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July, 1897, to April, 1906, and a former supply pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church, gave the morning service; and the Reverend Herman Miessler, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus, conducted the afternoon service. In 1916, St. John's congregation built a new church, and installed a pipe organ.

EARLY PARISHIONERS

Among the early parishioners and donors were the following: W. Patschke, W. Hoefelmann, F. Mueller, F. Mulack, H. Wendt, F. Rohde, Gottlieb Stickel, Martin Froelich, C. Brandt, F. Schure, and Thees Mohlman.

CHURCH INCORPORATED 1889

St. John's Lutheran Church was formally incorporated at a meeting held on April 22, 1889, under the name Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of Grand Prairie Township, Platte County. At this meeting, the following three trustees were elected to serve for one, two, and three-year periods: Thees Mohlman, Frederick Hellbusch, and Diedrich Becher. William Hoefelmann was elected to serve as clerk for one year.

The formal articles of incorporation were filed by William Hoefelmann at the Platte County Court House on June 1, 1889.

THREE PASTORS IN SIXTY YEARS

In 1888, Reverend Holm was installed as the first resident pastor of the church. He was succeeded by Reverend Theodore Harms of Gregory, South Dakota. Reverend Harms served the church for nine and one-half years, until January 1, 1942.

For a short period, from January 1, until February 1, 1942, Reverend H. A. Inselman, a retired pastor, supplied the pulpit. On Sunday, February 1, 1942, Reverend R. L. Ochs was installed as pastor.

JUBILEES OBSERVED

On September 8, 1929, a jubilee to celebrate the semi-centennial of the organization of St. John's congregation in 1879 was observed. The services were conducted at St. John's Church by Reverend E. HoIm, pastor, with several visiting pastors of the neighboring churches assisting him. At the morning service, a special sermon was delivered by Reverend Harms, President of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod; and a detailed history of St. John's Church was given by its pastor, Reverend B. Holm. At the afternoon service held in the church grove, Reverend A. H. Guettler and Professor Koenig of the Lutheran College at Seward, delivered the sermons.

On September 22, 1935, St. John's Lutheran Church congregation held a jubilee with a twofold significance. The morning service was held in honor of all of the members of the church confirmed at St. John's during the fifty-six year period from the church organization in 1879 to 1935. The afternoon service was held as a special tribute to Reverend E. Holm on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination as a Lutheran pastor. Reverend E. Holm served three years after his ordination as pastor of a Lutheran church at Scotia, Nebraska; for forty-four years, 1888-1932, as pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church; and from 1932-1935 as retired Lutheran pastor in Columbus.

One thousand people attended the Jubilee services including men, women, children, and visiting pastors. Among those present at the jubilee confirmation service on September 22, 1935, were Mrs. Emily Wolfe. Columbus, who was confirmed during the early years of the church, Mrs. Henry Hagelmann of Columbus, Edward Arndt of Platte Center, and Mrs. Fred Brunken of Hallam, Nebraska, members of Reverend Holm's first confirmation class of 1889.

The special music was under the direction of Professor C. Stelling of St. John's Parochial School.

ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL

Before the organization of a parochial school at St. John's Church, the children of the first Lutheran families in that community walked eight miles each Monday morning to attend the Christ Lutheran parochial school in Bismark Township. They boarded with families of the Christ Lutheran Congregation during the week, and on Friday night walked back to their homes.

A lay teacher conducted school in St. John's Church for a short time in 1887 during the supply pastorate of Reverend H. Fisher. However, no permanent school organization was effected until after Reverend E. Holm was installed as the first residential pastor of St. John's Church in 888. In that year, Reverend Holm founded St. John's parochial school, and taught there continuously for the next fifteen years. School was held in the church for the first ten years after organization. A new church was erected in 1898, and the old building was used for school purposes until 1911.

In September, 1910, a small plot of land was purchased from W. C. Hellbusch for the school grounds; and, in 1911, a new school was built. This school was combined with the old church building to make a modern two-room schoolhouse which was still in use in 1948.

