The original booklet is part of a private collection in Redondo Beach. Click here to see more items in the collection. Click here to see the historical timeline of Redondo Beach, CA. Click here to see the list of other States I have more items from.
Here are the images in order, of the Redondo Congregational Church Anniversary Souvenir Directory.
It says 1888, 1894, and 1932 on the cover. There are also a number of pages missing from the middle of the book. I got this book from my grandmother's house in Redondo, and thought it would be best to put it online before it degrades further. I am not doing a transcription, but adding some information at the side of the photos.
Especially including names, in case anyone is searching for their ancestors in google by name.
** I looked up, and could not find a Pioneer Institute of the South Bay District. It must no longer exist.
I could not find the First National Bank of Redondo, but I did see some currency for sale online that was printed there.
Page 1
This is a picture of the Church, it is no longer standing. It was in the area that is now Sovereign Grace Bible Church.
Rev. Owen Umstead was Pastor
He was born is Illinois
He married Miss Belle Hepner in 1895
She was a teacher in Burlington Kansas
They had four children
Kenneth working at Berkeley
and daughters
Mrs. Richard Ohly
Mrs. Myron Meyer
Mrs. Elwood Harden
organized as a Sunday School July 1, 1888, by Rev. H.P. Chase
Services were also held by Rev. Frederic Alder Field, Rev. Nathan L. Lowell, and Rev. W. P. Browning
Organized as a Congregational Church seven years later. Rev. C.Y. Snell as Pastor
The next 12 years there were several Pastors, Rev. Harlow, Rev. J. D. Habbick, Rev D. Lloyd Jenkins, Rev. Otto Anderson, Rev. Thomas Stubbine, Rev. Musgroves.
Rev. William P. Hardy held service 11 years.
Rev. Owen Umstead has led the last 15 years when the publication came out.
Seybold' Bakery no longer exists.
Ads for Sherwin - Williams
Then in Hermosa Beach
John A. Hageman
Thanks to Mrs. Owen Umstead, and Mrs. J.K. Boaz
for organizing the first printed Church Directory.
Giesler Print Shop
Ad For Union High Service Station
Diamond and Camino Real.
It no longer Exists.
A. H. Bradhurst
Articles of Incorporation
E. P. Rowell, W. N. Birt, and William R. Williams were elected Trustees of the Church
James F. Ford - President
Mrs. M. P. Bronson - Secretary
Members
E. P. Rowell, Wm R. Williams, H. H. Venable, W. N. Birt, Mrs. M. P. Bronson
Articles of incorporation Cont.
J.W. Anderson was the Notary Public and a witness.
There is also a small ad for Stiles Flower Shop
C.W. Stiles
Page 7. Articles of Incorporation Cont.
T.E. Newlin - County Clerk
Sam Kutz - Deputy
I. H. L Brown Secretary of State
W. T. Sesuer - Deputy
Charter Members
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williams, Mr. and Mrs George Cate, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Venable, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Best,
Walter F. Venable, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Rowell, Clara Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Fisher, Mrs. Mary York, Mrs. J. Harris, Mrs. Martha P. Bronson, Mrs. Mary Gibson, Mrs. Lillie L. Hazeltine, Mrs. L. J. Perry, Mrs. M. A. Browning
Add for S & M Transfer and Storage Co.
531 N. Francisca
The old building may still survive. The business may have moved to Torrance, there is a S & M Transfer and Storage listed in Torrance
Officers of the Church
Pastor Rev. Owen Umstead
Financial Secretary Nelson Roth
Treasurer Mrs. M. P. Smith
Clerk, Donald M. Smith
Head Ushers R. H. Wilson , A. M. Graff
Night Ushers Donald Smith, Glenn Roth
Flower Committee Mrs. Geo. Cate, Mrs. Hattie C. Thompson, Mrs. J. W. Meese, Mrs. R. S. Minech, Mrs. R. H. Wilson , Mrs. A Little, Mrs. A. F. Heimlich, Mrs. Chas M. McCormick
Music Committee Mrs. Genevieve Hale, Mrs. J. E. Walker, Mrs. Frances T. Browning, Mrs. Paul Black, Mrs. H. D. Meacham, E. A. Shannafelt
President Men's Brotherhood C.C. Lilly
Board of Christian Education and Pastor's Council
H. D. Meacam, Dr. A. F. Heimlich Alexander Larson, Mrs. Nelson Roth
Ad for Thorp's Music Shop
126 Pacific Redondo Beach
No longer in business
Board of Trustees
Chairman Edgar Skelton
Vice Chairman H. D. Meacham
Secretary Wm. F. Giesler, J. F. Walker, Paul Walker, Chas S. McCormick, C. E. Rhodes
Board of Deacons
Nelson Roth, E. L. Shannafelt, Alexander Larson, C. W. Stiles, A. M. Graff, C. C. Cribbs, Dr. A. F. Heimlich, Dr. H. F. Craven
Deaconesses
Mrs. B. L. Lackey, Mrs. Anna D. Long, Mrs. F. A. Boulger, Mrs. F. H. Harden, Mrs. G. A. Mitts, Mrs. Jennie Hughes, Mrs. Gabriel Johnston
The Choir
Mrs. J. K. Boaz, Mrs. J. R. Richardson, Mrs. H. D. Meacham, Organists: Catherine Snavely, Richard Browning
Ladies Aid Society
Mrs. M. M. Waddell, Mrs. Mary Tyler, Mrs. Gabriel Johnston, Mrs. O. T. Clutter
Sunday School
Superintendent - Norman Crider, Assitstant Superintendent - Mrs. C. W. Stiles, Secretary - Treasurer - W. F. Giesler
Adult Bible Study Class
Teachers Rev. Umstead, Mrs. John Threlkeld
Cradle Roll
Mrs. J. W. Meese - Superintendent
Roll of Members
Mrs. Marian Allen, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Andrix, Gordon Bain, Vivian Barker, Katherine Barker,Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barkley, Mrs. Helen Barnum, Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Beck, Mary Jo Beck. Ernest Bennett, Nora Bennett, Mrs. Lena Berger, Freda Berger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blatter, John K. Boaz, Mrs. Laura Patten Boaz, Jack Boaz, Kenyon Boaz, Mary Elizabeth Boaz, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Boulger, E. Merrill Boulger, Robert Boulger
Ad for Hermosa Outfitting Co.
