Congregational Meeting Minutes: 1910-1919
20 March 1910
A special meeting was held in the church on March 20th 1910.
The following decision was presented to the meeting. Proposed and supported
to give all the members of Hamar’s congregation entirely, free and
lasting right to bury all their dead, and to plots and graves for the
same on the cemetery of St. Pauli congregation, on condition that the members
of Hamar’s congregation according to capacity and number will contribute
to the expenses of preparing and maintaining the St. Pauli cemetery. Unanimously
accepted.
The trustees of the congregation are
Ole
Helgesen 1911
Halvor
Hostvet 1912
A.
A. Odegaard 1912
The congregation now has ca. twenty-two families in 1910.
12 December 1910
The St. Pauli Scandinavian Lutheran congregation held its 17th annual meeting
in the church on Dec. 12th 1910.
The meeting was opened with hymn song and prayer by A.
A. Odegaard as chairman, as Pastor
Palm was prevented from being present by illness. The secretary read
his report from the last annual meeting which was unanimously accepted
without change. Thereafter the treasurer read his report, which showed
a further deficit in the pastor’s salary and also that the funds
of the congregation were emptied after all expenses for the steeple were
paid. This report was unanimously accepted without change.
C.
Oien reported on behalf of the building committee that the steeple
was [illegible] . Proposed and unanimously accepted to sanction
the report of the building committee. The cemetery committee built and
paid for [illegible]. Reported from A.
A. Odegaard showed that
there had been one more [illegible], but that more was required.
A cemetery committee was elected the same as last year.
Proposed and supported and unanimously accepted to receive with gratitude
the organ from the Youths’ Association, and A.
A. Odegaard was elected to convey this to the Youths’ Association.
As trustee for three years Ole
Helgesen was re-elected and Anfin
Torkelson was elected to serve during H.
Hostvet's term as trustee.
Proposed and accepted to put aside ca. twelve dollars for the expenses
of the congregation for the coming year. Proposed and accepted to re-elect
secretary and treasurer and sexton as before. Proposed and accepted to
hold two months of religion school the coming year. As religion school
committee were elected C.
Oien, Ole
Torkelson, Halvor
Torstvet which was unanimously accepted. Proposed and accepted to
elect A.
A. Odegaard and C.
Oien as accounts auditors. Accepted. Proposed and accepted to elect
C.
Oien, G.
Sjerva, Anfin
Torkelson to settle the pastor’s salary for the coming year.
Proposed and supported and accepted to start a subscription list among
the young people toward the expenses of the congregation.
Proposed and supported to change the hymn book from the Synod’s.
This was accepted. After this the meeting was ended by the chairman with
the Lord’s prayer.
Jacob
Amundson, secretary
As trustees are elected:
Anfin
Torkelson 1912
A.
A. Odegaard 1913
Ole
Helgesen 1914
The church was during the summer insured by the treasurer for a sum of
ca. $1,500 in the Bray Insurance Co. The cost of the steeple was ca. $217.20.
Collected expenses and free work was valued at ca. $500.00. The congregation
has during the year been represented at two district meetings. One in
Torwick by A.
A. Odegaard and one in Holt by
Odegaard and Helgesen.
11 December 1911
The St. Pauli Scandinavian Lutheran congregation held its 18th annual
meeting in the church on Dec. 11 1911.
The meeting was opened by Pastor
Palm with reading from the scriptures
and prayer. After which he declared the meeting opened and everyone free
to speak. The secretary read his report from the last annual meeting and
it was unanimously accepted with the addition of the cost for the steeple
and concerning the representation at the district meetings. The treasurer
read his report, which again showed a deficit in receipts, as not everybody
had paid the same. The report was unanimously accepted.
It was proposed and supported and unanimously accepted that the young
people of the congregation contribute to the expenses of the congregation
just as the older members. The religion school committee reported that
there had been held two months school and at the same was paid for. A.
