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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
6
Local families from Postville Monona and surrounding areas hosted a flurry of weekend visitors. Guests included the Gehring, Jensen, Kohls, Wenger, Meyer, and Thoma families, with trips to Cedar Falls, Decorah, Elkader, and Strawberry Point. Notable arrivals were from Waterloo and Detroit, Mich, and several dinners and quilting gatherings celebrated birthdays and community ties.
In a Dexter farm community tale Jackie Ledbetter, a poor boy, is promised attendance at a big circus the next day. His father Silas buys him a silver half dollar that disappears, triggering despair, guilt, and a quiet plan to appear at the parade while concealing the loss. The season shifts as he fears his parents' disappointment.
Rev Bruce D Jones leads morning worship at 10 with Sunday School at 11 and choir practice at 7 30. Youth fellowship bake sale Saturday at 2 pm in town hall to fund a trip to Clear Lake. Week of Dedication offerings allocated to Korean relief on Feb 25 with laymen leading service and roll call. World Day of Prayer attendance praised. $13.44 collected for United Council of Church Women.
Elgin area residents hosted Sunday gatherings at several homes including the Oscar Frieden and Edwin Krueger households. Visitors included the John Pulfer and Lena Pulfer, Abe Habeger, and Bert Thoman groups. families from West Union Cedar Falls and Tyler Minnesota also spent time visiting relatives. One note records Leland Capper returning from Chicago to work at Capper's Hatchery for the season.
The article examines what it means that Jesus is the Christ, tracing how Peter’s confession reflected unique status, divine anointing, and lordship. It contrasts later creedal language with first century understanding, stressing that Christ denotes God’s anointed, the only Christ, and Jesus as Lord whose will governs belief and life.
Elgin Baptist Church reports a busy week with Men’s Brotherhood book repairs, Tabitha clothing drive and Thursday sessions, Berean Songsters special music study, 8 pm prayer service, and an Easter cantata practice at 9 pm. Sunday schedule features 10 am worship, 11 am Sunday school, and 8 pm OBY youth programs amid gospel missions notes.
The Marion Dorcas Society meets Saturday February 17 at St Olaf Lutheran Church. Sunday February 18 services at 9 30 and Marion at 12 o'clock. All welcome to every service. Dr J Strandford is pastor.
A note from Mrs. Leo Boleyn thanks relatives neighbors and friends for visits letters cards and gifts during her stay at Postville hospital and after her return home.
Laying flock feeding the laying flock cafeteria style reduces labor costs and lets birds eat according to their needs, ensuring a meal when the poultryman is away at feeding time.
Scientists say Oregon's earliest inhabitants arrived up to 20 000 years ago before the ice age mammals vanished. The note places pre historic aborigines long before the state's centennial. Authorities cite research supporting deep human presence in the region.
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