Order Mennonites from Indiana, merged with the Groffdale Conference in 1973. In 1974 a new settlement in Yates County, New York, was started. It grew quickly and steadily and with a population of more than 3,000 in 2015 it was almost as large as the Lancaster County settlement. The Wenger Mennonites ("Joe Wengers", "Wengerleit", "Fuhre Mennischte") or Groffdale Conference Mennonites experienced several smaller splits during their history: 1942: Dozens of members refrained from communion because of the Civilian Public Service (CPS) issue, later several more conservative Old Order groups were founded or joined by these people: directly founded: Reidenbach Mennonites, joined: Phares Stauffer Pike Mennonites, then the new formed Aaron Martin Pike Mennonites and further groups in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. 1991-93s: For some decades it was a sign of humility and part of the Ordnung, that the ministry has no electricity and phone, or got rid of it when ordained. Having it at neighbors' farm sites and in neighbors´ stables was however acceptable. People in the lot (for ordinations) had to accept it, otherwise they would be taken out before election. In 1991 a new ordained one refused to deinstall electricity and phone, supported by Bishop Aaron Sensenig. Deacon John Martin demanded expulsion, without success. Finally it was also allowed for the ministry, a fraction broke away and formed under John Martin (former deacon) a new group, in Missouri its leader was Noah W. Leid. The John Martin (Groffdale Conference) Mennonites (for a short time), better known as Leid Church or "Old Order Wenger Church" never grew to big numbers, mostly associated with Missouri and Kentucky. John Martin came from Lancaster County but had no strong support there. This group still exists and had 77 members in the 2010s. Congregations exist at Clearview Old Order Mennonite meeting house, Versailles, MO (shared) and Miller Valley meeting house in Kentucky (alone). In 2021 a one of their bishops joined the Mid-West Conference according to "Die Botschaft", a newspaper for an Old Order audience from Sugarcreek, Ohio. 1990s: The rubber belt/steel wheel issue almost created a split in the 1990s. Rubber tires on tractors are forbidden since the later 1930s when the first tractors replaced communal horse power. It is said that Joe Wenger saw people using tractors like cars and then the prohibition had to be discussed, the agreement was to forbid pneumatic tires on tractors to prevent being used like cars,