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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
6
A long list of local visits, family gatherings, and travels fills the weekend chatter. Residents from Waukon to Monona and Waterloo hosted relatives, joined by Carlota Olson from State College and many others visiting Gipps, Des Moines, and Decorah.
Pastor Arthur Ittermann notes plans to attend Northwestern Conference sessions in Jeffers Minnesota beginning Wednesday. Church activities include Friday July 8 junior choir study at 7 00 p m and prayer service later, Sunday July 10 worship at 10 00 a m with topic The Mind of Christ and Sunday school at 11 00 a m, evening service at 8 00 p m. The Brazen Serpent. Mr and Mrs Ittermann thank supporters for wedding anniversary wishes and blessings on their ministry.
The church lists morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 1 o clock with choir practice at 8 p m There is no Youth Fellowship next week The pastor and Youth Fellowship girls will attend a camp at Clear Lake Sunday afternoon for a week The pastor will teach 6th to 10th graders The girls will report during worship on Sunday July 17 The pastor received a board voted vacation for July 24 31 and August 7 There will be no Sunday school on these Sundays
Lutheran Elgin plans a July 9 Saturday children’s choir practice at 7 30 p m led by Mrs Belva Snyder and July 10 Sunday worship in Elgin school gym at 11 a m with sermon Who Judges Matt 7 1 7 by R S Jordahl Highland services at Highland Lutheran Church at 9 a m
In fond memory of our dear brother and son Robert Merlin Odegard who departed this life four years ago July 4 1945 Our hearts grow sadder as time passes We were so happy together Then God called you away Our home feels lonely Until we meet in Heaven The Odegard family Mrs Inez Shaffer has been convalescing at the Thomas E Howard home since returning from West Union hospital Many friends and neighbors have called Also Mr and Mrs Chas Wenger Mr and Mrs Ed Medberry Mr and Mrs Max Medberry and Mr and Mrs Guernsey Smith spent days at Fairbault Minn on a fishing trip The Haas family from Chicago visited Lavern Noethe Patch Grove Wis and others at supper
In a sermon style meditation a naval near defat tale is used to argue that songs bind a nation. The piece links Psalm 124 to wartime courage and the Hebrews marching to Jerusalem. It extols patriotism sung alongside Christian faith and the role of national hymns in unity.
Elgin local notes recount a sequence of family dinners and visits across West Union. Richard Kohls and relatives attended multiple gatherings with the Grimes, Darnell, Linker, Daehler, Strauch, Hughes, Lehman, Wenger, and Schupbach families, with several guests traveling from Chadwick Til and Detroit. Various picnics, holidays, and home visits are listed.
Mr and Mrs Cliff Walmark of Ossian visited Mr and Mrs Chas O Neill Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mark and family and Mr and Mrs Joe Kjosa and family were supper guests Sunday at the Louis Beck yer home.
For the first time since May 1943, farmers received less than half the consumers' food dollar in April, amounting to 49 cents compared with a peak of 55 cents. The figure highlights a shift in the distribution of food costs between producers and buyers amid ongoing price changes.
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