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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
6
Elgin residents and guests are listed with travels and arrivals. Dr L 5 Hutchinson, longtime Elgin dentist, is noted. Frank Talcott of Long Beach visits area. families move to 815 No Vine St West Union from Wikader. alms offerings and garden notes appear alongside local car deliveries and a large funeral gathering. Local merchants advertise stock dip and fly spray.
Sunday July 5 services include communion at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Dinner at 12:15 p.m. Junior meeting 12:45, committee 1 p.m., church meeting 2 p.m. Annual meeting and all should be present with officer elections. July 7 prayer meeting 8 p.m. and choir rehearsal 9 p.m. Next table committee list includes Lena Wenger and others. B P U officers elected June 24 at Jake Schaer home with Hackman Schaer Jacobs Erhardt Muehlethaler Hackman and Renni gan among posts. We are glad you to see you in our church.
Illyria Church led by J J Snyder and pianist La Fonda Shaffer invites families to Sunday school at 10 15 am worship at 11 15 am. Sunday school annual gathering planned for Saturday July 4 with a picnic dinner in the church basement.
M E Church notes J J Snyder, minister. Mrs Louis Klingman is pianist. Church worship at 10 o clock a m and Sunday school at 11 o clock a m.
The Norfolk Lutheran notes a July 5 service at 10 30 with a program by Walter C Gran as reader and impersonator. After the program the young people host an ice cream social and the church welcomes all attendees to each service.
Herman Gustav Hackman born October 19 1886 in Germany died June 29 1931 aged 45 years eight months ten days after a nervous breakdown followed by residence at Fayette county home. Survived by brothers Carl Elgin Gustav Clermont. three nephews and three nieces. Funeral July 1 at 1 80 p m at Elgin Baptist Church with Rev Ph Lauer officiating. interment in Elgin Cemetery.
John D. Shaffer, born near Dunkerton in Black Hawk County Iowa on May 18 1865 or 1866 died at his Elgin home on Saturday morning June 27 1931 aged 73 years 1 month 9 days He left seven children two sisters and a large extended family He helped organize the Styria Community church served as assessor county supervisor representative to the state legislature and held posts in local banks He was married twice first to Susan Robbins and then to Arvilla Cave He was a respected figure in Fayette County and his funeral was held at the Illyria church with large attendance and interment in Illyria cemetery
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