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Finance Committee Meeting Report October 1959

Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees special Finance Committee meeting report October 1959

Photo of Rev. Fr. Stanley Allen Macdonell

Photograph of Rev. Fr. Stanley Allen MacDonell, (b. 1880; d. 4/21/1949). Rector St .John's Episcopal church in Decatur 1926-1934. At death was rector of church in Maine. Born in Canada, he was a captain in the Royal Musketeers and served with British…

Photos of Rev. Willard D. Stires

Photograph of Rev. Willard D. Stires; Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Decatur from 1913 to 1916.

Photo of St. John's Episcopal Church Consecration 1912

Photograph of St. John's Episcopal Church Consecration in 1912. Photo shows procession leading into the church. Print from J. K. Stafford collection of negatives taken in the late 1890's and early 1900's which were in possession of Mr. and Mrs. Jack…

Photo of The Hour of Cheer Building

Photograph of the Building that housed The Hour of Cheer radio station W.H.O.W. Clinton, IL. Rev. A. F. Jenkins.

Photo of Rev. J. E. Story

Photograph of Rev. J. E. Story, he served at the 7th Street Christian Church now the Prairie Ave. Christian Church, left in 1935.

Photo of Rev. Jerome H. Smart

Photograph of Rev. Jerome H. Smart, former Christian Church minister in Decatur, (died 11/6/1913). Veteran of the civil War and entered ministry about 1870. For several years associated with "The Christian," a paper published in St. Louis, later…