t s of t h e Y.F.A. of t h e Marion a r e a Fr iday evening. Over 00 a t t e n d e d t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t and banquet . Those from Salem were Nova and Eva S t o k e r , E l i z a and Hans Stucky, Fr ieda , Ed i th and Harold Haas, T r e s s i e T r a x l e r , Florence Kuenzl i , Alpha d i n t e r and Otto Kirschner .

The October 2 8 , 1909, Nevada News announced t h a < Salem's Y.P.A. would g i v e a Harvest Home e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h e n e x t Sunday evening. A good program was t o be p resen ted t o which a l l were c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d . L a t e r e d i t i o n s d i d n o t c a r r y t h e program.

The A p r i l 21, 1910, Nevada News announced~ The Ohio Confer- ence Q u a r t e t t e w i l l g i v e a n en te r ta inment a t Salem Church wednesday evening, t h e 27th. An o f f e r i n g w i l l be r e c e i v e d f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e Q u a r t e t t e which is composed of Rev. E . S . F l o r a , Rev. E. D. p a u l i n , Rev. ii. L. Nauman and Rev. C . M. Sprang. Rev. Nauman i s a r e a d e r o f a b i l i t y and w i l l d i v e r s i f y t h e program w i t h r e a d i n g s .

The Nevada News of October 20, 1910, desc r ibed t h e Ra l ly Day program a t t h e ~ e v a d a Methodist Church. " d i l l i e " Hoth t o l d about a t t e n d i n g Salem Sunday School when he was young. He was i n a n a l l German Salem c l a s s t a u g h t by P e t e r Stucky. He t o l d t h a t about a l l t h e c h i l d r e n i n h i s c l a s s wore t h e " f a d e r w - l a n d costumes.

Recent ly F l r . Roth, now 96 and l i v i n g i n Kalamazoo, Michigan, w i t h a daughte r , was n o t a b l e t o r e c a l l about h i s a t t e n d a n c e a t Salem o n l y t h a t he went w i t h Ben Blaser . He remembered about t h e hanging of t h e b e l l b u t could g i v e no d e t a i l s .

The January 2 , 1913, Nevada News I M r . Char les A. Kuenzli

( f a t h e r of T e r r a n c e ) o f Wit tenburg Seminary, S p r i n g f i e l d , Ohio, conducted t h e morning s e r v i c e s a t Salem Sunday, December 29. iW. Kuenzl i spoke on t h e s u b j e c t "A For tune of A l l P a r e n t s and Chi ld ren . " When a boy Mr. Kuenzli a t t e n d e d C i l l i l a n d School nearby and was j a n i t o r a t Salem Church. He s e r v e d a s s e c r e t a r y and c h o r i s t e r i n Sunday School , Mr. Kuenzli and Fred B l a s e r sang a d u e t accompanied by Miss E s t h e r B l a s e r . ( M r . Kuenzl i , 1869- 1914, i s b u r i e d i n Salem cemete ry . )

The Nevada News o f January 1 6 , 1913 I The Salem Sunday S c h o o l ' s annua l e l e c t i o n o f o f f i c e r s f o r t h e ensu ing y e a r was h e l d Thursday even ing f o l l o w i n g r e v i v a l s e r v i c e s t Super in ten- d e n t , C h a r l e s Kuenzli ( P a u l ' s f a t h e r ) ! a s s i s t a n t , J . F. S t o k e r ; s e c r e t a r y , Wayne Blase r r a s s i s t a n t , Eva S t o k e r : t r e a s u r e r , J . E . Kuenzl i I c h o r i s t e r , Louis Kuenzli 1 p i a n i s t , Ivlrs. Louis Kuenzli I a s s i s t a n t , Gladys U l r i c h .

The f o l l o w i n g d a t a w a s found i n t h e 1902 n'yandot County X i s - t o r y and t h e A p r i l 2 , 1914, e d i t i o n of m e Nevada News I The Rev. Godfrey B l a s e r (Mrs. I r e n e Wilson 's g r a n d f a t h e r ) was born August 3 , 1833, i n Canton o f Bern, Swi tze r land . He came t o America i n 1834 and marr ied Rosanna Kuenzli i n 1856 i n Holmes County. They came t o Wyandot County i n 1860 and helped i n t h e e r e c t i o n o f Salem Church. He was o rda ined i n 1867 i n t h e Evan- g e l i c a l Conference and con t inued t o p reach u n t i l 18872 He d i e d A p r i l 2 , 1914, i n Uucyrus. Funeral s e r v i c e s were conducted from t h e home of a s o n , J . W. Hlaser ( o n Route 1 8 2 ) and from ~ a l e m Church w i t h t h e Rev. W. E . Anderson o f f i c i a t i n g . P a l l b e a r e r s were s i x nephews, John I-'. Kuenzl i , E r n e s t Kuenzl i , h. G . b l a s e r , B. C. Althouse, W . T. Kuenzli and Char les A . Kuenzli . In terment w a s i n t h e church cemetery.

The August 1 2 , 1914, Dtlil Lhief t The I n d i a n Bush Personal -----Ti workers ' League w i l l ho ld i ts rnont l y meet ing a t ~ a l e m Church

Sunday a f t e r n o o n a t 2 100. Following is t h e propy-arnl rnu:;j.c; d e v o t i o n s , J . F. S toker1 music; round t a b l e on "Fresen t Oay Cun- d i t i o n s and O p p o r t u n i t i e s , " C h a r l e s Kuenzl i , J . ;. .,toher, W. C . Kaylor, J . W. S c h i l l i n g and 6. G . U l a s e r ~ rnl~sicr a d d r e s s , George G r e e t e r o f Toledo 1 music 1 s e c r e t a r y ' s r e p o r t ; r e p o r t of commit tee; b e n e d i c t i o n . L. A . Kuenzli is i n charge o f music. Everybody i s c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d .

Our f a m i l y has a photograph o f t h e Ind ian Bush League of Eden Township t a k e n i n f r o n t of t h e Zden School Bui ld ing probably i n t h e w i n t e r o f 1919. There were 36 men and boys from a l l p a r t s of t h e community.

There were s e v e r a l Pe rsona l Workers' Leagues over t h e County sponsored by t h e Y . M . C . A . i n Upper. The Leagues were named a f t e r l o c a l h i s t o r i c a l names. The one a t B e l l e Vernon w a s t h e Mother Solomon League.

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The fo l lowing condensed v e r s i o n o f a Salem Homecoming i s t a k e n from t h e June 1 4 , 1917, Nevada News, "The d e l i g h t f u l and moat en joyab le homecoming e v e n t n was i n charge of W . T, i ;uenzl i , p r e s i d e n t , and Miss Nova S t o k e r , s e c r e t a r y . The th ree -day e v e n t opened w i t h Sunday School on t h e Sabbath morning w i t h many o l d and honored workers p r e s e n t . Frominent among them was Rev. G . C . Knobel o f Chicago. He was Salem':; f i r s t j a n i t o r and s e v e r a l y e a r s l a t e r preached h i s f i r s t sermon i n balem. He had been recommended t o Conference by t h e Salem congrega t ion . Sunday bchool was fol lowed by a C h i l d r e n ' s Day program.

On ,donday evening t h e Ohio Conference d u a r t e t t e p r e s e n t e d a f i n e c o n c e r t . The members were Rev. E . D . I a u l i n of Bucyrus, Rev. E . 5 , F l o r a of F o s t o r i a , Rev. E. Id. j p reng now P r e s i d i n g E l d e r of Cleveland and Rev. W . L. Nauman, I r e s i d i n g h l d e r of T i f f i n .

The g r e a t r e u n i o n p i c n i c w a s h e l d Tuesday i n t h e W . T. Kuenzli grove. The response t o t h e 300 i n v i t a t i o n s was s e v e r a l hundred pe rsons . "One o f t h e f e a t u r e s o f t h a t day was t h e d i n n e r which was se rved on l o n g t a b l e s a t the noon hour. I t was s a i d by many t h a t t h e b i g d i n n e r se rved on t h i s occas ion w a s i n i t s e l f a s u f f i c i e n t r e f u t a t i o n of t h e f e a r harbored by some t h a t t h i s c o u n t r y i s t h r e a t e n e d w i t h famine. Those who were s o f o r t u n a t e a s t o be p r e s e n t and p a r t a k e can now n o t be convinced t h a t such a danger menaces o u r c o u n t r y . "

Following t h e d i n n e r "an e x c e l l e n t program w a s r endered from a s t a n d e r e c t e d i n a p l e a s a n t p a r t of t h e grove and n i c e l y dec- o r a t e d w i t h t h e n a t i o n a l c o l o r s , now a welcome f e a t u r e o f t h e d e c o r a t i o n s a t any p u b l i c g a t h e r i n g . " The Conference Q u a r t e t t e s a n g s e v e r a l numbers a f t e r which Rev. Nauman gave two r e a d i n g s i n German. "These e x c i t e d much l a u g h t e r and were g r e a t l y enjoyed." Rev. Knobel gave an a d d r e s s i n which he reviewed h i s t o r y of t h e o l d Salem C l a s s back i n t h e days when meet ings were h e l d on ba rn f l o o r s and i n homes of t h e members. Rev. P a u l i n t h e n spoke abou t t h e e r e c t i o n of t h e b u i l d i n g and f u r t h e r h i s t o r y . Wayne B l a s e r t h e n gave a n a d d r e s s e n t i t l e d "The Fu ture of t h e Church."

Next wafi t h e a t h l e t i c program which inc luded two good base- b a l l games and a v a r i e t y of r a c e s which were a l l en joyab le . "The homecoming was the reby rounded o u t i n t o a complete and har - monious s u c c e s s and w i l l be long remembered as one of t h e most en joyab le a f f a i r s conducted i n t h i s p a r t of t h e coun t ry . "

According t o t h e June 1 4 , 1921, D a i l Ch ie f , a community p i c n i c , under t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e We-he L i t t l e York and t h e Salem Sunday Schools , was he ld i n t h e W . T. Kuenzli woods Tuesday w i t h 400 i n a t t e n d a n c e . The day was s p e n t i n s p o r t s , c o n t e s t s and b a l l games. A t noon a p i c n i c d i n n e r was s e r v e d .

About 100 members of Salem Church enjoyed a Halloween s o c i a l a t t h e C i l l i l a n d schoolhouse i n 1921 under t h e a u s p i c e s of t h e Y.P.A. a c c o r d i n g t o The Chie f . A f i r e was b u i l t on t h e s c h o o l ground and a weiner r o a s t was enjoyed w i t h pumpkin p i e , popcorn and c o f f e e .

The November 25, 1921, D a i l y Chie f r e p o r t e d t h a t M r . and Mrs. G a i l (1899-1960) and I r e n e Wilson were g i v e n a r o u s i n g b e l l - i n g a t t h e home of t h e b r i d e ' s p a r e n t s , M r . and Mrs. Frank Swan (now t h e James B a u b l i t z home), by 90 ne ighbors and f r i e n d s . The even ing was s p e n t s o c i a l l y and n i c e r e f r e s h m e n t s were se rved . ( I r e c a l l t h a t t h e gas t a n k s o f s e v e r a l c a r s were d r a i n e d and t h e a i r l e t o u t of many t i r e s . )

The Da i ly Chie f r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e Y . P . A . met a t t h e Church May 30, 1922, w i t h I4rs. B. L. Lee as l e a d e r . The l e s s o n was on "Great Ivlissionaries" w i t h s h o r t t a l k s by E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g , C l a r a Kuenzl i , Ruth F a i l o r , Idyron and Mar jo r ie Kuenzli and Ber tha S c h i l l i n g . Miss E l i z a S tucky and Rev. Lee gave t a l k s on Evangel- i c a l M i s s i o n a r i e s i n China and Japan. F r e s i d i n g E l d e r D r . D. L. Ca ldwel l gave a t a l k a l s o on miss ions . Fol lowing t h i s meeting, he conducted t h e t h i r d Q u a r t e r l y Conference o f t h e church.

I n June, 1923, t h e C h i l d r e n ' s Day e x e r c i s e s were h e l d i n t h e evening. A s p l e n d i d program was rendered and t h e c o l l e c t i o n amounted t o $48.24. The Chief r e p o r t s f u r t h e r t h a t t h e E.L.C.E. of t h e Church would meet t h e f o l l o w i n g Tuesday even ing a t 7145 . No one r e c a l l s what t h a t w a s . Could i t have been t h e E v a n g e l i c a l Laymen, o r Lad ies , C h r i s t i a n E f f o r t ? l

The Dai ly Union t o l d t h a t t h e c h i l d r e n o f t h e pr imary c l a s s e s rendered a G e a u t i f u l c a n t a t a , "The E a r t h i s t h e Lord ' s and t h e F u l l n e s s Thereof" a t t h e Church Sunday evening, J u l y 1 9 , 1925. The f o u r s e a s o n s of t h e y e a r were p o r t r a y e d by t h e c h i l d - r e n i n costume. There was a l a r g e a t t e n d a n c e , and t h e o f f e r i n g r e c e i v e d was f o r miss ions .

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and from t h r e e i t ems i n The Union. A homecoming was h e l d a t Salem from Wednesday, Ju ly 8 ,

through Sunday, Ju ly 12 , 1925, f o l l o w i n g t h e reopen ing a f t e r a n e x t e n s i v e remodel ing program. The b u i l d i n g , b u i l t i n 1.861, was r a i s e d , r e r o o f e d , r epapered and r e p a i n t e d . A basement was exca- v a t e d i n which a h e a t i n g p l a n t w a s i n s t a l l e d . The v e s t i b u l e was e n l a r g e d an? f r o n t s to rm doors added f o r p r o t e c t i o n .

The t o t a l c o s t o f t h e improvement was abou t $2,500.

N. F. Baumgardner of McCutchenville was t h e c o n t r a c t o r . The com- m i t t e e on r e p a i r s were W . T. Kuenzl i , L . A . Kuenzl i , A l b e r t Al thouse , J . W . S c h i l l i n g , J. J. Haas, prank Winter , !'loyd Cross , J. E. Swan, Rev. blyers and t h e t r u s t e e s ( ? ) . Church r e c o r d s show t h a t t h e Sunday School pledged $1,700 toward t h e s e r e p a i r s . L,abor donated by t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n was valued a t $300.

The f i r s t s e r v i c e on Wednesday even ing , w i t h t h e church n e a r l y f i l l e d , was i n charge o f Rev. E . E . V i e t z , o f T r i n i t y Church i n Upper, w i t h a l a r g e d e l e g a t i o n from h i s church . The i r c h o i r , d i r e c t e d by E . Y. Stephan, sang "I W i l l E x t o l Thee." Salem's former F r e s i d i n g E l d e r D. L. Caldwel l d e l i v e r e d t h e s e r - mon, " I s L i f e Worth L iv ing?" based on Jonah 4 1 3 . He p o r t r a y e d : f i r s t , l i f e i s a g r e a t t r u s t from God1 second, God has g r a c i o u s l y and wonder fu l ly endowed l i f e 1 t h i r d , man has proven by h i s s e r - v i c e t o God and humanity t h a t l i f e i s worth l i v i n g ; and f o u r t h , t h e e v e r i n c r e a s i n g p o s s i b i l i t y of l i f e i n t h e world and the world t o come.

The Rev. C . W . Ruhlman of Marion was i n charge o f devo t ions Thursday evening. The s p e c i a l music was by Salem's men's quar - t e t t e . From s e v e r a l op in ions i n c l u d i n g Roy Schoenberger , i t i s b e l i e v e d t h e members were Roy, L . A . Kuenzli , Ter rance Kuenzli and Carson Disher .

The Rev. U. w . Powell of Marion d e l i v e r e d t h e sermon, "An A l l - S u f f i c i e n t S a v i o r , " based on Hebrews 7:L5. He s a i d i n p a r t , "We need n o t look t o any o t h e r source t o f i n d s a l v a t i o n . Jesus is a n a l l - s u f f i c i e n t .Savior: f i r s t , He is a b l e t o save t h e g r e a t e s t t r a n s e r e s s o r s l second, He is a b l e t o r e i n s t a t e t h o s e who once loved H i m bu t have become c a r e l e s s i n t h e i r l o v e toward H i m 1 t h i r d , He i s a b l e t o save from t h e p l e a s u r e s of t h e world1 f o u r t h , He i s a b l e t o keep us saved. He i s our g r e a t i n t e r c e s - s o r , s o t h a t i n our weakness and f a i l u r e s , we can come t o H i m and He w i l l h e l p and d e l i v e r us . "

The F r i d a y evening devo t ions were by Rev. A . G . Tozer o f Carey. The sermon was d e l i v e r e d by Rev. J . Paul Jones o f S t . F a u l ' s E v a n g e l i c a l Church i n F ind lay . The music was f u r n i s h e d by The Soul d i n n e r s League o f P ind lay .

The f o u r t h a u a r t e r l y Conference was h e l d a t t h e parsonage S a t u r d a y evening a t 8 1 1 5 i n charge o f D r . H. V. Summers, t h e P r e s i d i n g E l d e r of o u r Columbus D i s t r i c t .

"Sunday, w i t h b e a u t i f u l n a t u r e h e r s e l f l e n d i n g a p p r o v a l , was a g r e a t day i n t h e h i s t o r y of Salem Church when the church h e l d t h e las t of t h e reopening s e r v i c e s and homecoming." During Sun- day School , w i t h Super in tenden t J. W . S c h i l l i n g and w i t h 250 i n a t t e n d a n c e , t h e men's q u a r t e t t e sang. The a d u l t l e s s o n , The tios- p e l i n Antioch of P i s i d i a , wan t a u g h t i n t h r e e p a r t s : W . T. Kuenzli spoke on "Eager H e a r e r s " ~ Rev. Myers spoke on "Envious Jewsu# and Rev. Summers spoke on "The Clad Hearers ." Rev. Summers' sermon f o r t h e church s e r v i c e was " 0 My Soul , Wait Thou Upon Godw based on Psalm 62. I n t h i s Psalm, King David was s p e a k i n g t o h i s own s o u l . We shou ld do t h e same and when we do1 f i r s t , we w i l l p i t y o u r s e l v e s 1 second, we w i l l s e e how s h o r t we a r e which s h o u l d make us s t r i v e t o do b e t t e r ; t h i r d , i t is o n l y p o e e i b l e t o r e a c h o u r i d e a l s when we w a i t upon God.

S p e c i a l music was by t h e men's q u a r t e t t e and a s o l o , " 1 Know That My Redeemer L ive th , " by Miss C l a r a Kuenzl i . D r . SummerR, a s s i s t e d by Rev. Myers and Rev. B. L. Lee of Benton Ridge, se rved communion t o 125 persons . Then f i v e (unknown) c h i l d r e n and one (unknown) woman were b a p t i z e d .

The d e l i c i o u s p i c n i c d i n n e r was s e r v e d i n t h e new basement t o 350. The 2 100 a f t e r n o o n s e r v i c e was i n charge of Rev. E . D. P a u l i n of T i f f i n . Rev. Lee had charge o f d e v o t i o n s . A t t h e 8115 evening s e r v i c e D r . Summers' sermon was "The Providence of Godw based on Deuteronomy 32111. The o f f e r i n g s f o r t h e day amounted t o $350.

I r e c a l l t h a t a s a ve ry wonderful t ime. I r e c a l l , t o o , how u p s e t W. T . Kuenzli was t h a t he had n o t acknowledged o u r Grandma F a i l o r , t h e n 75, i n some way. He apo log ized many t imes t o h e r , and t o o u r f a t h e r , f o r over look ing h e r a s t h e o n l y c h i l d o f c h a r - t e r members p r e s e n t . I am s u r e Grandma was g l a d he had; t o have g o t t e n up b e f o r e a l a r g e crowd would have embarassed h e r ve ry much .

