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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1942
Page
6
Elgin residents and relatives gather for dinners visits and church events across Postville Waterloo Rochester and Decorah area. Notable items include Mortis Amundson’s move to McClellan Field California and a Chicago trip by A M Weibel with family, plus local accidents and a blackout affecting multiple streets.
Methodist Church St Pauls Elgin holds Good Friday communion at 8 pm and an Easter service at 10 am Sunday. Community Church Illyria conducts baptisms and reception of members at 11:15 am. Union Church Clermont hosts Easter service 7 pm to 7:45 pm. Those seeking baptism or membership should call 2151. Joseph C. Warton, Minister.
Friday evening special Good Friday service at 8 o'clock. Sunday worship and communion at 10 o'clock. Sunday school at 11 o'clock. Worship service at 2 p m. Junior meeting at 2 p m. Wednesday April 8 prayer service at 8 p m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Ministers Paul F. Zoschke Alfred Jacob Jr Organist.
The notice lists Lutheran services with Norse and English rites. Norway holds Norse communion on April 2 at 11, April 5 at 9:30 and Easter services. Marion hosts Norse at 11 and English at 11. St Olaf at 8 for English Easter service. Pastor Dr S J Strandford invites all to attend.
Mrs Arthur Morris along with Mrs B Riegel and Mrs Dan Burke hosted the Ladies Aid Society at Mrs Morris's home on Wednesday afternoon March 25. Program chairman Mrs J C Halverson presented Maryland Delaware Virginia and West Virginia colonial history while Mrs Len Simek reported January February library activities. Nineteen members and two guests, Mrs Frank Fay and Mrs H F Becker, enjoyed refreshments.
Impressive dedication services were held at the Illyria Community church to honor a service flag for local youths serving in the army and navy. The Epworth League made the flag with six stars six readers note three khaki for soldiers and three blue for sailors. Sailors named are Carol Wilson Duane Feller and Alexander Pollock. Soldiers honored are Clarence Doty Harold Meyer and J. D. Shaffer.
A historic claim states it took one year and twelve thousand Jews and Christians to build the Coliseum in Rome. The account reflects ancient labor legends tied to the iconic amphitheater and its enduring place in history.
A compendium of aphorisms and reflections on happiness power and service. Quotes from Curtis Morley Angell Commonwealther Addison Stark Young Richard W Shelly Jr Elbert Hubbard Philip J Bailey and others urge balanced ambition, prudent generosity, and humility.
Sixteen Pocahontas County corn producers agreed a year and a half ago to store 33 020 bushels of corn in a large building on fairgrounds. Storage fees will fund a 120 by 40 feet 4-H club building for the girls, costing 4 200 dollars, recently completed.
Phil Leahy of West Union reported his car stolen only to reveal the next day that Homer Carmichael of Hawkeye had taken it by mistake for his own. The pair swapped vehicles after Carmichael realized the error when Mrs. Carmichael retrieved a raincoat from the car. Muddy roads near Glenwood trapped a team of horses and a duck in the yard, prompting a fire department assist.
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