Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — Rebuilding German-Lutheran Church on Old Foundation. [ARTICLE]

Rebuilding German-Lutheran Church on Old Foundation.

James d. McColly, of Union township, with his carpenter gang, Thursday began the reconstruction of the German-Lutheran church in the Schultz neighborhood of Union township, the • building having been wrecked in the recent cyclone. The old foundation is being used and the church will be built after the same general style of the old one. It will be sheeted Inside instead of plastered and the sheeting will be covered with metal, which will be decorated. The roof will be of slate. The church was insured against destruction by wind for $l,lOO, which sum was paid. The new building will probably cost $2,500. The building committee is composed of William and Emil Schultz and R. H. Kilts.