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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
6
Wima Richardson and Adolph Haumgartner receive hospital care. many local guests host dinners for birthdays and visits. Elgin's Little German Band played in Wadena and Marquette Lion's Club engagement. long list of neighbors, weddings, and hospital stays fill the week.
Thursday evening choir rehearsal at nine. Sunday January fifteenth offers English service at ten and Sunday school at eleven with B Y P U at seven thirty. The B P U presents an eight o clock program featuring Kathryn Kruger violin Gustav Kruger mixed quartet Mrs Edwin Kruger Esther Kruger Karl Miller Edward Kruger Eda Zurbriggen and Mrs Clarence Kohls. Stereoptican views Africa's Awakening a duet and choir perform. Thursday January twentieth prayer meeting at eight. Ladies Aid meeting held at the parsonage last week was well attended. Pray for the sick and you are welcome at our church.
January 15 Marion 11 Norse communion Norway 2 30 Norse services St Olaf Chapel 7 30 English services January 22 Norway 11 English services First Lutheran of McGregor 2 30 Marion 7 30 Luther League program lunch social hour Pastor J Strandford invites attendance at each service.
Morning worship at 10. Sunday school at 11. Epworth League at 7 30 led by Eileen Evans. Mrs Klingman, pianist. Choir practice this Thursday in the rear room. We hope many attend the meeting at West Union this evening.
Illyria church notes list J Snyder as minister and La Fonda Shaffer as pianist with Sunday services at 10 15 a m and 11 15 a m The M E Sunday school delegation met at Mrs Berg s home with a program including songs devotion prayer roll and minutes Items report on Berg sale illness of Ole Baker Maida Sperry visits Hattie McKellar returns from Chicago and local business chatter about unsettled accounts and a call to start settling up in a largely cash strapped community
Clarence Haas Arnold Johns Virtus Yack Maxine Hunsbe Georgia Grimes and Marie Grimm miss seventh and eighth grade. High school band eyes state contest while Coach C S Whitney scouts basketball games at Decorah and Iowa City. Elgin faculty mourn Miss Mary Ann Foxwell as typing shorthand bookkeeping classes plan exams and certifications for high speed quotients in the week.
A string of visitors includes Ruby Boyle with grandmother Mrs. Cox in West Union, Edgar and Mrs. Riser from Postville, Wilma Richardson and Betty Kohler, the Charles Greenley family of Decorah, Ed Bauder and sons west of town, and Ed Schmid’s Elkader family, all sharing time at local homes. Also John E. Baechler, formerly of San Diego, now in Wilmington, California, notes his move. Feb 15 1930 features Wenona Ill vs Taluka Tl grade basketball for Marshall County title, ten overtimes. Wenona wins. Echo staff crippled by flu. R P and Kathryn Strauch ill, Grover runs linotype, townsfolk assist with news. Echo appreciates help and intends to return favors.
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