In 1914

Elim, the Johannes Stichting's annexe on the Kerkstraat where the women lived, burns down. There were no casualties.
After this fire men and women lived in a single building.

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On this spot

Kerkstraat (Church Street)

On 20 January 1878

20 January 1878

A great fire strikes the village. On what is now the A.H. Kooistrastraat and in the Kerkstraat, two substantial farms, a café and some ten houses are lost, and with them a large part of the municipal archive.

The drainage and the rebuilding fire disaster From the typed document

1887

In 1887

Founding of the Vereniging Johannes Stichting by Dr J. Sasse.
The story begins earlier: the evangelist Smit took in children from the big cities at the Polderhuis, which stood at the crossroads in the village. Out of this came both the Marthastichting and the Johannes Stichting.
The aim was to run an institution for old and infirm people who could not keep themselves and were not cared for by their families – in its own words: "cast-out, uncared-for, dependent, old, weak or infirm persons, whether married or unmarried". Men and women lived separately at first.

The drainage and the rebuilding care Johannesstichting Researched later

1888

In 1888

The foundation stone for the Johannes Stichting is laid on the street then still known in common speech as the Dorpsstraat, now the A.H. Kooistrastraat.

The drainage and the rebuilding care Johannesstichting building From the typed document

1928

In 1928

The Johannes Stichting expands with a second house, Sterrenberg at Huis ter Heide.

The twentieth century up to the war care Johannesstichting Researched later

1943

In 1943

Three Jewish residents of the Johannesstichting are arrested, deported to Camp Vught and murdered shortly afterwards at the Sobibor extermination camp. Two of them were Mozes Ricardo (born 29 December 1881) and Rebekka Worms (born 21 September 1891).

The Second World War war persecution of the Jews Johannesstichting Researched later

1966

In September 1966

1966-09

Founding of the Jostiband Orkest, as the music club of the JOhannes STIchting – hence the name – by Wim Brussen and Frits van der Scheer. The first performance takes place on 5 December 1966. Residents of Huize Ursula join early on as well.
The orchestra later grew into the largest orchestra in the world made up entirely of musicians with an intellectual disability.

After 1945 Jostiband music Johannesstichting Researched later