# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1930_S133 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 132 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 10. Pine Hill. Founded in 1922. Missionary: J.S. Montgomery. Membership: 59. Increase: 2. Property: Combination church and school. 11. Lamison. Founded in 1925. Missionary: J.S. Montgomery. Membership: 34. Decrease: 2. Property: Combination church and school. 12. Nyland. Founded in 1918. Missionary: J.S. Montgomery. Membership: 74. Decrease: 6. Property: Combination church and school. 13. Catherine. Founded in 1929. Missionary: Charles D. Peay. Membership: 56. Increase: 27. Property: Combination church and school, erected in 1929. Cost: $1,200. The gift of Mrs. J. Firz- laff and her sister A. Heinecke in memory of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Elfers, Sheboygan, Wis. 14. Midway. Founded in 1916. Missionary: C.D. Peay. Membership: 62. Gain: 11. Prop- erty: Chapel-school. 15. Rock West. Founded in 1924. Missionary: C.D. Peay. Membership: 88. Gain: 11. The greatly needed chapel-school could not be erected to date for lack of suitable lot. 16. Tinela. Founded in 1916. Missionary: Wilfred J. Tervalon. Membership: 116. Gain: 16. Property: Church-school; parsonage, erected in 1929 at a cost of $1,034.05. 17. Buena Visla. Founded 1916. Missionary: W. J. Tervalon. Membership: 132. Gain: 6. Property: Church-school. Teacherage, erected at a cost’ of $1,000 in 1930. A gift of Mrs. J. Firzlaff and her sister A. Heinecke. 18. Vredenburgh. Founded in 1916. Mission- ary: W.J.Tervalon. Membership: 49. Gain: 7. The old church should be replaced by a new one. The cost would be about $1,200. 19. Holy Ark. Founded 1922. Missionary: Arthur Dreier of the Wisconsin Synod till July, 1930, when the colored candidate Albert Dominick succeeded him. Membership: 80. Gain: 10. Property: Church-school. 20. Joffre. Founded in 1917. Missionary: A. Dreier, succeeded by A. Dominick in July, 1930. Membership: 34. Gain: 5. Property: Church- school. ; 21. Union Springs. Founded in 1928. Preach- ing-station. Missionary: A. Dreier. No property. 22. Tuskegee. Missionary Dreier conducts ser- vices at the Veterans’ Hospital. Attendance: 100. _ 28. Birmingham. Founded in 1920. Mission- ary: Wm. Eddleman. Membership: 85. Gain: 16. Property: A lot on which a church-school is being cost $5,000 more and asks the Synodical Conference to approve of this extra expense. 24. Selma. Founded in 1920. Missionary: Candidate Harvey Lehman, since July 1, 1930. Membership: 199. Gain: 68. Services are held in the auditorium of Alabama Luther College. Property: School. — The Last Selma station is subsidized by the colored congregations of Alabama. School is conducted in a rented hall. 25. Mobile. Founded in 1925. Missionary: William Wolff. Rev. Wolff is following a call to Strasbourg in Alsace, his native country. Member- ship: 112. Gain: 30. Property: Church-school. 26. Almore. Founded in 1925. Missionary: Wm. Wolff. Membership: 112. Gain: 30. Prop- erty: Church-school. 27. Tilden. Founded in 1916. Missionary: John Thompson. Membership: 112. Gain: 18. Property: Church-school; parsonage; teacherage, erected in 1928 at a cost of $541.89. Appropriation was $550. 28. Ingomar. Missionary: J. Thompson. Mem- bership: 24. Loss: 1. Property: Church-school ; teacherage. 29. Ackerville. Founded in 1926. Missionary: J. Thompson. Membership: 50. Gain: 5. Prop- erty: Church-school, the gift of the ladies’ aids in Lincoln and Marathon Counties, Wis., which gath- ered $1,000 for this building. Dedicated in Decem- ber, 1929. May many follow this example! 30. Maplesville. Founded in 1927. This station was served by Prof. Otho Lynn, president of Ala- bama Luther College, till July, 1930, when Candi- date De Witt Robinson became his successor. Mem- bership: 36. Gain: 10. The church-school has not yet been erected, though $1,000 was appropriated two years ago for the purpose. 81. Kings Landing. Founded in 1926. Mis-- sionary: Prof. Otho Lynn till July, 1930, when he was succeeded by Candidate De Witt Robinson. Membership: 91. Gain: 1. Property: Church- school. 32. Pensacola, Fla. Founded in 1924. Mission- ary: Isaac Holness. Membership: 41. Gain: 5. As soon as a good location can be found, the chapel- school, for which $6,000 was appropriated two years ago, will be erected. However, it seems as if the appropriation will have to be- increased to $10,000. - The Alabama Field comprises thirty-three con- gregations and preaching-stations, with a total mem- bership of 2,567. Opportunities for expansion are still offered. At present several such opportunities are being considered.