# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S72
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

72 CONVENTION MINUTES

Committee 15 — Applications for Membership (Continued)
The following were received into membership — Congrega-
tions: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Durand, Wis. ; Faith
Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ontario, Can.; Holy Cross Lutheran
Church, Los Gatos, Calif.; Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Clayton
Valley, Concord, Calif.; Peace Lutheran Church, Fresno, Calif.;
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Laytonville, Calif.;
Bethany Lutheran Church, Gold Beach, Oreg.; Our Savior Lu-
theran Church, Evansville, Ind.; Calvary Lutheran Church, Jeffer-
sonville, Ind.; Peace Lutheran Church, Chardon, Ohio; Messiah
Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bethany Lutheran Church,
Whitehall (Columbus), Ohio; Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Fort Wayne, Ind.; Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Ministerial Candidates: Gerald W. Drum, Walter Otten, Ralph C.
Dipple, Martin Kuhlmann, Alvin Bruenger, John Meether, Wilbert
Sohns, James Shaw, Ralph Mueller, Donald Nordmeyer, Herbert
Rausch, Ralph Theimer, Raymond Thomas, Kurt Marquardt, Dean
L. Schuessler, Gordon Vogt, Murray William Martin, Ferd Bahr,
Victor Bittner, Harvey Ehlers, Michael Keyne, David Ludwig,
Wilbur Neuman, Van McCulough, Virtus Young, Merton L. Jan-
nusch, Kenneth D. Kuhlmann, Carl Beuschlein, Robert W. Paul.
Teachers: Robert J. Dickhudt, Vern R. Harnapp, Elmer T. Etzler,
Herman C. Wills, Douglas D. Williams, Frederick Weiss, Robert
Trinks, David Schultz, Henry Loppnow, Orville K. Ulmer.

Committee 13 — Miscellaneous Matters

Upon the proper motion to reconsider the resolution (TB
147A, 2) with respect to compulsory church attendance of military
personnel, the resolution was amended by the addition of the fol-
lowing paragraph: “That we pledge the support of our congrega-~
tions to the support of the 1956 resolution and that we urge our
Armed Services Commission to continue its efforts in this matter
until the desired goal has been reached.” It was decided to post-
pone action on the resolution to meet in Detroit in 1965, or 1964
(TB 200, 4) until the Des Moines delegation can be heard by the
committee. Resolutions were adopted commending Concordia His-
torical Institute and thanking the Lutheran Laymen’s League for
its financial support of the microfilm program. (TB 201, 6;
TB 202, 7)

Committee 2— Missions

Congregations were encouraged to work with the blind in their
communities (TB 164, 14), and thanks were extended to the many

women who have been transcribing literature for the blind. (TB
164, 15)

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