The first teacher called by the congregation was F. W. Meinke, who served from 1903 to 1915. By 1915, the enlarged enrollment made it necessary for the congregation to call two teachers, Johann Luehmann and Richard Baeder. Mr. Luehmann taught the upper grades from 1915-1919. Mr. Baeder taught the lower grades from 1915-1925.

C. Merz succeeded Luehmann in 1919, and served as principal teacher for almost twenty-five years, during which time he became a leader in 4-H Club work in the community. Miss Violet Mohlman filled out the last few months of his term in 1944. W. J. Reddel, who had been teaching in the lower room from 1942, was then promoted to the principalship, a position he still retained in 1949.

Other teachers of the lower grades were: Miss Anna Meier, 1925-1928; Miss Olga Brase, 1928-1929; Miss Martha Bakenhus, 1929-1930; Herbert Franzen, 1930-1933; C. F. Stelling, 1933-1942; W. J. Reddel, 1942-1944; Miss Margaret Raabe, 1944-1945; and Miss Adela Klingemann, who became teacher of the lower grades in 1945.

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The St. John's School is a parochial school maintained entirely by the congregation of the St. John's Church. In addition to religious training, St. John's School offers a complete academic curriculum as prescribed by the Nebraska Course of Study for the first eight grades.

The school enrollment has varied through the years. At one time, in the 1920's, it reached seventy-five. The enrollment for 1947-1948 was fifty-six pupils.

In connection with the school, the congregation maintained two teacherages which were located on the church property for the use of the teachers and their families. In 1948, plans were laid by the officers of St. John's Lutheran Church for the construction of a new parochial school.

The St. John's Lutheran School was under the direction of a Board of Education. The members of this board in 1948 were: Albert F. Mueller, Richard Janssen, and Martin Hellbusch. The parochial school also had a Parent-Teacher organization. The 1948 officers included: Arthur Osten, President; and Mrs. R. L. Ochs, Secretary-Treasurer.

CHURCH STATISTICS

The church statistics during the pastorate of Reverend E. Holm, 1882-1932, showed a growth in St. John's Church. In this period, there were twenty thousand participants in communion services, six hundred two baptisms, four hundred fifty-six confirmants, one hundred twenty-eight marriages and one hundred forty-seven funerals.

CHURCH OFFICERS AND ORGANIZATIONS

The governing body of the church was vested in a Voters' Assembly, Board of Elders, and Board of Trustees. The 1948 officers of these bodies, were: Voters' Assembly, President, Arthur Osten; Secretary, Walter Berends; Board of Elders, Herman Inselman, Otto Herwig, and Ernst Grotelueschen; Board of Trustees, John Kapels, Martin Berends, and Edgar Becher.

The organizations of the church and their 1948 officers included: the Ladies Aid, President, Mrs. Edgar Becher, Secretary, Mrs. R. L. Ochs, and Treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Osten; Lutheran Women's Missionary League, President, Mrs. Arthur Osten, Secretary, Miss Emma Berends, Treasurer, Mrs. Raymond Osten; the Walther League, President, Elroy Grotelueschen, Secretary, Miss Ardith Becher, and Treasurer, LaVern Becher. The Choir consisted of twenty-one members, directed by W. J. Reddel.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

The Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus, Nebraska, is located on Fourteenth Street at Twenty-fourth Avenue. The church building is an impressive structure of Gothic architecture patterned after Old World cathedrals.

This church is a member of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod of Missouri.

CHURCH ORGANIZED IN 1883

The history of the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation dates back to the summer of 1883, when the Reverend Herman Miessler, then a young man of twenty two, arrived in Columbus, Nebraska. He had been called by a small group of families to serve as their pastor.

The Reverend Miessler's pastorate in 1883 also included two missions, the "Island" mission fifteen miles southwest of Columbus, so named because it is located in the Island Precinct in Polk County; and the Zion Lutheran Mission near Platte Center.

