Cool story. Reader's Digest version:

Charles Goodnight bought stained glass windows for 1st Baptist Church of Goodnight in 1905. When town and church died, he gave them to his friend Perry Lefors. They were installed in the Methodist Church of Lefors in 1947. Now that the Lefors church has disbanded, the windows have been purchased by the Methodist Church in McLean, and will be installed there after restoration.

Donations to cover purchase and restoration costs are being accepted.

Amarillo Paper

Earlier story

Has a few more details.

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They were made in England around 1900, commissioned by the Panhandle's first rancher, Col. Charles Goodnight, for First Baptist Church in the town of Goodnight, which lies between Claude and Clarendon.

The story is that when that church closed, Goodnight gave them to a friend who was a member of the Lefors family for which the town is named. They were donated later to the Methodist Church in Lefors.

The windows were installed in 1947, and the first service conducted with light streaming through the colorful designs was the wedding on Oct. 25, 1947, of Edward Vincent and Juanita Upham. That was a Saturday and the Rev. Newton Daniel led a dedication service for the windows and other construction the next day.

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