continued
With the erection of the steeple, for which the Hon.
Phipps J. Boyd promised to pay if it were raised to a height that he could
see it from his home on Route 19, Fairview Township the structure was
completed.
By arrangement with Sunday School Superintendent
McCormick, Andrew Carnegie presented the first organ to the congregation.
For 40 years (from the time she was 14 years of age)
Miss Celestia Loveland (Mrs. Frank Fruit) faithfully served as organist.
The Ladies Aid, as always, was ever alert to things
needed in the new and now, not so new building.
Each of the 50 ministers who has served the
congregation made a special contribution to them.
Rev. Paul Smith saw his plans for the parsonage
annex become a reality in 1939.
Rev. Clyde Lewis who presently serves the charge
(Big Bend and Fredonia) reports that Fredonia has a membership of 250.
from Fredonia Centennial Book, 1837 - 1976
by Fredonia Centennial- Bicentennial Committee, 1976
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