71 10 1892 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/0d0650e9021b2b7e615309c04d25b8b2.JPG 05a6687914ff159e10644fd633f45335 Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photo Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5 x 7 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1976 Bi-Centennial Celebration Description An account of the resource Modern Mrs. EHU parade entry Front of float states: "FROM PIONEER WIFE TO MODERN MRS.' 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sylvan Grove Kansas History Subject The topic of the resource Sylvan Grove historical pictures Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sylvan Grove Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Historical Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sylvan Historical Society Description An account of the resource Historical images from the Sylvan Grove area. Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photo Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5 x 7 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1976 Bi-Centennial Celebration Description An account of the resource Wilson City Band. Adolph Stroemer, right, on trumpet. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marge Lawson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SHS-170 Subject The topic of the resource Band musicians Sylvan Grove (Kan.) 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Title A name given to the resource Sylvan Grove Kansas History Subject The topic of the resource Sylvan Grove historical pictures Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sylvan Grove Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Historical Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sylvan Historical Society Description An account of the resource Historical images from the Sylvan Grove area. Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photo Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5 x 7 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1976 Bi-Centennial Celebration Description An account of the resource Local American Legion members made up the Color Guard that led the parade. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marge Lawson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1976 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SHS-172 Subject The topic of the resource Parades Sylvan Grove (Kan.) American Legion Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sylvan Grove Public Library Sylvan Historical Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Non-Commercial (use only) Type The nature or genre of the resource image 1976 American Legion Bicentennial Central Kansas Color Guard Lincoln County Parade Sylvan Grove (Kan.) http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/5d3c407360fe974d1a824ce4b22ca7f0.jpg 416aac290e5d80598300add56599f1b6 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/31993b1e3d671f8be99b04bf7e9c4c15.jpg 2c1247408e1cf9ad2f065a1638032293 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Photo on 1912 Postcard, Caldwell, Kansas Description An account of the resource Recipient of postcard: Mr. Claude Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Transcription of note: Here we are don't you think we are great? How did u arrive home? It is quite lonely since you kids are gone. Went to the show last night & it was fine. [illegible] Mayme. Has a one cent postage stamp with Benjamin Franklin portrait. Front side of postcard has photograph of an unknown group of people in front of a house. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mayme (unknown) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Post-stamped June 26, 1912 from Caldwell , Kansas; received July 27, 1912 at Rydal, Kansas Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource original postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0265a RCL0265b History Mystery http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/83d83296d04682c0e978fab12fd3013e.jpg 4cba598f739c0f8ea4673f925ddf42a6 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/6ec407e956bdba89577b30af9d5af325.jpg 1874cb132517821744baaa4d51db5608 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 1900s Postcard to Claude Dodge, Belleville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Front side: Postcard with picture of unknown woman. (not postmarked) Addressed to: Mr. Claude Dodge, Belleville, Kansas Hello Claude: I guess you are dead so I'll send this to waken you. Now I ain't [scarted] if I do look it. Ha. When are you coming down? Ans. Mayme Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mayme (unknown) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1910-1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource original postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0266a RCL0266b History Mystery http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/cd1bffef21edc92f5e4575c431880f01.jpg 855c7ad0053338c92d864fd8aa51f0da http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/91871cbb046318ad55b51f394052e53a.jpg f2b13317ec8fc89382e3a87431820605 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1913 Postcard to Claude Dodge, Kansas Description An account of the resource Front side: Photograph of two women Back side: Addressed to Mr. Claudeen Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Sent on April 22, 