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Hofferth, Mrs. Wynes, Sr., Hebron- Lowell
Hoffman, Mrs. Hazel, Lowell Holley, Carrol, Crown Point Holmes, Mrs. Edith, LeRoy
Holmes, C. Oliver, Indianapolis Holmes, Lydia (Mrs. C. O.), Indianapolis
Homier, Mrs. Fred, Crown Point Homier, Mrs. May Burge, Crown Point
Homfeld, Fred, Hebron-Lowell Homfeld, Irene Black (Mrs. Fred), Hebron-Lowell
Howshaw, Allen, Crown Point
Hoshaw, Ida (Mrs. A.), Crown Point
Hoshaw, Walter, Crown Point Hough, Mrs. Vernice, Crown Point Howkinson, David, Cedar Lake Howkinson, J. Harry, Cedar Lake Howkinson, Martin, Cedar Lake Howkinson, Mrs. Martin, Cedar Lake
Hughes, Miss Elizabeth, Cedar Lake *
Iddings, Dr. John W., Crown Point Iddings, Mrs. J. W., Crown Point Ihle, Cort Ingersoll, Dr. Frank, Crown Point Isaacs, Marion, Valparaiso
Isaacs, Mrs. Marion, Valparaiso * .
Jacobson, Gustave H., Hammond
Jacobson, Nellie K. (Mrs. G. H.), Hammond
Jacoby, Rev. Dean, Crown Point Jergens, Rose (Mrs. Ed), Crown Point
Johnson, Agnes (Mrs. E. W.), Ho- bart
Johnson, E. W., Hobart
Johnson, Earl W., Hammond
Johnston, Mary Brown (Mrs. J. Hiram), Crown Point
Jones, Alfred H., Gary
Jones, Philena (Mrs. A. H.) (daughter of Asa Strong), Gary . .
Kasche, Mrs. Mary, Hammond Kellner, Herman, Hammond Kennedy, Thomas, Crown Point
Kenney, Cordie, Lowell
Kenney, Bessie S. (Mrs. Cordie), Lowell
Kenney, John F., Crown Point
Kenney, J. E., Lowell
Keuper, Mrs. Blanche Nichols,
Lowell
Kingsberry or Kingsbury, Geo. N., LeRoy
Kitchell, Judge Clarence D., Crown Point
Klahn, Mrs. John, Hobart
Klahn, John, Hobart
Klahn, Ruth (Mrs. John), Forest Hill
Klug, Joseph J.
Knight, Clara (Mrs. L.), Crown Point
Knight, Lawrence, Crown Point
Knight, Essa Crowell, Crown Point
Knight, Edwin F., Crown Point Knight, Cora (Mrs. F. L.), Crown Point
Knight, Frank L., Crown Point Knight, Mrs. Marian P., Crown Point and Florida
Knight, Paul W., Crown Point and Florida
Knoerzer, Otto, Hammond
Knotts, Armanis F., Gary Knotts, Helen (Mrs. J.), Gary- Crow nPoint
Knotts, John, Gary-Crown Point Kobelin, Julia (Mrs. W. J.), Crown Point
Kochis, George, Whiting
Kolling, Miss Margaret, Scherer- ville Kolling, Michael, Schererville Koplin, George, Lowell
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Kreuger, Arthur, Crown Point Kreiter, Mrs. Andrew J., Merrillville Kreiter, Andrew J., Merrillville Krimbell, Mrs. Frank, Crown Point Krost, John R., Crown Point Krost, May L. (Mrs. Ed), Crown Point
Kubal, Gene, Crown Point
Kuehl, Helen C. (Mrs. F.), Crown Point Kuehl, Fred, Crow nPoint
Kuhlman, Fred J., Crown Point ...
Larrabee, Mrs. Ethel May, Gary Lauer, Dr. A. J., Whiting Lazar, Walter
Lee, Mrs. Lucy, Gary
Lehman, Jennie Wells (Mrs. Her- man), Crown Point an dSanford, Fla.
