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Booklet

1943

First Congregational Church History: 75 Years of Progress. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white glossy card stock cover with a black and white photo of the original church building; cover title: "1868-1943, Sketching 75 Years Progress of the First Congregational Church, Waseca, Minnesota". Contents: black and white photo of the interior the church followed by several pages of history compiled by Mrs. F. A. Wood in 1928, revised by Mrs. Wood in 1933 and revised again for the 75th anniversary by Dr. Julia Hawkes and Mrs. Fred Day; the back page lists the Honor Roll for those serving in World War I and World War II.

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.