The Sidney herald., 1956-08-02

were all written in Norwegian.
The annual meeting of the La
dies Aid was held June 8, 1901
at the A. Storvik home. The fol
lowing were elected officers: Mr.
John Haugen, president; Mrs
J. Stordahl, vice-president; anS
Mrs. A. Storvik, secretary; anc
Mrs. c. Olson, treasurer.
Rev. Buckenberg was pastor al
the time of the organization
Meetings were held in the home:
and later in connection with the
church services. This was done
because of the long distances be-
tween members. Services were
also held at that time in the
homes. In December, 1909 the
first bazaar was held. In 1910
the Four Mile Church was built
by the congregation. The church
built on a hill was so placed
with the following Scripture in
mind, 81 will look to the hill from
whence cometh my strength" The
interior of the church was not
finished until 1917, and much of
the work of furnishing was done
by the Aid. This first church
burned in April 1925, and again
the Ladies' Aid assisted in the
building of the new church. In
December 1926, it was decided
that a third of the church meet
ings should be conducted in Eng
lish and two thirds in Norwegian.
From 1880 to 1889 while Rev.
Nordmark was pastor, the Aid
met twice a month in the church
parlors. All meetings were well
attended. The Aid then paid SIS
a month annually to the church
budget.
When Rev. Borg-Breen because
of illness, resigned, the Aid be-
came almost dormant for a time.
Because of the distance between
members, it was not so easy to
get together and discuss the prob
lem and get the group going
again. All had faith to believe
that we would soon be working
again for the good of Gods
Kingdom.
Under the leadership of Rev.
Erling Peterson, who arrived in
1943, we saw our faith reward
ed, for u group became very
active. Under his leadership, the
Christian Day School was or
ganized and held once a month
on Saturdays, with our Ladies'
Aid members assisting with the
teaching. In December of that
year the Aid was reorganized
under the Women's Missionary
Federation Program of the
Church.
The members pledged them
selves to follow the Biblical rule
of giving, namely, to give as
God prospered them, and no more
church suppers or bazaars were
to be held. The historian of the
WMF then asked for help in fill
ling out a large scrapbook, which
she has bought and would like to
bring up-to-date. This resulted in
a most complete history of the
group together with pictures of
the first Aid meetings.
During these busy years the
first adult class was also formed
including the teachers for the
Saturday Day school. Following
these classes five adults were
confirmed.
Officers for the reorganized
Ladies' Aid, for the WMF, were
Mrs. Henry Kittleson, president;
Mrs. Jorgan Borg, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Vernon johnson, Sec
and Mrs. William john
SON, treasurer. During this time
they gave out first Life Mem
oerships, In Memoriams, and took
much interest in giving out
Thank Offerings and doing box
MORE HISTORY OF 4-MILE -.
work. We began to have our
annual picnic, which is looked
Onward to by our group each
year. On October II, 1916, we
a dinner honoring Rev.
md Mrs. M. L. Holey on their
wedding anniversary. Due
illness Rev. Holey was unable
attend.
On March Is, 1947, a Sunday
chool was organized instead of
he day school and again our
members assisted as teachers.
Also in March the members went
town and met at the home of
Irs. Elmer Anderson. This was
he first time the group had gone
o town for a meeting but did
lot prove to be the last. In No
-ember of this year, with a note
f sadness, we gave a dinner /;
Ignoring Rev. and Mrs. Erling {
Jefferson who were leaving. A
lift of money was presented to |
he family both by the WMF [;
nd the Congregation. Rev. Pc j
erson whose birthday was on |
low. %, was also presented with
ards and gifts. {
The Christmas party which by
oW had become an annual event {
yas held this year at the home
f Mrs. Karsten Borg. The fol- I
owing new officers were elected:
frs. Left Borg, president; Mrs.
johnson, vice-president;
FRS. Dagnar Haugen, secretary; I
nd Mrs. Henry Kittleson, treas c
rer. '
In 1948, we welcomed Rev.
liver Jones and Mrs. Jones and t
eth Ellen to our midst. During 1
lis year Four Mile WMF had
delegate to the General Con- T
at Minneapolis. Mrs. J.. t
/. Herriot was elected delegate
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