# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S658
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658 FINANCIAL MATTERS
average Support grant is $31.84 a month. A num

ber have received
Support many years, one each since 1892, 1905, 1913, ang 1916
and 20 since 1918, when Synod began to care for the q

former veterans of

the Cross in
1952 we added 7 wid

Cases 31 years, 26, 25, 22 and 20 years. The average age of these
13 ig presently 62 years, ‘

© had received Support 32 and 23 years
Tespectively passed away during 1952 at the age of 73 and 69,
The total benefits paid to the one, including her widowed mother,
were $7,242 and

to the other alone $5,351,

47. Argentina, Brazil, and Germany

a. In Argentina during 1953 we will provid

a Pension and grant Support to a Pastor and a
"a cost of $700.

b. In Brazil Pension and Support will be

pastor, 6 disabled Pastors and teachers, 2 widows, and Support

only to 1 teacher, 2 widows, and 2 orphans at a cost of $7,500.

ce. In Germany we are supporting 1 pastor and 2 Pastors’
widows, who formerly served in Brazil, at a Cost of about $1,000,

We Wish to Increase the Pension
48. Because the Board of Su

€ one widow with
Pastor’s widow at

given to one retired