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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1957

Page

6

Elgin area social notes of visitors and guests

A long list of visitors and guests from Elgin Monticello and surrounding communities is reported. Names include Linda Stephenson Len Simek and many families from Colorado Springs West Union Oelwein Cedar Rapids Milwaukee and more. Activities range from cottage stays in Clear Lake to weddings and baseball trips and several relatives visiting in Elgin and Cler mont areas.

Linda Stephenson Clear Lake Len Simek Charles Hyde Julie Kathy la Grange Park Rex Mulford Elmer W. J. Leighty Boise Idaho Elmer Pinney Rochester Minn Robert Burg Pinney Robert Musser George Anderson Parkersburg P. J. Anderson Jack Gehring Jeffrey Juliane Sam Dennler Ed Hunter Hiawatha Stanley Capper Elliott Olson John P. Falk Cedar Falls

First Baptist Church August Schedule and Services

Thursday August 1 WMU meeting at Edna Miller home Clermont with Mrs Karl Miller and Mrs Guy Probert co hosts Hour of Power at 8 pm Choir practice at 9 pm Sunday August 4 10 am Communion Rev Paul F Zoschke Brooklyn NY to conduct 11 am Sunday school 12 noon fellowship dinner Thought for the week Divine love is a sacred flower with salvation as its bud and heaven in full bloom.

Friendly Church A. John Vanderbeck WMU Edna Miller Clermont Karl Miller Guy Probert Paul F. Zoschke Brooklyn N. Y

Methodist Church notices and service details

The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at 2 30 p m led by Mrs Bert Thoman with a program by Mrs Lester Gehring Hostesses are Mrs Laurence Knudtson and Mrs Donald Gil son No choir rehearsal in the evening Sunday school begins at 8 45 a m Worship service at 10 00 a m

Donald T. Caspers Woman's Society of Christian Service Bert _Thoman Lester Gehring Laurence ‘Knudtson Donald Gilson

Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches Services and Events

Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches announce upcoming activities. Elgin holds junior choir rehearsal on Thursday August 1 at 7 30 p m and divine worship on Sunday August 4 at 10 30 a m with a Yugoslavia slide program by Rev Edgar Popp at 8 p m Highland church offers divine worship Sunday August 4 at 9 a m and a Ladies Aid meeting Thursday August 8 at 2 pm hosted at Harris Larson home with hosts Mrs Harris Larson and Leonard Moore

Elgin Edgar Popp Yugoslavia Highland Ladies’ Aid Harris Larson Mdms Leonard ‘Moore

Apostolic Christian Church Services Schedule

The Apostolic Christian Church invites the public to Sunday morning services from 10:15 to 11:80 with Sunday school 10:30 to 11:30. Afternoon services run 12:30 to 1:00 with song services 1:00 to 2:00, followed by church services.

St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches Schedule

Bruce W Boyce pastor leads services at Marion and Norway churches with choirs and Sunday school August 2 to August 8. Marion worship at 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion at 10:30 a.m. Norway services include 7:30 p.m. junior choir and 8:15 p.m. senior choir on Aug 2. 7:15 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Aug 5. 2:00 p.m. Aug 8 Mission Society hosts with Mrs Anderson and Mrs Wettleson。

Bruce W. Boyce Marion Norway Church Marion Church Norway Marion Council Board of Education Marion Mission Society Harvey Anderson Robert Wettleson

Local Families Attend Weekend Socials Across Iowa Towns

Traveling salesman Louis Halverson will move Cedar Rapids after starting Monday. Numerous gatherings trace weekend visits from Taylor Missouri to West Union Garnaville Jesup and beyond. Guests include the Sutters Butler Harrison Clark Vanderbeck Frieden and Zoschke families with nieces nephews and kin in multiple dinners luncheons and suppers through Sunday.

Louis Halverson Wilson’s Cedar Rapids Eli Sutter Gerald Sutter Steven Danny Taylor, Mo Louis Buttkofer Schneider Bert Butikofer Hulda Sutter Wm. Sutter West Union Louis Butikofer Sutter

Card of Thanks From Martin Hanson

I thank friends neighbors Social Hour Club Good Neighbors Club and WSCS for the cards letters visits and acts of kindness during my illness in the hospital.

Neighbors Club WSCS Martin Hanson

Card of Thanks from Mrs Shaffer and Hofer Families

Two separate thank you notes from Mrs Gerald Shaffer thanking friends neighbors and visitors for cards gifts flowers and help during illness at hospital and after returning home. The Hofer families and William Piister express gratitude for sympathy and meals after the death of their husband and father.

Gerald Shaffer Loretta Hofer Sam John Benjy Alfred Paul Hofer William Piister

Local social notes recount visits and guests from several towns

Severin Block returns downtown after hospital stay. Numerous families and individuals from Decorah, Des Moines, Dubuque, Oelwein, Postville, Monona, Wilton, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and other communities are listed as supper guests, visitors, and dinner companions over the week. Notable names include the Hartruph, Onsager, Barker, Nydegger, Baumgartner, Davis, Schupbach, Kohler, Shaffer, and Strauch households.

Kenneth Hartruph Cleveland Ohio Myr Ben ‘Manning Marvin Onsager Decorah Billy Frye Des Moines Joe Wander Donald Wright Clermont John Hellum Henry Anderson Ole Belerson Fred Lydia Martie Vickie Dickie Barker Dubuque Bob Harker Lester Mendenhall Ponca City Okla Fred Nydegger William Baumgartner Carrie Steele Oelwein Elgin Robert Siebman Anna Schupbach Reuben Schupbach Edward Schmid, Jr David Lulu Schmid Otto E. Olson Olson B. A. Davis Postville Bertie Waters Vern Stover Martelle Robert A. Ewing Waterloo Albert Schupbach Lena Schupbach Anna Butikofer Fred Schupbach Elmer Weithorn Monona C. M. Peterson Charles Philip Wilton Keith Kohler Peterson Karla Kohler Robert Kohler Inez Shaffer Gerald Shaffer Mrs. Shaffer Louie A. Oleson Cedar Falls R. P. Strauch

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