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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
6
Numerous families from Perry, Alton, Fairbank, West Union, and nearby areas hosted Sunday dinners and weekend visits. Guests included Mueh Tethaler, Johnson, Schvner, Halverson, Falb, Whipple, Gehring, Earle, Grover, Kelly, Bovis, and many others, with trips to Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Clermont noted.
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Thursday events include Tebitha Society at 2:00 p m Berean Songsters at 7:00 p m and prayer service at 8:00 p m with studies on the Church of tourist in Pauls letters Choir rehearsal at 9:00 p m Next Sunday worship at 10:00 a m with topic Running a Race Sunday school at 11:00 a m COBY program at 8:00 p m Youth Week planned for Jan 28 to Feb 4 celebrate joys of Sunday school and church services.
Morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11. choir practice at 7 30 pm. Thursday at G J Mosby home. Youth Fellowship Monday 7 30. Devotional on the Twenty third Psalm by Rev Paul Potter and wife of West Union. thanks for gifts to University Christian Church of Iowa bound for Tokyo. Attendance cards due before next Sunday.
Elgin residents host and visit across multiple homes including the Habeger, Krueger, Wenger, Schori, Frieden, Keiser, Ogle, and Barn families. Notes mention a Buick dealers conference in Kansas City and social calls between January and holiday periods, with several thank you notices from Marie Dennler Dr R A Crider and the Kist family for cards, gifts, and bereavement kindness.
The Leo Meyer family of West Union hosted visitors Friday evening in the Melbert Meyer home. Supper guests Monday included Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grimm and Lester. The Schoien and Landsgard households hosted gatherings with multiple relatives and friends, including Orlin and Geraldine Landsgard of Postville and the Reimer, Larson, and Fath families attending.
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