Much t ime and e f f o r t were s p e n t i n p r e p a r i n g t h e e l a b o r a t e annua l C h i l d r e n ' s Day programs. Neighboring churches each chose a d i f f e r e n t June Sunnay evening f o r i t s program and t h u s a l l cou ld a t t e n d a l l . Each church was f i l l e d u s u a l l y t o overf lowing. The f o l l o w i n g program, w i t h most c h a r a c t e r s i n c r e p e s p a p e r cos- tumes, was g iven a t Salem i n 1928 accord ing t o The Chief1 piano p r e l u d e , Pure A s Snow (Lang) , t h e Bardon twin s i s t e r s ; s c r i p t u r e r e a d i n g , Helen Louise Alspach; p r a y e r , Rev. A . C . Co ld i ron ; read- i n g , E l o i s e Pool1 v i o l i n s o l o , Flowers and Ferns , I r e n e F a i l o r ; synops i s o f t h e pageant , "When S p r i n g Holds C o u r t , " Inez C r i s s i n g e r ; q U e e h C l a r a Kuenzl i ; h e r a t t e n d a n t s , Dorothy Al ice Creger and V i r g i n i a Wilsont f lower g i r l , E l o i s e Pool1 s e a s o n ' s h e r a l d , R o b e r t Noel(from I n d i a n a p o l i s who l i v e d w i t h Prank Swartzs on t h e now Reber farm);South Wind, Harold S c h i l l i n g ; b u t t e r f l i e s , Martha Snyder, Pau l ine Stucky and Martha Jane Creger ; f lower g i r l s , Mildred Snyder, Miriam and L i l l i a n Wilson, Ben Eva Mitchl Bob White, M0rri.s Kuenzl i ; o t h e r b i r d s , C l a i r Guinther , Ivan Mitch and Lloyd Snyder; d a i s i e s , C e c i l and E t h e l Snyder, Annetta Disher , Ruth Louise Schwebel and Kather ine Stucky; bees , Richard Wolfe, Byron Snyder, Robert Stucky and F r a n k l i n Creger ; c r i c k e t , Ralph F a i l o r ~ r o s e s , J e a n Schwebel, V i r g i n i a Kuenzl i , Es ther H a b l i t z e l and Dorothy Snyder; sunf lowers , E r n e s t Disher and Harold S c h i l l i n g .

The s t a g e was s e t t o r e p r e s e n t a woodland scene w i t h a t h r o n e o f f l o w e r s f o r t h e queen. The pageant was d i r e c t e d by Mrs. Ross Winter and Mrs. Gale Wilson. Ruth F a i l o r p res ided a t t h e piano. The o f f e r t o r y was played by V i r g i n i a Kuenzli . The Rev. Thurman Alexander, p a s t o r o f Union Church, pronounced t h e b e n e d i c t i o n .

"A Remarkable Record," from The Chief r e a d , " E i g h t y s i x summers have had no e f f e c t

i n t h e f a l l o f 1928, on t h e weather eye of

Henry C . Cross o f Eden Township. S a t u r d a y morning t h a t aged C i v i l War v e t e r a n s h o t a crow from t h e t o p o f a h i g h t r e e a t t h e home of h i s s o n , Floyd H. Cross , w i t h whom he r e s i d e s . The r i f l e he used w a s one h i s f a t h e r gave him 70 y e a r s ago. I t was made by a T i f f i n gunsmith. IW. Cross c e l e b r a t e d h i s 8 6 t h b i r t h d a y l a s t May 7. He is e n j o y i n g good h e a l t h . " (* 'Popw Cross d i e d i n IWy, 1932. Mrs. W. T. Kuenzli w a s h i s d a u g h t e r . )

The Chie f r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e L a d i e s ' Mission Bib le Class h e l d i ts November, 1928, meet ing i n t h e Ezra H a b l i t z e l home (where Bennie Farrow now l i v e s ) . The p r e s i d e n t , Mrs. W . T. Kuenzl i , was i n cha rge . My mother had t h e d e v o t i o n s . Mrs. John D i s h e r was r e - e l e c t e d c l a s s t e a c h e r ( s h e was t e a c h e r f o r n i n e c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s ) w i t h h l r s . A . J . Core h e r a s s i s t a n t . Mary S c h i l l i n g and Helen B l a s e r s a n g a d u e t . b s t h e r H a b l i t z e l and I each gave a r e a d i n g . Mrs. Ira F a i l o r and d a u g h t e r I r e n e s a n g a d u e t . A p l a y , The P a r s o n ' s Thanksgiving, was g i v e n by Mrs. Floyd Cross , Mrs. J. E. Swan, Mrs. Core and E s t h e r H a b l i t z e l .

According t o The C h i e f , t h a t same c l a s s he ld t h e i r October , 1931, mee t ing a t o u r home. Mrs. Ezra H a b l i t z e l , t h e p r e s i d e n t , was i n c h a r g e and conducted t h e devo t ions . P a u l i n e Stucky gave a r e a d i n g . Mrs. Floyd Cross r e a d a poem. The Wilson E n t e r t a i n e r s f u r n i s h e d f i n e music. A l unch i n keeping w i t h t h e Halloween s e a - s o n w a s s e r v e d . There w a s a good a t t e n d a n c e . ( T h a t f i n e music was f u r n i s h e d by b r o t h e r Ralph and Gale Wilson 's h i r e d hand on two g u i t a r s . A f t e r t h e c l a s s members l e f t , t h e boys played on u n t i l 2100 when Dad went t o bed. The boys p layed on u n t i l 4 1 0 0 when Dad "blew h i s top"! )

The C h i e f , J u l y , 1932 r Mrs. J. E . Swan r e c e i v e d word S a t u r - day morning from Rev. M . M. Rader, supp ly p a s t o r o f Salem and B e l l e Vernon, t h a t Mrs. Rader had d i e d F r i d a y . The Raders came t o t h e parsonage i n February a t which t ime Mrs. Hader, 73 y e a r s o f age. w a s i n ill h e a l t h . Her c o n d i t i o n g r a d u a l l y became worse and s h e w a s removed t o t h e i r home i n L a n c a s t e r l a s t Monday.

The November 27, 1932, Chief 1 About 30 young peop le o f Salem a t t e n d e d a s e r v i c e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n a t t h e County Home. b r n e s t S c h i l l i n g o f f e r e d t h e opening p r a y e r . The c h o i r s a n g and t h e Sunday School o r c h e s t r a p layed . Anna Mary Reber gave a r e a d i n g . Helen B l a s e r and Ruth Louise Schwebel s a n g a d u e t . Claude Corfman and Ralph F a i l o r p layed a g u i t a r d u e t . Dorothy F a i l o r r e a d t h e s c r i p t u r e . A s t o r y o f t h e f i r s t P i l g r i m s w a s r e a d by Mildred L a r i c k . Rev. and M r s . H. M. Maurer gave t a l k s . Rev. lklaurer o f f e r e d t h e c l o s i n g p r a y e r .

The C h i e f , October , 19361 **A Dramatic T r i a l w was g i v e n a t

Salem and s t a r r e d Rev. and Mrs. Maurer, Harry G i l l i l a n d , Henry and Homer S c h i l l i n g , Clyde Parks, Vi rg in ia Nilson, Lloyd cwinner, Roy Schwebel and "Sam Picke l . "

Ral ly Day was observed October 18 i n 1959 according t o The Chief , wi th Superintendent Karl D i l l e , J r . , i n charge. The l e s - a 0 p i c was '*Sharing t h e Living Chrfs t . The program cons i s t ed of a s k i t presented by Mary Alice Guinther, Gene Conrad, Lewis Reber, Karl Di l ley . Jr . , and Edwin McClain. Two numbers were sune by a male q u a r t e t t e composed of Donald and David S c h i l l i n g , Lewis Reber and Gene Conrad. During the church s e r v i c e , t h e c h o i r sang "0 Magnify t h e Lord" accompanied by the o rgan i s t , Mrs. Sarah McCall is ter . The Rev. John Hoover's message was e n t i t l e d "The Community Of True Believers ." The congregat ion then enjoyed a pot luck d inner i n t h e basement.

I n t h e a f te rnoon many, inc luding Aunt Nel l ie Roby of syca- more and I , a t tended the golden wedding anniversary open house a t t he home of M r . and Mrs. L. A . Kuenzli.

This c o m ~ o s i t e of t he 1961 Centennial was taken from items i n The ~ a i l ~ ' ~ h i e f , t he program, s eve ra l church records and church bu rne t in s .

Plans f o r t he Centennial s t a r t e d on Ju ly 7 , 1960, when the Board decided t o p a i n t the church and have p r in t ed h i s t o r i c a l booklets . A planning committee, composed of Superintendent Karl Dil ley, Jr. , Mrs. Harry G i l l i l a n d and Donald S c h i l l i n g , was appointed a t t he September 16 Board Meeting.

The b u l l e t i n f o r September 3 , 1961, had t h i s announcement, By t h i s time you have probably not iced t h a t the ou t s ide of t he church has rece ived , almost , a new coat of pa in t t he p a s t week. This week t h e men t h a t have worked on it would l i k e some more volunteers t o help with t he second coa t .

A l l worked hard t o g e t everything done. After a l l t he pa in t ing was f i n i shed , the s h u t t e r s were put back on. The book- l e t s were p r in t ed . P r a c t i c a l l y a l l worked i n some way on the program. Then it was time f o r t he Centennial wi th s p e c i a l s e r - v i ce s from Wednesday, October 4, through Sunday, October 8, 1961.

The Monday, October 2 , e d i t i o n of The Uaily Chief contained . the announcement of the Centennial with a p i c t u r e of t he Church. The item contained t h i s sentence, "Salem E.U.B. Church s t r u c t u r e i s unique i n t h a t it is one of t he few bui ld ings i n t h i s a rea which s t i l l inc ludes t he o r i g i n a l bu i ld ing which has been i n cons tan t use f o r 100 years ."

The f i r s t s e r v i c e , on dednesday evening, was a r egu la r church s e r v i c e wi th 35 i n at tendance. Rev. Spyker's sermon was "Pas t , Present and Fu tu re . ' The c h o i r sang under the d i r e c t i o n of Donald S c h i l l i n g .

On Thursday evening, wi th 65 i n at tendance, t h e s p e c i a l music was by a q u a r t e t t e of Donald and David S c h i l l i n g , Gene Conrad and Lewis Reber. I n keeping wi th t he evening's theme, The Work of t he Missions, Mrs. Gertrude (Mit termaier) Carlsen of

Upper gave a message e n t i t l e d "The S t o r y o f Juan B a u t i s t a . " Her husband, t h e l a t e Rev. John C a r l e e n , t a l k e d on "The March Toward Paganism."

F r i d a y even ing f e a t u r e d a pagean t , "A Century For C h r i s t , " w r i t t e n by Mr. and Mrs. Donald S c h i l l i n g , d i r e c t e d by Mrs. S c h i l l i n g and n a r r a t e d by Eddie McClain. The s p e c i a l music, a Vocal d u e t by Marie G i l l i l a n d and Rober t S c h i l l i n g , was heard by t h e 1 3 5 p r e s e n t . The message, by t h e Rev. E . Ted Monder. was e n t i t l e d "The E c c l e s i a - What Is I t ? , " based on Acts 214.

Prom a program, more d e t a i l s o f t h e pageant were found. Rober t S tucky w a s i n charge o f scene s e t t i n g s . L i g h t i n g was i n c h a r g e of H e r b e r t Winter. Harry C i l l i l a n d w a s t h e C i r c u i t R ider i n Scene One. E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g , Ber tha G i l l i l a n d , I r e n e Wilson, Karl D i l l e y and Lewis Reber r e p r e s e n t e d "Kuenz l i ' s Class." I n a n o t h e r s c e n e Harry G i l l i l a n d and Herber t H i n t e r p o r t r a y e d t h e c h a r t e r i n g o f t h e church . Robert S c h i l l i n g was a young m i n i s t e r . Mrs. David S c h i l l i n g was a Japanese l a d y . Lar ry and J a n e t ( H i t e ) Snodgrass , who had been marr ied i n t h e church June 11, 1961, were a b r i d a l coup le . The s c e n e of t h e Woman's Miss ionary S o c i e t y was a c t e d by Anna D i l l e y , Armida Spyker , Margaret Reber and AM Conrad. I n Scene Nine t h e b a s e b a l l p l a y e r s were ,>teve and Lar ry Reber, John and Ted M c C a l l i s t e r , Bernard and Ronnie Spyker . One s c e n e reminded t h e aud ience o f t h e f i r e i n t h e church roof d u r i n g World Nar 11. D e t a i l s o f t h a t f i r e a r e found under "Odds and Ends. "

Sunday, October 8, was t h e b i g day w i t h t h r e e s e ~ f i i o n s . Sunday School opened w i t h b t m . I r e n e Wilson l e a d i n g t h e hymn, "Sav ior Like a Shepherd Lead U s , " a s s i s t e d by Miss Sandra Reber a t t h e p iano . S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Karl D i l l e y , J r . , had charge of devo t ione . The l a t e G i l b e r t Kuenzli of Canton t a u g h t t h e Sunday School l e s s o n t o a l l a d u l t s i n t h e s a n c t u a r y . The a t t e n d a n c e was 161.

Mrs. S a r a h M c C a l l i s t e r a t t h e o rgan and bddie McClain a t t h e p iano opened t h e church s e r v i c e w i t h t h e p r e l u d e , "March from t h e F i f t h Symphony" (Bee thoven) . For t h e i r o t h e r number ( I assume t h e o f f e r a t o r y ) t h e y chose "Nature ' s Anthem o f P r a i s e V ( S u l l i v a n ) . The l a t e Rev. E . C . Nie tz o f Columbus spoke on "The Church, a C h r i s t i a n Fel lowship" d u r i n g t h e worship s e r v i c e a t t e n d e d by 215. The c h o i r s a n g " A Song of Peacew ( S i b e l i u s ) under t h e d i r e c t i o n o f Donald S c h i l l i n g .

John M c C a l l i s t e r s e r v e d as a c o l y t e . The o f f e r i n g s t ewards were Fred Mooney, Robert Stucky, Hi l l i am Byrd and d a r r e n S c o t t . The o f f e r i n e amounted t o $70.55, Altar f l o w e r s were f u r n i s h e d by t h e f a m i l y of I r v i n Guin ther , 1802-1957.

A t noon a b a s k e t d i n n e r was enjoyed. Due t o such a l o v e l y f a l l day, many en 'oyed e a t i n g o u t i n t h e e a s t ya rd w h i l e r e m i n i s c i n g w i t h l o k n e r church f r i e n d s .

During t h e Fe l lowsh ip S e r v i c e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n , Mrs. E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g p r e s i d e d a t t h e organ. Lynn ,Vender sang "The L iv ing C h r i s t w accompanied by Mrs. (Ruth E l l e n S c h i l l i n g ) Wonder. The l a t e Rev. lnalcom George, p a s t o r o f T r i n i t y E .U.B . Church i n Upper Sandusky, d e l i v e r e d t h e sermon. He was g r a c i o u s l y f i l l i n g i n f o r D i s t r i c t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Rev. John C . S e a r l e , S r . , o f F ind lay ,

whose w i f e was b u r i e d t h e n e x t day.

I n August, 1970, The Dai ly Chief p r i n t e d abou t a t r i p of David and Treva S c h i l l i n g . They f l ew t o t h e O r i e n t w i t h t h e Ohio S t a t e A g r i c u l t u r a l 21-day People- to-People T r i p . They v i s i t e d Japan, T a i p i e , Manila, Hong Kong and Bangkok.

I n August, 1971, The Chief r e p o r t e d honors bestowed on a n o t h e r Salem d a i r y farm fami ly . G i l b e r t and Joyce Murphy w i t h t h e i r J e r r y , Connie, Helen and Bonnie, were chosen as t h e Wyandot County Blue Ribbon Farm Family by t h e County Ex tens ion O f f i c e . This annual honor , i n each county o f t h e S t a t e , i s g i v e n t o t h e fami ly t h a t is a c t i v e i n t h e most county a c t i v i t i e s . An accom- panying p i c t u r e showed each one w i t h a cow from t h e i r 50-plus mi lk ing H o l s t e i n d a i r y he rd .

The Chie f r e p o r t e d t h a t David S c h i l l i n g was awarded t h e Goodyear Farmer o f t h e Year award November 4 , 1973, a t t h e 25 th a n n i v e r s a r y banquet o f t h e Wyandot County Water and S o i l Conserva t ion D i s t r i c t .

The Murphy f a m i l y w a s honored, a c c o r d i n g t o The C h i e f , and p r e s e n t e d a n award f o r 51 y e a r s i n 4-H membership ana l e a d e r s h i p on November 1 7 , 1973, a t t h e County 4-H Achievement Night i n Upper.

I n October , 1974, J e r r y was awarded t h e Nat ional Farmer Award a t Kansas C i t y , Missour i , d u r i n g t h e F . F . A . Na t iona l Convention.

The Chief p r i n t e d a n o t h e r a r t i c l e abou t Salem'e d a i r y fa rmers . On January 24, 1974, a t t h e Jyandot County Dairy Ser - v i c e A s s o c i a t i o n Banquet i n Upper, David S c h i l l i n g was p r e ~ e n t e d t h e Ohio Dairyman's Award f o r t o p d a i r y herd on Dairy Herd Improvement A s s o c i a t i o n t e s t s .

ODDS AND ENDS

The Rev. Leedy r e c o r d s s e v e r a l i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s . An e a r l y Q u a r t e r l y Conference of t h e Carey C i r c u i t was he ld

i n t h e o f John and Mary donder f o u r mi les n o r t h o f Carey. "One b r o t h e r C h r i s t i a n Kuenzli drove a n ox team a l l t h e way from f o u r m i l e s e a s t of Upper Sandusky.*'

A M r . Henry Myers of n e a r West Independence t o l d t h a t h i s f a t h e r took t h e fami ly t o weekly p r a y e r meet ings i n a "mud b o a t m drawn by a yoke of oxen. Holding a h ickory t o r c h b e f o r e him t o l i g h t t h e way, t h e f a t h e r l e d t h e oxen through t h e w i l d e r n e s s .

Ra i l road companies g ran ted h a l f - f a r e r a t e s t o m i n i s t e r s a t t e n d i n g confe rences from 1862 t o 1877.

I n 1864, one Ohio Conference m i n i s t e r purchased a " p f e r d and bugge" which s t a r t e d t h e "horse and buggy days. -

The Rev. J. 4. Zachmar~, w h i l e p a s t o r a t Perryoburg from 1908 t o 1912, was t h e f i r s t m i n i s t e r i n t h e Ohio Conference t o own and o p e r a t e a n automobile .

Our own h i s t o r i a n , t h e ].ate h i g h l y esteemed liliss Z l i z a S t u c k y , f u r n i s h e d some i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s which a r e found i n t h e 1961 Centenn ia l bookle t .

The Rev. Zachman, 1896-1900, was t h e f i r s t youpg preacher Salem had had. He was a n e x c e l l e n t s i n g e r and c r e d i t e d w i t h marrying t h e most c o u p l e s .

The Rev. Daniel Wonder, 1889-1891, drove a n o l d g r a y mare t o h i s buggy. Once, r e t u r n i n g from Upper ( I found no th ing t o i n d i - c a t e where t h e parsonage was t h e n ) he washed h i s buggy i n t h e Sandusky River . Unfor tuna te ly he g o t i n t o a deep ho le and had t o c a l l f o r he lp . That was t h e f i r s t and l a s t t ime he washed h i s buggy i n t h e River .

The Rev. Reinhold, 1092-1895, was remembered f o r h i s loud b a s s vo ice .

The Rev. J.J. Bernhardt from Toledo, he re t h e one y e a r 1895, planned t h e f i r s t "Watchnight" s e r v i c e i n Salem. The Rev. G. B l a s e r was Sunday School Super in tenden t a t t h a t t ime.

Our f a m i l y has a Hymn Book of t h e Evange l ica l A s s o c i a t i o n p r i n t e d i n Cleveland i n 1082. I t is autographed "William E'ailor 1088." T h i s 5 4 9 - ~ a ~ e book, w i t h index. is 34 by 5 i n c h e s and - - - c o n t a i n s 875 hymns, The book, w i t h no music, inc lbded 1 6 doxolo- g i e s . According t o p e n c i l e d n o t a t i o n s through0u.t t h e book, it can be assumed it was used i n Salem Church.

One w i n t e r t h e Rev. G . Blaser was conduct ing p r o t r a c t e d meet ings a t P l e a s a n t Home Evange l ica l Church, now a remodeled home two m i l e s e a s t of Lemert. Th is was t h e home church of most o f t h e S c h i e f e r s , c o u s i n s of t h e P a i l o r s . During t h o s e meetings

some Salem f a m i l y wanted Rev. B l a s e r f o r a f u n e r a l . The F a i l o r s , only ones t h a t knew t h e l o c a t i o n , were asked t o n o t i f y Rev. B l a s e r . My f a t h e r , a young l a d , was t h e one s e l e c t e d t o d r i v e -way up t h e r e i n v e r y c o l d weather ." When he a r r i v e d i n t h e middle o f t h e a f t e r n o o n ' s sermon, Rev. B l a s e r s topped h i s p reach ing and went back t o t h e door , s e n s i n g something had hap- pened a t Salem. A s soon a s he knew, he went back t o t h e p u l p i t and con t inued preach ing . Dad l e f t a s soon a s he had warmed himself w i t h t h e c u r i o u s congrega t ion n o t knowing why he came.

