Category:Concordia
From CowTales
- On 4 January 1874 the pro-seminary or academy section of the Missouri Synod’s “practical” seminary was transferred from Saint Louis, MO to newly acquired property in Springfield, IL. The seminary program itself, focusing on functional rather than scholarly theology, was transferred on 1 September 1875.
Concordia Lutheran College, St. Paul, MN
Eugene Hinderer:
Short Biography
Born:1899 - Sept. 1st at Goodhue, MN Born in 1889. Attended high school in New Ulm, MN. Attended Concordia College St. Paul, MN. Attended the Lutheran Seminary at Thiensville, WI. Ordained 1923. 1925 - married St. John's mission - Tappen, ND Zion - Bristol, WI Zion - Hartland, WI
- Born Sept 1st in Goodhue, MN.
- Enrolled at DMLC while living in South Shore, SD.<ref>https://issuu.com/mlc.edu/docs/1913-1914_dmlc_messenger_vol._4</ref>
- Enrolled at DMLC while living in South Shore, SD.<ref>https://issuu.com/mlc.edu/docs/1913-1914_dmlc_messenger_vol._4</ref>
- Writes first junior year sermon Oct. 15th.
- Ordained at ?
- Married June 17 at Tappen, ND
- Lived in Tappen, Kidder, North Dakota, United States
- Lived in Kenosha, WI
Occupation(s)
Residences
- https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&englishSubcountryName=Wisconsin&query=%2Bgivenname%3Aeugene~%20%2Bsurname%3AHinderer~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22United%20States%22%20%2Brecord_subcountry%3A%22United%20States%2CWisconsin%22
- 1930 - Tappen, Kidder, North Dakota, United States
- 1940 - Kenosha, WI
Married: 1925 - June 17 at Tappin, ND
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Alfred Baur: 1913
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Short Biography<ref>Alfred Baur/Obituary - information gleaned from newspaper obituaries in Clara Hinderer Baur collection</ref>
Timeline
- Born at Gibbon, MN the third child.
- Baptized in Gibbon.
- Moves to Johnson, MN.
- Moves to
- Confirmed at Town of Eden, near Morgan, Minnesota.
- Attending DMLC - Writes postcard to Jacob Baur who is living in Morgan, MN.
- Dear father, In my last letter I stated that I would come home Wednesday, but I believe I won't be able to because the mumps went down to my testicles and I won't be able to be up. Otto Netzke will remain with me until I am well. With Best Wishes, Your son Alf.
- Most people who contract the disease recover fully. However, beyond those chipmunk cheeks, mumps can have serious (and sometimes permanent) complications that are not so comical: inflammation of the testicles and ovaries, encephalitis (swelling of the brain), meningitis (infection of the tissue around the brain and spinal cord), seizures, and deafness.
- After 1909 mump patience were put in quarantine.
- Dear father, In my last letter I stated that I would come home Wednesday, but I believe I won't be able to because the mumps went down to my testicles and I won't be able to be up. Otto Netzke will remain with me until I am well. With Best Wishes, Your son Alf.
- Attending DMLC
- April 20th writes postcard to parents
- September 11th writes Lydia Baur a postcard telling her Prof. Meyer and Prof. Bliefernicht are preaching "tonight." Also, fast progress is being mad with the new building.
- September 30th writes Emilie Sommerfeld a postcard in German telling her
- Age 18
- Graduated from Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, (attended to prepare for the holy ministry).
- Sends postcard to Elsa Hinderer, age 18, living in Watertown, SD.
- Graduated from Concordia College, St. Paul, MN.
- Becomes "interested" in Clara Hinderer while visiting his uncle Pastor William Sauer in Watertown, SD.
- Preaches 1st sermon in Watertown, SD 6-20-1915 (evening service), Grover, SD 7-14-1915 A.M. service), Hazel, SD 7-14-1915 (P.M. service).
- Graduates from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. (attended for the final work).
- Ordained & installed into his ministry at St. John's Lutheran Church, Cedar Mills, MN. by his father (Jacob Baur).
- Marries Clara Hinderer of Watertown, S.D.
- Friedens congregation called Pastor Alfred Bauer of Cedar Mills to serve as a vacancy pastor, which he did until January 1921.
- 1921
- Diagnosed with Cancer ????
- Ralph Baur born.
- Dies of cancer at age 34 years, eight months and eight days at 11:30p.m. on Saturday evening at at Cedar Mills, MN.
- Buried at St. John's at Cedar Mills the day before Thanksgiving.
Alfred Baur served as a vacancy pastor at Fiedens congregation (Peace Lutheran Church) in Hutchinson from 1920 until January 1921.
Death
Funeral
Memories
The following is from a letter written by Ralph Baur to his kids.
Feb 1, 1922 was indeed a day the Lord made. Who would have thought when I was born that my Dad would not even get close to being 80 and having his children, whatever number, surprise him on his 80th birthday.
The mechanical inclination and know-how ability must have been handed down to you from him because before planning a trip to Washington he saw to it that you could lay back the seat for sleeping, he saw to it that a Ruxtal shift was installed so you could shift into a lower gear instead of holding down the clutch all the way up the mountain. For mountainous driving he also saw to it that the gas cap on the tank under the right front seat had a gas cap with an air valve welded on. The purpose was that if the mountain was too steep and with ordinary gas cap you had to back all the way up so gas would run from the tank to the carburetor. With the newly devised cap you merely fastened a tire pump to the tank and drove up the mountain the regular way. He never was able to make use of these innovations because he had to turn back in South Dakota because of severe health problems. In my youth I never saw another Model T Ford with such a conversion kit as that. So now you know-how and money saving devices.
Snow Storm of 1924
Cancer
Alfred's death was due to cancer which he had for "some time" and was confined to his bed for four months.
- 1878: lung cancer still considered rare. Malignant lung tumors are only 1% of all cancers.
- By 1918, the percentage rises to 10%
- And by 1927: more than 14%.
