{Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada
Rev. J. Reble, President
104 Hughson St. Hamilton, Ont.
Rev. J. Maurer, D. D., Vice-President
49 Irvine St. Kitchener
Rev. H. Schorten, German Secretary
170 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. A. A. Zinck, D. D., English Secretary
Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. E. Holm, Treasurer
Conestogo, Ont.}
Waterloo, Ont.,
Nov. 6, 1927
Dear Mother:
I have just got back from Hespeler, where I preached to-day, morning and evening and will try to give you a few lines between now and bed-time. As to-morrow is our Canadian Thanksgiving day, I preached a thanksgiving sermon to-night. We will have a holiday to-morrow; and as everything will be closed up tight, there will probably be no mail collection and my letter will reach you a day or so late; but that isn’t my fault. We are having winter now, at least “squaw winter”. It descended on us all of a sudden. We had a few snow squalls yesterday and the ground was quite white this morning and it was cold enough to keep most of it there all day. Pastor Fischer from Wellesley, one of our boys, was around to see me Friday night to get me to preach the English sermon at the dedication of his new Church to-day; but I couldn’t do so, as I was already booked up for Hespeler. Pastor Fischer is called to Hespeler and will take charge there the first Sunday in Advent. I have been preaching most of the English sermons there
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since the vacancy. I have no plans for to-morrow and didn’t even so much as order a chicken to celebrate the day. We don’t make as much of Thanksgiving in the way of feasting here as you do in the States; but I trust we are just as thankful for our innumerable blessings. Most of the boys from Seminary and College near enough to get home, have gone home for the holiday and as we will have no school we will have one day respite from the daily grind. The Seagram brothers here in town are putting our Athletic grounds back of the Seminary in shape at a cost of four or five thousand dollars. You probably saw something about it in the Cord. When it is finished we will have one of the finest Athletic fields in this part of Canada. This is one good deed these big distillers have done. I got my first case of beer on my permit last week, and it is the real stuff. Our Government control law is working fine and practically everybody except the extreme prohibitionists is well-pleased with it. In one of the ridings which was a prohibition stronghold, where an election was held last week, the seat went to the Government by acclamation, neither the Prohibitionists nor the Liberals putting up a candidate. Our Board of Governors will meet next week to consider Dr. Willison’s resignation, the filling of the vacant Seminary professorship, and the purchase of the Weber property for a site for the proposed new Seminary building – a sufficient
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program to keep them quite busy. The Seminary Faculty wanted Prof. Aksim, but as considerable opposition to him has developed among the English brethren we are willing to compromise on Prof. Paul H. Roth of North Western Seminary. Dr. Potter thinks now that Dr. Willison is in a mood to be wooed and that if the Board of Governors is tactful they may be able to retain his services for the College. He is a good man in his present position and it would be a pity to lose him. While I was away to-day, Mr.& Mrs. Ralph Fetterly of Morrisburg called for a few minutes. They motored up in one of their big cars. Prof Neudoerffer preached to-night at Conestogo, the first time he has preached since his wife died. His two girls who are about grown are keeping house for him by attending the Collegiate, each part time. So he is getting along as well as could be expected, but naturally feels quite lonesome. I go over to see him as frequently as I can. The Henkels are having him and his family all down there for Thanksgiving dinner to-morrow. Our new student from Germany is expected to reach here to-morrow. This will run our Seminary enrollment up to 18, the largest we have even had. The work is hard on account of our attenuated faculty, but interesting.
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Mr. Berdux is able to be up a little now; but I don’t think he will ever be a well man again, though he may be patched up for a time. Carolus has fixed up the closet in his room as a photo-studio and is prepared for making snaps and enlargements during his leisure hours from work and study. The children are all glad of their holiday to-morrow and will probably keep the place lively. Bonnie made Marion a nice dress last week and was so well pleased with the result that she thinks she will make all her clothes after this. She has been after me to get a new overcoat, but I haven’t been able to see my way clear to make the investment as yet. Expenses are so great that it takes all I can make to keep the household going. So I don’t like to spend money on clothes for myself unless it is absolutely necessary. Well, I think I have about exhausted the news, so I will close. With love and all good wishes, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little.
