Hayes, Paul G.

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Chronology of Paul G. Hayes

1890 Sep 1 Born at 558 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA. Son of Zachariah T. Hayes (1849 Sep 17-1901 Apr 1) and Emma Amelia (Goodman) Hayes (1857 Mar 17-1919 Oct 23). One sister, Rhoda Amelia Hayes (1892 Sep 7-1973 Sep 25, never married) 1904 1910 Dropped out of public school to help support mother and sister. Worked as office boy, then bookkeeper, Lebzelter Bending Works, Lancaster, PA 1907 First attended the Gospel Mission in Lancaster (predecessor to Union Gospel Mission and Water St. Mission); made decision to dedicate his life to Christ 1910 1911 Union Missionary Training Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1911 1913 Franklin Marshall Academy, Lancaster, PA 1913 1917 Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, PA: B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Marshall oration (highest honor) 1915 1917 Superintendent, Water Street Mission, Lancaster (reorganized, with others, 1915; started rescue services with Herman Molin, 1917) 1916 1917 Student pastor, Ross Street Methodist Church, Lancaster (founded, with others, 1916) 1917 Sep 8 Married Mary Elizabeth Zwally (died 1918, 'flu epidemic) 1917 1918 Student Pastor, Linden Methodist Church, Malden, MA 1917 1920 Boston University School of Theology, S.T.B. 1919 1920 Student Pastor, Fremont Congregational Church, Fremont, NH 1920 1921 B.U.S.T. graduate studies toward Ph D. 1921 Aug 10 Sailed for China on the Korea Maru from San Francisco, under the auspices of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Met Helen Mae Wolf, Reformed Church missionary, aboard ship 1921 1922 Nanking Language School at the University of Nanking 1922 Jun 13 Married Helen Mae Wolf (1896 Nov 8-1988 Jul 19). Children: Elsie Rhoda, born 1923 Jun 22 at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China and Lois Anne, born 1931 Nov 8 at Wuhu, China. 1921 1926 First term in Wuhu, Anhwei, China 1926 1928 Furlough 1926 Union Theological Seminary grad. studies 1927 Hartford Seminary Foundation, cont. studies toward Ph.D.; completed all but dissertation; took materials to China to write dissertation, but never had the time. Summer pastor at Clinton (CT) Methodist Episcopal Church 1927 28 Served at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Windsor Locks, CT 1929 1935 Second Term in China 1929 30 in Chinkiang 1930 35 in Wuhu 1935 1936 Associate Pastor, Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN 1936 1941 Pastor, Calvary Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN 1941 1949 Pastor, McCabe Methodist Church, Bismarck, ND; Member Board of Ministerial Training, Board of Missions, North Dakota Conference, Dean Summer School Ministerial Training, 1947, 1948 1949 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, with which Wesley College, Fargo, affiliated 1949 1955 Pastor, First Methodist Church, Albert Lea, MN 1955 1961 District Superintendent, Minnesota Southeast District 1955 1966 Directorates of Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN; Paul Watkins Memorial Methodist Home, Winona, MN (founded, with others, 1958); Old Frontenac Point Camp, Frontenac, MN; Fellowship Methodist Church, Austin, MN (founded, with others, 1958); Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis (1963-1966) 1961 1970 Associate Pastor, Lake Harriet Methodist Church, Minnneapolis 1970 1977 Associate Pastor, Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul, MN. Retired to work on memoirs (1977) 1987 Feb 11 Entered Walker Methodist Residence Health Care Center 1994 Mar 1 Died at Walker Methodist Health Care Center

Consolidated from a chronology compiled by Elsie H. Landstrom, 1987 Oct 30. (See: Box 33, Folder 429)