C.A. Williams, G. F. Williams
128-130-134-138-140 Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach
No longer in business
Ad
Luverne W. Gillis Stationery Store
118 S. Pacific Av. Redondo Beach
No longer in business
Cannot Be Saved By Works
Page 27 Roll of members continued
Mrs. T.C. Lemley, Edgar Lesley, Mr. and Mrs Thomas A. Little, Edith Little, Mrs. Anna Long, Spencer Long, Mrs. Mattie Nell Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Chas S. McCormick, Mrs. H. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Meacham, Robert Meacham, Douglas Meacham, Mildred Meacham, Mrs. J.M. Meese, Margaret Meese, Doris Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Minech, William Minech, Haruko Minami, Kiyoshi Minami, Mrs. Jessie J. Mitts, Lauren Mitts, Nellie Monroe, Walter Moore, Mrs. Hattie W. Moore, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Moyer, Reuben Moyer, Ernest L. Moyer, Raymond Moyer, Anna C. Moyer, Tugimi Muira, Kate North, Jacklyn O'Brien, Mrs. Grace B. Olson, Roy Osaki, Mrs. J.M. Patten, Mrs. L. Perry
Ads
Pacific Crest Cemetery
Still operating today in Redondo
Redondo Furniture Co.
212 South Pacific Ave.
No longer in business
Peerless Laundry Services Ltd.
No longer in service
Page 29
Roll of Members cont.
Betty Putters, James Putters, Joan Putters, C. H. Quandt, Mrs. Hannah Quandt, Lious Quandt, Carl Quandt, Mrs. Marie Quandt, Mrs. Catherine Reams, Mrs. Vivian Reinhard, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rhodes, Mrs. Louise Richardson, Curtis Richardson, Mrs. C. R. Richardson, Mrs. Edith Ridgley, Anne Ritchie, Robert Ritchie, Mrs. Eva Rodecker, Virginia Rodecker, Miss Carrie M. Root, Nelson Roth, Mrs. Alice Roth, Glen Roth, Thomas Roth, E. A. Shannafelt, Mrs. Mable Sharrock, Mrs. Donna Shaw, Ruth Shaw, Fredrick G. Short, Mrs. Olive May Short, Jessie Nilda Short, Harold Short, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Skelton, Edgar Skelton, Dr. Robert F. Skelton, Richard Lang Skelton, Myron P. Smith, Mrs. Bessie M. Smith, Donald M. Smith, Helen M. Smith, Doris B. Smith, Mrs. Edna Smithson, Catherine Snavely, Mrs. A.B. Solomon
Evagelist - Will K. Ray
Undenominational Preacher and singer
Parisian Cleaners and Dyers
Diamond and Broadway
No longer in business
D & D Drug Co.
George T. Perdue
No longer in business
E.G. Griffey
Electrical Contractor
Golden Pheasant Restaurant
William Levey mgr.
No longer in business
Giesler Print Shop
No longer in business
The Rexall Drug Store
L. H. Schultz Ph G. Druggist
No longer in business
Roll of members cont.
Mrs. Marian Spence, W.R. Steere, Mrs. Ethel Steigh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Stiles, Charles Stiles Jr., Katherine Stiles, Mrs. Eliza Stone, Theresia I. Stone, Mrs. Perie St. John, Mrs. Irene Tanger, Fumiko Tanzawa, Yoshiko Tanzawa, Tsutomu Tanzawa, Dorothy Taylor, Mrs. Hattie C. Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Edith Jenne Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Treadwell, Mrs. K. W. Tyler, Edith Tyler, Rev. Owen Umstead, Mrs. Belle Umstead, Kenneth Umstead, Robert Vitale, Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Waddell, James E. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker, Margery Ruth Walker, Mrs. E.E. Williams, Robert H. Wilson, Mrs. Orpha Wilson, Alta Wilson, James Wilson, Winifred Wilson, Willis Wilson, Mrs. W. S. Young, Ruth Young, Arthur Young, Mrs. A. L. Young, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Zalabak
Frank L. Perry
Attorney at Law
A. F. Heimlich M.D.
Dr. H. F. Craven
Dentistry and x-ray service
Dr. Loren D. Sims
Chiropractor - Graduate Masseuse
Sam Holon
Body and Fender Work