Prior to 1883, the spiritual needs of the few Lutheran families in Columbus and vicinity were ministered to by the pastors of Christ Lutheran Church on Loseke Creek, which was organized in 1871. These ministers were: Reverend C. W. Baumhoefener, Reverend E. A. Frese and Reverend H. Fischer.

On October 14, 1883, the Reverend Herman Miessler with six families organized a congregation under the name "German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, at Columbus, Nebraska." Of the persons who belonged to the congregation at that time, two of the charter members, Louis Esslinger and Henry Luers, and three of the women, Mrs. Louis Esslinger, Mrs. Catherine Hoppen, and Mrs. Minnie Schwarz, were present at the Fiftieth Anniversary of its founding in 1933. Mrs. Minnie Schwarz, 'last survivor of this group, still lived in Columbus in 1919.

FORMAL INCORPORATION 1887

In the articles of incorporation filed on April 4, 1887, was a record of a meeting held at the German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church at Columbus to incorporate the church so that it could hold and manage property.

Those taking part in the organization were Reverend Herman Miessler, pastor, and the following twenty people: Dietrich Bartels, T. Baumgart, Wm. Becker,

Dietrich Ennen, Ludwig Esslinger, Gustav Gewer, Wm. Hegemann, August Held, Emil Heuer, Herman Kretzschmar, Henry Luers, Leopold Plath, F. W. Rusche, Traugott Schmidt, Louis Schreiber, Louis Schwarz, F. G. Stankey, John Steenemann, Peter Wilkens, and Fritz Witte.

PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEARS

The first church services were conducted on Sunday afternoons in the old Presbyterian Church located at the northeast corner of Fourteenth Street and Twenty-eighth Avenue.

In 1884, the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation purchased two lots on the corner of Fourteenth Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue, arid built a frame church. This church was dedicated in December, 1884. Four years later, when the last indebtedness on the church had been paid, the first parsonage was built.

In 1893, a parochial school was added and, in 1909, the church was enlarged and remodeled. The old parsonage was replaced by the present modern parsonage in 1924.

The congregation held a meeting on August 15, 1929, at which it was decided to build a new church. The two adjoining lots on the northeast corner of the block were bought for ten thousand dollars. The house acquired on the lots is now used for a teacherage, and the church school was moved on the other lot, and a basement was built.

The plans for the new church building were drawn by Beuttler and Arnold, architects, of Sioux City, Iowa. The cornerstone was laid on August 3, 1930, and it was dedicated March 8,

The church was fifty-three by one hundred ten feet, and was erected at a cost of seventy thousand dollars, including the organ, furniture, and equipment. It was built on the site formerly occupied by the old church and the school.

A record of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, Notice of Change of Name and Change and Perfection of the Articles of Incorporation was filed on May 8, 1930. The presiding officer at the church meeting held in the Columbus High School auditorium was Reverend A. H. Guettler, and the clerk was W. C. Pozehl. At this meeting, the name was changed from German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church and the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Platte County, Nebraska, to the new name, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The list of members present included the following fifty-six names: Ernest Arndt, William Arndt, Edward Asche, Fred Bargmann, Henry Bargmann, Dietrich Bartels, D. A. Becher, Henry Behle Jr., William Birkholz, Herman Bokelman, Gustav Brunken, Albert Clausen, Henry Clausen, Phillip Dietz, Louis Esslinger, Otto Gradoske, Arthur Grossnicklaus, Adolph Groteluschen, Julius Heibel, Otto Held, Herman Hellbusch, Ernest Hinck, Joseph Hoerle, Fred Inselmann, Herman Johannes, W. F. Krumland. Gottlieb Kuhn, Fred Lips, August Loseke, Fritz Loseke, George Loseke, Walter Loseke, Fred Luckey, Otto Luebke, Walter Luers, Adolph Marty, Martin Meyer, Elmer Miessler, Eugene T. Miessler, John Mohlman, Adolph Otte, Henry Reins, Ernest Rodehorst, Waiter Roth, George Saalfeld, William Saalfeld, William Schultz, Fred Siefken, William Teich, Otto Theilen, G. W. Viergutz, Henry Wilke, Fred Wille, Herman Wolfe, Julius Wollberg, and Louis Wollberg.

