Local residents host visits and family gatherings in area communities
Pecxc and WN Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Potter of Fayette visited Sunday afternoon in the Ford Henninger home. Mrs Chas Feller visited from Friday until Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cooley in Dubuque. Mr. Feller and Dean DeSart dined with the Cooleys before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Boyle attended a Mitch ell county Rural Letter Carriers meeting and were guests in the Wm Wolf home in Osage. L. L. Kiple hosted relatives for son David's first birthday. Guests included the Wm Howard family, Mrs Nelle Reusser, Shirley, Bertha Kiple, Will Kohler, Ina Kohler, A P Lehman, Earl and Lyle Kiple, and Letha. Mrs. Wm Grover and son Kent Eugene returned from West Union hospital. Christmas plants and poinsettias promoted at Elgin Furniture Store. The Frieden family of West Union and H L Robbins dined with Ruby Benson's family. Winkler Stokers offered installation services. John M. Tillotson, Elgin, Dial 2412. Frieda Etter dined with Fred Schaer’s family and visited Delwein for a Sacred Heart school Christmas program where Johnny Jo Miller participated. Say it with flowers this Christmas. poinsettias and plants at Elgin Furniture Store. Dean DeSart returned from Tucson, Arizona, unable to enter the university due to crowding. Ole M. Reijerson family attended Mary Jane Bruckner’s funeral in McGregor. Ruth Schupbach returned from Postville Hospital after an appendectomy. H. D. Yack and Gus Krueger families visited the Desmonds in Cedar Rapids.
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Ernest Potter
Fayette
Ford Henninger
Chas, Feller
Leslie Cooley
Dubuque
Osage
L. L. Kiple
David
Wm. Howard
West Union
Nelle Reusser
Shirley
Bertha Kiple
Will Kohler Ina Kohtler
A. P. Lehman
Earl Kiple
Lyle Light
Letha
Wm. Grover
Kent Eugene
West Union Hospital
Elgin Furniture Store
Fleet Frieden
H. LF. Robbins
Ruby Benson
Winkler Stokers
John M. ‘Tillotson
Dial
Elgin
Lle
Frieda Etter
Fred Schaer
Sheldon Boyle
Delwein
Sacred Heart School
Johnny Jo Miller
Dean DeSart
Tuscon
Ariz
McGregor
Christmas church services announced by Lutheran pastor
The Lutheran Church invites attendance for a December 15 service at 11 a.m. with communion, and an 8 p.m. Luther College program featuring Handel's Messiah. All are welcome at each service. Pastor J Strandford oversees.
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Luther College
Welome
J. Strandford
Methodist Church Christmas Week Activities
The church schedules a 10 p m Sunday service and an 11 a m church school. A Christmas Sunday token of love and loyalty to Christ invites all Christians to attend. Young people will carol Sunday evening at 7 p m and invite college friends home to join. Games and refreshments follow. The Christmas program by children and youth is Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The Upper Room devotional booklet for the new quarter is available, as is Power for the first time this quarter. Rev Bruce D Jones, Pastor.
