Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-04-28
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
United Membership, Efficient WOrL
and Good Results.


In the year 1873 the Rev. w. w. Rafter
was appointed missionary to Cheboygan,
and services were held in the Town Hall
until the summer of 1880; during this
time the church prOspered, and in the
spring of 1880 the members and friends
determined to erect place Of worship
and with that object in view went to
work in earnest and in the month of
September the building being completed,
but not furnished, it was duly consecrat-
ed by the Rev. DR.. Harris, bishop of the
diocese.
In October of the same year the church
was duly organized under the laws of
the state, and the first vestry chosen, viz,
William Macarthur; Samuel S. Eddy,
William Crane, VIM. E. Smyth, William
Scott, Frank Shepherd. Ephraim
Smith, and Samuel H. Taylor, who
at their first meeting elected William
Crane, senior warden; Samuel S. Eddy,
junior warden; Frank Shepherd treasurer
and Samuel H. Taylor secretary.
The church being organized, and no
longer mission station, the Rev. w. w.
Rafter left the mission, and the Rev. L.
G. Rogers, was chosen Rector of the
parish, and continued so until the Easter
Of 1882. The Rectorship was then va
cant until Sept, 1882, when the Rev. j.
H. Magofin was chosen Rector and is the
present incumbent.
The seating capacity Of the church is
about 100. and it Is considered one of the
neatest in the diocese, situated on South
Huron street, in pleasant part Of the
village, and was erected at cost Of
about $1.4OO.
Soon after its completion it was neat
ly and tastefully furnished by the ladies
and heating apparatus, (hot air furnace)
put in.
The church being thus completed, in
the summer of 1882 it was decided to
build rectory, and again the members
and their friends went to work, but did
not succeed in making a commencement
until the fall of the year. 1t is now be-
ing pushed forward to completion and
is expected to be ready for occupancy by
June LIST. The estimated cost is between
$1,000 and $1,7OO, all Of which is now
subscribed. with the exception of about
$3.50.
In connection with the rectory, and
for the use Of friends living at distance,
there is good barn erected at cost OF
1876.
The church lot was the gift of the late
Geo. w. Cuyler, ESQ.,, of Palmyra, N. Y.
former member of the firm of Nc.
Arthur, Smith & Co., ofsthis place.
In the year 1873 the ladies formed a
guild, and much praise is due to them
for their untiring zeal and exertions in
behalf of the church and its acquire
ments. Their labOrs have indeed been
well rewarded, and for years to come
there will be standing monument tt
their memory. The amount earned by
the ladies' guild and placed at the dis
posal of the building committee, snd
other committees, is over $500.
There is a Sabbath School in connec
ton with the church. and the children
deserve great credit for the part taker
by them. In the year 1881 their Easter
offering consisted of handsome marble
font, costing about $40. In the yeal
1882, Bible, prayer and other books fol
the use Of the minister costing between
$50 and $40, and in the year 1883 tn,
sum of $40 to be expended in hall O.
front door of the Rectory now in cOurs
of construction.
The church now is in fOurishin,
condition, and at the present time is il
good financial standing, being entirel
out of debt and owning property value
at $4,000.
The present Rector is truly loyal t
his church, a gentleman Of culture, lib
crafty and progress, beloved and re
spected by the church and community
The membership are intelligent, deter
mined and wise; and there is certainl
bright future of usefulness and pros
perity for the ST. James Episcopal churc
Of Cheboygan.
A process by which planks can b
manufactured from straw has been pei
fected, and In Chicago building 81
stories high, and occupying an entir
block, is being erected for the new In
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