A. Odegaard reported on behalf of the cemetery committee and this was
unanimously accepted.
It was proposed and accepted to elect Ole
Valsvik as trustee for three years. Proposed and accepted to elect
the same as before as secretary and treasurer and sexton. Proposed and
accepted to leave to the cemetery committee to [illegible] and
take the measures of the cemetery and further improve it.
Proposed and supported and accepted to hold school term as before. Accepted
to re-elect the same school committee as last year and likewise to re-elect
the same committee as last year and proposed and accepted to see to it
that the next district meeting [illegible] to St. Pauli congregation,
and to have the church consecrated during the same. Proposed and accepted
to perform what is necessary for the church. A committee were appointed
A.
A. Odegaard, C.
Oien and J.
Amundson.
Proposed and supported and accepted to reserve a sum of ca. one hundred
and fifty dollars to the expenses of the congregation with a raise of
the pastor’s salary of ca. twenty-five dollars. Proposed and accepted
to elect Mrs.
Palm to take care of the Sunday School. After which the meeting was
ended on proposal with the Lord’s prayer.
The trustees elected:
A.
A. Odegaard 1913
Ole
Helgesen 1914
Ole
Valsvik 1915
1912
There have been held two special meetings since the last annual meeting.
The first one was held in the church on April 12th. (1912). The meeting
was opened by Pastor
Palm with hymn song and prayer, whereafter he declared the meeting
opened and everyone free to speak. As secretary for the meeting was elected
C.
Oien as the secretary was not present. Nils Alfsen and Rolstad were
appointed as advisory members.
It was proposed and supported and unanimously accepted to offer an excuse
for not sending a delegate to the Synod meeting.
It was decided that the committee will act as it finds best and that everyone
will help to pay according to his ability concerning a house for the pastor.
Many expressed their opinions but no decision was made.
It was unanimously accepted to end the meeting which was done with song
and the Lord’s Prayer by the chairman.
The second meeting was held on June 21st. The meeting was opened by the
chairman with reading from the scriptures and prayer after which the meeting
was declared opened and everyone free to speak. Then the chairman informed
about the reason for this meeting, namely that he had been called from
the Lost River congregations, and the pastor now wanted to know what the
St. Pauli congregation wanted to say about this.
The treasurer was of the opinion that the pastor should decide for himself
whether he wanted to accept the offer or not. The secretary was requested
to speak his mind, which he did by saying that according to him it was
for the best that the pastor accept the new position, and A.
A. Odegaard said that he was of the same opinion. Ole
Pedersen and Helgesen
declared themselves in favor of the pastor’s staying to serve the
congregation.
After further discussion the meeting was after proposal ended with the
Lord’s Prayer.
A short congregation meeting was held after the service on Sept. 29th
1912 when it was decided five votes against two not to consecrate the
church during the district meeting. Accepted.
9 December 1912
The St. Pauli congregation held its 19th annual meeting in the church
on Dec. 9th 1912.
The meeting was opened with reading from the scriptures and prayer by
Pastor
Palm, who thereafter declared the meeting opened and everyone free
to speak. The secretary read reports from the last annual meeting and
the other meetings which were with some corrections unanimously accepted.
As advisory members were appointed David Haugen and Rolstad.
A.
A. Odegaard reported on behalf of the building committee and the same
report showed that some things had been performed with repairing the church.
They could not, however, have it ready to be consecrated. It appeared
that now finally a privy was erected. The report of the committee was
accepted. The same person reported on behalf of the cemetery committee
and it turned out that the cemetery was not yet measured (surveyed), but
the bridge was partly completed. The report of the committee was accepted.
It was proposed and accepted that the size of the plots was left to the
committee, and so was the decision to buy iron gates until the bridge
is completed, and to have it measured.
The treasurer read his report from which was evident that there was still
a deficit in what had been paid towards the pastor’s salary. The
treasurer’s report was accepted as it was. It was proposed and supported
to re-elect A.
