Weekend visits and hospital news in Fayette County
Local families from Marlon, Clermont, Davenport, Oelwein and beyond shared weekends with relatives. Attendance at dinners and birthdays featured Mr. and Mrs. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. Dummermuth, and visits to Rochester clinic and Des Moines. A Cincinnati of pneumonia required blood transfusions for Soren Sorenson as Elmer Pinney Jr and kin traveled to Minneapolis to assist. Crescent floor wax ad closes the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Greenley
Mae Potter
Oelwein
Ervin Etter
Colleen
Janesville
Wis
Frieda Etter
Jacob Hoover
Henry Bartels
Oclwein
Walter Mitts
Postville Hospital
Walter Medberry
Dewain
Rochester
Minn
Medberry
Harold Schneider
Harry Butikofer
Schneider
Cora Witt
Monona
L. G. Lehman
Clarence Muehlethaler
Gus Krueger
George Boyle
Ethel
Chris Wenger
H. S. Steele
Libbie Larson
Frank Lyon
Sneldon Boyle
Robert Miller
Ruby Hogan
R. A. Crider
Fayette County Veterinary Assn
al West Union
Louis Olson
Curtis
Clermont
Wayne ‘Gilson
Pfe
Keith Kohler
Des Moines
Geraldins
L. O. Koevenig
Jim
Postville
C. J. Harrington
Ethel Kohler
Carl Torkelson
Blooming Prairie
S. C. Blockhus
Harald Schneider
Albert. Dummermuth
Kay
John Faye
Fayette
Eldred Dummermuth
Don Jenson
Marilyn
West Union
Albert Moschel
Hawkeye
Arlington
Zoschke
W. E. Baumgartner
Elgin
Memorial Services for Pvt Gerald L Boyer
Memorial services were held at Brainard church for Pvt Gerald L Boyer who died in the sinking of a transport in the English Channel on Christmas Day 1944. The service featured a sermon by Rev A E Burrroughs and songs by Clarence Kohls with Elgin Legion members assisting. Born Feb 1 1926 in Elgin, he served in Company L of the 26nd Infantry Division and received the Purple Heart posthumously. He is survived by parents Melvin and Helen Boyer and a brother Arthur J Bayer serving in Germany.
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Brainard
Gerald L. Boyer
English Channel
A. E. Burroughs
Fredricksburg
Clarence Kohls
Volga
Elgin Legion and Auxiliary
Gerald
Verne Boyer
Helen and
Melvin Boyer
Elgin
Elgin Public
Camp Hood
Texas
Camp Rucker
Ala
England
France
Boyer
26Nd
Arthur J. Bayer
Patton
Third Army
Germany
Melvin Bayer
Community Church Schedule and Minister Announcement
Sunday morning worship begins at 10 o clock at the Methodist Church with Sunday school at 11 o clock. Choir rehearsal is set for Thursday evening at 7 30. Trev Joseph C Warton serves as Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Warton
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule and Message
The Elgin Baptist Church lists Paul F. Zoschke as minister Alfred Jacob Jr as organist Tabitha Society meets at 2 pm prayer service at 8 pm choir rehearsal at 9 pm Sunday worship at 10 am evening service at 8 pm B Y P A in charge The worship of Christ is the recharge of the spiritual battery Dont be run down Go to church and be re charged for Godly living
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
Tabitha Society
Christ
The Founding of the Nation Lesson Text Excerpt
A devotional study on Moses and Jethro guiding Israel toward godly leadership. It highlights seeking God's counsel, appointing helpers to share duties, and the covenant at Sinai. The piece urges personal and national repentance, obedience, and reliance on divine guidance for nation and home alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Moses
Jethro
God
Mount Sinai
Christ
Tabernacle
Lutheran Church Services Announced for April and May
The Lutheran church lists services with times and locations. On April 22 Norway at 11 o clock, St Olaf at 9 30 a m, Marion at 11 a m. Choir rehearsal at dp m April 29. Pastor Dr J Strandjord invites all to attend services and welcomes everyone.
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Norway
Clermont
St. Olaf
Marion
J. Strandjord
Tenth Anniversary of Rev Zoschke’s Pastorate in Elgin
The Elgin Baptist congregation marked Rev P F Zoschke’s ten years of ministry with a Thursday prayer meeting. B J Baumgartner led arrangements and a social hour. Otto Krueger recalled progress, and a rose basket inscribed Ebenezer was presented. A deacon’s letter was read, Harry Johnson led a group sing, and Mrs Schaer read I Thessalonians 1. The Rev and Mrs Zoschke expressed joy in serving the church, followed by a church luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
P. F. Zoschke
B. J. Baumgartner
Otto Krueger
Zoschke
Ebenezer
J. F. Miller
Carl Hackmann
Harry Johnson
Fred Schaer
I Thessalonians
Rey
Elgin Church
Card of Thanks from the Boyers for Gerald’s memory
Mr and Mrs Melvin Boyer and Arthur J Boyer thank friends for sympathy flowers and memorials in memory of Gerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Melvin Boyer
Arthur J. Boyer
Card of Appreciation on Birthday and Illness
A reader expresses gratitude for letters ecards gifts and flowers received on a birthday and recalls kindness during illness and confinement at home.
There Are No Rookie Dollars Buy U S Defense Bonds
A terse wartime appeal urges readers to back national defense by purchasing U S Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps, emphasizing immediate action and patriotic duty. It frames the purchase as a direct contribution to the front lines and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Defense
Dance Night at Clermont Opera House Invites All
The notice invites the community to a dance at the Clermont opera house tonight with a festive crowd. A wartime message urges restraint with a harsh line about enemies, while a weathering report notes unusually light winter damage to fruit belts and prospects for a citrus crop near last year’s record.
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Clermont Opera House
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Ello
Atea
Elgin Baptist Church
Mar Old L. Lundquist
D. T.ody
Bible Institutes
Western Nawspaper
Laggson
Ser Hare Bint
International
Lutheran Church
Northrup Kings Cats
G. H. Falb
Gerden Seeg
Triumph
Green Mountain
Bermuda
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
America
Elgin Furniture Store
DIAL
F. C. Muehlethaler
Iowa
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