Elgin News Whispers Weekend Visits and Birthday Bash
Names of residents visiting relatives and friends fill Elgin society notes from Swea City Riceville and West Union. Walter Bovis Jr Frances Skarshaug Wilma Steinmetz Ruth Mosby and many others are listed with trips meals and a birthday party for Chas Capper on July 13 with a country night out and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Walter Bovis Jr
Swea City
Sheldon Boyle
Frances Skarshaug
Iowa City
E. L. Morris
Wilma Steinmetz
Riceville
Clermont
R. V. Brandt
Ruth Mosby
G. J. Mosby
William Daniels
Gerald
Waterloo
John Grimm
Daniels
Florence Grimm
Erma Grether
Town City
Lloyd Swartley
Leo Grether
Myrlin Feller
Oelwein
Chas. Feller
K. E. Mark
Oelwein Hospital
J. W. Allen
Loren Shisler
M. V. Kiple
Arlington
Louis Lehman
Margie Christ
Marguerite Schupbach
Everett Wiethorn
West Union
Benson
F. L. Sires
H. H. Wolf
Burton Terry
Fred Grossman
Evelyn Yeager
Ruth Schupbach
John Falb Jr
Postville
John Falb
M. Mich
Louis Wolf
Elgin
California
Chicago
Chas. Capper
Mr. Capper
Emil Schneider
West Union News Roundup and Local Socials
Echo Minerva reports West Union visitors and family updates. Leland Capper had tonsil removal at West Union hospital. Norris Capper to return from Decorah after appendectomy. Extended family visits include Baldwin, Gehring, and Schmid households. Edgewood to launch weekly paper under C C Barnett. Mosby family reshuffles post office duties. golf results list West Union entrants with Schatz 110 and Layton 75 in 27 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Capper
Norris Capper
West Union Hospital
Harry Baldwin
Howard
Strawberry Point
Lew Grover
Decorah
Edwin Krueger
LyJe and
Kenton
Clifton Miller
Herman
F. W. Hughes
Lulu Schmid
Hulda Stoehr
Fred .Gehring Ranch
Gehring
Richard
Robert
Edward Jr. Schmid
Postville
H. 5. Steele
Kathleen
F. J. Harvey
Roy
Steele
Fred Grossman
Chicago
H. H. Wolf
Grossman
Wolf
Mel Kohler
West Union
McGregor
L. Schatz
John Layton
Edgewood
Strawberry Point Press-Journal
C. C. Barnett
C. M. Peterson
Aileen Patricia
Willis Farrell
Waterloo
A. C. Peterson
Farrell
Elgin
Ethel Kohler
Gordon Mosby
Joan
Marlene
Lakes
Minnesota
Rock Valley
Walter Duracher
Mosby
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Ruth Mosby
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Gatherings
Sunday July 22 features English services at 10 am and 8 pm, Sunday school at 11 am, B P A prayer meeting at 2 pm led by Lillian Krueger, and a Wednesday 8 pm prayer meeting with choir rehearsal at 9 pm. A Sumner meeting was encouraging, next Sunday at 2:30 pm service at the County Home with an orchestra. Juniors held a July 12 gathering at the parsonage with teacher Mrs Ph Lauer. An invitation arrived from the church served 1909 to 1916 near Waco to attend its fiftieth jubilee July 29. B Y P A group No 2 lists many members led by Helen Muehlethaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Krueger
Sumner
Ph. Lauer
Waco
Texas
Helen Muehlethaler
Erma Grether
Gladys Yearous
Marie Erhardt
Edwin Krueger
Esther Durscher
Clarence Kohls
Louise Baumgartner
Guy Probert
Hugo Hackman
Alfred Baechler
Gus Krueger
Gus Hackman
Carl Hackman
Ben Baumgartner
Hans Keiser
Mra. Ph. Lauer
Paul Zurbriggen
Doris Miller
John Schaer
Ethel Rennison
Louise Schori
Roy Buser
Wilma Schaer
Violet Miller
Church Notes July schedule at St Olaf and First McGregor
Lutheran notices list St Olaf Chapel 9 o clock English service First Lutheran McGregor 11 o clock confirmation Marion 8 o clock Luther League No services July 29 and August 5 Come to church pastor S J Strandford invites all to each service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Chapel
First Lutheran of
McGregor
Marion
Luther League
S. J. Strandford
Hlyria Church Notes and Local Family News
J J Snyder, Grace Foxwell, Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church worship at 11 15 a m. Mr and Mrs Carroll Klingman are parents of a son born Monday July 9. Mr and Mrs Chas Greenley and Mr and Mrs Lester Lowery of Decorah visited relatives here Sunday. Robert Greenley, after two weeks with grandparents, returned home with them Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Kern Hill
Grace Foxwell
Carroll Klingman
Chas, Greenley
Lester Lowery
Decorah
Robert Greenley
Frank Greenley
Corn loan borrowers urged to contact sealers for release details
Borrowers wishing partial or full corn release or to pay notes should contact the local sealer. Secretary Murray explains plans of release with steps: send 47 cents per bushel to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, designate sealer, and provide certificate numbers for partial release. Full payment cancels the certificate. Remove certificates by presenting original white copy to county recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Omaha
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commodity Credit
County Recorder
Community Notes From Clermont Area Gatherings and Visits
Agnes Hoag visits her sister near West Union for the week. Decorah guests include George Buenneke Christena Tollefson and Harold Rennie at John Hellum’s home. Several townsfolk spend time with relatives in Decorah Clermont and Elgin. A sixth birthday party for Corrine Rypestor and a silver wedding anniversary at Clermont park are noted. Local visits and teaching assignments appear alongside social remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Hoag
Richard Erickson
West Union
George Buenneke
Christena Tollefson
Harold Rennie
Decorah
John Hellum
Gunner Landsgard
Fred Butikofer
Marian Jensen
B. Nelson
Eileen Loftsgard
Rosella Opsand
Martin Nelson
Clermont
Corrine Rypestor
Rypestor
Julia Wettleson
Highland Church
Ole
Otto Gisleson
T. L. Loftsgard
Lloyd Amundson
Clermont Park
Lillian Meyer
Gilbert Loftsgard
Arthur Landsgard
K. E. Landsgard
Bessie Olson
George Landsgard
John Wold
Clarence Anderson
T. Kjosa
Wit and wisdom snippets and a visit to Elgin
A collection of maxims about learning, effort, and pride. Opal Read of Oklahoma City visited Elgin to meet Mrs. F. W. Hughes on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Read
Oklahoma City
Okla
Elgin
F. W. Hughes
Harmony in County Conventions Draws Mixed Reactions
The county convention coverage shows two thirds of Ups newspapers praising harmony with phrases like harmony prevails and peace at the close. A quote from the Union suggests a taste for occasional sparring. Irvin Etter and his wife and daughter visited Janesville relatives, staying several days at Frieda Etter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Irvin Etter
Janesville, Wis
Frieda Etter
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