- 1929: German physician Fritz Lickint first recognized the potential connection between smoking and lung cancer. This discovery led to a nationwide anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany.
- WOW….Yes: The Nazis were anti-smoking!
- 1940: Lung cancer becomes second most frequent cause of cancer death, stomach cancer being #1 <ref>http://www.topmastersinhealthcare.com/lung-cancer/</ref>
Detroit, MI
"He <ref>Alfred Baur</ref> went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."<ref>Clara Hinderer Baur's written history</ref>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Medical_Center
Notes
Alfred had blue eyes according to his draft registration card.
FB Narrative
We have all seen the picture of Alfred, Clara, and Ralph sitting on some steps in Detroit, MI when he was there for cancer treatment. I found where those steps were. It is an empty lot now. Back then it was part of the Walther League Hospice. When viewing the area, the streets are lined with similar buildings boasting nine bedrooms.
The Detriot Medical Center is located nearby. What a huge facility. Terri says this is where her infant brother went for treatment of a hole in his heart. Little Jonny is buried beneath the headstone of his parents.
Grandma Clara Hinderer Baur writes in her history about Alfred's Cancer: "He went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."
I couldn't find any information concerning the Kock Cancer Clinic on-line. An empty envelope is addressed to Alfred in care of the Walther League Hospice. It turns out this organization was begun by the Missouri Synod. I believe it still exists.
After more digging I found a 1200 page document mentioning the Kock Cancer Clinic. It is a legal transcript. The doctor is getting his medical license revoked because of a treatment he used on a patient who was referred to him by the Kock Cancer Clinic.
The plot thickens. Grandma writes "We were at first spared the terrible flue that took the lives of so many but then we too came down with it in 1918. My husband Alfred made 45 flue calls and finally also got it, along with double pneumonia...... The congregation and his family prayed for his recovery, but we do not always know for what we pray. Had the Lord taken him then, much pain, agony and sorrow could have been spared him.
He went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."
One of the reasons the previously mentioned doctor was losing his license is because he promised a cure. He was using the Hoxsey cancer treatment. He also used a machine developed during WW I. The military purpose was to detect enemy planes. He was also using strange "electro machines" to treat influenza.
The envelope I mentioned was from an L. Lorandos living in St. Louis MO. I'm betting it was maybe a previous Prof of Alfred.
I also want to learn more about the Walther League Hospice. I know they are soliciting artifacts concerning people from the past who have used the League. This is a rambling post. Just wanted to share pieces of the puzzle I am working on. It all started with a small, empty envelope... Let your imagination run wild. Were the scribblings on the envelope made by little Ralphie as he sat bored and unaware of what was taking place????
Last night I finished reading the online NY Medical Review Board legal briefs about the Kock Cancer Clinic and its connection to the NY doctor. Parts of it were more like Perry Mason than real law. I could hear Norm Burger talking as I read lines. I like law and medicine so for me it was an interesting read. One of the main characters is "Miss Frankenstein." Really!
The dialog demonstrated the thinking of the times. Doctors wouldn't tell patients they had terminal illnesses. It was only told to close family or friends. Family history says Grandpa was brave, quietly suffered and few knew of his illness. Was Grandpa being brave or was he being kept in the dark?
The book takes place in 1935. One of the treatments is lying on a grounded copper bed coil, with the head faced North and the feet faced South. For those who don't know it, copper is a great conductor. Electricity loves to flow through it. I leave the rest to your imagination.
Leukemia, which has been called cancer of the blood, is mentioned in the later sections of the book. My grandma Hannah Lieski Jaus died of Leukemia back in 1935 when Mom was 5. Family records indicate she let herself be used for experimental tests. I do have to wonder what kind of experiments Grandma went through.
There are so many facts in that book I would love to delve into further, but that would take a year. Keep on track, Jim! Just make note of items like the Walther League Hospice so it isn't forgotten.
Val sent me the following email concerning Paul and Eugene Hinderer. She contacted St. John's secretary for more details (thanks Val!)
This is the secretary's reply: "I looked in the record books today and found in the Baptism records that Pastor Baur performed his last Baptism on June 26, 1927. This is the only place where the Pastor name was written. Then the next Baptism which was August 21, 1927 states the Pastor was Eugene Hinderer (very clearly written). The same handwriting shows for Baptisms through August 5, 1928 so I presume these were all performed by Pastor Eugene Hinderer. I found that Pastor Bauer died November 19, 1927."
I found a newspaper obituary for Pastor Eugene Hinderer. He served at St. John's in Tappin ND from 1923-1938. I sent their Pastor an email this morning asking if they have a "leave of absence" for Eugene in their records.
In the meantime, I am going to scan Eugene's obituary information. He was serving in Hartland, WI when he died. I have the complete newspaper section. Do any of you have ties to the the greater Hartland area? It contains a lot of HS graduation pictures.
Grandma's household auction wasn't held until summer of 1928. She apparently lived in the parsonage during that time. A new parsonage was also built in 1928.
On a side note, his daughter Kathryn Hinderer Heidi was teaching at Grace Lutheran School in Yakima WA at the time. I understand she was the schools first teacher.
I look forward to hearing back from the Tappin ND pastor and will let you know what I find out.
The Walther League Messenger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_A._Maier#Walther_League
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http://hpnbooks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Historic-St-Louis.pdf
Walter A. Maier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_A._Maier , he went directly to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he supported himself by selling Oliver typewriters. Here, once again, it was the Hebrew language and Old Testament studies that engrossed Maier. And once again, his love for the subject caused him to excel in it. Upon graduation in 1916, and in recognition of his proficiency in the field, young Maier was awarded a graduate fellowship in Old Testament studies at Harvard Divinity School.[3][4] Due to the breadth of his academic goals, Maier studied at Harvard Divinity School from 1916 to 1918, and at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 1918 to 1920. These four years saw the completion of course requirements for both Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and the creation of a first draft of his doctoral dissertation, Slavery in the Time of the Hammurabi Dynasty. His perspicacity concerning Biblical Hebrew led to the mastery of other Semitic languages such as Arabic, Assyrian, and Babylonian, as well as the Hittite and Sumerian languages; and included the ability to read ancient cuneiform. The study of Semitics also led to his deep understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the ancient societies associated with these languages. In 1917, Harvard Divinity School awarded Maier the Billings Prize for oratory. He received an M.A. in Semitic language, literature and history from Harvard University in 1920; and in 1929 became the twentieth person to ever receive his doctorate from Harvard in Semitics.[5][6] Since America's oldest college had been founded in 1636, an average of one successful candidate every fifteen years had received this degree.