I n 1892, t h e C h a r l i e Cahnon f a ~ i l , who l i v e d i n what l a t e r became t h e Salem parsonage, l e f t by r a r l r o a d from t h e Nevada s t a - t i o n f o r C a l i f o r n i a . The B a r t l e y Smith f a m i l y , who l i v e d where t h e Fox home is now, went a l o n g w i t h t h e Cannons. Since both f a m i l i e s belonged t o Salem, t h e r e was a l a r g e crowd t o s e e them o f f . I n a l l t h e exc i tement , t h e baby of t h e s e v e r a l Camon c h i l d r e n was l e f t on a s t a t i o n bench. The t r a i n w a s f i n a l l y s topped n e a r Upper from where it backed t o Nevada f o r t h e f o r g o t t e n c h i l d .

J u s t b e f o r e Salem's C e n t e n n i a l , Mrs. ( F r e d ) Kather ine (S tucky) G r i m m l e a r n e d of t h e autobiography, The S w i f t Seasons, by Mrs. Grace Cannon Pogua of woodlake. C a l i f o r n i a . Grace t o I d o f h e r ch i ldhood days i n Eden Township and mentioned t h e Salem names of Kuenzl i , Swartz , Stucky and B l a s e r . A f t e r s h e became a r e t i r e d t e a c h e r , and a l though a n i n v a l i d , s h e w r o t e a weekly column f o r h e r l o c a l paper , wrote s e v e r a l books and over 200 c h i l d r e n ' s s t o r i e s . Kather ine and 1 c a r r i e d on a v e r y i n t e r e s t - i n g correspondence w i t h her u n t i l h e r d e a t h March 27, 1971. Many g r e e t i n g s were exchanged between Grace ' s b r o t h e r W i l l and my f a t h e r , fo rmer ly very good Salem f r i e n d s .

Mrs. C a r l ( I r e n e P a i l o r ) Ger t senberger has a s o u v e n i r o f t h e Rev. E. D. P a u l i n l i s t i n g t h e 85 names of p e r s o n s ' f u n e r a l s he conducted while a t Salem from 1902 t o 1906. In format ion con- t a i n e d t h e d a t e s o f b i r t h and d e a t h of each. There were 7 5 o r more t h a t were conver ted dur ing t h e same per iod . On the o u t s i d e o f t h e f o l d e r is a p i c t u r e of Rev. and blrlrs. P a u l i n and t h e i r daughte r Ruth.

A l l e f f o r t s of r e s e a r c h have met w i t h f a i l u r e f o r p r i n t e d d a t a about t h e hanging of t h e Church b e l l . S e v e r a l persons remember t h e e v e n t b u t d i f f e r on t h e year . Some a g r e e t h a t it was d u r i n g t h e p a s t o r a t e o f Rev. P a u l i n which was 1902-1906.

Mrs. ( E z r a ) Nora PBi lo r remembers i t happened a f t e r she and Ezra were marr ied September 2 , 1903.

Ross w i n t e r r e c a l l s t h a t it happened d u r i n g a remodeling program and t h a t Rev. P a u l i n was i n t h e v o l u n t e e r crew. Ross remembers t h a t i t was always n o t i c e d t h a t Rev. P a u l i n , a b i g , s t r o n g man and n o t a f r a i d t o work, would c a r r y one more o f t h e two-by-fours, e t c . , t h a n t h e o t h e r men.

S e v e r a l a g r e e t h a t d u r i n g t h i s r e m o d e l i n g p r o g r a m new pews w e r e i n s t a l l e d , t h e f l o o r e l e v a t e d , a v e s t i b u l e a d d e d a n d t h e b e l l hung .

I am w o n d e r i n g i f t h i s was t h e t i m e a c e n t e r a i s ' r w a s c r e a t e d by r e m o v i n g t h e b o a r d d i v i d e r t h a t r a n t h r o u ~ h t h e c e n t e r f rom f r o n t t o b a c k . IVal te r o t o k e r a n d n a r l K i r s c h n e r b o t h rernem- b e r t h a t d i v i d e r w h i c h s e p a r a t e d t h e women o n t h e e a s t s i d e o f t h e c h u r c h f r o m t h e men on t h e w e s t s i d e . ? h e y a l l , however , e n t e r e d t h e c h u r c h by t h e same d o o r !

O t t o K i r s c h n e r r e c a l l e d t h e method u s e d t o s t a r t t h e b e l l f u n d . The C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m c o m m i t t e e , p r i o r t o t h e p u r c h a s e , d e c i d e d t h a t t h e d e c o r a t i o n s s h o u l d i n c l u d e a r e p l i c a o f a b e l l i n i t s t o w e r . Then t h e e v e n i n g b e f o r e t h e proF,ram h i s f a t h e r , . ~ u p e r i n t e n d e n t C h a r l e s K i r s c h n e r , h a d a f u r t h e r i d e a . prom r e d p a p e r , h e c u t l e t t e r s w h i c h , when p r o p e r l y s t u c k on t h e t o w e r , r e a d "Buy A " o v e r t h e b e l l . 30 t h e "Buy A" b e l l s t a r t e d t h e f u n d t o w h i c h q u i t e a sum was s u b s c r i b e d t h e e v e n i n e o f t h e p r o p r a m .

W a l t e r ~ t o k e r r e c a l l s t h a t p u b l i c i t y b e l l had a p o t a t o f o r a c l a p p e r . He f u r t h e r r e c a l l s t h a t t h e c h u r c h d e c i d e d t o buy a b i g " f i v e - m i l e b e l l " w h i c h meant i t c o u l d be h e a r d Sr i- f i v e m i l e s .

E a r l K i r s c h r ~ e r s a i d , " " h a t g r e a t p o n d e r o u s b e l l w a s o r d e r e d f r o m t h e Llymer l e l l i'ompany o f Y i n c i n n a t i . I t was t h o u g h t t h a t t h e s o u n d o f s u c h a huae b e l l c o u l d be h e a r d much f a r t h e r t h a n f i v e m i l e s . Uut t h i s d i d n o t p r o v e t r u e . The d i s t a n c e h e a r d d e p e n d s m o s t l y on t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e m e t a l c a s t i n t o t h e b e l l . "

My i n q u i r y a t L i n c i n n a t i r e v e a l e d t h a t b e l l company i s no l o n g e r i n e x i s t e n c e .

F o r r e s t D i s h e r remembers t h a t t h e b e l l w a s q u i t e e x p e n s i v e . He i s s u r e t h a t h i s p a r e n t s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e c o s t as a l l i n t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d d i d . He r e c a l l s " t h e r a i s i n g o f t h a t b e l l t o i t s p o s i t i o n i n t o t h e b e l f r e y w a s n o s m a l l j o b . " Heavy r o p e s a n d p u l l e y s w e r e u s e d .

Yoward K u e n z l i a g r e e s i t w a s a b i ~ j o b . He s a i d " b l o c k a n d t a c k l e " w e r e u s e d w i t h h o r s e s f o r t h e power .

P a u l K u e n z l i r e c a l l s t h a t i t was a b i g d a y f o r a l l i n t h e n e i e h b o r h o o d . A v e r y l a r g e crowd g a t h e r e d t o w a t c h .

bly f a t h e r t o l d many t i m e s a b o u t t h e l a r g e c r o w d . Many b r o u g h t t h e i r p i c n i c d i n n e r s a n d s p e n t t h e d a y a t t h e c h u r c h .

The K i r s c h n e r b o y s w e r e t h e s e x t o n s t h e n and s o r a n g t h e b e l l . Carl h a s s a i d , " A t f irst when o u r ( r o p e ) p u l l i n g was n o t t i m e d r i g h t , t h e b e l l would p u l l u s up t o t h e c e i l i n g when we c l u n g t o t h e r o p e .

T h e r e w e r e i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s t o l d me a b o u t t h e e a r l y r i n g - i n g of t h e b e l l . One was t h a t a g i r l g o t h e r f o o t t a n g l e d i n t h e r o p e as s h e w a t c h e d someone r i n g t h e b e l l ; s h e was drawn t o t h e c e i l i n g . A n o t h e r s t o r y is t h a t t h e l a r g e s t woman a r o u n d Sa lem had t h e same e x p e r i e n c e as t h e g i r l !

The S a l e m c h o i r f u r n i s h e d f i v e numbers a t t h e C r a n e Township B o m e l l Program o n T h u r s d a y a t "7 o ' c l o c k s t a n d a r d , " June 1 6 , 19O1&, i n t h e Rock Run Church . F l o r e n c e K u e n z l i , S a l e m ' s o n l y member named, g a v e a r e c i t a t i o n , "The L e p e r , # #

The Rev. P a u l i n o f Salem had been t h e s p e c i a l s p e a k e r f o r t h e Eden Township Hoxwell Commencement t h a t same s p r i n g a c c o r d i n g t o r e c o r d s i n t h e t d e n Township House. The Rev. P a u l i n was n o t pa id h i s t h r e e d o l l a r s f o r h i s l e c t u r e u n t i l August 1 5 , 1904.

That Hoxwell examinat ion f o r t h e County w a s h e l d each sprinp, i n Upper Sandusky f o r any and a l l e i g h t h g r a d e r s , from t h e one- room s c h o o l s i n each townshin. t h a t d e s i r e d t o t a k e i t . Those

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t h a t passed were e n t i t l e d by S t a t e law t o t e a c h schoo l o r go t o t h e a c c r e d i t e d h i g h s c h o o l of t h e i r s t a t e . Those t h a t passed were honored by t h e township w i t h a commencement program.

?he one-room s c h o o l s i n hden Township were North bden, Eden C e n t e r , G i l l i l a n d , C a r r , Cemetery, L i t t l e York. The s i t e o f each c a n be l o c a t e d on a p

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l a q u e , donated by t h e Eden C e n t e r School A s s o c i a t i o n , hangink i n t h e n o r t h e n t r a n c e of t,he p r e s e n t Eden School Bui ld ing .

A l b e r t S taub , who joined Salem Church i n 1906, w a s t h e cheese maker f o r t h e Fred B i e r r i ' s cheese f a c t o r y on t h e p r e s e n t Golf Course . Fred took o v e r when Samuel Kuenzlj. q u i t making cheese . The B i e r r i home, l i k e t h e Kuenzli home b e f o r e i t , was a s t o p p i n g p l a c e f o r new a r r i v a l s from t h e "o ld c o u n t r y . " A l b e r t was one t h a t s topped and s t a y e d u n t i l B i e r r i s c l o s e d t h e i r f a c - t o r y . A l b e r t then became t h e cheese maker f o r t h e Cerber cheese f a c t o r y on now qou te 182.

Salem's parsonage, when s e p a r a t e d from T r i n i t y Church i n 1914, became t h e r e n t e d house j u s t e a s t o f t h e Hi lde rbrand farm on Route 30 n e a r Upper. The Rev. Anderson l i v e d t h e r e and drove by h o r s e and buggy t o Salem, B e l l e Vernon and Mexico.

He was a v e r y t a l l , t h i n man w i t h ve ry l a r g e f e e t . He had t h e h a b i t of s t a n d i n g on t h e edce of t h e ros t rum w h i l e p r e a c h i n r w i t h t h e t o e s o f h i s s h o e s e x t e n d i n e over i n t o mid-ai r . 14 y f a t h e r joked t h e n , and many t imes l a t e r , abou t t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of t o o much shoe o v e r t h e edge c a u s i n g t h e p r e a c h e r t o l o s e h i s ba lance .

I remember my mother t e l l i n g abou t one day he c a l l e d a t our home npar s u p p e r t ime. Mother i n v i t e d him t o supper a l though she had no th ing s p e c i a l p r e p a r e d . A t t h e t a b l e s h e a p o l o e i z e d f o r f r i e d egp,s! He, e n j o y i n g t h e eggs , t o l d h e r t h a t eggs were one o f h i s f a v o r i t e foods b u t seldom had any. He assumed it was because f a m i l i e s thought eggs were too common f o r t h e p r e a c h e r . ue remained one of Mother ' s f a v o r i t e p reachers !

The e a r l y members F r e d e r i c k and P r e d e r l c k a and daughte r Q i c k a l i v e d where C r e s t o n Kuenzli now l i v e s . L a t e r they moved t o Cleveland where Q i c k a marr ied Mart in Knopp, a very f a t and j o l l y man. When I was a small g i r l Ricka and Mart in v i s i t e d us each f a l l . Mart in l i k e d t o g a t h e r puf f b a l l s and u ~ u a l l y took some home t o Cleve land . I was usual. ly a l lowed t o t a g a l o n g on h i s

h i k e s which was a g r e a t adven ture and t r e a t t o me. I s t i l l have p l e a s a n t impress ions of those t imes .

14rs. I r e n e d i l s o n has a snapsho t t a k e n a t t h e parsonace when t h e Rev. 0. D. \ /onders were a t Lalem. Those i d e n t i f i e d , b e s i d e s 9ev. and 14rs. \ionder and two women w i t h a l i t t l e 1 , a r p irks. James swan, my Grandma Sophia P a i l o r , 1.r::. i l a rga re t Class, h l r s . ( J o h n ) Ilal-y r l o r , r s . (Henry) ~ ~ l i z a b e t h Kuenzl i , P r s . ( l i l ichael) l'er~a . ~ c h o e n b e r g e r , ~ilrs. ( I arti in 1 viary ~ f i n t e r , t h e second h r s . I , . Lilaser, h i s s C a r r i e b a i l o r , Its. ( .jarnuel) Sophia Al thouse, I lrs. (.rank Winter and daughte r Bessie . Th i s ".>enior C i t i z e n v e e t t o g e t h e r must have been i n 1915 because Aunt Nary r a i l o r d i e d i n 1916.

I n an o l d scrapbook T round t h i s 1920 i n v i t a t i o n : "You know t h a t the Four th i s t o be c e l e b r a t e d Monday d o n ' t you? Come t,o I r a G . F o o l ' s i n t h ~ evenin{: and h e l p c e l e b r a t e . /s/ Lunice Lee." She was t h e m i n i s t e r ' s d a u e h l e r s o I assume t h i s was a Y . P . A . p a r t y .

'pwo c o p i e s of an L a s t e r c a n t a t a , "The Lord of asterti tide," were found i n t h e Church basement. The c a n t a t a was r r ~ s e n t e d a t ~ i l e r n 3unday evening, A p r i l 9 , 19.22, and a t Union two weeks l a t e r . 5010 p a r t s were t a k e n by Mrs. J . 2. awan, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hlase r , Mrs. (;ale Wilson, lilrs. Terrance P u e n z l i , Carson Disher and d i r e c t o r L. A . Kuenzli from Salem. a010 r a r t s were t aken by i r l i s s Alma Morris and I d r s . Leorge Lar ick from Union. Other s i n g e r s were Mrs. Myron Schoenber(:er, Nrs. a l s i e Neate, Miss Vera Al thouse, I . 1 ,eefee Jones , I~lrs. L . A . A l t h o u ~ t ? , Ter rance h u e n z l i , h r s . Lucy Haas, J . i d . S c h i l l i n g and Oscar S c h i n d l e r . Mrs. L. A . Kuenzli was t h e accompanis t .

Mrs. J . E . Swan's copy o f a n o t h e r c a n t a t a , "The Chris tmas King," was found t o o . 'The o n l y n o t a t i o n i n i t was t h a t L . A . Kuenzli was t h e d i r e c t o r and t h a t i t was g iven Sunday evening, December 23, 1927.

An o l d p u l p i t B ib le , found i n a cupboard i n t h e Church base- ment, was a u t o p p p h e d by t h e m i n i s t e r s beginning w i t h Rev. Nyers and end ing w i t h Rev. Williamson w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of Rev. Hanke. You c a n s p e c u l a t e whether t h i s is t h e Uible bought i n 1913 o r a new one bought i n 1924.

I n t h a t o l d scrapbook of mine, I had noted t h a t Sunday, August 28, 1928, was t h e l a s t sermon a t Salem f o r Rev. Cold i ron . J u s t a s he s a i d "Amen," a l l heard a t i r e blow o u t , and i t was one o f o u r s . L a t e r t h a t day o u r p a r e n t s r e t u r n e d Al ice t o Columbus

t o c o n t i n u e n u r s e s ' t r a i n i n g a t M t . Carmel H o s p i t a l .

That scrapbook c o n t a i n s a c e r t i f i c a t e d a t e d Pebruary 3 1932, and s i g n e d by t h e Rev. b. W . F ' r a c t o r i u s , General S e c r e t a r y of t h e Uoard of R e l i g i o u s Educat ion of t h e E v a n g e l i c a l Church. I t s t a t e d 1 had completed Course #4, on t h e New Testament , of t h e S tandard Leadersh ip T r a i n i n g Curr iculum. I remember t h a t Mother took t h e c o u r s e , t o o .

I n t h e scrapbook I found my Eden Alumni Banquet program of A p r i l 2 2 , 1933. The Salem L a d i e s ' Mission Bib le and daughter^ of Dorcas c l a s s e s s e r v e d t h i s menur baked ch icken , mashed p o t a t o e s and g ravy , pea p a t t i e s , h o t b u t t e r e d r o l l s , j e l l y , v e g e t a b l e s a l a d , p i c k l e s , i c e cream, cake, c o f f e e and min t s . The Alumni r e c o r d s show t h a t t h e Salem l a d i e s had t h e lowes t b i d of 3 5 c e n t s . The Alumni c h a r g e 60 c e n t s p e r p l a t e .

Many remember t h e church roof f i r e . The Monday, January 10 , 1944, e d i t i o n of The Dai ly Chief gave t h i s a c c o u n t ! While members of Salem E v a n g e l i c a l Sunday School were h o l d i n g e l e c t i o n of o f f i - c e r s a f t e r t h e Sunday School s e s s i o n Sunday morning, t h e y were n o t i f i e d t h a t t h e church r o o f was on f i r e by t h r e e s a i l o r s who were t r a v e l i n g wes t on t h e i r way t o Chicago. The f i r e was e x t i n - gu i shed by t h e men of t h e church , s p l e n d i d l y a n s i s t e d by t h e s a i l o r s , i n a bucket b r i g a d e w i t h w a t e r from the pump on t h e church p r o p e r t y . The b l a z e , which is b e l i e v e d t o have caught from a s p a r k from t h e chimney, burned q u i t e a good-sized h o l e i n t h e s h i n g l e r o o f . The damage i s expected t o be a few hundred d o l l a r s .

Donald S c h i l l i n g remembers more d e t a i l s . Here i s h i s ve r - s i o n : One o f t h e e v e n t s concern ing Aalem, t h a t cou ld have had some s e r i o u s r e s u l t s , happened on a .Sunday morning e a r l y i n 1944. The church w a s hea ted by a c o a l fu rnace i n t h e basement w i t h t h e chimney go ing up t h e o u t s i d e w a l l behind t h e p u l p i t . The chimney had been t h e r e p robab ly a s l o n g as t h e f u r n a c e ( n o doubt both were from t h e 1925 remode1ing)and p o s s i b l y w a s i n need of some r e p a i r . I n s i d e , t h e church had a high c e i l i n g w i t h a n a t t i c above which had a t r a p door from t h e v e s t i b u l e . A walk-way of boards was l a i d a c r o s s t h e c e i l i n g j o i s t s t o g e t from one end of t h e a t t i c t o t h e o t h e r . There were no l i g h t s i n t h e a t t i c .

T h e wea ther was c o l d and t h e j a n i t o r had s toked t h e fu rnace w e l l . The Sunday School w a s i n s e s s i o n w i t h t h e men's c l a s s i n t h e back on t h e west s i d e . The Lad ies ' Mission Bib le C l a s s was i n t h e back on t h e e a s t s i d e . Toward t h e f r o n t , t h e Daughters of Dorcas were on t h e e a s t w h i l e t h e Youth,my c l a s s , was on t h e west s i d e .

