# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1910_S34
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34 Proceedings of the twenty-third convention

Immanuel in Rimerstown, Cabarrus Co., with 73 souls,
6 communicants and 1 voting member and 19 Sunday
school pupils (at both places we have chapels); Millers Station
with only 3 souls, which will however be given up, since the place has no
prospect of growth and the people can quite well attend our neighboring
churches.

d. Salisbury, St. John's. (Missionary: Negro pastor W. H.
Lash.) Here quite "wild" opponents of our mission had erected a chapel
on the same block where our church stands, and disturbed our Christians in divine service by
their howling and their noise. When they
wished to sell their property, it was in danger of falling into the hands
of equally bad neighbors. We therefore bought the whole
property and fitted up the building as a school. Pastor Lash has
worked faithfully. He has three places to serve and must keep school.
St. John's numbers 69 souls, 17 communicants, 3 voting members,
65 school children and 53 Sunday school pupils. — Mount Olive in Catawba
numbers 21 souls, 8 communicants, 5 voting members, had 33
children in the summer school, and 25 children attend the Sunday
school. The old chapel in Catawba is in a bad
condition and cannot be properly restored by any repair. A few years ago the building was so badly damaged by a storm
that it could be patched up again only barely for the holding of
divine services. The missionary points out
that a new chapel is needed here. The members of the
congregation are willing to collect contributions for a new building among
themselves. — Bethel in Conover is only small; it has a soul count
of 5, 4 communicants and 2 voting members. Here too we
have a chapel. The missionary preaches every two weeks at Catawba
and Conover. Mr. Werling of Ossian, Ind., gave the Mount
Olive station a fine melodeon. At Conover the people
themselves built a little bell tower.

e. Gold Hill, Mount Zion. (Missionary: Negro pastor Fred.
Ford.) Here the new missionary, one of the first class
of graduates of the seminary at Greensboro, was installed on 11 July by Prof.
J. Ph. Schmidt. The congregation numbers 50 souls, 39 communicants, 9 voting members and 40 Sunday school pupils. — Concordia in Rockwell numbers 29 souls, 19 communicants, 9 voting
members and 10 Sunday school pupils. — Mount Zion in Rocks has
a soul count of 61, communicants 39, voting members 12.
All three congregations have a chapel. The chapel in Rocks was
dedicated on 15 November 1908. It cost $650.00, which was almost
entirely raised by the congregation. Mr. Werling of Ossian,
Ind., gave an organ. The missionary keeps school. That no
number of pupils is given is because the missionary lay ill with nervous fever for a long time
and later diphtheria raged in his parish,
and his wife also fell victim to it.