Lutheran Church Women, Eastern Canada Synodical Unit Delegates

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Black and white group photograph of fourteen women and one man attending the Canadian Dinner at the 1965 Lutheran Church Women convention held in Cleveland, Ohio. The women are delegates from the Eastern Canada Synod. The man in Rev. D. A. Conrad. Left to right, standing: Mrs. Earl Rudtke, Mrs. Richard Tubbe, Mrs. Don Brewer, Mrs. Arthur Conrad, Mrs. John Downer, Mrs. Wesley Ashick, Mrs. Roseville Burgoyne. Front row: Mrs. Douglas Conrad, Ethel Schaus, Mrs. Martha Wettsleen, Douglas Conrad, Mrs. Ida Pearson, Mrs. Karl Knauff, Mrs. Albert Lotz, Mrs. Herbert Bowes.

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Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is one of five synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, consisting of more than 200 member congregations and 78,000 baptized members. The territory of the Eastern Synod runs from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In July 1861 the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada (Canada Synod) was organized by the former Canadian Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod. In 1867 the Canada Synod helped organize the General Council. In 1908 the Central Canada Synod organized as a result of English activity of the General Council. In 1918 both synods became part of the United Lutheran Church in America. In 1925 the Canada Synod and the Central Canada Synod merged, retaining the name Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada (Canada Synod). In 1962 the Canada Synod reorganized as the Eastern Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, comprised of the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and most of Ontario. In 1985 the Eastern Canada Synod withdrew from the Lutheran Church in America to join with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. In 1986 the new church began to function officially, retaining its membership in the Lutheran Council in Canada.

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Handwritten, reverse: Back Row: left to right Mrs. Earl Rudtke, Mrs. Richard Tubbe, Mrs. Don Brewer, Mrs. Arthur Conrad, Mrs. John Downet, Mrs. Wesley Ashick, Mrs. Roseville Burgoyne. Front row: Mrs. Douglas Conrad, Mrs. Lloyd Schaus, Mrs. Martha Wettsleen, Mrs. Douglas Conrad, Mrs. Ida Pearson, Mrs. Karl Knauff, Mrs. Albert Lotz, Mrs. Herbert Bowes. Eastern Canada Synodical unit delegates at Triennial Convention in Cleveland, August 1965. Taken at Canadian dinner at which all Canadian delegates and visitors and expatriates were present.

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Aug. 19, 1965

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