Can you read it?  I was confirmed in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
when I was in Junior High in Calif (I went to a Lutheran parochial school)
but my family switched to the Presbyterian church when we moved back East.
I remember having to memorise Luther's Catchicism, and it was torture!

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting Texas facts


> In my younger years I bought a very interesting book from a barn sale in
Ohio.  I have a Lutheran prayer book written in German using Gothic script,
no copyright mark.  It's one of my prized posessions.  The printing was done
in St. Louis.
>
> Beth T.
> >
> > From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2002/10/24 Thu PM 03:54:35 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Interesting Texas facts
> >
> > As an anthropology major you would be interested in some of the small
towns,
> > like Kenedy, New Braunfels and other towns. New Braunfels townspeople
did not
> > speak English until after WWII. It was 100% German, which lead to some
> > interesting interactions during WWII. Today, some of those towns are
still
> > VERY provincial, including Midland which Laura Bush just "loves".
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > >I mean, after all the KKK is still pretty strong in rural
> > >areas in the Sandhills part of the state.  I used to see handmade KKK
signs
> > >along the back roads near my old college when I was a student there.
> > >
> > >Kat
> >