1913, from Caldwell, Kansas; received April 23, 1913, at Rydal, Kansas. One cent stamp with George Washington portrait. Transcription: Dear cousin: Here we are isn't it a great picture? You better get busy and write. S'pose you recognize Faye. This was taken April 12. Tell Sophene I'll send her a card soon. Everybody is fine. Mayme Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mayme (unknown) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 22, 1913 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource original postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0271a RCL0271b History Mystery http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/03aa28efd2bc41f34d1d08682cbdf772.jpg 38125aa89caf914ee13648f543324aed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of man, McLeod, Atchison, Kansas Description An account of the resource McLeod Atchison. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McLeod (photographer) Atchison, Kansas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource From the donated collection of Sara Horak to the Rossville Community Library in 2015. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0729 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c0ccd3ab5738897e23c349d602928bc5.pdf b4550284487eafc5e332e716bf16ff90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Churches History Subject The topic of the resource Churches in the Rossville, Kansas, area. Description An account of the resource Among the various cultural developments in Rossville none was more important than the establishment and growth of organized religions. Shortly after the village of Rossville was started in 1871, some of the settlers felt the need for a church. The first known organized church was the Baptist Church started in August 1871 with nine members. A newspaper account, dated May 1879, about the school house in town says, “…at this time the building is used on Sunday by various church denominations as they are not supplied with church buildings. Six denominations have organized: The Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Methodist Southern and Advent. The Baptist have begun to erect a neat frame church building.” The Baptists built a small church on the approximate site of the Joe Navarre home on Spruce Street and dedicated this church on February 29, 1880. For a few years after that the Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist shared this building—each having the use of it one Sunday a month, morning and evening. The Baptist church disbanded in 1910 and was torn down soon afterwards. Organization of the United Brethren was soon followed by the United Brethren Church, also known as the Olive Branch Church. The first church building in the community was built by its members in about 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about 1952. Some of the farm folk responsible for its organization and erection were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lasswell, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert James and their sons, Robert and James, Mr. and Mrs. W.V. Hook, who donated land for the church. A decline in membership prompted the church officials to sell the building to the Czech Christian organization and it served as a worship center for many years. Other denominations organized early, which have little recorded history, including the Colored Baptist, also called Second Baptist. A news clipping shows the Colored Baptist Church was in existence in 1885 and meetings were held at the old school house. At that time they were endeavoring to raise funds for a structure of their own. It was later erected in the southeast part of town on Orange Street. Their building was repaired in December 1904, but soon after the church disbanded. The only information available about the Cambellites, followers of Alexander Cambell, shows that they gathered regularly early in the city’s history. The Cambellites here and in other localities were the forerunners of the early Christian Church. A church was organized with the name Church of Christ in 1872 with Bennet Swearingen, an elder. In 1879 a group was meeting in the school. Between 1880 and when it was decided to build a church, it is believed the members met in the Baptist Church. A deed was recorded on June 29, 1887, for three lots for which they paid $50.00. The exact date of the erection of the present church is not known. Revered Alex Montgomery was a stone mason and laid the church foundation. Charles Bixby, father of the late Albert Bixby, was a carpenter and supervised the building of the church. Lumber was hauled from Topeka by Alex Nadeau and others. The supplies were purchased from the Thomas Lumber Company at Topeka. The first funeral held in the church was for William Lacock, grandfather of the late Albert Bixby. The oldest Sunday School record is dated September 7, 1884, with May Parker its first secretary. Due to an increase in the Christian Church's membership, in 1949 a large room was added to the north side of the building. Other improvements included new colored glass in the windows, and pews from the old United Brethren Church. In December 1960, another addition to the building was completed. As more settlers moved to this community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. Reverend E.P. Sempel was the first pastor. A.C. Sherman, Richard Binns, Daniel Wilt, J.C. Bradley, William Bond, Henry Kassebaum, W.M. Mitchner, Sam Kerr, Dr. H.H. Miller and Isaac Trostle were the founders of the church. Later the Presbyterians met in the Baptist Church. In 1883, the Presbyterian group purchased the land on which the present church stands and began to build. The first church was built of red bricks which were made at a brick kiln located at the east edge of town. As the years passed a crack appeared between the bricks in the east end of the building. This fault was used as the reason for tearing town the old building. The present structure was constructed in 1917. The Reverend J.H. