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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1930
Page
6
Citizens and neighbors share updates on city events, school activities, and upcoming gatherings. Local volunteers organize support efforts for families, seniors, and students while businesses promote seasonal services and community projects in Elgin.
Local notices report Elgin residents preparing for the Mask Ball at the Elgin Opera House on Jan 21 with Carpenter's orchestra providing music. The event promises cash prizes and a lively social scene, while other items note visitors, small town happenings, and updates on nearby concerns.
Sunday at 10 a m English service and 11 a m Sunday school. B Y P U program committee meets at 7 30 p m with B Y P U program at 8 p m featuring Captain Alfred Baechler. Reading Dorothy Etter Duet Hans Keiser Freddie Laver Duet Mra Earl Kiple Mrs Toffeld Heck Quartette Mrs Otto Kruger Mrs Carl Hackman Mrs Ed Kruger Mrs Max Lehman Music Lawrence Muchlethaler Leo Grether choir song Stereoptican views In all Lands. Thursday Jan 28 8 p m prayer meeting 1 Cor 11 at 9 p m choir rehearsal. You are cordially welcome at our meetings. Ph Lauer Pastor.
M. E. Church notes worship at 10 a m and urges a new 1930 goal. It calls for high effort faithfulness and service to achieve excellent Sabbath School and church worship records. Members are urged to attend even when inconvenient or difficult and to bring others to worship.
ILyRIA church notes announce Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church service at 11 15 a m The Wide Awake Sunday school class will present at Volga the play Marys Castle in the Air next Saturday evening Attendance at Sunday services has been good all winter and is on par with summer months Absent members are urged to attend and enjoy fellowship Pastor J J Snyder delivers the message
The record lists January 19 events at Norway and Marion churches with morning and afternoon services, plus January 26 confirmants at St Olaf Chapel with English services and pastor Ss C Strandford. It also cites a Children’s Bureau analysis showing infant deaths among artificially fed babies nearly four times those of breastfed infants across eight cities.
A weekend performance by the Two Black Crows drew full houses Saturday and Sunday evenings. The act had been eagerly anticipated after Mr. Miller first scheduled them for the area, delivering a real show that pleased many attendees.
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