The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Page 132

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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.