Kock Cancer Clinic
Hoxsey Therapy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxsey_Therapy Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is an alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer. The treatment consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or an herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes. Reviews by major medical bodies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society,[1] M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,[2] and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,[3] have found no evidence that Hoxsey Therapy is an effective treatment for cancer. The sale or marketing of the Hoxsey Method was banned in the United States by the FDA on September 21, 1960 as a "worthless and discredited" remedy and a form of quackery.[4]
Disproven Methods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unproven_and_disproven_cancer_treatments
Notes
- Two funeral services were held.
- A special sermon was preached at ten 0'clock in the morning for only the members of the congregation. At this time the Heidmann of Arlington spoke in the German tongue.
- At 1:30 in the afternoon a German-English service was held for the general public.
- In addition to his wife and son, his loss is mourned by the parents, six sisters and one brother.
- In the funeral service, held in the morning for the congregation, Pastor Heidmann preached on the comforting words which the deceased had spoken to his wife shortly before his departure: "I die, but God shall be with you." Gen. 48:21.
- In the afternoon funeral service many pastors, sorrowing friends and relatives gathered and were shown by Professor A. Schaller why they could, in spite of their bereavement, celebrate a joyful Thanksgiving Festival: Because the veil of darkness and sorrow has been removed from the face of the deceased; because he has won a great victory, and because God has visited him, so he can exclaim: Lo, this is my God; I have waited for Him, and He will save me: this is the Lord; I will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Isaiah 25:6-8.
- In both services Rev. Immanuel Albrecht spoke inspiring words of comfort. He was president of DMLC
- The nearest relatives:
- Wife - Clara Hinderer Baur .
- Son - Ralph (five years of age)
- His father and mother - Rev. Jacob and Emilie Sommerfeld Baur.
- His parents-in-law - Rev. Paul and Klara Schneider Hinderer.
- Six sisters and one brother.
- One brother
- Theodore Baur, living at Sanborn, MN.
- Six sisters
- Mrs. Arthur Streich (Lydia Baur) of Sanborn, MN.
- Miss Tabea Baur of Minneapolis
- Miss Marie Baur of Minneapolis
- Miss Agness Baur of Minneapolis, and Miss Helen and Miss Cordelia Baur, living at home.
- Rev. Mr. Baur continued the work of his ministry under great difficulties, concealing the graveness of his condition from his friends and relatives. He actively conducted the work in his congregation until July of this year.
- He underwent two surgical operations, and had taken numerous X-ray treatments.
- Suffered breakdown while attempting to drive to the west coast in July.
- Went to Detroit, Michigan, for medical aid, which however, was of no avail.
- He returned here several months ago, since which time his condition gradually weakened, and he was relieved from suffering Saturday evening.
- The body lay in state in the church, and many hundreds of friends came to attend the last sad rites.
- Among the brother pastors who came to attend funeral services
- William Sauer of Watertown, SD. (DP of Dakota District and I believe Jacob Baur's step-brother who emigrated from Germany)
- Rev. Eugene Hinderer of Tappen, ND;
- Rev. Robert Heidemann and daughter, Miss Elsie, of Arlington
- Rev. H. Boettcher of Gibbon
- Rev. and MrsAppel of Buffalo Lake
- Rev. Mr. Tinge of Brookfield
- Rev. and Mrs. F. Zarling of Renville
- Rev. and Mrs. Earls Schmidt of Wood Lake
- Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Nickels of Redwood Falls, MN
- Rev. Henry Albrecht of Lynn Town
- Rev. R. Fischer of Acoma town; Rev. M. Schuetze of Ellsworth town
- Rev. J. Th. Lund and Rev. W. J. Schulze of Hutchinson.*
- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Burginerger,
- Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weber,
- Mr. and Mrs. John Yaeger,
- Miss Esther and Erwin J. Yaeger,
- Mrs. William Yaeger,
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yaeger, all of Sanborn,
- Dr. and Mrs. Wilbert W. Yaeger of Revillo, South Dakota.
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None of Emilie's family is listed as attending the funeral.
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Roland Scheele:
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Timeline of Life Events
- Born in Wood Lake, MN
- lived in Flint, MI
- lived in Flint, MI
Death
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Rebecca Dawn Davis
How cool I named my son middle name after Grandpa Roland that my son born in 2012. That's exactly 100 years later.
Ramona Meyer Potter
"I loved your folks (Lois Scheele's parents). Never knew what to call them-one did NOT call elders by their first name, too special and familiar to us for Mr and Mrs and the familiar trend to call someone like that Aunt or Uncle was never suggested. I have a sweet memory of them visiting us once while we were on vacation 'up north'. First your Dad shocked and impressed me by opening the car door for your mom (my folks were never demonstrative toward each other in public) and then he took me on a hike around the area-I was amazed that he would venture out into the great unknown-AND didn't get lost!
Karen Meyer Gilreath
"It was always just Putz's and Vi..... When we talked about them, but I don't think I ever called them by name..... Just got their attention I guess somehow. Haha"
Ramona Meyer Potter: "that's what I was alluding to-never knew what to call them if I wanted their attention. glad I wasn't the only one who needed a nerf ball to get their attention since I was NOT about to call to them by their first name! at least not to their face."
