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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
6
Readers report a lengthy list of social visits and travel between Decorah Oelwein Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Rochester Minn including hospital stays and domestic trips. Notables include Mrs Reynost Mr Martie and families visiting relatives and attending funerals and spring recitals with many weekends spent away from home.
The Methodist church announces Sunday morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and Passion Sunday observance at St Pauls. Baptism will be administered during the service. Also Alyria Community Choir meets at 11 20 a.m. Circle meetings of the W S C S include Circle A with Mrs Emma Olson on April 11 and 18, Circle A with Mrs Edith Berg, Circle 3B with Mrs Emma Knudtsen and Laurence Knudson, and Circle Mrs Herbert Ash assisted by Mrs Clifton Wilson. Reverend Joseph C. Wart on is the minister.
The Mgin Baptist Church schedules Thursday activities with prayer at 8 p.m. and choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. An evening service at 8 features guest speaker Miss Alice Westerman, a trainee at the Chicago Baptist Missionary Training School.
The Lutheran churches announce a schedule of services and confirmations in April. Norway presents confirmations and communion on several days, St. Olaf hosts an evening service, and Marion holds morning Easter services. Pastor S. J. Strandford invites all to attend each service.
A devotional analysis contrasts how Jesus’ friends respond to his call. Some become preachers, others follow humbly, some stay home, and Levi Matthew leaves wealth to follow Jesus. The piece urges church members to support and emulate faithful, nonoffice bearing disciples.
Multiple Fayette County residents announce candidacies for Republican and Democratic nominations in the June 3, 1946 primary. Entries include Robt Wilson for County Supervisor and Recorder. Clyde Munson for County Recorder. Wm Knox for Treasurer. Elbert S Estey for County Attorney. Hazel Gehring for County Auditor. Elgin M Gehring for Clerk of Courts. J C Davis for State Representative. Kutschat for Sheriff. Fred W Gremmels for Supervisor. Fred A House for Supervisor. Viola M Blake for Clerk of the District Court. Don Shaw for State Representative. Clint W Humphry for Supervisor 1947 term.
Mrs Reynold Strong thanks the Illyria Ladies' Aid and Cemetery Assn the Comrades Sunday school class and the Illyria 4-H girls for gifts during her illness and to many friends for ecards and letters. Your thoughtfulness will be remembered.
Nicholie Martie of Elgin expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for help gifts cards and letters during illness and thanks Rev Nesset for thoughtfulness and kindness dated 32p Elgin
A letter from Mrs. Henry E. A. Larson extends thanks for cards gifts letters and fruit received during a university hospital stay and after returning home. The page lists various local visits and dinners including Keith Kohler visiting Detroit and numerous families hosting supper and dinner gatherings in Monona Postville and nearby homes.
The report covers a 1947 supervisor nomination set for June 3, 1946, with voters in Fayette County. It notes social events at John Falb and Oscar Frieden homes for Anna Falb’s 80th birthday, plus birthdays celebrated for Mrs Frieden and others. Visitors include Jake Friederich, Fern, Sam Lehman, Bertha Jane Casper, and Anna Schupbach family among others. Also mentions Tommy Barker’s return from four weeks in a veterans hospital and local health updates after March 16 surgery at University Hospital Iowa City. Anna Mae Schupbach of Cedar Rapids visited Fayette, with Leo Boleyn family hosting Sunday dinner. Five new 1948 Ford registrations are recorded in Fayette County.
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