Lennertz, Barbara, Merrillville Lennertz, Matt, Merrillville
Lesparence, Florence A., San Diego, Calif.
Lewis, Albert, East Chicago
Little, Earl, Lowell
Little, Emarine Black, Lowell
Little, Jesse, Lowell
Little, Mrs. Jesse, Lowell
Little, James, Lowell
Little, Mrs. James, Lowell
Little, Seth, Lowell
Little, Mrs. Seth, Lowell
Long, Mrs. Margaret, Calumet City, Ill.
Ludwig, Ione (Mrs. M. P.), Ham- mond
Ludwig, Matt P., Hammond
Love, Mrs. Loren, Lowell
Lovelace, Mrs. R., Hobart Lusby, Miss Margaret, Crown Point Lynch, Ben, Lowell
Lynch, E. R., Lowell
Lynch, Miss Madge, Lowell * *
Maack, Albert, Crown Point
Maack, Mrs. Albert, Crown Point
Maack, Miss Marguerite, Crown Point
Maietta, Rev. M. C., Independence Hill, Crown Point
Malmstone, Dr. F. A., Griffith Malmstone, Mrs. F. A. (Wilma Woods), Griffith
Maloney, Patrick, Crown Point Mangold, Mrs. Katie, Dyer Martin, Frank R., Hammond Martin, Joseph D., Lowell
Massoth, Miss Ella, Crown Point Maxwell, Mrs. Douglas, Valparaiso McLean, Walter A., Crown Point McMahon, Mrs. W. C. (nee All- man), Gary McNay, Mrs. Alvarette, Crown Point
McNay, Mrs. Hattie Nichols, Lowell
McNay, Phillip, Lowell
MeNay, Mrs. Phillip, Lowell
Meeker, Mrs. J. Frank (a life mem- ber), Goshen and Crown Point
Meeker, Mrs. Bruce, Crown Point
Meeker, Miss Josephine, Crown Point
Meeker, Thomas, Crown Point Mellon, Byron Joseph, Hobart
Metz, Merritt, Lowell
Metz, Mrs. Merritt, Lowell
Meyer, A. J., Crown Point
Meyer, Harry, Crown Point
Meyer, LeGrande T., Cedar Lake and Crown Point
Meyer, Mrs. L. T., Cedar Lake and Crown Point
Meyer, Otto A., Cedar Lake
Meyer, Alma (Mrs. O. A.), Cedar Lake
Michael, Herbert
Milliren, Donald W., Gary
Milliren, Mrs. D. W. (Laura Houk),
Gary
Miller, Ida F. (Mrs. J.), Crown Point
Miller, Mrs. John, Lowell
Miller, Lyrell Taylor, Lowell
Mills, E. W., East Chicago
Minas, Judge Harvey, Crown Point
Mitchell, David, Crown Point
Moran, D. S., Hammond
Moren
Morey, Addie L., Lowell
Morey, William N., Lowell
Mount, Verna, Gary
Muehler, Mrs. Melvin (Ada Letz), Crown Point
Murphy, Charles O., Brookston
Murray, W. J., East Chicago
Mybeck, Walter R., Crown Point * .
Neal, Mrs. Harold M. (Ruth Brown), Crown Point and Valparaiso Neff, Hulda
Nelson, Carl, Hobart or Chesterton
Nelson, Mrs. Lovisa, Hobart or Chesterton Neudorf, Mrs. Mary F., Merrillville
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Neudorf, Matthew, Merrillville Nichols, William G., Lowell Niemitz, John, Black Oak, Gary Norton, Capt. Horace S., Gary Nizum, Richard A., Gary * * *
Obey, Mrs. Almira, Griffith Oppman, Mor N., Gary
O'Rourke, Frank J., Hammond O'Rourke, Mrs. F. J., Hammond *
* *
Palmer, Mrs. Celia J., Hammond Palmer, Charles Freemont, Lowell Palmer, Clarence N., Gary Palmer, James C.
