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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
6
A long list of weekend gatherings, visits, and travel involving residents from Mason City, Charles City, Oelwein, Manchester, Elkader, Calmar, Monona,構 New Hampton and other towns. People visited relatives, attended funerals and weddings, and joined picnics and suppers in homes from Mason City to Kansas and Illinois.
The First Baptist Church Dy hosts Good Friday service at 2:00 PM led by Minister Ittermann along with neighboring churches for a cooperative union. Next Sunday April 13 features an Easter Sunrise at 10:00 AM and Easter Communion at 11:00 AM with Sunday School to follow. The message invites participation in the Easter parade to the church. Monday April 14 offers Berean Gangsters Get-to-Gether at 7:30 PM.
The Methodist Church announces a Sunday School meet at 8 45 a m and worship service at 10 00 a m with a special World Service offering. Choir rehearsal is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m and the public and members are invited to worship with us.
St Olaf Lutheran Church announces April services with communion at 7 30 on April 10 and services at 7 30 on April 11. Easter services April 13 include Norway at 9 30 and Marion at 11 00. You are welcome at each service. Pastor J Strandjord officiates.
Sunday school starts at 10:00 a m followed by Sunday service at 11:00 a m and a Sunday evening service at 5:00 p m all at the Full Gospel Undenominational church.
Two Methodist Circle meetings set for April 17 will be held in the afternoon. Circle Martha plans to meet with Mia while Edith Berg and Mrs D BE Tinker assist. Circle Joy with Mrs G J to Mrs C J Robinson will assist as well.
The Elgin Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet on Thursday, April 17, at the chapel. A silent auction will be held and each member will invite a guest. Hostesses are Mrs. Mervin Hunsberger, Mrs. Oscar Holden, Mrs. Ed Butikofer, and Mrs. Dwayne Friden. The program chairman is Mrs. Elmer Meyer.
Elgin and Clermont senior high home ec students visited Falb Light on Wednesday morning for a Beverly Tower demonstration on food preparation and freezing methods. Tower serves as the home ec demonstrator for International Harvester.
Card of Thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for cards gifts on 25th wedding anniversary signed Mr and Mrs Frank Christen plus another from Mrs Leo Boleyn thanking relatives friends and Tabitha society for gifts visits during hospital stay and return home followed by thanks to Elgin fire department and neighbors for prompt help after a fire and a note about crop seed certification forms for 17 crops for Iowa farmers available by writing the Iowa Crop Improvement Association Ames
A string of social visits across several towns in Iowa including Waukon West Union Ced ar Falls Dubuque and Menasha. Families mentioned include the Jones Howard Mosby Watters How ard and Boleyn with guests from Dubuque attending a baptism in Jeffry Ray Watters family. Local gatherings continued with Archie Howard Harold Asmus and Gerald Schneider households hosting or hosting guests.
Grapes require annual pruning before bud swell to ensure large high quality fruit. April is recommended for planting a new lawn, according to homely gardening guidance.
Mrs Leo n Boleyn returned home last Wednesday from St Josephs hospital New Hampton after major surgery. She will be unable to resume household duties for several weeks. W E Chase Volga went to Rochester MN last Tuesday to enter the clinic and had surgery at St Marys hospital on Friday morning. He is expected home within a week or ten days. Mel Kohler returned to the store Monday after being confined at home most of last week due to illness.
Pvt Carmen Loftsgard of Clermont begins 16 weeks of infantry training in Fort Riley Kansas with the 10th Infantry Division. Other service notes include Pvt Dan J Butikofer at Fort Riley and Cpl Uriel Gehring of Fort Leonard Wood visiting his parents in Missouri. A new address line lists AB James E Friederich at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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