My f i r s t i d e a t h a t something was wrong came when t h e r e wae a commotion a t t h e back and some o f t h e men went o u t s i d e . I thought t h e r e must have been a n a u t o a c c i d e n t . A t t h e i n s t a n t , however, a p a i r o f l e g s broke th roueh t h e c e i l i n g above t h e Daughters of Dorcas. Then a n o t h e r l e e came through n e a r t h e w a l l back of t h e

p u l p i t . Sunday School ended v e r y a b r u p t l y a t t h a t p o i n t a s every- one rushed f o r t h e e x i t . A s I was r u s h i n g o u t I thou[,ht t h e r e must have been an a i r p l a n e c r a s h and some had jumped o r f a l l e n from t h e p lane on to t h e r o o f .

b u t i t was found t h a t t h e church roof was on f i r e n e a r t h e chimney where t h e wooden s h i n g l e s were b l a z i n ~ . The l e ~ s belonged t o two s a i l o r s who were on l e a v e and had r e c e i v e d a r i d e from t h e i r h i t c h h i k i n g . A s t h e y came by t h e y n o t i c e d t h e smoke coming from t h e r o o f . They s topped and g o t t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e men a t t h e back. They were making t h e i r way t o the n o r t h end i n o r d e r t o break o u t t h e burn ing s h i n g l e s , a f t e r climbin[; thruugh t h e t r a p door i n t o t h e a t t i c , when t h e y s l i p p e d o f f t h e boardwalk which r e s u l t e d i n t h e i r l e g s go ing through t h e c e i l i n g .

I d o n ' t remember how t h e f i r e was p u t o u t , bu t someone r a n f o r a l a d d e r . The f i r e was o u t b e f o r e t h e r e was t o o much damage.

I remember Ka ther ine ; tucky, by h e r s e l f , had g o t t e n our newly purchased e l e c t r i c or(.,arl, from t h e f r o n t of t h e s a n c t u a r y , back t o t h e door ir i an a t t e m p t t o save i t .

We laughed l a t e r t h a t t h e men rushed o u t and l e f t the women and c h i l d r e n i n a burn ing b u i l d i n g . [t seems no one wrote down t h e names of t h o s e s a i l o r s . No doubt wi thou t t h e i r he lp , t h e b u i l d i n e cou ld have p o s s i b l y been l o s t , There was a h a t passed around f o r t h e s a i l o r s , and t h e people p robab ly emptied t h e i r p u r s e s arid pocketR. I remember Homer Evans emptied h i s pocke t s and t h e n came back t o make s u r e he bnrln't p u t i n h i s c a r keys.

The church has been remodeled and t h e c e i l i n g lowered So t h e pa tches on t h e o l d high c e i l i n g , where t h e l e g s came th rough , don't remind us anymore of how s h o r t t h e s e r v i c e s were one Sunday.

Fred C r i m m r e c a l l s t h a t p l a s t e r d u s t , e t c . , covered U. T, K u e n e l i ' s head a s t h e l e g s came through. He c a n ' t r e c a l l what W. T. was do ing up f r o n t t h a t morning.

- - - - - - - - - - A c l a s s book recorded t h a t t h e Sunday School c o l l e c t i o n of

$33.30 on lrlarch 5, 1944, was g iven t o t h e Red Cross . The same c l a s s book showed t h a t C h i l d r e n ' s Day was observed

June 17 , 1944, when 7 5 a t t e n d e d Sunday School and gave a $10.67 c o l l e c t i o n .

The Sycamore Leader p r i n t e d t h a t t h e Church Bowline League Banquet was h e l d Wednesday evening, A p r i l 29, 1953, i n t h e Syca- more School . Salem's f i r s t y e a r team took second p l a c e i n t h e l eague s t a n d i n g s by two p o i n t s . Thus t h e team q u a l i f i e d f o r tournament i n C r e s t l i n e .

Lewis Reber r e c a l l s t h a t he , Gene Conrad, Flarold S c h i l l i n g , Kar l Brown and t h e Rev. Ted donder, w i t h Dick Fool a s s u b s t i t u t e , were Salem's team f o r two y e a r s . Then t h e Salem name was c a r r i e d f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s w i t h pe rsons from t h e B e l l e Vernon a r e a making up t h e team.

The church b u l l e t i n of December 25, 1955, had t h e f o l l o w i n e announcement, "Keep nex t Sa tu rday n i g h t open. Watch Night s e r - v i c e . Open house a t t h e parsonage abou t 9100, church s e r v i c e s a t 11 115. Holy communion w i l l be observed. nchat b e t t e r p l a c e t o s e e t h e New Year i n t h a n i n t h e House of God. Lach one is r e q u e s t e d t o b r i n g e i t h e r sandwiches o r c o o k i e s f o r r e f reshments a t t h e parsonage." The b u l l e t i n showed t h a t Harry C i l l i l a n d was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . Mrs. I l v a S c h i l l i n p , p layed t h e o rgan p re lude f o r church s e r v i c e . The Rev. John Hoover's sermon was e n t i t l e d "No Vacancy . "

I n 1962, Eddie McClain was chosen p r e o i d e n t o f t h e D i s t r i c t Youth Fe l lowsh ip of t h e Upper Sandusky Croup a t a Group Ra l ly he ld i n b i g Oak Church wes t of Upper.

An i n t e r e s t i n e s e r v i c e , f o l l o w i n g junday School , was he ld on May 1 2 , 1969, honor ing and s u r p r i s i n g h l r s . E r n e s t ( I l v a Drown) S c h i l l i n g f o r h e r 40 y e a r s o f musical s e r v i c e t o t h e church. Lewis Reber was i n charge of t h e hour l o n g "This i s Your L i f e w procram. The program, planned by t h e Viss ionary S o c i e t y , was enjoyed by a l a r e e number of r e l a t i v e s and f r i e n d s b e s i d e s t h e church c o n g r e g a t i o n . Mrs. S c h i l l i n g was p resen ted a n engraved s i l v e r t r a y , t h e a l t a r f l o w e r s and a l a r g e scrapbook f i l l e d w i t h g r e e t i n g s from f r i e n d s and r e l a t i v e s .

A Thank O f f e r i n g s e r v i c e was h e l d Sunday evening, Novem- b e r 23, 1969, by t h e Elissionary S o c i e t y . 14rs. L u e l l a Cherry , o f Sylvania. , Ohio, and former Bowling Green c o l l e g e roommate of Mrs. Harry G i l l i l a n d , showed s l i d e s of h e r t r i p t o A u s t r i a , Yugoslavia , Turkey and Greece. Mrs. S h e r r i f f had t h e c l o s i n g p r a y e r .

Then on December 2 , 1969, h l r s , S h e r r i f f d i e d i n Marion Community H o s p i t a l .

Following Sunday School June 14 , 1970, t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n had a s u r p r i s e r e t i r e m e n t program f o r Rev. S h e r r i f f . The theme, "This

, is Your L i f e a t Salem," covered t h e main church e v e n t s whi le he and Mrs. S h e r r i f f were a t Salem. A po t luck d i n n e r was enjoyed i n t h e basement a t noon. Rev. S h e r r i f f moved t o Toledo s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r .

M r . and m a . James and t h e l a t e Emma Gregory, a c t i v e members o f Salem f o r a number of y e a r s , c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r 65 th wedding ~ n n i v e r s a r y May 27, 1 9 7 1 , a t t h e home of t h e i r daugh te r i n Marion, Uhio.

On Sunday, January 1 6 , 1962, t h e t empera tu re was 20 degrees

below. Tha t d i d n o t keep 3 1 p e r s o n s away f rom Sunday Schoo l and Church.

M r . and Mrs. L a r r y R a l s t o n e n t e r t a i n e d t h e Sunday School and t h e i r n e i g h b o r s a t a Halloween p a r t y i n 1973.

The men o f Salem e n t e r t a i n e d t h e c h u r c h i n honor o f t h e mothers on Mothe r ' s Day, 1974, w i t h t h e i r a n n u a l po rk chop ba rbe - que a t Camp T r i n i t y n e a r I n d i a n M i l l . T h i s y e a r t h e women r e c i p - r o c a t e d , a s u s u a l on F a t h e r ' s Day, w i t h a r e d - h a n d k e r c h i e f - l o l l i p o p b o u t o n n i e r e f o r each f a t h e r .

Fo l lowing c h u r c h s e r v i c e s on August 4 , 1974, t h e annua l Sun- day Schoo l p i c n i c was h e l d a t Ralph F a i l o r ' s pond w i t h 73 i n a t t e n d a n c e .

GIFTS AND MEMORIALS

September, 1953 : 1. IWs. I r e n e Wilson, go ld a l t a r c r o s s i n memory o f h e r

younger son , Tommy (1930-1947). 2 . F r i e n d s h i p Sunday School C l a s s , p u l p i t B i b l e . 3. Youth Fe l lowsh ip , a l t a r c a n d l e s t i c k . 4. Sunday School , a l t a r c a n d l e s t i c k .

November, 1953 : 1. Daughters o f Dorcas Sunday School Class , communion t a b l e . 2. M r . and W t r s . Harold Kuenz l i , s c a r f and g l a s s t o p f o r

communion t a b l e . Narch, 19541

1. F r i e n d s h i p C l a s s , one dozen f o l d i n g c h a i r s . 1956 I

1. Mrs. I l v a S c h i l l i n g and c h i l d r e n , a l t a r vases i n memory o f Henry S c h i l l i n g ( 1 9 0 2 - 1 9 9 ) .

2. Mrs. Mary Conrad and f a m i l y , o f f e r i n g p l a t e s i n memory o f Harold Conrad (1901-1952).

3. Mrs. F r e d e r i c k (Thelma Haas) Fleeman, B i b l e book mark and p u l p i t s c a r f i n memory o f t a . Grandparen t s , Jacob (1832-1911) and C a r o l i n e (Bueh l )

(1842-1909 ) Haas I b. F a t h e r , Benjamin F. Haas 1871-1919)r c . Aunts, Misses Mary E . (18 2-1948) and Anna 3 . (1874-

1947) Haae. b

May 21, 1961 : 1. MTA. C l a r i c e Kuenzl i , bap t i smal f o n t i n memory o f Harold

Kuenzli (1901-1954). October 13, 1963; Ra l ly Day Dedica t ion :

1 . One hundred ( r e d ) hymnale from $289.87 w i l l e d t o Salem Church by former members, t h e l a t e James D. and V i o l e t J . S a l e s o f She lby , Ohio.

2. An e l e c t r i c o rgan from $1,000 l e f t t o church i n t h e w i l l o f C a r l R . Haas (1890-1952), and c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e w i l l o f h i s w i f e Gladys ( U l r i c h ) (Haas) Johnson (3895-1962). i n memory of h i s p a r e n t s , Jacob J . (1858-1932) and Lucy ( K u e n z l i ) (1866-1960) Haas. (The same p r o v i s i o n was made f o r a n o rgan a t Union Church i n memory of h e r p a r e n t s , Wm. H. (1870-1942 ) and C a r r i e (Win te r ) (1871-19 5 0 ) U l r i c h . The U l r i c h s belonged t o Salem u n t i l a few y e a m p r i o r t o Will's d e a t h . )

3 , A used mimeograph machine was purchased f o r $320 w i t h t h e r e s i d u e o f t h e two l e g a c i e s .

1967 : 1. The Rev. and Mrs. S t a n l e y G. S h e r r i f f , wick-type t u b e

f i l l e r e f o r t h e a l t a r c a n d l e s t i c k s . November 23, 1969, p r e s e n t e d d u r i n g Thanksgiving s e r v i c e 8

1. The Fred G r i m m f a m i l y , t h e Rober t Stucky f a m i l y and Mrs. E s t h e r Logan, a piano i n memory of t h e i r a u n t and u n c l e , Martha ( S t u c k y ) (1887-1968) and Harry ( 1 8 8 4 - 1 9 9 ) C o t t f r i e d .

(November 23, 1969, c o n t . ) 2 . Sanc tuary c a r p e t from t h e $1,000 w i l l e d t o t h e church on

June 3, 1969, from t h e e s t , a t e of Floyd (1878-1967) and Lucret , ia ( 1 , a r i c k ) (1883-1964) Cross . (The committee f o r t h e c a r p e t s e l e c t i o n was Mr. and Mrs. G i l b e r t Murphy and Mr. and blrs. Gene Conrad. )

3. Pane l ing i n t,he v e s t i b u l e and wainsco t ing i n t h e s a n c t u - a r y w i t h $590.56 from t h e Church u u i l d i n g eund. (Fred Mooney,who d i d most of t h e work, Robert W i l t and G i l b e r t blurphy were t h e committee. Volunteer l a b o r from t h e men of t h e Church was used . )

December, 1969 : 1.

1971 I 1.

October , 1.

The Women's Miss ionary S o c i e t y and Mrs. C l a r i c e Kuenzl i , a w h i t e s e t and a p u r p l e s e t o f Bible marker, p u l p i t hanging and a l t a r c l o t h .

The c h i l d r e n , f r o n t g l a s s doors i n memory of t h e i r f a t h e r , Jacob W . S c h i l l i n g (1875-1968). 1973 I Mrs. Joseph ine ( K u e n z l i ) Warren, $500 toward new c o l o r e d g l a s s window i n t h e church.

KINSHIP WITHIN SALEM

There a r e l o t s o f c o u s i n s i n Salem t h a t a r e d i f f i c u l t f o r both r e l a t i v e s and n o n - r e l a t i v e s t o keep s t r a i g h t . There fore , I have up plied t h e f o l l o w i n g d a t a . It is n o t a fami ly t r e e o r h i s t o r y b u t a who-was-who and a who-is-who from t h o s e t h r e e main e a r l y church f a m i l i e s , t h e Kuenzl is , t h e F a i l o r s and t h e Stuckys.

I . Samuel (1790-1864) and E l i z a b e t h (1803-1872) Kuenzli of Winesburg, Ohio, had seven of t h e i r 12 c h i l d r e n p l u s two g r a n d c h i l d r e n of a n e i g h t h c h i l d move t o Wyandot County and became p a r t of Salem h i s t o r y . A . Samuel, J r . (1822-1904) and Mary (1827-1862) were marr ied

and came t o Wyandot County, bo th , i n 1847. Four o f t h e i r n i n e c h i l d r e n a r e i n Salem h i s t o r y . 1. Samuel Edwin (1848-1918) and Laura (Chew) (1856-1895) . . . . ~

Kuenzl i . 2. Mary Sophie (1851-1933) and William (1840-1899)

F a i l o r . 3. Rosa Kuenzli (1855-1932 ) . 4. John (1857 - 1916) and Wary (Ytucky) (1855-1933)

Kuenzli . I n h e r o b i t u a r y , it was recorded t h a t Mary was o r g a n i s t a t Salem i n e a r l y l i f e a f t e r s t u d y i n g music a t Northwestern Col lege i n N a p e r v i l l . q , I l l i n o i s .

A2, Samuel, Jr. (1822-1904) and Angeline ( H e f l e r ) (1841-1897) Kuenzli had f o u r o f t h e i r n i n e c h i l d r e n i n Salem h i s t o r y . 1. Prank (1866-1919) and Minnie ( S c h i n d l e r ) (1876-1938)

Kuenzli . 2 . J. Ezre, (1869-1959) and E t t a (McBride) (1873-1956)

Kuenzli . 3. E r n e s t (1873-1941) and Elma (Huffman) (1880-1963)

Kuenzl i . 4. Reuben (1876-1939) and P e a r l (Stucky)(?-lY70)Kuen~I.i.

B. C h r i s t i a n (1825-1900) and Margaretha (1826-1893) Kuenzli . They came t o Wyandot County i n 1847. T h e i r o n l y c h i l d d i e d i n in fancy .

C . John (1826-1893) and (1828-1912) Kuenzli never moved t o Wyandot County b u t two c h i l d r e n d id1 1. The second c h i l d Mary (1852-1936) and ~ r e d ( l R 4 9 - 1 9 2 2 )

B i e r r i came t o Wyandot County and bought t h e Samuel Kuenzl i , Jr., farm i n 1887. They had no c h i l d r e n b u t r a i s e d Mrs. (Har ry) Grace (Bower) (1887-1939) Bardon, g r a n d c h i l d o f Samuel and Angeline Kuenzli . Fred B i e r r i was a b r o t h e r o f A m Barbara Reber of Swit- z e r l a n d . Her son E r n e s t Reber came t o America and t o B i e r r i ' s i n 1907. L a t e r E r n e s t (1886-1923) marr ied Grace Lewis (1889-1942). Grace, h e r c h i l d r e n AM^ Mary and E. Lewis and h e r b r o t h e r t h e l a t e Clarence Lewis, moved t o t h e p r e s e n t Reber home and joined t h e Salem c o n g r e g a t i o n i n 1929.

2. The s i x t h c h i l d Char les (1859-1929) marr ied m e . E t t a

( C . 2 . ) ( C l a s s ) P a u l i n (1863-1947) and l i v e d n e a r Winesburg i n Holmes County a year . They came t o t h i s County i n 1890 and became t h e p a r e n t s of P a u l , F lo rence and t h e l a t e Dorothy. Due t o s e v e r a l Char ley Kuenzl is , he was soon des igna ted a s " L i t t l e Charley."

D. The f i f t h c h i l d G o t t l i e b (1830-1869) and Mary ( C e r b e r ) (1833-1924) Kuenzli l i v e d i n E d e n v i l l e west of Nevada. The County Recorder ' s f i l e s show t h a t t h e E d e n v i l l e l and was deeded t o him by h i s f a t h e r March 1 0 , 1854. The T r a x l e r s and Schwebels came from t h i s union.

E. The seven th c h i l d Freder ick (1834-1891) and Josephine (1839-1905) Kuenzli came t o Eden Township i n 1877 and bought, t h e farm from which t h e church ground was pur- chased. The fo l lowing of t h e i r e i g h t c h i l d r e n were i n - - Salem Church I

1. Sophia (1861-1919) marr ied Edward C. (1856-1923) laser .

2. Henry Linco ln (1865-1930) and Viola ( S i g l e r ) (1870- 1957) Kuenzli were p a r e n t s o f Miss Ruth B. Kuenzli o f Nevada.

3 . C h a r l ~ S A . (1869-1914) and E l l e n May (Kaufman) ( ? -? ) Kuenzl i were p a r e n t s of Terrance Kuenzl i (1895-1956) who marr ied Bertha Fern Disher (1895-1933). Th is C h a r l e s was c a l l e d "Charley Fred."

4 . John W . Kuenzli (1871-1910). 5. William T e l l (1874-1951) and Myrtle ( C r o s s ) (1875-

1959) l i v e d i n t h e fami ly homestead. The i r c h i l d r e n were Helen, G i l b e r t , Harold, Bernice , Josephine and C l a r a .

6. Grace V i o l e t (1878-1930) marr ied William Guy Mi l l igan (1873-1936). T h e i r t h r e e o l d e s t c h i l d r e n a t t e n d e d Salem before t h e f a m i l y moved t o Upper: John (1901- 1 9 7 0 ) , Evelyn (1903-1974) and Freder ick .

7. Elmer Dodds (1880-1956) marr ied Grace Bowbly (1879) . F. The e i g h t h c h i l d Rosana (1836-1885) and Godfrey (1833-

1914) B l a s e r came t o Wyandot County i n 1860. T h e i r Salem c h i l d r e n were I

1. William J. (1865-1944) and P e a r l (Swan) (1875-1949) Blase r were p a r e n t s o f Wayne, Ruth, Homer, Robert and Helen.

2 . Ida (1869-1945) and Prank (1866-1928) Swan were par- e n t s of Mrs. I r e n e Wilson and Mrs. ( A l l e n ) Marjor ie B a u b l i t z (1903-1963).

3. Benjamin Blase r (1877- ?) . 4. Theresa ( U l a s e r ) Flowers (1878-1952).

C. The n i n t h c h i l d Henry (1838-1909) and E l i z a b e t h (1845- 1929) Kuenzli came t o Wyandot County i n 1867. The i r c h i l d r e n were I 1. Rachael Lucinda (1866-1960) and Jacob J . (1858-1932)

Haas. 2 . H e n r i e t t a (1867-1948) and John F. (1864-1951) S t o k e r . 3. William A l b e r t (1869-1948) and E l l a ( C l a s s ) (1869-

1.952 ) Kuenzli .

( G . ) 4 . James Ar thur (1873-1965) and C l a r a (Mohre) (1880-1969) Kuenzli .

5. Aver Sherman (1876-1963) and Grace B e l l e ( K e l l e r ) (187E-1955) Kuenzli .

6 , Minerva (1881-1931) and Jacob (1875-1968) S c h i l l i n g , p a r e n t s o f t h e p r e a e n t S c h i l l i n g s and G i l l i l a n d s .

