On October 1, 1948, the Covington Presbyterian Church celebrated its 100th birthday with a special program and the publication of a booklet detailing its history and the people who served it through the years.
In the back of that booklet was a page listing all the people who were involved in church leadership back in 1948, some seventy-two years ago. Here is that page.
Click above image to see local citizens who were church leaders in 1948.
Here is an image of the cover of that booklet.
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showing the entire contents of the booklet.
Booklet was found in the papers of the late Bertha Neff, at one time Parish Archivist for the St. Tammany Clerk of Court's office.
Covington Presbyterian Church Officers, 1948
William C. Dinwiddie................................Pastor
R. L. Trigg, clerk of Session....................Elder
Z. E. Boyd, assistant clerk of Session.....Elder
C. R. Schultz, Sr...................................Elder
Felix Bachemin........................................Elder
S. E. Talley...............................................Elder
S. P. Jenson.............................................Elder
George L. Appell, Sr., chairman..............Deacon
George E. McNeill, church treasurer.......Deacon
A. R. Blossman....................................Deacon
Paul J. Lacroix........................................Deacon
E. W. Blossman......................................Deacon
David C. Blossman.................................Deacon
Henry P. Kenney ....................................Deacon
George L. Appell, Jr................................Deacon
A. D. Edmundson................................Deacon
James W. Ellis.......................................Deacon
Mrs. M. D. Conners...............................Organist
Mrs. James Jarrell, Sr.......................... Nursery Attendant
Percy Williams......................................Sexton
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS
Mr. S. E. Talley......................................Superintendent
Mrs. B. F. Edmundson..........................Sup't. of Junior Department
Mr. George L. Appell, Sr.......................Secretary-Treasurer
Mrs. R. L. Trigg.....................................Pianist
Mrs. W. A. Dutsch.................................Pianist
Mrs. Walter W. Bausch.........................Nursery Class Teacher
Miss Joy Lynn Dutsch..........................Beginners' Teacher
Mrs. George L. Appell, Sr.....................Primary Teacher
Mrs. C. J. Schoen................................Junior Boys' Teacher
Mrs Dorothy Hollander.........................Junior Girls' Teacher
Mr. George E. McNeill..........................Intermediate Boys' Teacher
Mrs. Earl A. Buquoi...............................Intermediate Girls' Teacher
Mr. George L. Appell, Jr........................Senior Boys' Teacher
Mrs. S. E. Talley....................................Senior Girls' Teacher
Mr. S. E. Talley......................................Adult Teacher
Mr. Philip Pfeffer....................................Adult Teacher
OFFICERS OF THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
Mrs. C. R. Schultz, Sr............................President
Mrs. B. F. Edmundson...........................Vice-President
Mrs. W. A. Dutsch.................................Secretary
Mrs. M. D. Conners...............................Treasurer
Mrs. James T. Burns..............................Historian
Mrs. J. H. Warner...................................Pastor's Aid
Mrs. William C. Dinwiddie......................Publicity Chairman
Secretaries of Causes:
Mrs. E. N. Woodruff..............................Spiritual Life and Evangelism
Mrs. Felix Bachemin.............................Foreign Missions
Mrs. R. L. Trigg.....................................Assembly's Home Missions
Mrs. George Wilson..............................S. & P. Home Missions
Mrs. George L. Appell, Sr.....................C. E. & M. R.
Mrs. George L. Appell, Jr......................Religious Education
Mrs. S. E. Talley....................................Literature
Mrs. Mack Guynn.................................Christian Social Service
Mrs. C. J. Schoen.................................Social Activities
Officers of Circles:
Mrs. Earl A. Buquoi..............................Chairman of Afternoon Circle
Miss Etta Hartung.................................Secretary
Mrs. C. J. Schoen.................................Treasurer
Mrs. George E. McNeill........................Chairman of Night Circle
Mrs. George Wilson.............................Secretary
Mrs. George L. Appell, Jr.....................Treasurer
OFFICERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY
Mrs. C. J. Schoen..................................Adult Adviser
J. W. Talley.............................................President
Laura Lee Blossman..............................Secretary
Laura Lee Planche.................................Treasurer
Wanda Lee Menetre...............................Chairman of Social Activities
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