In those early days, some happy memories were of the Sunday School picnics. These picnics were usually held in June by the New Bethel members. Before the outdoor stage was build, entertainment took place on wagon beds which farmers brought to the church for that purpose. They would place the wagons side by side and end to end. People sat on planks supported by cement block and the soda stand was a large wooden trough. The highlight of the picnic was a cake walk featuring a nut cake or other special type cake.
From October 1947 until his death on December 4, 1948, the Reverend Addison C. Planz served as our pastor. Reverend Craig J. Dorward was called to be pastor on July 10, 1949 and served until August 1957.
On Pentecost Sunday, 1924, the cornerstone was laid and on Pentecost Sunday in May 1925, the new “Stone Church” was considered consecrated. Reverend Schlenker died soon after the dedication and the Reverend Ira Klick served as pastor from 1927 – 1947.