7. Ora (1883-1971) and Vernon (1877-1957) S c h i n d l e r . 8 . Rhea (1885-1943) and J e s s e J. (1878-191.6) Mohre.

H . The t e n t h c h i l d Sophia (1841-1923) mar r ied Samuel (1838- 1916) Althouse, He came t o Wyandot County i n 1847 and s h e came i n 1857. They were mar r ied i n 1863 and had t e n c h i l d r e n . T h e i r Salem c h i l d r e n were I 1. T h i r d c h i l d Frank (1867-1946) and Anna ( D i s h e r )

( ? - 1930) Althouse. 2. F i f t h c h i l d A l b e r t W . (1871-1953) and Del la (.:wan)

(1874-3945) Althouse, p a r e n t s o f F lorence , Vera and R u s s e l l .

3. S i x t h c h i l d I d a (1873-1917) and Henry W. (1869-1941) F a i l o r .

4 , Seventh c h i l d Adel la (1875-1951) and Jesse E. (1871- 1949) swan, p a r e n t s o f Eva.

5. E igh th c h i l d Lewis A . (1879-1945) and Bessie ( B e l l ) (1081-1968) Althouse, p a r e n t s o f Eula and Ruth.

11. The n e x t f a m i l y l i s t i n g is f o r t h e F a i l o r fami ly . John F a i l o r (1797-1870) mar r ied Mrs. Mary C l a s s (1796-1874) i n Swi tze r land . They came t o America and t o Eden' Township i n 1849. Of h e r f o u r c h i l d r e n and t h e i r f o u r c h i l d r e n , h e r one son and t h e i r t h r e e s o n s were i n e a r l y Salem h i s t o r y . A . G o t t l e i b (1832-1901) and Margaret (1842-1929) C l a s s .

1. Mrs. C h a r l e s Kuenzli (See 1 4 - 2 i n Kuenzli f a m i l y ) . 2. Mrs. W. A . Kuenzli (See I-G-3 i n Kuenzli f a m i l y ) .

i! . C a r r i e C l a s s (1873-1901). . William Clasa (1876-1897). 5. Lloyd (1883-1946) and Olive ( ~ r o w n ) (1886-1959) C l a s s .

B. John (1835-1896) and Mary Ann (pau l in ) (1838-1916) F a i l o r . 1. Henry Y a i l o r (See I-H-3 i n Kuenzli f a m i l y ) . 2 . C a r o l i n e ( C a r r i e ) P a i l o r (1872-1922). 3. Ezra (1875-1953) and Nora (Huffman) F a i l o r , p a r e n t s

of E s t h e r , Miriam and Homer. 4. Sherman (1891-1965) and E t t a (Die f fenbacker ) r a i l o r

o f Michigan. "Aunt Maryw and C a r r i e r a i s e d a granddaughter , Mrs . (Ear l ) Ada (Brown) Kirschner (1890-1972).

C . David (1838-1896) and C a r o l i n e ( R u f f ) (1847-1897) F a i l o r . They l i v e d one-half mi le wes t o f L i t t l e York and a t t e n d e d both S ~ l e m and L i t t l e York churches . Th is was p o s s i b l e because t h e L i t t l e York s e r v i c e s were u s u a l l y i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . Only one of t h e i r e i g h t c h i l d r e n were i n Salem h i s t o r y . 1. I r a Sankey (1876-1948) and N e l l i e ( ~ a y l o r ) ( 1 8 8 0 - 1 9 6 1 )

a r e p a r e n t s o f Mrs. ( C a r l ) I r e n e Gertaenberger and grandparen t s of Caro l Ann and Mary Jane S tover .

D. William (1848-1899) and Mary Sophia ( ~ u e n z l i ) (1851-1933)

D . a l o r (See I-A-2 i n Kuenzli f a m i l y ) were p a r e n t s o f : 1. J e n n i e (1874-1965) and A l b e r t (1872-1943) Nyss. 2 . Samuel Edwin (1878-1967) and Rosemma ( C u l v e r ) (1882-

1947) F a i l o r , o u r p a r e n t s , Ruth, A l i c e , rlorothy and Ralph.

3 N e l l i e (1885-1960) and Clyde (1889-1953) Roby. The above f o u r b r o t h e r s and wives a r e bur ied i n Aalem cemetery.

111. The n e x t l i s t i n g i s f o r t h e Stuckv f a m i l y . - C h r i s t i a n .Stucky (1831 - 1967) marr ied Anna Uarbara Dumermuth (1825-1895) i n 1853 i n America. T h e i r c h i l d r e n were : 1. G o t t f r i e d (1853-1911) and Amelia (Ruegseggar) (1855-

1933) ~ t u c k y . a . A l l e n (1877-1955) and Winona ( P o o l ) (188O)atucky. b. P e a r l ( " -1970) and Reuben (1r376-1939) Kuenzl i .

(Lee 1-AL-4 i n Kuenzli f ami ly . ) c . Yred ( 7 -1944) and Anna ( - 7 ) Stucky.

2 . ~vlary Ann (1855-1933) and John r . (1857-1916) Kuenzli . ( ~ e e I-A-4 i n Kuenzli f a m i l y . ) Mary AN^ was born i n Tuscarawas County, Ohio. a . 1,ouis Al len (1886-3960) and r e r n ( M o r r i s ) (1889-

1972) Kuenzl i , p a r e n t s of Morris and V i r g i n i a . b. Roy Kuenzli (1892-1906).

F r e d e r i c k Jakob a tucky never came t o America. 1. :;on , J o h a ~ Yrederick ( F r i t z ) a tucky d i d and marr ied

Lophia ( ,erber o f ivinesburg, Ohio. He worked i n t h e Kuenzl i , l a t e r Orwi le r , Grocery i n Nevada f o r y e a r s . T h e i r l a t e r y e a r s were s p e n t i n Columbus near h e r b r o t h e r and t h e i r daugh te r Helen.

P e t e r (1H33-1913) and barbara ( I l o f s t e t t e r ) (1844-1907) "S tuck i" were marr ied i n 1871 and came t o America i n 1884. Their f o u r c h i l d r e n were: 1. Hamah (1872-1956) and Daniel (1867-1949) K o t t e r ,

p a r e n t s o f idrs. E s t h e r 1,ogan and Cla rence ~ i l o t t e r . 2 . E l i z a Stucky (1873-1960). 3. Hans (1876-1935) and Kat ie (Teuscher ) Stucky were

marr ied i n 1916. T h e i r c h i l d r e n a r e a. Kather ine married Fred T . G r i m m . b. Pau l ine (1919-1959) marr ied Donald Walton. c . Robert marr ied Lois G i l l i l a n d .

4. Irlartha (1887-1968) and Marry G o t t f r i e d (1884-1954). Three marr ied s i s t e r s and one s i n g l e b r o t h e r remained i n S w i t z e r l a n d .

The f o l l o w i n g d a t a wae ga the red from t h e v a r i o u s members of t h e Stucky fami ly . I t is no t known when C h r i s t i a n Stucky came t o America. S h o r t l y a f t e r t h e P e t e r Stucky f a m i l y a r r i v e d in1884, C h r i s t i a n , C o t t l e i b and P e t e r owned t h e southwest q u a r t e r of S e c t i o n 25 and t h e most of t h e nor th h a l f o f t h e n o r t h e a s t q u a r t e r of S e c t i o n 26. C h r i s t i a n had f i r s t owned t h e l a n d i n S e c t i o n 26 and is now owned by Donald S c h i l l i n g s . I t can be assumed t h a t C h r i s t i a n b u i l t t h e o r i g i n a l b u i l d i n g s back a h a l f

mile from each r o a d . Many of us remember t h e l a n e l e a d i n g back t o t h a t s t i l l s t a n d i n g o l d house from t h e l a t e A l m a Morris home on U.;. Route 30.

L a t e r t h e I e t e r S tuckys bought and moved t o where Robert and Lois Stucky now l i v e .

Jake S c h i l l i n g , who came t o t h e Stuckys when he came t o America i n 1892, bought t h e o r i g i n a l Stucky farm. He and h i s f ami ly l i v e d "back t h e l a n e " u n t i l 1913.

blrs. Winona S tucky t o l d me t h a t G o t t f r i e d Stucky b u i l t t h e b r i c k house on t h e now & h i l l i n g farm. He was a farmer and s o l d milk t o a cheese f a c t o r y . "bmma" w a s a nickname f o r G o t t f r i e d ' s . w i f e . She remembers when s h e was a g i r l t h a t P e t e r S t u c k y ' s e i r ls t o l d h e r , "We were r i c h i n S w i t z e r l a n d b u t h e r e we a r e poor peop le . " ;he r e c a l l s t h a t Salem Church was c a l l e d "Kuenz l i ' s " and "Germany." Her f a m i l y , t h e Frank Poo ls , who l i v e d where John Lyestone now l i v e s , a lways s a i d , "We go to Germany Church." When she a t t e n d e d , t h e sermon was i n German every o t h e r Sunday.

balem's o l d e s t member, and from t h e Stucky f a m i l y , i s ms. Kat ie Stucky who r i g h t l y has earned some space i n t h i s h i s - t o r y . Ka t ie Teuscher , t h e youngest of 11 c h i l d r e n , was born May 30, 1879, i n t h e rugged county of Canton Bern i n Diemiteen, Swi tze r land . A t t h e age of 24 she came t o America t o be n e a r two b r o t h e r s and a s i s t e r i n Wisconsin and Iowa. None o f us e v e r s u f f e r e d t h e f r u s t r a t i o n o f a r r i v i n g i n a new c o u n t r y t o l i v e w i t h o u t s p e a k i n g i t s language. F u r t h e r f r u s t r a t i o n s were met when Kat ie d i d n ' t g e t o f f a t t h e s t a t i o h where a b r o t h e r was w a i t i n g b u t went on f a r t h e r .

I n 1916 she mar r ied Hans Stucky and joined o u r Salem conere - g a t i o n . T h e i r t h r e e c h i l d r e n were born. Then i n 1929 t h e r e was a t r y i n g t ime when "Bobby," abou t t o e n t e r f i r s t grade i n Eden School , had a p p e n d i c i t i s . A f t e r two weeks o f l o c a l d o c t o r i n g , t h e D r . F l e t c h e r of Grant H o s p i t a l i n Columbus came and performed a n appendectomy on t h e fami ly d i n i n g room t a b l e and found p e r i t o n i t i s 1

Bob remembers t h a t Mre. ( L . A . ) Fern Kuenzli came t o t h e i r home t o h e l p h i s mother make s h o r t s o - c a l l e d h o s p i t a l gowns f o r him t o wear w h i l e conva lesc ing . He a l s o r e c a l l s t h a t a s soon as s q u i r r e l season opened, Fred Snavely brought a s q u i r r e l f o r h i s mother t o cook f o r him.

T9e y e a r 1949 was a n o t h e r t r y i n g and dus ty t ime f o r Kat je ' and fami ly . Many o f us r e c a l l t h e r o a r i n g t r u c k s and i n c h e s of

d u s t they caused as t h e L inco ln Highway, U.S. Route 30, was widened. The S tuckys remember t h e t e r r i b l e mess when t h e i r house had t o be moved back from t h e edge o f t h e road. That house had been b u i l t t o c o n t a i n a g r o c e r y s t o r e i n t h a t o l d s e t t l e m e n t of < ; e v ~ r a l houses c a l l e d wT)ogtown.w

Kat ie remained a r e g u l a r a t t e n d a n t a t Salem u n t i l a few y e a r s ago when s h e went t o Oak Harbor t o l i v e w i t h t h e G r i m m s .

Mrs. Eva ( S t o k e r ) Wagner o f Uucyrus , W a l t e r a n d Nova Z t o k e r o f Upper h a v e remembered many i n t e r e s t i n g e v e n t s .

Eva remembers t h e f i r s t t i m e :;ants C l a u s , w i t h a t r e a t , came t o t h e C h r i s t m a s program. T h e r e w e r e many a { ; a i n s t i t b u t t h c i r f a t h e r , S u p e r i n t e n d e n t J o h n S t o k e r , had him anyway. D u r i n g t h e s e r v i c e t h e summer k i t c h e n b u r n e d a t V l e r s , now t!arry W e s t e r m a n ' s . T h e i r f a t h e r had b e e n t o l d e r r o n e o u s l y t h a t i t w a s h i s home, ha1 f b a y b e t w e e n \ S i g l e r v s a n d t h e p a r s o n a c e . H i s r e a c - t i o n was, "Now p e o p l e w i l l t h i n k i t h a p p e n e d b e c a u s e I h a d a S a n t a C l a u s i n c h u r c h . ' *

W a l t e r remembers more a b o u t t h a t f i r e . N i l 1 S i g l c r had b e e n i n A d d i s o n ; ; w a r t z l s s t o r e a c r o s s t h e r o a d i n Doc, Town when t h e f i r e was d i s c o v e r e d . Henry T r a x l e r , who had b e e n S a n t a , c l i m b e d upon t h e r o o f o f t h e l .og h o u s e t o w a t c h w h e r e t h e b u r n i n g s h i n - e l e s b l e w . 'The h o u s e j u s t c o u l d n o t be a l l o w e d t o ! , u r n f o r , b e s i d e s i t s l o s s , i t would h a v e e n d a n g e r e d t h e S t u c k y h o u s e d i r e c t l y a c r o s s t h e r o a d and t h e n a t t h e e d g e o f t h e r o a d . i iven w i t h a s t r o n g n o r t h wind b o t h h o u s e s w e r e s a v e d . Any number o f t h e Sa lem men had t h e i r good s u i t s r u i n e d t h a t n i g h t .

W a l t e r remember:; t h a t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t John K u e n z l i would a s k e a c h t e a c h e r f o r t h e c l a s s r e p o r t . P e t e r s t u c k y g a v e h i s i n German. Many p e r s o n s d i d n ' t u n d e r s t a n d t h a t r e p o r t o f u s u a l l y t h e same number o f s c h o l a r s as c e n t s i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n .

Wal t . e r remembers h i s P r i m a r y C l a s s i n t h e w e s t Amen c o r n e r t a u g h t by b i r s . J o h n Kuenz,li.(Unr-1.e J o h n s moved t o Upper i n 1 9 0 9 . ) One S u n d a y s h e u s e d a b i g w h i t e h e a r t t o r e p r e s e n t a p u r e l i f e a n d a r e d d o t t e d h e a r t t o r e p r e s e n t a s i n f u l l i f e . Each Sunday e a c h c h i l d r e c e i v e d a c o l o r e d p i c t u r e c a r d w i t h t h e U i b l e s t o r y o f i t o n t h e b a c k . ( I remember t h o s e c a r d s w e l l . A s h o e box f u l l o f them was o n e o f my p r i z e d p o s s e s s i o n s l o s t when o u r h o u s e b u r n e d i n J u n e , 1.918. )

W a l t e r r e c 8 l l s C h i l d r e n ' s Day p r a c t i c e s when t h e boys would r a c e o n t h e r o a d . They w e r e a l w a y s t h i r s t y and would r u n down t o dam W a l t e r s ' (now Y i l ~ t ' s ) f o r a d r i n k . One y e a r he and h i s b r o t h e r S t a n l e y l e a r n e d e a c h o t h e r ' s " p i e c e . " D u r i n g t h e p r o g r a m t h e y b o t h r e c i t e d t h e same p i e c e 1

d h e n o u r p r o g e n i t o r Samuel K u e n z l i d i e d S e p t e m b e r 27, 1904, w o r d w a s r e c e i v e d t h a t h i s s o n C h a r l e y had d i e d t h e same day " x n t h e Nos t . " A d o u b l e f u n e r a l was p l a n n e d b u t C h a r l e y ' s body d i d n o t a r r i v e i n t i m e . The f u n e r a l f o r Samuel was h e l d , b u t t h e d o u b l e g r a v e r e m a i n e d o p e n a l l n i g h t . W a l t e r r e c a 1 . l ~ t h a t t h e i r f a t h e r w a s o n e o f s e v e r a l t h a t g u a r d e d t h e g r a v e a l l n i g h t . C h a r l e y ' s body a r r i v e d t h e n e x t d a y a n d was t h e n b u r i e d .

W a l t e r m u s t h a v e b e e n a good horseman. He would w a t c h D r . B r e t z ' s ( a v e t e r i n a r i a n a n d f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r i n Nevada) t e a m d u r i n g f u n e r a l s a t Sa lem. W a l t e r w o u l d t a k e c a r e o f Aunt M a r g a r e t C l a s s ' o l d w h i t e h o r s e e a c h S u n d a y a t c h u r c h .

W a l t e r r e c a l l e d t h e f i r s t t i m e E z r a a n d Nora F a i l o r b r o u g h t t h e i r f i rs t baby E s t h e r t o c h u r c h ( i n 1 9 0 4 ) . A s s o o n as t h e baby

waa unwrapped and looked a t h e r mother, s h e s t a r t e d t o c r y , which grew l o u d e r and l o u d e r u n t i l t h e y took h e r home. A t home a s soon au Nora took o f f h e r h a t , t h e baby s t o p p e d c r y i n g . Apparen t ly h e r mother looked n a t u r a l t h e n l

Nova r e c a l l e d t h a t Mrs. Levi Swartz was J a n i t o r of t h e church f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s . "Aunt ie Swartz- a lways h a t e d t o c l e a n around t h e men's s t o v e because t h e r e was tobacco j u i c e where some men missed t h e s t o v e door .

A l l t h e S t o k e r s remember t h e board f e n c e i n f r o n t of t h e church and e a s t t o t h e wood s h e d , L a t e r a n i r o n fence was p laced on both s i d e s of t h e church . The wood shed was l a r g e enough f o r t h e p r e a c h e r ' s h o r s e and buggy i n bad wea ther . There used t o be a l a r e e w i l 1 . 0 ~ t r e e a t t h e nor thwes t c o r n e r o f t h e church.

Some t ime d u r i n g Rev. Anderson 's 1913-14 y e a r a t Salem, t h e r e was a r e v i v a l meet ing w i t h g u e s t e v a n g e l i s t t h e Rev. D r . Morgan o f Toledo. Walter remembers t h a t f o u r u s h e r s , he, Mervin ,Myero, Wayne B l a s e r and a f o r g o t t e n name, f i l l e d t h e church e v e r y n i g h t . Some n i g h t s t h e y had t o s e a t some on t h e "mourners ' bench." Wal te r remembers t h a t he d i d n o t a g r e e w i t h some of t h e t h i n g s t h e Doctor d i d and s a i d . During t h e t e s t imony p a r t o f t h e Bervice t h e Doctor went by rows and expected everyone t o t e s t i f y i n s t e a d o f a l l o w i n g persons t o be moved by t h e Holy S p i r i t .

Mervin Meyers o f Upper remembers t h a t he t a u g h t a Sunday School c l a s s o f young boys p a r t o f t h e t ime he a t t e n d e d Salem. He knows t h a t F o r e s t Mohr was i n t h e c l a s s because 'P 'ores t h a s t o l d him s o . He does n o t r e c a l l t h e o t h e r members.

Mervin and Walter S t o k e r each have a photograph, t a k e n i n 1916, o f t h e Men's Chorus of Salem d i r e c t e d by Lewis Kuenzli . The o t h e r members have been i d e n t i f i e d a s George Tschanen, Wayne B l a s e r , ~ e r v i n , Ter rance Kuenzli , G i l b e r t Kuenzl i , Wal te r and b r o t h e r S t a n l e y , F o r r e s t and Carson Disher , Roy and Fred Schoenberger , Rober t Kuenzl i , Carl and Lloyd Haas, Clyde Roby, Roy Winter, George Hadse l l , I r v i n Guin ther , Ray Heis tand and Rev. Wonder.

The S t o k e r s moved t o Pllifflin Township i n 1918. S h o r t l y l a t e r t h e Salem s i n g e r s s a n g i n S t o k e r s ' new church , t h e Wesley Chapel Church. Wal ter has a p i c t u r e o f t h e ones t h a t s a n g t h a t Sunday. They were Lewis Kuenzl i , George Tschanen, Wayne B l a s e r , hlervin, Terrance Kuenzl i , G i l b e r t Kuenzl i , Wal ter and S t a n l e y , F o r r e s t and Carson Disher , Roy Schoenberger , Rober t Kuenzl i , Lloyd Haas. Roy Wlnter , Ceorge Hadse l l and Loren S c h i n d l e r .

Mervin remembers t h a t he sang w i t h f i v e o t h e r men on some occas ions . He remembers o n l y t h r e e o f t h e o t h e r men, William Schwebel, Harry Bardon and Lewis Kuenzli .

