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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
6
Local residents and visitors are pictured in a flurry of calls and gatherings. Mr Grimes hosts guests while Iowans attend family visits, church events, and a grain dealers meeting. Notable names include Grimes, Falb, Frieden, Moore, Hackmann, Torkelson, and Roberta Mosby among others. Several travels to Rochester, Indianola, and Florida are noted along with routine calls, visits, and illness.
A.G. Steinman, Methodist minister, announces worship at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. There will be no choir rehearsal this week.
St Olaf Lutheran Churches announce services on Sunday February 1 at 9 30 a m and 11 a m in Marion. An Area Brotherhood meeting at St Peters Garna ville Lutheran at 5 p m. Ad encourages families to attend church with children. You are welcome at every service.
Elgin Baptist Church schedules events Friday January 30 at 8:00 p m with Sunday school contest program and luncheon A day Reds awaited Sunday February 1 features 10:00 a m youth week communion service topic Daring to Believe in Christian Stewardship and a 11:00 a m dinner in church dining room Board meeting at 1:00 p m Youth week afternoon service and CBY led program at 2:00 p m Jan 27 and 28 visitation nights included classes visiting the sick and sharing good cheer
Elgin residents report several Sunday hospitality events with Postville and Oakid families hosting dinner and supper guests. Walter Junior Germann expresses gratitude for cards gifts and visits during hospitalization and after returning home.
Volume of community items from Volga notes social visits church gatherings and a scheduling change for the Volga Study Club. The club shifts its meeting to Friday February 6 due to a creamery supper and readers include Mr and Mrs Bill Crandall visiting relatives in Maynard and Oklahoma on business.
Dr Gerty T Cori, Nobel laureate biochemist, shares a personal creed on science and art, progress, and ethics. She recalls immigration to the United States, gratitude for opportunities, and the belief that honesty courage and kindness drive happiness and discovery.
Mr and Mrs B H Brackin and Mary spent Tuesday in Cedar Rapids while many relatives gathered for suppers and dinners in honor of family members. Guests from West Union and Minneapolis joined local families for birthday meals and weekend visits with the Doan and Mosby households with several trips to West Liberty and Wartburg events noted.
Government projections show total pork supply per person in 1953 will be about 19 pounds lower than 1952 while beef and veal supply rise by roughly 9 pounds. Factoring into national diets, this shift reflects changes in livestock production and market demand during the year.
Mrs Lela S Wier of Jackson Mississippi describes severe rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism that crippled her, with deformed hands and fixed ankles, claiming restoration to active life after a treatment she will reveal by mail response from Arbor Hills Drive P O Box 3122.
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