1902-1904

1902

Sunday School teachers were asked to sit with the children to avoid disturbances and to allow only five children to sit on each bench.

The church council got permission to switch from gas to coal for heating.

It was decided to hold the children's festival in Gant Park (present site of Zanesville's Municipal Stadium.).

It was recommended to the trustees that important books and papers be deposited in a local bank.

It was resolved to spend $150 or more for building repairs and improvements of our educational building.

The ladies were asked to decorate our church for the Reformation Festival.

1903

On March 17, 1903, documents were signed, changing services from German to English. (We still have these documents.)

William N. Werner, superintendent of the Sunday School, installed electric lights in the church. It was discovered, at this time, that the big church bell was cracked. This matter was referred to the Voters Assembly.

At the July council meeting, it was decided to take English, as well as German-speaking persons into our congregation, regardless of nationality.

The decision was also made to purchase 12 school benches and to raise the pastor's salary to $900, retroactive to April.

Trustees investigated the cost of installation of three ventilating systems in the ceiling of the church.

The church was permitted to install a sewer behind the parsonage.

It was decided to have the organ repaired at a cost of $45; half the amount to be paid in cash.

1904

On February 14, 1904, it was decided to have a celebration on the coming Sunday to consecrate the newly installed church bell in a fitting manner.

At the April meeting, the council determined it was necessary to see if a better home could be found for the pastor's family. The August house, later the Saad home, was turned down. (This property is now a part of our parking lot.) In a special meeting, it was advised that it would be best to build a new parsonage. In June, the church council accepted, with thanks, money for a new parsonage to be built on S. 7th St. in front of the school building, at a cost not to exceed $3,500. Conrad Stolzenbach offered $2,000 as a gift and Mrs. Stemmler gave $1,000 out of Mr. Stemmler's Estate to the church. In return, the congregation was to pay her six percent interest during her life time. It was decided to tear down the old parsonage and build a new brick building to be used as a new parsonage. The space between the new parsonage and the school building was to be used as a playground for the children.

Walter Bischoff was paid $10 a month for playing the organ.

This picture was taken of the Parochial School students in 1904