. 1517-1917. Jubilee volume. reets, and one on the cornerof West and Evans Streets. The choice fell upon thelot owned by Bauer and Fisher on Charlotte committee was ordered, by paying a certain sum,to close the deal. Later this action was rescinded, andthe lot on which the church is now located was pur-chased from Wm. H. Young for thirteen hundred dol-lars. At this time also a paper was drawn up upon whichto secure the signatures of those who would becomemembers. Sixty-two persons were enrolled as chartermembers, of whom less than one-half are now in ac-tive membership. On July 6th
. 1517-1917. Jubilee volume. reets, and one on the cornerof West and Evans Streets. The choice fell upon thelot owned by Bauer and Fisher on Charlotte committee was ordered, by paying a certain sum,to close the deal. Later this action was rescinded, andthe lot on which the church is now located was pur-chased from Wm. H. Young for thirteen hundred dol-lars. At this time also a paper was drawn up upon whichto secure the signatures of those who would becomemembers. Sixty-two persons were enrolled as chartermembers, of whom less than one-half are now in ac-tive membership. On July 6th the name of Grace Evangelical Luth-eran Church of Pottstown, Pa., was adopted, and acommittee appointed to draft a constitution for thenew congregation, and on the 26th the same wasadopted. On August 9th a permanent organization waseffected by electing the first church council, as fol-lows : Deacons, Lewis Jones, Ambrose Schanely,David J. Keck and Henry S. Hausman; elders, JohnE. Strunk, Jonathan Y. Keck, Percival Kepner and. GRACE, POTTSTOWN NORRISTOWN CONFERENCE 155 Jefferson C. Schanely; trustees, Aaron Trout, JohnL. Eagle, to whom Henry K. Moyer was afterwardadded as an additional trustee. On September 6thRev. J. J. Kline was elected pastor of the congrega-tion. He accepted the call, and is still serving in thatcapacity. On September 10th a building committee was elect-ed, viz : Jefferson C. Schanley, Jonathan Y. Keck, Per-cival G. Kepner, John L. Eagle and Josiah Kepner having declined to serve, Aaron Troutwas elected to serve in his stead. Building operationsbegan immediately, and on October 2nd the corner-stone was laid. Rev. R. D. Roeder, president of Con-ference, and Rev. D. K. Kepner delivered the ad-dresses. The building operations were carried on with theutmost celerity, so that the original building, whosedimensions are 40x45 feet, with an annex of 20x22feet, and a tower with a belfry, was finished by theend of the year, and was consecrated on January
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