Union Chapel Annual Reunion

BROWER, BUTTERBAUGH, CAMPBELL, CASTOR, CROSS, FLYNN, GRAY, HAUCHER, JEFFRIES, JONES, KENNINGTON, LEMOREUX, PEASE, PLUMB, SADDLER, SOUTHERN, STOUFFER, TITUS, TRAMEL, WESTON, WHITEHEAD, WILLIAMS

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 2/8/2015 at 18:20:18

Union Chapel Holds Annual Reunion Sunday
Church Was Dedicated in 1877; Land Donated By William Tramel, Sr.
CLEAR CREEK – Attorney John Cross of Newton and Rev. W. Clark Williams, pastor of the Wittemberg Congregational church, spoke at the annual Union Chapel homecoming Sunday.
Mrs. Vesta Pease of Colfax led the Sunday school in the morning and Mr. Cross conducted a review of the quarters lesson.
In the afternoon Rev. Mr. Williams preached on homecomings; Mrs. Gerald Flynn gave a vocal solo; Carl Gray and daughters played and sang, accompanied by Mrs. George Whitehead at the little old organ.
History
The old church was dedicated in 1877. All of the builders are dead, but their children care for the church and cemetery, which are beauty spots of the county.
Attending from a distance were Mrs. Ella Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mildred Tramel; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Flynn and son, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. George Lemoreux and Mrs. Rose Hufner Plumb of Marshalltown; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Castor and four daughters of Green Mountain;
Mr. and Mrs. Seward Castor and daughter, Violet, Fairbanks; L S. Kennington, Carl Gray and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Cross and Doris, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones and sons, Newton;
From Sheffield
William Brower, Sheffield; Alec Campbell, Manning; Mr. and Mrs. William Stouffer and daughter, Helen, Colfax; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weston, Baxter; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Southern and son, Mingo.
Letters were read from Mrs. Jenny Haucher Titus, Roswell, N. Mex.; Frank Jeffries, Gooding, Idaho; Nelle Saddler Butterbaugh, Mauson, Wash., and Mrs. Lillian Jeffries, Castleton, S. Dak.
The first settlers came to this vicinity from the east in 1852. They worshipped in the homes and the school houses until the church was built. The land was donated by William Tramel, Sr.; one of the first settlers.
Services were held regularly here for 30 years. Preachers and teachers are scattered from this church all over the country.
Source: Newton Daily News; June 29, 1937