I remember many i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s t h a t happened a t Salem. Renry was S u p e r i n t e n d e n t when we were marr ied i n 1928. I have a t t e n d e d Salem s i n c e t h e n . F i r s t I was i n t h e Sunshine Class which were post-high s c h o o l g i r l s and young mar r ied l a d i e s . S e v e r a l y e a r s l a t e r when t h e c l a s s e s became s m a l l e r , t h i s c l a s s

combined w i t h t h e Daughters o f Dorcas. Then we organized and he ld r e g u l a r monthly meet ings . We always counted on t h a t ni,r,ht and l e t nothint: i n t e r f e r e s o we could a t t e n d . I t was f o r our f a m i l i e s and always began wi th a po t luck supper .

I remember one p a r t i c u l a r meeting when t h e men and t h z c h i l d r e n were coming back f o r d e s s e r t be fore t h e laccles had e a t e n . Mrs. Mar jor ie (Swan) Haubl i t z s e t h e r f ' i l l c d p l a t e on t h e c o u n t e r whi le s h e g o t h e r c o f f e e . Rev. Yolt7warth, be fore & e t - t i n g h i s d e s s e r t , sc raped h i s p l a t e of chickcn bones, e t c . , on h e r p l a t e a p p a r e n t l y t h i n k i n g i t was garbage. I d o n ' t remember 1 .1ar jo r ie ' s remark, but we d i d a l o t of l aughing wi thou t t h e p reacher e v e r f i n d i n g o u t what he had done.

Rev. and Xrs. Holtzwarth always a t t e n d e d our meet ings . Ha, e s p e c i a l l y , took p a r t i n a l l t h e games and c o n t e s t s , which every- one enjoyed. We u s u a l l y had an a t t endance o f 35 o r more. Sometimes t h e c h i l d r e n go t r a t h e r n o i s y bu t w i t h a l i t t l e repr imanding would q u i e t down.

Mrs. I l v a S c h i l l i n g

E r n e s t 3ch i l l . ing c la ims he c a n ' t r e c a l l any i n t e r e s t i n g e v e n t s . I r e c a l l an embarrass ing even t f o r him because I caused i t . When we were i n Eden High School , Salem had a Sunday ,ichool o r c h e s t r a . One Sunday morning E r n e s t was t h e only o r c h e s t r a rnem- b e r p r e s e n t f o r t h e opening hymn. 13ut h i s trombone sounded nwful l ! A f t e r s e v e r a l unsuccess fu l a t t e m p t s t o c o r r e c t h i s play- i n g , he gave up. A f t e r my fami ly was home from church, I suddenly r e a l i z e d t h a t I had unconsciously t ransposed s h a r p s t o f l a t s i n t h a t opening hymn!

tf~~y son Tom and I a t t ended Salem Sunday School and Church from 1952-1959. Our o l d e r son David was marr ied t h e r e on May 2 , 1953, t o Marilyn Lesseg from Marse i l l es by Rev. Ted Wonder. He went i n t o s e r v i c e t h a t same year , b u t when he r e t u r n e d they ~ t t e n d e d t h e r e . My husband had a milk r o u t e s o he was never a b l e t o go. Rev. Hoover was t h e m i n i s t e r when we changed t o t h e John S tewar t Church i n Upper.

I s u r e l y enjoyed going t h e r e and w i l l always remember how wonderful t h e people were t o me when I was ill and had sorrow. I s t i l l remember t h e i r f r i e n d l i n e s s and k indnesses .

b l r s . Lawrence ( F r a n c ~ s Cre tora )Smi th - - - - - - - - - -

My f i r s t y e a r exper iences a t Salem Church have been a y e a r f u l l of l i v i n g , s h a r i n g , s i n g i n g and belonging. The warmth which I f e l t t h e f i r s t t ime I worshipped a t Salem won me over t o being a n a c t i v e member i n t h e church. A s I l e a r n about God and what be ing a C h r i s t i a n means, I have many f i n e examples t o l e a d me. I t g i v e s me s t r e n g t h t o s e e o t h e r s l i v i n g t h e C h r i s t i a n l i f e every day and n o t j u s t on Sunday morning. I look forward t o many y e a r s ahead of l i v i n g and growing i n C h r i s t w i t h those who c a l l

themeelves t h e Salem Church. Donna 9 a l s t o n

Although we have been a t t e n d i n g Salem :hurch f o r o n l y one year , t h e r e a r e a l r e a d y many fond memories. I h e f r i e n d l y , under- n t ~ n d i n g atmosphere is a r e a l s u p p o r t f o r l i v i n g a Christian

, l i f e . The o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o f e l l o w s h i p t o g e t l ? e r a r e always h leh- l i g h t u . Ra l ly Day, Chris tmas program and !r1othervs Day a r e a l l a c t i v i t i e s t h a t g i v e us a chance t o know one a n o t h e r and enjoy our f r i e n d s h i p s ,

Lar ry Ra l s ton

I a p p r e c i a t e t h e l a s t i n g impress ions t h a t were made on my young l i f e by my Sunday School t e a c h e r s a t Salem. S p e c i a l thanks t o sirs. John Kuenzli my f i r s t t e a c h e r . For many y e a r s I t r e a s u r e d t h e l i t t l e b a s k e t of B ib le p i c t u r e c a r d s which she brought me when I , s i x y e a r s o l d , was b e d f a s t w i t h a broken l e g .

Another t e a c h e r , 141-s . Char les Kuenzl i , encouraged and d r i l l e d t h e g i r l s i n t h e Sunshine C l a s s t o memorize t h e books of t h e Bib le , t h e Ten Commandments, e t c .

There were humorous i n c i d e n t s , too . One Sunday morning when t h e preschool c h i l d r e n were i n t h e i r c l a s s i n t h e nor thwes t "Amen Corner , " my s i s t e r Ruth dropped h e r l e s s o n p i c t u r e c a r d . A s s h e g o t down on a l l f o u r s t o r e t r i e v e i t , Ruth F a i l o r , who was s i t - tin^ bee ide h e r , l eaped a s t r i d e S i s t e r S u t h ' s back and bounced a s i f r i d i n g a h o r s e . She announced f o r a l l t o h e a r , "This i s t h e way I do t o my papa.- I n my mind's eye , 1 c a n s t i l l e e e t h e merriment i n Suth P a i l o r ' s e x p r e s s i o n , t h e annoyed frown on S i s t e r Ruth 's f a c e , t h e embarrassed f l u s h on t h e b e a u t i f u l p ink cheeks o f Emma F a i l o r and t h e amused g l a n c e s o f a l l p r e s e n t .

I n those days w i t h c l a s s e s a l l i n one room, t h e men and boys e a t on t h e wes t s i d e w h i l e t h e women and ~ i r l s s a t on t h e e a s t s i d e w i t h t h e o l d e s t on t h e back s e a t s . As one grew o l d e r , one moved f a r t h e r back i n t h e church.

I have been away from Aalem some 50-odd y e a r s b u t t h e f r i e n d s h i p s formed t h e r e a r e l a s t i n g and c h e r i s h e d i n my h e a r t .

Mrs. I s a a c (2ora Haas) Corfman

The l a t e Mrs. H . E a r l Cook wrote on O ~ t o b e r 1, 1961, from A t . Louio, Missour i , t h e f o l l o w i n g f o r t h e C e n t e n n i a l , " . . . I W P S

t o r n j u s t a h a l f mi le e a s t o f t h e church ( t h e parsonage) and my f i r s t membership was a t Salem. My maiden name was rdna khman, daughter of krn. Ehman. I r e c a l l s o w e l l 9ev. Zachman who drove from Upper Sandusky t o conduct ca tech i sm c l a s s e s which I a t t ended . I a l s o r e c a l l Rev. B l a s e r and h i s f a m i l y , the Kuenzl is , t h e Al thouses , t h e Swans and many more f a m i l i e s . dhen I was 1 5 , my p a r e n t s moved t o a farm e a s t of B ~ c y r u s . . . . ~

Mrs. C a r l ( I r e n e P a i l o r ) Ger t senberger remembers t h e f i r s t " p i e c e " h e r daugh te r Mary Jane gave i n Salem. L i t t l e Mary Jane knew t h e words w e l l b u t became f r o z e n when s h e faced the congre- g a t i o n . A f t e r s t a n d i n g t h e r e a few seconds , she jumped i n t o t h e air, tu rned h e r s e l f comple te ly around and t h e n s a i d h e r p i e c e .

The church r o o f caugh t f i r e nea r t h e comb o f t h e roof once, , b u t I c a n ' t r e c a l l when. Samuel T r a x l e r and James Beam organ ized a bucket b r i e a d e and p u t t h e f i r e o u t . I t seems t o me now t h a t t h e r e was no w e l l a t t h e church then. So t h e w a t e r must have been c a r r i e d from t h e r e s i d e n c e e a s t and a c r o s s t h e road .

I remember t h e l i t t l e b lack s i l k bonnets t h e o l d e r women used t o wear.

( I remember them, too . The fancy bonnet was worn on t h e back o f t h e head and he ld on w i t h b lack r i b b o n s which t i e d under t h e c h i n . Grandma F a i l o r had a s i l k one f o r summer and a v e l v e t one f o r w i n t e r a s I suppose most o f t h e women d i d . )

F o r r e s t E. Disher

Mrs. Ezra (Nora) F a i l o r remembers when a c e t y l e n e l i g h t s r e p l a c e d kerosene lamps. The new l i g h t s were i n s t a l l e d by some company f r o m u p p e r . Theowner o f thecompany came t h e f i r s t n i e h t t h e y were used t o he s u r e t h e y worked okay. The t h e n i n t e r - church s p i r i t i s shown when she s t a t e d , '*The Salem' people were a l l s o s u r p r i s e d when t h a t man, a C a t h o l i c , s a t through a l l our s e r v i c e , "

One n i g h t sometime l a t e r , t h e l i g h t s went o u t . John S t o k e r , w i t h a l a n t e r n , went t o t h e e a s t s i d e of t h e church where t h e t a n k s were l o c a t e d . Suddenly t h e r e w a s a n e x p l o s i o n due t o e s c a p i n g gas . There was n o t much damaee t o p r o p e r t y and o n l y s i n g e d h a i r and eyebrows t o John.

Ivirs. J e s s e ( E l i z a b e t h S c h l i e f ) K o l l a r , t h e n a young g i r l 1 ivinp. w i t h h e r f a m i l y where E r n e s t S c h i l l i n g s l i v e , b e l i e v e s

m i n i s t e r t o l d a l l t h e men went out: and bought John a

t h i s happened abou t 1 9 i 3 . She remembers t h e t h e women and c h i l d r e n t o s i t q u i e t l y bu t a l l s i d e . L a t e r t h e church took up a c o l l e c t i o n f l a s h l i g h t .

Mrs. E t h e l (Swar tz ) ( K e l t n e r ) Downing o f Nevada remembers t h a t h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s , Levi and Anna Swartz , l i v e d i n what l a t e r became Salem's parsonage. Her p a r e n t s , Addison and N e t t i e Swartz , 4

l i v e d on t h e c o r n e r west where h e r f a t h e r had h i s f i r s t g e n e r a l s t o r e . L a t e r the f ~ m i l y moved t o Dog Town, e a s t of Stuckys, and took o v e r t h e g e n e r a l s t o r e o f h e r o t h e r g r a n d f a t h e r , Edward C i l l i l a n d . The Swartzs and G i l l i l a n d s a l l a t t e n d e d Salem. A f t e r Addison 's d e a t h i n Dog Town, N e t t i e and h e r f a m i l y moved t o t h e p r e s e n t E r n e s t Schi1, l ing home and then l a t e r t o Nevada.

Flre, Fred ( K a t h e r i n e S t u c k y ) G r i m m o f Oak Harbor remembers t h a t Salem had a l a r g e and s u c c e s s f u l r e v i v a l m e e t i n g d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r o f 1921-22. The s p e c i a l p r e a c h e r was E v a n g e l i s t c l m e r S t a r r o f Columbus. F r i d a y e v e n i n g s were s c h o o l n i g h t s w i t h c e r - t a i n s e a t s r e s e r v e d f o r a l l s c h o o l p u p i l s . bden Lch001 f u r n i s h e d t h e s p e c i a l music t h o s e n i g h t s .

Lloyd Haas was p r e s i d e n t o f Y.P.A. t h e n . I n t h e v e r y l a t e 19301s , t h e young p e o p l e wanted a new e l e c t r i c o r g a n . K a t h e r i n e solicited f o r t h e needed $600 from t h e homes e a s t o f t h e c h u r c h w h i l e Jean Schwebel s o l i c i t e d w e s t o f t h e church . "bven though eome t h o u g h t we were c r a z y , t h e m a j o r i t y was f o r i t . W . T. Kuenz l i , one t h a t a lways encouraged t h e young p e o p l e , o f f e r e d t o pay what we c o u l d n o t c o l l e c t . S u r p r i s i n g l y , we c o l l e c t e d o u r q u o t a . "

htm. Frank (blabel K u e n z l i ) Harper o f Sycamore remembers t h a t K i r s c h n e r s f u r n i s h e d t h e C h r i s t m a s t r e e s f o r t h e c h u r c h . The t r e e s were l a r g e and n e a r l y r e a c h e d t h e c e i l i n g . Each y e a r t h e y were d e c o r a t e d w i t h r e a l c a n d l e s . Each y e a r t h e r e was a j u s t - i n - CR8e bucke t o f w a t e r i n which s t o o d a l o n g p o l e w i t h a sponee t i e d on t h e one end. She r e c a l l s t h a t one y e a r t h e j u s t - i n - c a s e had t o be used . She and t h e o t h e r c h i l d r e n looked fo rward t o t h e Chr i s tmas programs.

She remembers t h a t t h e r e used t o be a f l a t board po rch a c r o s o t h e f r o n t o f t h e c h u r c h b e f o r e t h e f i r s t v e s t i b u l e and b e f o r e t h e f l o o r was r a i s e d .

Also, s h e remembers t h a t l i t t l e Ruth P a u l i n used t o b r e a k away from h e r mothe r , r u n t o t h e f r o n t and up on t h e p u l p i t p l a t f o r m t o h e r f a t h e r w h i l e he was p r e a c h i n g .

- - - - - - - - - - ma. C a r l ( I n e z ) H e i s t a n d remembers Miss B e a t r i c e D i s h e r

w e l l and a s a v e r y i m p o r t a n t p e r s o n i n h e r e a r l y Salem Church l i f e . Miss D i s h e r t a u g h t n o t o n l y i n Eden Schoo l b u t t h e Sunday School c l a s s I n e z was i n when t e n t o 15 y e a r s o l d . Dur ing t h i s t ime c a t e c h i s m was i n c l u d e d which ended w i t h a n examina t ion of 100 q u e s t i o n s . Those t h a t pas sed r e c e i v e d c e r t i f i c a t e s . I n e z h a s h e r s d a t e d F e b r u a r y 15, 192 5, and s i g n e d by Rev. 0. D.. Kyers.

, That day I n e z and most o f t h e c l a s s j o i n e d c h u r c h . Fo l lowing t h e ' s e r v i c e Miss D i s h e r t ook t h e c l a s s t o h e r home f o r d i n n e r . I n e z

remembers o n l y t h e p i e c r u s t t a r t s h e l l s f i l l e d w i t h creamed peao, a new menu i t e m f o r h e r . A f t e r t h e d i n n e r t h e c l a s s was t ~ k e n t o t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e homes. * I n e z r e c a l l s o n l y C l a r a Kuenz l i , Mor r i s Kuenzl i and some S c h i l l i n g s among t h e o t h e r members.

- - - - - - - - - - Rober t and Ruth W i l t remember s e v e r a l i n t e r e s t i n g Salem

e v e n t s i n v o l v i n g t h e i r f a m i l y . I n 1966 t h e i r e l even-yea r -o ld Tom p layed " S i l e n t N igh tw on t h e o r g a n d u r i n g t h e Chr i s tmas program. He was s o small t h a t a l l t h a t c o u l d be s e e n o f him w a s h i s b lond head.

J u s t a s Ruth s t a r t e d t o s i n g a s o l o d u r i n g t h e 1969 E a s t e r S u n r i s e s e r v i c e , a l l e l e c t r i c power went o f f due t o a n over loaded f u s e i n t h e k i t c h e n . Bob had a lways kidded h e r t h a t i f she e v e r s a n g a s o l o , something would happen, l i k e h e r blowing a fuse !

The Zden Sunbeams 4-H Club, w i t h l e a d e r s Ruth and Joyce Murphy from Salem and Mrs. C h a r l e s ( J a c k i e ) hlosman from L i t t l e York Church, s t a r t e d meet ing i n Salem Church basement i n 1972. T h i s inc luded r e g u l a r mee t ings , s p e c i a l meetings and a meet ing p l a c e f o r t o u r s . I n Ilay, 1973, t h e Club donated and p l a n t e d a n evergreen s h r u b e a s t of t h e v e s t i b u l e i n a p p r e c i a t i o n .

Ross Disher remembers i n t e r e s t i n g Salem-involved e v e n t s , some of which were r e l a t e d t o him.

G o t t l e i b Disher , h i s g r a n d f a t h e r , was co-owner and : y e r a t o r , w i t h B. F. Willoughby, of a t h r e s h i n g machine. On Tuesday, J u l y 29, 1873, t h e steam eng ine , t h e power o f t h e t h r e s h i n g machine, exploded k i l l i n g two men. M r . d i l loughby , one o f t h e v i c t i m s , l e f t a widow and s e v e r a l s m a l l c h i l d r e n i n c l u d i n g t h e l a t e Krs . Henry ( Blanch) Alspach.

I n t ime Ross' f a t h e r , John P. Disher , became the " t h r e s h e r . " There is an o l d photograph of t h e "Althouse cc Disher ( t h r e s h i n g o u t f i t ) on farm o f Wm. F a i l o r 1886." The men i n t h e photo have been i d e n t i f i e d as Uncle Crist Kuenzli , Grandpa Y a i l o r , John M i l l i g a n , Adam Schoenberger , L l l i s Brown, Bascom Kaufman, Lute Disher , W i l l Schoenberger , Ed Althouse, Uncle John F q i l o r , John Disher , John Kaufman, Uncle C a l i b C l a s s , Scene A h l e f i e l d , Barney Cole , George A h l e f i e l d , Uncle John Kuenzl i , Jimmy S p a n g l e r , Henry F a i l o r and Emery Class.

I t w i l l be remembered t h a t Dishers ' b a r n , which burned sev- e r a l y e a r s ago on t h e road n o r t h of t h e church , w a s n o t i n l i n e w i t h t h e sun. The appo in ted day was foggy when t h e group of l o c a l men g a t h e r e d t o s t a r t t h e founda t ion . The group cou ld n o t a g r e e on t h e s o l a r d i r e c t i o n s . The n e x t sunny day proved t h a t t h e argue-winners had been wrong.

Ross r e c a l l s i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s abou t t h e Eden C e n t e r Church of God where t h e Disher fami ly r e c e i v e d t h e i r e a r l y r e l i g i c u s t r a i n i n g . That church s t o o d on t h e s o u t h s i d e of County Road 47 b e t w ~ e n t h e Byrd and Murphy homes. This was h i s mother ' s home church because h e r f a m i l y l i v e d i n t h e s e t t l e m e n t around t h e p r e s e n t Eden Tcwnship House c a l l e d !{-*as Town. Her f a t h e r , Conrad ' Yaas one of t h e v e t e r a n s bur ied i n Salem cemetery, owned and o p e r a t e d t h e s t o r e . He r a n a h u c k s t e r wagon, t o o . She worked i n t h e s t o r e b e f o r e h e r marr iage and t o l d t h e r e was one t h i n g she d i d n ' t l i k e t o do and t h a t was t o s l i c e t h e chewing tobacco .

Ross remembers many t h i n g s abou t t h e Church of God w h i l e t h e y a t t e n d e d t h e r e . Yxs. John Helm o f L i t t l e York was t h e p r i - mary t e a c h e r and Wm. Kaylor t a u g h t t h e young boys. Vernon Alspach hnd a f i n e c h o i r which inc luded Ross1 b r o t h e r F o r r e s t and t h e i r t h r e e s i s t e r s , B e a t r i c e , Hazel and Fern. A f i n e men's q u a r t e t t e i n c l u d e d A 1 G l o s s e r , dm. Cummins, Vernon Alspach and F o r r e s t . The b e s t p r e a c h e r t h a t Ross remembers was a Rev. Cha9.A. L a t c h e l l who mar r ied Fern and Terrance Kuenzli . This man was s o

e s o t l o n a l t h a t many t imes t e a r s s t reamed down h i s f a c e w h i l e preaching. The las t m i n i s t e r was a Rev. Leatherman whose nephew Rosa had t h e good f o r t u n e t o meet once on a t r i p t o Mackinaw Iuland. The m i n i s t e r s n e v e r l i v e d i n t h e community bu t came by t r ~ i n from F i n d l a y , t h e denomina t ion ' s h e a d q u a r t e r s . Marly t imes Diehers met t h e m i n i s t e r i n Upper, gave him h i s d i n n e r a f t e r mornlng s e r v i c e s and t h e n took him t o Rock Run Church f o r even ing ~ e r v i c e n .

