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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
6
Gasper of Charles City will spend the week with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Guediss in Gordon Weeby home. Lt and Mrs Albrecht will travel to Anamoose North Dakota Tuesday for Christmas with their relations.
Mrs Arthur Lantz and Hloise joined supper guests with Mrs Lyle Light and Letha. Betty Schori returns from Towa Lity for Christmas with her parents. Numerous visitors traced through Mortana, Lasoltr Hoover home, and Cedar Rapids as relatives tour for holidays. Margaret to report for Army Nurses Corps. others attend canners' meetings, visits, and dinners. A newborn daughter Shirley Kay joins Barney Larson family. local clubs hold Kensington gatherings and birthday remembrances.
Sunday morning worship at ten, Sunday school at eleven. Choir rehearsal Thursday evening at seven thirty. Sunday school pupils will present the Christmas program as songs and recitations. All parents and friends are invited to attend. Rev. Joseph C Wartin, Minister.
Elgin Baptist Church announces a Christmas program and caroling by the young people on Thursday December 23 at 8 p.m. A Christmas pageant by the B P U is planned for Friday December 24 at 7:45 p.m. Sunday worship is at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. and the evening service at 8 p.m.
The notice outlines holiday church events with programs and trees. Services are planned at St Olaf on December 24 at 7 30 p m Marion on December 25 at 11 o clock and 8 p m Norway on December 26 at 11 o clock and 8 p m. Pastor Dr B J Strandford invites all to attend.
I wish to extend my thanks to all the kind friends who remembered me with cards, letters and visits while I was confined to the hospital and also at home. These all helped to pass the time more pleasantly and I appreciate the kindness. Elgin.
Local notes include Mr and Mrs Ole Benson of Clermont visiting and births at West Union hospital. Hawkeye couple Robert Robbins II announce daughter Vanita Jane born Dec 16 weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces. Community visits span Clermont Davenport and Cedar Rapids areas as residents spend holidays with kin. O N Hultman Stanton longtime legislator announces bid for state senator in Mills Montgomery district. J S Farley Grinnell plans retirement from farming and sale of 70 year farm ahead of golden wedding on Christmas.
A defense industry ad notes a shift toward housewives canning fresh fruits and vegetables. It states tin cans are mainly steel and the tin content per 100 pounds has fallen from 2 pounds to half a pound, reflecting changes in material use.
The most practical methods of food preservation, in order of importance, are steam pressure canning, hot water cooking, freezing, drying and brining.
A fragmented text hints at international pun play and satire centered on Walgiue. Readable fragments suggest a humorous piece or caption contest with wordplay across cultures. Specific names or dates are unclear in the preserved lines.
A Christmas sermon reflects on John 3 16 and Matthew 2 11 12 noting God s love in sending His Son and urging faith over indifference. It contrasts Herod s fear with the Wise Men s joy and worship, urging readers to seek Christ, embrace joy, and honor Him this Christmas.
Eucalyptus is grown for railroad fuel in Brazil with a planned supply of 21,000,000 trees sustaining a line. The fiber from the trees serves as the base for experimental paper projects and research.
A historical note explains milk nutrition focusing on calcium phosphorus protein and water soluble vitamins especially thiamin. It states these nutrients are independent of fat content and underlines their role in nutritive value of milk.
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