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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
8
The Elgin area reports numerous Christmas gatherings and visits. Residents shared meals with relatives in Elkader, Janesville, Manchester, and Cedar Rapids, while others planned trips to Chicago and Des Moines for work or family time this holiday season.
Baptist Church notes detail watchnight service to close the old year and begin the new year in the Lord, with refreshments and communion on January 8 1982. Weekly activities include junior choir training meetings youth and ladies events plus reports and trustee election. Pastor Ph Lauer invites all to attend and be blessed.
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church service at 11 15 a m. The note praises past year’s faithfulness and loyalty and asks for cooperation and support from every family. It urges making next year the best for church attendance and participation.
M E Church notes list J J Snyder as minister and Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist with worship at 10 am and Sunday school at 11 am. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society meets Jan 6 at 2 pm at the parsonage, the Ladies Bible class on Jan 8. Various dinner guests and Christmas activities are noted, including Gertrude Grether’s Palmer teaching return and local families sharing Christmas Day. Weather mention notes few snow happenings and longing for winter warmth.
Georgia visitor Mae Schori spent Christmas in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schori. numerous relatives from West Union Des Moines Janesville and Greenfield gathered for holiday meals. Guests included the Winklers Etter and Gordon families, Lytora and Beckers, and many others.
The community mentions a family Christmas party with the Schori family and Georgia Mat Schori of St. Paul. A Dubuque man plans a pop factory in Bopp block, with Clermont and Elgin areas also seen as potential sites. Trapping season totals for 1980 report 11 740 raccoon and 26 230 opossum. Other items cover dinner guests, creamery plans, and a local newspaper subscription offer.
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