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, served as pastor in 1922 and 1923. Mr. Gus Kassebaum served as a Trustee for 39 years, from 1915 to 1954. His wife, Mrs. Lula Kassebaum served most of these years as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. The Rossville Charge was organized in the James School House, three miles west of Rossville in the year 1872 under the leadership of Mr. Paul Strimple, a local lay preacher. Shortly afterwards, another group of Methodists (Southern Methodists) met in Rossville and had services at the school in town. These two groups joined in planning construction of a church. Since the Baptists were the first to build a church, the two Methodist groups shared the building. The Methodist Church was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State, June 13, 1881. The first trustees and signers of the charter were: W.G. Gilbert, Isaac Larrance, Joseph Andrews, J.W. Miller, A.E. Strimple, J.T. Heslet, and T.M. Attebury. Building of the new church began in 1884, and it was dedicated on March 1, 1885. Nine years later the south room was added, and it was used as a dining room and meeting room. The Sunday School addition was added in 1960. The name was changed from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist, October 11, 1939. It was again changed in 1968 to United Methodist when the United Brethren and Methodist merged. The Election Day dinner was first served in 1882 and has become an established tradition. Dinner and supper were served to over 175 persons at a cost of 25 cents per person. Some of the men who took an active part in the life of the church were C.E. Gresser, E.G. Griswold and Frank Strimple. Before St. Stanislaus became a reality, according to Ellen Leonhardt of St. Marys, Kansas, Mass was held monthly sometime before 1894 in the Fritz Hall. She remembers accompanying Father Krier, a Jesuit priest, from St. Marys to Rossville along with other girls to sing in the choir. The first St. Stanislaus Church was built under the auspices of Father John B. Kokenge, S.J., who collected about eleven hundred dollars to procure the ground and put up the structure. It measured 42 x 30 feet with a sanctuary that added twelve feet to its length. The corner stone of this mission church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. Many notables from the St. Marys College were present as well as Reverend H.A. Schapman, S.J., former president of Detroit College. The document placed in the stone contained the following: “Leo XIII being Pope, William McKinley being President of the United States, W.E. Stanley being the Governor of Kansas, Joseph Calvin Bradley being Mayor of the city of Rossville, this church to be erected to the honor of God under the invocation of St. Stanislaus Kastka was begun today when the corner stone was laid this the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.” The dedication of the completed church took place on October 29, 1899. In 1967, the parish purchased the home across the street from the church, so that the expanding catechetical classes would have a better place to meet. A $20,000 renovation project in 1975-1976 added a brick extension to the front of the church and a full basement. In 1998 Dekat Hall was dedicated and the mortgage was paid off. By 2009 the parish, which encompassed Rossville, Silver Lake, Willard, and Maple Hill, was in need of a bigger building so Don & Kathleen Damon donated a $1.1 million gift for the building of a new church. After raising the additional needed funds, the new worship space for 400 people was built in 2012 near the former church. In the early 1950s a group of believers who met together for weekly Bible Study grew in number so that they were encouraged to secure a property, call a pastor and organize a church. The Stewart property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie was purchased in June 1952. After renovation, the first services of the Rossville Bible Church were held on September 7, 1952, with Reverend Clarence Swihart as pastor. Reverend Floyd Gee became the second pastor in June 1954. The church purchased a building site from the Hesse family that adjoins the Grade School in August 1960. Reverend Hugh Gardner, Wichita, superintended the construction of a basement to be used for an auditorium. A building was moved from Forbes Air Force Base and set on the basement. June 7, 1970, was a day of rejoicing for the congregation as they had a mortgage-burning service with Reverend Joe Arnedd, Des Moines, Iowa, evangelist, as speaker. Thus is the history of the early churches which no longer exist in the community and the churches which continue to function--though in somewhat different roles than in the early years. Once, the church, as well