Christ's Lutheran Church in 1953

Pastor Olney E. Cook, conducting services. 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.

[ North side of parsonage ]

Construction was finished on the new parsonage on the east side of the church lot. Mr. Bradley, the contractor, was paid $14,498 ($102,646 in 2006 dollars), leaving a balance of $526 ($3,724) in the building fund. Mrs. Crosswell and Mrs. Zimmerman had donated the iron railings. Pastor Cook formally dedicated the building in the fall.

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

The Woodstock Region in 1953

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The United States in 1953

[ Dwight D. Eisenhower ]

Harry S Truman (Democrat) was President, succeeded during this year by Dwight D. Eisenhower. The newly elected 83rd Congress was in session. A dollar in that year would be worth $7.08 in 2006 for most consumable products.

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The World at Large in 1953

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