IN Ross Township Summer 2014 | Page 13

“I wanted people to know what Hiland meant to this community,” says Brown. “It was the first church of any kind in the North Hills for three decades.” Brown also created a records room at the church, collecting the archives for church members and those individuals wanting to research their family history. Hiland Church pastor Rev. Larry Ruby says, “She has single-handedly vanguarded much of the history preservation in not only the church, but the North Hills.” The minister isn’t overstating Brown’s impact; she has a gift for interesting groups of people in specific bits of the re