Chronology of Helen Wolf Hayes

1896 Nov 8 Born in Bethlehem, PA. Seventh of fourteen children of Samuel Fackenthal and Ida (Bryan) Wolf. 1920 1921 Lehigh University Extension Courses; taught public school in Nazareth, PA Missionary training courses at Hartford Seminary Foundation 1921 Helen Mae Wolf Missionary Society was formed to support her work in China through the efforts of friends in the St. Andrews Reformed Church in Allentown, PA, where Helen was an active member 1921 Aug 10 Sailed for China on Korea Maru from San Francisco, under auspices of the Board of Missions of the Reformed Church in the U.S. Met Paul G. Hayes, Methodist missionary, aboard ship. 1922 Jun 13 Married Paul G. Hayes (1890 Sep 1-1994 Mar 1). Children: Elsie Rhoda, born 1923 Jun 22 at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China and Lois Anne, born 1931 Nov 8 at Wuhu, China. 1922 Transferred to Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1921 1926 First term in Wuhu, Anhwei, China 1921 22 Studied Chinese at Nanking Language School, University of Nanking 1926 1928 Furlough 1926 27 Studied at Columbia University Teachers' College 1927 28 Studied at Hartford Seminary Foundation 1929 1935 Second Term in China: In China, Helen taught English in the Wuhu Primary School for one year, in the Chinkiang Girls High School for one year and in the Wuhu General Hospital School of Nursing for several years. She held teas and Bible study classes for groups of local women, and conducted a small school for missionary children in her home using the Calvert system for six years. She served as Adviser to the interdenominational Women's Club of Wuhu and helped them open an orphanage, The Hole in The Wall, for girl babies of poor families who otherwise would have been allowed to die. 1929 30 in Chinkiang 1930 35 in Wuhu 1935 1941 Northern Minnesota Conference 1935 36 Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis 1936 41 Calvary Methodist Church, Minneapolis 1941 1949 North Dakota Conference 1941 49 McCabe Methodist Church, Bismarck 1949 1961 Minnesota Southeast Conference 1949 55 First Methodist Church, Albert Lea 1955 61 Southeast District, based in Rochester 1961 1970 Lake Harriet Methodist Church, Minneapolis 1970 1977 Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul: In these Conferences of the Methodist Church, where Paul held a number of pastorates, Helen played an active role in his ministry and church life. She entertained in their home, sang in the choir, did youth work, taught church school and gave talks on China. She held leadership positions in the Minneapolis Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, United Church Women and in the PEO and DAR. She served as Secretary of Missionary Projects and of Spiritual Life. 1987 Feb 11 Entered Walker Methodist Residence Health Care Center 1988 Jul 18 Died at the Walker Residence, Minneapolis, MN

Chronology of Elsie Hayes Landstrom

1923 Jun 22 Born at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China, first daughter of Paul G. and Helen Wolf Hayes 1923 1935 Spent first 12 years of life in China; tutored at home by mother according to the Calvert plan 1935 1941 Attended public schools in Minneapolis, MN; 1941 honors graduate of North High School 1941 1945 Attended Hamline University, St. Paul, MN as Drew Scholar . B.A., magna cum laude, 1941. English teaching major, Social Science Psychology minors 1945 Jun 16 Married Harry V. Hines (divorced 1951) 1945 1946 Worked in publications research and production at a research bureau in Philadelphia, and briefly on a dictionary compiled at the University of Pennsylvania 1946 1952 Writer/editor for American Friends Service Committee (Quaker relief and service agency) in Philadelphia 1952 1953 Writer/editor of non-technical materials for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory 1953 Jan 21 Married Norman Landstrom (1913 Dec 8-1989 Oct 17), attorney. Children: Peter S. (born 1954 Apr 21) and Ruth H. (born 1956 Nov 7) 1953 1976 Continued writing on a volunteer basis, while devoting the majority of her time to her family. Her projects included writing a monthly newsletter for 7 years, writing and publishing about 50 poems, and providing editorial assistance to others. She taught "First Day School" in the Wellesley Friends Meeting and was a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship and the Friends Committee on Religion and Psychology. She designed and supervised the building of their home in Conway, MA 1976 1980 Senior Editor, The Word Guild, Inc. 1981 1991 Devoted time to many writing projects, including editing the memoirs of her father and Dr. Hyla Watters

From the guide to the Hayes Family Papers, 1888-2005, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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