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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
4
Elgin notes a flurry of visitors and social visits with Ida Butikofer and family at Jake Gehring home and many relatives in West Union Clermont Fayette and Otomwa joining dinners picnics and summer outings. Local residents travel to Cedar Rapids Waterloo Sumner and Chicago for work and leisure, while friends and kin share meals, holidays, and brief sojourns across towns.
In Fayette County Iowa a hearing is set for July 21 1941 in the District Court of West Union to admit an instrument as the last will and testament of Caroline Miller deceased. Clerk Herbert D. Klammer names parties Kathleen Steele of Elgin Haas of Chicago as witnesses and the article notes a wedding ceremony and guests including Roy Steele and H S Steele plus Mr and Mrs Floyd Harvey Decorah Mr and Mrs Gee Barnhart Postville with Elgin connections.
Rev and Mrs Paul Zoschke welcome A D Schantz of Oklahoma as their guest this week. Schantz serves as a German Baptist denominational colporteur for Roger Williams Press of Cleveland Ohio. Andrew Gunderson and Clarence Helgerson from near Clermont visited Mrs Bertha Frisbie and Mrs Lizzie Gunderson in Elkader after touring homes of relatives. Mrs Elmer Frieden marked her birthday with a picnic dinner attended by Myrtle Medberry Kenneth Dennler Albert Dennler Opal Medberry Howard Medberry Ed Medberry Rex Medberry Walter Medberry Glen Medberry and others from Elgin Postville Volga.
Advertises fresh, smoked, and cold meats with complete stock and fair prices. Promotes courteous service and readiness for any occasion, emphasizing Wilson’s products as the specialty.
The text lists services at St Pauls Elgin Community Church Ilyria and Union Church Clermont with church school at 10 a m and services at 11 15 a m or 7 30 p m. Minister Joseph C Warton invites worshippers to attend at these churches.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship with communion at 10 o clock led by Minister Paul F Zoschke. Sunday school follows at 11 o clock. Junior and annual meetings at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Wednesday July 9 features Women’s Missionary Society meeting with Mrs M Zurbriggen in Sumner, with prayer service at 8 p.m. and choir rehearsal at 9 p.m.
The notice lists Saint Olaf at nine o'clock and Marion at ten thirty for English communion. All welcome at each service. Pastor Dr. J. Strandford invites parishioners to come to church.
Betty Ruth Wenger of Elgin and Leslie Winfield Masonhall of Postville were married Saturday at St. Pauls Methodist church. Rev. J C Warton performed the ring ceremony in the presence of immediate families. The couple and attendants included Donna Wenger and Harold Conner. The bride wore navy with white trim and white accessories, corsage of white roses. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs L J Masonhall of Postville and works with his father at the Postville battery. They will live in Postville after a short wedding trip. A wedding dinner followed at the Blue Arrow cafe.
James Hermen began work at the Elgin Oil Co service station on Monday after spending the previous month at his home. He resumes duties and progresses back into his usual schedule.
Miss Elma Pollock daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm H Pollock and John M Christen son of Jacob Christen wed in a 9 o clock Friday morning double ring ceremony at the bride’s home in Elgin. Rev J C Warton officiated with only parents present. Attire included Copenhagen blue dress for the bride and dawn blue suit for the groom. After a ten day eastern trip they will reside on a farm near Elgin. The couple’s formal plans and bridal party details are noted in the account.
Kader High School alumna attended the State University of Iowa for four years and did postgraduate work toward a BA in mathematics. Mr. Christen farms. Mrs. Paul Waters returned to work after illness. Mrs. Minnie Daniels had Main Street home re-shingled with green shingles. Dr. and D. E. B. Tinker dined with Dr. John Meierkord in Waukon. Ida Christen home from Roscoe Larson visit. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Engh moved into a hotel apartment. They run the movies here on Saturdays and moved from Randalia to centralize their work.
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