CALVARY CHURCH HOOKER COUNTY

The Calvary Church was located about seven miles south of Mullen, Nebraska, south of Ralph Revere place and north of the Richard Boots. The Calvary Church was built about 1914, there is no record of the exact year. A church group in the east sent money to finance the building of the little white Episcopal church in the valley. A white cross topped the anteroom. There was never any school classes held in this building but church services were held every Sunday. Sara French Ginkens of Mullen, recalls as a young girl, teaching Sunday School classes to the small children.

The church was moved in 1924 to Albert French's land called the Wickham Valley. The school house was divided in two parts and with another building, a new house was built. Their old home had been a 18' x 26' frame shack.

Sara's mother, Mrs. Albert French, drew a floor plan of their completed new house, itemized all the expenses for materials and labor to build it. She then took it to Mullen to have the plans and writeup notarized by J.E. Lowe, W.H. Welton, and F.A. Meidell. Total cost of the new home was $835.75. She entered a Farm Magazine contest, concerning the best improvement for a home for the least outlay of money. Mrs. French (Caroline) won $100 as a prize.

This little rural Episcopal Church did its part in creating happiness in the Sandhills and still stands in the French house walls, east of Roger French's home.