A. Odegaard as trustee for three years and the same secretary
and treasurer and sexton as before.
Proposed and accepted to raise the sexton’s pay from two dollars
to five dollars per year.
Proposed and accepted to hold religion school during the coming year in
the same place as before, and permit the Hamar congregation to find their
own teacher. As school committee were elected Halvor
Viken and H.
Torstvet and C.
Oien. It was left to the committee to care for the Sunday school.
A lignings committee were elected A.
Hestekind, Ole
Pederson, P.
Nilson, and the same building committee as before: A.
A. Odegaard, C.
Oien and J.
Amundson, and it was left to the committee to care for the repairs
of the church and to have the church roof reshingled, if possible, or
have installed a new heating plant. This was accepted.
As pastor’s salary for the coming year was settled on the same for
1913 as before: one hundred and twenty-five dollars. This was accepted.
A.
A. Odegaard reported on behalf of the appointment committee that a
new pastor was summoned. The first person who was summoned was not available,
and the next one, Teodore
Grytting from Palermo, North Dakota had accepted the summons and would
take office the coming February 1913.
It was proposed and accepted to re-elect A.
A. Odegaard to the cemetery committee for the coming year. Proposed
and accepted to set aside twenty-five dollars for the expenses of the
congregation. As auditors of the accounts were elected O.
Pederson, A.
A. Odegaard. After this one proposal the meeting was ended with the
Lord’s Prayer.
Trustees are elected until:
Ole
Helgesen 1914
Ole
Valsvik 1915
A.
A. Odegaard 1916
8 December 1913
The St. Pauli congregation held its annual meeting in the church on Dec.
8th 1913.
The meeting was opened by Pastor
Gryting with hymn song and prayer.
The report of the secretary was then read and accepted. Thereafter the
report of the treasurer was read, but as he had not added it up it was
left to him to do so. It was proposed and accepted to hear the report
of the trustees. It was proposed and accepted that all the pastor’s
salary should be paid to the trustees.
It was reported from the building committee that the church should be
furnished with wooden shingles or that there should have been put new
roofing shingles but that there was not money enough to have it done.
Concerning a heating plant, the committee reported that because the youth
club had decided to build a basement under the church they wanted to wait
with the heating plant until the basement was built.
There was also some discussion about the change in the chancel of the
church of the church. It was decided to leave it until they had put a
new roof on the church and the youth club had built the basement. It was
suggested to leave it to the trustees to have the church cross changed,
but this was not accepted. It was then proposed and accepted to elect
a building committee consisting of three members and the following were
elected: A.
A. Odegaard, T.
Stene, and C.
Oien.
The cemetery committee reports that one part of the cemetery was measured,
but that that there was [something] that ought to be done as not the whole
of the cemetery was properly measured. The committee expressed their opinion
concerning this and it was then left to the committee to maintain the
cemetery in good order.
After that the following officials were elected as trustees for three
years: Ole
Helgesen, secr. Ole
Odegaard, treasurer Halvor
Thorstveit, sexton Arthur
Torstveit.
Lignings committee: Andrew
Hestekind, Pete
Nelson and Ole
Peterson.
School committee: John
Kval, A.
A. Odegaard and Halvor
Viken.
It was proposed and accepted to hold school as before one month in the
eastern and one month in the western school house. The school committee
reported that the previous year there was held one month of Norwegian
school in the eastern and one month in the western schoolhouse, and that
Hamar’s congregation contributed ten dollars to help with the pay
for the school teacher. Some Sunday School was also held by Tillie
Hestekind and Gertrude
Kval.
It was decided to speak with Maria
Oien about playing the organ in the church. It was proposed and accepted
that the pastor should have the $125.00 as salary same as if he had worked
a whole year. It was also proposed and accepted that $125.00 was to be
the pastor’s salary for the year 1914.
