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A V.*AV VSince 1909 Grace Evangelical Lutheran church has been serving itscongregation in Waukesha. Sunday it will celebrate its 40th anjJ^er-sary with special services and a mortgage burning ceremony. Above is the old church built in 1912 at 700 Becchwood on property the church purchased from the Free Methodist conference. Tne new church was completed and dedicated m 1941. The congregation has paid off tlie mortgage on it to commemorate the 40th anniversary.j co-hoWOKThlt; tion i partyat thV -- ----------” ----------Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church to Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary SundayGrace Evangelical Lutheran church, 700 Beech wood, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Sunday with special services and a mortgage burning ceremony.The Rev. J. H. Diehl of Lake Geneva will be guest speaker for the regular morning service in honor of the occasion. During the course of the service the mortage will be burned.The first service of Grace Evangelical as a church was held Dec. 26, 1908. The congregation was formallv organized May 23, 1909. Its minister, the Rev. Henry W. Wovahn who had just finished seminary at Waukesha, was ordained into the ministry and made pastor of the church at the sameceremor.v. He had been instrumental m building the congrega-iton from a very humble beginning to a communicant membership ofover 600 during the 40 years of his pastorate.In 1912 the congregation purchased the property the church now stands on from the Free Methodist conference, and built the little church shown above which housed the growing congregation until 3 941, when the new and larger structure was built.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merton and son. Bryon, will be honored as the only original members ofthe congregation still affiliated■with the church.Other festivities planned to commemorate the anniversary are a 3 p. m. concert Sunday afternoon by the choir. Soloists will be Mona Woyahn Schloesser and George Merten. The concert willbe followed by a pot luck supper and social hour in the church basement where members will be entertained by quartet singing, pantomime by Marian Tates and Joyce Eichstacdt, and accordion music bv Donna Albrecht and Jean E.chsteadt.Royal Neighbors FeteFormer Hartland GirlHARTLAND, iSoeciab — Members of the Royal Neighbors entertained friends ancl relatives of Miss Bernice Sclunanski, Milwaukee, at the Congregational church parlors Tuesday evening of last week v.hen she was the honored guest at a miscellaneous shower. Miss Schimanski will become theI bride of P. F. Weit?.er at Gcsu | church, Milwaukee. Saturday, May : 21, the Schimanskis were formerly i of Hartland.Mrs. Paul Zasliow who spent the winter with her children in California, has returned to her Lake Nagawicka home.re-elect hospital headsThe board of trustees of Waukesha Memorial hospital held its annua? meeting this week at the hospital. All officers were re-ctee-ted for the coming year. Thev are: Frederick C. Schulze, president; C. W. Zamyatin, vice-president, Mrs. H. L, Blaekstone, secretary; Mrs. C. R Jeffrey, W. J. Wacho-witz, Richard Hunter and Kenneth Merryfield. The annual report for the calendar year 1948 was reviewed and tentative plans for improving future service to the community were discussed.Ttiin)hi)wiMervaanvla:aiererb£
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Waukesha Daily Freeman
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Sat, May 21, 1949
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