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WILMETTE LIFE November 23, 1928 first log cabin church on Dundee road,. services were held in the log cabin horne of her father, the late Daniel Stanger, then located near darn No. 1, on the Des Plaines river. Mr. Stanger settled here in 1834, having walked the entire distance from his native Warren, Pa. It was in these early thirties, according to Mrs. Wessling that a Rev. Mr. Boss, also from Pennsylvania, organized the Evangelical Association church, which, she explains, is a branch of the Methodist chucrh, and not, as many have inferred, a German Lutheran church. The Rev. Mr. Boss traveled on horseback, calling on the few scattered settlers in the vicinity in the interest of his church organization project. It was the first church for miles and miles around, the nearest on e of Protestant denomination being at Naperville. Mr. Boss, although the organizer, was not the first minister, Mrs. Wessling says, nor 'does. she recall that p-erson's name. Congregation of 400 Souls When the church with the tall stee ple v~v· a s built, ne ... rly fifty ·year.; ago, the Evangelical association boasted a congregation of over 400. The late· Rev. Henry Meier was then pastor, and, despite the fact there were no· paved roads, nor automobiles, all went to church, and, according to Mrs. Wessling, "we had to go early, if we desired to get a seat." "There were nine separate prayer meeting classes, on Thursday, too," she explained, these services bei11g held in the day time, rather that at night. owing to the more advantageou s traveling conditions by daylight. The old church bell also came from Pennsylvania. George H. Bubert. father of Ira N. Bubert, now living on Dundee road a short distance east of Wheeling, and whose wife is a daugh ter of Mrs. Wessling, was chairman of the bell-purchasing committee. steeple reaching to a height of 125 feet and service to the surrounding comGOSPEL WDIARI BOWS and which, throughout all these years, . munity. These, not even time can cf· has been' a familiar landmark to alJ face. travel that way. Nor will those whose lives have been TO MARCH OF PROGRESS who The pews ate gone and, likewise, the most closely affiliated with the edifice Real Estate Brokers' "For Sale" Sip Nailed on Dundee Road Edifice After standing for almost half a century as church home for the Evangelical As sociation, the familiar old landmark at the southwest corner of Dundee and Saunders roads, is soon to pass into history. The sacred old building is "For Sale." A sign of a wellknown north shore real estate firm is displayed at the entrance door, beneath a towering .................................................... Phone · Glencoe belfry is vacant, the huge bell, whose ever forget the work of the master peals for so many years were musical hand who gave to the church its sanetones, wafted for miles and miles to tuary. Dimmed and dull though it the - early settlers of that pioneer sec- now is with age, back of the pulpit tion of the grea,t north shore ':lnd Chi- stands out in striking form the splencago area. did oil painting of a huge bible, fron: The bell still rings out on Sunday · which rays of light radiate. Above it mornings, but now, from the Austiu the artist painted a huge golden crown: Boulevard Evangelical church, whenc<' to the left, a shock of ripened grain it was removed sometime ago. on which the sickle now rests, while Church Awaits Buyers on the other side is shown, in appropriate coloring, the vine and cluster~ But, the old church, itself, awaits of ripened fruit. a buyer, one, perhaps, who will raze it These, too, must go. Today they are to the ground, heedless of the cher1 f 1 " ld 1 h" ished memories associated with its life on Y a part 0 t 1e 0 c mrc · L:nk in History Phone Wilmette 385 GLENCOE WINNETKA 4350 Daily Service to KENILWORTH WILMETTE We believe we are employed in the choicest business -that of safe guarding the health and strength of our women. ~~Talk the .better and build the better ·trade." I.· 7379-89 Rogers Ave. ........ Chicago, Ill. · -· · · ._ _ _. · ..· -· . ~ · · · · · ._ ·- ._ · · · · · · · · · · · t · . _· ·__· · !' · But, when it goes, there will have been only one of four links in a chain ' of church history of this community, extending back in the dim past not fifty, but alm0'3t one hundred years. The. first church of the Evangelical association, a log cabin affair, with plain board seats, was built ninetythree years ago, on the north side of Dundee road, up the incline east of Saunders road, between Freeman's nursery and Northfieli:l cemetery. Ten years later, a larger and, for that day , a more modern church was built by this society at the northwest corner of Dundee and Saunders roads. following which, forty-seven years ago, the fine old edifice, soon to he torn down. was built on the corner rlirectly south. Today, the Evang-elical as sociati on':; church home. a modern but much le ss pretentious building than the hi gh steepled landmark of an eart· day, I stand s on the northeast corner of the · same interserting highwavs. Pioneer T ella of Earlier Days C·.M.FURRIER KROGER Established in 1900 Mrs. Leanna A. Wessling, a life long resident of this vicinity, relat e ~ that even before the building of the Travel Far to Hear Bell Even to this day, weather p ermit ting, some of the older members of the con!2'regation travel clown to Aus tin boulevard that they may enjoy th e ringing of the historical old bell. Tt is real music to their ears. The late Bishop J. ]. Escher. who was reared a mile south of the church. was ordained in the old church. It was the scene of hundreds ol happy weddin!!s: funeral s were held here: the children wC're baptised within its sarred portals: annual con ferences of church \YOrkers for manv vears directed church activitie~ . and from it.;; P"onlv. unrhht teachinrn; have ?"One forth men and women to all parts of the world. But. toda,·, it's "For Sale." ~~R~===: A PAIR Annual ·Pre.. Holiday Sale FUR COATS E1ch yur Evan ron and North Sh'>re women await this annual ttlling that brings fur coats at the lowest prices of the season. Never before such a splendid selectionand we sug~est an immediate inspection of these superb values. Raccoon Hudson Seal Muskrat Beronducke Krimmer Broadtail Opossum Ott er Fitch Pony Mink Ocelot Braver Caracul ACES OF Bonk Toll~ How P~rents ran Guide Child in Music That it is never too earlv to hegin the mu sical education of children is the thought underlying a new movement that puts the first responsibility for ~uch in~truction up to the parents. This effort is in the field of ore-school mu"ic. Some of the principles ernbodied in the movernP.nt are summed uo in a booklet entitled. "Pre-Srhool Music : A Guide to Parents," written by Floy A. Rossman, who has had considerable experience as a public school music supervisor. This pamphlet of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music is available without charge from the headquarters of the Bureau at 45 West 45th street, New York City. In Miss Rossman's treatment of the subject, she does not allow the mother to shoulder the entire responsibility, but also prescribes specific duties for the father, particularly where a son is concerned. Mrs. ]. Hugh Foster of 921 Greenleaf avenue entertained at a luncheon -:tnd hridge Thursday afternoon for Mrs. P. L. Sykes of California. Mrs. Sykes was formerly a reosident of '\Vitmette. One Year's Guarantee and Free Storage Every fur coat included ' in this sale has been made In our own workshop so this Is strictly a manufacturer to wearer sale making It possible to eliminate the middleman's price ! Come In today! "Ace High!" fo!ks call our moving u/ays Our carefulness and speed amaze. We have great respect for other folk's property. Your goods are safe in our hands. Phone \Vilmette 3 2 or University 7 3 I 7 for moving satisfaction. PHONES-WILMETTE 32. UNIVERSITY1317 01AIRS & TAeLES- F"OR. R..ENT Liberal Allowance on Your Old Fur Coat R:.=.;.: STORAGE '710MADIST. 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