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Reminiscing'
By Katherine Bost
When families gather on Thanksgiving Day, it is
often the custom to reminisce about the “Good Old
Days.” So let’s go far back, 100 years, and see what
life was like when St. Paul’s parish, on Chardon rd.
was founded.,
Recently St. Paul’s Church celebrated its Centen
nial and we are “thankful” Father Anthony Theodore
Martin, its first resident pastor,
kept a journal of events dur
his 42 years at St. Paul’s. Rev.
Richard R. Schnurr, current as
sistant pastor, compiled much
of the following details from
Father Martin’s notes and some
data has come from Jie record
of St. Paul’s Diamond Jubilee
in 1935. We are also grateful to
Mr. John Kausek, photogra
pher, for new prints of early
photographs.
Toward the end of 1860,
Father Edward Hannin was
sent by Bishop Rappe to the
Village of Euclid to purchase
property and open a Catholic
church. In the early days
read
Rev. A. T. Martin
parishioners and it is said the
first was celebrated in
parlor of the Lamb farmhouse,
17800 St. Clair.
Father Martin, Pastor
Father Martin became resi
dent pastor of St. Paul’s in
1864, when he was 30 years
old. He had a parish and
church, but needed a home. This
he solved by buying the prop
erty of Doctor Hazen for
$2,000, and the interest was six
per cent as now..
This was all taking place
when Lincoln and Douglas were
nominated and Lincoln elected,
(1860) and ^he Pony Express
begun.
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From Father Martin’s
diary “In Nov. 1867 Bishop
Rappe confirmed. Before the
coming of the Bishop, some
of the ladies of the congrega
tion undertook to fix up the
priest’s house better than it
was. They went around the
parish collecting money and
succeeded' in getting some
$60. With this they bought a
carpet, a wood stove, and a
couple of chairs for the sit-,
ting room of the rectory.”
Father Martin was concerned
about the education of his
young parishioners. The first
parish school opened in 1867
in a one room frame building,
heated by a stove and warm
overcoats of its pupils. Many
the child who walked four, five
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Early Days Of St. Paul’sChurch
A reRecalled For Centennial
and six miles to be taught by
the first teacher, Miss Clara
Stockel. The school now has an
enrollment of over 600 children,
taught by a staff of seven
Ursuline Sisters and six lay
teachers.
Then as now the energetic
young priest wanted to reduce
what to him was a staggering
debt, and as now his parishion
ers held a carnival which
opened Dec. 30th, 1867, and
closed Jan. 1st, 1868. Two days
brought rain and snow but not
many parishioners, yet the net
proceeds of the affair came to
|167. Later that spring $5 of
that money was paid to a car
penter to repair the church
floor which had fallen eight
inches.
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of
Mass in the homes
Cemetery
Anxious about the lack of a
burial ground for his flock,
Father Martin petitioned Bish
op Rappe in 1869 for permis
sion to purchase land for a
cemetery. He exchanged prop
erties with Mr. Kilfoyle and the
first to be buried there (in
January, 1870) was Wilhelm
Werner, a civil war veteran
who died of typhus.
Meanwhile Rev. Martin was
serving Willoughby and Mentor
and Painesville, but in 1875,
gave them up. In the winter he
had to travel to these places by
hand car on the railroad with a
few parishioners, and those
winters were more rugged than
now.
the
He finally secured property
on Chardon rd., half way be
tween then Chardon Corners’
and St. Clair st., for $100 from
Mr. “Ch”’ o s es. He then
struck a bargain with Mr. Tho
mas Hynes to build a church
for $1,000, and it was finished
in 1861.
In 1860 St. Paul’s parish was
the only Catholic church in an
area almost the size of the Di
ocese of Cleveland today, and it
served that entire area. In the
intervening century, some 20
parishes have been cut out of
the original-
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Rev. F. P. Brennan
About this time President
Johnson was nearly impeached.
General Grant became presi
dent.
Father Martin made an
entry in his diary on Aug.
29th, 1875. “The Church is
very crowded with Protes
tants this morning. Catholic
men stand in wagons around
the church at the
It is very warm.”
windows.
church in
by wagon
Those attending
those days arrived
and buggy, and more walked.
