# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S32
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32 New Members Received into Synod

Subcommittee Chairmen

Rev. T. J. Mehl, housing. Rev. J. Oppliger, local publicity. Mr. A.
T. Leimbach, commissary. Mr. Richard Oberman, halls and rooms. Rev.
R. R. Caemmerer, services and music. Mr. M. T. Bischoff, ushers and
decorations. .Mr. V. C. Eggerding, congregational contact. Mr. Oscar
Merz, exhibits. Mr. Edwin Hobelman, information. Mr. John Zschoche,
transportation and excursion. Mr. Theo. Hillman, finances. Mr. Walter
Schiff, hotels. Mr. Fred Ellermann, reception and local transportation.
Mr. John H. Schultze, parking and camps.

New Members Received into Synod

I. Congregations (on recommendation of Committee 6):

1. Christ Lutheran Church, Noblesville, Ind., into the Central
District.

2. Grace Lutheran Church, Muncie, Ind., into the Central
District.

*3, The Lutheran Church of the Holy Nativity, Arbutus, Md.,
into the English District. os

*4. Grace Lutheran Church, Oberlin, O., into the English
District.

5. Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Augusta, Ga.,
into the English District.

6. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Woodstock, Ill,
to the Northern Illinois District.

7. The Second Avenue Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ster-
ling, Ill, into the Northern Illinois District.

+8. Messiah Lutheran Church, Independence, Mo., into the
Western District.

II. Pastors and Teachers (on recommendation of the respective
District Presidents) :

Alberta and British Columbia District. Pastors: Harold A.
Merklinger (St. Louis), North Vancouver, B. C.; Philip Fry
(St. Louis), Fort Saskatchewan, B. C.

Brazil District... Pastors: Richard E.Hasz (Springfield), Jar-
agua, Brazil; Werner Wadewitz (St. Louis), Porto Alegre, Brazil;
Wilhelm Luedke; W. Rehfeldt; Walter Dreyer; Edgar Klein.

Central District. Pastors: Edwin W. David (St. Louis), Law-
renceburg, Ind.; Paul J. Frisch (St. Louis), Pomeroy, O.; Earl
Grugel (Springfield), Mount Hope, O.; O.L. Hartman (Spring-

* The constitutions of these congregations had been approved by
the English District Committee on Constitutions.

+ The examination committee of the Western District, Rev. E. Par-
dieck,. chairman, on the basis, of the congregation's constitution had
recommended favorable action. ‘ . La