The Washington herald., 1913-10-13
CORNERSTONETO
BE Laid Soon
Work on Lutheran Homes
New Building VIII Be Be-
gun by Thanksgiving.
GROUND is BROKEN
Structure win Cost $Ss,ooo-Aeeon-
modaions win Be Provided for
at Least Sixty Persons.

The cornerstone OF a new building for
the National Lutheran Home, for the
Aged, In Winthrop Heights, ID. c., will
be laid probably by Thanksgiving. al
thought a date has not yet been set
Ground was broken last week. with
elaborate exercises under the leadership
OF the Rev. DIR. John Weidley. president
of the general board In charge Of plans
for the home.
The home will be Of the most m odern
construction. and will be thoroughly
fireproof. It Is to be Of pressed brick,
with stone trimmings. Plans are in
charge OF Gregg & Leisenring. architects.
OF this city. 1t is hoped that the build
ing will be completed and dedicated by
July II, 1914. II will cost about $500.
This amount, does not include the fur
nishings.
It Is the plan OF the finance committee
Of the institution to have the furnish
ings OF the building all memorial Each
society and each church, as well as In
dividuals. will be asked to furnish parts
of the building.
win Have . Chapel.
The home will consist Of main build
ing and two wings. There will be a
handsom chapel 1t Is planned to have
most of the sixty single rooms fur
nished as memorials TO societies There
will be two stories to the main building
and one story to each of the wings.
From the beginning the home has been
a success. 1t has acted as a sort Of
haven for aged members OF the church.
There are many more applicants for ad-
mission than the officers can accept. This
Is due at present to lack Of room. and
was0the principal reason for the move
ment to erect q new, safer. and more
suitable home.
In building the home the current ex-
penses OF its maintenance will be In
creased, and the board Of directors, at a
meeting here last April. called attention
to the fact that apportionments to the
several districts would have 10 be paid In
full in order to meet demands.
II will be necessary also to float .oan
OF about $4,000. and to ask churches and
individuals to make payment OF the loan.
There is an apportionment to the dis
tricts Of the church Of $3.50, divided as
follows:
Allegheny. s1.9OS: California S21s; Gen.
trail Illinois. Ss14: Central Pennsylvania,
s932: East Ohio, SsIs; East Pennsylvania,
g 9s4; German Nebraska. sss2; Iowa, t2s2;
Kansas, 1914: Maryland. t2.5S0: Miami,
1914: Nebraska. $40; New York. s2,2os;
Northern Illinois, ss24; Northern Indiana.
So; Olive Branch, tls2; Pittsburgh. 81. $50;
Rocky Mountains. se6: Southern Illinois.
s1ss: Susquehanna, sl.5SS; wartburg. $40:
West Pennsylvania. s, ,9e4: West Virginia.
$Ss.lO. and wittenburg. 1904
Deacit of s7,I45.sz.
The apportionment for the last two
years has not been paid in full. There
was a deficit for the biennial of S,l4S.s2.
and this amount will be needed to meet
additional expenses from the time the
home Is opened next summer.
There are at present thirty persons in
the home When the new building is
opened, there will be room for sixty per-
sons at least. The register Of the home at
present is as follows:
Mrs. E. S. Failor, Mrs. A. l. Suman,
Mrs. F. z. r. Dingman. Miss c. M.
Roberts, Miss Mary Roberts, Mrs. c. A
Minnich. Miss Mary c. Stuart. Mrs
Salome Thress, Mrs. L. S. Frederick, Mrs.
C. Criser, Miss Eliza Freeman, Miss
Julia S. Farquhar. Mrs. Sarah Schurtz.
Miss Eliza PAUL. J. r. CARROT, Miss E. c.
Chamberlain. Miss c. Z. Cauffman. Miss
Virginia Guild, Mrs. Margaret Schmidt.
Mrs. EInira Reed, Levi Fair, Mrs. Eliza
beth Fair, Miss Hannah Alter, William
Hepler. Miss Amanda Haffner. Miss
Emma Spielman, Mrs. Laura Sailor, Miss
Elizabeth Ringer, and Mrs. Ellen Ken
dall.
Woman Donated Land.
A Washington woman was responsible
for the foundation of the home, in 1880.
At a meeting of the general synod OF the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Le-
banon. Pa. in 1891, it was announced that
Mrs. Sarah Utermehle, a member Of the
Church OF the Reformation. Of this city,
had donated a valuable tract of land,
consisting OF twenty-seven acres in the
District of Columbia, for the purpose OF
founding such an institution. The prop
erty, which cost $4,000, was transferred
to the board of trustees.
The property was given under condi-
ton that a building be started within
two years and completed in FIVE years.
The main purpose OF the institution,
says the report of the founders, Is to
provide for aged members of the church
and others whose circumstances may so
require, a comfortable residence. with
board, clothing. employment, medical at
tendance, and such other comforts as
Christian brotherhood may dictate"
The board of trustees OF the home con-
sIsts OF the Rev. DIR. John Weidley.
president: the Rev. J. n Huddle, secre-
tary; W. II. Finckel, corresponding sec
retary; Harry T. Domer, treasurer: the
Rev. DR.. S. W. Owen. the Rev. c. s.
Trump. the Rev. Richard Schmidt. the
Rev. DR.. G. w. Miller. the Rev. Lewis
Manages, the Rev. P. A. Hileman. the
Rev. Henry Anstadt. George E. Muth.
Frederick p. Stieff, ID. F. Lafean,N A. X
Wagner p " De Graw John H Jones,