A resolution of the Synod committee was read by the pastor and it was
proposed and accepted. Pastor
Gryting was elected to collect money to
the Synod funds. It was proposed that the meeting be ended.
Officials of the congregation:
Ole
Valsvik 1915
A.
A. Odegaard 1916
Ole
Helgesen 1917
Halvor
Tostveit treasurer
Ole
Odegaard secretary
19 April 1914
There was held a special meeting in the church on April 19th 1914. The
meeting was opened by Pastor
Gryting. As the secretary was not present T.
Stene was elected as temporary secretary. Pastor
Gryting announced what was to be discussed at this meeting, namely
to give Pastor
Gryting a vacation for a journey to Norway.
It was by C.
Oien proposed and by H.
Vigen supported that Pastor
Gryting was to go have a vacation until
Sept 1, 1914. Accepted.
It was also proposed and supported to leave to the trustees to collect
the pastor’s salary that was entitled to him in July and send it
to him in Norway. Accepted.
As proposed the meeting was ended.
Tobias
Stene
Temporary secretary
14 December 1914
The St. Pauli congregation held its annual meeting in the church on Dec.
14th 1914.
The meeting was opened by Pastor
Gryting with hymn song and prayer. Thereafter the report of the secretary
was read and accepted. Then it was proposed and supported that the congregation
should be divided in districts. A.
A. Odegaard got Dist. #1, Ole
Helgesen District #2, and Ole
Valsvik Dist. #3.
District no. 1 reported that everyone in his district had paid the salary
he was allotted.
It was proposed and supported to lay upon the trustees to speak to the
young people to put their name down for the pastor’s salary.
Thereafter the report of the treasurer was read and accepted.
The building committee reported that they had done nothing during the
past year, but that they wished to get the basement under the church and
to get a new roof on it.
The cemetery committee reported that neither had they performed anything
during the past year. It was proposed and supported that the cemetery
committee should hire somebody to improve the cemetery and put it in order.
It was proposed and supported to instruct A.
A. Odegaard to speak to Hans
Amundson to get the one hundred dollars that he had promised to give
to St. Pauli congregation.
Then the following officials were elected:
Trustee for 3 years John
Kval
Secretary for 1 year O.
Odegaard
Treasurer for 1 year H.
J. Torstveit
Proposed and supported that the treasurer pays the sexton for the past
year. Then was proposed and supported to pay the organist fifty cents
and the sexton fifty cents each at wedding and funeral. Then it was left
to the trustees to find a sexton for the coming year.
The building committee was elected the same as before. The school committee
the same as before. The school committee reported that the Hamar congregation
had contributed ten dollars to help pay the teacher with. It was decided
to hold two months of religion school as before: one month in the eastern
and one month in the western school house.
It was proposed and supported that A.
A. Odegaard should go as the representative
of the congregation to the Synod meeting in San Francisco and that every
member should give fifty cents each to pay the cost for the travel. David
Haugen was elected as substitute.
It was proposed and supported that the pastor’s salary for the year
1915 was to be $135.00. Accepted.
As delegates at the district meeting were elected Ole
Valsvik and H.
J. Torstveit.
On proposal the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard
Secretary
21 January 1915
A special meeting with the congregation was held at H.
J. Torstveit’s on Jan 21st 1915.
Pastor
Gryting was elected to be chairman, then A.
A. Odegaard informed
about why the meeting had been called; namely that the building committee
wanted to know whether the members of the congregation would transport
gravel for the basement under the church and perform some other transport
that might be needed.
It was decided that the members of the congregation should drive loads
with gravel and help to dig a hole for the basement under the church.
And that those who could not drive should pay two dollars for every load
they should have driven. The rest was left to the building committee.
Then the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard
Sek
The trustees of the congregation:
A.
A. Odegaard 1916
Ole
Helgesen 1917
John
Kval 1918
13 December 1915
The St. Pauli congregation held its annual meeting in the church on
Dec. 13th 1915.
