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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1934
Page
7
Elgin residents report illness and recovery among neighbors as visits span towns from Council Bluffs to Chicago. Education plans unfold with teachers and students preparing for the upcoming school year while relatives travel, weddings occur, and a Century of Progress visit is noted.
Lutheran notes announce Marion at 10 o clock confirmation and communion and St Olaf Chapel at 8 o clock services. Come to church you are welcome at each and every service. Pastor J Strandford leads.
Morning worship at 10 with Sunday school at 11. Mrs. Klingman plays piano. Two Sundays remain in the conference year to finish church business and report to the Statistician. Baptism and church membership will be offered next Sunday morning.
Minister J J Snyder and pianist Grace Foxwell lead Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with two Sundays left before conference. Pledges will be collected and new ones taken. Deacons and elders to be elected next Sunday. old members reelected and vacancies filled. All are urged to attend.
Sunday services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m with B Y P A at 8 p m. Communion postponed to Sept 9. Sept 18 quartet from Rochester seminary and a musical program. Covenant meeting Sept 15 8 p m with choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Prayers for Milwaukee conference. Local visits noted including Rev Winkleman and families. guests staying with Mr Miller.
Cheery Valley News details a Sunday picnic at Paul Bossard’s near Garnaville with many families including Butikofer Christen and Hanson clans. Other visits span Elkader West Union and Elgin, referencing numerous relatives and neighbors.
George Vaughn heads to Chicago for new employment after a home visit. Mrs. Emma Bishop of Elkader and grandchildren plan Elkader schooling. R. F. Estey marries Mary K. Darnell in Ringsted with Rev. Clinton officiating. Hans Keiser and Mrs. Yunker travel to Milwaukee for general conference then Chicago and Aplington visits. Ole Larson of Pipe Stone renews ties in Elgin area. My and Harry Johnson return to Steamboat Rock after a visit with Otto Krueger. Georgia Mae Schori visiting in St Paul as siblings manage the Schori home. Arthur Shaffer of Lincoln doubts the new deal predicting GOP gains. Jean Marie Morris undergoes hospital surgery. reported earlier in error, she is recovering well.
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