The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
|Lutherans Elect
Officers Sunday

/ =. ~. talVOrSOn ana George
/ Claussen were elected trustees Of
the Redwood Falls English Lu-
theran church at its annual bust
| ness meeting Sunday morning.
Mrs. J. l. Swedberg was re-
elected superintendent of the Sun
/ day school; Mrs. j. E. Berglund,
assistant superintendent; S. W.
Limburg, choir director; Mrs. S.
w. Limburg, pianist, with Mrs. \.
10. Halvorson, assistant; Mrs.
Stuart Anderson, MIR. Limburg
1 and Norma Holmgren, music COM
mittee; Mrs. j. c. Budik, head of
| the membership committee and
Mrs. c. M. Bake, assistant; Louis
Hoffman,, head of the board of
| ushers and J. E. Berglund, vice
chairman; B. ]. Borning and Ole
Jacobsen, official delegates to
| church meetings and DR.. w. A..
Heintzen and .. A. Stensvad, al
| ternateS.
Reports from officers and or
CARNATIONS indicated that 1889
was a banner year in the history
of the congregation. There was
an increase of almost 40 per
cent in pledges toward current
| expenses and 70 new members
were admitted since the last meet
ing.
Last month the following new
names. were added to the church
list: Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Delaney,
Orland Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter M. johnson and family, Mrs.
Walter Kuck, Mathilda Buchholtz,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Sather and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. R. o. Svare
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. M. H..
Carstens and family, Mrs. Elmer
Knudsen, MIR. and Mrs. Merlin
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
lWorsech, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Christensen, Merritt Hanson, Mr..
and Mrs. Orie Heard and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto P. Rosvold and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
| Martenson and daughter.
Confirmants numbered 20, Is
adults and IA children, the larg-
est class in the history of the con-
gregation.
Besides conducting 80 meetings
at home, Rev. w. Henry Westby,
the pastor, delivered approximate
ly as outside sermons and ad-
dresses. His special offices and
projects included the following:
president of the Rock Valley Cir
cult Luther league, contact man
of the Rock Valley Circuit COM
mittee on elementary Christian
education; member of the South
FERN Minnesota District committee
Ion elementary Christian educa-
ton, secretary of the Green Lake
Lutheran Bible camp committee,
teacher of the Rock Valley Sum
day School teachers training
school, lecturer of the Lac Qui
Parle Circuit Sunday School
teachers training school and di-
rector of a district committee on
the st. Olaf college library fund.
In addition to redecorating the
church and contributing toward
the current expenses the Ladies
Aid started the Irma Johnson
Memorial organ fund. The presi-
dent last year was Mrs. G. N.
Nelson. The Mission society un-
der the leadership of Mrs. D. w.
Buckley showed a rs per cent
gain in receipts over 1888 and the
Sunday school under the super
intendency of Mrs. Swedberg had
the best year in its history, re-
ports showed.
Mrs. E. H. Helgeson reported
for the Ladies Aid, Mrs. Walter
Hassenstab for the Mission socie-
ty, Mrs. Swedberg and Harvey A.
Thompson for the Sunday school.
L. w. Fosshage read the treasur-
er's report, A. N. Gandrud and
Mr.. Berglund prepared the aud
itors' report and Rev. Westby
, briefly reviewed the activities
of the year.