Foes and Carson s t a r t e d g o i n g t o ialem when t h e i r congrega- t i o n became v e r y s m a l l . Around 1920 when t h e church c l o s e d , 111m. Disher and t h e g i r l s s t a r t e d t o Salem, t o o . Ross remembers t h e hlemorial Day sermon Rev. Nie tz preached s h o r t l y a f t e r he ,

I Roes, r e t u r n e d home from d o r l d War I as one o f t h e b e s t he e v e r heard .

Mrs. Roes (Dorothy Honsberge r )Disher i s a g r e a t - n i e c e o f t h e l a t e Rev. 2. D. F a u l i n , t h e w e l l - l i k e d and well-known m i n i s t e r o f y e s t e r y e a r s . She r e c a l l s t h a t many t imes Salem m i n i s t e r s , 8s t hey t r a v e l e d between Salem and Ue l l e Vernon. would s t o p a t h e r home t o i n q u i r e a b o u t Rev. P a u l i n . Then t h e Honsbergers l i v e d on t h e o l d P a u l i n homestead one and one-ha l f m i l e s n o r t h o f Union Church.

She r e c a l l s , t o o , t h a t t h e c o l o r e d fami ly o f Uel le Vernon Church, b r o t h e r s E l i and Abe and s i s t e r Barbara IdacDonald. s topped many t imes t o i n q u i r e a b o u t Rev. I a u l i n . They were on t h e i r way t o d e c o r a t e t h e i r p a r e n t s ' g raves i n Union Cemetery.

Dorothy added t h a t noth her :;olonian was one o f t h e s i g n e r s on Rev. I n u l i n ' s a p p l i c a t i o n f o r l i c e n s e t o p reach .

Here a r e my f i r s t impress ions o f Aalem and what i t meant t o me and my f a m i l y .

L iv ing a c r o s s t h e road from a m i n i s t e r and f a m i l y was a f i r s t t ime f o r us . L a t e r we knew them n o t o n l y a s m i n i s t e r s , bu t a&! ne ighbors and f r i e n d s . Rev. Hol tzwarth c a l l e d on us t h e d ~ y a f t e r we moved, i n March, 1940, and i n v i t e d us t o a t t e n d ~ a l em Church and a l s o t o l d u s o f the o t h e r churches i n t h e v i c i n i t y .

A f t e r church o u r f i r ~ t Sunday, Harold Kuenzli c a l l e d and asked i f i t would be o k a y jf t h e people o u r age would come t o our p lnce f o r a p a r t y . C l a r i c e and I l v a helped i n t h e k i t c h e n , b u t it was much l a t e r i n t h e even ing b e f o r e I r e a l i z e d t h e y were sis-

, t e r s . Before t h e group l e f t , someone sugges ted t h a t I t r y t o match husbands and wives . 1 miflsed a b o u t h a l f o f them.

The f a c t t h a t Salem was a Swiss farming community h ~ l p c d t o make me f e e l a t home because my mother came from a C,erman farm . community n e a r Lykens. The Church was always a ve ry meaninhful p a r t of o u r l i v e s . When newcomers t a k e a n a c t i v e p a r t i n thv l o c a l church and s c h o o l , t h e y soon become a p a r t o f a new community.

I en joy coming back t o 3alem,and i t l o o k s a s though t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n i s c a r r y i n g on.

The moat e x c i t i n g t h i n g , I s t i l l th ink ,was t h a t se rv iceman ' s l e g s coming th rough t h e c e i l i n g a t t h e time of t h e f i r e .

Mrs. Mary Conrad

Howard Kuenzl i of Nevada l i v e d w i t h h i s a u n t and u n c l e , my P a i l o r g r a n d p a r e n t s , from t h e t ime he was t h r e e days o l d u n t i l he was s i x o r s e v e n . He remembers t h a t e v e r y .;unday a f t e r Grandpa F a i l o r ' s d e a t h i n 1899, Grandma took him w i t h h e r o u t t o t h e Grandya 's g rave a f t e r s e r v i c e s .

Them Howard l i v e d w i t h Aunt Jenn ie ( I ' a i l o r ) and Uncle A l b e r t Wyss on Uncle John d u e n z l i ' s farm j u s t e a s t o f t h e Golf i o u r s e . Howard remernbers t h a t i n 1907 d r n e s t Reber came t o Fred B i e r r i ' s , on t h e Golf Course farm, from Awitzer land. E r n e s t worked f o r Uncle A l b e r t two y e a r s d u r i n g which t ime he was l e a r n i n g t h e h n g l i s h languac,e. cach n i g h t a s t h e y went t o bed Howard would h e l p him b e f o r e t h e y f e l l a s l e e p i n t h e same bed. A t Salem E r n e s t was i n f e t e r Gtucky ' s German c l a s s .

Paul Kuenzli o f P i t t Township remembers when Nrs. Sam Darth j o i n e d Salem Zhurch. She had been i n a c a r n i v a l t r o u p e t h a t came t o t h e hyandot County P a i r . There Sam met h e r , marr ied h e r and took h e r home t o l i v e w i t h h i s p a r e n t s s o u t h o f t h e Church c o r n e r . Lhe was a good s in l ; e r and cou ld g e t so low s h e cou1.d s i n e baso. L a t e r they moved t o hiononcue where Sam was a t h r e s h e r f o r y e a r s . :;he developed ve ry poor e y e s i g h t because o f something s h e used i n them, w h i l e w i t h t h e t r o u p e , t o make them b i g and b r i g h t . She, h l s i e , 18fl3-1972, i s b u r i e d i n Salem cemetery .

Paul r e c a l l s t h a t "Satan" G i l l i l a n d g o t t h a t nickname because he a r r i v e d l a t e a t Church one Sunday morning. AS he walked i n t h e p r e a c h e r r e a d , " . . . and ;a tan e n t e r e d . . . . " from t h e b i b l e . No one is s u r e anymore which G i l l i l a n d t h a t was.

- - - - - - - - - - F o s t e r Kuerizli o f Upper remembers go ing t o t h e Swart2 s t o r e

a t t h e c o r n e r f o r c h e e s e , c r a c k e r s and s a r d i n e s f o l l o w i n g any weekday a c t i v i t y a t t h e church . I t was much more i n c o n v e n i e n t when t h e s t o r e moved e a s t t o "Dog Town."

F o s t e r r e c a l l s t h a t h i s Grandpa. Samuel Kuenzli used oxen t o h i s c a r t s . His oxen made a t r i p of s e v e r a l days ' d u r a t i o n t o ;;andusky C i t y (on Lake E r i e ) f o r s u p p l i e s t w i c e a y e a r .

- - - - - - - - - - Wayne B l a s e r o f ~Alnnnon, ivashington, r e c a l l s , "Every Sunday

morninc t h e founding f a t h e r s occupied t h e s e v e r a l back rows o f , s e a t s on t h e wes t s i d e f o r Sunday School i n a German c l a s s . " The e a r l i e s t p a s t o r he r e c a l l s i s Rev. I3urger who had a son abou t h i s age . He remembers f o n d l y t h e Tuesday evening c l a s s f o r t h e s t u d y o f t h e S c r i p t u r e s t a u g h t by ~ l i z a Gtucky. Most o f t h e 12 t o L O . young people walked t o t h e church f o r t h e c l a s s . He a l s o r e c a l l s t h e Gonference Q u a r t e t t e composed o f Rev. P a u l i n , Rev. Spreng, Rev. F l o r a and Rev. Naumann.

N o r r i s Kuenzli o f IJpper remembers t h e ;hi1 d r e n ' s Day pro- grams. Thp b e n t p a r t was t h e p r a c t i c e days when t h e c h i l d r e n p layed hide-and-oeek among t h e peony bushes i n t h e cemetery .

drs. Z a r l ( I r e n e F a i l o r ) Ger t senberge r r e c a l l s t h q s e games

I n t h e c e n ~ e t e r y , t o o . The women i n c h a r g e s o m e t i n e s became vor:r a n p r y b e c a u s e t h e c h i l d r e n would r a t h e r p l a y t h a n p r a c t i c e .

? o b e r t :;tucky remembers how some boys l o o k e d f o r a cb,ancr t o Jump o u t a window ~ n d c l i m b t r e e s .

12s. I r e n e N i l s o n o f Upper remembers a n e a r l y l a d i e s ' q u n r - t r t t e composed o f h e r m o t h e r , hirs. I d a Swan, D e l l a &an , b i n ~ i e J c h i n d l e r a n d Flrs. Sam B a r t h .

She r e c a l l s a n e a r l y m e n ' s q u a r t e t t e composed o f Cohn, F r a n k , E z r a a n d i l ' . T. ICuenzl i .

, 'trs. L e o n a r d ( I l i l d r e d K u e n z l i ) S t e c k remembers h e r m o t h e r t e l l i n g t h a t s h e p l a y e d t h e o r g a n f o r t h a t K u e n z l i m e n ' s q u w - t e t t e b e f o r e s h e , ~ i l i n n i e Y c h i n d l e r , m a r r i e d W a n k K u e n z l i .

I r e n e r e c a l l s , t o o , t h a t o n e o f h e r s c h o l a r s when s h e t a u ( - h t R Sunday S c h o o l c l a s s o f y o u r l g s t e r s , was F r e d I l i l l i g a n now o f W e s t e r v i l l e .

Mrs. R o b e r t ( M i r i a m S c h i e f e r ) U l a s e r a t t e n d e d S a l e m when h e r ~ ~ a r e n t f i l i v e d at t h e G o l f C o u r s e farm. ;he a n d L i l l i a n d i l s o n w e r e b i r d s i n a C h i l d r e n ' s Day p r o g r a m one y e a r . D u r i n g t h e prof;ram b o t h g i r l s had a l a u g h i n g s p e l l f o r w h i c h t h e y w e r e f o r c e f u l l y removed f rom t h e stap,t> a n d t h e p r o g r a m . ( T h e r e a r e few o f U S , t h a t a t s o m e t i m e , d i d n o t d e s e r v e t h e same!:)

1Ws. James ( C a s s i e L a r i c k ) Beam o f Upper remembers t h a t h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s , George a n d Mare ,a re t L a r i c k ( 1 , e r i c h i n t h e o l d brown l e ~ t h e r l e d g e r ) , a l w a y s w a l k e d t o a a l e m w h i c h t h e y c a l l e d "The Dutch" o r "The A l b r i g h t " C h u r c h . They l i v e d one a n d a h a l f m i l e s e a s t a t t h e first T r o a d .

Llrs. E, B. ( A l i c e K u r n z l i ) kpnson o f Nevada s p e n t s e v e r a l d a y s t h i s o n e p a r t i c u l a r t i m e when s h e w a s a l i t t l e g i r l , w i t h h e r e r a n d p a r e n t s , F r e d e r i c k and J o s e p h i n e kuenz l i . , h i scroni- p a n i e d h e r g r a n d m o t h e r t ~ r o u , y h t h e f i e l d s o n t h e pz t h t o t h e c h u r c h w h e r e h e r g r a n d m o t h ~ r g a v e t h e c h u r c h i t s w e e k l y c l r a n i n f , . She g a v e A l i c e a p a i r o f r e d mitts t h a t had b e e n u n c l a i m e d fat- weeko. A l i c e remembers s h e was v e r y happy w i t h h e r p , i f t and t h e n c o n s i d e r e d t h o s e m i t t s ( g l o v e s m i n u s t h e e n d s o f t h p f i n g t > r : , ' q u i t e i m p o r t a n t i n h e r young l i f e .

- - - - - - - - - - Mrs. H a r o l d ( C l a r i c e Brown) K u e n z l i r e c a l l s t h a t s h e a n d

H a r o l d d i d n o t p,o t o c h u r c h t h e m o r n i n g H a r r y G i l l i l a n d ' s h o u s e ( w h e r e Wilts l i v e now) c a u g h t o n f i r e i n t h e w i n t e r o f 1947-48 . K R r l Brown, who was r a i s e d i n t h e K u e n z l i home, d i d go t o c h u r c h and t h u ~ l y h e l p e d g e t f u r n i t u r e o u t o f t h e b u r n i n g h o u s e . "hen he w e n t home t o c h a n g e i n t o h i s e v e r y d a y c l o t h e s b e f o r e he c o u l d h e l p p u t o u t t h e f i r e . The K u e n z l i s l a u g h e d a l w a y s a b o u t K a r l ' s l e t t i n g t h e h o u s e b u r n w h i l e h e w e n t home t o c h a n g e h i s a l r e a d y - r u i n e d good s u i t .

Mrs. Paul. (Ruth B l a s e r ) C a s t a n i e n o f Marion remembers Y . P . A . on Tuesday evenings w i t h E l i z a Stucky a s t h e o u t s t a n d i n g l e a d e r . She r e c a l l s Rev. 0 . D. Wonder a s t h e o u t s t a n d i n g m i n i s t e r . She was t h e Sunday School p i a n i s t f o r a number o f y e a r s wi th t h e good l e a d e r s h i p o f c h o r i s t e r L. A . Kuenzli.

Mrs. I r v i n ( F r e i d a Gerber ) Kear remembers going t o Salem , when h e r f a t h e r had a cheese f a c t o r y on p r e s e n t Route 182 about d i r e c t l y s o u t h o f t h e Golf Course. She has some c h i l d r e n ' s c h i n a cup and s a u c e r s e t s t h a t were p r e s e n t e d i n t h e Primary Department f o r eood a t t e n d a n c e .

Her b r o t h e r Fred r ~ r a l l s t h e i r f a t h e r t e l l i n g t h a t he knew no 6 n g l i s h when he a r r i v e d i n Wyandot County from Swi tze r land . The f a t h e r s t a r t e d a t t e n d i n g Salem where P e t e r Stucky t a u g h t a Sunday achool c l a s s i n German every o t h e r Sunday. So t h e f a t h e r a t t e n d e d each German Sunday.

Mrs. Josephine ( K u e n z l i ) Warren r e c a l l s t h a t new pews were i n s t a l l e d i n t h e 1025 remodeling program. I n r e l a t i n g t h i s t o me s h e added, "Don't you remember those o l d , hard, s t r a i g h t t h i n g s we had b e f o r e l "

Good o l e Hans Stucky, who was h i g h l y r e s p e c t e d by a l l , grew q u i t e d e a f . Ye was a r e g u l a r a t t e n , l a n t a t A n d a y jchool and a t Church a s wel l a s a r e g u l a r s l e e p e r dur ing t h e sermon. Harry G i l l i l a n d remembers one c e r t a i n Sunday Hans c a l l e d o u t "dhoa! Whoa!! WHOA!" and awoke h imse l f . Hans was dreaming h i s team of horses was running away.

Mrs. Roy ( I v a ) Kimble o f Upper remembers t h e f i r s t t ime she came t o Salem i n 1950. She looked around and was s o impressed w i t h t h i s count ry church t h a t was s o n e a t and p r e t t y . The nex t t ime i t was r e d e c o r a t e d s h e thought i t was j u s t b e a u t i f u l !

Miss Jean Schwebel remembers h e r mother, Mrs. Wm. ( T r e s s i e T r a x l e r ) Schwebel, t e l l i n g about p r a y e r meet ings . A Charley some- body l e d t h e p r a y e r meetings f o r q u i t e awhile and was determined t o make t h e s i n n e r s r e p e n t . He always s t a r t e d by s a y i n g , " I ' l l . make t h e f u r f l y t h i s t ime." Then T r e s s i e and h e r young g i r l f r i e n d s would s t a r t t h e i r usua l l a u g h t e r .

Jean remembers t h a t h e r mother used t o s i n g i n a l a d i e s ' q u a r t e t t e . T r e s s i e sang a l t o whi le Del la Swan sang second a l t o . Mrs. Blanche Alspach sang high soprano whi le t h e m i n i s t e r ' s w i f e , name f o r g o t t e n , sang second soprano.

hWs . Grace (Alspach) ( P o o l ) Cla rk remembers t h a t s h e played t h e piano f o r t h e q u a r t e t t e . One t ime, when they were t o s i n g i n Carey, t h e q u a r t e t t e decided t o p r a c t i c e i n Carey before the meeting. Someone f o r g o t t o t e l ! Grace u n t i l j u s t s h o r t l y before

t lw t o {:on G r a c e a n d Ira h a d j u s t k i l l e d c l e v r n c h i c k e n s . "'hry ruf'b*rl a n d had t h e c h i c k e n s d r e s s e c ! b e f o r e O r a c e l e f t .

IZoy ' . ;choenberger remembers t h a t d u r i n c t h e summer o f 131 4, t h e young men's nmanuel C l a s s b e l o n g e d t o a : o u n t y Y .M . : . k . bece - b a l l l e a g u e . The names o f t h s o t h e r t e a m s a r c f o r c , o t t e n . ,?rve:; were r l a y e d o n S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n s . ' Ihercl vra:; no ~ l : l v i l : t on I ; l~n?ays . "he t e a m wore g r e y u n i f o r m s trimmeri i n LI IUP. ' l 'herfi w a s A b l u e 6 o n t h e r i g h t s i d e o f t h e s h i r t f r o n t . From h i s p i c t u r e o f t,he t e a m , Roy i d e n t i f i e d t h e p l - a y e r s a!: Ray K u e n z l i , i , r c d . ; c h o e n b e r g e r , L l o y d ! l a a s , C i l b e r t K u e n z l i , p i t c h e r L,ouis l :uenzl . i , . d ~ r v i n Myers , :;tan1 c y S t o l r e r , c a t c h e r Roy I l ~ t m a n , nayne B l a s e r rind h i m s e l f , a p i t c h e r . T h e t eam won s e c o n d p l a c e i n t h e l e a e u e .

'(rs. W h e e l e r ( ~ , d n a firown) ~Caughey o f V ~ r m i l i o n , L h i o , rernem- b e r s " c o i n g t o Salem w i t h r r a n d p a a n d Lrandma ( J o h n ) ' a i l o r In t h e i r f a n c y c a r r i a { ; e w i t h l i&ts o n e a c h s i d e . ':harl e y 1 u e n ~ l I

w n ! , the? . ~ u p e r i n t e n d e n t . The p ' j r s c h n e r boys werp t b e j a n i t o r s . ''le n i n i c t e r p r e a c h e d i n ( prman, I b l . l i e v e , P v o r y f o u r t h . ; u n d ~ y . ' -

i h e n s h e drew a s k e t c h o f t h e i n s i d t . o f t h e c h u r c h b u i l d i n g . The ( r e e c l ) o r g a n was w e s t o f t h e c e n t e r - p l a c e d p u l p i t . The c h o i r s a t i n t h e n o r t h w e s t Amen c o r n e r . I ' h e r e was a s t o v e h a l f w a y b a r k o n b o t h s i d e a i s l e s .

Yrs, Emery ( G r a c e N e a t e ) Y i l d e r b r a n d o f Upper l i v e d w i t h ht.r p a r e n t s on t h e r o a d n o r t h o f t h e C h u r c h . ; h ~ remembers t h a t t h e t h r e . o l d e r c h i l d r e n , a e s s i e , F r a n k a n d C d a a r d , u s e d t o w a l k a c r o s s t h e f i e l d s t o c h u r c h . Rut s h e was t o o younc, t o do t h a t s o a t t e n d e d o n l y w i t h h e r p a r e n t s d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n s o f p a s s a b l e r o a d s . S h e r e c a l l s t h a t h e r Zunday 5chooL c l a s s was i n t h p n o r t h e a s t Amen c c r n e r .

