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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
6
Elgin Iowa hosts a busy homecoming week with Ilyria players presenting three comedies Too Many Wives Marrying Off Father and Keeping Kittys Dates in the park tent. Local residents Mary Carpenter, Fred Schultz family, and many others visit relatives. trips to Chicago and Cedar Rapids noted.
Union meeting in Elgin park at 10 a m with Rev. Thomas Stock of St Louis MO delivering the message Sunday August 19. Evening B P U program features Helen Muehlethaler vocal Erma Grether Gladys Yearous duet and choir. prayer meeting Sunday at 9 p m. Ladies Aid meets August 21 at Mrs M Zurbriggen's home. prayer meeting August 22. choir rehearsal at 9 p m.
M E Church notes J J Snyder minister Mrs Louis Klingman pianist announce tent services at 10 with no Sunday school at either church. Pupils should attend the union service in the conference hall which will seat all. Program runs to 11 30 with a St Louis homecomer as main speaker and many other short talks. Full service program to appear elsewhere in the Echo.
Snyder minister Grace Foxwell announces no church services next Sunday but all attend the union service in the conference tent at Elgin Park. The Wayars Abydo o'clock program runs until 11 30 with Rev. Thomas Stoer of St Louis as main speaker and several short talks in an old fashioned tent meeting.
Lutheran Church notes list August services at Norway and Marion with confirmations and concerts, signed by Pastor S. J. Strandford. The piece also reports the marriage of Herbert Dreier and Frances Erhardt on Thursday, Aug. 9 at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. Ph. Lauer, with the couple residing on the groom’s farm north of Postville.
The Elgin Cemetery Association held a bea at the cemetery to fix gravelling for the drive ways. A considerable number helped and nearly completed the work in one day. Also notes include visits, crop reports, local sports scores, and upcoming fairs and events in Elgin and surrounding areas.
Echo reports Mr and Mrs Hans Keiser and Anna Falb dined in Clermont at the Miller home. Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs John Falb Jr from Postville with John Falb and family in their parents home. H W Falb and family traveled to Elkader for dinner with Mrs John Feller. Warren Harrington of Postville spent Sunday in Elgin visiting Mr and Mrs Humphry Roberts and Mr and Mrs J Harrington. Digra players present three acts of music and vaudeville at the park tent Saturday night. A local opinion notes a longtime worker taxed to transfer wealth to those who saved nothing when given the chance.
Betty Kohler and Lesys Stiger drove to Waterloo on Sunday to spend the day visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. John Berndt of Fayette spent last Thursday in Elgin on a short business visit, meeting local contacts and handling routine affairs.
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