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The Pastor's salary was $250 per year until 1866 when it was raised to $300 because of the high cost of living?

Organists were paid $10-$12 per year?

There were usually two to four members appointed to keep the cemetery clean and for two years potatoes were planted on the cemetery on the unoccupied are to keep down the weeds?

The church was heated by two large wood stoves, then later coal stoves until a furnace was installed in 1936? Cost of the furnace was $50 plus installation.

The "Utterschied" (the divider) between the pews was removed in 1934 and a center isle replaced the two isles?

In 1886 one member who was caring for the lamps said they did not burn right and he would like to have the evening services held by moon light?

Signs were posted inside of the church prohibiting the use of tobacco inside?

Fred Nussmeyer did not miss an annual congregation meeting in 51 years?

The first church school was built in 1857?

In 1898 a decision was made to take a collection every Sunday?

In 1905 new altar, pulpit and platform (stage) were installed along with the new colored windows?

In 1907 a decision passed to ring the bell twenty four hours before a funeral, and on evenings before Sundays and Holidays?

On April 5, 1915 at the annual meeting a ruling was made prohibiting anyone having a contagious disease being buried on the cemetery?

St. Paul Church was the first Evangelical Church in southern Indiana?

The church bell in use in our church today was the first church bell in the community?

The church service shall be in the German language as long as five members request it. The above quote from the early Constitution?

In 1889 the voting age of a church members was 24 and was changed to 21 when the constitution was revised?

We have some fifth and sixth generation descendants of some early members attending at St. Paul?