Ramona Meyer Potter: "Lois -I remember after your dad died our mom mentioned how lost your mom was since he did everything for her. After growing up in Myrtle Jaus Meyer's shadow, it was not even fathomable to think of a woman not knowing how to change a light bulb or write a check because her husband had done everything for her. Hmmm-maybe it wasn't a tender gesture your dad did in opening the car door-maybe he had done it for so long your mom didn't know HOW to open it? Just teasing. anytime Tim opens the car door for me I flash back to that memory. it made quite an impression on me!"
Lois Scheele Hartman
"Yes, he did a lot for her. She had to learn how to write checks and pay bills and balance the checkbook, and that was her biggest challenge. But she did it and she became quite independent over the years."
Lyla Jaus:
Putz graduated from Concordia Lutheran Seminary, St. Louis, MO, I think.
Putz was to the MI District with starting many of the congregations...as Dad was to the PNW District, starting many missions. When I was teaching in Milwaukee, WI, Putz was in Ludington MI area, and I took the ferry at least once to visit. When I taught in Monroe, MI, Putz was in Toledo, OH.
Trivia
It's nice to keep things in the family. Follow my thinking... Frederic H. Nitz was the Liturgist at the funeral of Lois Scheele's Dad Roland Scheele. Roland's Dad (Edward) married a Jaus (Lydia). Lydia's niece (Lyla) married a Baur (Ralph). Ralph's Dad (Alfred) married a Hinderer (Clara). Clara had a brother (Christian). Christian had a son (Alfred). Alfred had a daughter (Kathryn). Kathryn married a Nitz (Joel) . Joel is the nephew of Frederic Nitz.
Still Born Scheele
Name Scheele Gender Male Burial Date 13 Jan 1913 Death Date 11 Jan 1913 Death Place Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota Birth Date 11 Jan 1913 Birthplace Wood Lake, Minn Race White Father's Name Edward Scheele Father's Birthplace Hamburg, Minn Mother's Name Lydia A Jans Mother's Birthplace Gibbon, Minn
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Margaret Vorwerk: Graduated 1975
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Rachel Harris: I pulled this text from written family history and am trying to find out more info. " She taught Lutheran School in Amarillo, TX, for one year and in Plainview, MN for another year. After she and Ben were married in 1977, they moved to Houston, TX where they both taught in the Lutheran School. Ben accepted a Call as principal to Hutchinson, MN in 1982, and to Tomball, TX in 1985 as Minister of Music at Salem Lutheran Church. Margaret teaches at the Lutheran High School.
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Concordia Lutheran High School (Texas)
Margaret Vorwerk: Taught school.
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Rachel Harris: I pulled this text from written family history and am trying to find out more info. " She taught Lutheran School in Amarillo, TX, for one year and in Plainview, MN for another year. After she and Ben were married in 1977, they moved to Houston, TX where they both taught in the Lutheran School. Ben accepted a Call as principal to Hutchinson, MN in 1982, and to Tomball, TX in 1985 as Minister of Music at Salem Lutheran Church. Margaret teaches at the Lutheran High School.
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Concordia Lutheran Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Alfred Baur: 1914
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Short Biography<ref>Alfred Baur/Obituary - information gleaned from newspaper obituaries in Clara Hinderer Baur collection</ref>
Timeline
- Born at Gibbon, MN the third child.
- Baptized in Gibbon.
- Moves to Johnson, MN.
- Moves to
- Confirmed at Town of Eden, near Morgan, Minnesota.
- Attending DMLC - Writes postcard to Jacob Baur who is living in Morgan, MN.
- Dear father, In my last letter I stated that I would come home Wednesday, but I believe I won't be able to because the mumps went down to my testicles and I won't be able to be up. Otto Netzke will remain with me until I am well. With Best Wishes, Your son Alf.
- Most people who contract the disease recover fully. However, beyond those chipmunk cheeks, mumps can have serious (and sometimes permanent) complications that are not so comical: inflammation of the testicles and ovaries, encephalitis (swelling of the brain), meningitis (infection of the tissue around the brain and spinal cord), seizures, and deafness.
- After 1909 mump patience were put in quarantine.
- Dear father, In my last letter I stated that I would come home Wednesday, but I believe I won't be able to because the mumps went down to my testicles and I won't be able to be up. Otto Netzke will remain with me until I am well. With Best Wishes, Your son Alf.
- Attending DMLC
- April 20th writes postcard to parents
- September 11th writes Lydia Baur a postcard telling her Prof. Meyer and Prof. Bliefernicht are preaching "tonight." Also, fast progress is being mad with the new building.
- September 30th writes Emilie Sommerfeld a postcard in German telling her
- Age 18
- Graduated from Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, (attended to prepare for the holy ministry).
- Sends postcard to Elsa Hinderer, age 18, living in Watertown, SD.
- Graduated from Concordia College, St. Paul, MN.
- Becomes "interested" in Clara Hinderer while visiting his uncle Pastor William Sauer in Watertown, SD.
- Preaches 1st sermon in Watertown, SD 6-20-1915 (evening service), Grover, SD 7-14-1915 A.M. service), Hazel, SD 7-14-1915 (P.M. service).
- Graduates from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. (attended for the final work).
- Ordained & installed into his ministry at St. John's Lutheran Church, Cedar Mills, MN. by his father (Jacob Baur).
- Marries Clara Hinderer of Watertown, S.D.
- Friedens congregation called Pastor Alfred Bauer of Cedar Mills to serve as a vacancy pastor, which he did until January 1921.
- 1921
- Diagnosed with Cancer ????
- Ralph Baur born.
- Dies of cancer at age 34 years, eight months and eight days at 11:30p.m. on Saturday evening at at Cedar Mills, MN.
- Buried at St. John's at Cedar Mills the day before Thanksgiving.
Alfred Baur served as a vacancy pastor at Fiedens congregation (Peace Lutheran Church) in Hutchinson from 1920 until January 1921.
Death
Funeral
Memories
The following is from a letter written by Ralph Baur to his kids.
