New members welcomed at Lutheran Church

E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

From the CBH on June 10, 1949:

15 new members are received by Lutheran Church

Fifteen were received into membership by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, in its Sunday morning worship service at the Woman’s Clubhouse. After 30 minutes of questioning on the doctrines of Holy Scripture, seven juniors were received by confirmation. They were presented with confirmation certificates and books by the Rev. Joseph Mann, Pastor.

Then eight adults came forward, made a confession of their faith and were presented with membership certificates. The Rev. Mr. Mann then addressed the new members. The service was concluded with the distribution of Holly Communion.

Those received were Gordon Buchmann, Ronald Smart, Henry Campbell, Kenneth Schmidt, Leroy Buchmann, Caroline Huber, Deloris Raymond, Alfred Schmidt, Mrs. A. Meske, Gustav Schmidt, George Smart, Harold Bluhm, Mrs. H. Bluhm and Barney Getzinger.

County gets 7,000 car plates in 1950

The state will issue 7,000 automobile plates for Grant County in 1950, County Auditor C.A. Hawley announced this week. Hawley received notice from the state department of licenses to that effect Friday.

Hawley said the first allocation to Grant County for 1949 had 4,000, but that already nearly 5,000 have been issued. Truck licenses are to be increased from 2,000 to 2,500. Other types of licenses will be increased slightly, according to the state schedule. Hawley said the plates are expected to start arriving in Ephrata by Sept. 1.

Dennis note: What? The county was issued a limited number of vehicle license plates? Why? This was a time of expansion in the Columbia Basin. Wouldn’t the state want to issue as many license plates as possible to attain more money? Does anyone know why there was a limited number of plates issued?