The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-28
Enjoyable Social Session and Business
Meeting of That House Of
Worship Held Last
Evening.
FLoURIsHING CONDITION
Reports Of the Various Church Off
GERS Were Read and Contained
Much of Interest to
Pensioners.

The congregation of st. Paul's Ger
man Evangelical church held social
session at its hall, corner Eleventh
and Bank streets, last evening at
which the reports of the various so
| cieties Of the church were read
Prosperity was the keynote of each
and every report and showed that st.
Paul's church had passed through
year of unusual prosperity The meet
! ing was called to order at s O'Clock by
the presiding officer of the congrega-
ton, John H. Heineman.
A quartette composed of Misses
| Eta Petry and Florence Haessig and
Messrs. John Hills and Paul Luedtke
gave a pleasing selection.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ].
Nuesch, pastor of the church.
The Girls Gym club chorus then
gave beautiful number which was
greatly appreciated by all those pres
ent.
/ Jacob Ludwig read the report of the
financial secretary and showed the
finances of the church to be in splen-
did condition.
The treasurer's report read by C. J..
Bode showed that the congregation
had never been in better circum-
stances. financially, and that prosper
ity had surely made its appearance
among the congregation.
The church is to be congratulated
! on this showing and has just cause
r for rejoicing.
Paul Luedtke, director Of the choir,
reported that the choir has held
numerous rehearsals and had been
faithful in giving special music at all
services.
The Sunday School report as read
by VIM. Haisch, showed conclusively
that in Sunday School work st. Paul's
Is in the front rank They have an
enrolment of 252 cradle roll
numbering SO, making total enroll
ment of 3o2.
The total attendance for 1909 was
9.174, making an averr~e tendance
of 1871 each Sunday year.
d Sunday School SITS totaled
+ s38146, disbursements. s2G4.7e, leav
L ing the handsome balance of s11670 in
/ its treasury 1913 were contributed
$ by the Sunday School towards mis-
s. sions.
: Mrs. J. Nuesch read the report FOL
the Ladies Aid society. It showed {
:. membership of 120 members. A grea
: work was done by this organization
9 in the raising of funds One item
9 was the work of a committee tina
. gathered, packed and shipped an en-
: tire carload of waste paper for which
g they added the magnificent sum o
s151 to their treasury.
Their total receipts for the yea
3 were S665.4e. Disbursements $3.50.
W The secretary. Miss Paulin,
ID Schneider, read the report of tn
a Young Ladies Aid society They. toe
a. have been active in raising funds Il
to various ways for the benefit of tn
IS church. They reported s22S.57 casl
=. receipts and expenditures of s22G.21
is leaving balance in treasury of 81 sc
ps They have membership NUMBERING
he g.
or Miss Meta Hummer read the repor
of the Young Peoples society.
Interesting meetings had been he'll
and a number of social events pre-
vided. They collected s153.50 and e,
pended s72.1O. leaving s81.4O on han
January i, 1910.
ly Mrs. Emma BoZeman read the repol
le of the church missionary societ.
o. This society has 145 members. eac
I'd obligating themselves to pay ) cent
D each month toward missions.
They collected 1926 and disburse
. s8S. leaving 26 cents in the treasur.
The mems aid society, an organic
ton that looks after the needy one
of the church, should there be sucl
reported that it had had very littl
occasion to act on account of til
prosperous condition of the congreg
y tion and its members.
- The report of the Girls Gym clu
was read by its secretary, Miss Mad
line Vollers. The club is new 0
". ganization of the church and nur
a, bers 81 young ladies' They me-
is. weekly during the winter for the pu
he pose of carrying on gymnasium wor
" Miss Meta Hummer is the efficiel
ne physical director and the club
re quite a social factor in the life Of Il
re. young ladies of the church.
ne The report that brought joy to Il
a members Of St Paul's and called Fl
Us Us long continued applause at it's co
ny clusion was read by c. H. Vote
81 secretary of committee called "Tl
Debt Committee"
ed This committee was appointed
ny resolution of the congregation at
o meeting held July II. 1908. 1t W
on composed Of J. II. Heineman. c.
ny Bode, Jos. Sitter, Henry Seeman.
e n. Wolfe and the pastor, Rev.
b. NueSch