TWO MINISTERS SERVED CHURCH IN 6 YEARS

From 1883 to 1949, since the organization of the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation, two pastors served the church-the Reverend Herman Miessler from 1883 until his death in 1928, and the Reverend A. H. Guettler from 1928 until 1949.

The personal life of the Reverend Herman Miessler is reflected in the history of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, where during forty-five years of continuous service he saw the church increase in numerical strength from a few families to six hundred members. In 1933, there were eight hundred members; and, in 1947, there were eleven hundred baptized members.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL FOUNDED 1893

The Immanuel Lutheran parochial day school was founded in 1893 by the Reverend Miessler, pastor, and taught by him for the first three years. In 1896, Mr. M. Miller was called as the first parochial school teacher. He remained until 1898, and was succeeded by Mr. E. Gradoske, who retained his position as teacher until 1901, when the town school was discontinued until 1912.

In 1901, a rural school district was organized in the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation five miles north of Columbus, and a second parochial school was built there. This school continued until the Loup River Public Power District acquired the adjoining property for Lake Babcock. The two schools were then consolidated into the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School District i.

The Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School District 2 was incorporated March 24, 1908, by the following named persons: William F. Arndt, Henry Bargmann, B. G. Bartels, Henry Clausen, Henry Garms, Fred Krumland, J. C. Moschenross, E. F. Rodehorst, W. F. Rodehorst, and Fred Wille.

The teachers of the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School District 2 were: H. Wilkens, 1901-1902; H. W. Hoemann, 1902-1903; E. H. Karnatz, 1903-1904; E. C. Mueller, 1904-1906; H. H. Pflueger, 1906-07; R. H. Koepke, 1907-1908. For the next eleven years E. H. Schmieding was the teacher at this school. He was succeeded by Bruno Holm, a former student, who taught for one year. From 1920-1934, George P. Wolf had charge of the school, before he moved to Columbus where he taught at the city Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School.

The city parochial school reopened in 1912 with L. Rewinkel as teacher. In 1913 the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School District 1 was enlarged by an addition to the building of another room, and Miss Adele Miessler taught the lower grades from 1914-1916. In

1917, Mr. E. Marty succeeded Mr. Rewinkel, and had charge of the school during 1917-1918. In 1918, Mr. W. C. Pozehl, a graduate from Concordia Teachers' College at Seward, was called to accept a position as teacher in the parochial school which he still retained in 1949. Since 1924, the following have taught the lower grades of this school: Miss Claretta Folken, 1924-1925; Miss Erna Werth, 1925-1928; Miss Marcella Miessler, 1928-1931; Miss Dorothy Knoke, 1931-1933; Mr. Walter Schulz, 1933-1934; and Mr. George P. Wolf, 1934 until 1949.

NEW SCHOOL

The facilities of the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School were inadequate to care for the increasing attendance. Thus a meeting was held in November, 1947, at which it was decided to raise seventy-five thousand dollars for the erection of a new grade school building. The plans and construction for this new school have been completed to date, and the architectural style of the building is in conformity with the Gothic design of the present church.

CHURCH STATISTICS

The Immanuel Lutheran Church records for 1946 showed more than eleven hundred baptized members including seven hundred forty communicants, and a voting organization of one hundred thirty-seven members.

The church choir was organized in October, 1884, by Mrs. Herman Miessler, an accomplished musician. She was the first church organist and choir leader, and served in that capacity for twenty-five years from 1884 to 1909. The church in 1949 maintained a large Senior Choir under the direction of W. C. Pozehl, and a Junior Choir composed of junior and senior high school students.

The men's organization is known as the Lutheran Laymen's League.