Young people carried their
shoes for miles, putting them
on when they were near the
church. There was a wooden
shed on the premises where
horses were fed while the faith
ful attended services. In the
winter they came by bobsled.
Diary: “In October 1868 a
mission was given by the
Fathers of the Order of our
Most Holy Redeemer. On
Monday, the closing night,
the floor of the church gave
way about 6 or 8 inches, be
ing caused by the crowd. A
number of coal oil lamps had
been bought for the mission
to give light to the church
at night. Even though the
floor gave way, it caused
little interruption. Then there
was another incident that
evening, as the men were
lighting the candles around
the Mission Cross, fire took
to the artificial flowers. The
church floor was raised again
before Christmas, and the
’raising was done for |5.”
St. Joseph-Collinwood
In 1877 property was bought
for St. Joseph’s Parish in Col
linwood, which was cut off from
St. Paul’s. St. Joseph’s church
was 24 by 30 feet with a 10
by 10 foot vestibule, a good
sized living room today.
A year previous General
Custer and his 863 men died on
ths Little Big Horn and in
a,'
1878 Edison invented the pho
nograph. 1886: John L. Sul
livan became World Champ.
1887: American Federation of
Labor was formd.
All through these changing
years and decades, Father
Martin ministered to his grow
ing flock, weddings, funerals,
first Communions, graduations,
all of the consolations happi
ness and sadness
a church
brings. He spent over 40 years
bringing the aid of the sacra
mental system, because as a
young man he came to the
United States from France to
see what he could do to help as
Christ’s” proxy. He died of
pneumonia at Charity Hospital
on Nov. 23rd, 1899, and was
buried a few days later in his
own cemetery, surrounded by I in the Lord’s praises for many
his faithful pioneer helpers. ’years to come.
OLDEST LIVING MEMBER of St. Paul’s parish on Char
don rd. is Mrs. Sarah White, 94 years, of 1477 East
174th st. This picture, taken in 1904, is with her hus
band, Amos son, Phillip, and daughters I. to r.: Mrs.
Harry Miller (May) .of 1444 East 90th st. and Mrs.
Michael Furlong (Lena) of 1506 East 133rd st. The
family home at that time was in Bluestone (now South
Euclid). Another son, Charles White, (not born when
picture was taken), lives at 1361 Rugby rd.
PHILLIPS AVENUE CHURCH
OBSERVES ADVENT SUN.
Next Sunday, the first in Ad
vent, will be recognized at the
10:45 a. m. worship service
with the Sacrament of Holy
Communion at The Phillips
Avenue United Presbyterian
Church, East 125th st. at Phil
lips ave.
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In succeeding years St. Paul’s
parish has had many pastors
and assistant pastors, too nu
merous to mention. Father
Frank P. Brennan,
pastor, has given St. Paul’s 21
of his 42 years as a priest. In
his time a convent has been
built, the school enlarged and
the church was recently reno
vated. A new gallery, organ,
vestibules, stations, and altars.
(The altars were consecrated
by Bishop Begin in October of
this year). So really it is a new
St. Paul’s with which to begin
the second century. The parish
ioners hope Father Brennan’s
tenure exceeds Father Martin’s
42 years at the parish, and his
golden singing voice rings out
current
The offertory, by the Wo
men’s Chorus, will be “Lo, How
a Rose
SEEN LIGHTING THE FIRST CANDLE on the Advent
Wreath at Faith Lutheran Church, Hayden ave. and
Glenside rd., ir acolyte Edward Vargo, 1526 Hayden
ave., as the Rev. R. E. La Fontaine, pastor, reads the
prophecy for the day. The Advent Wreath, traditional
symbol of the season, visualizes the four Sundays of
preparation preceding Christmas. The dominant
thought of this season, which begins Nov. 27th, is that
of the Lord’s coming. First* Christ’s coming in the flesh
at Christmasr second, His coming to the Christian In
Word and Sacrament and, third, His coming at the
end of time.
