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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1931
Page
6
Schultz family starts farm work while numerous visitors from Postville Clermont Fayette and Decorah stop by. Relatives attend Mrs Kirkeberg funeral and Mrs Howard’s 73rd birthday. A high wind creates dust storm as townsfolk recount weekend events and meals.
Sunday events include English services at 10 a m and 8 p m with Sunday school at 11 and a Sumner meeting at 3 p m. Association sessions run April 21 to 28 with a choir of about 40 rehearsing for a May 10 cantata. Five baptisms last Sunday drew a large crowd. chair table committee asks members to contribute meals. Rev O Brenner of Sheffield will speak next Sunday.
Lutheran Church notes announce April 19 at 11 o clock English morning communion and 7 30 o clock English evening services in Marion. April 26 at 10 30 o clock English communion in Norway and 2 30 o clock at First Lutheran of McGregor for communion. You are welcome at each service. Pastor J Strandford.
Dated snippets reveal visits by Mrs Anna DeSart Dorothy and Irene Sullivan in Clermont. gatherings at the Will Pritchard and Sam Boleyn homes. Mrs Charles Capper returning from visiting a ill father. Memorial Day plans by L C A. Night Owls orchestra at Elgin dance and Clermont benefit dance. Rhubarb pie Easter timing noted. Ernestine Holzer burned hands from hot candy. Helen Muehlethaler sprains ankle at athletic grounds. x rays confirm sprain. return to school expected soon.
A lecture contrasts two social classes, the wrecking crew and the constructing crew. The wreckers are quick to spot faults but avoid honest work and hinder progress. The constructors stay attentive, aim for a clear goal, persevere to exhaustion, and persist despite fear.
Mr and Mrs George Pollitt spent Sunday in the Lyle Engelhart home at Luana. Mr and Mrs F C Muehlethaler and family with R C Jorgenson were dinner guests in the L B Carter home. Hattie McKellar visited the Highland McKellar home and called on great aunt Mrs C P Turnbull. Geraldine Schori visited Waterloo last Saturday. Dr and Mrs Wheat of Waukon spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs E L Morris at the John Farb home. Mrs Samuel Moaby and daughter Marié, Mrs Ed Klingman and Edna Hunsberger drove to Waterloo last Saturday. Sixty ring neck pheasants were released near Monona from the state game farm at Clibe Iowa.
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