as the school, was the center of most family activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource HISTORY OF ST. STANISLAUS IN ROSSVILLE (As written by Miss Frances DeGraff) Shortly after the holidays in 1989, I came home from K.C. where I had been sewing. I heard that Catholic services were being held in Fritz's Hall, and Catechism Classes at old Joseph Navarre’s home. This was unexpected news, so I went up to Mass up to the Hall for the first time. After Mass most everybody stayed to talk about the chances of a Church. The chances seemed rather slim. Mrs. Coughlin of Silver Lake said she would give the rocks if someone would give the lots. I volunteered to give them, so things got started. Everybody had a selection to make except the donor! Fr. Kokenge finally picked out some lots three doors north of where the Church now stands. They were owned by Protestants who belonged to the Christian Church. Their minister found out the Catholics were trying to buy them and bought them himself, thinking he would sell them to the Catholics an make a stake off of them (which he did not get a chance). The matter was finally settled by the Bishop donating 50 dollars to Fr. Kokenge to buy two lots where the Church now stands. Fr. Kokenge was a very busy man in those days: here he found a place for real missionary work, a lot of neglected, half-hearted Catholics, some of them too poor and pitiful to even get to St. Marys to church. Many of them held back even after there was services here; many of Indian descent (though not all of them). Aside from his College work Fr. Kokenge put all his spare time in this work, blessing marriages, baptizing whole families of children, hunting up strays, and visiting renegade Catholics, and incidentally a social, or a Raffle to help the cause along. Finally Louis Martin and Mrs. Lutz got up two books and came down one Sunday afternoon and asked me if I would go out and solicit for funds for the Church. I had never done anything of the kind and hesitated, but finally consented when I thought of our people: how needy and disheartened they were with their first lessons in civilization. I took the book and we came to agreement to subscribe an equal amount on each other's book. (which was one hundred dollars each to be paid on the lumber bill) So a week from the following Tuesday was decided on, which was decided on, to go out and solicit. That day proved to be election day, a day which the Methodists appropriate for their socials, dinners, and Church work generally. They had a dinner in the Hall. Mrs. Lutz thought we should put off our work until some other time. I told her we could go on the street: she could take one side and I the other, which we did, and we took dinner with the Methodists. I expected opposition and got it from two turncoats - baptized Irishmen both of them: Tom Kiernan and James Devinny, both drunk, leaning against the south side of a building, sunning themselves; when they saw me coming towards them they raised their hands at me and told me I need not come near them - they had nothing for me. Well, what I said to those two was no compliment! To offset this two Presbyterian leaders in their church subscribed: Mr. Bradly, $15. paid in two payments; Mr. John Wilt of his own accord came up with donated $5. Both were in business at that time; they are more friendly to the Catholics here than the other Protestants. Aside from what Mrs. Lutz marked on my card I had about $40, which was good considering that the Methodists were having their blowout, and seemed to think they had a patent right to that day (they do yet and still have quiltings and dinners on that day). One of my neighbors, Mr. M. Smith donated all the sand used in the building. Mr. Eli Nadeau donated for the rocks; we could not afford rock because masonry was more expensive than a Frame Church, so that donation was turned down. (Mrs. Coughlin, she excused herself out of it; to my mind she crawfished beautifully). Sometime before this, long before Rossville ever dreamed of having a Catholic Church, Silver Lake got up a collection of 30 dollars for one and the money was at St. Marys College. Mrs. Coughlin told me this - she mentioned this because she thought Rossville ought to have it. Some of the Silver Lake folks thought different. So Mr. Jack Coughlin got Mr. Charles Williams, Sr., who comes to church, to write our Bishop and see if the church could be built in Silver Lake instead of Rossville. This was done on the quiet, but I heard of it, went to the College and told Fr. Kokenge to look after this matter at once, which he did. Well, Mrs. Coughlin still owned her rocks when she passed out; the old lady done done quite a few good things for the little Church too, and Maggie was was a great help to me besides what she done on her account. A Mr. Stanley, who was State Architect, donated the plans. About this time there was such a dearth of funds, and such a crying for money that Fr. Kokenge said to me: Oh, if I only had a thousand dollars I could change the face of the earth! Other churches had Altar Societies, aide societies and quiltings - why not make quilts to help along? My spare time was my own and I had a little pin money which I could spend as I pleased, so I got material, made three quilts, put out 100 tickets at 25 cents a ticket and raffled them off at $25 dollars apiece. Mrs. I.B. Alter got the first one, Mrs. Partello