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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
6
Local notes record Rev. Paul F. Zoschke attending the Cedar Falls annual bible conference. Numerous visitors and guests frame a busy week with dinners, picnics, and extended stays across Clermont, Postville, West Union, and nearby towns. Health updates mention Lew Grover suffering a heart attack last Tuesday morning.
Paul F Zoschke officiates at Elgin Baptist Church with Alfred Jacob Jr as organist. Thursday afternoon service at 2, Women’s Missionary Society meet. Prayer service and choir rehearsal at 8 tonight. Sunday worship at 10 with communion, Sunday school at 11, church dinner at noon, junior society at 1, no evening service.
First Baptist Church thanks for space in 1944 gratus coverage. Clerk Harry L. Johnson, in a brief note dated July 30, 1945, expresses appreciation for the publicity space provided during the year.
A polite note thanks readers for cards and gifts during illness and hospitalization. The item also lists visits and guests including Mrs. Louise Mueller of Milwaukee visiting the Earl Kiple home, Ted Neuman and Richard at Jacob Hoover home, Mrs. Harvey Kruse visiting Mason City, Mrs. Rachel Anderson visiting P. J. Anderson and family, Dorothy Etter at Bale Kamm home, and Ruby Benson’s family visiting Ole Benson in Clermont.
Dr Adams faces a tough psychology problem as Sionel Barrymore Van Johnson Marilyn Maxwell and Gloria DeHaven star in a dramatic film presented over the weekend on August 5 6 and 4 days.
Lesson centers on Abraham sending a trusted servant to find a godly wife for Isaac. Rebekah’s character and readiness for marriage are praised, with emphasis on honesty, family duties, and love rooted in faith. The piece cautions against casual marriages and stresses love guided by God.
Halvor Halverson son of Hans and Martha Horgen Halverson was born near Decorah on September 27 1874. He moved to this community with his parents at age five and lived here all his life. He died suddenly July 24 at age 70 9 27 from a heart attack. Survived by two brothers James Decorah and Carl Esther Mrs Edgar Kimball Elgin and sisters Mrs Olaf Berg Clermont and Mrs Esther Kimball Elgin. Funeral July 27 from Muehlthaler Funeral Home Elgin and East Clermont Lutheran Church with burial beside the churchyard.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends who assisted and sympathized after our dear brother's death. Gratitude to those who sang the hymns, the organist and Rev Nesset for comforting words, from the brothers and sisters.
Happy Birthday to You lists multiple names by date from August 2 to August 8. The items include Wm Klingman Estella Becker Derry Dummermuth iH Gilson Oscar Baumgartner Martha Chapman Geraldine Kohler J D Erickson Bradley Anderson Bertha Larson Earl Baumgartner Minerva Leonard Selmer Groth Geraldine Lindsgard Royce Murphy Jelen Reinhart Gee M Gilson Hazel Gehring Orland L Conaway Mrs Peter Lofte C M Wilson Adolph Elwyers Mrs C J Mulford Oma L Butikofer Anna Lee Bulikofer Beverly Jaster James Christ Walter Bovis Mrs Albert Schori Geo Anderson Rev Geo Snyder Vergie Livingston Bernadine Boland Robert Howard Stanley Lehman Gordon Pollock and others.
Rinse glasses that held milk with cold water before washing to prevent curdling. The practice is especially helpful for buttermilk residues, reducing spoilage and improving cleanliness.
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