Easter News From Elgin Area Social Roundup
Local notes detail visits and arrivals in Elgin and surrounding towns. Residents and guests include Evelyn Barker of Waterloo, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Crider and daughters, Hattie McKellar’s body arriving from Chicago, and many others spending Easter at homes of relatives. A birthday party for Mary Lou Tripp with nine girls attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Grimes
Mary Lou Tripp
Marilyn and
Karolin Falk
Marlene Mosby
Barbara Crider
Donne Dean
Ruth Boleyn
Bonnie Pinney
Alma Ruth Grimes
Verlie Bailey
Elgin Baptist Church Service Schedule Update
Elgin Baptist Church invites worshipers to Sunday morning service and communion at 10 oclock with Sunday school at 11 oclock and a junior meeting at 2 pm. Worship at 2 pm. On Wednesday April 7 the Women's Missionary Society meets at 2 pm followed by a prayer service at 8 pm and choir rehearsal at 9 pm led by Pastor Paul F Zoachke and organist Lilian Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoachke
Lilian Jacobs
Women’s Missionary Society
Lutheran Church Notes April 4 Easter Cantata at St Olaf
St Olaf Chapel offers 9 o clock English service and Marion 7 30 evening service for Easter Cantata. All are welcome at each service. Pastor J Strandford invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Chapel
Marion
J. Strandford
St Pauls M E Church Worship and Sunday School
St Pauls M E Church led by Minister J J Snyder with pianist R C Jorgenson invites worship at 10 o'clock a m and Sunday school at 11 o'clock a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
R. C. Jorgenson
O’elock A. m
O'Elock A. mi
J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
Silver wedding anniversary celebrated at Bert Allen home
Mr and Mrs Bert Allen were honored Saturday with a relatives and neighbors party marking their silver wedding anniversary. A program of singing readings and gifts followed. Guests brought lunch baskets and a three tier wedding cake by Mrs Earl Kiple. many friends attended from area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Allen
Ward Brabham
Allen
Earl Kiple
Henry Holzer
Howard Medberry
Louise Neuenschwander
Mabel Holzer
John Luchsinger
Edwin Bauman
Wm. Kohls
J. M. Shaffer
Archie Howard
Robert Wilson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Ira Lehman
Clifton Powell
Harry Gilson
Hans Winkler
Clarence Winkler
Homer Dill
Miss Hattie Eliza MacKellar dies in Chicago at 66
Hattie Eliza MacKellar born June 21 1870 in Mlyria township Fayette county Iowa passed March 27 1937 at her brother Dr John D MacKellar's home in Chicago Illinois. She worked as a bookkeeper for John Falk & Fons before illness led her to Chicago for care. She was known for unselfishness and steadfast convictions and will be remembered with affection by her family friends and the community. Funeral services were held March 30 at Myria church with burial in Syria cemetery. She leaves two brothers Lawrence and Dr John D MacKellar and their families and the widow and family of Dr Milo MacKellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Eliza MacKellar
Mlyria Township
Fayette County
Iowa
John D. MacKellar
Chicago
Lil
John Falk & Fons
Hattie Mackellar
Wighland Township
Elgin
Wig
John Fal & Song
Inverness
Scotland
New York Harbor
Towa
Elmyria
N. Y
Peter MacKellar
Fox River
Fmith
Cyrus McCormick
International Harvester Fame
MacKellar
Minnesota
Highland Township
Hattie
Kingdom of God
Jearth
Lawrence Mackellar
Joh D. MacKellar
Illinois
Milo MacKellar
Loveland
Oklo
Orville W. MacKellar
Myria Church
J. J. Snyder
Paul F. .Zoschke
Howard Shafter
Edward Klingham
CB. Sehort
Gordon
Brackin and Winkler Married in Oelwein Parsonage
Dorothy Mae Brackin and Clarence Frederick Winkler of Elgin wed in a single ring ceremony at the Grace Methodist parsonage in Oelwein on March 27. Rev. F. C. Witzigman officiated with Lilian Nelson and Robert Wilson Jr. as attendants. The couple plan to live with the groom’s parents while starting their new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mae Brackin
Clarence Frederick Winkler
Elgin
Grace Methodial Parsonage
Oelwein
F. C. Witzigman
Lilian Nelson
Robert Wilson, Jr
B. H. Brackin
West of Elgin
Elgin High School
Local Socials Highlight Town Visits and Music
Mr and Mrs W Falk and party visited Postville to see her mother Mrs A J Phillips. Residents from Migan attended Lakeside spring opening in Guttenberg to hear Tom Temple and his fourteen piece band. Mr and Mrs Norman Clothier of Watkeran AL visited relatives here. Mrs Clothier later went to West Union hospital for tonsil removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Swartley
Town City
Hans Grether
Fayette
John Troupe
Jimmie
West Union
Elgin
Falb
Mrs. W
Falk and
Daygriters
Postville
A. J. Phillips
Migin
Guttenberg
Lakeside
Tom Temple
Mrs. Norman Clothier
Watkeran
D. FP. Bernt
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W. Kuster
Quinsy
Evelyn Barker
Waterloo
Mrs. Wm. Barker
R. A. Crider and
M. Wenney Horns
Robert Dunham
Town Falls
Paranta
Ray DeSart
Floyd Knudtson
St. Paul, Minn
H. T. Knudtson
John McKellar
Grace
Hattie McKellar
Norme Doan
Paul Doan
Waukegan, IL
Upper Iowa University
Waukegan
Jon Becker
Iowa City
H. F. Becker
Paul Zurbriggen
Kenneth Evans
Viola Berndt
Lyle Wilson
Walter Kohls
D. . Doan
Mrs. Doan
Myrtle Nelson
Anna Dennler
Martha Berg
Mike Tillich
Andrew Fritz
Esther Neuman
Miss Neuman
Nelson
Oluf Berg
Messrs
Tillich and
Fritz
Mrs
Carl Green
George Colsch
Waukon
Erma Jane DeSart
Lorence Muchlethaler
Oak Park
Will Krogman
Rev
Theo. Dons
Harvey Stoehr
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Monument Company
J. G. Bauman
Lindaman
Peterson
Cornell Bluffs
Aplington
Essex
Louis Klingman
Lena Bargeman Puffer
Long Beach
California
Upper Iowa
Erma Grether
Jewa City
Myr
H. B. Greenley
Linda Lou
Clermont
Chas. Greenley
Decorah
Frank Greenley
Robert Greenley
Kohler Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church Notes
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Illyria Church
Floyd Harvey
Betty
H. S. Steeler
Clarence Houg
Ralph and
Paul
Olaf Hoag
Ed Klingman
G. J. Mosby
Batoffe Club
H. H. Wolf
W. CC
Leo Schori
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
Jimmie Magdefrau
Wayland
Mrr
John F. Berndt
Wm. F. Miller
Peter's
Germany
Peter
Elgin Opera House
John D. Mackelar
John Barnhouse and Son
Lew Grover
Albert Schori
Georgia Mae
G. B. Schori
Lewis. Thoma
Atkins
Max Thoma
Lewis Ishman
B. Ishman
Celia Rennison
Georgia Mane Schori
Minneapolis
Minn
Clarence Juller
Leon Gress
Marquette
Louis Sutter
John Falb
Daun the
Wizaard Whitley
Union
Lois Lelusan
McGregor
L. G. Lehman
Mrs. Lehman
Lion Brand
Wolverine
Baby Stuart
Schall
Elgin, Iowa
Foot Comfort Store
Brackin—Winkler
Mr. Winkler
Mrs. Winkley
Gy Bear
Wis
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