Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-10-20

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commenced at three O'Clock and were
according to the rites and ceremonies
of the church-singing of hymns, re-
sponsive reading, followed by address.
es. 1t was deeply regretted that
Bishop Weller could not have been
present as arranged. Rev. John Lloyd,
rector of St. Johns church, stated
that the Bishop was not able to come
on account of disability and therefore
the services were in charge of Rev. E.
Croft Gear, Archdeacon, of Stevens
Point. The speaker of the occasion was
Ven. Archdeacon B. t. Rogers, D. D.,
of Fond du Lac, and warden of Graf
ton hall; Rev. Graeme Davis, Marsh
field; Rev. G. Crookston, Tomahawk;
Rev. j. r. Vaughn, Merrill; Rev.
Cuthbert Hinton, Amigo; Rev. Harry
s. Ruth, Philadelphia, and Rev.
Claude Reader, Mosinee, were also
present and assisted in the ceremon-
les. In the cornerstone were placed
the various articles taken from the
cornerstone of the old church, togeth-
er with the history Of the church,
read by Mr.. Pradt, and record of
the ceremony of the laying of the
cornerstone of the new church.
Rev. Lloyd stated that a brief his
tory of the church had been prepared
by Hon. L. A. Pradt, who was called
upon to read the same, which was as
follows:
"sT. JOHNS CHURCH, WAUsAU, WIS
CoNSIN,
was organized September 22nd, 1858,
by Rev. Thomas Green, Rector;
Thomas Youles and Charles A
Single, Wardens; John G. Clark, Ben
jamin Single, Burton Willard, Fred
rich w. Tyler, Thomas Single, ]. A.
Farnham, Charles Shutter and VIM.
g. Clemson, Vestrymen. None of
these are now living. The Articles
of Incorporation were filed in the
Office of the clerk of the Circuit Court
for Marathon County, Wisconsin,
November lst, 1858. In the same
year the frame of church was erect
ed on the site of the present church,
which had been decided to Bishop
Kemper of the diocese of Wisconsin
in 1867 by Hon. w. D. McIndoe of
Wausau. This frame was blown
down in 1863. Meanwhile, services
were held, first in Forest Hall which
stood on Third street on the site of
the present east side engine house,
and which now stands at the south
west corner of Third and Jackson
streets and afterwards in the Shutter
Building, which stood near the pre-
sent site of the National German
American Bank, the only building in
that block, and which now stands at
the corner of Jackson and Main
streets, and was for many years the
office of the Alexander-Stewart
Lumber Company. In 1861 a church
was built on the foundation of the
old frame. This church was conse-
Grated in 1873 by Bishop Armitage.
The Rector, Rev. Mr.. Greene, who had
conducted services at Wausau since
1854, resigned on October lst, 1873,
and was succeeded by Rev. Philip
McKim in 1874, who resigned in 1876,
and was followed by Rev. J. a. Day.
EXPORT. Rev. Mr.. Davenport resigned
in 1877, and from September Both,
1877, to September 18th, 1881, Rev.
Thomas Greene was again rector of
the parish, resigning on the latter
date. Rev. VIM. K. Wright was then
called to the parish and at the same
time Rev. Mr.. Greene was chosen Rec
tor Emeritus. In the following year
the present rectory was built and an
Indebtedness of about eighteen hun
dred dollars was incurred for the pur-
pose. In 1886 the church building
was improved and repaired at con-
siderable expense. Rev. Mr.. Wright
resigned in February, 1891, and
in July of the same year was
succeeded by Rev. A. George E. Jen-
ner, who resigned on June lst, 1894,
and was succeeded by Rev. John A.
Carr. In 1895 the building indebted.
ness was paid by individual subscrip-
tions, largely through the efforts OF
the Senior Warden, NJ B. Atwater
Rev. Mr.. Carr resigned in 1898 and
was succeeded by Rev. j. W. Cordick
In 1902 Rev. Mr.. Cordick resigned and
for about a year in 1903 and 1904 Rev.
George Hirst was rector OF the parish,
resigning in March, 1904. He was
succeeded in the same year by Rev. f
NJ. Thompson during whose incum.
bency the floating debt of the parish
was fully paid. Father Thompson
resigned in 1908 and was succeeded in
February of the same year by Rev
VIM. Z. Johnson. Shortly afterwards
the parish raised, by individul sub
scriptions, about eight hundred dol
lars, TO which was added a likt
amount by Bishop Grafton, thus
creating fund, the annual interest
of which pays the diocesan assessment
of the parish. In 1909, through tn,
efforts of Father Johnson, st. john.
Hospital association was organized anC
out of it grew the present Children'i
Infirmary of Wausau. During tn,
last year of his incumbency. Fathe
Johnson devoted a portion Of his tim,
to general missionary work, and Rev
L H. Grant, who was then in Deacon
Orders, was chosen his assistant. Up
on the resignation of Father Johnson
in 1912, Father Grant took charge o
the servicesfOf the church until hi
ordination in September, 1912, whel
he became rector, resigning June lst
1918. During his ncumbency, through