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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
6
Hans Keiser remains ill and confined to bed this week while residents attend auto plate pickups in West Union. Social visits span Clermont to Postville with club meetings, bridge games, dances, funerals, and a county mail carrier gathering. Families plan moves to Guttenberg and Waterloo as community events unfold through weekend visits and preparations for upcoming shows.
Illyria church notes list J. Snyder as minister and Grace Foxwell as pianist with worship at 11 15. The Waterloo and Dubuque district conference meets February 6 and 7 at West Union M E church. Dr F C Eistien of Chicago to speak three times. All ministers and lay members urged to attend.
Snyder, minister, Mrs. Klingman, pianist. Services at 10 am, Sunday school at 11. Church of Youth at 8 pm. Ladies Aid to entertain General Aid Society Thursday afternoon in town hall. District conference for Waterloo and Dubuque at West Union M E church February 6 and 7. Dr Eiselen of Chicago to speak Tuesday at 10:30 and 3 pm, followed by a 7 pm lecture on Methodiam and Her Greater Task. Everyone invited.
Baptist church notes for February outline covenant meeting at 8 pm Thursday and choir at 9 pm. Sunday events include communion at 10 am, Sunday school at 11 am, church dinner at 12 15 pm, serving committee list, junior meeting at 12 45 pm, English service at 2 pm, and Win One club at 8 pm led by Carl Miller. Wednesday features Ladies Aid at 2 pm and Thursday prayer meeting with choir at 9 pm. All welcome.
The Echo Want Ads mention Fred Knight of West Union spending Sunday and Monday night with C. S. Kniel. Feller's Hardware in West Elgin advertises harnesses at real prices. Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughn traveled to Arlington Monday for a few days with relatives. Rev and Mrs J J Snyder and family were dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. J I Phillips home on Wednesday evening.
A periwinkle blue ribbed crape dinner ensemble features oversized detachable buttons that double as ashtrays. The playful design aims to boost Ita wearer's popularity and charm.
The Elgin school reports top spelling and testing scores across grades. Students like Alice Becker, Betty Schori, and several others achieved 100 percent in weekly spelling tests. Health charts, council roles, and a Moot Court plan feature in high school activities along with gifts from the Christmas seal sale improving facilities.
The Fayette quintet edged Elgin 15 to 14 after a hard fought contest earlier in the season. Elgin traveled to Fayette Tuesday and returned without the hoped for glory, missing a late free throw that could have tied the game. Fayette's win marked a close road defeat for Elgin in a tense matchup.
Coach Whitney leads Elgin boys in West Union for Fayette county junior high basketball tournament on February 28. The squad of 16 features ten veterans from current grades and six freshmen.
A fragmented poem by Anne Campbell ponders a redheaded infant and dreams of Paradise. The piece references Redbirds and childhood imagery, then notes Eileen Evans was a guest of Esther Krueger at Sunday afternoon and evening visiting.
Figures released by Upper Iowa University show another increase in the size of their student body. Last fall the freshman class rose about 26 percent over the prior year, and this semester there is an additional gain of the same magnitude over the fall. Upper Iowa now claims the largest enrollment in two years with ten towns represented and over half of new students freshmen. The Echo printing department reports steady January work and a large Capper's Hatchey order, ten thousand first mailing pieces, six per mailer for a total run of sixty thousand. The Cash Store and Feller Baumgartner advertise Friday and Saturday specials at West Elgin 220.
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