Multiple social visits mark Elgin area weekend gatherings
Local families hosted and visited across Elgin Postville and surrounding towns. Guests included Ed Boleyn, Mrs Harold Asmus, and others from Wisconsin and Waukon. meals and informal entertainments followed Sunday visits. Linda Howard, recently ill, returned home improved after staying with her grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Boleyn
Harold ‘Asmus
Frank Greenley
Oelwein
Bess Greenley
Linda Lou
Mae Potter
Linda Lu Howard
Sam Howard
Sheldon Boyle
W. P. Kohis
Robert Miller
Methodist Church Morning Worship and Lay Leader Talk
Methodist church holds 10 o'clock service with 11 o'clock Sunday school. Judge W H Antes of West Union will be guest speaker at the Laymen’s Sunday service. Male quartet will provide music and Gordon Mosby presides. Youth Fellowship next meeting set for February 29. Rev Bruce D Jones, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Antes
West Union
Gordon Mosby
Jay
Judges Antes
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule Highlights February
Elgin Baptist Church posts its February timetable with Tabitha Society meeting on Thursday afternoon and a midweek service addressing a farewell social hour with the Lloyd Jacob family. On Sunday Rev. Wilmer Quirring fills both services, with 11 am Sunday school and evening worship, followed by interim pastor Rev. G. P. Schroeder on Feb 29 awaiting the regular pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
Tabitha
Lloyd Jacob
Sheffield
Iowa
Wilmer Quirring
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Elmo
Kansas
Quirring
At & P.m
G. P. Schroeder
Schroeder
Lutheran Church Service Times Notice
St Olaf chapel holds services at 9 30 Marion at 11 o clock all are welcome Pastor Dr S J Strandford invites attendance at each service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Chapel
Marion
S. J. Strandford
In Memoriam Edgar Kimball Two Years Since Loss
In memory of our dear husband and uncle Edgar Kimball who passed away two years ago on February 20. What a wonderful pal you were and your loving care is remembered. Forgiveness and sorrow mingle as we recall the one who hurt us only by dying. Sadly missed by Esther and Georgana and their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Kimball
Esther
Georgana
Jesus Christ
Card of Thanks for kindness during illness
Mrs Lena Hunsberger and relatives thank relatives friends and groups including the Illyria Ladies Aid Cemetery Assn and Good Neighbors Club for remembering them during illness. Jethaler and Beverly visited Gus Kruegen home while Frank Greenley and L D Hitch were guests over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria Ladies’ Aid and Cemetery Assn
Good Neighbors ‘Club
Lena Hunsberger
Clarence Mueh- Jethaler
Beverly
Gus Kruegen
Frank Greenley
L. D
Devotional Reading Excerpt with Scriptural References
A brief devotional note cites scripture Acts 2 9747 and Ephesians Wid 11 13. The reading invites reflection on faith themes and personal renewal within a church context. The wording emphasizes spiritual guidance and moral instruction for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hohealand
Ephesians
Christian Fellowship Lesson on February 22, 1948
A 1948 church lesson extols George Washington as a model of Christian fellowship and urges living the church's unity daily. It cites Acts 2 37 47 and Ephesians 4 1 6 to urge repentance belief baptism grace and unity across races tongues and social lines through Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorge Washington
United States
Virginia
George Washington
Fesson
Ourvland
Fellowship of
Christian Yalth
Community Notes of Visits and Gatherings Across Town
Readers share thanks for support during illness and recount a flurry of visits and meals. Neighborly groups from Fayette Clermont Charles City Decorah and Oelwein are noted as dropping by homes, sharing dinners, and attending church and fraternal events over the weekend and past days.
Local visitors gather for church connections and family reunions
Mr and Mrs Walter Bovis and Mary Sue of Guttenberg visited Mrs Sue Bovis on Sunday. Rev O H Jones and Rev Bruce Jones from Gladbrook visited their son and wife. Jones returned home Monday while Mrs Jones stayed longer. Genevieve Dunkle and Dorothy Sipple went to Waterloo, Dunkle visiting parents, Sipple to Cedar Falls. Harry Johnson Margie and Ruth attended Albert Petratz silver wedding anniversary at Sumner Sunday afternoon.
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F. C. Muehlethaler
Sacramento
Calif
Paul Waters
Postville
R. P. Strauch
Lewis Thoma
Springville
Max, Thoma
Lena Hunshberger
Roy Knight
Fayette County
Legion
Dale DeSart
Des Moines
Myre
Elizabeth Hemingway
Waseca
Minn
Echo
Elgin
LaVern Schneider
Chas
Wander
Route 3
Clermont
West Union
Donald Klein
Herbert Dummermuth
Brainard
Joe Brackin
Elkeder
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Ruth Schupbach
Ida Frieden
Marie Schneider
Paul Butikofer
Gottlieb Pulfer
Oakville
Lyle Leath
Loren
Charles City
Bam Lehman
Lyle Light
Letha
Mel Kohler
Fred L. Reitz
Lewiston
Idaho
Box 103
Siletz
Oregon
Max Medberry
Ed Medberry
Chas Wenger
Carl Hackmann
Otto Krueger
Alfred Wenger
Bob Robbins
Fredericksburg
H. F. Robbins
Ruby Benson
Merle Moen
Harry Glass
Wadena
Lou Dennier
Frank Stolba
Portland
Ore
Fred Berg
Edith Berg
Vern Hatcher
Cedar Falls
Wm. Muench
Kay
Elkader
Louis Dennler
Wm. Grover
Charlene
Ilo
Shirley Sutter
Barbara Boleyn
Beverly Benson
Yvonne Chapman
Janice Pinney
Karen Kiple
Verna Grimm
Caroline Aswe
Harry Johnson
John Tillotson
Waterloo
Lester Luchsinger
Linda
John Freitag
John Luchsinger
Jacob Hoover
Wyn. Schupbach
Marsha
Fayette
Anna Schupbach
Hawkeye
C. O
Bobby Medberry
Stanley Lehman
Elmer Frieden
Richard Frieden
Howard Johnson
Steamboat Rock
Johnson
Elgin Baptist Church
K. G. Fox
Great Lakes
Ill
C. B. Sc
O. H. Jones
Gladbrook
Bruce D. Jones
Jones
Genevieve Dunkle
Dorothy Sipple
Miss Dunkle
Miss Sipple
Cedar ‘Falls
Margie
Ruth
Albert Petratz
Sumner
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Eliza Habeger
University Hospital
Iowa City
Sam Lehman
Louise Schori
Lulu Schmidt
Lydia Hunsberger
Edith Barg
Walter
Wayne
Neva Jean Durscher
Conner Dummermiuh
Rochester
Walter Durscher
Carnation
Steele's Grocery
Lutheran Church
Memoriam
Christian Fellowship
Peter
Lord Jesus Christ
Solomon's
Dr. Newton
M. V. Kiple
Cavalier
Elgin Echo
Dial
Walter Bovis
Mary Sue
Guttenberg
Sue Bovis
Upper Iowa University
Lois Lawrence
Fayette, Iowa
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Furniture Store
Fred C. Muchlethaler
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