Palmer, John D., Crown Point
Parker, Rev., Lowell Parker, Mrs., and 3 children, Lowell Parry, Miss Gwendolyn, Crown Point
Parry, Howell, Gary
Pattee, Frank B., Crown Point
Pattee, Mrs. Frank B., Crown Point
Pattee, Lewis, Lowell
Pattee, Mrs. Lewis, Lowell
Pattee, Roy, Lowell
Pattee, Mrs. Roy, Lowell
Patterson, Arthur, East Gary
Patterson, Mrs. Arthur, East Gary
Patterson, James A., Gary Patterson, Mrs. James A., Gary Pearce, Jay, Lowell
Pearce, May Davis (Mrs. J.), Lowell
Peters, Glenn D., Hammond
Peterson, George F., Gary
Peterson, John B., Crown Point Peterson, Mrs. John B., Crown Point
Phillips, Albert S., Hobart
Phillips, Mrs. A. S., Hobart
Phillips, Alfred, Crown Point
Phillips, Mrs. Robert B., Gary Pickart, Walter, Gary
Pickart, Mrs. Walter, Gary Pinter, Mrs. Jack, Crown Point Pleak, M. J., Hobart
Plummer, Jessie, Lowell
Plummer, Edwin, Chicago Plummer, Mrs. Edwin, Chicago
Ponto, Della Duckworth, Lowell Prage, Mrs. Herbert (Helen Vin- nedge), Hobart Prage, Jimmie, Hobart Prescott, Mrs. John, Crown Point Proctor, Mrs. William, Crown Point Pulver, Miss Jessie, Lowell Purkey, Hammond
Purkey, Mrs., Hammond Putnam, Mrs. Jennie, Whiting *
Randolph, Mrs. George, Crown Point
Raschke, Frieda (Mrs. Frank), Crown Point
Raschke, William, Hobart
Raschke, Mrs. William, Hobart
Reilley, Mrs. Patrick, Hammond
Reiser, Herbert, Crown Point Reiser, Mrs. Margaret, Crown Point
Rice, Mrs. Alice, Lowell Roberts, Benjamin F., Lowell Roberts, Victor A., Lowell
Roehe, Mrs. Elizabeth, Crete, Ill.
Roehrman, Nick J., Crown Point Root, Clayton D., Jr., Crown Point
Root, David, Sr., Crown Point Root, David A., Crown Point Ross, Joseph, LeRoy
Ross, Melvin, Crown Point Ruf, Fred A., Crown Point
Rump, Rev. August, Tolleston-Gary
Rump, Miss Ida, Tolleston-Gary
Russell, Leslie, Lowell
Russell, Mrs. Leslie, Lowell * * *
Saager, Mrs. Arthur J., Crown Point
Sanford, Alvin, Crown Point Sasse, Herman, Hammond
Saylor, Miss Cerilla, Crown Point Saylor, Miss Marie, Crown Point Saxton, Mrs. Herbert, Merrillville Scheidt, Joseph, Crown Point Schramlin, William, Crown Point Schramlin, Helen (Mrs. W.), Crown
Point
Schmal, Mrs. Elizabeth, Crown Point
Schmal, Elizabeth (Mrs. F.), Lowell Schmal, Fred W., Lowell
Schmidt, Henry J., Crown Point Schmidt, Miss Lillian, Crown Point Schnabel, Mrs. Daisy, Hobart Schneider, Mrs. Mary, Dyer Schroeder, Mrs. Herman (Marguer-
ite Nichols), Crown Point and Heuen, Calif. Schroeter, Mrs. Jacob, Hammond Schroeter, Mary (Mrs. Wm.), Crown Point Scritchfield, Mrs. (Alice Spauld- ing), Lowell Scritchfield, Cass, Lowell Scritchfield, Mrs. Mary, Lowell Scritchfield, Virgil, Lowell
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Schrum, Lorenz, Lowell
Shanks, Mrs. John (Thelma Bib- ler), Crown Point
Sherburne, Mrs. Ella, Hobart
Sherburne, Mrs. Raymond (Grace Westby), Hobart
Sherburne, Raymond, Hobart
Sherburne, James E., Hobart
Shortridge, Misha (Mrs. E.), Crown Point
Sigler, H. Ollie, Chicago, Il1. Sigler, Schuyler, Chicago, Ill.
