Community Notes and Visiting Guests Across Elgin Area
Local residents hosted and visited across several towns including Elkader, Clermont, Postville, and West Union. Weekend dinners, birthdays, and church group meetings filled social calendars. several trips to Cedar Rapids Bay City and other cities were noted. A Moore’s Sno-Bell Sale promotion and bake sales at Elgin were advertised amid listed social gatherings.
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Robert Moore
William Moore
Otis Torkelson
Susan
Jane
Patti
Nancy
Cornelius Reierson
Clara Hellum
Reuben Howard
Moore
Elgin
Sizdling
Lester Gehring
500 Card Club
Hazel Gehring
Guernsey Smith
John Erickson
Ray Klingman
Letha Light
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Light
LaVerne Hyde
Clermont
Arden Greener
Fred Wede
Gary Hyde
Monons
Veterans Hospital
Dale
Ishman
Robert Falk
Roger
Douglas
Robert Bemiss
West Union
Dora Lehman
D. E. Tinker
Postville
Lulu Schmid
Sadie DeSart
Percy Larson
Sandra
Timothy
Phillip
Lanesbono
Minn
George Henson
Louis Obye
Charles
Nourse
Estherville
Lerence Muehlethaler
Jock Adrian
Henry McMillan
John Martin
Cogswell
N. Dak
Giles Martin
Garry Jones
New Hampton
Philmon Embretton
St. Olaf
Sarah Schupbach
Ruth
Bay City
Mich
Mre
Schupbach
Will Wieland
Ruth Gibson
Rex Mulford
Sally Stephenson
Virgil Frieden
Frieden
Clara Hetlum
Helen Blockhus
Edwin Krueger
Louise Miller
Len Simek
Gussie Miller
Lena Wenger
Selmer Erickson
Luella
Edna Miller
Amanda Krueger
Robert Miller
Qelwein
Sheldon Boyle
Kenton Krueger
Kurtis
Walter Follett
Walter Medberry
DeWayne Medberry
JoAnn
Arthur
Rockford
John Kipler
John
Monte
Joni Lynne
Manchester
Elmer Larson
Almer Amundson
Kathleen
Orgin Olson
LaVerne Larson
Barbara
James
Oliver Larson
Ramona
LeNee
A. B. Jacob
Leon Jacob
Archie Schroeder
John Schaer
Sheffield
Lloyd Jacob
Loyd
Rose Olson
Lanesboro
Harry Johnson
Carlton Krueger
M. J. Blockhus
Fayette County Medical Association
Mealey
Oelwein
Bess Stohr
Mel Kohier
Amelia Kamm
Frieda Etter
Dorothy
Elmer Pinney
Waterloo
Dale Buroden
Hilder Gilbertson
Gus Gilbertson
Milford Olean
Clifford Kittleson
Carolyn
Millard Gilbertson
Kenneth Blockhus
William Bacon
Elmer Baumgartner
Elisader
Kenneth Mark
Delbert Chapman
Edwin Hanson
Ellen Mason
Ernest Baum
Lehman Guests at Kenneth Blockhus Home
Mr and Mrs Leo Lehman were guests at the Kenneth Blockhus home on Bursday evening.
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Mrs. Leo. Lehman
Kenneth Blockhus
Bursday
Mrs. Keith Kohler Heads Eastern Star
Eastern Star in Elgin holds installation ceremonies Friday evening January 5 with installing officers led by Matron Mrs. Lester Geh ring and Worthy Matron Mrs. Keith Kohler. A special ceremony titled When You Wish Upon a Star honored retiring Worthy Matron Mrs. Leo Falk and Worthy Patron Walter Follett, with gifts from officers and the chapter. Continues with further officer installations and a social lunch attended by members from Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Easton
Lester Gehring
Leo Schori
Louis Klingman
Clinton Lammert
Postville
Leo Falk
Walter Follett
Clifton Wilson
Ruth
Martha
Charles Gehring
Electa
C. B. Schori
Sentinel
M. F. Schlein
Dennis
Roxann
Grant Schultz
Kathleen Eberling
Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club Meeting Notice
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau announces the monthly Homemakers Club meeting set for January 12 at Mrs. Elmer Frieden's home. Roll call asks for "My Dream Room Would Have". Lessons on window treatment by Mrs. M. J. Blockhus and Mrs. Kenneth Blockhus. Mrs. Lyle Martin covers State Issues from the 59th 1961 General Assembly. All community members invited.