Feb 1, 1922 was indeed a day the Lord made. Who would have thought when I was born that my Dad would not even get close to being 80 and having his children, whatever number, surprise him on his 80th birthday.
The mechanical inclination and know-how ability must have been handed down to you from him because before planning a trip to Washington he saw to it that you could lay back the seat for sleeping, he saw to it that a Ruxtal shift was installed so you could shift into a lower gear instead of holding down the clutch all the way up the mountain. For mountainous driving he also saw to it that the gas cap on the tank under the right front seat had a gas cap with an air valve welded on. The purpose was that if the mountain was too steep and with ordinary gas cap you had to back all the way up so gas would run from the tank to the carburetor. With the newly devised cap you merely fastened a tire pump to the tank and drove up the mountain the regular way. He never was able to make use of these innovations because he had to turn back in South Dakota because of severe health problems. In my youth I never saw another Model T Ford with such a conversion kit as that. So now you know-how and money saving devices.
Snow Storm of 1924
Cancer
Alfred's death was due to cancer which he had for "some time" and was confined to his bed for four months.
- 1878: lung cancer still considered rare. Malignant lung tumors are only 1% of all cancers.
- By 1918, the percentage rises to 10%
- And by 1927: more than 14%.
- 1929: German physician Fritz Lickint first recognized the potential connection between smoking and lung cancer. This discovery led to a nationwide anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany.
- WOW….Yes: The Nazis were anti-smoking!
- 1940: Lung cancer becomes second most frequent cause of cancer death, stomach cancer being #1 <ref>http://www.topmastersinhealthcare.com/lung-cancer/</ref>
Detroit, MI
"He <ref>Alfred Baur</ref> went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."<ref>Clara Hinderer Baur's written history</ref>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Medical_Center
Notes
Alfred had blue eyes according to his draft registration card.
FB Narrative
We have all seen the picture of Alfred, Clara, and Ralph sitting on some steps in Detroit, MI when he was there for cancer treatment. I found where those steps were. It is an empty lot now. Back then it was part of the Walther League Hospice. When viewing the area, the streets are lined with similar buildings boasting nine bedrooms.
The Detriot Medical Center is located nearby. What a huge facility. Terri says this is where her infant brother went for treatment of a hole in his heart. Little Jonny is buried beneath the headstone of his parents.
Grandma Clara Hinderer Baur writes in her history about Alfred's Cancer: "He went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."
I couldn't find any information concerning the Kock Cancer Clinic on-line. An empty envelope is addressed to Alfred in care of the Walther League Hospice. It turns out this organization was begun by the Missouri Synod. I believe it still exists.
After more digging I found a 1200 page document mentioning the Kock Cancer Clinic. It is a legal transcript. The doctor is getting his medical license revoked because of a treatment he used on a patient who was referred to him by the Kock Cancer Clinic.
The plot thickens. Grandma writes "We were at first spared the terrible flue that took the lives of so many but then we too came down with it in 1918. My husband Alfred made 45 flue calls and finally also got it, along with double pneumonia...... The congregation and his family prayed for his recovery, but we do not always know for what we pray. Had the Lord taken him then, much pain, agony and sorrow could have been spared him.
He went through years of cancer misery. We traveled to Detroit and the Kock Cancer Clinic, which was to have a cure for this dreaded disease but of course it was not effective."
One of the reasons the previously mentioned doctor was losing his license is because he promised a cure. He was using the Hoxsey cancer treatment. He also used a machine developed during WW I. The military purpose was to detect enemy planes. He was also using strange "electro machines" to treat influenza.
The envelope I mentioned was from an L. Lorandos living in St. Louis MO. I'm betting it was maybe a previous Prof of Alfred.
I also want to learn more about the Walther League Hospice. I know they are soliciting artifacts concerning people from the past who have used the League. This is a rambling post. Just wanted to share pieces of the puzzle I am working on. It all started with a small, empty envelope... Let your imagination run wild. Were the scribblings on the envelope made by little Ralphie as he sat bored and unaware of what was taking place????
Last night I finished reading the online NY Medical Review Board legal briefs about the Kock Cancer Clinic and its connection to the NY doctor. Parts of it were more like Perry Mason than real law. I could hear Norm Burger talking as I read lines. I like law and medicine so for me it was an interesting read. One of the main characters is "Miss Frankenstein." Really!
The dialog demonstrated the thinking of the times. Doctors wouldn't tell patients they had terminal illnesses. It was only told to close family or friends. Family history says Grandpa was brave, quietly suffered and few knew of his illness. Was Grandpa being brave or was he being kept in the dark?
The book takes place in 1935. One of the treatments is lying on a grounded copper bed coil, with the head faced North and the feet faced South. For those who don't know it, copper is a great conductor. Electricity loves to flow through it. I leave the rest to your imagination.
Leukemia, which has been called cancer of the blood, is mentioned in the later sections of the book. My grandma Hannah Lieski Jaus died of Leukemia back in 1935 when Mom was 5. Family records indicate she let herself be used for experimental tests. I do have to wonder what kind of experiments Grandma went through.
There are so many facts in that book I would love to delve into further, but that would take a year. Keep on track, Jim! Just make note of items like the Walther League Hospice so it isn't forgotten.
Val sent me the following email concerning Paul and Eugene Hinderer. She contacted St. John's secretary for more details (thanks Val!)
This is the secretary's reply: "I looked in the record books today and found in the Baptism records that Pastor Baur performed his last Baptism on June 26, 1927. This is the only place where the Pastor name was written. Then the next Baptism which was August 21, 1927 states the Pastor was Eugene Hinderer (very clearly written). The same handwriting shows for Baptisms through August 5, 1928 so I presume these were all performed by Pastor Eugene Hinderer. I found that Pastor Bauer died November 19, 1927."
I found a newspaper obituary for Pastor Eugene Hinderer. He served at St. John's in Tappin ND from 1923-1938. I sent their Pastor an email this morning asking if they have a "leave of absence" for Eugene in their records.
