Elgin Echo prints notes from town gatherings and visitors
Community notes from Elgin recount visits by Mr and Mrs Paul Liddle, Jud Conner, Myrlin Feller, and many others. Easter Lily plant orders due April 14 at Elgin Furniture. Local trips include Woolsey, Schupbachs, and Scheels visiting Clermont, Postville, and Waterloo. Several residents attend play at University of Iowa and a Dubuque pageant, with hospital and birthday observances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Echo
Paul Liddle
Etkport
K. E. Mark
Jud Conner
Albert Dummermuth
Fayette
Myrlin Feller and Son
Merlin Olson
Festville
Elgin Furniture Store
C. E. Witt
Monona
L. G. Lehman
John Falk
Fred C. Schultz
Postville
Mark
Anna Rennison
Princeton
Walter Winkleman
Buffalo Center
Karl Miller
Geraldine Schori
Waterloo
Wm. F. Miller
Chas. Heubner
Edwin P. Anderson
Frederick
Iowa Falls
F. R. Berg
Myrlin Feller
Kay
Moorhead
Chas. Feller
Oscar Frieden
Elkader
Sam Lehman
F. &. Kohler
Heubner
W. C. Falk
A. J. Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Falk
Elgin
Donna Walters
August Scheel
Lawler
Frieda Miller
West Union
Tilmer Thompson
Clermont
Ern Pfister
Melbert Baechler
Albert Scheel
Herman Scheel
Edwin Anderson
Town Falls
Gus Hackmann
Max Lehman
B. J. Baumgartner
Fred Burrow
Earl Kiple
Tofield Heck
Joe Becker
State University of Iowa
Thomas Percy
Earl of
Worcester
King Ilenry
Boleyn's
Lee
Beryl Boleyn
Illyria Church Plans Sunday Service Schedule
J J Snyder minister and Grace Foxwell plan a Sunday school at 10 15 a m followed by a communion service at 11 15 o clock at Illyria Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
Palm Sunday Service at St Pauls M E Church
Palm Sunday communion service led by Minister J Snyder and pianist Winifred McMillan at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11. Catechism class to meet Friday April 8 at 1 o clock in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Snyder
Winifred McMillan
Palm
Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Schroeder
Union
M. E
Lutheran Church Notes Palm Sunday to Easter Services
Palm Sunday services listed for Norway St. Olaf Marion Norse Norse English. Holy Thursday Marion 11 Norse. Good Friday Norway 11 Norse St Olaf Chapel 7 30 English. Easter Norway 9 30 English Marion 11 English. Come to church you are welcome at each service. Dr J Strandjord pastor.
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Norway
St. Olaf
Marion
St. Olaf Chapel
J. Strandjord
Rosary Society Meeting at St Peter's in Ossian
The Rosary Society of St Peter's met at the home of Mrs. Sheldon Boyle on Tuesday afternoon April 5 with 23 members and six guests attending. Mrs. Walter Kohls presided and a publicity chairman, Margaret Clarke, was named. Plans for a fall bazaar were discussed and Fr O'Connell reviewed the Centennial pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Rosary
Thie House
Sheldon
Ethel Boyle
Fr. O'Connell
Dubuque
Ossian
E. L. Crowe
Holmes Family Plans Cobourg Return After Illness
Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmes and Mrs Holmes mother Mrs Anna DeSart departed last week for their Cobourg Ontario home. Mrs Axel Nelson of Fosston Minnesota is seriously ill at her Fosston home. Mrs Geo N Schori plans to go to Fosston Thursday morning to be with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Holmes
Holmes
Anna DeSart
Cobourg
Ontario
Canada
Axel Nelson
Fosston
Minn
Geo. N. Schori
What Does Cross Bearing Mean Today in Faith Reflection
A religious meditation on Luke 9 22 24 arguing that bearing the cross means denying self to follow Christ and endure hardship for the sake of righteousness. It links Jesus crucifixion to daily life and urges cheerful unselfishness in doing Christ like work despite discomfort or social scorn.
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Christ
Calvary
Jesus
Gethsemane
Jane Adams
General Aid Meeting Planned at Mrs Schori Home
The General Aid Society of the M E church will meet at Mrs Albert Schori's home next Thursday April 14 with hostesses Mrs Max Thoma Mrs Ern Schori Mrs Ethel Kohler Mrs Ern Holzer and Mrs Mel Kohler. Program includes music devotionals roll call exchange of seeds bulbs and plants flowers.
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General Aid Society
M.E. Church
Albert Schori
Max Thoma
Ern Schori
Ethel Kohler
Ern Holzer
Mel Kohler
F. DeSart
R. W. Muehrenthaler
Breckenridge Street Collapsed After Rain In Owensboro
In Owensboro Kentucky a section of Breckenridge Street collapsed after heavy rain when a trunk sewer line forty feet below the surface failed. Sandy soil crumbled, threatening several homes as families evacuated on city advisement. The cave extends about one hundred by two hundred fifty feet.
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Owensboro
Kentucky
Breckenridge Street
Elgin Study Club Reviews Current Book Titles
The Elgin Study Club met at Gladys Schori's home to discuss "Current Book Reviews" with reviews of The Citices by A. J. Cronin Rose Wolf Home Spun by Della T. Lutes Verna Mashy. Plans were laid for the county convention to be held in Flpin on April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Gladys Schori
A. J. Cronin
Rose Wolf
Della T. Lutes
Verna
Flpin
Progress Club Meeting Hosts India and Island Topics
Delila Oldag hosted the Progress Club at John Falk's home Monday evening. Roll call sparked talks on India and the South Sea Islands. Frieda Miller reviewed The Face of Mother India by Kathryn Mayo and Margaret Strauch reviewed Loery Lands of the South Seas by Norman Hall and Charles Bernard Nordhoft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delila Oldag
John Falk
India
South Sea Islands
Frieda Miller
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G. H. Falk
Elgin Furniture
Marie Krueger
B. Reigns
Mavis Miller
Erwin Miller
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Oscar Baumgartner
Louis Sutter
Waukon
Frank Miller
Postville Hospital
Edna Summermuth
Cathryn Ogle
Hilda Miller
Rock Valley
jRudy Yunker
Betty Elkema
Iowa City
Georgia Elkema
G. J.mosby
Walter Durscher
Leo Schori
Ruth Mosby
Reuben Lehman
Walter Germann
Louise Germann
Celia Rennison
John Luchsinger
R.P. Strauch
Mgr
H. D. Yack
Serene
Adeline Weist
Louise Little
Mabel
Ethel
Akron
Ohio
Caroline Miller
Lea Schori
Batoffe
H. H. Wolf
G. J. Mosby
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
Green Bay
Wis
Milwaukee
Magdefray
J. F. Berndt
Wilfred Wolf
Portland
Oregon
George Kiple
Wolf
Elma Kiple
Harold Stoehr
Lewis Stoehr
Cedar
Illyria Church
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church Notes
Rosary Society
Earl J. Handy
Herald
Arkansas
Beulah Blank
Batesville
Elgin Study Club
Shioas
Peter
Big Smith
Richelieu
Prunes
Ibs
Kellogg's le Sale
Elgin, Iowa
Kohler
Monarch
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