The Reverend Landelin Belker, O. F. M., son of Mrs. Bernard Belker, read his first solemn high mass in St. Francis church, Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock.

Father Landelin was escorted to the crowded church by a procession of children, and was honored by the presence of a number of church notables in the sanctuary, including Monsignors Thomas Cusack and M. J. Foley, the Reverend Philip Newman, the Reverend Louis Kufker, the Reverend Francis Werhand, the Reverend Charles Kreckenberg, the Reverend Patrick J. Fox, the Reverend John Koebele, and Father [illegible.]

Officers of the mass were as listed previously in The Herald Whig. A dinner was served in St. Francis school hall, at the close of the mass. It was prepared by members of the Mission Circle, and served by members of the Young Ladies' Sodality.

A niece of Father Landelin, Miss Alice Belker, played a march as guests entered the hall, and a niece, Miss Helen Belker, showed the guests to their places. Music during the dinner was supplied by a group which included Antoinette Roehl, Pauline Damhorst, and Mary Ann Schaepers.

Out of town guests included three sisters of Father Landelin, teachers in parochial schools: Sister M. Concetta of Fort Madison, Iowa; Sister M. Albert of Keokuk; and SIster M. Luiza of Jefferson City.

Present also were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Swingler, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dust, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hakman, all of Teutopolis; Mrs. Kate Lefers, Edwin Lefers, and Marvin Marlautt, all of St. Louis. Mrs. Lefers is an aunt of Father Landelin.

At the dinner, Father Landelin spoke in appreciation of the help extended him during his years of study for the priesthood, and for the cordial reception given him on the days of his first solemn high mass. Monsignor Cusack gave the invocation, and Father Landelin gave the benediction at the dinner. A reception followed, from 3 to 5 o'clock.

Father Landelin is privileged to spend two weeks at his home here, after which he will return to Teutopolis for another year of study. At the close of the year, he will be assigned to duty as a priest.

Father Landelin officiated at the nuptial mass of his sister, Miss Louise Belker and Lawrence Siebers, Monday morning at 5 o'clock.

- The Quincy Herald Whig, Monday, July 3, 1939; page 10.