the second, Mrs. C.L. Mattley of K.C. the third. She also gave $25 cash to help pay for one of the sanctuary windows and later on when Fr. Hoferer lifted the debt from the little church, she took two more of my quilts and sent me a check for $50 dollars. Later on others sold quilts and turned in the money. I was told to go and collect what I had on my books, which I did, the Catholics of Rossville giving less than $20 dollars, Mrs. Rachel Thurber giving $5 of this. That we have a Catholic Church in Rossville today seems almost a miracle to me, when I think of how little we had to work with. One day shortly after this Fr. Kokenge came with the plans of the church and staked out the foundation. Fr. Kokenge’s duties at the College kept him up there so he could not be here, so he told me to get those who donated work instead of money to come and dig the trenches for the rocks. I got two of my brothers, *Mr. Joseph Navarre, and Anthony Dolezilek and a few others who I do not remember. Right here let me say that the Anthony Dolezileks are the prize family of the parish, having been with us since the beginning of the work, and have done their part faithfully. Those who had teams hauled sand and rocks; those who did not have teams used spades and shovels, dug trenches. Then lime was needed, which I bought and paid for out of my own money, which was easier than to solicit for it. I had a team which I put on the job help out. Fr. Kokenge asked to be relieved, and Fr. J. P. DeSmedt took charge of the work. The foundation was being laid, Josh Harding doing the masonry; he was a fine stone cutter, he made the corner-stone. *No relation to the present Joe Navarre He also drank a great deal, and got the foundation about 4 feet narrower at the back than the front. This made trouble for Fr. Kokenge, so Mr. Harding quit, and his brother-in-law, Scott Easdale finished. Mr. Harding decided to keep the cornerstone, but Fr. Kokenge shamed him and he gave it up. This Harding was a son-in- law of the Preacher who butted in and got the lots ahead of us, thinking to make a stake of from the Catholics. Scott was a stepson. The cornerstone was laid in June, 1899, and for once in my life I had the pleasure and honor of getting up a meal for a Bishop and 10 priests, which was served at the *Mileham's home: first house north of the church. On that day Mrs. Mileham was confirmed - that is how I came to take over charge of the dinner. As Fr. DeSmedt could oversee this work, and be on hand when Fr. Kokenge could not on account of his College work, things moved. Richard Beseau started the carpenter work, but did not finish it. For what reason, Fr. DeSmedt can tell. Then Fr. DeSmedt engaged a Mr. George Clark of Topeka, who proved to be efficient and interested, as will prove later. When the main part was nearing completion, Fr. DeSmedt said that the back of the church would have to be closed for the present on account of lack of funds; the sanctuary could be built later. This was bad news to Mr. Clark, and it certainly worried me too. Fr. DeSmedt called a meeting for Sunday afternoon, to be held at Mileham’s house north of the church, Sunday, and Fr. McCabe arid Fr. DeSmedt. It was a very hot afternoon, not a soul attended that meeting but myself and the Milehams. After waiting a suitable time for someone to show up, Fr. DeSmedt spoke up and said: Well, the church will have to be finished without the sanctuary. Mr. Clark and I talked things over. Next morning he offered to finish and put up the sanctuary for $300 complete. So I went to St. Marys and consulted with Fr. DeSmedt. Told him if he would get us money at five per cent interest, and give us five years to pay, by raffling off quilts or giving socials, I would see that it was paid; also that I would have to get someone to go half with me on this. I. could think of no other way, and I did not care to see the little Church go unfinished. *This house is now St. Stanislaus Renewal Center Fr. DeSmedt was fine about this, and told me to see what I could do. I went to Silver Lake, though with some misgivings. Mrs. Coughlin happened to be in good humor and gave her consent for Maggie to help in this matter. The Church was finished with the sanctuary. An altar was needed. Fr. Kokenge saw to it that we got the old altar that did service in the old Log Church in Mission days. I helped dust this altar in old Mission days, when I went to school there, and went to Mass in the old Log Church every morning. Maggie got her share in long before I did and celebrated with a big party, which I knew nothing about until it was all over. If this was an insult, slight, or oversight, I never knew; for I paid mine in cash, and was thankful I did not have to solicit for it. Fr. DeSmedt gave me a receipt for it which I have yet, and offered a small trinket which I would not accept, but thanked him for it. Well, that was done, and still a plenty to do. Fr. Kokenge chose the name of St. Stanislaus, Patron of Youth, because the future hope of this Parish lies in its youth. Finis *The note dated September 28th, 1899 stated that Miss Frances DeGraff was responsible for $200 while Miss Maggie Coughlin was responsible for $100. Fr. DeSmedt scrawled a note across the bottom saying: "This has been attended to in full and I owe the donors many thanks for their faithful performance of their promise." *Maggie Coughlin married Charles Greene and was a supporter of the church as long as she lived. They had two daughters, Margaret and Helen. They married the Berry brothers, Emmet and Marvin. