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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
6
The piece lists numerous holiday visits and dinners in Elkader and nearby towns. Families such as Frieden, DeSart, Dunham, Grether, Baumgartner, Feller, Landsgard, Butikofer, Jacob, Howard, Loftsgard, Pollock, and Schroyer share Christmas and New Year celebrations. Guests travel from Manson, Chicago, Wellman, Cedar Falls, Fergus Falls, and California. Several trips to California for Rose Bowl and visit plans are noted.
Worship service at 10 00 a m Sunday school at 11 00 a m Choir practice Thursday at 1 30 p m Youth Fellowship at 7 30 p m WSCS meeting this week Hostesses Mrs Leo Schori and Mrs R P Strauch Worship conducted by Mrs Martin Wenger program by Mrs Lyle Light Holy Communion will be received during worship and a special offering for Hungarian refugees and the dispossessed remains.
Bruce Boyce, pastor, announces church events from Jan 3 to Jan 10. Marion choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 pm. Norway dartball at Volga Friday. Confirmation classes Saturday morning. Worship services at Marion Sunday 9:30 am with Sunday school at St Olaf chapel and Norway church 10 and 11 am respectively. Holy Communion Monday 8 pm Brotherhood at Norway church. Marion Mission Society meets Thursday Feb 10 at 2 pm.
Elgin and Highland churches announce services and activities for January. Elgin lists junior choir practice on Thursday, confirmation class Saturday, Sunday school at 9:30, divine worship at 10:40, Luther League at 7:30 with Yvonne West and Anna Friederich. Highland hosts services at 9:00, Sunday school 10:30, and a Ladies Aid meeting January 10 at C. H. Larson’s home with Mrs Oscar Benson assisting the hostess.
First Baptist Church led by Pastor John Vanderbeck offers morning worship at 10:00 AM with the message New Wine in Old Skins, Sunday school at 11:00, a fellowship dinner at noon, church board meeting at 1:00 PM, and semi annual business sessions at 2:00 PM. Week of Prayer services begin Tuesday January 8 at 8:00 PM. Thought by Epicetus urges gratitude for what one has. Christmas greetings from Mrs. Pauline Petratz’s guests are noted along with thank you messages from Harley Helms, Arthur Hermen, and Mrs. Quinton Olson and Teresa Lynn for cards, visits, and well wishes.
A long list of Sunday and New Year gatherings appears with visits by the Howard and Heins families, Grims, Schoris, and others around West Union and nearby towns. Attendees include Elaine Heins, Leonard Heins, Arthur Ferrance, Harold Grimm, Leo Schori, Louis Light, Elizabeth McMillan, and Rev Harlan Blockhus among many relatives visiting at farms and homes.
A playful exchange unfolds in a classroom as a paying father asks about March weather. The teacher mentions the old saying and asks what comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Julia, seated in the back, quips that the answer is the father.
Practical tip to balance yellow sunlight by adding a touch of blue to paint on walls opposite windows in a well lit room. This counteracts excessive brightness and creates a cooler, more balanced interior ambience.
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