Elgin Social Notes Highlight Easter Visits and Meetings
Residents report visits from Wm Ewing Mrs Berg and other neighbors. Easter gatherings at several homes, a Fayette teachers meeting, bridge club events, and local notices include bake sales, hospital visits, and community updates. Notable names: Berg Shaffer Falb Kohler West Union Feller Oelwein Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Ewing
Postville
O. J. Olson
William Belschner
Clermont
A. M
Weibel
Wayne Gilson
Donald Gilson
Emma Lewis
H. T. Knudtson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Oak Grove
Melvin Hanson
Faribault
Julius Olson
Myrtle
Vernon
Decorah
Elizabeth McMillan
Fayette County
Fayette
Berg
F. R. Berg
Howard Shaffer
Stanley Duane
Oelwein Hospital
Mrs. HS. Steele
Dubuque
Mr. Kohler
Mr. Falb
Mrs. Steele
St Paul’s M E Church Plans Sunday Services and Meetings
St Paul’s M E Church led by J J Snyder with Winifred McMillan as pianist holds worship at 10 and Sunday school at 11. Divisional meetings of the M E Ladies Aid Society are scheduled Thursday with Mrs Albert Schori first, Mrs Sam Lehman second, and Mrs R V Brandt in Clermont third. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Mrs Charles Feller’s home on Wednesday afternoon May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Steinmetz
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Feller
John Feller
Elkader
H. W. Falk
Ed Kelsh
Dougherty
Chas, O'Neill
Reuben Lehman
Chicago
Sam Lehman
J. H. Bartelmay
Mae Bopp
Marian Bartelmay
West Union
Carl Schori
Donald Jensen
Myrlin Feller
Kay
Moorhead
Chas
Junior League
J. J. Snyder
Oelwein
Sumner
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
G. J. Mosby
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Donna Wenger
Fredericksburg
Elgin Furniture Store
Commercial Club
Postville
John Falb
Winifred McMillan
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Albert Schori
R. V. Brandt
Clermont
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Charles Feller
Hlyria Church Service Schedule Announced
J J Snyder minister leads Hlyria Church with Grace Foxwell as pianist. Sunday school starts at 10 18 a m and church worship at 11 15 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule with Officers
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F. Zoschke holds Sunday worship and communion at 10, Sunday school at 11, junior and worship services at 2. On Wednesday May 4 the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets at 2, prayer service at 8, and choir rehearsal at 9. Organist Lillian Schroeder is featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Schroeder
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Lutheran Church Notes May Day Services and Schedule
St Olaf chapel holds English service at 9 o clock while Marion hosts English East er service at 11. Marion offers an 8 o clock Luther League. All are welcome at every service. Dr. S J Strandford is the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Chapel
Marion
Luther League
S. J. Strandford
National Air Mail Week Announces May 15 to 21
The Post Office Department announces National Air Mail Week from May 15 to 21 to promote air mail use. The plan includes practical demonstrations of efficiency with planes stopping at landing fields to pick up mail, with Decorah identified as the nearest scheduled stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Post Office Department
Decorah
Elgin and West Union Community Notes Gather Local Happenings
Local residents are listed visiting relatives, returning home from Elkader, and attending funerals near Oxford Junction. A WPA sand filter project is planned for the sewer plant pending weather, with a council delay due to moisture. A lighthearted note remarking that tight nuts, not loose ones, caused past auto accidents closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville Herald
Worthy of His Hire and the Life Insurance Agent
The article argues against over the counter life insurance, asserting agents tailor policies to individual needs and drive massive protection. It praises the agency system, cites large industry totals, and notes laws and quirks from several states before closing with a humorous aside about Kansas laws and “good news.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Bill Smith
Verdict in Fayre county guest case awards 33500 to Victor
In Fayre county district court the sealed verdict in Ruby White versus Allen Zell was opened last Tuesday morning granting the plaintiff 33500 in damages after an 11 hour jury deliberation. Glenn White, husband of Ruby, was killed March 12 1935 when Zell's car left No 161 eight miles south of Cedar Rapids. Zell currently resides in Montana. Judge Taylor presided and the jury of nine men and three women included Joe Frieden of Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayre County District Court
Ruby White
Allen Zell
Roots of Language in Dances and Songs
The earliest forms and functions of human language appear in the dances ceremonies and songs of primitive races as seen in these cultural expressions.
Elgin fifth graders map South America with country products
Elgin School News notes fifth grade pupils made a large South America map to paste beans coffee rubber and other products, while they prepare product booklets. Intermediate team studies flowers and birds for nature study. Iowa Silent Reading tests were given Tuesday. Art classes craft poppy posters. Robert Gruver absent awaiting further hospital treatment in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Iowa
Negroes in Africa Five Thousand Years
The negro race has been in Africa for at least five thousand years, judged by Egyptian pictures showing captives with woolly hair. The article cites facial features and hair texture as evidence, reflecting 19th-century racial theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Egypt
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