# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S457
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 457

v. G. C. Ring of Hanford, Calif., to the vacant Portland field;
andidate Hans E. Bollow of our St. Louis Seminary, to the vacant
«New Orleans field; Rev. C. Roland Gerhold of Hawthorne, N. Y., to
the hewly created Boston field; Candidate Hauptman, of our Spring-
tfield Seminary, to the Montana-Spokane field; the New York field
divided, Candidate George Kraus of our St. Louis Seminary
ing over the work in. the New York area, and Pastor Possehl,
Fformerly missionary in New York, the work in the New Jersey
area; Rev. J. A. Beyer of St. Paul, to the newly created Columbus
. Hield; Rev. W. J. Hintz of North Dakota, into the vacant Seattle field;
‘Rev. R. Mackensen of Missoula, Mont., to the Delavan-Madison,
s., field. — Other changes: Pastor Westermann: of the Memphis
eld was transferred to the newly created Washington, D.C., field,
stor Gyle, of St. Louis, serving as vacancy pastor with the help
of St. Louis students. Vicar Wm. Reinking of our St. Louis Semi-
ry is ministering to the spiritual needs of the Deaf in the
femphis field since July 1, 1949. Rev. A. T. Jonas of the Seattle
Ft eld was moved to the vacant Los Angeles field upon Pastor Walter
ig’s accepting a position with the Michigan Rehabilitation
reau for the Deaf. — Two of our workers, Pastor N. Zellmer of
rtland, Oreg., in service since 1942, and Pastor Walter Hintz of
attle, after serving in the Mission for five months, resigned
ause of ill health. Thereupon Pastor J. A. Beyer of Columbus
s called into the vacant Seattle field, Mr. Luther Russert of our
Louis Seminary temporarily serving in the Columbus field. —
o of Synod’s workers, Pastor Hans E. Bollow of the New Orleans
Id and Pastor Curtis Schleicher of the South Dakota field, have
cepted calls into hearing congregations but still are doing part-
ne work among the deaf in their respective Districts, the Southern
land the South Dakota District.

Needs of Our Mission and Expansion

At the present writing we have two vacancies, the Columbus
d New Orleans fields. We have requested candidates for these
cancies. We must render thanks to our God for granting us
man for the Delavan-Madison field. At Delavan, Wis., the State
chool is located. There we have 86 deaf boys and girls in religious
ses, ten of whom are communicant members. In the city. of
lavan there are 23 communicants. This field has been without
regular pastor since June, 1946. During the school year 1947
1948 Student Hauptman of our Springfield Seminary ministered
deaf in this area every week end; during the school year of 1948
_1949 Student Kraus of our St. Louis Seminary had religious
piristructions at the school every other week, and he also preached