Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1916 — PARR CHURCH DEDICATED SUNDAY [ARTICLE]

PARR CHURCH DEDICATED SUNDAY

Large Qrowd Attended Dedicatory Exercises Throughout Day; Rev. Densmore Delivered Address.

The new church at Parr was dedicated Sunday morning, the dedicatory address being delivered by Rev. Densmore, of Indianapolis. A large crowd attended the exercises, which started Saturday night and continued all day Sunday. The erection of this church was started late in the summer and is modern in every respect, ffnd the people of Parr and vicinity feel mighty proud of their endeavors. The church will seat about two hundred people. It it a frame building, one story high, and also has a fine basement, in which church dinners may be held. There is a Sunday school roonfcjust off the main auditorium. The building is heated by a furnace. The people of this community have long fell the want of a large comfortable church and the new building just meets their wants in every respect. Rev. F. H. Beard, of Rensselaer, is holding meetings every two weeks at present and it is the plan of the congregation to later on have church every Sunday. The exercises started Saturday night with preaching by Rev. Dame, of Monon. Rev. Densmore, of Indianapolis, spoke Sunday mornnig, delivering the dedicatory address. A large crowd was present at this meeting and it was the most impressive church meeting ever held in the community. Rev. Densmore spoke again in the afternoon and Rev. LeMaster, of Chalmers, delivered a sermon in the evening. ■Contributions were taken up at both the morning and afternoon services to help defray the expenses of the church. A big basket dinner was held at the noon hour in the basement of the church and there were about 125 present at this. The day was a big | one in the church history of Parr and I was one that will long be remembered.