The meeting was opened with hymn song and prayer by Pastor
Gryting. Then
the report of the secretary was read and accepted.
After which the trustees in District 1 through A.
A. Odegaard reported
that everything in his district had turned out well, and that Hans
Amundson
had paid to the congregation the one hundred dollars as he had promised.
Ole
Helgesen reported from District 2 that he had not been able to collect
the sum that was expected from the members of the congregation in his
district.
John
Kval reported from District 3 that everything in his district was
going well.
There were some discussions about what should be done with such members
of the congregation who did not want to contribute to the expenses of
the congregation, and it was left to the pastor to talk to them about
it.
Then the report of the treasurer was read and accepted.
After that Oscar
Seeland and wife and children (Ruth
and Mabel)
were admitted to the congregation.
The cemetery committee reported that the cemetery had been surveyed and
that it now would be [illegible] as soon as possible, and it
was left to the secretary to send the Hamar congregation an invoice for
the expenses there had been for the cemetery, so that they might pay their
share.
J.
Kval reported on behalf of the school committee that the Ladies Aid
took care of the school so the committee did not have to.
More was reported that there had been held two months of religion school
and that Pastor
Gryting had been teacher.
Then a building committee was elected, the same as before, namely A.
A. Odegaard, T.
Stene and C.
Oien. A.
A. Odegaard reported on behalf of the
building committee that it was the greatest hope and wish of the building
committee that the members of the congregation would help so they could
have the church repaired and they then could have it consecrated and the
foundation-stone laid. C.
Oien reported that some gravel had arrived,
but not so much as is needed and that they have a contractor who could
perform the job, but they did not have the materials necessary to do it.
It was proposed and supported that the building committee should contact
the young people if possible to make them help with some of the transport.
Thereafter the following officials were elected:
As trustee for three years A.
A. Odegaard,
as secretary for one year O.
Odegaard,
as treasurer for one year H.
Torstveit,
as sexton for one year O.
Seeland and as salary for the same seven dollars.
A school committee were elected the same as before. Lignings
committee the same as before. As deputy to the Synod in Minneapolis was
elected A.
A. Odegaard, and Ole
Valsvik and C.
Oien were elected to be
substitutes. And the congregation decided that their deputy should vote
for the majority outlook and the congregation should pay half of the costs
for travel for the deputies.
As deputies to the district meeting this year were elected A.
A. Odegaard and O.
Peterson, Ole
Valsvik and Ole
Helgesen.
It was decided that the pastor’s salary should be $135.00 for the
coming year.
On proposal the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard
2 April 1916
A special congregation meeting was held in the church on April 2nd 1916.
Pastor Jerdee mentioned that the congregation ought to accept the resignation
of Pastor
Gryting that had been sent to him from the chairman in St. Hilaire
on March 5th 1916. It was proposed and supported and unanimously accepted.
It was also proposed and supported that the trustees of St. Pauli act
as an appointment committee and that they have a meeting to appoint a
pastor.
O.
Odegaard
11 December 1916
The St. Pauli congregation held its annual meeting in the church on Dec.
11, 1916.
As the pastor was not present A.
A. Odegaard was elected as chairman for
the meeting.
The meeting was opened with hymn song and prayer, and then the report
of the secretary was read and accepted. Thereafter was proposed and supported
and accepted that Nils
Nilson and wife and children are admitted to the congregation.
Then A.
A. Odegaard reported from District #1 that everything in his district
went well as far as we could see. Ole
Helgesen reported on behalf of District #2 that it was impossible
to collect the money that the members of the congregation in his district
owed but that everything else proved good. J.
Kval reported on behalf of District #3 that H.
Hostveit wanted to leave the congregation but otherwise everything
was good.The report of the trustees was accepted.
It was proposed and supported that the congregation should leave it to
the pastor to talk to those who did not want to contribute to the expenses
of the congregation. (It was proposed and supported that H.
