# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1924_S43
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1924. 43

7. Concordia in Carrollton, New Orleans. (Founded 1912.) Although Missionary Kramer* is pastor of the Bethlehem congregation and visitor of the whole mission field in Louisiana, he nevertheless also serves the congregation in the suburb of Carrollton. He says: "This station would perhaps grow faster if it had a missionary of its own. But the little flock is so small — 33 souls and 24 confirmed members — that I do not have the courage to ask for the appointment of a missionary. But the district is now being settled so quickly that we may perhaps gain increase for the congregation. During the summer we intend to explore the whole neighborhood systematically in order to locate the people without a church. — The school, in which Teacher Peter Robinson and Miss Eldria Taylor teach, was attended last school year by 119 children. Attendance at the Sunday school ought to be larger in proportion to school attendance." The average attendance in the last quarter was 24. This summer the commission has granted $70 for electric lighting, so that P. Kramer may try evening services for once.

8. St. Paul's, Napoleonville. (Founded 1905. Missionary: C. Thompson, since 1917.) Things look gloomy here. Since the large sugar-cane mill burned down two years ago, there has been great unemployment, and many Negroes have therefore moved away. Our little congregation numbers only 31 souls and 21 communicant members. Among these an old one-eyed Negro is the most faithful member. He cannot come to church in bad weather. So the pastor's family (wife and eight children) sometimes make up the whole audience. The woman teacher had to be dismissed about two years ago. Although at her confirmation and at other times she had affirmed that she had left her lodges, it came out by chance that she had lied to us. She was dismissed and founded an opposition school. Missionary Thompson took over his mission school again. Some of the pupils who had left returned to him already last school year. In May he was able to close the school with 63 children. The number will be considerably larger next September, because the opposition school cannot sustain itself. The commission will probably appoint a teacher, transfer the pastor, and provide for a service once a month. — In Plaquemine, La., work was suspended for a time in the summer of 1923. The building of a church and school had already been begun. Then Teacher John Thompson found a K. K. K. warning posted one morning. Unfortunately the builder had also broken the contract right at the start and had begun the work without first obtaining the city's permission. As soon as we have found a suitable building site in another part of town, we will sell the old site and probably build. The chief leader of the congregation, Joe Lehman, died on 22 April 1923, and his family moved away. The remaining few members go to Napoleonville for Communion.

9. St. Paul's, Mansura. (Founded 1899. Missionary: Wilfred J. Tervalon, since October 1915.) This is a fine Lutheran Negro congregation; it enjoys a good reputation in the whole surrounding area. The people are Creoles. Even at play the schoolchildren speak their French dialect. This country congregation has already supplied a number of pastors and teachers, and from no other Lutheran congregation, whether white or black, are relatively