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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
8
A long list of social calls, dinners, and weekend visits fills the pages from Lime Springs to Decorah with families like Moore, Lane, Torkelson, Friederich, and Schupbach. Local shopping features Klingman’s January clearance and cliff notes on hospital and concert events appear amid numerous hostings and birthday gatherings.
Robert Henriksen, pastor, leads services at Norway and Marion Lutheran Churches with Bible study at Marion and choir sessions. Open house at Marion for Harvey Anderson’s 25th anniversary, 2:00 to 4:00. Crisis meeting at McElroy Auditorium in Waterloo with Gov. Hughes among speakers on January 25.
Wednesday 7 30 pm family Bible study and prayer service with choir rehearsal afterwards. Sunday January 21 10 00 am worship service 11 00 am Sunday school 7 15 pm senior CBYF and scripture memory 8 00 pm gospel service.
Tlyria Community Church led by Pastor Lee Roy Collins lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Worship at 11 a m with no Sr choir rehearsal this week. Evening Circle gathers at 8 p m. Services held at the church.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Shaffer and Kim were dinner guests Saturday in the George Schupbach home. Mr and Mrs Guernsey Smith entertained the enchre club Sunday evening with prizes going to Mr and Mrs Martin Wenger and Mr and Mrs Leonard Moore, and travel to Herbert Falk, Mick Schupbach. Cedar Rapids resident Herbert Falk spent the weekend in the Geo Schupbach home.
A poetic fragment describes mood shift with new snow, hinting at eternal youth and light. It evokes love, playful lines about dogs cats and messy hair, suggesting a memory of childhood wonder and shared moment. The piece reads like a lyric vignette from a bygone era.
Worship at 9 45 a m Sunday School 10 46 a m Sr choir rehearsal 7 00 p m Thursday Jan 11 Circles Nora Dorcas Rachel meet at homes 2 00 p m 8 00 p m MYF junior high class 4 05 5 05 p m Tuesday Jan 23
The Elgin-Highland Parish Stated services list Senior and Junior Confirmation on Saturday January 20 with morning worship at 10:45 and sermon It's Dark Out There. Highland Parish follows with senior confirmation at 9:00, Sunday school at 8:30, morning worship at 9:40 and the same sermon title.
A reflective piece contrasts aging and adulthood with birth control concerns and daily meals. It notes parental wisdom, the memorabilia of childhood, and the idea that cosmetics can age a girl to look like her mother, ending with a provocative line about control and fate.
Elgin Iowa town council met at 7 30 p m with all members present. Minutes approved. Bills audited include mayor salaries postal, legal, city hall, police, street and sanitation funds. Notable entries: Illinois payments to Elgin Ins Agency, Interstate Power Co, Shippy’s Plumbing, Elgin Echo, Sunray DX, Fayette County, and state/federal tax withholdings. (Continues onto page seven with additional items and line items.)
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