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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
6
Community notices from Elgin highlight visits by Hutchinson dentist Dr. 1.8, Dale Holmes electric work in West Union, and numerous Elgin area social happenings. A fatal fire, explosion at A. G. Simpson residence, and McLeish's death are noted alongside garden variety local travel, family events, and a Red Tag Sale at Gamble Stores.
Sunday morning English service at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 8. Choir rehearsal on Friday at 8. B Y P U social at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Kiple. Ladies Aid meets August 12 at Sumner, conference at St Paul Minnesota August 19 to 24 with 66 spots at Bethel Institute. Prayer for Mrs Wilfred Potratz. Fans functioning well. Pastor Ph Lauer.
Filyria Church notes minister J J Snyder pianist La Fonda Shaffer. Sunday school at 1015 a.m. Church service at 1115 a.m. Homecoming program August 10 appointed committee includes Mrs Arthur Yearous Mrs Harold Strong and Mrs L W McKellar. If you live in our community you need only be a stranger once at Illyria. A church of friendly people welcome you.
M. E. Church notes list J. J. Snyder as minister and Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist with services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m. Upcoming Ladies Aid Society gathering in church parlor. Community updates include visits from Mrs Bertha Mealey of Oelwein and Josephine Kiel of West Union. Legion and Auxiliary met at the Greenley home. Local visits involve Frane DeSart, Clifton Mealey, John Falk, and others. Families travel to Chicago and Ohio. Walter Falk and E L Crowe go to Detroit for Chevrolet dealer events. two large plate glass windows at Torkelson Bros. implement store are replaced after earlier damage. Elgin second team forfeits after Brainard leads 2 to 1 on a hot day, with swimmers and plans to resume later.
Gerald Frieden spends days with grandparents near Elgin while George Baldwin and family visit the H. Foxwell home. Dozens of neighbors and relatives from Elgin, West Union, Volga City, Cheery Valley, and nearby towns are listed visiting, hosting, and attending gatherings amid a long chain of family and church-related visits and a birth announcement for the Frieden daughter.
Florence Grimm left Sunday for Clarmont to work in the Lloyd Ostie home. Mrs. W. C. Falk and Jane Kathryn visited Postville over the weekend with her parents A. J. Phillips, Eli Sutter and family, Will Butikofer and family, and Leo Grimm of La Grange Missouri visiting relatives here.
Mr and Mrs John Grimm and family were supper guests in the Albert Schupbach home Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Fred Schultz and family and Mrs Chas Huebner of Postville and Mrs John Falk were between callers Monday. Mr and Mrs E L Morris spent the weekend in Marshalltown on business. Guy Whitford of Chicago was in Elgin Friday on business and visited J D Shaffer.
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