Monday, December 20, 2010

EARLY RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT FAIRVIEW

Rev. Nelse Nelson came to Sibley in 1868.  He rode horseback and ministered to all the early settlers.  He came every Sunday to the dugouts and sodhouses.

During the eighties and early nineties services and Sunday school were held in Fairview schoolhouse diagonally across from Valley Cemetery.  Rev. Edd Bruner came from Concordia every Sunday.  Mrs. Ella Peck Rockhold taught Fairview for several years and with the help of a few others organized a Sunday school.  Mrs. Rockhold, Mrs. Henry Norris, Mrs. Arthur Norris and Mrs. Owen Dickerhoof were teachers and Mrs. Owen Dickerhoof was choir leader.  Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Norris and Mrs. Frank Dickerhoof later were charter members of the Community E. U. B. Church in Norway.

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