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Mineola, Iowa

St. John's Lutheran Church . . . at Mineola will be the scene of a 75th anniversary observance Sunday. the new edifice was recently dedicated.

This is the interior of the Mineola St. John's Lutheran Church which was dedicated at special services Sunday. The Rev. Alton Schwandt is pastor of the church.

The Last Christmas . . . services to be observed in this building of the St. John's Lutheran congregation at Mineola will be held this year. The new church, rising in the background, will be occupied by next holiday time.

Even a metal picket fence can't stop this tree from spreading out.

Answer: The fenced tree is at St. John's Lutheran Church, Willow Avenue and Seventh Street.

Timely as the Easter season is this symbolic pattern in brick on the outside of a recently completed church education building. Know the location?

Answer: The side of St. John's Lutheran Church education unit on Seventh St., south of Willow Ave.

Today...while there have been only minor changes on the exterior of the church, a sizable building program has added a new pastor's residence and educational unit, extreme right. The church's interior also has been remodeled and redecorated.,

Council Bluffs Changing Scene: From a postal card dated 1910 comes this view of St. John's Lutheran Church at Seventh St. and Willow Ave. The photo was furnished by Don Jones of 2422 Avenue F.

Hastings, Iowa

New Addition Of A Narthex . . . at St. John's Lutheran Church of rural Hastings is to be featured in special services there Sunday. The Rev. R.E. Bloemker, the church's pastor, is standing in the foreground.

Pool Of Rainwater...makes a pretty mirror for St. John's Lutheran Church at Willow Avenue and Seventh Street. The underlying cause was a leaf-choked culvert.

Mirrored in the backwash...from a leaf clogged storm sewer, St. John's Lutheran Church transforms an autumn water hazard into a scene of beauty.