Simpson, Rev. J. J., Crown Point
Sirois, Mrs. Mattie H., Shelby Slocumb, Mrs. Alice, Gary Slocumb, Miss Helen, Gary Slocumb, Ansel, East Chicago Smith, Mrs. Victor (Mabel Dinwid-
die), Cedar Lake & Crown Point Smith, Victor R., Crown Point Smith, Martin J., Crown Point Smith, Mrs. Sarah, Lowell
Sparling, Mrs. John (Eliza Garri- son ), Hebron and Lowell
Sparling, Miss Mabel, Hebron and Lowell
Stommel, Rev. August, Dyer
Strickland, Frank, Lowell
Strickland, Judge Harold, Lowell Stultz, Marie (Mrs. Fred), Merrill- ville Stultz, Fred, Merrillville Strom, Oscar, Gary
Sullivan, Judge T. Joseph, Ham- mond
Surprise, Cassius, Cedar Lake Surprise, Glen M., Cedar Lake
Surprise, Charles L., Lowell Sunder, Miss Irene, Chicago Sutton, O. E., Lowell
Spindler, Mrs. John, Valparaiso
Swanson, Mrs. W. E. (Alice West- bay), Valparaiso
Seberger, Michael, Schererville Schults, Faye E., Crown Point Severance, Mrs. Edward, Crown Point Stonecipher, Cecil, LeRoy Stonecipher, Mrs. Cecil, LeRoy
Stowell, Mrs. Elinore, Crown Point
Taitt, Minnie B., Hammond
Taylor, Arthur G., Crown Point Taylor, Mabel Ross (Mrs. Arthur G.), Crown Point Taylor, Miss Elizabeth, Crown Point
Taylor, Meredith, Crown Point
Taylor, Harry, Lowell Taylor, John R., Lowell Taylor, William, Lowell Teschner, Mrs. Paul (Barbara Malmstone), Griffith and Hins- dale, Ill. Teschner, Karen, Griffith and Hinsdale, Il1.
Thixton, Avalyien Jahn (Mrs. Paul), Crown Point
Thompson, Mrs. Wm. (Alta Meeker), Crown Point
Thompson, Mrs. C. J., Lowell
Thompson, Mrs. Mary
Tilton, Diane, Lowell
Tilton, Ethel, Lowell Tilton, Mrs. Ralph, Lowell
Tinkham, Mrs. Mabel, Gary
Todd, Mrs. Ralston, Griffith
Todd, Mrs. Emma, Griffith
Townsend, Mrs. Emiline Morey, Lowell
Tribbey, Mrs. Henry, Lowell Turner, A. Murray, Hammond Turner, Georgia (Mrs. J. W.), Crown Point Turner, John W., Crown Point Turnquist, Mrs. Ada H., Cedar Lake * * *
Ulbrich, Mrs. Arnold, Crown Point Underwood, Caroline, Crown Point Underwood, Mrs. Norman, Crown Point
Underwood, Norman, Crown Point *
Vanderlaan, William, Crown Point Vanderlaan, Mary Lou, Crown Point
VanDeursen, Mrs. Mabel Black, Lowell
Verplank, Mrs. Bert (Charlotte Wheeler), Crown Point
Vinnedge, Mrs. Blanche, Creston
Vinnedge, Elmer, Creston
Vinnedge, Miss Ethel, Creston * * *
Walker, Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, Hammond Wallace, C. Kellar, East Chicago
Wason, Mrs. A. E., Lowell Wason, Boyd, Lowell Weis, Nancy, Munster
Weis, Dr. Wm. D., Munster
Wells, Henry Eugene, Massachu- setts
West, Sheriff Jack, Crown Point Westbay, Eugene, Crown Point Westbay, Mrs. Eugene, Crown Point
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Weiler, Mrs. Viola, Crown Point Wheeler, Mrs. Fred Y. (Jeannette Hughes), Crown Point
