A Peculiar People: Iowa's Old Order Amish

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I N D E x Agricultural history, innovative techniques, 14-15 Amana Colonies (Society of True Inspiration) confusion with Amish, 7 lack of mobility, 90-91 American Civil Liberties Union, 110 Amish Mennonite Aid, 137 Amish Mennonite church Garden City, Missouri, 142 Half Way, Missouri, 143 Mena, Arkansas, 143 Amish, origin, 14 Ammann, Jakob, religious disagreements with Mennonites, 9, 13, 14 Anabaptist beliefs, 11 European locations, 9, 10, 12 introduction of name, 10 persecution, 11 Baptism attitudes toward at infancy, 10 ritual, 33 Beachy Amish baptism, 135 confusion with Amana Colonies, 131-32 congregations, countries where located, 130 council meetings, 136 described as "church Amish," 129 dress, 138 education, 134 expansion, 131 Fellowship, 129, 135 locations, 4-5, 17, 130 membership in unions, 132-33 mission work, 137 origin, 17 outside employment, 132 practice of shunning, 136 religious beliefs, 134-35 Beachy Amish schools establishment in Kalona, 114 establishment in Leon, 114 governor's visit, 116 Beachy, Moses M., 129 Beier, Fred, 108 Benton, Robert, 125 Bishop Amish leader, 23 responsibilities, selection, significance , 29-31 Blackboard Bulletin, The, 117 Bloomfield description, 87-88 establishment of parochial school, 114 initial settlement, 5 Board of Public Instruction, role in school exemption, Ill, 115 Borntrager, Dan, 103, 104, 108 Buchanan County community attitudes, 98-99 description of location, 97 farming practices, 6 initial settlement, 5 Buchanan County school controversy background, 97 economic vs. religious issue, 104 final solution, 110-11 Hazleton-Oelwein school merger, 101 hostilities involved, 101 school deficiencies, 115 Budget description, 42 reporting of church attendance, 26 Burial, 34 Burkholder Church (later Sharon Bethel), 130 185 186 INDEX General Ministers Conference, 16 Genetic studies, 78 Grebel, Conrad, 10 Griffiths, Lawrence, 116 livestock, 38 rotation of treatment 38·39 Folk medicine. 73 Food production, 48 Fortuna, Missouri competition for land, 145 Conservative Mennonites, 144 Old Order Amish, 144 Calhoun County, Amish settlement, 19 Bible School, Calico Rock, 134 Calvary iWessengeT, 137 Central Iowa Christian Academy, Mar· shalltown, 125 Children discipline, 61 dress, 2, 25 wo(k patterns, 61 Church districts organization, 24·25 significance, 23·24 Church services, 25·27 Communion, 33 6 Hutterites, II Danforth Foundation, 110 Davis County, Amish settlement, 18·19 Deacons (sometimes called elders), selection, responsibilities, 32 Death, attitudes, 34·35 Defection rate, 123 Dental care, 76 Department of Public Instruction, 110, 115·16 DOTtrecht Confession of Faith, 23·24, 156·78 Eastern Amish Mennonite district, 17 Education conflict with non·Amish teachers, 118 curriculum, 118·19 importance of discipline, 117 philosophy of education, 95·96 religious education, 119 teacher training, 117 Elderly, 68 Evangelical Mennonite Church (for· merly Defenseless Mennonites), 17 Hazleton (Buchanan County settlement), 4-6, 97, 99, 100·107 County, Amish settlement, 18 He'rshbeq;;er Erwin N., 135 Highway Commission, 27, 150 Homes furnishings, 57 washing facilities, 58 Hostetler, john, 122 Hughes, Harold, 108-10 Hutterites South Dakota, 149 as utopian Hutter, jakob, leader Icarians, 52, 80, 90·92 "Ideal of Austerity," 43-44 Indiana-Michigan Amish Mennonite district, 17 Insurance, See Mutal assistance Iowa 2 Iowa exemption bill, III transportation bill, 125 Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, 113, 115 Fairbank School District, 103 Family food, 60 mealtime, 60 relationships, 56·57 size, 56·57 Family 137 Farm eqlliplment gasoline engines, 44 investment, 43-45 tr-actors, 44 Farming attitude toward land, 37·38 fertilizer and chemical additives, 38·39 jefferson County, Amish settlement, 18 Johnson church divisions, 19 first Amish settlement, 5 origin of Amish settlement and schisms, 18 Johnston, Paul. 101 Jorgensen, j .. 104 Juvenile 64·65, 98·99 Kalona community attitude toward delinquency, 98-99 Beachy Amish, 17, 130 homes, 58 insurance district, 41 INDEX machinery investment, 43-45 outside 50-51 schools, 1 ll5,16 selection of bishop, 31 Sunday school, 27 swine raising, 63 tours, 48 treatment of illness, 75 visit to Highway Commission, 27 Kaskadden, A. A., 101-2 Keirn, Joseph, 18 Landholdings, attitudes toward and size, 51,52 Lee County. Amish settlement, 18 Leisure time activities. 71-72 Lemon, Harlan, 105, 107, 108 Leon Ministerial Council, 132 Lutheran church, 7 Luther, Martin, 12 Manz, Felix, 10 Medical practices, 72,75 Meidung as cause of Amish formation, 14 church rule, 12 Mennonite Central Committee, 136 Mennonites Conservative, 4 General Conference, 4 parent religion of Amish, 4 Mental illness, 78 Mid,Prairie School District, ll3 Military service, attitudes, 67,68 Miller, Tobias, ll5 Milton community community attitudes toward Amish, 87 control over additional members, 86 establishment of...