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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
6
A long Elgin Iris column lists visitors, family births, deaths, weddings, and local gatherings. Families including Kiple, Swenson, Keiser, Kohler, Krueger, Klingman, and Habeger are noted with church, polit ical, and social visits across Elgin and Clermont. Residents travel to Cedar Falls, Benson, Chicago, and Iowa City for events while campaign activity and church affairs are mentioned.
The message lists Thursday April 26 8 p m prayer meeting 9 p m choir English service Sunday April 29 10 p m English service 11 a m Sunday school 8 p m orchestra program Win-One Club meeting led by Lillian Krueger May 8 8 p m covenant bereaved families remembered Ladies Aid not meeting May 2 but May 9 at Mrs Edwin Krueger home Invitation to all services Pastor Ph Lauer.
J J Snyder ministers at the M E Church with Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Services at 10 pm Sunday, Sunday school at 11 am, Church of Youth at 7 pm. Committee in charge includes Geraldine Kohler Ernes tine Holzer and Floyd Frieden. Ladies Aid to entertain general Aid Society this Thursday afternoon. Choir and orchestra practice Thursday evening.
Marion at 11 o clock baptismal and mission services with dinner at church St Olaf Chapel at 8 o clock English services May 6 Norway at 11 o clock English services First Lutheran at 2:30 o clock communion services Marion at 8 o clock Luther League Come to church You are welcome service landlord Bester
Read about third and fourth graders making Poppy Posters with prizes for best from each grade. Seventh and eighth graders finished geography tests on the British Isles and South America. Home economics girls start second dress unit. club meeting rescheduled. High school girls hosted at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. Sympathy sent to the Grether family. Commercial classes prep for Cresco contest. Shorthand and typing teams named with possible changes. Spring calendar includes concerts, banquets, a play, baccalaureate, alumni banquet, school exhibit, senior night, picnics, and commencement with Dean Rienow.
Street Commissioner Walter Kohls advertises hitching posts at the west end of Pleasant street. The old posts formerly stood at the park's south end and may be useful this spring as farmers drive teams to town.
Mrs. M. W. Spears of Mattoon Til arrived Monday evening to visit her son N. W. Evans and family. Mr. and Mrs. Evans and Kenneth drove to Postville Monday evening to meet her.
Ruth Graver works at the P. N. Peterson home near St. Olaf. Mr and Mrs C L Young of Cedar Rapids visited the Chas Copper home. Their daughter Margaret, who had been visiting here for about a week, accompanied them back to Cedar Rapids.
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