Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1901 — Gillam Church Dedicated. [ARTICLE]

Gillam Church Dedicated.

The dedication of the new M. E, church at Gillam P. 0., Gillam township, took place last Sunday Aug., 18th, as per previous announcement. The attendance in the forenoon was not large, on account of the rain, but in the afternoon it was well attended. Rev. Dr. Beck, the presiding elder, preached in the forenoon and Rev. Dayid Handley in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Derby, of Morgan Park, 111., and the Roby sisters furnished the music. There was $225 still dne on the ohuroh and this amount was very easily raised at the dedication. The building cost $1,600 and Dr. Beck says it is the finest country church in Valparaiso district. Rev. O. L. Cbivington', of Barkley circuit, is the pastor.