# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S779
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CONVENTION MINUTES 779

Hanuary 1, 1954, have not joined the Pension Plan are to forfeit
Ei] claims to Support benefits, borderline cases to be decided by
¥ ,e Board of Support and Pension. Workers who after July 1, 1953,
jecept positions in which they receive their salaries from The
utheran Church — Missouri Synod shall be required to participate
in the Pension Plan.

All members of Synod, especially conferences, were urged
iseriously to consider the doctrine of the call and to include this
tstudy in their programs for the next triennium. Every congrega~
‘tion was encouraged to enlist all members, adults, young people,
Fand children (the last item inserted by amendment) into Bible
P classes and to make Bible study progressive by providing addi-
E tional Bible classes as communicant membership increases.
Results of elections for Boards of Control:

; Concordia Seminary, St. Louis: Dr. F. Niedner, 377 votes, for
EF six years; the Rev. Messrs. E. L. Roschke, 345 votes, for six years,
f John Oppliger, 308 votes, for three years; Messrs. Oscar P. Brauer,
; 424 votes, for six years, J. A. Fleischli, 323 votes, for six years,
| Theo. Heinicke, 293 votes, for three years, Robert Steinmeyer,
281 votes, for three years, Carl J. Mueller, 251 votes, for three years.

Concordia Seminary, Springfield: Dr. B. Selcke, 301 votes, for
six years; Messrs. H. M. Olsen, 366 votes, for six years, J. C. Roden~
' burg, 364 votes, for three years, O. H. Droste, 241 votes, for
three years.

Concordia at River Forest: the Rev. Erwin L. Paul, 325 votes,

for six years; Teachers E. H. Rupprecht, 316 votes, for six years,
Alvin Roschke, 279 votes, for three years; Messrs. Dr. Waldemar
Link, 415 votes, for six years, Lawrence Foerster, 310 votes, for
three years, Edgar Elbert, 228 votes, for three years.
: Concordia at Seward: the Rev. O. A. Graebner, 324 votes, for
¥ six years; Teachers E. Chas: Mueller, 303 votes, for six years, Fred
4 Koltermann, 339 votes, for six years; E. T. Miessler, 258 votes, for
six years. The following were recognized as serving for three more
years on the Seward Board of Control: Teacher E. A. Buchholz,
Columbus, Nebr., Messrs. E. A. Bek, Seward, Nebr., L. C. Heine,
Omaha, Nebr., W..A. Leppin, Kearney, Nebr.

Concordia, Fort Wayne: the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, 300 votes,
for six years; Messrs. Robert Moellering, 340 votes, for six years,
Clarence Brenner, 323 votes, for three years, Robert Berning,
290 votes, for three years.

Concordia, Milwaukee: the Rev. H. Brueggemann, 268. votes,
for six years; Messrs. Ed. Pritzlaff, 345 votes, for six years, E. Erd-
mann, 335 votes, for three years, John Sichling, 259 votes, for
three years.

St. Paul’s, Concordia, Mo.: the Rev. O. Tieman, 299 votes, for