Show Historic Church Plans Facilities For or Newlyweds NASHUA IOWA Special accommodations accommodations ac- ac are being planned for honeymooning couples who are mar- mar Tied in the Little Brown Church in inthe inthe inthe the Vale the historical small church which was made famous by bya a n song written before it was built Harry of Worthington Minn has has purchased the former Bradford academy property across the street from the church He plans I to erect honeymoon cabins on the I property A photographic studio to toI I accommodate the the newl newlyweds weds and facilities for wedding dinners and receptions also are planned The church built in 1864 long has been een popular for wedding cere- cere monies The peak was reached in 1940 when 1549 couples were mar- mar Tied The bride and bridegroom lom usually ring the church bell after the ceremony the pastor admonishing them to pull through life together just as you OU s sare are pulling on the bell rope The small neat church in hi a pleasant pleasant pleas- pleas ant rustic setting once served the religious needs of old Bradford a aown town own of persons two miles from here bere lere The town died after it was bypassed by- by assed passed by a railroad in 1868 but the song has kept the church alive Attracted by the beauty of the site upon which the church later was built William S. S Pitts a young visItor visitor vistor vis- vis tor from Wisconsin wrote his moving hymn The Little Brown Church hurch Church in the Vale in 1857 He put his us s manuscript away and it was forgotten In 1864 when the church wascom Pitts who had returned to the town as a singing teacher was asked to sing a solo at the dedication dedication dedica- dedica tion ceremony and he obliged with t tux lis 8 own song written seven years before |