# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S701
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APPEAL MATTERS 701

IX. APPEAL MATTERS

Report of Board of Appeals
(Report 901)

The following men served on the Board of Appeals during the
past triennium: Mr. Harry Barr; Prof. H. J. A. Bouman, vice-
chairman; Mr. L. J. Dierker; Mr. Henry Felten; Prof. Paul F.
Koehneke, D. D., chairman; Rev. William F. Krueger; Rev. Erwin
Kurth; Rev. Martin Mayer; Rev. Erwin Schnedler, secretary;
Mr. Carl J. Thrun; Mr. Eugene Wengert.

Because of efficient handling of appeals on the District level
only two cases reached the synodical Board. One was an appeal
by Mr. Herman Steyer from a decision of the Brazil District, the
other an appeal by Mr. Elmer Hackbarth from a decision of the
South Wisconsin District. In each case the Board upheld the
decision of the District.

On February 15, 1956, Dr. Paul F. Koehneke was called to
his eternal home after a brief illness. Dr. Koehneke had served
continuously as member and chairman of the Board since its in~
ception in 1941. His keen mind, his devotion to Scripture, his vast
knowledge of synodical literature, and his tireless energy proved
invaluable to the Board in its work and smoothed the way in many
of the more difficult cases that were referred to the Board for
adjudication. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works do follow them.” (Rev. 14:13.)

ErwWIN SCHNEDLER, Secretary

; ACTION

Regarding two appeals that came before the convention,
Committee 19 presented the following recommendation, which was
adopted by Synod.

Your committee, having been elected by the convention to
review the procedures in the cases handled and adjudicated by
Synod’s Board of Appeals, has found the regulations laid down
by Synod to have been followed in the appeal of Mr. Elmer
Hackbarth from the decision of the South Wisconsin District and
in the appeal of Mr. Herman Steyer from the decision of the
Brazil District. Your committee therefore

Recommends, That the action of Synod’s Board of Appeals in
both these cases be approved by the convention.

ALrrep F. Winter, Chairman
Hersert Linnemann, Secretary