News articles about St. Luke's Golden Anniversary

              Church Anniversary
Dinner Draws Crowd
By   VIRGINIA   BELLHORN
SLAVIA — Approximately
500 persons attended the
50th   anniversary   fellowship
| dinner that followed the Anniversary Church Service at
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
last Sunday.
Appropriate arrangements
of gold and yellow flowers
centered the tables. Seated
at the head table were the
honored guests, which included the two living charter
members of the congregation, Mr. George Jakubcin
Sr. and Mr. Joseph Mikler
Sr. Other guests were the
Reverend John Bajus of
Chicago, the Rev. L. A.
Jarosi of Cleveland Ohio,
the Revs. A. H. Besalski and
H. Abram of Orlando and
the Rev. Human, emeritus
of Orlando, and the host pastor   the   Rev.   Stephen   M.
| Tuhy.
ALSO seated at the head
table   were   several   senior
members of St. Luke's Congregation   and also a number  of the  children  of the
| founders.
Following   the   dinner,   a
short    program    was    presented.    Ferdinand    Duda,
secretary    of    the    church,
gave a history of the community  and   church,  E.  L.
Bellhorn,    principal    of    St.
Luke's Christian Day School
spoke    on    behalf    of    the
school.    Mrs.    Sue   Colbert
■ spoke    for    the    Missionary
" Guild,   Mrs.   Olaa   Jakubson
for    the    Martha    Society,
1 Shirley Mikler sooke on be-
Ihalf  of  the  Luther  League
| and Eleanor Duda and Kathy
Rook told about the choirs
Mr. A. Duda Jr. acted a
master of ceremonies.
The Rev. John Bajus
guest speaker, for the an
niversary church servicel
struck the keynote of thel
celebration with the words
"Let us not look backwards,
but forward."
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Ferdinand Duda Sr. gives history of
congregation at 50th anniversary fellowship dinner of St. Luke's Lutheran
Church in Slavia. Seated in foreground
are the Rev. L. A. Jarosi, Cleveland,
Ohio; Joseph Mikler Sr. and Andrew
Duda Jr. in the background is Seth
Rook.