March 9 Today in OPC History

On March 9, 1949, the regular Spring meeting of the Presbytery of the Dakotas held in Omaha, Nebraska, was in its final day. The membership of the presbytery numbered 912 in fourteen churches and two chapels spread out over the states of Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Nine ministers served the sixteen congregations, including Ben Male (Park Hill, Denver, CO), Herb Bird (Pioneer Chapel and Faith, Lincoln, NE), Reginald Voorhees (Omaha, NE), Walter Magee (Carson, Lark, and Leith, North Dakota), Russell Piper (Alexandria and Bridgewater, SD), Melvin Nonhof (Bancroft, Manchester, and Yale, SD), Edward Wybenga (Hamill, SD), and Art Olson (Volga, SD).

Picture: Herb, Mary, and David Bird.