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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1934
Page
10
Local residents hosted and visited relatives from Cedar Rapids, Collins, Waterloo, Nevada, Oelwein, and Seattle among others. Teaching assignments begin in Collins, Orange City, Churdan, and Gladbrook, with trips to Wilmington and Wilmington California noted.
J. J. Snyder serves as minister with Grace Foxwell as pianist. Sunday school begins at 10:15 a.m. and the church service follows at 11:15 a.m.
The notice lists church events and lectures for September including Norway service at 10:30 with communion Clermont church at 8 Choral Union concert September 10 Marion at 8 00 lecture by Gerhard Wick September 11 St Olaf Chapel at 7 30 lecture by Gerhard Wick The notice invites all to attend each service signed Pastor J Strandford.
The M E Church notes church worship including baptism and reception of new members at 10 am, Sunday School at 11 am, and announces Ladies Aid meeting Thursday in the church basement with division duties and picnic items. The Ladies Bible class meets Friday at Mrs Emma Bunting's home.
Baptist Church notes list Sunday activities including communion at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. lunch at 12 15 p.m. junior meeting at 12 45 p.m. committee meeting at 12 50 p.m. with a long list of serving committee members. Also notes Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p.m. choir at 9 p.m. and a September 18 program by a Rochester Seminary student quartet with a collection taken. Rev Ph Lauer returned from Milwaukee general conference and friendly remarks about visitors.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Swartley traveled to Fay ette for a ten day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Hans Grether and his parents at Fay ette J A Boleyn is adding improvements to his store including a new south side window to increase light and reduce daily electric lighting needs.
Local notices recount Serene Yack bringing a popcorn machine to the Clayton county fair and a long string of weekend visitors and travels. Names include Max Cook of Flandreau, Helling, Falk, Capper, Greenley, DeTuncy, Feller, Langsdale, and many others visiting Waterloo, Decorah, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and Stewartville with family ties spanning Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Want ads announce buying and selling stays. Fred R Berg family depart for two weeks at Bayfield Wisconsin. Freida Freiburghaus leaves for Waterloo to begin teaching. Winifred Schmid departs for Miles City Montana to teach. Mrs Myra Gray and relatives visit in Postville before Thos Knudtson and Albert Sehori homes. Will Christ moves to Waseca Minnesota to manage a truck farm. Rest of family to move after local factory closes. Local dining guests include Falb family. Hattie McKellar returns from Chicago and Mississippi noting drought impact on cotter crop and peach crop in Illinois. Drought-stricken Missouri and Arkansas are burned out. travelers report starving cattle moved to greener southern fields. First cattle grazing in soft grass died from lack of lime.
Mr and Mrs Harold Wide of Guttenberg called at Ed Fahey home on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs O P Steeler moved from the front flat over the furniture store to rooms over the old bank building vacated by Mr and Mrs Neasham. Gertrude Carpenter will leave the last of this week to begin teaching duties in Ossian schools teaching home economics in her first year at Ossian.
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