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old-r on ockydeal.Be-rain, on are only if it.i for300 Participate In 75th JubileestudJlaterdeta!andOf Methodist Church At Alpenaea ahisauseee.■ thei 10a onalleyhillsBv Republic News Service ALPENA — Approximately 300 persons attended the diamond jubilee of the Alpena Method i a t Church Saturday evening and Sunday. Organized in 1884, this wasthe first church established in Al-e eu-e for es a will jomearet thepena.Thirty four pastors have served the church and two former pas*Gregory County School Census35 Above 1958' are ■ »i has from rvolr 3 center , one ; not ed averyarm-eage« asfivefarmturespas-S —orses that orses i theBy Republic News ServiceBURKE — A total of 2,173 are listed on the Gregory County school census for 1939. This number is 35 larger than the previous year.The census shows there are 1,269 rural children of school age, and 904 town children of school age.All the towns showed gains in their census for this year with the exception of Fairfax, which the re* port shows to have 12 less than last year.There are 145 listed for the Bone-steel census, 233 for Burke, 431 for Gregory, and 95 for Fairfax.Dedication OfSalem Pool SetFor 4th Of JulyBy Republic News Service SALEM — It will be a gala day in Salem Saturday, July 4, when the new swimming pool will be dedicated.There will be a brief dedicatorytors, the Rev. F, C. Page of River Falls, Wis„ and the Rev. A. L, Walker of Wakonda, were present lor the jubilee,Speakers at the service* included Dr. M.D.Smith of Mitchell, who gave an account of the early history of the church ■at the Saturday evening service.On Sunday morning Dr. W. M. Kildal, superintendent of the southern district of the Metho d i s t Church, was the speaker, using as his theme • “Our- Hope in God.”He also baptized Robert Allen,the infant son of the Rev, and Mrs. Donald Greenougffi. The Rev. Mr, Greenough is pastor of the Alpena church.Dr. John D. Madison was the guest, speaker at the afternoon service. His topic was “What Will Man Do with the Power He Has in His Hands,”The 16-voice church choir sang al the services and Lowell Daniel was a soloist. Orgatv • Ists were Mrs. Lewis Aye and Mrs. Kenneth Peterson. The Rev. Mr, Greenough» presided at the services.Early day members attending were Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grace, members since 1897, and Mr. and Mrs. George Kunze, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kunze, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kunze, Mr. and Mrs, Leo Ruppel and Mrs. J. E. Shull, members since 1902.A former charter member, Frank Grace of Caputa was also among the visitors. Mrs. Mac Grace Sims of Alpena, the oldest member and person in the church, was unable to be present because of illness,Reception hospitality hostesses were Mrs. Jens Peterson, Mrs. Harold Mees, Miss Elva Smith and Mrs, George Kunze.pose.Th elvec Char indie the £ projcThera est the ■ andis in souri Jis 554 dh Thsu a 'thierThplet«signandingcomyear A be i atiot Fan Mi four Grelt; used thehorse! nrnffi'flm hrtrinnintr at. 12!3(1 m.. _ELtTipiCOU]whedrivinte26,
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Mitchell Daily Republic
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Fri, Jul 03, 1959
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