Wheeler, Mrs. J. H. (Jennie Ward), Crown Point
Wheeler, Maude, Lowell
White, Mrs. Guy C., Hammond
Whitehead, Walter, Crown Point Whitehead, Mrs. Martha, Crown Point
Wilhelm, John F., Hammond
Williams, Miss Maude, Crown Point
Willing, Helen Spaulding, Valpa- raiso
Willing, James, Valparaiso
Wilson, Jesse F., Hammond
Windbigler, Alta
Winegar, Mrs. Margaret Hunt, East Chicago
Wolgemuth, Jacob A., Lowell
Mrs. J. Frank Meeker
Herman Sasse
SUMMARY
An interesting observation of the list of membership-1934-1966-is the number of names with the same initial:
A
16
N 10
B
90
0 4
C
31
P 45
D
35
R
22
E
14
S
65
F
26
T
26
G
29
U
4
H
62
V
7
I
6
W
27
J
10
Y
4
K
42
Z
4
L
26
M
50
Total
635
WHO IS WHO ?- PRESIDENTS
Jesse Little-West Creek Township, RFD, Lowell; 1934-5, 1935-6; 2 terms.
Frank Borman-Calumet Township, Gary; 1936-7, 1937-8, 1938-9, 1939-40, and 1942-3; 5 terms.
Fred W. Schmal-Lowell; 1940-1, 1945-6; 2 terms.
Herbert E. Graham-Calumet Township, Gary; 1941-2; 1 term.
Dr. William Weis-North Township, Munster; 1943-4; 1 term.
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Woods, Samuel Bartlett, Griffith *
Youche, Julian, Crown Point
Youkey, W. Vincent, Crown Point Youkey, Mrs. W. V. (Marguerite Houk), Crown Point
Young, Mrs. Fred (Louise Craw- ford), Crown Point * *
Zachan, Gustav, Hammond
Zachan, Mrs. Gustav, Hammond Ziese, Albert F., Crown Point Zuvers, Mrs. Barton (Lydia), Mer- rillville *
NOTE: Life Members are:
Mrs. Herman Lehman, nee Jennie Wells
Woods, Malinda Lebhart, Griffith
TWO YEAR PERIOD-1964-1966
Dr. H. C. Groman-North Township, Hammond; 1944-5; 1 term.
Otto J. Dahl-West Creek Township, RFD, Lowell; 1945-6, 1946-7; 2 terms.
Earl J. Bailey-West Creek Township, RFD, Lowell; 1947-8; 1 term.
Thomas K. Fisher-Eagle Creek Township, RFD, Hebron; 1948-9; 1 term.
Paul W. Knight-Center Township, Crown Point; 1949-50; 1 term.
Roy W. Hack-Ross Township, RFD, Merrillville; 1950-1; 1 term.
Dr. John W. Iddings-Center Township, Crown Point; 1951-2, 1952-3; 2 terms.
Andrew J. Kreiter-Ross Township, Turkey Creek; 1953-4; 1 term.
Alice Mundell Demmon-Hobart Township, Hobart; 1954-5; 1 term.
Fred Homfeld-Eagle Creek Township, RFD, Hebron; 1955- 6; 1956-7; 2 terms.
Joseph E. Brown-Center Township, Crown Point; 1957-8, 1958-9 ; 2 terms.
Chester A. Clark-Center Township, Crown Point; 1959-60, 1960-1; 2 terms.
Miss Rena Dahl-West Creek Township, RFD, Lowell; 1961-2, 1962-3; 2 terms.
Mrs. Thomas W. Haney -- Winfield Township, RFD, Crown Point; 1963-4, 1964-5, 1965-6; 3 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- VICE-PRESIDENTS
Frank Borman-Tolleston; 1934-35; 1 term.
