Visiting Ata_Grandma
Part 2
Sunday, May 16
Tom and Garcia took us on an interesting tour of Winona Lake, the home of Grace College and Theological Seminary. This is Grace College’s Rodeheaver Auditorium
Homer Alvan Rodeheaver (October 4, 1880 – December 18, 1955) was an American evangelist, music director, music publisher, composer of gospel songs, and pioneer in the recording of sacred music.
He was music director for Billy Sunday. Will Rogers said of “Rody”, he could make you sing whether you felt like it or not.
Billy Sunday’s Winona Lake home.
The Sunday family home, named “Mount Hood” is a California bungalow furnished in the Arts and Crafts style. The family collection has remained at Winona Lake since the home was built in 1911.
Before walking around town, we stopped for ice cream.
A beautiful fountain area.
This statue is called “The Student”.
The Billy Sunday tabernacle had been located in the area behind this photo – back right. Billy’s “sawdust” tabernacles were not built to be long-lasting.
We saw these beautiful iris as we walked around town.
A creative flower pot between the flowers
Looking at the canal
I asked if the canal had a name. Gracia said it is just called the canal.
Gracia had another thing she wanted me to see – the back of her father’s tombstone. After seeing this you will understand her Xanga profile picture.
This was her grandparents Oriental Rug shop in California.
Then we went to another area of the cemetery to see the burial place of Virgil Prentiss Brock and his wife, Blanche Kerr Brock, who wrote and put music to “Beyond the Sunset.”
I found this interesting story on the Internet:
After an interesting visit to the garage which Tom owns, they took us out to supper.
We enjoyed meeting their friends who join them for supper most Sunday evenings.
Thanks Tom and Gracia, we were blessed by your hospitality.
After saying goodbye to them, Cerwin and I drove to Elkhart, Indiana, where we had a motel room reserved for the evening.
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