Elgin News Brings Local Visits and Events
Dorothy Olson ill at home. Mrs. H. S. Steele out after a week of illness. Carrie Whitney of Fayette visits friends in C. B. Schori home. Ruby Boyle and Zelta Boyle visit parents. Several families host guests from Fayette and West Union. Feller’s Hardware advertises Boyt harnesses. Mrs. G. J. Mosby and Mrs. Durscher return from Rock Valley to care for ill mother. Echo printing services. Elgin Concert Band benefit program at the opera house with Little German Band. Funeral attendees from Minneapolis were present. Des Moines lumberman convention attendees depart. Des Moines hospital veterans make flood-poppy effort. Walter Kohls named in radio broadcast.
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Elgin Opera House
Elgin
Des Moines Hospital
Walter Kohls
St Pauls M E Church Service Notice
St Pauls M E Church led by Minister J J Snyder with pianist R C Jorgenson invites worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m If your home is cold come to church it will be warm there.
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J.J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
J. J. Snyder
R. C. Jorgenson
Lutheran Church Notes February 7 English Services
Luther an Church notes list services on February 7 with Norway English services at 11 o clock and McGregor English services at 2 30 o clock. Pastor S J Strandjord invites parishioners to attend and says you are welcome at each service.
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Norway
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule Ledger
Elgin Baptist Church presents Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 and a 2 p.m. business session. Missionary Society meets at 2 p.m. Wednesday February 10 in the parsonage. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. with Paul F. Zoschke pastor and Lillian Jacobs organist.
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Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Jacobs
Missionary Society
Card of Thanks for neighbors and funeral help
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during our mother’s illness and appreciate their help. We also thank the men who shoveled out the road so cars could get through for the funeral. Albert, Clarence and Clinton Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nutting, Anna Baldwin.
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Albert, Clarence and
Clinton Baldwin
Mrs
Eugene Nutting, Anna Baldwin
B Y P U Plans Contest After Parish Meeting
B Y P U members held a business meeting at the parsonage with about 30 attendees. B J Baumgartner outlined plans for a contest next month. The social committee helped Mrs Zoschke serve refreshments. The BE Y P A cabinet met Friday evening at the parsonage and enjoyed a waffle supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Baumgartner
Zoschke
Elgin Study Club Holds Meeting at Irene Yack Home
The Elgin Study Club met at Mrs. Irene Yack's home Tuesday evening. The program included roll call, Famous Patriots sculptures and paintings of Washington, Ruth Snyder history and use of our flag, and group singing of America and Hail Columbia. The next gathering will be a Valentine party with husbands as guests at Marie Muehlethaler's home.
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Elgin Study Club
Irene Yack
Washington
Ruth Snyder
Georgia
America
Columbia
Marie Muehlethaler
Dr Gus A Stoehr Dies After Illness in Peoria
Dr. Gus A. Stoehr of London Mills UL died Monday evening at Methodist hospital Peoria after weeks with arthritis and pneumonia. He was about sixty. Funeral held Thursday with Masonic lodge in charge. burial in Elgin cemetery. Flood benefit ticket urged for Elgin Opera House next Wednesday. Norma Doan entered Upper Town University Fayette for librarian's degree.
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Gus A. Stoehr
London Mills
Methodist
Peoria
Wm. J. Cooley
Arthur Stoehc
Masonic Lodge
Elgin
Paul Doan
Norma
Margaret
T. W. Doan
Norma Doan
Upper Town University
Fayette
Remembering Marie De Meyers and Elgin Obituary
Marie De Meyers born in Brussels on July 30 1850 died at her Elgin home January 27 1987 at eighty six. She moved to America with her mother to Seward Nebraska married John Stoehr in 1872 and later Rudolph Lehman in Elgin. Survived by four children ten grandchildren and two step sons, funeral at St Pauls Methodist conducted by Rev J J Snyder. Burial in Elgin Cemetery.
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Marie de Meyers
Brussels
Belgium
Elgin
America
Seward
Neb
John Stoehr
Gus Stoehr
London Mills
Ill
Lena M. Cooley
Iowa City
Arthur Stoehr
Rudolph Lehman
Grace
Adolph
Carl Lehman
Minneapolis
Minn
Ernest Lehman
Florence
Colo
St. Paul's Methodist Church
J. J. Snyder
Edward Klingman
Wayne Gilson
Gerald Shaffer
C. B. Schori
R. G. Jorgenson
Hans Winkler
Error in Obituary of Mrs McAndrews Decorah Death Notice
A Decorah death notice for Mrs M J McAndrews carried an error listing survivors. Four brothers and one sister were named, but two additional sisters Lena Hunsberger and Mrs Lizzie Conner were omitted. Relatives attending the funeral included Elford Hunsberger and Max Hunsberger Tou Hunsberger Mix Yearous Ellen Hunsberger and Mareta Conner. Clothing and cash contributions are welcomed at the benefit dance at the Elgin opera house on Wednesday evening February 10. Lyle Nelson Dale DeSart and Mareta Conner drove to Cedar Rapids to see Major Bowes amateur unit performing there.
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M. J. McAndrews
Decorah
Lena Hunsberger
West Union
Lizzie Conner
Clermont
Elford Hunsberger
Max
Tou Hunsberger
Mix
Jerome Yearous
Ellen Hunsberger
Elgin Opera
Lyle Nelson
Dale DeSart
Mareta Conner
Cedar Rapids
Bowes
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Viola Berndt
Paul Zurbriggen
Feller’s
Feller's Hardware
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G. J. Mosby
Walter Durscher
Rock Valley
Alex Yunker
J. M. Shaffer
Enos Howard
Forest Shaffer
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Marie Lenman
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Ivan Moore
Iowa State Teachers
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