# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1898_S67
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Statistics of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference. 1896 and 1897. 67
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B. Within the General Synod of Wisconsin, etc.

Orphanage at Belle Plaine, Minn. Year of founding: 1897.

Ev. Luth. Children's Friend Society of Wisconsin. Home Office: Room 222, Germania Building, Milwaukee, Wis. The children's home is located at 388 26th Street. The officers are: W. H. Gräbner, President; Pastor J. Rubel, Vice-President; F. H. Höck, Secretary; Jobst Büning, Treasurer; Geo. Steuber, Agent, and Pastor C. Eißfeldt, Superintendent.

This society has made it its task to take care of orphan children by finding them a home in Christian families. Money, correspondence, etc. are to be sent to: Rev. C. Eissfeldt, Room 222, Germania Building, Milwaukee, Wis. In the year 1897, 44 children were placed. — The society also publishes a periodical entitled "Der Ev.⸗Luth. Kinderfreund" [The Ev. Lutheran Children's Friend]. Its editor is Pastor C. Eißfeldt, to whom all communications, etc. are to be addressed. The little paper appears quarterly and costs 25 cents a year.

Any member of the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] who pays an annual contribution of at least $1.00 can become a member of this society.