The Dickinson press., 1915-07-17
CORNER STONE
BETHEL CHURCH
BIG AUDIENCE WITNESSES GER
EMONIES AND LISTENS TO
FINE ADDRESSES. DIS
TRICT MEETING LASTS
THREE DAYS.
Church Costing $4,000 Located Four
Miles South of Daglum, in Pros
porous Farming Community.

Sunday was a great day in the
Daglum settlement, when the corner
stone of Bethel church was laid.
The church is situated four miles
due south of Daglum post office, in
about the center of the Norwegian
settlement in the Burwick and Peter
son neighborhood. Tom Sunde donat-
ed an acre of land for the church
site, Ole Burwick gave another acre
for the cemetery across the road, and
Anton Burwick, the ground for the
horse sheds.
The people of Daglum have been
working for this church the year past
and gave largely of their means and
labor toward it's completion. Gener-
GUS contributions came from South
Heart and some $400 from Dickinson.
The total cost is about $4,000 and
they expect to have it all paid this
fall.
The church faces east and the To-
cation is slightly one, the Rainy
Buttes, fifteen miles away to the
south seeming not half that dis
tance. The building has metal
ceiling and is equipped with heat
ing plant. It is nicely painted and
a sweet-toned bell sends it's call to
worship from the belfry tower. With
in the arrangements are very good, a
robing room on the right, choir on
the left and the chancel arch being
separated by columns from the audi
ence room. Frosted glass softens the
light from the many windows. There
are one hundred and fifty folding
chairs and extra seats along the walls
bring the seating capacity up to
about 200. On Sunday the church was
beautifully decorated with trailing
cedar, the word "Bethel" being
spelled out in evergreen over the
chancel arch, and the cedar used in
various other pretty designs. Stands
of potted plants were placed in the
chancel and beautiful pansies upon
the pulpit.
The corner stone was laid in the
morning according to the ritual of
the Evangelical Lutheran church and
the services were in Norwegian. In
the metal box in the corner stone
were placed a copy of the Bible,
Luther's catechism and an epitome
of the same, the official organs of the
synod, a copy of the Dickinson
PRESS and the Hettinger County
Herald.
At noon the large crowd of people
were served a fine lunch, prepared
by the Daglum ladies and thoroughly
enjoyed by all as they exchanged
greetings. An Amidon photographer
secured a good picture as all gather
ed in front of the church.
The afternoon service was in
English and the sermon by Rev. E.
Struxness Of Fingeil, N. D. was very
earnest and appealing. The church
was crowded to the doors.
A feature of all the services was
the music, which was exceptionally
good. Arthur Hoglund is organist
and John Arne, choir leader. The
other members of the choir are:
Mesdames B. J. Eide, J. o. Daglum
and Halvor Peterson; Misses Bugge,
Sigma johnson, Alice Olson and
Edna Burwick; Messrs. B. J. Eide,
Lars Arne, Halvor, Hans and Ole
Peterson, Jens and John jacobson,
and Jacob and Hans johnson.
Monday and Tuesday the meetings
of the district convention were con-
tinued with special service for
young. people Tuesday afternoon.
The dedication of, the church will
occur in the fall, when the foreman
of the Lutheran Synod can be
present. g r.
The Daglum church was organized
in 1908. J. O.. Daglum, secretary,
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