1948

Pastor Olney E. Cook, conducting services.

All four of the Paul Wesley Arndt paintings that Edgar Shultis had been given permission to hang over the previous 3 years were dedicated. (Click any one of the paintings to enlarge it.) Pastor Cook reported that there was yet one painting to come, promising special services when all the paintings were in the church. He later had these reminiscences of his ministry:(1)

During that time a Sunday School was organized starting with one pupil but began to grow until we had forty. A junior choir was also started and our Christmas Pageants were enjoyed by many people. Our missionary society was one of the highlights of my ministry in Woodstock, and I always found the members to be very helpful and to be interested in the church work.

At Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA, a woman was an influential teacher of sociology.

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Harry S Truman (Democrat) was President. The 80th Congress was in session. A dollar in that year would be worth $8.42 in 2006 for most consumable products.

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