Local notes recount visits births and visits around Elgin
Postville families and neighbors are listed with brief visits births and illnesses. New mother Leon Birdsell welcomed a daughter Mary Eileen while families including Harringtons Stevens and Kohlers made weekend trips to Chicago Des Moines and Newton. Community clubs met at Mrs Schori’s Kensington and Echo notes share illness schooling and a surprise Abe Habeger birthday gathering.
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Warren Harrington
Postville
J. Harrington
Roy Steele
Waterloo
Bishops
W. F. Kohler
W. ©. Falk
Chicago
Leon Birdsell
Mary Eileen
Ray Heins
A. M. Weibel
Serene Yack
Wadena
R. Carpenter
Fayette
Carrie Whitney
C. B
Paul Zoschke
Karl M'isr
John Miller
Gus Hackmann
Clermont
Newton
Harry Nicklaus
Ed Fahey
Des Moines
Rex Stark
Lewis Thoma
Atkins
Batoffe Club
Louis Klingman
Elmer Hong
C .B. Schori
Pierce Cashman
von Spahr
Tille Hanson
Elma
L. L. Kiple
Guttenberg
Bertha Kiple
Daobugus
St Pauls M E Church Plans Family Night Picnic
J J Snyder minister serves St Pauls M E Church with Louis Klingman pianist. Worship at 10 a m, Sunday school at 11 a m. Family night picnic supper Thursday evening at 8 in the church dining room, bring usual picnic requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Tilyria Church Announces Sunday Schedule and National Better Homes Week
Grace Foxwell will play piano at Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church service at 11 15 a m at Tilyria Church. Better Homes Week is observed nationally this week with sermons on the subject.
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J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
Better Homes
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule Highlights
Sunday services include worship at 10 a m and afternoon service at 2 1 0 p m with Sunday school at 11 00. Communion and dinner in parlors. Junior P U O at 2 p m. No evening services. May 6 Women's Missionary Society at 2 p m with hostesses Mrs John F Miller and Mrs Mary Haas. Prayer meeting at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m.
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Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Jacobs
Women’s Missionary Society
John F. Miller
Mary Haas
West Union Triumphs Over Elgin In County Tourney Round Two
West Union defeated Elgin 12 to 6 in the second round of Fayette County tournament and will meet Fayette Thursday to decide the county representative for the district tourney. The game was played on the grass due to wet grounds with West Union scoring eight runs in the first inning. West Union pitchers were Whitcher and Granger. Elgin’s were Shaffer Heck and Schneider. Elgin faces Alpha at Alpha Friday.
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West Union
Elgin
Fayette County
Fayette
Whitcher and Granger
Shaffer, Heck
Schneider
Alpha
Elgin Vocational Guidance Clinic Praised In Iowa Roundup
A Waukon Republican Standard reprint praises Elgin Iowa’s first northeastern Iowa vocational guidance clinic for high school seniors. More than 300 students from 20 cities heard talks on teaching law medicine journalism sales nursing and agriculture. Superintendent Roberts leads this annual effort to help students choose future careers.
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Elgin
Echo
Waukon Republican Standard
Iowa
Roberts
Elgin Schools
Towa
Postville Seniors Attend Elgin Vocational School Event
Eleven Postville high school seniors joined peers from 21 area towns at Elgin for a Seniors Vocational School with 350 attendees. The program featured profession conferences and entertainment, led by Elgin superintendent Mr Roberts, aiming to guide graduates toward fitting vocations.
Seniors Attend Elgin Vocational School Meeting
The Union and Argo-Gazette report West Union seniors attended the Senior Vocational School at Elgin on Monday. About 21 schools and four hundred seniors participated, with lectures from various professions. The event, held April 20 in Elgin, is seen as a new, successful Fayette County experiment likely to become an annual affair.
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The
Union and
Argo-Gazette
West Union
Elgin
Fayette County
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