I r e c a l l w e l l t h e s w e r a l y e a r s I a t t e n d e d ; a l e n 2 h u r c h p r i o r t o l e a v i n g t h e community. When I e n t p r e d t h e c r r v j c c , i l i s t e d S a l e m as my home c h u r c h . I r e c a l l , t o o , d e l i v e r i ~ g o r a t i o n s i n t h e c h u r c h d u r i n g s e v e r a l b d e n I i e h 5 c h o o l s p e e c h

' c o m p e t i t i o n s . C o l . ( R e t . ) Vernon : i . M i l l e r

Panama C i t y , F l o r i d a

I remember t h e l o n g p r a y e r s i n c h u r c h w h i l e we c h i l d r e n sa t on t h e f l o o r a n d t h e a d t ~ l t s k n e l t . Our f a m i l y sa t t o g e t h e r , w h i c h was u n u s u a l f o r t h e n , s o P a p a c o u l d h e l p c a r e f o r u s ~ i r l s . de a l w a y s p l a y e d w i t h h i s w a t c h f o b , w h i c h I s t i l l h a v e .

Mrs. Helmer ( E u l a A l t h o u s e ) S o r t l a n d

We, t h e r r e d klooneys, came t o ;Salem when Rev. John l!oover was m i n i s t e r . A t t h a t t ime he was d r i v i n g a s c h o o l bus and encouraged u s t o v i s i t A l e m . A f t e r a t t e n d i n g a w h i l e , we had o u r membership t r a n s f e r r e d from T r i n i t y E. U . U. i n Upper.

Rober t , J a r b a r a and Marie had c a t e c h i s m and jo ined c h u r c h . Maris, alonr: w i t h i a m e l a G r i f f i n , Judy Farrow and Vicki Young,

had many f u n h o u r s p r a c t i c i n g a s a q u a r t e t t e and s a n g q u i t e o f t e n f o r s e r v i c e s . T h i s was s t a r t e d by Mrs. kdward S p y k ~ r and seem- iny , ly ended w i t h g r a d u a t i o n from Upper d i g h Schoo l i n 1972. They ' were c a l l e d "The S a l e m e t t e s . "

d a r b ~ r a wa'; m a r r i e d i n t h e Church by Rev. S h e r r i f f , h i s l a s t m a r r i a g e b e f o r e r e t i r i n e from t h e a c t i v e m i n i s t r y i n J u n e , 1970.

d e a s a f a m i l y have en joyed b e i n g a p a r t o f aalem Church and hope f o r c o n t i n u e d s e r v i c e s a t .>alem.

Fred ci C a r o l , R o b e r t , Barbara ( B l a i r ) , Marie, Ca r son and David

Riooney

These a r e a few o f t h e fond c h i l d h o o d memories I have f rom ~ a l em.

iWs. C r e t a Cross was my f hove red o v e r 11s l i k e a hen w i t h h e r . vie had t e a r s w h ~ n we were c a r d b o a r d box, w i t h a h o l e f o r day cake . Each one was p r i v i h i s c a n d l e .

The ?ev . 2. E. Drummond, a

i rs t junday School. t e a c h e r . :;he l i t t l e c h i c k e n s , and we a l l l o v e d promoted. She had a l i t t l e w h i t e one c a n d l e , r e p r e s e n $ i n g a b i r t h -

l e g e d on h i s b i r t h d a y t o blow o u t

v e r y l a r g e man, had t h e same i n i - t ia ls as o u r f a t h e r . 30 I t h o u g h t t h a t j u s t a b o u t made tny dad a p r e a c h e r , t o o .

I remember a Sunday School p i c n i c i n W. T . K u e n z l i ' s woods w i t h a l o t o f p e o p l e t h e r e . Someone had r i g g e d a p o l e between t w o t r e e s a b o u t f o u r o r f i v e f e e t o f f t h e g round . On t h i s two men vroul d have a p i l l o w f i e h t . I was s i x y e a r s o l d t h e n and t h o u g h t t h e men wore r e a l l y mad a t each o t h e r because t h e f e a t h e r s f l e w l

Ienry b c h i l l i n g was my Sunday Schoo l t e a c h e r when I was 12 - 114 y e a r s o l d . We t h o u g h t we were p r e t t y grown up, b u t Henry knew we were n o t t o o b i g f o r a candy b a r now and t h e n .

1 remember g o i n g t o ' p r o t r a c t e d " mee t ings w i t h Dad and Mother i n t h e s l e i g h . Guess my s i s t e r s d i d n ' t g e t t o 60 a s t h e r e w a s n ' t much room o r e l s e we took t u r n s .

One summer W.T. Kuenzl i and H i l l B l a s e r had c a r s j u s t a l i k e . One Sunday a f t e r c h u r c h Will drove W. T . ' s c a r home by m i s t a k e . 1 c a n s t i l l s e e W. T. l a u e h i n g l

Ralph W . F a i l o r

T r e s s e l s and boa rds were used t o make t h e p l a t f o r m l a r g e r f o r C h i l d r e n ' s Day programs. I t was a lways a b i g t ime w i t h new d r e s s e s and e x c i t e d c h i l d r e n . One y e a r I r e p r e s e n t e d g r a s s and s o wore a g r e e n c r e p e p a p e r d r e s s and h a t bo th trimmed i n f r i n g e d g r e e n c r e p e p a p e r .

One y e a r I was c a r r y i n g my b i g d o l l d r e s s e d i n a p r e t t y dreae. A t t h e end of t h e e x e r c i s e , a s t h e women on t h e f r o n t Rent were ready t o l i g h t t h e t a b l e a u powder, I became a f r a i d f u r m y d o l l . So I r a n t o t h e v e r y back of t h e s t a g e t o my s i s t e r Ruth.

One b a s t e r I f e l t v e r y impor tan t i n my new d r e s s and shoes a s I went upon t h e p l a t f o r m t o s a y my "piece:. J u s t t h e n evpry word l e f t me. bven though I cou ld s e e Mother ~ n o t i o n i n g f o r me t o come down, I was f r o z e n and con t inued s t a n d i n c t h e r e .

I remember w e l l t h e s t o v e s on e i t h e r s i d t . Une Sunday morn- I n 8 some boy, I f o r g e t which one, k e p t h i s shoes on t h e base of

, the men's s t o v e too l o n g . That h o r r i d odor l a s t e d throughout t h e s e r v i c e l

Mrs. b r o t h ; ( 1 a i l o r ) Gingery

My o t h e r s i s t e r , X r s . A l i c e Thomsen of Was%iwton, C.C., remembers t h e honor bestowed on Mervin Yyem j u s t b e f c r e he l e f t f o r s e r v i c e i n Norld rlar I . E i t h e r t h e Super in tenden t o r t h e p r e ~ c h e r aoked i c r v i n , i n uniform, t o go t o the f r o n t and s a y a few wordo. Most o f t h e women and o l d e r g i r l s were c r y i n g . A l i c e d l d n ' t unders tand why, b u t she c r i e d t o o .

I remember t h e f i r s t bread I baked. I was 1 3 and, I t h i n k a t t h a t t ime i n 1915, my g o a l i n l i f e was t o bake bread. I had watched an a u n t s o thought I knew how. Another a u n t , who l i v e d w i t h my f a t h e r , my b r o t h e r and me, wouldn ' t l e t me t r y because o f t h e waste i f it were a f a i l u r e .

This a u n t went v i s i t i n g once f o r two days . I went t o t h e g rocery , bought d r y y e a s t , t h e n made my own s t a r t u s i n g p o t a t o wa te r and saved some f o r t h e n e x t baking. I have baked many l o a v e s of bread s i n c e b u t none n i c e r t h a n my f i r s t t h r e e l o a v e s . M y dad was as proud as I was l

Mrs. Inez Snodgrass

Many Salem members have known f o r a l o n g t ime t h a t Inez is an e x c e l l e n t b read , as w e l l a s p i e , baker . Maybe t h e reason is

I h e r e a r l y p r a c t i c e 1

+ My s i s t e r s and I took t u r n s , accord ing t o age, a s j a n i t o r o f

the church. Our mother i n s i s t e d t h a t we go over on Sunday morn- i n g s and r e d u s t . I r e c e i v e d $110 f o r j a n i t o r work my s e n i o r y e a r . i n high schoo l a t Nevada. Th i s money pa id f o r my g r a d u a t i o n c l o t h e s i n 1922.

I t may have been t h a t same w i n t e r t h a t I played t h e piano every n i g h t f o r R two weeks1 r e v i v a l meeting. L a t e r Ecra Kuenzli sugges ted t h e t t h e church pay me $5 f o r i t . My f a t h e r was a e a l n s t it because he thought t h a t I should do t h a t a8 my p a r t o f the s e r v i c e s . He never f o r g o t t h a t I accep ted t h e money.

I remember t h a t t h e c l a p p e r of t h e b e l l f e l l o e v e r a l t imes. Once was when I was j a n i t o r . I remember my mother r a n a c r o s s t h e

f i e l d t o t h e church t o s e e i f I w a s h u r t . My s i s t e r Joseph ine remembers one t ime much l a t e r t h a t i t

f e l l d u r i n g some s e r v i c e . I t j u s t missed s t r i k i n g a c a r .

Mrs. Richard (Bern ice Kuenz l i ) Frasch

Y . f . A . meet ings made a deep impress ion on my mind. I t was , i n t h e s e m e e t i n ~ s t h a t I l e a r n e d much abou t t h e B i b l e , i t s books, o t o r i e s , f a c t s , l e a d e r s h i p and people . The meet ings were s e r i o u s and i n s t r u c t i v ~ , b u t young g i r l s found t h i n g s t o l augh abou t . Once a g i r l f r i e n d and I began n o t i n g t h e "And da" resonance of , t h e r a t h e r l a rge -nosed l e a d e r f o r t h a t evening. Th? more we l i s t e n e d t h e f u n n i e r i t became. The most I remember about t h a t l e s s o n was "And d a " and our i n a b i l i t y t o s t o p l augh ing .

Another p l e a s a n t memory i s t h e wa lk ing t o and from r e v i v a l mee t ines w i t h our f a m i l y and o t h e r s on c o l d , c l e a r w i n t e r even- i n g s . Sometimes the wa lk ing was through snow and sometimes on s l i p p e r y i c e , bu t l o o k i n e up t h e sky was c l e a r and t h e moon and s t a r s s o b r i r , h t . With t h e t o g e t h e r n e s s , however, we never seemed t o n o t i c e t h e c o l d , snappy weather .

EiZrs. Harry ( B e r t h a S c h i l l i n g ) G i l l i l a n d

The f i r s t t ime I r e c a l l coming t o Salem Zhurch was i n t h e w i n t e r of 1920. Salem was having s p e c i a l meet ing w i t h deep snow and very c o l d wea ther . John Neate, w i t h a b i g team of h o r s e s h i t c h e d t o t h e bobs led w i t h r a c k s , b roueh t around 20 of u s t o t h e meet ing one n i g h t . The h o r s e s were ve ry f r a c t i o u s and s o were wet and l a t h e r e d when we a r r i v e d a t church . They p u t horse blan- k e t s on t h e h o r s e s w h i l e we were i n t h e meet ing t o p reven t them from t a k i n g c o l d . This was my f i r s t p l e a s a n t memory of Salem.

Harry G i l l i l a n d

Rrs. Thelma Fleeman remembers t h a t sometime abou t 1913 she came t o Salem w i t h h e r a u n t s t o a f u n e r a l . The Bender Ilros. Funeral D i r ~ c t o r s , h l t o n and Vernon, had sp read newspapers up the s t e p s and over t h e c a r p e t i n t o t h e s a n c t u a r y f o r a s h o r t d i s - b t a n c e . This was a p r o t e c t i o n from t h e r a i n y day. She had never s e e n i t done b e f o r e o r s i n c e . Cveryone was having s o much t r o u - b l e w i t h t h e papers s t i c k i n e t o t h e i r s h o e s . From t h e c r a c k l i n g of the p a p e r s and t h e g e s t u r e s o f t h e pe rsons , Thelma s t a r t e d W l augh ing . Her p r e c i s e and s t r i c t a u n t s , who r a i s e d h e r , t o l d h e r t o remember where s h e waa and t o s t o p l a u g h i n g a t once! She d i d .

E a r l Kirflchner s e n t t h e f o l l o w i n g on October 2 , 1961, from S e a t t l e , Washington, f o r t h e C e n t e n n i a l , " . . .Old Salem has been t h e home o f Ada (Brown) and myself f o r those fo rmat ive y e a r s of ch i ldhood and you th . ... We remember, t o o , t h a t t h e l a r g e s t

proup of r e l a t i v e s was t h e Kuenzli c l a n . A t one t ime o u r fami ly nnd the C h r i s Stucky f a m i l y were abou t a l l t h a t were n o t r e l a t e d . . . . 'y t h r e e b r o t h e r s and I were j a n i t o r s a t t h e church . We were R ~ O I J ~ t h e n e a r e s t f a m i l y ( t h e now Harry G i l l i l a n d home) and o f t ~ n my pa ren t s e n t e r t a i n e d t h e ' p r e s i d i n g e l d e r . ' We r e c a l l such wonderful m i n i s t e r s as E . D. F a u l i n , E . S . F l o r a , J . viesley Zarkrnan and o t h e r s . I t w a s t h e Rev. F l o r a who marr ied us j u s t 50 y e a r s ago. ... I am t h i n k i n g now o f a q u a r t e t t e c o n s i s t i n g of Frank Kuenzli o f Salem, E . F. o tephan of T r i n i t y , a G . H. Brown of nea r Upper and Rev. Emery P a u l i n t h a t s a n g a t r e l i g i o u s ga th - e r i n g s . One o f t h e i r f i n e s t s e l e c t i o n s was 'We Are Going Down the Val ley. ' What a n impress ion t h a t deep sonorous bass o f r'rank Kuenzli made I "

Our f a t h e r , C h a r l e s Kirschner, was Salem's Auper intendent and eex ton from 1902 o r 1903 u n t i l A p r i l , 1909.

Sweeping and d u s t i n g t h e e n t i r e church , making and main ta in - i n g t h e f i r e s , c l e a n i n g and f i l l i n g t h e b i g hanging lamps w i t h kerosene and r i n g i n g t h e b e l l twice f o r a l l meet ings were the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f Dad. N a t u r a l l y t h e sweeping t h e f l o o r and d u s t i n g a l l t h e pews and o t h e r f u r n i t u r e became a r e g u l a r S a t u r - day ' s job f o r me and my two o l d e r b r o t h e r s , E a r l and Howard. Also we f e e l h e i r t o t h e job o f r i n g i n g t h e b e l l . I was n o t ve ry b i g then , and t o s ta r t t h e b e l l swinging I had t o jump a s high a s I c o u l d , g r a b t h e rope and w i t h my whole we igh t p u l l t h e rope down u n t i l a p a r t o f i t would c o i l upon t h e f l o o r . A f t e r I g o t t h e b e l l swinging, i t was n o t ha rd t o keep it going. This con t inued a t l e a s t a l l d u r i n g my y e a r s i n ( u p p e r ) High School t o 1907 when I was g radua ted .

I n t h e f a l l o f 1907, I s t a r t e d t e a c h i n g a t t h e o l d C a r r School and t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r a t North Eden School . I n t h e s p r i n g o f 1909, Dad and Mother decided t o t a k e a t r i p t o S e a t t l e s o 1 r e s i g n e d and took over t h e runn ing o f t h e farm. B e a t r i c e Disher took o v e r North Eden f o r t h e las t two months o f t h e schoo l yea r .

When Dad l e f t , t h e o t h e r l e a d e r s o f Salem p r e v a i l e d upon me t o t a k e o v e r t h e job o f S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e Sunday School u n t i l Dad r e t u r n e d . I s e r v e d from A p r i l t o September, 1909. I l e f t t h a t f a l l t o s ta r t my c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n a t Northwestern Col lege i n N a p e r v i l l e , l l l i n o i s . I a t t e n d e d t h e r e f o r t h r e e y e a r s and t h e n went t o C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y and was g radua ted w i t h an A . B . degree i n 1913.

Ot to Ki r schner , Vashon, Washington

We remember t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e Y.F. We had a v e r y a c t i v e group and d i d many t h i n g s such as s l e d d i n g , bobsled and s k a t i n g p a r t i e s . We always planned our own programs, l e s s o n s , e n t e r - t a inments and r e f r e s h m e n t s . Besides t h e fun t h i n g s , we r a i s e d money and s e n t i n o u r r e g u l a r o f f e r i n g s f o r m i s s i o n a r i e s .

We had s o c i a l s a t t h e church f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s u n t i l t h e pa rk ing became a problem. The t a b l e s were s e t up on t h e lawn

e a s t o f t h e ( t i u r c h . We a lways had homemade i c e cream. Many p e o p l e from town would p a t r o n i z e u s . Lewis s a y s t h a t one of ou r b e s t cuotomers was Fred d t u c k y , t h e pump man o f Upper. iihen t h e s o c i a l s became t o o b i g a p r o j e c t f o r t h e c h u r c h , we had them a t t h e Golf Course . T h i s was a n i d e a l s p o t w i t h l o t s o f s p a c e f o r t a b l e s and f o r p a r k i n g . The Y.F. members worked w e l l t o g e t h e r , , and we a r e s u r e t h e p a r e n t s he lped us a l o t .

He used t o go a l l o u t f o r Halloween n a r t i e s . w e 1, i Margare t , remember e s p e c i a l l y was a t Q o s s N i n t c r 's when 1 worked t h e r e . The k i d s were b r o u g h t a round t h e hour e by fo lLowing a s t r i n g i n t o t h e w i e r d l y d e c o r a t e d basement and t h e n u p s t a i r s i n t o t h e house . We had them d u s t t h e house t o keep them movirig. (Tha t i s a new one l Nho wan t s a p a r t y a t my h o u s e q ) There was a bi(: b l a c k c r e p e p a p e r cobweb i n t h e doub le doorway and many b a t s , e o b b l i n s , e t c . , a l l o v e r t h e h o ~ l t i ~ . The games and r e f r e shmel l t s were t i m e l y , t o o . Ii!rs. Winter h e l p e d me w i t h t h i s p a r t y wit!] many u n u s u a l i d e a s . .,he en joyed t h e whole a f f a i r a s much as any o f t h e Y . F . e r s .

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There used t o be s t e a l i n ( : from c h u r c h e s a s w e l l a s today . Our f a t h e r l u ~ e d t o t e l l a b o u t one c a s e . A t a Wednesday nigh1 p r a y e r m e t i n g i n t h e c h u r c h , a l l t h e men l e f t t h e i r gum Loo t s and l a n t e r n s i n t h e v e s t i b u l e . A f t e r t h e s e r v i c e s one a a i r o f b o o t s and t h e l a n t e r n w i t h t h e c l e a n e s t g l o b e were gone.' The name of t h e owner o f t h e b o o t s i s f o r g o t t e n . ~t was t h e f i r s t ' t ime he had worn h i s new b o o t s . I t was assumed t h a t some o l d t ramp d i d n o t want d i r t y b o o t s o r a d i r t y l a n t e r n g l o b e .

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o f t h e p r e s e n t h i s t o r y o f t h e c h u r c h h a s been my joy and l ~ l e s s c ~ d p r i v i l e g e . Ply corning w a s t o me i n a 1 1 p r o b a t i l i t h a n e x l e n r i o n I o f t ime i n t h e y e a r s o f s e r v i c e f o r my I o r d .

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n o t p e r f e c t , n o t w i t h o u t f a u l t because we a r e human, b u t becau:.~ o f o u r f e l l o w s h i p w i t h o u r L o r d and . , a v i o u r Je sus Z h r i c t , wc a r e , more t h a n c o n q u e r o r s t h rough tiim, and i n Y i m we can do a l l t h i n c s . Salem Church i s l i k e a r e f r e s h i n g summer b r ~ e z e , i n a h o t and v i l e c l i m a t e o f sun-baked hardened e a r t h . Almost t e n y e a r s aeo I vias

I b o r n a g a i n h e r e i n t h i s community, n o t l i k e t h e s c r i p t u r a l born a g a i n , and y e t i n many ways i t i s s o . Then I found a pc.aple t h a t I c a r e d , t h a t s t i l l c a r e , f o r t h e man f a l l e n among t h i e v e s o r t h e $ beggar a t t h e g a t e , o r t h e woman a t t h e w e l l .

I do n o t know what tomorrow w i l l b r i n g , b u t one t h i n g seems s u r e 1 Salem w i l l be t h e r e i t s a l l o t e d t i m e , keey ing h e r s e l f b e a u t i f u l , a w a i t i n g t h e r e t u r n o f t h e br idegroom, and we w i l l be t h e r e u n t i l He c a l l s us on t o o t h e r s e r v i c e . b p i r i t o f t h e L i v i n g Cod f a l l r r e s h on u s i n t h i s y e a r of 1975.

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