The "old stained glass window" stored in the boiler room received my attention due to the fact that the Memorials Committee wanted to see that all of the historical items owned by the church were being taken care of and the individual history of each item noted. I have been a part of the Memorials Committee since its founding in 1972 by Mrs. Elizabeth Badger. I served as vice chair until Mrs. Badger, died, then I became chairman.

I asked Rev. Walter Clayton to see what he thought of the old mud covered window. The mud and rust came about because when we moved into the new sanctuary building, in early November, 1964, a huge rainstorm hit Mission Valley. One large drain from the dirt parking lot just west of the sanctuary had not been sealed properly and a "ton" of mud and water flooded the west storage area under the West transcept. The wooden pipes of the Pilcher Pipe Organ were covered with up to a foot of water and the "old" window was on the floor, with the four "newer" stained glass windows piled on top of the oldest window. Thus all of the mud covered the old  window, which later rusted, because of the water damage.

When Walter reported that "The face of Jesus was beautiful", I called Pat Warren, a specialist in antique stained glass restoration, to see what she thought. Lawson Cooke and the Chain gang dragged the window out to the middle of the boiler room and Pat said it was in the worst shape of any stained glass window she had ever seen, but she thought it could be restored. 

The Trustees agreed to authorize Tom Hamilton to sign the contract, Kurth Barnes said he would draw up the plans and construct a wooden frame for the window, Lois Pinnell agreed that we could use funds given as a memorial to her late husband and daughter, Dottie and Lucille Veal said they would pay for all of the costs of the wooden frame and hardware in which the restored window would be placed. The Memorials Committee used undesignated memorial gifts to complete paying for the restoration of the window.

Lawson Cooke did the electrical work, the trustees replaced the glass on either side of the middle area where the restored window would be placed. Many helping hands assisted with the restoration.