Elgin area social notes and travel to Iowa City basketball trip
Readable fragments detail visitors and events in Elgin and nearby towns. Names include Lehman, Allen, Schori, Perry, Gehring, Miller, Baumgartner, Gruver, and Crider. Mentions trips to Rochester Minnesota, Cedar Falls, and an Iowa-Michigan game in Iowa City. Also notes bird feeding tips and a Christmas plant display at Elgin Furniture Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Lawrence Gehring
Janet
Lawrence Gehring, Jr
Cedar Falls
Mary
Russell
Joan
Norma
Edith Gehring
Dixie
Judy Helms
Iowa City
Wesley
Miller
Rock Valley
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Robert Gruver
Waterloo
Lew Gruver
Homie
John'Tilotson
Led Grether
Varnon
Carnell College
Ey Tiétson
Messi
Ahi
R.a.crider
San Bernardino
Calif
Land
Keith
Methodist Church Worship and Activities Schedule
The Methodist Church announces a worship service at 10 p m on Sunday with Sunday school at 11 4 m. Choir rehearsal is Thursday at 7 30 p m. A special offering will be taken during the service for World Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Steinman
Christmas Services At St Olaf Lutheran Church
St Olaf Lutheran Church announces December services led by Pastor S J Strandjord. December 21 Norway 11:00 Communion and St Olaf 7:30. December 22 Marion Brotherhood meeting 8:00 p.m. December 25 Marion 9:30 Norway 11:00 Marion 7:30 Christmas tree program. December 28 Olaf Communion 9:30. You are welcome at every service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Strandjord
Norway
St. Olaf
Marion Brotherhood
Marion
Ee ‘Olaf
Christmas Carols and Prophecy Series at Elgin Church
Elgin Baptist Church schedules Christmas caroling at 7:00 p.m. Thursday and a Christmas Eve program at 8:00 p.m. A Sunday service on December 21 features morning worship at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday school at 11:00 a.m. A January to March series on Prophecy runs Sundays at 7:00 p.m. with audience questions. Plus social notices and acknowledgments from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ittermann
Methodist Church
Landswerk Daughters and Lenna Ann Born in Iowa Towns
A nine pound son, Gary Lee, was born to Mr and Mrs Gordon Landswerk of Cresco on Sunday. Their daughter Karen stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Medberry while the mother was in the hospital. Mrs Medberry took her home Jeter and visited days. Mr and Mrs Leonard Henng of West Union are the parents of a daughter Lenna Ann born Sunday December 14 at Postville hospital weighing 8 lbs 4 oz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igin “Wiinbow
Atie Hide
West Fateh Moray éVehing
Fs Plehman
Ls ‘Hospital
Elgin Furnitu
Thomas Allen
New _ Martingville
West Va
Leo‘Schori
Prairié du ‘Chien
Wis
Marvin
Perry
Ed Boleyn
Shirley “Heuséer
Loretta ‘Gilson
Grace
Eunice Gehring
Bonnie "Kantz
Clara Hendrickson
Barbara Rainey
Mra
Will Wieland
Alice
Laura
Bay City
Mich
Eads Gate St.Nit
Ibert. Schupbach
Lena ‘Schupbach
Rochester
Minn
Wesley Miller
Rock Valley
Wm. E. Baumgertner
Ida'Meyer
Ostir ‘Baumgartner
Ernest Baumgartner
C. L. Huisinga
Aplington
Mary Keiser
Harry ‘Keiser
Chicago
Merlin Huisings
Paul Huisinga
Jack Guyer
Cedar Falls
George Christen
Dale Jensen
Wm. Dennler
Ruth Schup Hach
Oliver Torkelson
Swen Swenson
Wauseca
O. H. Swenson
Charles Frieden
West Bend
Oscar Frieden
Elgin Furniture
Fay Klingman
Santa Ana
Calif
Ottumwa
Edward Klingman
Carrie Steele
Oelwein
Ed Medberry
Selma Greenley
Minneapoli
Frank Greenley
G. H. Falk
William Schupbach
Billy Weithorn
Monona
Donna
Richard Schupbach
Postville
H. H. Wolf
Jacob Gehring
Albert Schupbach
Ruth
Lena Schupbach
Lewis Lehman
George Schupbach
Lydia Odegard
Reuben
William
Shirley Butikofer
Wm. Baumgartner
Elgin
Lawrence Hofer
Marie Dennler
Gary Lee
Gordon Landswerk
Cresco
Karen
Medberry
Jeter
Leonard Henng
West Union
Lenna ‘Ann
Postville Hospital
Richard Brackin
Kathleen
Lawrence Gehring
EL. Morris
Maywood
Ill
John Halle
Minneapolis
Ogle
H. F. Robbins
Robbins
Pa Pi
S. Roger Holm
F. N
Selmer T. Holm
San Diego
Great’ Lakes Naval Training Center
