LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 105

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136 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

during the triennium (1929, 1930, 1931): Baptisms of children

of adults, 1; confirmed, 30 children and 6 adults. Contribution, *s
1931 for outside purposes, $67.05; for home purposes, $239.47 Th
congregation contributes $100 towards the pastor’s salary. This ie
the second year the congregation has contributed this sum towards
the pastor’s salary. Services are conducted regularly every .

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The members keep the Church in necessary repairs. “y-

Keshena, Menominee Indian Reservation, Shawano Co. Wis.
Rev. 0. W. C. Boettcher, Missionary. , °

This is a new station. Work was begun here in February, 1931
Services are held every second Sunday afternoon at the Government
school. The attendance so far has been very small, averaging about
four to five adults; at times also some children attend the services
On Tuesday evening the authorities of the Government school have
given the missionary permission to conduct an hour of classes in
religious instruction. We have an enrolment of 40 children, mostly
pagans, ten to eighteen years old. The work is very difficult, and no
fruits of the work of a year can be reported aside from this, that the
missionary has made some headway in gaining the confidence of these
poor heathen children, and a few are showing more interest in the
Gospel-truths. :

Oneida, Wis. Rev. C. Aaron, Missionary.

At present this congregation has 175 souls, 86 communicants and
21 voting members. An appreciable increase over 1929 may be re-
ported here in souls, communicants, and voting members as well as
in the attendance at the parochial school. The present enrolment of
the school is 41 pupils, of whom eight are whites; of the Sunday-
school, 17. During the past three years the following have entered
our Church: by confirmation, 16 children, 4 Indians; adults, 17,
1 white; by baptism, 26 children, 11 Indians; 1.adult Indian. In
the past years a student from one of our institutions has been in
charge of the school.. Services are conducted regularly in Oneida as
well as in some of the homes in the neighborhood. The growth of the
congregation and school will in the near future necessitate a church-
building. During the past two years the members have contributed
$75 towards their pastor’s salary; here also quite a number of white
families are included in the membership of the church. Ten of the
voting members are white.

Neopit and Morgan Siding, Shawano Co., Wis.
Rev. L. Dau, Missionary.

On the first Sunday in September, 1930, Rev. L. Dau entered upon
his duties as missionary at these two preaching-places. They were
separated from Red Springs because the Board for Indian Missions
held that Rev. Boettcher was overburdened because of his duties as

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 137

superintendent at the school, so that he could find very little time to
carry on the work in this field. Since the first Sunday in September,
1930, Rev. Dau has labored here, regularly conducting services and
the Sunday-school at both stations. At neither of these two places
has a congregation been organized. Services have been held in
gchoolhouses. But at Morgan Siding, through no fault of our mis-
gionary, the schoolhouse was closed for our use, and he is now con-
ducting services in a private home. The offerings taken up at the
services are sent to the treasurer of our Board and’ are used towards
defraying the expenses of the stations. For Morgan Siding Rev. Dau
reports 66 souls and 30 communicants; average attendance, 25;
Sunday-school pupils about 30; for Neopit, 10 souls and 7 communi-
cants; average attendance at services 15; Sunday-school pupils, 6.

Tomah, Wis. Rev. C. C. Gutekunst, Missionary.

In conjunction with the South Wisconsin District provisions have
been made to serve the children at Tomah by conducting a Sunday-
school and giving catechetical instruction. Since Tomah is a Govern-
ment institution, only a certain time is allotted us in which to do this
work. About 90 Indian children are placed under our care, some of
whom are being prepared for baptism and others for confirmation. —
Efforts have also been made to conduct services in the surrounding
country and to start preaching-stations. Plans are also under way
to bring the Word of God to older Indians living in this section of
the State. Rev. C.C. Gutekunst has since October, 1930, baptized
16 children and confirmed 5. He also serves two small white congre-
gations at Necedah and Miner, Wis., which are connected with. the
South Wisconsin District.

The Yakima Reservation in Washington.
Rev. F. Geiswinkler, Missionary.

For a number of years our attention has been directed to Indians
living in the eastern part of the State of Washington. The Mission
Board of the Oregon and Washington District has repeatedly urged
us to place a missionary in this reservation. Action was taken in
this matter at the convention of the General Body in 1929. A sum
of money was set aside for the proposed mission in the Yakima
Reservation. In the fall of 1930 two members of the Board, Revs. O.
Neumann and Wm. Jaeger, explored this reservation, and on the
strength of their report steps were taken to call a missionary for this
field. Finally the Board succeeded in obtaining a missionary in the
person of Rev. F. Geiswinkler, who in August, 1931, began work there.
Hoe reports many difficulties are confronting him in this field. It has
become necessary to permit him to serve also some white missions
until he has become better acquainted with the Indians and has