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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1959
Page
6
A flood of neighbors and visitors fills the week with gatherings, dinners, and travel. Local families from Pontville to Hawkeye mingle with friends in Luana, Monona, and Cedar Rapids while Klingman's promotes January sales and a Bahama trip headlines the travel tales.
Memoriam note recalls Gottfried Kurth who died January 12, 1058 with family names listed. Edith Dean attended as a dinner guest of J. O. Anderson and supper guest of Clifton Wilson, per local society notes.
The Apostolic Christian Church announces Sunday morning services from 10:15 to 11:30 and Sunday school from 10:30 to 11:30. Sunday afternoon services run 12:30 to 2:00 with song services 1:00 to 2:00 and church services.
The Elgin Highland Lutheran Parish outlines services and events from January 14 to 18 with multiple worship and choir activities at Elgin and Highland churches. New church officers elected for 1950 include pres Harold Halverson, secretary Floyd Thompson, financial secretary Francis Butikofer, treasurer Francis Butikofer, deacons Elmer Lembke Ernest Larson, trustees Don Fauser Merle Clark Allen Anderson, and biennial convention delegates Woodrow Reed Dean DeSart Thore Thompson.
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches list weekly services classes meetings led by Bruce W Boyce including confirmation classes worship services Sunday school and choir practices with events set at Norway Church St Olaf Chapel and Marion Church January 19 21 22 times and activities span senior confirmation junior confirmation Sunday school worship and Dorcas and Ladies Aid meetings
The Eldon church under Pastor D. Schroeder lists services for January with mid week prayer and Bible study, choir practice, morning worship and Sunday school. An upcoming Tabitha Society meeting is set for Thursday afternoon at the church.
On Wednesday January 14 the choir rehearses at 7 30 p m Circle Rachel gathers at the home of Mrs Don Caspers Circle Rebecca meets at Mrs H H Wolf s home Circle Nora meets at Mrs George Falb s home Activities focus on Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Service Circle groups in local homes.
A church announces a membership training class at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday January 16 along with worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school at 11:00 a.m. and School of Missions at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker Dr. Raymond B. Spurlock, chaplain at Rochester Methodist Hospital, will lead.
Louie Erickson comes home midweek after a month in California visiting the Bob Speece family in Novato the Norman Rosers in San Francisco and the Chic Lang family in Lompoc He attended the Rose Bowl game with Lt Cmdr Lang on New Year s Day. Mrs Francis Wolf of Clermont and Mrs Guernsey Smith joined Mrs C B Geori for calls at Strawberry Point visiting Ida Meyer Henry Leonard Bertha Powell and the Harold Meyers subset
Mr and Mrs Floyd Patterson of Wadena and Mrs Albert Halverson son visited Harold Halverson on Monday after MOOT. George Schroyer and Michael Debbie of West Union stayed with the Halversons. New Year’s Day dinner at Geo Landsgard's included Alma Scholen Arlene Corrine Philman Larson and Lee Friederich with families.
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