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Berry still reside at Silver Lake and Helen was postmistress for many years. *Mrs. Rachael Thurber was Lucinda Wade's mother. *Part of the old altar spoken of above is still in the church. The last day Father Murphy, S.J. was with us in June of 1971 told us a little about the altar and where it had come from. And if we ever got rid of it not to store it in someone’s shed or throw it away because the Jesuits wanted it given back to them. [handwritten note: Fr. Murphy died in late 1985.] Father A.H. Schultz, S.J., copied Miss Frances DeGraff’s history word for word and punctuation, capitalizations and paragraphing just as she had written it. It was written in pencil on a scrap of tablet paper, an old Erbachers I-G-A Brand sale bill, the back of an envelope from same store and on the back of an ad announcing an improved park (St. Marys Park) on June 2. (There was no year date given.) There is one small portion (about ten typewritten lines) missing now the Fr. Schultz had. Fr. Schultz is now a missionary at Sacred Heart Church in Stann Creek Town, British Honduras, C.A. When he heard that the history was being written he wrote to one of our parishoners and told where to find this envelope of things he had compiled. He had filed it away but no one else, knew it was there. We feel so fortunate that it was found in time to be added to the history just written. I think there are a few contradictory statements between the two histories but Miss DeGraff is correct I feel sure. Ethelyn Lynde July 31, 1971. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miss Frances DeGraff Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 31, 1971 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ethelyn Lynde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Known Restrictions Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0501 St. Stanislaus Catholic Church http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/35f2a81facd8b33dfcef26f7bd7add29.jpeg a567e3c18a6eaa847af027c89691edf1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Czech History Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Czech Moravian Cemetery Board Rules, 1976, Rossville, Kansas Subject The topic of the resource Cemeteries Description An account of the resource RULES ADOPTED BY THE MORAVIN CEMETERY BOARD JUNE 15, 1955. ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL STATUTES OF KANSAS . THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE NOW IN FULL FORCE—AND EFFECT, PLEASE GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY. Cemetery located 6 1/2 miles northeast of Rossville, Kansas. 1. All powers as heretofore are and shall be vested in the cemetery board with the authority of the STATE OF KANSAS to make the rules and regulations necessary to carry on the operations of the cemetery. 2. A regular annual meeting shall he called by the board of directors for the purpose of electing new members to the cemetery board. The adults having power to vote shall be the people of the community, owners of lots, relatives and friends of the buried who are interested in the improvement and betterment of the cemetery. Called Dec. 26, each yr. 3. The elected cemetery board shall be responsible that elections and all rules and regulations concerning the cemetery are carried out for the best interest, interested of all concerned. 4. The cemetery board shall hire necessary help to keep the cemetery in good clean conditions at all times. 5. The members, owners, and relatives shall be responsible for the care and upkeep of own lots and graves. 6. Lots shall be sold only by the directors. 7. Permission for burial or to do any acts concerning the cemetery must be obtained from the cemetery board of directors. 8. Persons having lots or having an interest in the cemetery shall PAY A FEE EACH YEAR to help with the general upkeep of the cemetery. FAILURE TO PAY THIS FEE after two years will cause the ownership of the vacant lots to revert back to the cemetery and the board may again sell such lots. [handwritten: The fee is $1.00 a year or a one time payment of $50.00] 9. The board from this date on shall prohibit all cement curbs, stone or rock fences from being laid around the lots or anything that will extend or be above the ground, EXCEPT THE MARKERS. This will allow the graves to be mowed easier. 10. On all lots that have FEES DUE ON THEM THAT ARE DUE AND PAYABLE FROM THIS DATE ON WILL BE REPOSSESSED, TAKEN OVER AND RESOLD SIX- Months from the above date, if all back payments are not made. LET ALL OWNERS TAKE DUE NOTICE OF THE ABOVE AND GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. SIGNED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS OF THE MORAVIN CEMETERY AT THE MEETING ON THE ABOVE DATE. /s/ William Olejnik, Chairman, Dec. 26 1976 /s/ Frank Cerny, Clerk, Dec. 26, 1976 /s/ Bennie Stach, Treasurer, Dec. 26, 1976 /s/ Joe Macha, Clerk, Dec. 26, 1985 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moravin (Moravan, Moravian) Cemetery Board, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 26, 1976 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource official document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0430