The Ladies Aid of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, organized in October, 1884, by Mrs. Herman Miessler, has been active through the years. In 1912 the ladies of the rural district organized a separate Ladies Aid, and in February, 1933, a Ladies Aid was organized in the "Island" group. In October, 1915, the Immanuel Lutheran Sewing Circle was organized and in 1947, the Lutheran Women's Missionary League joined the list of women's organizations.

The Immanuel Lutheran Church, since April, 1920, maintained a Senior Walther League and in February, 1923, a junior Walther League was organized to further meet the needs of the young people.

The Sunday school, which was started by Mrs. Miessler in October, 1884, had a large enrollment and was taught by several teachers, while a separate Bible school was taught by Pastor Guettler each week in 1949.

In 1917 a club was organized by the young married couples of the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation.

The 1947-1948 officers of the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation included: A. H. Guettler, Pastor; Henry Alpers, Roy Bargmann, Herman Cattau, Otto Clausen, Lorenz Loseke, and Herman Meyer, Board of Elders; W. P. Schelp, Treasurer; Dick Becher, Henry Flesner and E. T. Miessler, Trustees; Albert Inselman, J. H Moeller, and Paul Nyffeler, Finance Committee.

The Immanuel Lutheran Church is a member of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod of Missouri.

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH

The Zion Lutheran Church is located in Lost Creek Township on Section 8, three miles west and one mile north of Platte Center, Nebraska. This church is a member of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod of Missouri.

EARLY HISTORY OF CHURCH

The history of the organization of this congregation dates back to 1884, a year after Reverend Herman Miessler had accepted a call to the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus and the two missions, one of which was the Zion Mission. Previous to Reverend Miessler's pastorate, the Lutheran families in this vicinity had been served, on occasion, by Reverend E. A. Frese and Reverend H. Fischer, the second and third pastors of the Christ Lutheran Church in Bismark Township.

Reverend Herman Miessler supplied the pulpit for the Zion congregation for twenty-two years. During all but four years of this time it was a mission. After the Zion Lutheran Church was built, on April 6, 1902, Reverend Herman Miessler became its first pastor. He served the church for four years, 1902-1906, until it was on a sustaining basis and could call a pastor of its own.

CHURCH INCORPORATED

During the pastorate of Reverend Theodore S. Estel in 1911, the Zion Lutheran Church was formally incorporated. A meeting for this purpose was held at the church on July 9, r911. The incorporation made it possible for the Zion Lutheran Church congregation to hold and manage property for the benefit of the church. The formal name of the church as stated in the articles of incorporation is "German Evangelical Lutheran Zions Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession" located in Lost Creek Township on Section 8.

The following persons were elected: C. L. Martensen, chairman of the meeting; Gerhard Harms, clerk; C. L. Martensen, C. Petersen Jr., and Gustav Tessendorf, trustees of the church.

These articles of incorporation were filed for record at the Platte County Court House by Gerhard Harms, clerk, on July 25, 1911.

The members of the Zion Lutheran Church congregation present at this meeting included: Edward Arndt, Gustav Tessendorf, C. Petersen Sr., C. L. Martensen, A. Tessendorf, Gerhard Harms, Henry D. Martensen, 0. Loseke, Joseph Hoerle, A. Hoerle, E. Hinrichs, C.

Petersen Jr., Con. Filbert, Joseph Hueschen, and Fred Griepentrog.

PARISHIONERS

Early day parishioners included the following: Edward Arndt, William Brunken, Diedrich Harms, Gerhard Harms, Louis C. Loseke, William Loseke, Otto Loseke, C. L. Martensen, Henry Martensen Sr., Carsten Petersen Sr., and Albert Tessendorf.

Some of the later day parishioners were: Theodore Jepsen, Diedrich Harms, Chris Petersen, William Loseke, Ernst Loseke, Henry Hueschen, Henry Martensen Jr., Claus Braasch, Melvin Petersen, Melvin Hueschen, and Wilbert Hueschen. Reverend S. W. Holstein was the 1948 pastor of the church.

ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is located in Humphrey, Nebraska. This church is a member of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod of Missouri.

