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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
6
Several Elgin residents and visitors are noted in a stream of social items. Local professionals and families travel to Fayette Prairie du Chien and Rock Valley. numerous relatives visit Elgin homes and attend funerals, with recounts of crops and shop hires, plus small-town happenings and upcoming visits.
Baptist Church notes list a Sunday August 16 schedule with English service at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Sumner meeting in the afternoon and B B P U program at 8 p.m. includes Captain John Schaer, Zurbriggen Quartette, Hackman and Miller family members, piano solo, reading, and Bible questions. Choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. Tuesday August 18. Last week’s Ladies Aid met at Sumner with 52 from Elgin attending. county home visit noted and group No. 2 B P U roster listed.
Luella Miller, Helen Baechelt, Marie Erhardt, Dorothy Etter, Mrs. Elmer Pinney, Abe Habeger, Fred Grimm, Mabel Rennison, Louise Schori and Lena Baumgartner are named. You are welcome at our church, PW Lauer, Pastor.
J Snyder minister and Mrs Klingman pianist lead worship at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 am The Woman s Foreign Missionary Society met Wednesday at Mrs R V Brandt Clermont The Ladies Aid Society to meet in church parlors with Mrs Ray De Sart as hostess
J. C. Snyder ministers Illyria church with La Fonda Shaffer as pianist. Sunday school begins 10 15 a m and worship at 11 16 a m. Beas Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid Society will be entertained at Mrs Will Frieden s home on Wednesday afternoon August 19.
August 16 services: Norway at 10 30 English. McGregor at 2 30 English. Marion at 8 Young People. August 23 Marion 10 30 English. picnic dinner served. Marion 2 program led by 8 J Strandjord Pastor.
Mrs Mary Hass and Anna Mae spent last week in the Herbert Haas home. Ida Lehman of La Porte City visited Albert Schori. Mrs Frank Dickens and Lucille were guests at Alfred Ruckdaschel’s. Mrs Mary Berger visited daughter Mrs John Etter and Grace Bowen of Buffalo in John Falb’s home. W Falb led a party to Janesville to drive home new Chevrolet cars for the Falk garage. Berg urges dressing up for homecoming.
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