The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 87

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Pionrer, will be stationed at Oak Hill. Miss
Dora Yancey, a normal graduate of Luther Col-
lege, class 1915, will teach the school at Oak Hill.
—At Vredenburgh, so named after Mr. Vreden-
burgh, the owner of a large sawmill at that place,
Rey. Otho Lynn will be in charge, and Miss Rosa
Young will be at the head of the school. — We
hope to be favored in our next numbers with in-
teresting articles from our workers in the Ala-
bama field.

ApprtionaAL Nrws From ALABAMA. — Since
his arrival in Alabama on September 25, Super-
intendent Bakke has purchased ten acres of land
at Oak Jill, and a two-story building to serve for
church and school is to be erected at once. ‘The
old schoolhouse is to be torn down, and a small
parsonage will be built with such of the lumber as
may be in a usable condition. — The prospects at
Rose Hill are very promising. — '‘l'hree miles from
Vredenburgh five acres of land have been purchased
at $12.50 per acre, and a building to cost about
$500 is to be erected in the near future.

Gotp Hin, N. C.— Missionary Fred Foard
writes that the condition of his health is still such
that he cannot teach school this winter. The Board

‘intends to provide him with a teacher for each of

his schools at Albemarle and Gold Hill.
NAvoLrEonvILLE, La. — Missionary I. R. Ber-
ger writes: “Though you do not often hear from
us, we are still up and doing. The Lord is with us,
and is graciously blessing our labors. On Sunday,
October 8, we again rejoiced in the reception of
two new members in the persons of George and
Louis Nelson, sons of Dr. G. H. Nelson, a promi-
nent physician of this place. May God give these
new members grace, and keep them faithful to their
Savior! — We expect to receive another adult cate-
chumen in the near future.”
Louistana.—Immanuel Mission at Alexandria
will in future be served by Rey. W. Tervalon, our
missionary in Mansura, since Alexandria is more
easily reached from Mansura than from Napoleon-
ville, whose missionary, Rev. E. R. Berger, served
the station in the past. — The number of pupils
attending Redeemer School in New Orleans has
almost reached fifty, and still more are expected. —
Teacher Peter Robinson of Zrinily Mission School

reports an enrolment of 116 pupils, and about
Conditions were such |

twenty more are expected!
at this station that either children had to be -re-
fused admission, or Teacher Robinson had to be
given an assistant. ‘The Board has wisely de-

cided to do the latter. Twenty-one children and
eleven adults are being prepared by the missionary
for confirmation. — Concerning the attendance at
St. Paul’s School, Rev. . H. Schmidt writes: “In
spite of renewed opposition, St. Paul’s School is
better attended than last year. If we only had the
room and money, we could easily add another de-
partment.” —In Carrollton we have at last suc-
ceeded in finding a suitable place in which to house
our mission. Missionary Kramer has found a house
which can be bought for $1,200, and the Board has
instructed him to buy it. It will be a happy day
for our mission in Carrollton when it will be able
to vacate the old dancing-hall and remove to re-
spectable quarters. F. J. L.

Oo s

Now Get Busy.

The Board for Colored Missions has been trying
several methods to increase the circulation of our
two papers (Tue Lurueran PIoNEeER and Die Mis-
sionstaube) devoted particularly to the interests of
our Colored Missions. Encouraged by the commit-
tee of Synodical Conference at Toledo, the Board
is now about to try a plan hitherto untried.

We know that our papers, THE LuTHERAN P1o-
NEER and Die Missionstaube, are serving a good
cause; many of our subscribers tell us they are
serving this cause well. We are sure they will serve
the cause still better, at least in a greater measure,
if our little papers reach more subscribers. ‘The
experience of other publishers rather proves that
subscribers are less likely to forget to recommend
a paper they like if, by remembering to do this, _
they secure even a nominal advantage for them-
selves. *

This advantage we now purpose to offer. We
offer }

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to any of our subscribers or any of our agents who
will secure for us four new subscriptions, and send
them in together with the full subscription price
(25 cents for each subscriber per annum; 39d cents
per annum in St. Louis, and the post offices sup-
plied from the St. Louis post office; also in Canada
and other foreign countries). es

The premium is a book that is selling for
50 cents, viz.,

Ocr CoLorep Misstons, Illustrated,
a handsome paper-covered book of 94 pages, pro-
fusely illustrated (167 pictures), describing and