Building the New
St. Mary's Assumption Church
Notes from Brother Roman's Diary
- Feb. 15, 1915: Meeting of men of the congregation in church decided to start on a new church and collect money.
- Feb. 16, 1915: Monday, Senator James Malone hauled the first load of sand to make cement blocks. Nearly 100 loads the first week.
- April 13, 1915: Monday, men started to make cement blocks, Wenzel Brown and Fred Barenberg at the machine. Record till middle of month: 325 blocks in 7½ hours.
- June 13, 1915: Saturday - men stopped block making; 10,680 to date.
- August 25, 1915: Social in Hall, rained nearly all day, made $400.00.
- December 13, 1915: Monday, ground staked out for new church.
- December l5, 1915: Wednesday, several men with teams and scrapers started excavating basement of new church. John Green making first spade cut and turned first ground. 8 men with six teams, John & Bernard Green, Joe Brown and two sons, two Barenberg brothers and John Malone.
- December 20, 1915: Monday, John Scheve hauled the first load of stone from Barenberg's quarry for concrete foundation.
- March 3,1916: Joe Brown and crew put up the concrete forms for basements.
- March 13, 1916: About 45 men began making trenches for foundations of walls and entrance for cellar. Joe Brown - Foreman.
- March 18, 1916: Concrete foundation finished; used two cement mixers.
- March 27, 1916: FIRST BLOCKS LAID - by Wenzel and Joe Brown.
- May 1, 1916: Monday, two new masons started to work on Church beside Wenzel and Joe Brown.
- May 8, 1916: Cement blocks and sills laid for windows.
- May ll & 12,1916: Large window frames put in place; nearly 1/3 of masonry work done in two weeks and only 3 masons most of the time.
- June 7, 1916: Confirmations forenoon, CORNERSTONE LAYING AFTERNOON. Father Kunz of McCook preached sermon.
- June 17, 1916: Stone work on walls and gables finished.
- June 20, 1916: Tuesday, carpenters put first rafters and beams on main roof.
- July 13-Aug. 9: Shingling of Church.
- Sept. 19, 1916: J.J. Kelley and men from Kansas City started plastering of the church, plain and decorative.
- Oct. 13, 1916: First windows made by Mr. Alberts, Ky. arrived and put in frame on October 18th.
- Nov. 6, 1916: Monday, Plastering finished.
- Nov. 21, 1916: Tuesday: Edward Peine of Oldenburg, Ind. came to decorate the church, finishing Jan. 3, 1917. Work on cement foundation for floor began and continued steadily, finishing Jan. 22, 1917. Vestment case made by George Plein.
- February, 1917: Three new altars and stations began arriving from Daprato Statuary Co. of Chicago - 25 boxes in all. They were set up from February 22nd to the 28th with local men helping.
- March 9, 1917: New pews and communion railing came from Dubuque, Iowa. Also two new bells from St. Louis, Mo., weighing 1,500 pounds.
[ End of Brother Roman's diary ]
- March 11, 1917: Blessing of the new bells.
- April 25, 1917: DEDICATION OF THE NEW CHURCH
COST: $26,196.21
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