The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1918-04-12
LUTHERANS HOLD
LIBERTY LOAN
MEETING

Upon the urgent suggestion of the
executive board of tile Lutheran
Church. which met at the Lutheran
parsonage Oh sunday evening, a
Third Liberty Loan mass meeting of
all members OF the Lutheran Church
was called. Also a general invitation
was extended to the public. Nearly
every Lutheran family was represent
ed at this patriotic gathering. Also
number of the members of the
County Council of Defense were pres
ent. Having stated the purpose of
the meeting, Rev. Menzel, pastor of
the church, called for the election OF
chairman and secretaryof the meet
ing. VIM. Hussman was chosen chair
man and VIM. II. Nennhold secre-
tary. Upon proper organization the
pastor took the floor and in a clear
cat way, in unmistakable words de-
fined his position as regards the war
program of our Government in its
present gigantic task His remarks
voiced loyalty and patriotism from
the first to the last word. The ex-
preston on the faces of the members
OF the church and the expressions
which freely came from their mouths
in the course Of the meeting showed
that all were in accord of the position
n 10 OF nd ho ~ ~
mouthpiece of the truly loyal and
loyal patriotic spirit of the local
Lutheran Church as an organizatino
In concluding his remarks Rev. Men
eel with enthusiasm encouraged his
members to get into the harness in a
spirited manner in the interest of the
present Liberty Loan drive.
The second speaker of the evening
was Geo. A. Montrose, director of the
County Council of Defense. He ad-
dressed the assembly in his usual
striking and appealing way. He
drove home certain facts regarding
our patriotic duty in our war with
Germany and particularly in the
Liberty Loan drive which is now on.
He also explained the inner workings
of the Liberty Bond PROPOSITION and
what the County Council OF Defense,
recently organized here, stands for.
That the members of the local
Lutheran church are hot slackers and
do not event want to be suspicioned
as such, they evidenced by passing
the resolution unanimously to partici-
pate in an organized and systematic
way in the present Liberty Loan
drive. A committe of five was ap-
pointed to interview every individual
member of the church as to the pur-
chase of Liberty Bonds. The mem-
bers of the committe are, VIM. Huss-
man, Rev. Menzel, H. Godecke, II. F.
w. Luhrs. According to the latest
reports the subscription total is about
to touch $4,000.
1t will be of interest in this con-
nection, that the Lutheran Young
Peoples Society, having a member
ship of 40, resolved in their regular
business meeting held last Tuesday to
stage program for the benefit of the
Red Cross. The program will be CIV
en- some time in May. A committe
composed of the following, has charge
of the entertainment. Miss Josephine
Hellwinkel, Rev. Menzel, Alma Set
telmeyer, Clarence Godecke and Miss
Ada Fricke.
These two issues mentioned above
are new numbers on the war pro-
gram of the Lutheran Church. AS in
the past, as at the present time, the
two Ladies' Aids of the church are
continuing to devote all their time to
Red Cross work. The children of the
Sunday school are selling creditable
amount of Thrift Stamps, Miss Alma
Lampe being in charge of the sales.