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5c a Copy — $1.50 a Yeare4osnLocal Baptists Rebuild Church In Mt. Greenwood Wrecked By StormWill Serve Two CommunitiesrI)r-gin)fkleii(Sec Picture on page 2) |A few weeks ago this paper gave;a picture of the wrecked structure!known as the Mount Greenwood Baptist Mission, situated at 104th and! Spaulding Ave. The heavy storm so twisted the whole building that there was nothing to do but to tear it completely down and build again. A new and much better building was completed last week and dedication services were held Sunday afternoon.1The work sponsored by the local! Baptist Church has met a real need in the north part of Mt. Greenwood and the south part of Evergreen Park where no other church is readily accessible. The new building will be given a new name which will represent both parts of the community. It will be known as Parkwood chapel. Rev. Daniel Eckert, returned missionary from India until recently a student in the Divinity School of the! University has been conducting the work in a very able manner.Several of the young people of the local church have assisted in the Bible School which is held every Sundayresponse in the hearts of others than* ■' * V r lt;* '1 F . Ilocal Bapitsts who have volunteered to assist in a financial way.A Daily Vacation Bible School will be opened on Tuesday directed by Miss Louise Rees who is a student in Dennison University and is spending her summer vacation with here parents. She will be assisted by several local young people and by others near the Chapel.Old Pioneer Dead; Funeral WednesdayV~ieo.afternoon and the preaching service! in the evening. This is a rapidly growing community and is made up of people of various typis of belief. The work is being carried on in amanner that enables all to participate r.| and it is the desire of the MorganPark Church to have the chapel serve the best interests of the whole comic■ * * -t* *Mrs. Marie Koenig, 9945 Winston Ave., one of the few remaining pioneers of the community died at her home on June 27. *She was born in Germany and came,-to this country with her husband, Joseph, who settled in Washington Heights, where they have since re--sided. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, and seven sons, Anton, Frank, John, Nicholas, Joseph, Leo and Theodore. . The daughters are Mrs. Anna Parchem, Mrs. Margaret Weber, and Mrs. Cecile Young. There are sixteen grandchildren living.The funeral was held Wednesday, June 29, at 10 a. m., from the residence to St. Margaret’s church, where requiem high mass was sung, by Father McDonnell. The six oldestsons acted as pallbearers. Interment e-l munity and for the residents of that took place at Mt. Olivet. Members ofo-k,rer-community to claim the entire work as their ywn as rapidly as they are able. The project has found a realiSt. Margaret of Scotland Court No. 87, W. C. O. F., officiated at thefuneral. ‘
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Morgan Park Suburban Star
Morgan Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 01, 1927
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