1980 Diamond Jubilee, Jud, North Dakota

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH . . . We were without an ordained pastor for a time after Rev. and Mrs. Piehl and family left for their new charge in June 1973. We enjoyed a young family, Dennis Boe, his wife and little girls. Rev. Patrick D. and Mrs. Sonia Dyes, who were products of missionaries in India and were glad of it, came to us from Dallas, Texas, where he had attended the Methodist Seminary by receiving a scholarship. This was the first time we were served by people of another race, and we loved and enjoyed them. Population trends really affect churches. Our young people were growing up and many were leaving, but in their place was a large group of children from beginners through junior classes in Sunday School and in our Children's Choir. Each pastor had confirmation classes as students reached that age. Special Fellowship dinners were served on these occasions (and also each year for our graduates from eighth grade and high school). Present members, who had been confirmed, are; Mrs. Opal Zundel, class of 1936; Edward and Helen Duden, class of 1942; and Candy Davidson, class of 1976. All are active members of our church. Our Woman's Society of Christian Service became the United Methodist Women in 1973, We help in many ways, locally and in missions. A few of our women have served both groups through the years as district and conference officers. In 1975, our church sanctuary and entry were carpeted, the stage, once lowered, was now raised, and permanent altar rails installed. The brown leatherette was covered by white vinyl paper. Our basement walls were panelled and new fluorescent lights replaced the old lights, in 1977. We have had a choir of couples for the last 25 years who are now grandparents. They are: Helen and Edward Duden, Irene and Oral Elhard, Loreyn and Carroll Hartley, Ida and Henry Kalmbach, Anna and John Mickelson, and Joyce Gahner joined later. This year we welcomed another former couple - Ruth and Elmer Job. Cornelia Jahn is accompanist. We enjoyed having Rev. and Mrs. Dyes in our choir. Our church has been the scene of both happy and sad occasions, but you'll always find our Women's Group - now the United Methodist Women - doing a wonderful job of helping and serving. Down through the years we have been involved in LaMoure County Inter church work, Sunday School conventions, supper conferences, youth groups, and annual hymn sings. We have become more ecumenical locally by having union services with the Congregational and Lutheran Churches on Good Friday and Thanksgiving. This last year we had union Lenten services, also. A youth choir furnishes special music, under the direction of Thelma Barnick. We have a Jud United Bible School each year for all children. On May 30, 1976, Rev. Dyes led our Bicentennial Service and Program. Both adult and children's choirs participated. An informal program honoring church charter members, faithful workers and ten couples married 35 years or more, was given. We had a LaMoure County United Methodist Evening at Edgeley United Methodist Church July 9, 1978 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the United Methodist Church. Edward Duden has been a faithful lay speaker in various churches when the need arose, as well as in our own. The wedding of the Dyes' daughter, Sushma, and Reed Newstrom, August 5, 1978 in the Kulm church was a happy time. Many people, old and young, of both churches were involved. On August 21, 1978 our whole area was shocked and saddened by the accidental car deaths of Rev. and Mrs. Dyes and his aunt and uncle, Monica P. and Joseph P. Das, who had come from India to attend the wedding. Many people from many places attended the funeral for four in Kulm, the Dyes and Das rest in the Kulm Cemetery - the Dyes' home in America. Our float, in the form of the globe in Jud's 1978 Fall Festival, was dedicated to Rev. and Mrs. Dyes. Since then, various pastors and laymen have been our speakers. We enjoyed having Rodney Tkach, a prospective minister, and his wife, Marilyn, a nursing graduate of Jamestown College with us most recently as "Ministers". A new altar, made by Sol Nitschke, is in memory of Julia Gilbertson, John Fode, Bertha Fode, Charles Carlson, Anna Roehr, Fred Jahn and other nameless memorials given by various individuals and the United Methodist Women. We have received from: (1) Ted and Doneene Bergman, a public address system in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gilcher; (2) Elmer and Ruth Job, a beautiful wall clock made by Elmer and given in memory of their daughter Rene, who grew up here; (3) a picture of Christ painted and given by Betty Mosher, sister of Doneene Bergman. Other memorials will be given in the near future by Cornelia Jahn and family in memory of Walter Jahn, their husband and father. Rev. Donald and Mrs. Cordelia Goold are our present "shepherds of the flock". We welcome tnem to both our church and our choir. Let us give thanks to God for the pioneers of our church who built both the building and the church itself - the people - the body of Christ. We are grateful to those who kept it going through the difficult years of hard times. We are thankful to the new generation for their participation in its program. By Cornelia A. Jahn 104 ; Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.