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In the winter of 1896-97 a revival meeting held by Rev. E.C. Norman brought about the organization of the Oolitic Methodist Episcopal Church. The church was organized in Oolitic's first school, which occupies the site where the Telephone Exchange building and Filling Station now stand. W.B. Farmer, then a student at Indiana University, came and conducted regular services, holding the organization together until a permanent place of worship could be established. On March 31, 1899, John R. Walsh, owner and president of the Bedford Quarries Company, donated a lot in the town of Oolitic for the purpose of erecting a building for ministerial and religious services. A part of this lot was sold to help pay for the building of the church. |
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