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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1932
Page
7
An edited town column praises the Business and Professional Women and the impact of a Girls' Club. It argues the group has done much good and could expand to help reduce local unemployment by creating work for many young people.
Sunday school lesson for February 7 discusses how sin enslaves, with texts from Matthew 24 45 51 and John 8 81 96, and the golden text Whoever commiteth sin is the servant of sin. It questions how we should live and relate to others as Lloyd Anderson leads the Lutheran Sunday school at 9 a.m.
The season study for Sunday February 7 focuses on class selected Bible texts. Union Sunday school hour at 10 a m. Mrs Helen Gruver acting superintendent Harold Greenley G H Hackman and Louie Olson served as Clermont American Legion delegates to the district convention at Charles City last Monday.
The Ladies Aid Society met January 27 at Johnson hall with hostesses Mrs. Marvin Johnson Mrs. Will Cahalan Mrs. Oscar Rejerson and Mrs. Merton Palmer. President Mrs. Will Crowe outlined committees including Relief Membership Library Building Book Rules and Program. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. H. H. Follett with arrangements planned.
Dan McGreevy visits Hillary Gordon home in Oelwein and many locals attend gatherings in Elgin Grinnell and Clermont. News covers Band members, visits, a birth, hunting notes, hospitalities, school events, garden and club activities, and a Women’s club meeting with guests from McGregor.
Mrs. Wm. Larrabee returned from Washington with insights from two women’s meetings. She attended the General Federation board session with delegates from every state and twenty eight foreign countries, toured the George Washington shrine in Alexandria, and saw the Commerce Department auditorium dedication. She and fellow Iowans joined a four day conference on the Cause and Cure of War with major organizational delegates. They observed congressional sessions, met Iowa lawmakers, and attended Mrs Hoover’s tea and a senators’ reception, noting Dolly Gann’s cordiality and Alice Longworth’s absence.
The annual stockholders meeting of Farmers' Savings Bank drew good turnout and a positive mood. Directors re-elected J. F. Miller as president and H. F. Shipton and E. Lyngaas as vice presidents. J. A. Erickson remains cashier, with W. A. Kneeland asst. cashier and H. B. Greenley as teller. The bank remains in fine working condition.
H A Lubke announces a second Clermont store leasing Olson’s grocery space for a five and ten cent “racket” line with lower costs to undercut rivals. Albert Lubke to run the venture with Art Stee aiding at the power plant during Willis Greas’s illness.
A postal matter filed at the Clermont Iowa post office as second class mail matter indicating standard mailing classification and locality in Fayette County for mailing permission and processing.
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