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Dedication draws crowd to Bergen church festival
A large attendance celebrated the Bergen church dedication with addresses by Rev. C. B. Jacobson and Mrs. Lydia Bredeson Sundby, plus musical interludes led by Mrs. Otto J. Hanson and the Women's Chorus. The 55 year old church, built in 1874, now features a $7,600 pipe organ and total costs near $90,000.
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Harold Smedal
William Myrland
Lydia Bredeson Sundby
Rio
Wis
Women’s Missionary Federation
C. J. Naglestad
Ellsworth
M. O. Ferkin
Otto J. Hanson
R. R. Gaard
Radcliffe
Holy Father
C. Highland
Bergen
Story County
St. Petri
Story City
C. B. Jacobson
M. O. Sumstad
Ladies Aid Societies
Sumstad
I. M. Cole
C. J. Jacobson
Vorse, Kraetsch & Kraetsch
Des Moines
Lippert Bros. of
Boone
O. T. Molde
Ole Hanson
J. E. Britson
A. J. Helvig
J. E. Brit