# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S27
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1912. 27

God has also given it, after several vain attempts, a pastor in the person of Pastor Alb. O. Friedrich of Rosebud, Mo., who was solemnly installed by Pastor Kramer on 14 July 1912. The congregation has pledged itself to raise $40.00 monthly for the pastor's salary. In the school there still work the two long-tried teachers F. A. Vix and D. Meibohm. The former had 53 pupils on the roll in the last quarter (April, May and June), the latter 83. Teacher Meibohm's class is obviously too large. The class should be divided and a third teacher appointed. The school building could be divided into three rooms without too great trouble and expense.
St. Paul. (Missionary: Pastor Ed. H. Schmidt.) This second-oldest station of ours in New Orleans is located on the north side of the city in a district inhabited by about 20,000 Negroes. The St. Paul station is our most populous congregation. It counts 364 souls, 172 communicants and 20 voting members. Missionary Schmidt, formerly at Napoleonville, has been working here excellently for about two years. Besides the visits on his three mission journeys in Mississippi, he made 149 visits in his congregation in the last quarter. In the year 1911 he confirmed 14 children and 6 adults; in 1912, 14 children and 11 adults. In the autumn of this year he hopes to confirm four more adults. The quarrels have been settled, peace and unity have been restored and are growing ever firmer. Some who had withdrawn from the congregation have come back. Church attendance and attendance at Sunday school have risen again. New zeal has entered many. In the school, which is in good condition, three colored teachers are employed. Aaron Wiley Jr. teaches the upper class (at Luther College), Teacher Wm. Seeberry the middle class, and the third class, which Miss Jessie Hamann had headed, will be taken over provisionally in September by Miss Sophie Raymond, one of this year's graduates of Luther College. That the school, which four years ago had over 300 children, has suffered losses is due chiefly to the fact that a large free school has been built five blocks away from it. This summer the teachers intend to make house visits diligently, and so the missionary hopes that the number of pupils will increase in the coming school year. At the close of this school year a large, very successful closing celebration took place. Besides 125 children, about 250 adults appeared. It is hoped that this celebration will bring good fruit. The church was painted and thoroughly repaired last year. The cost came to $200.00, of which half was contributed by the congregation. This autumn the building lot on which church and school stand is to be filled in and the school building painted. Church and school are each worth $3000.00, the lot $2000.00.
For some time Missionary Schmidt has been holding, in the northern part of the city,