Show 300 Iowa Acres Support SupportOld SupportOld Old Church for 83 YearsWishrngton Years YearsWishmgton W'shm Wshm Wishmgton Wishrngton ' ton lo 10 Io vaAn va -An An - An 83 yearold year yearold yearold old Moravian MoravJan church-the church the church - the only one oneIn onein onein In Iowa-cont Iowa cont Iowa-cony cony Iowa - cent nues to flourish nearhere near nearhere nearhere here in the Grace Hill HIlI community communityT T vo charter members are num nun numbered nunbered numbered bered in m its congregation of th rtyfamilies rty rtyfamilies rtyfamilies rtyfamiliesAmos familiesAmos families Amos M ksch and his bride cameto came cameto to Washington county from Ohio in in1854 1854 He entered 220 acres of land landfor landfor for : himself h11nseU and another 300 acresadjoming acres acresadjoming acresadjoining adjoming his farm which he turned turnedover turnedover turnedover over to the church he founded in Inthe Inthe the same year The Provincial Provmclal El Elconference Elders Elden ders conference of the MoravIan MoravIanchurch Moravianchurch Moravianchurch church at Bethlehem Pa lent lentMiksch lentMiksch MIksch most of the money for the thesection thesection section of land to be used to support supportthe supportthe supportthe the churchThe church churchThe The congregation was orgamzed organized organizedat orgamzedat at the Miksch home and In 1868 the thechurch thechurch thechurch church building bUIldmg buildng was dedicated In Income Income Income come from the 300 acres In good goodyears goodyears goodyears years had been sufficient to supportthe support supportthe supportthe the church and activities activltles of a com corn cornrnunity communlty cornmunity munlty rnunity building buildmg dedicated in m 1918 1918The 1918The 1818The The Rev Lewis Clewell Cleweil was the thefirst thefirst thefirst first pastor The two charter mem members members members bers still living hving hying are Mrs . . . Olive OliveStrohm OliveStrohm OliveStrohm Strohm nmety ninety three and Mrs Joe JoeEngel JoeEngel JoeEngel Engel eighty seven BrightonYou Brighton BrightonYou You are invited to see the new newme newline ] me of Navajo rugs and Indian IndianCurIOS Indiancurios Indiancurios CurIOS Maxwell Na\ajo Na ajo Navajo \ NoveltyShop Novelty NoveltyShop NoveltyShop Shop at Moab Camp Par Park ! . 4tM31The 4tM31 4tM31The The Philathea class of the Bap BaptIst BapList Baptist tIst List church churchBill church111 \ -Bill Bill \\111 111 will - meet this tills evemng evening eveningat evemngat eveningat at the home of Mrs J W Corbm Corbin Corbmfollowmg Corbinfollowing Corbinfollowing followmg following the lecture by Dr Jepp Jeppson Jeppson Jeppson son on Cancer Control at the thehigh thehigh thehigh high school auditorium audltorium auditoriumA A birthday surprise surpnse party In Inhonor inhonor inhonor honor of Lloid LIod Lloyd } Petersonas Peterson \ was \\as as given givenTuesday givenTuesday givenTuesday Tuesday evening at the home of ofMiss ofMiss ofMiss Miss Veda Holyoak Sixteen guests guestsere guestswere guestswere \\ere ere were \ In attendance The everung evening everungwas eveningwas eveningwas was spent playing cards and refreshments re refreshments refreshments freshments freshmentsVere \ were \Vere Vere served |