19.86.4

Booklet

1968

First Congregational Church Centennial Booklet. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white cardstock cover with a black and white closeup photo of the brick church exterior wall with the church's name: "First Congregational Church" and the title: "1868-1968 Waseca, Minnesota"; inside contains white glossy pages with an introduction by Bob Hodgson along with his photo; included in the booklet is a church history written by Mrs. F. A. Wood, (daughter of James Child) in 1928, a sample page of early records, photos of charter members, first church building, roster of ministers from 1870-1968, the new church pictured in 1958 and other notable occasion photos; history of the organizations and leaders.

Charter members: Rev. Edwin Alden, Frederick Stevens, Austin Vinton, Anna Alden, Lucy Stevens, Lydia Vinton, Wilfred Vinton, William Vinton, Samuel Hawkes, Ada Vinton, Caroline Hawkes, Edward Bennett, Gordon Henshaw, Eliza Bennett, Julia Hummiston, Ezra and Catherine Wood (and their family tree). The Wood family tree includes the names of Clayton, Weber, Muedeking, Spies, Churchill, Papke, Halle, Suemnick, Mokoff, Draheim, Sheldon, Iversen, Halstead, Kiesler and Gray. Pastors who served between 1870 and 1968: Edwin Alden, Thomas Wadsworth, Edward Starr, Levi Loring, Charles Merrill, Lucian Chaney, John Steman, James Smith, John Frizzell, Philip Holp, Stephen Updyke, Francis Carter, John Eakin, J. Lloyd, Allison Adams, Edwin Ewell, R. O Roberts, W. E. Griffith, Stewart Smith, Francis White, Elmer Gallagher, Merodach Green, Emrys Thomas, John Stedman, Walter Schilling and James Slocum.