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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 155

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Ey. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 155

The Treasurer’s report shows that for 1932, $45,118.15 was dis-
sursed for these missions; in 1933, $40,565.70; in 1934, $40,400.04.

During the past triennium only one change has been made:
Pastor O. Schubkegel, who has served in the deaf mission at St. Louis
for twenty-five years, resigned because of ill health. The Board, to-
gether with the St. Louis congregation, after calling six times, was
successful in getting Pastor F. A. Hischke, formerly of Spokane,
Wash., for the St. Louis field. He was installed at St. Louis in Jan-
uary, 1935. The Spokane field is being temporarily served from
Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash.

The missionary at St. Louis will also be in charge of the course
in sign-language at Concordia Seminary in accordance with Synod’s
resolution of 1932 “that instruction in the sign-language be given at
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.” (Proceedings, 1932, p. 185.) Just
to what extent Synod, according to this resolution, expects to have the
sign-language taught is not known. The Board recommends that a
course in the elementary sign-language and on the work among the
deaf be added to the curriculum at St. Louis and asks the Hon. Synod
to approve such recommendation for the same reasons which moved
the convention of 1932 at Milwaukee to adopt such a resolution.
(Proceedings, 1982, p. 185.) To these reasons we add the following:
It would give our missionaries to the deaf more time and opportunity
to do more extensive and intensive work in the larger centers of
population.

The Board regrets very much that the General Church Extension
Board did not see fit to grant a loan to the Omaha deaf congregation
for the erection of a chapel. We again refer to a resolution on
page 134 of the Proceedings of the 1932 convention. The Board is
of the opinion that also St. Louis should have a chapel.

Three years ago this Board discouraged the placing of a mis-
sionary in Western Canada because of the expense connected with it;
but since our missionary at Duluth, Minn., as well as the Alberta and
British Columbia District and the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Dis-
trict and others have pleaded with us to put a man into that territory,
the Board does not wish to discourage these brethren in their zeal nor
Synod to approve such action, but must ask for an additional budget
allowance of about $3,000 if Synod permits the calling of a man to
Western Canada.

With the permission of the Board of Missions to Deaf and Blind
and with full approval of the Board of Directors a very successful
and profitable Ephphatha Conference was held at Duluth, Minn.,
August 10—14, 1934, with fifteen missionaries and all members of the
Board as well as the General Secretary of Missions in attendance.
This conference’ was requested by the missionaries, who, feeling the