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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
8
Hlyria Items Myris Community Church invites all to a Christmas program at 8 15 p m Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 o clock. Children from Sunday school present a story titled Ct tenon in a seat. Members and families urged to attend and appreciation expressed for the Christmas offering with envelopes still accepted by the pastor Friday.
Hazel Rothlisberger and neighbors join meals and visits around West Union with the Friendly Neighbors club, Ladies Aid, and Cemetery Association hosting meetings. A Christmas program unfolds in school district No. 1 with poems, music, and contests. January plans feature a bazaar discussion and hostesses.
Community notes from Cheery Valley record multiple dinner visits and anniversaries at the Meisner, Dennler, and Butikofer homes. Families from Postville and nearby towns join in celebrations and Sunday gatherings. The Good Neighbors Club met with 27 members. gifts, toy donations to Iowa City hospital, funds to Waverly orphans home, and a gift exchange were reported.
Delores Nehring Lavanda Bergan and Olvin Olson hosted five hundred guests for an evening of entertainment with prizes awarded to Mrs Harlan Welzel for high score and Mrs Allen Anderson for low. Guest prize went to Mrs Reuben Svendsen and traveling prize to Vern Tride. A separate gathering at Mrs F D Welch’s home produced three boxes of homemade candy for the veterans hospital at Knoxville.
Local residents gathered for Sunday dinners and visits at various homes including Wade na and Luana. Pre Christmas parties featured families such as Nehring Welzel Svendsen Svendsen and Andersons with multiple guests. Infant baptism celebrated for Inga Lorraine at Bernard Hanson home. surprise party honored Harley Svendsen with friends and relatives attending.
Marlin Hinrichs of Rockwell City eyed a dry duck season as his wife teased him after he failed to shoot. One morning she while walking spotted a duck which landed nearby. She retrieved the bird and presented it to him as a playful win.
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