In the meantime, I am going to scan Eugene's obituary information. He was serving in Hartland, WI when he died. I have the complete newspaper section. Do any of you have ties to the the greater Hartland area? It contains a lot of HS graduation pictures.
Grandma's household auction wasn't held until summer of 1928. She apparently lived in the parsonage during that time. A new parsonage was also built in 1928.
On a side note, his daughter Kathryn Hinderer Heidi was teaching at Grace Lutheran School in Yakima WA at the time. I understand she was the schools first teacher.
I look forward to hearing back from the Tappin ND pastor and will let you know what I find out.
The Walther League Messenger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_A._Maier#Walther_League
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Walter A. Maier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_A._Maier , he went directly to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he supported himself by selling Oliver typewriters. Here, once again, it was the Hebrew language and Old Testament studies that engrossed Maier. And once again, his love for the subject caused him to excel in it. Upon graduation in 1916, and in recognition of his proficiency in the field, young Maier was awarded a graduate fellowship in Old Testament studies at Harvard Divinity School.[3][4] Due to the breadth of his academic goals, Maier studied at Harvard Divinity School from 1916 to 1918, and at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 1918 to 1920. These four years saw the completion of course requirements for both Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and the creation of a first draft of his doctoral dissertation, Slavery in the Time of the Hammurabi Dynasty. His perspicacity concerning Biblical Hebrew led to the mastery of other Semitic languages such as Arabic, Assyrian, and Babylonian, as well as the Hittite and Sumerian languages; and included the ability to read ancient cuneiform. The study of Semitics also led to his deep understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the ancient societies associated with these languages. In 1917, Harvard Divinity School awarded Maier the Billings Prize for oratory. He received an M.A. in Semitic language, literature and history from Harvard University in 1920; and in 1929 became the twentieth person to ever receive his doctorate from Harvard in Semitics.[5][6] Since America's oldest college had been founded in 1636, an average of one successful candidate every fifteen years had received this degree.
Kock Cancer Clinic
Hoxsey Therapy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxsey_Therapy Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is an alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer. The treatment consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or an herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes. Reviews by major medical bodies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society,[1] M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,[2] and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,[3] have found no evidence that Hoxsey Therapy is an effective treatment for cancer. The sale or marketing of the Hoxsey Method was banned in the United States by the FDA on September 21, 1960 as a "worthless and discredited" remedy and a form of quackery.[4]
Disproven Methods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unproven_and_disproven_cancer_treatments
Notes
- Two funeral services were held.
- A special sermon was preached at ten 0'clock in the morning for only the members of the congregation. At this time the Heidmann of Arlington spoke in the German tongue.
- At 1:30 in the afternoon a German-English service was held for the general public.
- In addition to his wife and son, his loss is mourned by the parents, six sisters and one brother.
- In the funeral service, held in the morning for the congregation, Pastor Heidmann preached on the comforting words which the deceased had spoken to his wife shortly before his departure: "I die, but God shall be with you." Gen. 48:21.
- In the afternoon funeral service many pastors, sorrowing friends and relatives gathered and were shown by Professor A. Schaller why they could, in spite of their bereavement, celebrate a joyful Thanksgiving Festival: Because the veil of darkness and sorrow has been removed from the face of the deceased; because he has won a great victory, and because God has visited him, so he can exclaim: Lo, this is my God; I have waited for Him, and He will save me: this is the Lord; I will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Isaiah 25:6-8.
- In both services Rev. Immanuel Albrecht spoke inspiring words of comfort. He was president of DMLC
- The nearest relatives:
- Wife - Clara Hinderer Baur .
- Son - Ralph (five years of age)
- His father and mother - Rev. Jacob and Emilie Sommerfeld Baur.
- His parents-in-law - Rev. Paul and Klara Schneider Hinderer.
- Six sisters and one brother.
- One brother
- Theodore Baur, living at Sanborn, MN.
- Six sisters
- Mrs. Arthur Streich (Lydia Baur) of Sanborn, MN.
- Miss Tabea Baur of Minneapolis
- Miss Marie Baur of Minneapolis
- Miss Agness Baur of Minneapolis, and Miss Helen and Miss Cordelia Baur, living at home.
- Rev. Mr. Baur continued the work of his ministry under great difficulties, concealing the graveness of his condition from his friends and relatives. He actively conducted the work in his congregation until July of this year.
- He underwent two surgical operations, and had taken numerous X-ray treatments.
- Suffered breakdown while attempting to drive to the west coast in July.
- Went to Detroit, Michigan, for medical aid, which however, was of no avail.
- He returned here several months ago, since which time his condition gradually weakened, and he was relieved from suffering Saturday evening.
- The body lay in state in the church, and many hundreds of friends came to attend the last sad rites.
- Among the brother pastors who came to attend funeral services
- William Sauer of Watertown, SD. (DP of Dakota District and I believe Jacob Baur's step-brother who emigrated from Germany)
- Rev. Eugene Hinderer of Tappen, ND;
- Rev. Robert Heidemann and daughter, Miss Elsie, of Arlington
- Rev. H. Boettcher of Gibbon
- Rev. and MrsAppel of Buffalo Lake
- Rev. Mr. Tinge of Brookfield
- Rev. and Mrs. F. Zarling of Renville
- Rev. and Mrs. Earls Schmidt of Wood Lake
- Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Nickels of Redwood Falls, MN
- Rev. Henry Albrecht of Lynn Town
- Rev. R. Fischer of Acoma town; Rev. M. Schuetze of Ellsworth town
- Rev. J. Th. Lund and Rev. W. J. Schulze of Hutchinson.*
- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Burginerger,
- Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weber,
- Mr. and Mrs. John Yaeger,
- Miss Esther and Erwin J. Yaeger,
- Mrs. William Yaeger,
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yaeger, all of Sanborn,
- Dr. and Mrs. Wilbert W. Yaeger of Revillo, South Dakota.
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None of Emilie's family is listed as attending the funeral.
