Christ's Lutheran Church in 1945

Pastor Olney E. Cook, conducting services. At the annual meeting, Pastor Cook later had these reminiscences of his ministry:(1)

From Moseman, Magda, and Anderson, Mark, eds., Perspectives and Patterns: Christ's Lutheran Church, 1806-1976 [Woodstock, NY: self-published monograph, 1976]. (Close)
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.
The average church attendance for Sunday services was 39; the average Sunday School attendance 15. Visitors commented favorably on the service and the singing.

The congregation consisted of 40 members.

Pastor Cook was authorized to buy an additional 12 hymnals.

Edgar Shultis was given permission to hang a painting of the Sermon on the Mount by Paul Wesley Arndt behind the altar in memory of his father and mother, Edgar and Jane Ann Shultis.

Pastor Cook was given a 2-month paid vacation during the winter.

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

The Woodstock Region in 1945

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The United States in 1945

[ Franklin D. Roosevelt ] [ Harry S Truman ]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) was President, succeeded during this year by Harry S Truman. The newly elected 79th Congress was in session. A dollar in that year would be worth $10.70 in 2006 for most consumable products.

There was 1 reported lynching in the United States during this year; the victim was a black.

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The World at Large in 1945

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