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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
6
West Union locals and visitors recount Sunday gatherings and Monday calls at various homes. Families from Oelwein Postville Decorah Cedar Falls and Arlington join in events while Rev J J Snyder mourns a cousin. Local shops promote Christmas gifts and studio photography services.
Fragmentary text discusses loyalty as fidelity to the law and government. It emphasizes that every citizen should obey national laws and uphold government, portraying loyalty as faithful conduct in civic life. The passage appears to reflect political moral instruction.
Marjorie C. Larson asks why people remain unhappy despite similar surroundings. She argues the root is a wrong life view and unwillingness to adjust. She urges adopting kindness and obedience to the Golden Rule to find happiness.
A Ruth Peterson piece riffs on Ista Pulitzer and wills while clipping a curious probate tale. It includes broad facts about famous sites and languages, then shifts to light humor about umbrellas and a graveyard sermon, all framed in a nostalgic newsy voice.
The church outlines Sunday services including 10 a.m English service 11 a.m Sunday School 12 45 p.m Christmas rehearsal and 1 30 p.m B Y P U meeting starting a new contest. An 8 p.m English service Tuesday Dec 16 8 15 p.m male chorus Thursday Dec 18 8 p.m prayer meeting and a choir rehearsal. Listed are 4th B P U group members led by Captain Clarence Kohls and Rev Ph Lauer among others. The note thanks readers for sympathy and invites attendance.
M E Church notes outline worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs L L Carr in Clermont. The Ladies' Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon at the parsonage with picnic lunch.
Illyria Church notes list J J Snyder as minister and La Fonda Shafter as pianist with Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m. The Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid meet at Mrs Thomas Ogle's home on Wednesday afternoon December 17. Hd Boleyn family relocate to Elgin while moving from West Elgin to the Martin house. Harry Miller family relocate to the Moore house across the creek. Mr and Mrs Andrew Dummermuth and children visit Mrs Wm Brabham at Postville hospital, then travel to Monona to visit Mrs Dummermuth's brother.
A play and social will be held at Oak Grove school on Friday December 12. An accident occurred while chopping wood last week leaving John Schaer with a foot wound requiring several stitches. Ladies asked to bring untrimmed baskets and gentlemen to bring handkerchiefs to Phyllis Rowland, the teacher.
A program featuring the operetta A Topsy Turvy Christman will be presented at Highland school district No. on Friday evening December 12. Ladies are asked to bring baskets and a wrapped gift to be sold. All are invited. Contact Ruby Robbins, teacher. The Joe Frieden family were dinner guests Sunday at the Rudy Yunker home.
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