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Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, IL
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Short Biography
Rev. Henry C. Jaus was born in Carver County, MN. His brothers started the Jaus farm in Sibley County. Henry became a pastor and served in many churches in IN and MN.
Biography
Timeline of Life Events
- 1865 - born in Carver County, MN.
- 1892 - graduated from the Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, IL
- 1892 - 27 year old Henry marries 25 year old Anna Paul in Springfield, IN. She had been born in Fort Wayne, IN
- 1892-1898 - begins serving St. John's Lutheran Church, Tipton, IN.
- 1898 - Serves Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN. He taught school and held church services in the school building the first four years.
- 1902 - new, brick church was built which seated 250 people. Henry continued his ministry at Bethlehem until 1904.
- 1905 - serves St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bingen, Preble Township, Adams County, IN. This was an “old” congregation. It was formed by a small group of German pioneer families in the early 1840’s and is located only six miles south of his previous parish in Fort Wayne. <ref>Saint John Lutheran Church, Bingen (now Decatur), Indiana (F. W. Husmann). The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States came into being on 26 April 1847 when twelve pastors, representing their congregations (one of which was a dual parish, another a two-in-one), signed the synod’s constitution. The fourteen charter congregations, as listed in the proceedings from the first convention, are these (original pastors are given in parentheses). http://www.lutheranhistory.org/history/FAQ/first14.htm</ref>
- 1915 -
- [[ ]] - serves Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairfield Township, Swift Co., MN.
Ministry
Memories
- Lyla Baur remembers Henry was involved with an orphanage in Chicagoa and the orphaned boy he brought into the lives of the extended Jaus family. He had some health issue after that (serving Bethany) and his head was permanently sideways. I think he ran an orphanage in Chicago area.
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Mr. Jaus was born at Hamburg , Carver county, Minnesota , January 21, 1865. He is a son of pioneer German parents, Martin and Catherine (Beck) Jaus, who came from their native country at an exceedingly early date and settled in what was then a frontier state. Before they settled in Minnesota they lived a short time in Canada , but believing the advantages possessed by "the states" greater than those presented by the Dominion, migrated across the border.
The elder Jaus was a farmer and cultivated his estate in Carver county until his death at the ripe age of sixty-six years. His wife died at the age of sixty-three, some time after her husband's death. They were the parents of nine children : Simon, Martin, Ann a, John, Martha, Alary, Henry C, George and Gottlieb.
Henry Jaus lived on his father's farm during his boyhood and experienced the life of a boy in the pioneer period. He secured his elementary education in the common schools of Carver county and attended a parochial school at Hamburg . Finishing his course in the parochial school, he decided to enter the ministry of the German Lutheran church, of which denomination his parents were staunch members. Accordingly he went to Springfield , Illinois , and entered the Concordia Theological Seminary at that city. He pursued his studies in theology at this institution for five years and then was graduated "cum laude" in the spring of 1892.
He was a careful and earnest student at the seminary and he took high rank among his fellow students. At the conclusion of his course he was well prepared to assume the duties of a pastor of a congregation.
His first charge after his graduation was at Tipton , Indiana . He went to that city and served as pastor of the church there for six years. He then received a call from Allen county. There were many members of the Lutheran denomination in Allen county and numbers in Washington township, but there was no church. Mr. Jaus was called for the purpose of organizing a congregation and launching a church. He was successful in this new field of labor, and organized the Bethlehem church and continued to serve it as pastor for the following six years.
During his pastorate the church thrived and members were added to it from time to time until it became an important religious body of the community. At the end of this period he was called to the pulpit of St. John's church in Preble township.
In accepting the call extended by the Preble township church Mr. Jaus found himself, in 1905, at the head of an aggressive and progressive church body. The building that was erected in 1873 was a substantial edifice and adapted to the needs of the congregation. In addition to the church building a handsome parsonage awaited him and a fine parochial school building that had been recently built at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The combined value of the real estate held by the church, including a teachers' home and twenty acres of land, was in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dollars. The church to which he had come was one that was hallowed by tradition. Since its organization by Henry Wyneken, more than a half century ago, it had been served by men whose names became famous throughout the county. Its former pastors had built the church up to its present standard, and no mean task confronted the new pastor to maintain these high standards of leadership and to further foster the growth of the church. The pastors since the organization of the church were: The Rev. Husmann, the Rev. Fritze, the Rev. W. Kolb, the Rev. Philip Wambsganss, the Rev. Traub, the Rev. H. F. C. Evers, the Rev. R. A. Bichoff and the Rev. C. F. W. Huge. Of the list but two are living at the present time. Under the charge of Mr. Jaus, however, the church has developed and has grown in membership. The present number of communicants is four hundred and fifty-eight and the parochial school has a large number of pupils.
Mr. Jaus was married at Springfield , Illinois , October 13, 1892, to Miss Ann a Paul, of Springfield , Illinois . She was born in Fort Wayne , Indiana , May 24, 1867, and is the daughter of Henry and Sophia Paul. Her parents died in Springfield . Mr. and Mrs. Jaus are the parents of two children: Latto and Clara. They are among the most highly respected people of the county and are a force for good in their community. <ref>http://debmurray.tripod.com/adamsco/adabioref-40.htm#hjaus</ref>
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I don’t wish to digress to far into other branches of the Jaus family, but believe Henry Jaus deserves special mention. He is one of the ancestors who I knew nothing about. I hadn’t realized there were pastors on the Jaus side of the family. I know this doesn’t make him anything more special than anybody else. It is just another interesting tie.
Henry is a brother of my great-grandpa Martin Jaus. For clarity, remember this Martin Jaus, his brother Simon, and John Bentz are the ones who moved to Sibley County, MN.
He was born in 1865, soon after his parents settled in Carver County, MN. Henry was educated in the Missouri Synod school system and graduated from the Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield IL, in 1892. Two decades later my grandfather, Alfred Baur, attended and graduated from this same school.