(It was decided to elect a first and a second Vice-President.) Allison Bibler-Crown Point; 1st V.P., 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938- 39; 3 terms.
Mrs. Sylvia Bacon Dwyer-Lowell; 2nd V.P., 1936-37, 1937- 38, 1938-39 ; 3 terms.
Mrs. Jennie Ward Wheeler-Crown Point; 1st V.P., 1939-40; 1 term.
Fred Schmal-Lowell; 2nd V.P., 1939-40; 1 term.
Fred Schmal-Lowell, 1st V.P., 1940-41; 1 term.
Herbert Graham-Gary; 2nd V.P., 1940-41; 1 term.
Mrs. Bessie B. Gunder-Crown Point; 1st V.P., 1941-42, 1942- 43; 2 terms.
Dr. F. A. Malmstone-Griffith; 2nd V.P., 1941-42, 1942-43; 2 terms.
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Dr. William Weis-Munster; 1st V.P., 1943-44; 1 term.
Mrs. Bessie B. Gunder-Crown Point; 2nd V.P., 1943-44; 1 term.
(No record for 1944-45, presumed re-elected) (Return to one Vice-President in 1945)
Mrs. Claribel Clark Bevan-Crown Point; 1945-46; 1 term.
Michael J. Kolling-Schererville; 1946-47; 1 term.
Ida Griffen Bomberger-Hammond; 1947-48; 1 term.
Roy Hack-Ross Township, Merrillville; 1948-49; 1949-50; 2 terms.
Avis Bryant Brown (Mrs. J. E.)-Crown Point; 1950-51; 1 term.
Andrew J. Kreiter-Ross Township, Turkey Creek; 1951-52, 1952-53 ; 2 terms.
Alice Mundell Demmon-Hobart; 1953-54, 1954-55; 2 terms. Mrs. Herbert Prange-Hobart; 1955-56; 1 term.
Mrs. Bessie Black Gunder-Crown Point; 1956-57, 1957-58; 2 terms.
Miss Rena Dahl-West Creek Township, RFD, Lowell; 1958- 59, 1959-60; 2 terms.
Mrs. Hattie McNay-Lowell; 1960-61, 1961-62; 2 terms. Mrs. Thomas W. Haney-Winfield Township ; 1962-63 ; 1 term. Henry Feiler-Ross Township, Merrillville; 1963-64; 1 term. Walter Gard-Crown Point; 1964-65, 1965-66; 2 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- RECORDING SECRETARIES
Arthur G. Taylor-Crown Point; 1934 to 1952; 19 terms. Miss Mary Herlitz-Hammond; 1952-1953; 1 term.
Walter Gard-Crown Point; 1953-54, 1954-55; 2 terms. Mrs. Earl Little-Lowell, West Creek Township; 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58; 3 terms.
Mrs. Cordie Kenney-Cedar Creek Township, Lowell; 1958 to 1966 ; 8 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- TREASURERS
Foster Bruce-Crown Point; 1934 to 1942; 8 terms.
Paul W. Knight-Crown Point; 1941 to 1947 and 1952 to 1958; 12 terms.
(The treasurer and registrar offices were combined in the 1948 election.)
Otto Dahl-Lowell; 1948-49, 1949-50; 2 terms.
Margaret W. Clark (Mrs. Chester)-Crown Point; 1950-51; 1 term.
Oscar J. Sauerman-Crown Point; 1951-52; 1 term.
Mrs. Gerald Cross-Gary ; 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61; 3 terms.
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Miss Margaret Kolling-Schererville; 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963- 64; 3 terms.
Mrs. Inice (Henry) Tribbey-Lowell; 1964-65, 1965-66; 2 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- SECRETARIES-HISTORICAL
Alice Mundell Demmon-Hobart; 1935 to 1951; 17 terms.
Mrs. Chester A. (Margaret W.) Clark-Crown Point; 1951- 52, 1952-53, 1953-54; 3 terms.