Hostveit gives a reason why he wants to leave the congregation before
the congregation strikes his name from the list of the members).
The school committee reported that there had been two months of religious
school. The building committee reported that they had performed nothing
as they did not have the materials needed. Thereafter the treasurer’s
report was read and accepted. It was proposed and supported that the treasurer
should pay T.
L. Gryting for the time he had served St. Pauli congregation. A.
A. Odegaard reported on behalf of the cemetery committee that they
had done nothing.
Thereafter the following officials were elected: As trustees for three
years Ole
Helgesen, as secretary for one year Ole
Odegaard. As treasurer for one year Halvor
Torstveit, as sexton Joseph
Torstveit, salary the same as before. Building committee the same
as before, cemetery committee the same as before, lignings committee
C.
Oien, J.
Kval and T.
Stene.
The congregation decided to elect deputies to the Synod and meeting in
St. Paul. A.
A. Odegaard was elected as deputy and C.
Oien as substitute. As delegates to the district meetings of the year
were elected C.
Oien and T.
Stene and as substitutes J.
Kval and H.
Wiken.
It was proposed and supported that the pastor’s salary for the year
was to be $150.00. Accepted. A committee of three men was elected negotiate
with the Hamar congregation about uniting, namely A.
A. Odegaard, C.
Oien
and John
Kval. On proposal the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard
Sec.
10 December 1917
St. Pauli congregation held its annual meeting in the church on December
10th 1917 at 10 o’clock am.
As the pastor serving us was not present A.
A. Odegaard was elected to chairman for the meeting. The meeting was
opened with hymn song and prayer and then Martin
Knutson and wife were admitted to the congregation. Proposed and supported
that the members present from Hamar congregation should have the right
to speak at this annual meeting. Two of the members of the Hamar congregation
were present, namely S.
O. Lee and K.
Finstad.
S.
O. Lee said that Hamar congregation were willing to break up Hamar
congregation if St. Pauli congregation were willing to enter into union
with the St. Hilaire congregation. There was a discussion whether the
Hamar congregation wanted to transfer their possessions to St. Pauli if
they joined. S.
O. Lee declared that the Hamar congregation had no other
possessions than the small building on the Finstad farm. The Ladies Aid
had some money, but the congregation had nothing to do with it.
Thereafter the report of the secretary was read and accepted. The trustees
reported that everything in their districts was fine. From the school
committee was reported that there had been held 6 religious schools in
the past year. The cemetery committee reported that nothing had been done,
but there must be elected somebody to have a meeting with the county committee
concerning the matter of having the county build a bridge to the cemetery.
These were elected: A.
A. Odegaard and S.
O. Lee. As trustee for three
years was elected A.
A. Odegaard.
Proposed and supported that the St. Pauli congregation should belong to
the St .Hilaire parish after Jan 1st 1918. Proposed and supported that
the trustees of the congregation act as a committee to appoint a pastor
and that they should appoint the same as St. Hilaire.
Thereafter the following officials were elected: as secretary O.
Odegaard, as treasurer C.
Oien, sexton M.
Knutson and salary for him the same as before, namely seven dollars.
The school committee - A.
A. Odegaard and H.
O. Wiken and John
Kval - proposed and supported to hold two months
school in the coming year. As cemetery committee was elected A.
A. Odegaard. Lignings committee: C.
Oien, John
Kval and T.
Stene.
Proposed and supported that the salary of the pastor shall be $150.00.
Delegates to the district meeting were elected Ole
Valsvik, A.
A. Odegaard and as substitutes C.
Oien and H.
Wiken.
Thereafter the report of the treasurer was read and accepted. It was left
to the secretary to inform the Clearwater congregation about the decision
that the congregation had taken, namely to enter into union with St. Hilaire.
As proposed the meeting ended.
O.
Odegaard
Sec.
14 April 1918
St. Pauli congregation held a special congregation meeting in the church
on April 14 at 10 o’clock a.m.