HISTORY OF CHURCH

St. Peter's Church was organized in 1882 to serve the Lutherans who had located in the Humphrey vicinity. The first church was built in 1884, and rebuilt in 1946.

FIRST PARISHIONERS

The early parishioners included: Christopher Kummetz, Herman Patschke, Wilhelm Patschke, Ferdinand Rohde, Carl Schroeder, J. T. Schure, Fred Schwarz, Wilhelm Streblow, Martin Voltz, and Herman Wendt.

PASTORS OF CHURCH

The Peter's congregation was supplied by Reverend E. Holm of St. John's Lutheran Church, fourteen miles north and one mile west of Columbus, in Grand Prairie Township and the Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison, Nebraska, for the first half century. On September II, 1931, the Reverend E. G. Schedler was called as the first resident pastor. He served until 1942, when Reverend L. M. Doctor became the pastor.

CHURCH INCORPORATED

The church was formally incorporated when the articles of incorporation were filed for record on April 23, 1890. These articles of incorporation record a meeting held on March 2, 1890. The name of the incorporated church was St. Peter's German Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska.

In the incorporation files in the Platte County Court House is the record of a meeting of the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Humphrey, Nebraska, held on April 28, 1938, for the purpose of incorporating the church. The articles of incorporation state that St. Peter's Lutheran Church is a member of the Missouri Synod. Joe B. Meyer was chairman of the meeting; and Carl A. Lewis was elected secretary; Ed. C. Walters, treasurer; and Ernest Marty, Joe B. Meyer, and Ed. Sjuts, trustees.

The articles of incorporation were signed by: Reverend E. G. Schedler, pastor, A. Detlefsen, Carl A. Lewis, Erwin E. Lewis, R. L. Lewis, Ernest Marty, Joe B. Meyer, Herman Meyer, Fred Schwarz, Harold Schwarz, Oscar Schwarz, Ed. Sjuts, George Sjuts, Henry Sjuts, and Ed. C. Walters.

PRESENT PARISHIONERS

The 1947 parishioners included: Andrew Detlefsen, Harry Meyer, Herman Meyer, Carl Lewis, Alfred Loseke, Ernest Loseke, Fred Schwarz, Oscar Schwarz, George Sjuts, Henry Sjuts, Carl Streblow, George Streblow, and Ed. Walters.

ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH

St. Paul's Lutheran Church is located one and one-half miles north of St. Bernard in St. Bernard Township, near Lindsay, Nebraska.

This church is a member of the Northern Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod of Missouri.

EARLY HISTORY OF CHURCH

The early history of St. Paul's Lutheran Church dates back to 1878 when it was organized to serve the Lutheran people in the St. Bernard community. The church edifice was built shortly after the organization, and remodeled in 1922.

FIRST PARISHIONERS

Among the early day parishioners were Herman and Julius Ernst, Otto Nathan, August Eucker, and Johann Purtzer.

PASTORS OF CHURCH

Reverend J. Hoffman served the church from its inception in 1878 to 1887 while he was stationed at Green Garden in Madison County. Other pastors who served the church include: Reverend Rudolf, 1887-1891; Reverend Bullinger, 1891-1903; Reverend Henricksen, 1903-1905; Reverend F. W. Rex, 1905-1910; Reverend F. G. Grundlach, 1910-1921; Reverend E. G. Borgmeyer, 1921-1929; Reverend W. Brackensich, 1929-1936; Reverend Martin Bauman, 1936-1940; and Reverend E. G. Schedler, 1940-1942. The church in 1948 was supplied by Reverend Luther M. Doctor, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humphrey.

CHURCH INCORPORATED 1889

At a meeting held January 10, 1889, the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was formally incorporated under the name, "St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of St. Bernard Precinct, Platte County, Nebraska."

The Board of Trustees appointed at this meeting included: Adam Roenchild, Brader Boysen, and Otto Born. Ernest Nathan was appointed clerk, and W. Westphal, treasurer. The articles of incorporation were filed for record at the Platte County Court House on January 24, 1989.

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