Former Monticello man burned by high voltage line
Lee Warner, a former Monticello man, is hospitalized in California after a metal survey stick he carried contacted a 82,000 volt line, leaving him critically burned. Meanwhile Mrs. Russell Wenger has returned home from Postville hospital and is improving but will stay in bed for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Wenger
Postville Hospital
Monticello
Lee Warner
California
Snowbound ambulance crews aid isolated patient near Winterset
An ambulance team worked ten hours last week to reach William Price, 57, whose home was cut off by a snow storm near Winterset. Price is now recovering in a Winterset hospital as neighbors and relatives note meals, visits, and social gatherings in the area. Other community members hosted and attended dinners and Sunday visits, including the Zurbriggen and Muehlethaler families, with travel and illness affecting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow
Winterset
William Price
Iowa farm land value slips to 209 per acre in survey
A survey of 366 farm real estate brokers from every county shows the average price for an acre of Iowa farm land on November 1 this year was 209 dollars, down from 212 dollars a year earlier. The excerpt also notes that J Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Service personals in Korea and homecomings listed
Air Corps enlistee Clarence E. Ruckdaschel is in indoctrination training with a Parks Base address. Lt. Fried erich, in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division, earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and a Korea Service Ribbon. his entry into the Army was in August 1961. Families await homecomings as several men return from Korea or prepare for discharge, including Pfc. Ervin Nyborg after 23 months’ service and Cpl. Geo. Friederich arriving home for furlough before Camp Carson assignment. Others head home from Korea, join military training, or attend leave, with Christmas gifts noted from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Ruckdaschel
Alfred Ruckdaschel
Air Corps
Clarence E. “"Ruckdaschel
Parks Air Force ‘Base
California
Em Ben
Korea
George A. Friederich
Postville
7Th Infantry
Friederich
32Nd Inf. Regt
Jake Friederich
Henry Nyborg
Gunder
Pfc
Ervin Nyborg
Elvin
Japan
Cpl
Geo. Friederich
Camp Carson
Colo
Storage Temperatures and Feeding Tip for Poultry and Lumber Drying
Guide notes store fruits and vegetables at 33 to 40 degrees. Suggest adding whole oats to ground mash to prevent poultry cannibalism. Emphasizes ample air circulation for piled lumber to aid seasoning and drying.
Wheel Dislodged Oncoming Truck Damages Pastor’s Car
Reverend William Goetz of Tripoli was driving when a rear dual wheel detached from an approaching truck and struck his car head on, causing about $250 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goetz
Tripoli
Goetz
LeMars Man’s Brakes Fail Hits Plate Glass Window
Kenneth Wells of Le Mars had a braking failure last week as he pulled into a parking spot. His car struck the curb and broke through a plate glass window. The report notes cold dry weather affecting sheep safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Wells
LeMars
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Turkey
Hamilton
Sraraan Teller
Ford
Misteroreen
Meinhard
Elgin, Iowa
St. Olaf Lutheran Churches
Elgin Baptist Church
Melbert Meyer
Annette
Dennis
Elmer Meyer
Mel ‘Kohler
Lyle Light and
Letha
Carl Schori
West ‘Union
Shirley ‘Reusser
Peggy Helms
Marvin Perry
David
Loretta Gilson
Donald Gilson
Lorence Muehlethaler
Paul Zurbriggen
Fred Muehlethaler
Paul Zurbriggen and
Fred C., Muehlethaler
Clarence Muehlethaler
Geo
Christen
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ida Christen
Russell D. Larson
Navy
Bremerton
Wash
W.C. Malb
Pitman Larson
William Pfister
Camp Lejeune
No. Carolina
Gottfried Pfister
Vernon Wedo
Pred Wedo
Camp Atterbery
Elgin ‘Clothes Shop
Bull’s Eye
Fayette County Court House
Goodrich Litentus
Big Smith
Max Thoma
Samson
Lane
Fred C. Mueehlethaler & Sons
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