Miss Ethel Vinnedge-Creston; 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58 ; 4 terms.
Mrs. Joseph E. Brown-Crown Point; 1960 to 1966; 6 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- CUSTODIANS
The first notation of a custodian as an office to be elected was submitted by the nominating committee of 1945. Three persons have been given that responsibility.
Walter Gard-Crown Point; 1945 to 1954; 8 terms. Mrs. Chester A. (Margaret W.)-Crown Point ; 1954-55, 1955- 56, 1956-57 ; 3 terms.
Walter Gard-Crown Point; 1957 to 1964; 7 terms.
Mrs. Wm. Vanderlaan (Mary Lou)-Crown Point; 1964-65, 1965-66 ; 2 terms.
WHO IS WHO ?- MINISTERS
It has been customary to extend an invitation each year to a minister of the different denominations, to act as chap- lain, and give the invocation. Many times there were repeti- tions but not in consecutive years.
From 1935 through 1966 these ministers responded : Rev. Thomas H. Adkins, Presbyterian of Crown Point; Father Jo- seph Hammes, St. Mary's Catholic; Rev. J. J. Bailey, Metho- dist; Rev. W. J. Schepman, Trinity Lutheran; Rev. Paul Blo- esch, St. John's Evangelical and Reformed ; all of Crown Point. Rev. C. A. Baumgartel, St. John's Lutheran of Gary; Rev. John W. Lambert, First Christian Church of Crown Point; Rev. Paul Reisen, Methodist of Lowell; Rev. Paul Umbeck, St. John's Evangelical and Reformed; Rev. H. J. Meyers, Trinity Lutheran of Crown Point; Rev. Michael C. Maietta, Presby- terian of Independence Hill, Crown Point; Rev. Darrell Par- ker, Presbyterian Range Line Church, south and east of Low- ell; L. Humphrey Walz of the Presbyterian Church, Crown
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Point. Also, Rev. Dean Jacoby, First Christian Church, Crown Point; Rev. Charles Johnson, First Baptist Church, Crown Point; Rev. Wm. Stevenson, Presbyterian of the Lake Prairie Church, south and west of Lowell; Rev. P. J. Hamil- ton, Methodist Church, Crown Point; Rev. E. L. Worley, First Christian Church, Lowell; Rev. Frank Elliott, Range Line Presbyterian Church; Rev. Phagen, Assembly of God Church, St. John; Rev. Austin Heuthe, Presbyterian, Schneider; Rev. Donn E. Wright, Presbyterian Church, Crown Point; Rev. Jasper H. Cox, Methodist Church, Hobart; Rev. Edward Boase, Methodist Church, Lowell.
NECROLOGY
It is with deepest regret that an accurate and complete necrology list has not been kept. A meager list can be com- piled by searching the records of the recording secretary but not all of the names have been reported.
February 12, 1966, a beautiful memorial service was pre- sented by Walter Whitehead for the deceased members of the two year period 1964-1966. He impressively read "Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud" by William Knox, and, after reading eighteen names of deceased members, he gave "He Is Just Away" by James Whitcomb Riley. He concluded with an effective and comforting prayer.
1964
January, Mrs. Margaret Gerrick, Shelby; February 25, Mrs. Otto Dahl, West Creek; March 3, Mrs. Amelia Scheidt, St. John; July 27, Mrs. Burrell Belshaw, Lowell; August 9, Mrs. Emma Hansen, Hobart; October 17, Mrs. Fred Dahl, Sr., Schneider; Mrs. James Park, Gary.
1965
January 13, Mrs. Robert Black, Lowell; January 31, Mrs. James (Claribel Clark) Bevan, Crown Point; April 6, Rev. E. L. Worley, Lowell; August, Mrs. Mabel Taylor, Schneider; August 13, Henry Tribbey, Cedar Creek, Lowell; September 4, Elmer Vinnedge, Crown Point; December 8, Michael Kolling, Schererville; December 12, Miss Hannah Caster, Lowell; Mrs. Elizabeth Fredericks, Hobart; Mrs. Harry J. Howkinson, Ce- dar Lake.
