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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1948
Page
6
Chicago visitors Peter Wolf and Bonnie Mich stayed with Dr and Mrs H as many families shared New Year meals, holidays with kin from Bern Kansas to Ames Iowa, and many guests gathered for dinners and suppers. Citizens note illness and weather before last week’s storm, with many travels to California Texas andArkansas. several relatives returned to study and work after holidays.
Elgin Baptist Church with Paul F. Zoschike as minister Ruth Krueger serves as organist continues the Week of Prayer services tonight and Friday. A new pastor election is set for Friday evening. Today at 2 PM the Woman's Missionary Society meets. Sunday worship at 10 AM, Sunday School at 11 AM, and Evening service at 8 PM.
St Olaf holds 9 30 service and Marion at 11 o clock with sermons by Pastor Dr S J Strandford. All are welcome at each service and invited to attend church gatherings.
Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Cleveland delegates reporting and a church school at 11. New officers of the Women’s Society of Christian Service and circle chairmen were installed by the pastor. Visitors Day Thursday invites nonmembers to learn the society’s program. Georgana Falk outlined Wesley Foundation work on campuses and led a summary for members. Youth reports from West Union Hawkeye and Elgin at Sunday service and Youth Fellowship Thursday at 8 pm after choir practice.
Thank you to my neighbors friends and relatives who remembered me with cards and gifts during the holiday season. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.
The piece emphasizes Isaiah 40 28 31 Psalm 33 and Acts 17 28 29 31 and John 14 8 14 to affirm God as Creator and Sustainer and Father. It urges daily prayer gratitude for life breath and blessings and asserts Jesus reveals the Father. belief in Christ grants knowledge of God and eternal life.
The Rev. Bruce Jones family expresses gratitude to members and friends of the Elgin Alyria and Clermont churches for their kind remembrances during the holiday season.
Mr and Mrs Gus Krueger express gratitude to the Elgin Fire Department for their quick response last Wednesday morning noting that had the trouble been more serious the fast action would have been a great help. The note is signed by the Kruegers.
A letter from Mrs Lawrence Gehring Jr thanks well wishers for cards and letters received during a hospital stay at the university hospital in Iowa City. She notes the kind messages aided convalescence and brought pleasure. The notice ends with advice to plant a large garden this spring to fight rising living costs.
Sunday social rounds include K S Houg and Chas ONeill hosts with Elmer Pinney and daughters, Chas Anderson and Danny, and Robert Musser family visiting. Kenneth Schori Andrea return to Iowa City with university ties. Leo Schori and Mrs. Schori drive them home after vacations in Postville. New Year’s Eve hosts include L L Kiple party with multiple West Union, Clermont and Des Moines guests. Imogene Mitts undergoes university hospital surgery and recovers, while Gerald Frieden departs for Des Moines work.
Mrs Vern Boyer and Eva attended a post nuptial shower at Elgin Baptist church for Mrs Robert Musser. Families visited each other including Mr and Mrs George Boyle and Lawrence Gehring Jr, and Mr and Mrs Ray Gilbert and family. Several gatherings ended with a chicken supper at the Glen Boyer home with many neighbors. Corrine Moats of Monticello visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Tripp and Wilbert Doden plus Gary. Visitors included Mrs George Moats and Sheldon Moats of Monticello, and a group in the Robert Kerr home. Mrs Joe Peters traveled to Iowa City to see her hospitalized mother Mrs Wm Sullivan. Louis Becker and family were guests at the Chas Peters home.
A brief Echo recap notes a community gathering with notable attendees, including city officials and local organizations. The item highlights a planned program, venue details, and a scheduled date, signaling public interest and local engagement.
A small-town roundup reports hens consuming feed at high levels, a jail inmate named George Brown reoffending with a worthless check after an absence, and a series of local misfortunes. An REA pole pile near Osceola stockyards caused two injuries, including a former sheriff. A truck carrying 137 hogs overturned near an underpass. 87 hogs died while the driver and companion fled uninjured.
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