Elgin Social News Highlights Wide Family Visits
Elgin residents and relatives gathered for visits and travels across Iowa and nearby states. Local families hosted relatives from Postville Cedar Rapids and Manchester while reporting weekend trips to Decorah Chicago and Wisconsin. The column notes numerous visits to grandparents and siblings, with multiple themed gatherings and a county fair alongside shopping notices and a hardware ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twa
Farmersburg
Togursday
Adella ‘Chapman
Betty Christen
L. Christen
Winfield Masonhall
Keith Waters
Roger
Posteville
Elgin
Clarence Hoag and Sons
Wisconsin
Adolph Lehman
Lena Cooley
Ina Kohler
Decorah
Chas, Mollert
G. J. Mosby
Clearake
Rock Valley
H. N. Stoehr
Cedar Rapides
Amother
Hulda Stoehr
Floyd Britt
LaFayette
Regina Hutchinson
Leo
Leo Schori, Jr
Postwille
Ritchie
Independence
Peggy
Richard
Edward Schmid, Jr
Manchester
Lulu Schmid
Gerald Schori
Jefferson Barracks
Georgia Mae Schori
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Schori
Ed Klingman
West Union
Amy Layton
Clarence Hoag
Paul Zurbriggen
Sumner
M. Zurbriggen
John Lyford
Elma
Lyford
Sampson Electric
Feller
Clyde Irish
Charles City
Jud Conner
Conner
Fayette
Albert Dummermuth
Max Medberry
Eli, Irvin
Noah
John Metzger
Viola Howard
Barney Larson
Vernon Knight
Charles
Robert Barker
Millard
Milo Gisleson
Helmer Loftsgard
Tilfer Bilden
West
Augurth
Missouri
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Texas
Old Mexico
California
Norman Clothier
Watkegan
J. F. Berndt
Baumgartner
Shaeffer
H. H. Wolf
Burton
Marcia
Jean Morris
Hazel Gilbertson
Chicago
Maywood
John Falk
Worship services at two churches on Sunday
At Community Church in Nigria worship begins at 11 15 a m with no Cler mont service Sunday evening. Union Church in Clermont will hold services at 7 30 p m each Sunday evening led by Minister Joseph C Warton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Church
Nigria
Clermont
Union Church
Joseph C. Warton
Elgin Baptist Church Announcements and Schedule
Elgin Baptist Church with Paul F. Zoschke as minister and Alfred Jacob Jr. as organist lists Sunday worship at 10 AM, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 7 45, B Y P U at 8 35 PM. Tabitha Society anniversary Sept 2, Women’s Missionary Society Sept 3 at 2 PM, prayer service time unspecified, choir rehearsal at 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
Tabitha Society
Women’s Missionary Society
Lutheran Church Sunday Service Schedule
Lutheran Church announces Sunday services with Norwegian at 9:15, Norse, Norway at 10:30, Marion at 8 pm. Luther League invites attendance. All are welcome at each service. Dr. S. J. Strandjord, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Marion
Luther League
S. J. Strandjord
Paston
Card of Thanks from the Roberts Family and Relatives
We express sincere appreciation to those who helped us in thought word and deed during the sickness and death of our father and brother. We thank those who sent flowers and those who gave gifts of money and those responsible for the music. The Roberts Children Vern's Brothers & Sisters. Sayde Patterson left Monday for Lakota after visiting Ernestine Holzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boyle
Dora Boyle
George Boyle
Carrie Larson
Ruth Gibson
Ed Bauder
West Union
Shirley
Beverly Howard
Clsude Fothergill
Monticello
Robert Miller
Johnny Joe
Celwein
Sheldon Boyle
Lorraine Rawlings
Council Bluffs
Don George
Wyoming
Ohio
Verle
Josephine Kniel
Herbert Ash
J. F. Lane
Ash
Harry Baldwin
Donna Marie
Ida Baldwin
Waterloo
Lew Grover
Dilla Baldwin
Wm. Kohls
Mary Matthys
Pepin
Wis
Geo. Andért Ash
Ands
Geo. Anderson
C. O. Torkelson
Elkader
O. H. Larson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Frank Shipton
Geraldine Kohler
Chester
Geraldine
Ethel Kohler
Shiptons
Mary Bakeman
Clarence Muehlethaler
Earl Kiple
Des Moines
Fayette County
Kenneth Jensen
Donald Jensen
Vernon Knight
Charles
Pueblo, Cole
Howard Boyle
Eldred Dummermuth
Wayne Gilson
Lennox Abre-Flo
Chandler
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Sltfe
Wasp
Shhaeffer Pen Co
E. Baumgartner
Elgin
Roberts
Vern’s
Benson to Luverne teacher bikes 1100 miles long trip
Special CFI photo to the Echo shows Marie Fitzemeier, a La Grange kindergarten teacher, en route from Yellowstone to her father’s home in Luverne Iowa. The only mishap occurred near Bismarck North Dakota where her bike Sampson lost eight spokes during the 1100 mile journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Minn
P. MecGowen
Marie Fitzemeier
la Grange
Yellowstone National Park
Luverne
Iowa
Bismark
N. D
Local Social News and Household Movements
Mrs John Faith visits Waterloo for eye care. Russell Wenger returns from Burlington cafe work. Maynard Lantz family picnic with Walter Lantz clan. Melvin Hanson travels to Faribault for business. Sud Conner and siblings dine with Albert Dummermuth in Fayette. Several visits and trips surround ranchers, teachers, and families including a large Graham family reunion. Eddie Conner catches a 534 lb cattish in the Turkey river, a notable prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Faith
Waterloo
Russell Wenger
Burlington
Maynard Lantz
Walter Lantz
Melvin Hanson
Faribault
Minn
Sud Conner
Harold
Donna Wenger
Albert Dummermuth
Fayette
Jake Lehman
Lavern
Ida Christen
Roy Peeper
Arlington
Eddie Conner
Turkey River
Mary Cook
Helen Wenger
B. H. Brackin
Palindas
Emma Knudtson
Wm. Wenger
Volga
Irvin Bush
Great Lake
Jess Moody
Libbie Larson
Chas, Feller
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Osborn
George Feller
Frederick Dons
Carol Ann Becker
Forest Park
Dons
Joan
Rosa Muehlethaler
Newport
Rhode Island
Ossinining
N. Y
James
Dubuque
Robert
Graham
Vinegar Hill
Galena
Ill
Sioux City
Mrs. Graham
Enroute
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Paul’s
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
Sayde Patterson
Lakota
Ernestine Holzer
Hanson Market
Ida Frieden
West Bend
Balt Kamm
Ralph Ash
Dysart
Chris Schweitzer
Geo. Anderson and
Bradley
Mae Anderson
Standard Oil Co
Winneshiek Hotel
Ernest Johnson
Lincoln Park
NYA
Fairport
Walter Dummermuth
Ossian
Henrietta Johnson
Leonard C. Graham
Ida Grove
E. E. Ramsey
H. S. ‘Steele
Roy Steele
Floyd Harvey
Walter Bannart
Albert Keller
Reuben Metzger
Fanny Frieden
the Elgin Clothes Shop
Elgin Clothes Shop
Wen’s and Boys’ Store
Mel Kohler
Mississippi Gardens
Prairie du Chien
Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Mattie
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
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