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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
6
Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 45 led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke with Lilian Schroeder as organist. Illustrated missionary lecture to be presented. Tabitha Society meets Wednesday January 18 at 2 p m with prayer service and Bible study at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m.
A notice urges participation in English service at St. Olaf Chapel in January at 9 o'clock. Marion at 112 o'clock will be conducted by a group from Luther College. Attend and encourage them. Welcoming message from Dr. S J Strandford, Pastor.
St Pauls Church led by J C Warton and pianist Lula Francisco invites worship at 10 this Sunday. Epworth League meets Wednesday January 18 at o clock. A Bible parts test will replace the usual topic, prepared by Mrs C B Schorl and Georgia Lou Grimes.
The Al Jamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative Inc. held its regular meeting in Postville reporting steady progress in signing applications for rural electrification. In Allamakee and Clayton counties 207 memberships have been turned in to coordinator Harvey Schultz, with 50 signed but not reported. Fayette county reports about 100 memberships in five days of solicitation. Six Fayette townships were added to the territory as interest grows. The board plans to hire a project engineer this week to speed work needed before a $200,000 REA government aid allotment.
Workmen on the pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien prepared to float the big bridge a mile down river to moorings where it will again carry railroad cars. The bridge is one of the world’s largest pontoon structures and was designed in 1872 by John Lawler.
The Elgin State Bank reports financial status as of December 31, 1938. Resources include Loans and Discounts of 225,030.94 dollars, Bonds and Securities 48,000.00 dollars, securities guaranteed by U S Gov as to interest, overdrafts, banking house and fixtures, other real estate owned, and cash items 800.00 dollars.
The passage notes rising meat consumption forecast by the Institute of American Meat Packers and confirms strong dairy outputs and farm incomes in 1938. It cites per capita meat use climbing 12 pounds from 1937, 128 pounds of dairy and meat products per person, and overall U.S. farm income near 1.45 billion dollars while detailing seed and crop notes for Iowa and Canada.
Cambridge report notes Professor Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School is appointed by President Roosevelt to the U S Supreme Court to fill Justice Cardozo's seat. Born in Austria in 1882, he came to the United States with his parents in 1894 and has long been a trusted adviser to the President.
Mrs. Wm. Ewing and her son from Postville will stay days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Olson. Genevieve Dunkle hosted Elgin school teachers and Mrs. D. R. Roberts and Mrs. Paul Tate at a Saturday party. Professor Victor Lunn and four music students are invited to a radio broadcast Wednesday January 18. Upper Iowa University program committee invites Lunn and students to appear on WOI at four o'clock.
Mrs Amanda Phillips Mrs Winnefred Sullivan Irene Meyer Eleanor Cade and Helen Wade of 97 Postville were guests Sunday in the W C Falb home.
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