1966
January 11, Mrs. Chester A. Clark, Crown Point.
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See the necrology list copied from the Diary of Fred Hom- feld, Eagle Creek Story. The period is 1938-1959.
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APPENDIX
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HISTORICAL FACTS
and LEGENDS
of LAKE COUNTY,
1834-1966
INDIANA
THE THREE COURT HOUSES
A log building - 1838 - cost $500.00. A two story frame building - 1849 - cost $10,000.00. The present brick building - 1878 - cost $53,000.00.
Indiana Sesquicentennial Souvenir
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The U. S. surveyors completed work in the Northwest corner of Indiana in the summer of 1834.
This "Land of Promise" had a varied topography from the south boundary which was the meandering Kankakee River with its vast swamplands, northward across the lush prairies, the water shed and cranberry marshes, to the sand dunes of the gently curving shore of Lake Michigan.
From Vevay, Jennings County, southern Indiana, came Solon Robinson, wife Mariah, little Solon and baby Josephine in a big prairie schooner. The long, tiresome Journey ended October 31, 1834.
November 1. Solon staked a claim and began to build a log cabin for the home. Hall to the first permanent settlers in Lake County.
Stealing claims was prevalent. . Solon's legal mind, and natural leadership caused him to organize the "Squatter's Union". He set up the claim registers kept from October, 1834 through 1837. This protected the legal rights of everyone who staked a claim. Solon became the "Squatter King."
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The Hack family, from the Rhine Province, Germany, settled in Prairie West in 1837. In 1843 John Hack built a log Chapel on his farm, where the now large German Catholic settlement might worship.
The building was sold to a farmer after the brick church was erected in 1856 in the village of St. Johns. In the 1920's the Boy Scout Council purchased the chapel and moved it to the Lake County Fairgrounds to serve as a retreat.
In 1963, The Capuchin Seminary, in the process of establishing east of Schererville, became the location. It has been carefully restored by the Friar craftsmen.
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TIMOTHY H. BALL
August 1837, the Judge Hervey Ball family homesteaded on the shore of "The Lake of The Red Cedars" overlooking Prairie West.
Mrs. Jane A. Horton Ball, educated in the finest New England schools, was not only an experienced teacher but proficient in fine arts and medicine.
Early in 1839 her home became the first school offering courses for primary, secondary and academic education.
The most advanced pupil was son Timothy, age 13. He excelled in Greek, Latin, and Sciences. In his mid-teens he entered Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana, where he earned his B. A. and M. A. degrees. Theology degrees were received from Eastern seminaries.
Timothy Horton Ball became the renowned historian of Lake County, an eminent preacher, teacher and poet. Thirteen books, and many pamphlets bear tribute.
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THE THREE CREEKS MONUMENT
Twenty-five feet high, with a nine foot base, this beautiful granite obelisk stands on the Library square, 500-510 East Commercial Avenue, Lowell, Indiana. The figure of a Union soldier proudly does sentinel duty from the top of the shaft.
On each of the three sides are carved the names of the men, and one woman, who served from the three Creeks townships-West, Eagle and Cedar. They represent the war of 1812, Civil War, Mexican and the Spanish War.
The fourth side bears the names of the men who enlisted from other places but who either lived or are buried in the townships.
Erected in 1900, it was dedicated in 1905 by Governor Frank Hanley, of Indiana and Department Commander Lucas of the G. A. R.
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The City of the Century
April 19, 1966 Gary celebrated its 60th Birthday. The United States Steel Cor. poration in 1908 put into opera- tion the first open hearth.
Since then constant evolu- tion nproving processes have resulted in the contemporary method of ladeling steel into the moulds.
Pen sketches by five members of the Art Class, Crown Point High School-courtesy of Mr. Paul Georgas, instructor. All rights reserved. Data by Lake County Historical Society.
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