Elgin Social Roundup Highlights Local Visiting Guests
Elgin residents hosted and visited many during a busy period. Mrs. E Hunsberger held a quilting party. several families traveled to Decorah, Postville, Elkader, and Oelwein for hospital visits, funerals, and social gatherings. Attendees included Kenneth Hellum, Clarence Muehlethaler, George Anderson, Louise Little, and many others, with trips to Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Chicago noted. Community events included card club meetings and a district Farm Bureau Oil Co. gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Krone
Chicago
H. H. Wolf
Donald Gilson
West Union
Amelia Quamme
Ina Matthews
Louis Radloff
Constance
Farmersburg
Chas. Chapman
H. W. Kruse
Bob
Jon
Henry Kruse
George Anderson and
Bradley
Elkader
C. O. Christianson
Elgin
Lou Dennler Entey
Eels Score
Bob and
Ruby Olson
Park Ridge
Oak Park
Dr. Olson
Ruth Gibson
George Vaughn
Louise Little
Minneapolis
JF. Bailey
Allen Halbeger
Cedar Rapids
Cecil Northrup
Algona
J. F. Lane
Herbert Ash
Minn
Ray de Sart
Dunham
Jean
Donald Jensen
Kenneth Jensen
Eldred Dummermuth
Clifton Wilson
Wayne Gilson
R. F. Hedemann
Batty Crowell
Helen Reed
Ethel Brown
Frances Sadoff
Naomi Brant
A. M. Weibel
Wm. Weibel
Max Thoma
Oelwein
Elgin Baptist Church Plans Sunday Worship Schedule
Pastor Paul F. Zoschke leads Sunday morning worship and communion at 10 oclock with Chrystal Miller as organist. Sunday school follows at 11 oclock. Afternoon services at 2 oclock include Junior meeting. Wednesday April 10 features an 8 pm prayer service and 9 pm choir rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Chrystal Miller
Lutheran church services scheduled in April
The notice lists English services at St. Olaf on Sundays at 9 o'clock and Marion church at 10 o'clock with an 7:30 p m English Marion service. It invites all to attend with a welcome message from Dr S J Strandford pastor and the survey committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Marion
S. J. Strandford
Scotenman
Elgin High School News Highlights Activities And Sports
Elgin High School reports first and second graders reading Dutch Twins with weaving in craft projects. Fourth graders start The New Path to Reading, while art features Chinese lanterns and a poetry play in English. Jimmy Daniels remains absent with scarlet fever. Audubon Bird Society forms with Jane Faith elected president. baseball practice begins with listed players and lineup prospects. Junior Jacob to compete in West Union tuba contest April 6, with solo at 7:45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Cordis
Jimmy Daniels
Joan Mosby
New Zealand
Doris Hanson
Plyther Hobbies ‘Arts
Doris
Audubon Bird Society
Jane Faith
Dorothy Torkelson
Kenneth Foscher
Elgin High School
Robert Wenger
Junior Jacob
Conner Dummermuth
Jake Schneider
Glen Schupbach
Calvin Nelson
Gordon Zurbriggen
Russell Wenger
Dale Kelly
Harvey Gilbertson
Jack Adrian
Vernie Frieden
Lawrence Gehring
Reuben Christen
Hedemann
Adrian
Jacobs
Russ Wenger
Bob Wenger
Zurbriggen
Dummermuth
Schupbach
Schneider
Kelly
Gilbertson
Nelson
Frieden
Christen
Gehring
Jacob
West Union
Billy
Blowhard
Celian Kottaun
Presbyterian Church
Joanne Mosby
George
Jimmie Bovis
Delores Torkelson
Charlotte Tebbe
Leland Capper
Alma Ruth Grimes
Dean Torkelson
Clifton Kohler
Pioneer Life in Iowa essays for Legion Auxiliary prize
Six weeks of student essays on Pioneer Life in Iowa are under review by the Elgin American Legion Auxiliary committee, with the top entry to enter a state contest and prizes of 12.50, 7.50, and 5.00. The Biology class has planted a seed garden and is watching growth. the Senior Class presents Spring Fever, a three act farce, with a cast including Howard Brant and Anne Purcell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary of
Elgin
Chrystal Wenger
Vivian George
Vic
Kathleen Steele
Henry Purcell
Anne
Walter Bovis
Phoebe Purcell
Geraldine Mathys Maude Corey
Howard
Calif
Betty Elkema
Virgil Bean
Zoology
Michael Block Hus
Dixon
Brookfield College
Alfred Jacob
Howard Bandt
Europe
Maude
Unusual Patents Yield Inflatable Umbrella and Auto Bumpers
A quirky list of recently granted patents includes an inflatable umbrella without metal ribs enabled by air pressure in the handle shaft. Also noted are auto side bumpers that deploy from running boards upon impact to reduce side damage.
Local Odds and Ends From Fayette Calendar and Notes
A fragment from a Fayette page lists a April 27 baseball tournament at Fayette and April 5 9 and 16 events in the district. It mentions educational talking points, fishing on West Main Street in Wautoma Wis and a Japan temple rope anecdote. Other items include residents moving to the George Boyle apartment over Feller hardware and visitors from Hawkeye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars la Tour
United States
West Main Street
Wautoma
Wis
White River
Japan
Wome
Gauducheau
France
G. N. School
Pacific Coast train with in-car elevator eases baggage
A new Pacific Coast train introduces an in-car small elevator system to load baggage from inside the car. Porters assist as the train approaches stations and a door opens from the outside for unloading. This innovation ends the need to carry bulky luggage down stairs.
Youth Forum Debates Education Spending At Elgin High
In a WMT session on money for education Elgin High students discuss if spending is excessive. A senior argues education raises living standards, while a junior counters that many lack proper schooling and a sophomore adds a skeptical note about the quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
America
Elgin High
Reno Changes Color and Marriage Surge
A Reno statistics report notes one month with five times as many marriages as divorces in the Nevada city. The data challenge stereotypes about Reno, highlighting a high rate of nuptials relative to dissolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nevada City
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Robert Wilson
Erma Jane DeSare
Hugo Hackmann
Lyle Wilson
Waterloo
Farm Bureau Oil Co
Russell-Lamson Hotel
Legion Auxiliary
Carl Torkelson
Ern Bauder
Earl Kiple
C. O. Torkelson
Shell Rock
Irvin Lyons
Great Lakes
Mary
John Steffans
Hans Grether
Rose L. Kocher
Toledo
John Sutter
Georges Vaughn Jand
Strawberry Point
Arlington
Rudy Yunker
Long Beach
California
Clifton Cox
Los Angeles
Cox
Lucille Berndt
J. F. Berndt
Patsy
Ray DeSart
Sheldon Boyle
Mealey Hotel
Fayette County
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
Weavling
Jake
Heaven
Mrs
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Bala
Conner D
Wadena
Schoolmasters Club
Randalia
Clermont
Fayette
Fundalia
Youth Forum
Aitin
Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
the Atlantic Monthly
Arlington St
Boston
Wolverine
of Pure Foods
Stuart
Baby Stuart
Elgin, Iowa
General Electric
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
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