Christ's Lutheran Church in 1941

Pastor A. Walter Baker, conducting services.

[ The congregation in 1941 ]

Pictured above is the congregation during that year. Notice all the "tin lizzies" parked in the church shed. To enlarge the picture, just click it.

[ English sign ] The "English Lutheran Church" sign is still posted. This sign had probably been installed during World War I, when German-speaking Lutheran congregations--and German speakers in general in the United States--had been subject to hate crimes by many patriotic and jingoistic Americans. English-speaking Lutherans had not wanted to be "stewed in the same kettle" as the German-speaking Lutherans; they had wanted to make it known to the general population that they were not German but rather American, that they did not support the Kaiser and his policies. (By 1941, this feeling had no doubt been revived.) The congregation of Christ's Lutheran Church in Woodstock had been English-speaking since its founding, and it might have been during the Great War that they had begun advertising that fact with a sign out in front.

Mrs. Frank Benson donated a new altar in memory of Mrs. Sophie Helleberg and Miss Jeanette Helleberg. (This altar is still in use in the Fellowship Hall by our Sunday School.) Lydia Russell, 62, and Evelyn Freeman donated a pair of brass flower vases.

The average attendance at Sunday services was 25.

The Woodstock Region in 1941

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The United States in 1941

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) was President. The newly elected 77th Congress was in session. A dollar in that year would be worth $13.42 in 2006 for most consumable products.

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The World at Large in 1941

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