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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
6
Elgin calendar filled with visitors from Waterloo Dubuque and Postville. Many locals hosted relatives and friends from West Union Oelwein and Cedar Falls. Village life centers on family gatherings birthdays weddings and community events across a busy weekend.
Elgin Iowa town council met in town hall with Mayor Falk and four councilmen present. Minutes of prior meeting approved. Audited claims included Grimm Electric Shop State of Iowa sales tax Geo Boyle N W Bell Hooker Supply T W Dean Central States Power & Light Corp and others. Volunteer firemen policy discussed and approved with part cost borne by firemen. meeting adjourned.
A nostalgic feature highlights Gayle Menke as a typical modern sewing helper, noting how hundreds of girls nationwide mend socks sew buttons and fix cuffs, while listing local visits by Mr. and Mrs. Muehlenthaler, Mrs. Schieffelbein, and families from Waterloo and Delweia in a breezy community notes page.
Notices list worship times for several churches with church school at 10 a m and services at 11 15 a m 7 30 p m. The invitation invites attendance and names Joseph C Warton as minister.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 45 p m. B Y P U meet at 8 35 p m. Wednesday February 12 prayer service at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke and Chrystal Miller.
Community notices describe Lutheran services at St Olaf and Marion with English sermons and a welcoming call. A local report mentions the P B Miller family involved in a bombing incident, Wendell Miller’s accidental flashlight battery explosions, and a mattress mix up at Lake Mills jail with inmates allowed to keep the innerspring beds.
Mrs Dora Poyle and Mrs George Anderson are ill and confined to bed. Mr and Mrs Reuben Metzger plan to return to Elgin after weeks with relatives in West Bend. Mr and Mrs W A Robinson of Manchester visited with C J Robinson and Donna. The Keelings and Ernest Smith of Volga visited J. Phillips. Leta Ash visited West Union and stayed with her parents. Mrs Fred O'Dell of Milwaukee visits relatives in the area. Mr and Mrs Charles Feller visited Dubuque and Chicago connections with the Cooley family. Elgin Study club met with fourteen members hearing papers on Mexico Latin American Women and Women of the America. Sheldon Boyle joined Walter Bovis for supper. Robert Miller hosted visitors in Delwe. Mrs Herbert Ash spent time in West Union. Mrs Arthur Chapman visited Chas Chapman. Robert Gruver was taken to Iowa City hospital for further tests. Tell ’em you saw it in the Echo.
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