Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1917 — Rev. Parrett Asks For Funds For New Church. [ARTICLE]

Rev. Parrett Asks For Funds For New Church.

Valparaiso, Ind., Feb. 27.—A telegram from Rev. Parrett, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Hammond, received and read at the morning services of the Presbyterian church in this city yesterday, announced the burning to the ground of the Presbyterian church in Hammond Saturday night. Few particulars came with the message, but the pastor of that church, in the telegram, entered a plea for funds that the church might be rebuilt at once. The entire morning collection at the local Presbyterian church was f orwarded to Hammond to aid in the erection of a new church.