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Reverend C B Mitchell retires after fifty years of ministry
The long serving Methodist pastor Reverend C B Mitchell, age 84, concluded 52 years of preaching to congregations across a five county area centered on Prairie Center and Crystal Lake. He began in 1902 at Prairie Center, served multiple towns including Crystal Lake, Klemme, Corwith, Goldfield and Burt, and returned to Prairie Center in 1940. He endured bad roads and harsh weather, often riding horseback to reach distant churches. His ministry oversaw church improvements and his family includes two sons and two daughters residing nearby, with nine grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. The Prairie Center congregation hopes for a regular minister appointment at the Sioux City conference.
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Fort Tawa
Orthel
C. B. Mit
Prairie Center
Crystal Lake
Klemme
Corwith
Goldfield
But
Htonks
Cotgie Center
Algona
Lake Mills
Armstrong
Burt
Woden
Ove
Prairie Cenot
Migell
Corch
Prairiester
Uilding
Mitchell
Bennett
Sfale Center
James Knoll
Ts. Wm. Schram
Titonka
Art Mitchell
Thompson
Rey. Mitchell
Wesley
Sioux City
Prairie
Lyal
Jack Krull
John Fox
Il Schulz
Martin Frank
Fal