The meeting was opened with hymn song and prayer. A.
A. Odegaard was elected to be chairman for the meeting. He then said
that the meeting was necessary to appoint a pastor to service. He said
that Pastor Grimsrud from Moscow, North Dakota was unanimously accepted
by the appointment committee. Thereupon it was proposed and supported
and unanimously accepted by this congregation to appoint Pastor Grimsrud
as its pastor and spiritual guide. Proposed and supported to increase
the salary that the congregation had settled for on the annual meeting
with fifty dollars, so that the annual salary from this congregation will
be two hundred dollars.
On proposal the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard
9 December 1918
St. Pauli held its annual meeting in the church on Dec 9 1918 at 10 o’clock
a.m.
The meeting was opened by Pastor Grimsrud with hymn song and prayer. Then
the report of the secretary was read and accepted.
The following committees were elected: as trustee for three years J.
Kval, secretary 1 year O.
Odegaard, as treasurer C.
Oien, school committee: A.
A. Odegaard, J.
Kval and H.
Wiken. It was decided to hold two months of school. As building committee
were elected A.
A. Odegaard, C.
Oien and T.
Stene. Cemetery committee A.
A. Odegaard. Lignings committee: C.
Oien, J.
Kval and T.
Stene.
As delegates to the district meeting were elected J.
Torstveit and F. Sherva and as substitutes N.
Nelson and Ole
Helgesen. Thereafter Frederik Sherva was admitted to the congregation.
Nils
Nilson was elected as sexton with salary the same as before. As collection
committee for the funds of the parish were elected A.
A. Odegaard and
F. Sherva and Ole
Valsvik.
It was proposed and supported that as far as this congregation is concerned
they have nothing against entering a union with Clearwater congregation.
On proposal the meeting was ended.
O.
Odegaard, sec.
25 March 1919
A special congregation meeting was held in the church on March 25 1919
at 2 o’clock P.M.
The meeting was opened with hymn song and prayer by Pastor Grimsrud. Thereafter
he told about the reason for this meeting, namely to discuss the building
of a basement under the church. [Illegible] building committee
[illegible] and puts the church in repair and borrows money if
necessary to perform the work. And it was decided that the members of
the congregation [do something about transport].
8 December 1919
The congregation held its annual meeting in the church on Dec. 8 1919
at 10 o’clock A.M.
The meeting was opened by Pastor Grimsrud with hymn song and prayer. Thereafter
the report of the secretary was read and accepted. The pastor spoke and
said that God in mercy had been good to us, even if there had been war
and pest, but otherwise it had been good. Then he complained that there
had been no religion school, but he hoped that they would have it the
coming year and if possible have Sunday school. Thereafter Carl
Alberg and wife and children, and Ed
Vigen and wife were admitted into the congregation.
Then it was decided to hold two months of school if possible in the church,
if not, then a month in the eastern and one in the western school house.
The following official was elected as trustee for 3 years: Ole
Helgesen; as secretary for 1 year Ole
Odegaard, as treasurer for 1 year C.
Oien; as lignings committee: J.
Kval, C.
Oien and T. Stene; as school committee Ole
Valsvik, H.
Wiken and J.
Kval; as building committee the same as before; as sexton N.
Nilson with salary for the same fifteen dollars.
Thereafter the treasurer’s report was read and accepted. It was
decided to raise the pastor’s salary $125.00, so that the salary
for the coming year will be $325.00.
It was proposed and supported that C.
Oien and John
Kval would work with
Pastor Grimsrud to get more members to join the congregation.
Then it was decided to at a suitable occasion have a festivity for new
members, and as a committee for the same were elected Borgie,
Odegaard
and Viken.
As delegated to the district meeting were elected C.
Oien and O.
Valsvik, and as substitute H.
Wiken and L.
Lokken.
On proposal the meeting was ended.
Ole
Odegaard, secr.
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