1.01.428

Postcard, Photographic

1944

St. John Lutheran Church Officers. 4 5/8" x 3" black and white photograph; four men wearing business suits; posed standing near the alter of St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca, Minnesota attending to the burning of the mortgage ceremony; identified L-R: J.P. Sommers, Emil Long, Paul Below, and Edward Priebe, Sr.; dated October 28, 1944, the 15th Anniversary of St. John Lutheran.

From Meryl Manthey estate. Waseca Church: St. John Lutheran. From the St. John Lutheran Centennial book, "18 men constituted the original building committee--6 from the church council and 12 assistants. Of the latter 12, only 4 were still living and 1 had moved away. The remaining 3 had the honor of carrying the bond to the altar to be burned . . . "