Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-06
TO dedicate
new CHURCH
next SUNDAY
Presbyterians Have Arranged a
Fine Program for Opening Day.

The new Presbyterian church will
be dedicated Sunday afternoon, De-
cem5er 10th, to which service the peo-
pie of Lancaster and vicinity are cor
daily invited.
Thirty-nine years ago, last May, a
small group of people from this com
munity, who had been connected with
the Presbyterian church in other To-
calities, decided that they would Or
ganize a Presbyterian church in Ian
caster. The charter members Of this
organization were but twelve in num-
Der, namely: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dies
ell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Diesel Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ve5perman, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jeide, Mrs. Margaret
Hoehn, Miss Maggie Hoehn and Mr..
George Hoehn. Since they had no
building of their own, the services
during the first year were held in the
Baptist church In 1884, however, the
members of the Presbyterian church
decided to erect a church. This build
ing is now the Guild hall of the Epis-
copalian church.
Rev. John Ringold was the first
pastor to serve the church, he being
the pastor for almost twenty years.
AT the present he is honOrably retired
by the Presbyterian church and makes
his home in Arcadia, Iowa. Rev. H.
Sill was the next pastor, and he sery-
ed the church for five years. Rev. w.
c. Laube carried on the work, after
Rev SilIs departure, for a number of
years. Following him came Rev.
August Cramer, who was the church's
pastor for two years. Rev. VIM. Har-
berts served the church for seven
years, and the present pastor has been
in Lancaster a year and half.
The newly erected building is look
ed upon as one Of the most beautiful
buildings in Lancaster. 1t is esti-
mated that the church has a seating
capacity of three hundred. The base
ment is we'll lighted and is an ideal
place for the social programs of the
church.
The various organizations of the
church have worked hard to bring the
church up to its present condition.
The Ladies Aid has always taken an
active part in the work and has done
wonderfully well in their work. The
officers of this organization are: Mrs.
Gr0sshetm, president; Mrs. Geo. Vie
land, vice president; Mrs. Hodoval,
secretary; Mrs. Chas. Vesperman, as
sistant secretary and Mrs. Nehls
treasures"
The Sunday School of which Mr..
George Stauss is the able superinten-
dent, is working to a standard it has
never before had. In the Sunday
School Is found an efficient corps of
teachers, who take an active interest
II the welfare of their classes. The
teachers of the various classes are:
Olga Hodoval. Beginners; Lloyd
Stanley, Primary; Mrs. Hildreth, the
Juniors Mrs. Grossheim, Intermedi-
ates; Mrs. Geo. Stauss and Rev.
Grossheim are teachers respectively
for the Women's and Mems Bible
classes. The Christian Endeavor So
ciety has given to the church a large
window, upon which the C. E. mono
gram is inscribed.
Three of the former pastors Of the
church, Rev. w. C. Laube, D. D., Rev.
August Cramer, Rev. VIM. Harberts,
Pm. D.. will take the principal parts in
the dedicatory service.
DR.. Laube, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of Dubuque, Ia, will
preach the communion sermon in the
morning. Rev. Cramer, who is the
Sunday School missionary for the
Synod of the West of the Presbyter-
ian church, will preach the dedicatory
sermon in the afternoon. DIR. Har-
berts, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Geneseo, Ill, will preach in
the evening.
The morning service begins at
1920, the afternoon service at 2, and
the evening service at 1880.
The building committee which has
done such efficient work, is composed
of Louis Vesperman, chairman, Geo
Stauss, secretary, Henry Holzinger
treasurer, Geo. Hoehn, Joe Keene
Hugo Kohlenberg, John Vesperman,
Geo. Wieland, Ed Meyers, and Rev
Grosshein. They, together with the
contractor, Mr. Albert Wiedenbeck
ST., have drawn up the plans and
erected a buildings, of which the con-
gregation and the community is
proud. ***