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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
6
A dense перечис of visits and guests surrounds Elgin and nearby towns. Many families host relatives from Waterloo, Strawberry Point, Monticello, West Union, and Chicago with dinners, overnight stays, and weekend gatherings. Several residents travel to Rochester and Davenport for appointments and work.
St Olaf English service at 9 30 Marion English service at 11 00. You are welcome at each service. Dr J Strandford pastor invites attendance.
The Methodist Church invites Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and choir rehearsal on Thursday at 7 30 pm. A family Sunday school picnic is planned for Friday September 1 on the school grounds. Bring a covered dish and sandwiches with drinks. If rain cancels, no picnic. Rev. Joseph C. Warton, Minister.
Elgin Baptist Church announces prayer service Thursday at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Sunday morning worship and communion at 10 o'clock. Junior meeting at 12 45 o'clock with Alfred Jacob Jr as organist and Paul VY Zoschte as minister.
A card of thanks expresses gratitude to supporters of Imogene Ann Pulifer during hospital stay and for their kindness. The item also notes a widely printed Normandy campaign photo featuring Corporal Melvin White of Harlan, Iowa seated with another GI and a girl atop a culvert studying a book titled French. Dinner guests are listed as Mr and Mrs Max Thoma and Mr and Mrs S W Kuster at W J Grove home in Postville. Advertising is an investment.
A compact report notes a September 3 lesson on scripture text, emphasizing interpretive focus and instructional aims. It mentions international engagement and the denomination’s educational goals, highlighting preparatory work for a课堂 discussion and broader doctrinal context.
A sermon analysis of Saul in I Samuel 15 10 23 detailing self will versus God's will, hypocrisy, deceit, and final rebellion. It links Saul's failures to personal pride, evasive excuses, and ritual sacrifices without obedience, urging repentance and humbly following Christ.
Beverly Sieleman of West Union visited Dorothy Torkelson at the Oliver Torkelson home earlier this week. Mrs. H. H. Wolf and Marcia traveled to Chicago on Monday to spend a week with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duracher hosted a dinner Sunday honoring the first wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Conner Dummermuth, with guests including the Dummermuths, Herbert Dummermuth, Harold Schneider, and Jud Conner. A. M. Weibel received a late Tuesday phone call from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weibel of Chicago announcing the birth of another daughter weighing seven pounds.
A fragment explains that British or American planes dropped tiny serial photographs over the Reich after a Natal government air raid described as causing no damage. The piece emphasizes a German learning moment through the photographic evidence.
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