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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise announces advertising rates for local notices, cards of thanks memoriam and obituaries with charges per inch or line, church society and school notices and other display ads. Rates listed reflect per inch, per line, and per word pricing, with standard charges for foreign display.
A series of social calls and visits across Oak Grove and nearby Elgin. Residents hosted guests in homes of Brabham Powell Gilbertson Howard and other families with gatherings from Friday to Sunday, including parties at the Lauer Dennler and Boyle households and multiple calls by the Gilsons Kohls and Welsh families.
Local residents share visits and gatherings across towns including Ben Brabham, Helen Luchsinger, and families in Maynard, Marshfield, West Union, and Volga City. Notices describe weekend visits, guest evenings, and family get-togethers with names such as Brabham, Schneider, Howard, Jensen, Peters, Becker, Medberry, Dummermuth, and Kohls.
Sunday School lesson from the International series emphasizes the value of rest and recreation for believers. It cites Nehemiah 8 10 17 and Mark 6 30 32, praising leisure used to glorify God and support renewal, joy, mercy, and future problem solving. It notes Jesus guiding followers to desert rest then to future tasks.
Dover Mills News notes a November 10 birth at West Union hospital to Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson. The funeral of George Stearch was held at Cedar Falls. Mrs Tom Hanson and Mrs George Havenstrite visited the Johnson home. Mrs A S Houg hosted the Farm Bureau. Mr and Mrs John Matthews hosted relatives and friends. Eileen Aanes and Esther Houg attend State Teachers College.
In Cedar Falls students resume work on Sunday after Thanksgiving break spent with home folks. A Friday night social on December 2 at Clifton school in Dover district No. 5 featured the play Father's New Housekeeper. The program and performance drew a large audience and Miss Rounds earned much credit for her work.
In Fayette County Iowa E C Olson of Clermont has made a general assignment for creditors. Creditors must file claims in the Clerk of the District Court within three months from the first publication December 1 1932. Assignee J C Halverson and attorney M M Cooney.
Local residents report visits with relatives including Harlan Stee of Castalia and Art Stee’s family in Clermont. Family gatherings December holiday plans involve Frank James and Margaret Powers returning from Madison. A birthday party for Tom Powers, held with many Castalia and Fayette friends, concludes with a cake prepared by Mrs. McCollough.
A compilation of social visits and events includes dinners at the Olson and Buraas households near Clermont, calls on friends near West Union, and gatherings of the Ladies Aid and Sewing Circle at East Lutheran church. Plus local columns mention advertising, a Castalia pig shipping anecdote, and a staff change as George Cowles departs for Mountain Grove Missouri with H F Gardner of Dubuque to replace him.
The Winneshick County State Bank of Decorah closed last January and Judge Taylor has authorized a ten percent distribution to creditors. The order will release about a portion of the bank’s remaining assets to claimants under the court plan.
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