27 year old Henry returned to Springfield later in the year to marry 25 year old Anna Paul. She had been born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We will find other family ties to the Missouri Synod school in Fort Wayne.
He began his ministry at St. John's Lutheran Church in Tipton, Indiana (church organized in 1859). During his pastorate (1892-1898) the name of the church was changed to Emanuel Lutheran Church. The renovated original log church still exists and is located on the current church property.
Emmanuel’s church history says it this way (thanks Steve Kleist). “In the spring of 1892, St. John's Lutheran Church called a young candidate to be its pastor, H.C. Jaus, a graduate of Springfield Seminary. He began his work in the fall of that year. He was the man who, under God's gracious guidance, kept things going and did much especially with the youth, to build up a healthy parish which flourished to the glory of God. Jaus was a Minnesota farmer's son, an ambitious young man who wanted to do more work than St. John's could give him. He began looking around for scattered Lutherans, north and east of the city of Tipton, and succeeded in gathering a number of families whom he invited to a religious service in the City Council Chamber. This was the beginning of Emanuel Lutheran Church.”
Special note is made in the church’s history that Henry preached a morning dedication service in German. Somebody else preached the afternoon service in English. I have noticed that those people with connections to IL adapted to English more quickly than their MN counterparts. Jacob Baur never did learn to preach in English...
Fort Wayne, Indiana, holds a prominent place in the history of the Missouri Synod. This is where 16 pastors met in 1846 to organize a new synod. In our current day of non-stop flights from coast to coast, travel is often underappreciated. The 300 mile trip from St. Louis to Fort Wayne took 4 days travel by train. Many made the 150 mile trip from Chicago on horseback or by wagon (about a 30 hour trip). Some traveled by foot.
These men drew up the draft copy of the new synod’s constitution which was adopted one year later in Chicago, IL. The new synod’s name was Synod of Missouri Ohio, and Other States. Decades later the name would be changed to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, We often refer to it as LCMS or just Missouri Synod. On a side note, we see other synods such as the Buffalo Synod and Pennsylvania Synod mentioned in connection with the Missouri Synod.
I can’t help but make some comparisons between the early Indiana churches to the early churches where Jacob Baur and Paul Hinderer served in MN. In 1848 one of the pastor’s annual salary was $50 (approximately 14 cents a day). By comparison, mill workers and others were making 50 cents per day.
Some of the churches were large. Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne was enlarged to seated 1200! One church was able to offer its pastor a salary of $350 even though the Civil War was raging and crops were failing. The $350 salary was over twice what Paul Hinderer would receive at his La Crescent, MN congregation in 1886. He was paid $125 (about 3 cents a day) while simultaneously serving three congregations!
Even though this area was made up of German immigrants, the change from German services to English came much more quickly in the Missouri Synod churches; some as early as 1846. Schools were begun after the formation of a church in MN. The opposite was often true in Fort Wayne, IN. Schools were formed first and then the church. This would be true of Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Rev. Henry Jaus was the first pastor/teacher.
Henry came from Tipton County in 1898 to organize the new congregation. He taught school and held church services in the school building the first four years. In 1902 a new, brick church was built which seated 250 people. Henry continued his ministry at Bethlehem until 1904. (to be continued)
Note: A more complete history of the Missouri Synod in Fort Wayne can be found in the Cowtales Facebook document section.
I hadn’t planned on doing an in depth study of Henry Jaus. Neither had I planned on doing a study of the history of the Missouri Synod. I just wanted to recognize Henry’s place in our family history. Like so many things in this project, one thing leads to another. It has been a good thing though.
I knew the Missouri Synod was a part of my heritage. Mom grew up Missouri Synod. My grandpa Alfred Baur, and other relatives, were schooled in the Missouri Synod school system. Many of my relatives belong to Missouri Synod churches. This has been a study on Henry Jaus, but documenting his life has turned into an important study of a broader topic.
Henry moved to Bingen, Preble Township, Adams County, Indiana in 1905. He served at St. John’s Lutheran church until 1915. This was an “old” congregation. It was formed by a small group of German pioneer families in the early 1840’s and is located only six miles south of his previous parish in Fort Wayne.
A church history I found of the congregation reads “Since her beginning, this congregation has been dedicated to supporting families in the teaching of children through St. John Lutheran School.
In accepting the call extended by the Preble township church Mr. Jaus found himself, in 1905, at the head of an aggressive and progressive church body.
The building that was erected in 1873 was a substantial edifice and adapted to the needs of the congregation. In addition to the church building a handsome parsonage awaited him and a fine parochial school building that had been recently built at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The combined value of the real estate held by the church, including a teacher's' home and twenty acres of land, was in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dollars.
The church to which he had come was one that was hallowed by tradition. Since its organization by Henry Wyneken, more than a half century ago, it had been served by men whose names became famous throughout the county. Its former pastors had built the church up to its present standard, and no mean task confronted the new pastor to maintain these high standards of leadership and to further foster the growth of the church.
Under the charge of Mr. Jaus, however, the church has developed and has grown in membership. The present number of communicants is four hundred and fifty-eight and the parochial school has a large number of pupils.” (note that the reference made to Henry Jaus is in the present tense).
Mom faintly remembers Henry. She recalls “Progressive to me means that he was willing to go in a new direction away from tradition...... Even tho I don't remember much about him, I think that would fit his character.”
Henry would next serve Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairfield Township, Swift Co., MN. We will hear more about him, and the orphaned boy he brought into the lives of the extended Jaus family later.
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Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN
Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, TX
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Rachel Harris: I pulled this text from written family history and am trying to find out more info. " She taught Lutheran School in Amarillo, TX, for one year and in Plainview, MN for another year. After she and Ben were married in 1977, they moved to Houston, TX where they both taught in the Lutheran School. Ben accepted a Call as principal to Hutchinson, MN in 1982, and to Tomball, TX in 1985 as Minister of Music at Salem Lutheran Church. Margaret teaches at the Lutheran High School.
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