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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
7
On Sunday Mr InitrMra. R. B. Gruver and Mr and Mrs Fred Cline visited Indian Isle and Effigy Sour with Spud Gidnec. Mrs Lena Wolfs stayed at the Hoovers home near Eldorado to visit her daughter and husband Charles Hoover.
Emanuel Larson, son of Bardi and Ole Larson, born near Clermont August 27, 1890, died August 21, 1958, after strokes. He married Agnes Holt in 1919 and is survived by his wife, son Donald, two granddaughters, four sisters, and four brothers. Funeral held at East Clermont Lutheran Church with burial at East Cemetery. Pastor Dennis Sturmud officiated.
Marjorie Evenson Lavands Earnest Wolfs stayed Wednesday to Friday at the Charles Hoover home near El Dorado while Libry Mpfid-Leam and H A Lubke’s sister family hosted Saturday to Monday. Jack Bush and wife, previously at Navajo Sing School Kayenta, will move to a Montebello California district later this August. Ray Relerson returned home Saturday after a week at Sands Lake Minnesota visiting the Olson home.
Tuesday evening August 10 the American Legion Auxiliary met in Legion rooms with Mrs Walter Follett and Mrs Dolores Bennett as hostesses. Roll call 17 members. Minutes read and approved. President Mrs Lyle Olson thanked members for Daily Day stand success. Treasurer reported 486.22 from the stand with 288.22 expenses leaving 203. This report incomplete. Juniors earned 78.43 at ice cream stand bringing total 184.70 plus 1.00 dues in their land. 51.50 groceries purchased at Leos. trading stamps turned to Auxiliary. Suggest groceries be divided among three stores. Mrs Louie Olson moved to pay cash contributions. seconded and carried. $1.05 card bill approved. Rehabilitation committee sent wedding card to Mrs Richard Foerstner and a card with 2.00 to Henry Larson. $2 canteen money sent to Iowa City Netg hospital. August cookies committee chaired by Mrs Louie Olson with others. Mrs Franz moved to raise dues from 1.50 to 2.00. carried. Four years Four State and Ni 1 dues and cash contributions noted.
Mr and Mrs Harry Helgerson will be honored on their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p m Sunday August 23 at the East Clermont Lutheran Church parlors. Friends and relatives are invited.
Sandra Ann Olson moves to 121 6th Ave N W Rochester Minnesota. Mrs Ole Thorson fell at her daughter's Clermont home with possible injuries not yet determined. A birth announced for Roxanne Ruth Amundson on August 4 at Postville hospital. Roxanne has siblings Rochelle Kevin and Kurtis. parents are Kenneth and Roxanne Amundson.
The group votes to raise two dollars to cover expenses instead of taking fifty cents per member from the unit fund. The meeting adjourned in regular form.
Henry Udson born December 16 1904 on a Fayette county farm died at Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union at 55 He worked in various jobs later specializing in plumbing He leaves a sister Bessie and a niece Mrs Orlando Kittelson Funeral services were at Schutte Funeral Home Postville with Pastor Stutrud of Elgin and burial in Gods Acres cemetery Card of thanks from the family notes neighbors and friends who cared for him
Mr and Mrs Raymond Lofts gard and family of Elgin moved to our community last week. Mr and Mrs Norman Erickson of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend in the J A Erickson home. Mark DeSart returned home with them for a visit.
Fr. Jos. A. Sullivan, pastor at St Peter’s Church announces Sunday Mass at 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. Confessions are on Saturday evening from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Morning worship at 10 45 a m and an evening evangelistic service at 8 00 p m. A welcome to all.
Community notes recount a quiet week at the Methodist Church with no worship service on Sunday Aug 2. Social visits include Olson and Lovely families, Mike Lovely’s 5th birthday celebration, and multiple trips to Oelwein Ossian Cedar Rapids Milwaukee and Williamsburg for visits and a baseball game. Local families also hosted guests from Dubuque Monona and Monona training for DeSales school teaching assignments.
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