Arthur Baptist Church History

Table of Contents
75th Anniversary History
85th Anniversary Program
90th Anniversary Program
Article on Disbanding
Article in Odebolt Chronicle

This section is dedicated to Mrs. Marian Turin Sonichsen with thanks.

A big thank you to Mrs. Marian Turin Sonichsen for providing us with several documents on the Arthur Baptist Church. Several interesting histories with lots of names to add to the data base. Plenty of pictures too. The church was started back in October of 1885 and continued actively serving the area for over 90 years. My memories of the church go especially to the 4th of July Sunday School picnics they would host on the church grounds. Picking-up-peanuts, foot races, the mens tug-of-war, the ladies nail hammering contest, the softball game -- all the fun things of rural childhood.

Unfortunately, the mechanization revolution in the agriculture industry over the last quarter of the twentieth century has marked the end to so many rural institutions. It is no different in Hayes Township where the effects manifested themselves in a slowly diminishing rural population. It is against this setting that, sadly, the church closed its doors forever in March of 1978.

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Editors note: The pictures used in this section are scanned from the printed booklets.

75th anniversary

Church in 1890


John B.Samuelson


Larson School


Arthur Baptist Church


Pastor David C. Brown


Hans Hallander


Rev. & Mrs. C.J. Ahlmquist


Rev. C.R. Osbeck



A. Berlund Family


Rev. O. Lindholm Family


Rev & Mrs. Herman Bergman


Church in 1912


Delegates to State Conference 1912


Philathea Class 1913


Baraca Class 1913


Rev. H.S. Miller


Rev. & Mrs. A.E. Carlson


Rev. Bennett Erickson


Rev. Peter Lovene


A.W. Erickson


Rev. LeRoy Carter

October 25-November 1, 1970

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