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Bruce D. Jones
Kigin Baptist Church invites for Christmas candle light service
Paul F. Zaschke minister and Suth Krueger organist present a Christmas Candle Light service with audience participation. Monday evening youth caroling gathering meets at 7:30 p.m. They plan the Sunday school annual Christmas program Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. No prayer service Thursday of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zaschke
Suth Krueger
Card of Thanks and community notes from Postville area
Card of Thanks from Ruth Schupbach thanks friends for cards and visits during hospital stay. Community notices list basketball meetups at the high school gym, holiday gatherings at the Lew Gruver and Thore Thompson households, poinsettias at Elgin Furniture, and Tau Alpha initiation at Upper Iowa University. East Iowa Echo notices include move notices for Georgana Falb, Thore Thompson, Israel Shaffer, Gilmen Knutson, and Reuben Schupbach working at the post office during Christmas mail influx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Steele
Ole M. Reierss
Joe Wan~ der
Louise Martie
Lydia
Fred
Alton Staff
Millard Larson
Roland Gruver
Curtis
Lew Gruver
Poinsettias
Elgin Furniture
Georgana Falb
G. H. Falb
Tau Alpha
Sigma Tau Delta
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Thore Thompson
Phoenix
Ariz
Ey Pinchot St
Israel
Shaffer
West Union
Gilmen Knutson
Renner
S. D
God’s Christmas Gift to Us and Our Thankful Life
An 1846 era sermon reflects on John 3 16 and Eph 3 14 21, urging believers and unbelievers alike to grasp God’s unspeakable gift and express gratitude through strengthened faith love and knowledge. It emphasizes Christmas as about Christ living in the heart and a life fully dedicated to God.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
Christ
God
Paul
Ephesian Church
Church of Christ
Weymouth
Smart Santa Chooses Durable Toys For Toddlers
Presents for the youngest are scarce this year yet sturdy options shine. Cloth dolls suit under twos while non fade materials prevent dye transfer. Pots, pans, nesting boxes, and plain wooden trains entertain and endure, advising parents to spend on lasting toys the baby will grow into and the parents will enjoy.
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Santa Claus
Temper tantrums and the shopping trip that sparked them
A three year old named Tim bursts into tears during a pre Christmas shopping trip caused by skipped nap and crowds. The mother learns that interrupting routine and fatigue fuel tantrums and suggests smaller, earlier visits or alternative shopping times to reduce stress for child and parent.
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Tim
Santa Claus
Santa
Elgin dinner guests honor Henry McMillan birthday
Elgin residents gathered as Elmer Meyer dined Sunday at Mrs Rose McMillan’s home for the birthday of Henry McMillan which was Monday. Nearby visitors from Clermont Rochester and Waseca shared hospital news while others returned from travel in South Dakota Cedar Rapids and Moline.
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Elmer Meyer
Roy Knight
Pueblo
Cols
C.S. Knight
Vernon Knight
Gus Krueger
Thos. Desmond
Durant
Moline
Lee Anne Grether Visits Grandparents in West Union
Lee Anne Grether of Volga spends the week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hars Grether in West Union, staying for a family visit and enjoying time at the relatives' home.
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West Union
Lee Anne Grether
Volga
Mrs
Hars Grether
Elgin Study Club Christmas Party at Clara Baumgartner Home
The Elgin Study Club held its annual Christmas party and gift exchange at Clara Baumgartner's home on Tuesday evening December 17. Mildred Haberger read a Christmas chapter from Fireside Christmas Stories as members reflected on mothers worldwide. Helen Zurbriggen gave a Bethlehem chalk scene and Louise Zoschke played carols on the piano. A lunch followed, served by the hostess with help from Bernice Falk Verna Mosby Marie Muehlethaler and Rose Wolf.
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Elgin Study Club
Clara Baumgartner
Mildred Habeger
Spring_vale
Helen Zurbriggen
Bethlehem
Louise Zoschke
Bernice Falk
Verna Mosby
Marie Muehlethaler
Rose Wolf
African Firearms in Early Contact Era
The text notes Africans first learned about firearms after European contact in the late 1400s. It describes muzzle loading guns using scrap iron as projectiles, highlighting the danger and recoil. It concludes that such weapons were feared more by the wielder than the target due to fragility and risk of breakage.
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Pecxc
Libby
B & H Cash Store
Lena Baumgartner
Harold Halverson
West Elgin
Steele's Grocery
The
Lutheran Church
Kigin Baptist Church
Postville Hospital
Ruth Schupbach
Uniforne International
Harold L
Moody
Union
Seheiens
John
Welfara Retenath
Alfred Jacob
Gertrude Erhardt
Esther Trudo
Elgin Roller Rink
Elgin Food Locker
Fred C. Muehlethaler
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