After the post yesterday about the 1934 convention in Hankinson, I received the following email: "I just finished reading about the 1934 convention. Very interesting. Just a note, My sister, Margaret, was born March 25, 1923, Pastor Hinck was pastor at Belford at the time, he baptized her and died shortly after that. I was born July 1924 so I was baptized by Pastor Klauser... Wonder who won the ball game?" I thought I could answer that question.
There was a follow up newspaper that answered some of the questions, so I thought I'd type that out as well. See that a Eulogy was given during the convention for Pastor Hinck. Also see the results of the baseball game - the Preachers win!
Pastor Klausler, the day after the last convention guests left, performed the wedding of his son Alfred. Alfred was attending the convention as a vicar from Montana. (Sadly, during the Seminex Controversy, Alfred was "expelled" from the LC-MS for not renouncing his dual membership in the AELC. Obit Here)
Finally notice the "efficiency" of the Local Lutheran Ladies (think circles) as well as Hankinson taking the prize as "Convention" city.
As a side, in the same newspaper can be found an update on talks between Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini - still a few years before WWII. Puts the timing in perspective.
-Pastor Moline
Lutheran Meet Closed Tuesday
Tuesday noon the Lutheran Convention closed its convention, having completed its full calendar of business. Convention delegates began to leave immediately after the close. Several remained until Wednesday in order to make train connections.
The climax of the convention was reached with the festival celebration Sunday. Estimated attendance was about 2000. In the morning service the president of the general body, Dr. F. Pfotenhauer, delivered the Silver Anniversary sermon, elaborating on the general theme of "An Open Heaven." He pointed out that protestant principals, especially the Lutheran , were in absolute harmony with the teaching of the Bible. In the afternoon, the first vice president of the district, the Rev. A. Jordan, and the Rev. L. Wohfeil delivered the sermons. At the evening the premiere showing of the pictures of the History of the Lutheran church in North Dakota and Montana were exhibited to a capacity audience. Pastor Klausler delivered a eulogy in memory of the first president, the Rev. T. Hinck.
Principle business of the convention was a consideration of mission work and progress in the two states. According to the reports delivered by the chairman of the Mission Board and by the missionaries themselves, the church has shown excellant [sic] progress during the past year.
At the closing resolutions were passed thanking the various committees and organizations connected with the housing and feeding of the 140 visitors. Delegates marveled over the efficiency of the local Lutheran ladies. General comment of the convention was that Hankinson takes the prize as a convention city and that the hospitality of Hankinson is without rival. Resolutions were also adopted thanking the various press associations for their coverage of the convention. Special thanks is given to the Hankinson News for its kindness and liberality in extending the use of its space and coumns to the Lutheran Convention.
The next convention meets in 1936 at Zap, N.D. In 1935 the Lutheran church meets at Cleveland for its triennial convention. The North Dakota and Montana district is one of the branches of the synodical conference of the Lutheran churches all over the United States and Europe.
Monarchs Get on Wrong Side
Preachers Win
The Lutheran Preachers baseball nine taught the Hankinson Monarchs a new kind of base ball [sic] Saturday afternoon, when they smacked out 12 hits for a 9 to 6 victory. The preachers started the ball sailing the first inning, scoring three runs, while Hankinson was able to push over two, but gradually went into the lead 5 to 4. The Preachers then picked up three more runs and before the game ended added two more for their 9 total. Dorn, hurler for the preachers, is a former Three-Eye league hurler of Springfield, Illinois, and with many of the others players good baseball men, seemed to take the game plenty easy. Oeder got a bad break because of errors, the preachers getting five runs on three hits in three frames. Brown started for the Monarchs, but gave way in the 7th for Oeder.
The score by innings - R H
Preachers 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 - 9 12
Hanks 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 9
Weddings
On Thursday morning at 8 o'clock Miss Signe Fox and Alfred Klausler were married at the local Lutheran Church. The father of the groom, the Rev. J.P. Klausler, read the vows. Attendant to the bride was Miss Alice Fox. Mark Klausler, rother of the groom, was best man. Only the immediate families of the contracting couple were present at the ceremony. The single ring ceremony was used.
The bride wore an ensemble in dusky pink with white accesories. Her flowers were a shoulder corsage of lavender sweet peas. the bridesmaid was dressed in a harmonized ensemble of blue.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, of Rolette, North Dakota. She is a graduate of the music department of the University of North Dakota. At the University she was active in music and choral work. Since her graduation she has taught in the high schools at Rolla and Rolette.
The groom is well known to the Hankinson residents. He is a graduate of Concordia College in St. Paul and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. At present he is vicar in Glendive, Montana.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Peterson. The couple left for a three weeks wedding trip. They will be at home in Glendive after July 15th.
