Elgin News Briefs and Neighbor Visits
A crowded column notes Mrs. John Grimm returning from Chicago after a week with her children and relatives. Several families in Elgin and nearby towns host visitors, travel to Cedar Rapids, Guttenberg, Colesburg, and Des Moines, with plans for further trips and postal activities. Lost billfold in Elgin Clermont area announced with reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grimmm
Chicago
Hilary Waytash
Wm. Price
Harold and
Lawrence Grimm
Bessie
Mabel Grimm
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Elmer Baumgartner
Elkader
Franklin Palus
Waukegan
Ill
J. F. Berndt
Ruth Gibson
J. V. Murray
William Stevenson
Louise Little
Geo. Vaughn
Floyd Puffett
Strawberry Point
Chas
Carsten
Alex Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Victor Moody
Orchard
J. D. Moody
Guttenberg
Colesburg
Berndt
Mirrson
Kohlers
Gertrude Vander Las
Oelwein
Wren Ayers
Indiana
C. J. Maulford
Richard Ewing
Emma Olson
Geo Vaughn
Arlington
Lena Retz
Max Thoma
Lewis Thoma
Delwe
Culver
Eva Conner
Des Moines
F. D. Welch
Joe Potter
C. L. Young
Potter
Geneseo Hill
Missouri
Paul Zurbriggen
F. C. Muehlethaler
Shell Rock
Kanawha
Charles Nourse
Estherville
Chas. Capper
Charles, Jr
Maude Heinan
C. L
O'Neill
Walter Kohls
Robi. Clothier
Leo Schori
Wenger
HH. Wolf
Bonnie Curry
Elgin
Clermont
Leslie Buroden
Ethel Mae Thoman
Ernestine Benson
Wil
Elizabeth Christen Au Wilmette
Til. Wm. Jr
Schupbach
Anna Schupbach
Otto Torkelson
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
H. D. Yack
Geneseo
Thos. Desmond
Lizzie B. Lyons
Maquoketa
Emma
Weeks) Nelson
Sabula
Delores Torkelson
Marilyn Falb
Karolyn Falk
Doris Sutter
Dora Lee Medberry
June Grimm
Caroline Vig
Nels Holm
Henry Skarshaug Funeral at East Church Wednesday
Henry Skarshaug of Ames died Friday morning in a city hospital after a week illness. A former resident who farmed near Elgin, he had lived in Ames about ten years employed by the State College. Funeral services were held at East Clermont Lutheran Church and burial followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by sisters Mrs. Helen Groth and Mrs. Andrew Reinhart and a brother I H Skarshaug of Ostrander, Minn.
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Dorina
Rae Cooley
Lena Cooley
A. P. Lehman
Decorah
John Barnhouse
Tommy Horan
Clermont
Lew Grover
Chas. Feller
Merlin Feller
Mae Anderson
Waterloo
Bertha Mealey
Red Oak
Clifton Mealey
Jake Schneider
Jack Adrian
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Alice Becker
Ruby Benson
Reuben Miller
Leo Boleyn
Dan Craft
Melvin Boyer
Fleet Frieden
Tommy
H. F. Robbins
Hawkeye
Oscar Possehl
Jeanette
Elkader
Homer Dill
Iowa City
Eva Seaton
Spencer
Frieda Etter
Dorothy
Maggie Schricker Twoon
Homer Hill
August Brause
Norris Capper
Henry Skarshaug
Ames
Elgin
Ole Reierson
State College
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Skarshaug
Helen Groth
Andrew Reinhart
East Church
I. H. Skarshaug
Ostrander
Minn
Fresh Groceries for Healthful Summer Meals
Promotional note highlights a stock of fruits vegetables meats and other foods that require little or no sugar to help prepare delicious healthful summer meals. Includes inviting customers to visit and shop the pantry for seasonal cooking.
Drowning of Lt Com Edward J. Robbins Described
Full account of the drowning of Lt Commander Edward J. Robbins U S N of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts after falling from a small boat off Squantum Naval Air Station His body was found days later He served 17 years in the Navy with time in China and the Philippines He married Doris Baker Robbins in 1919 and left four children and relatives in Iowa and Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Robbins
Elgin
Vernon
EB. T. Gough
Wellesley
Mass
U.S. N
Emerson Road
Wellesley Hills
Squantum Naval Air Station
Com i. Robbins
Robbins
Wadena
Iowa
John C. Robbins
Fayette, Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Navy
Marine Corps
Garrett Theological School
Evanston, Ill
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Commdr. Robbins
China
Philippines
Aircyat Poarrier
U.S
Squantum Naval Air Base
Doris Baker Robbins
Farley
Spencer E. Robbins
Verita
Julian
Losalin Robbins
E. T. Gough
Mt. Vernon
Emerald C. Robbins
Chicago, Ill
Visit by Cincinnati Couple at Walter Bovis Home
Mr and Mrs Don George and their daughter from Cincinnati Ohio visited Saturday at the Walter Bovis home. Mrs George is Mr Bovis sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Don George
Cincinnati
Ohio
Walter Bovis
Mrs. George
Mr. Bovis
Elgin Baptist Church Night and Weekend Services
Elgin Baptist Church announces prayer service at 8 o clock and choir rehearsal at 9 tonight. Friday B Y P U social at Gustav Krueger's home. Sunday worship and communion at 10, Sunday school at 11, junior meeting at 2, worship at 2. Women’s missionary meeting planned for Sumner next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul IF. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
Gustav Krueger
Sumner
Morning Worship and WSCS Meeting at Church
Morning worship at 10 o clock conducted by Joseph C. Warton minister followed by a general WSCS meeting in church parlors on Thursday August 6 with a picnic lunch. Choir practice is scheduled for Thursday evening at 7 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Joseph C. Warton
Lutheran Church Services August 2 at Marion
Confirmation services at 10 30. Communion at 8 p m. Come to church. You are welcome at each and every service. Dr J Strandford Pastorends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
J. Strandford
Scheel Family Holds Annual Reunion at Lawler Home
The second Scheel family reunion was held Sunday at the August Scheel home in Lawler. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Scheel and numerous relatives from nearby towns such as Higin Rochelle Fayette Waterloo Cedar Falls and Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheel
Lawler
Marjorie
Ervin
Gladys
Blanche Johnson
Cedar Falls
Temperance policy kept liquor from White House in Polk era
Mrs Polk kept wine and intoxicants out of the White House due to temperance views. A party including Mrs Allen Habeger and Gene and Mrs Carmen Swenson and daughter drove to Cedar Rapids yesterday. Gene attended a civil service exam while others visited friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
President Polk
Allen Habeger
Gene
Carmen Swenson
Cedar Rapids
Government press agents drain funds for war effort
The piece laments a large army of 35 513 press agents costing 90 million annually. It compares them to 11 infantry regiments and argues civilian defense cannot reach them. It claims most of their work ends up in the wastebasket, wasting funds.
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Goverment
Coast Guard
Russian Tank Ramming Scene Highlights Front War Report
A censored Axis image shows a Russian tank disabled by a German ram in the south fighting for every mile as the Red Army contests the Nazi Rostov push. The crew is captured in the action described as part of the ongoing front battles.
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Red Army
Rostov
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Winan
Echo
Hutchinson’s
Hanson
Lt. Com. Robbins
Filson Brothers
Elgin Clothes Shop
Mel Kohler
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
U.S. Service
Army
United States Service
Russia
Elgin Furniture Store
America
Minnie Daniels
Elgin, Iowa
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