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Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Homemakers Club
Elmer Frieden
M. J. Blockhus
Kenneth Blockhus
Lyle Martin
Illyria Homemakers Meet for Smocked Pillow Craft
The Illyria Homemakers gather at Mrs. Reynold Strong’s home at 1 p.m. Friday January 19 to make smocked pillows. Bring 2 yards fabric, 1 yard wide makes two pillows, floss to match thread, a pencil, and two metal lids two to two and a half inches in diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria
Scrap Material Requests For Cushion and Button Supplies
A reader lists items needed for a project including scrap material for head pillows and filling. The note also mentions seeking ideas to be fed and requests for buttons for construction, implying a craft or sewing effort needing various components.
William Weibel Jr. to Receive Tribune Silver Medal
William Weibel Jr. a sophomore at Harper High School Chicago will be presented the Chicago Tribune silver medal January 17 for outstanding R O T C work. He served on the winning drill platoon last semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Weibel, Jr
Harper High School
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Edward Krueger Buys Mother's Home Near Clermont
Edward Krueger closed a deal Monday to purchase his mother’s farm located just west of Clermont. The Doyle Bakers had previously acquired the farm but exchanged it for their Elgin home. Mr and Mrs Gene Ellis of Postville have moved onto the Krueger farm. she is the daughter of Wayne Gilsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Krueger
Edwin Krueger
Clermont
Doyle Bakers
Elgin
Gene Ellis
Postville
Krueger
Wayne Gilsons
Community Church Service Schedule for Sunday
Donald T. Caspers, pastor, leads at Community Church with Sunday school at 10:00 am worship at 11:15 am and Youth Fellowship at 7:30 pm on Sunday January 14.
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Donald T. Caspers
Ladies Aid Society and Cemetery Association Meeting
Wednesday January 17 at 2 00 p m Ladies' Aid Society and Cemetery Association meet with hostesses Mrs Johnry Ny Degger Mrs Orran Bane Mia Melbert Meyer and Mrs Forrest Shaffer guiding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Aid Society and Cemetery Association
Johnry Ny- Degger
Orran Bane
Mia
Melbert Meyer
Forrest Shaffer
St Pauls Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Rev Donald T Caspers leads activities with choir rehearsal and Missions Commission at 7 30 p m official board meeting at 8 p m worship service at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m on Thursday and Sunday mornings at the church
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Donald T. Caspers
Apostolic Christian Church Services Schedule
Sunday morning services run 10:18 to 11:98 with school 10:30 to 11:30. Afternoon worship from 12:30 to 1:00 and song service 1:60 to 2:00. Church services noted.
First Baptist Church Schedule and Meetings
Eldon Schroeder, Pastor, leads midweek service at 7:30 pm with choir practice at 8:30 pm. Morning worship at 10:00 am followed by Sunday school at 9:00 am. C. B. Y. F. gathers at 7:15 pm and evening worship at 8:00 pm. Monthly Baptist Men meeting set for Monday Jan 15 at 8:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon G. Schroeder
Leadership Training and Tabitha Society Meetings
On Tuesday January 16 a first session of a Leadership Training Course will begin at 7 09 90 p m The subject is New Testament A 2 00 p m monthly meeting of the Tabitha Society is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
Elgin Highland Lutheran Parish Rev Carl Loses Interim Pastor
Elgin and Highland Lutheran gatherings list interim pastor Rev Carl Loses. Weekend services include junior to senior confirmations, Sunday school at 9:30, worship at 10:36, and Luther League at 7:30. Weekday ASCW, ALCW meetings, and annual meeting scheduled. program features and hostesses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Loses
Elgin
Cherub
Luther League
Highland
ASCW
Donald Sutter
Oliver Torkelson
Clifford Gisleson
Francia Butikofer
Ivan Torkelson
Helen Blockhus
Arlene Leeman
Richard Hofer
Reuben Schupbach
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Ings" Shatter
Min
Walter Lehmen
Richard Gehring
Monti
Gregory
Herman Larson
Wayne Larson
Marjorie Reed
Verne Schneer
Fred Federer
Hawkeye
Clifton
Wilson
Karen King
Lorence Muehlethaler
Women's Mission Union of the Baptist Church
Mat Zurbriggen
Sumner
Paul Zurbriggen
Tom
Jim
Bob
Roy Knight
Rene
Janice
Jack
Noel
Gordon Zurbriggen
David
Cedar Falls
Kathi Jones
Wadena
Louis Dennler
Dale Ishman
Ishman Jewelry
Chapman Insurance Agency
Cook St. West Union
Friederich
Max Thoma
DIAL
Elgin, Iowa
Keith Kohler
Eastern Star
Ilyria Homemakers
William Weibel Jr
R.O.T.C
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Apostolic Christian Church Services
First Baptist Church
Elgin-Highland
Elgin Furniture Store
The
Mueblethalers
Minis
Paekahs
Lee
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
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