E’er Blooming” by
Praetorius. The Senior Choir
will sing as the anthem “Bread
of Heaven” by German.
Host and hostess for the day
will be Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Roberts.
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Special Baptist Service
Tonight Honors Couple
Heeding Missionary/Call
This evening will be a time of thanksgiving at
the Hayden Avenue Baptist Church.
At this special 7:30 p. m. service, Rev. Robert
Brennan and his wife Marilyn will give their testi
monies concerning God’s call to them to go as mis
sionaries to South America.
Rev. Brennan is a graduate of
the Moody Bible Institute of
Chicago.
To help pay the passage ex
penses of these latest members
of their church to go as mis
sionaries, the Hayden Avenue
Church is going to receive a
special offering during the
Thanksgiving service. The pub
lic is invited to attend. The
Brennans and their three-year
old -son, Bobbie, live at 1647
Holyoke, East Cleveland,
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YOUTH FELLOWSHIP WILL
HOLD SUNRISE SERVICE
Members' of the Cleveland
District Methodist Youth Fel
lowship will hold a Thanks
giving Sunrise service tomor
row (Thursday) morning at
7:30 a. m. in the sanctuary of
First Methodist Church at East
30th and Euclid ave.
A number of youths from the
neighborho od Methodist
Churches will be attending.
Miss Janet Schultz, 3318
Chelsea dr., of the Windermere
MYF will be the soloist of the
morning.
The Rev. Mr. Robert H.
Courtney, 15409 Brewbter rd.,
is pastor of the host church.
NATIONAL MISSION
SUNDAY OBSERVED
At Windermere Presbyter
ian Church next Sunday, Na
tional Missions Sunday will
be observed at the 11 a.m.
Worship .Service. Rev. Charles
W. Rawlings, Director of Gar
den Valley Neighborhood
House, will be the speaker on
the topic “The Church Faces
the City”.
The Women’s Bible Class
of the church is holding its
Christmas party at the church,
Thursday evening, Dec. 1st, at
8 p.m. Mrs. James McKechnie
is chairman.
The Canteen will begin its
winter season Friday evening,
Dec. 2nd, at 7:30 p.m.
VESPERS- OF MUSIC
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock,
the Methodist Church of the
Cross will present a Vespers
of Music by the Cathedral
Choir, soloists, an ensemble of
five brass instruments, and the
organist choir director, Mr.
Ray Ferguson. The brass play
ers are being imported from
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
especially for this perform
ance.
The program will include
both early and contemporary
music, including a brief con
tata by Hammerschmidt, a
north German composer from
the Baroque period, and two
contemporary Psalm settings
by Jan Bender, one scored for
choir and brass, the other
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FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Consistent with the call to
worship by the President of the
United States for services of
National Thanksgiving, Faith
Lutheran Church, Hayden ave.
and Glenside rd., the Rev. R. E.
La Fontaine, pastor, has sched
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ice at 10:30 a. in. for members
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grim Fathers, East Cleveland Churches will hold a com
bined Thanksgiving service tonight at 8 p. m., at the
East Cleveland Baptist Church, 14516 Euclid ave. Look
ing over some of the music for the service are The
Rev. William Wilhoyte of the First Church of the Naz
arene (standing left). The Rev. William E. Towner, host
minister (seated) and the Rev. Arthur Copeland of the
Sixth United Presbyterian Church. Rev. Copeland will
preach the sermon. The service is sponsored by the
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Union Thanksgiving Service
will be held at the East Cleve
land Baptist Church tonight at
8.
The Rev. Arthur Copeland of
the Sixth United Presbyterian
Church will be preaching. He
will be assisted by the Rev.
William Wilhoyte and the Rev.
William E. Towner.
The Rhoda Circle of the East
Cleveland Baptist Church will
meet next Monday at the home
of Mrs. Herman Matz, 15911
Elderwood ave.,. East Cleve
land, at one o’clock.
Five members of the BYF
and Mr. York, Student Assist
ant Minister of the East Cleve
land Baptist Church, will be at-
East Cleveland
Congregational Church
Euclid and Page Avenues
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Sr. Pilgrim Fellowship 7:30 PM.
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