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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
6
Long list of visitors from Elkader Postville Dubuque and Chicago fill Elgin homes over the Fourth of July period. Families and friends including Peters, Klingman, Dummermuth, Luchsinger, Falk, and Lantz gather for visits birthdays and travel to nearby cities and lakes.
The Thyra Church lists J. C. Warton as minister with Israel Shaffer as superintendent of the Sunday school. Sunday school starts at 10 o'clock and Sunday morning worship follows at 11 16 o'clock.
Come to church at Lutheran Church with Pastor Dr. S. J. Strandford welcoming all. You are welcome at each and every service in a warm invitation to worship and member fellowship.
Elgin Baptist Church schedules Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and evening service at 7:45 with organist Lillian Schroeder. B Y P A at 8 35 O clock. The annual business meeting is set for Wednesday July 12 with election of church and Sunday school officers and annual reports.
Elgin residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend with many calls in Elgin and nearby towns. Notable names include Richard Miller of Donnelison Evelyn De Coy Ossian and Mrs. Celia Renni son. several trips between Cedar Rapids Spillsville and Minneapolis noted. A Milwaukee judge recently denied divorces to two fishing widows, declaring fishing wholesome and wives unreasonable to object.
Ebinghaus says we forget 90 percent in 24 hours, so advertising must be constant. Newspapers serve as the most economical reminder, building recognition and trust. Repeated ads turn a business into a familiar, trusted presence in millions of households.
Residents from Waukegan Milwaukee Wyoming and local towns visited relatives in Postville Decorah Waterloo and Rochester over the holiday with dinners funerals picnics and family trips. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Doan Mr and Mrs Wilson Rev and Mrs Wedel and others sharing meals and attending events across Iowa and nearby states.
Mary and Emma Meyer of El kader visited in the home of Mabel Holzer on Sunday. Walter Pritchard near Marquette called on his parents Tuesday and Wednesday. Fred Schultz and Helen of Postville visited the John Falk home Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris and Jean of Maywood, Tl. Wm. Sohawasser and son from Guttenberg called at the John Berndt home. Marjorie Storen of Chicago spends two months with friend Ethel Luchlinger. Claude Huisinga of Aplington came Tuesday to fetch his wife and sons who had visited the Mry. Mary Keiser home since Sunday. Louise Marie Baumgartner and Mary Baechler went to Cedar Rapids Wednesday for eye consultation. Claude Huisinga and family visited the Mrs. Mary Keiser home Sunday. he returned, wife and sons stayed longer with her mother.
Mr and Mrs Ray Heins and Betty and Jack from Chicago arrived Thursday to visit for about a week and a half at the home of her father A M Weibel.
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