August Kangas was elected chairman; Martha Björn, secretary; and both served by deputies, Gust Aho and Lempi Salmi, respectively. Later, Elizabeth Katuri became chairman. In the new phases of its program there deserve to be mentioned its temperance classes and youth education, work supported in part by the Suomi Synod church, which also introduced temperance teachings into its Sunday school programs.

To return to a chronological account of the Suomi Synod church, it should be mentioned that K. Salovaara was succeeded as pastor by John Wargelin, then P. Keränen, V. Kuusisto, K. H. Mannerkorpi (on a temporary basis), M. E. Merijärvi, E. Tervo and M. R. Ruohoniemi. As the church programs expanded, the need for additional space, in the form of a vestry in particular, became apparent. Plans for building one were prepared, but the World War I years forced postponement. It was then that the temperance society building was offered for sale to them, for it would have had to be disposed of in any case. The building was purchased in 1919, as mentioned above, but this acquisition merely served to accentuate the desire for a larger church, the construction of which began in 1927, to be followed by its dedication in May 1928. For this occasion the Evangelical Lutheran Suomi Synod Church of Eveleth prepared a special publication which included a great deal of the history of the early years of Eveleth.

By the time the new church was being built, a new organization had been started in Eveleth (in 1925), the Finnish Missionary Society, which worked closely with the Evangelical Church. This society was apparently the second of its kind in Minnesota, although there have been several such organizations in other states. In Eveleth it was possible to carry on such a broadened program because religious unity has prevailed for most of the time. No `competitive' church groups were started, with the exception of the occasional meetings of the Laestadian wing. Membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, therefore, has remained consistently high : in 1910 and 1911 it was over 640, and in 1950 it was still approximately 360. Even in the postWorld War II years, attendance at the Sunday school has been over 150, and the church choir has had some 60 voices.

The Labor Movement: A Finnish workers' society was started in Eveleth in April 1903, with 21 founding members. The following year it became a chapter of the socialist party, and in 1906 its membership had grown to 69. Close relations were already being maintained with Urania Temperance Society, and the

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