Local Guests and Memorial Day Visits Gather in Elgin
A long list of weekend and Memorial Day visitors and hosts from Elgin to Parkersburg to Mason City filled the week, with families hosting gatherings at the Gus Krueger, Torkelson, Cooley, Hendrickson, Boleyn, and Klingman homes. Notables include Janette and Jeanette Krueger, Joan Lorenzen, Sharon Anderson, George Lerch, and many others visiting from Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette
Jeanette Krueger
Joan Lorenzen
Sharon Anderson
Clinton
Gus ‘Krueger
Sheldon Boyle
Carl Cox
Mason City
Art Earle
West Union
Klingman
Bertha Lehman
Reuben Lehman
Mission
Kansas
Rose Frieden
Lamar
Otto Blockhus
Jacob Friederick
John Longmuir
Janet
Douglas
Elgin
P. J. Andersons
George Anderson
Parkersburg
Gus Krueger
George Lerch
Lisa
EB Reno
Oklahoma
Jeanette Krueger, Jr
Apostolic Christian Church Weekend Services Schedule
Sunday morning worship from 10 15 to 11 30 with Sunday school 10 30 to 11 30. Afternoon church service 12 30 to 1 00 followed by song service 1 00 to 2 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostolic Christian Church Services
Methodist Church Schedule Aimed at Community Service
The Methodist Church announces a Thursday June 5 Women’s Society of Christian Service covered dish luncheon at 1 PM with devotions by Mrs W J Grove and a program by Mrs L L Kiple. Stewards' meeting at 8 PM. Sunday June 8 features Sunday school at 8 45 AM and worship at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald T. Caspers
Woman's Society of Christian Service
W. J. Grove
L. L. Kiple
Vacation Bible School and church activities listed
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches announce June events led by Bruce W Boyce pastor in Norway and Marion. Daily Bible school runs June 2 13 in Norway with worship Sunday June 8 Luther League evening 6 00 and junior confirmation June 7 at 9 00 am Trustees meet June 10 at parsonage. Marion hosts daily Bible school June 2 20 with worship June 8 at 10 30 am Luther League 8 00 pm and Mission Society June 12 at 2 00 pm plus junior choir rehearsal at 7 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce W. Boyce
Norway
Norway Church
Luther League
Marion
Marion Mission Society
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches Circuit Gatherings
Pastor Dennis Stutrud notes Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches hold circuit convention at Glenwood Lutheran Church with services and Bible school sessions. Jr choir rehearsal on June 9 and week of Bible school scheduled. worship and Sunday activities listed for Highland location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Glenwood Lutheran Church
Bible School
Highland
Glenwood Lutheran
Baptist Church Offers Morning Worship and Sunday School
The Baptist church advertises a 10:00 a.m. morning worship with Sermon on Putting Away Childish Things, an 11:00 a.m. Sunday school, and an 8:00 p.m. evening Gospel service with sermon They All Do It. Daily Vacation Bible School runs 9:00 a.m. Monday to Friday. Friday features a daily program. June 12 plans an annual Sunday school picnic led by Interim Pastor Rev. Henry R. Schroeder. Card of Thanks from Bert Thoman family and others express gratitude for support and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Baechler
Ible
Henry R. Schroeder
Memorial Day Socials and Family Visits In Iowa Towns
A sprawling Memorial Day social record lists Ed Anderson and Edith Berg guests at the Tinker cabin in Waukon with Waterloo connections, plus relatives and friends visiting Cedar Rapids, West Union, Kankakee, Storm Lake, and other Iowa locations. Included are graduations in Chicago, birthday celebrations in West Union, and multiple family gatherings with the Schori, Lehman, Wenger, and Falk families among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Anderson
Edith Berg
Waterloo
Lulu Schmid
Dora Lehman
D. E. Tinker
Waukon
Berg
Bar Fok
Test City
Edith Doan
Fox
Vern Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Ida Lehman
Porto City
Albert Schori
Edith Dean
Roger Godenseik
Pamela
Goodhue
Minn
Francis Rorie
Rochester
Elmer Pinney
Harry Johnson
Patti
Louis Johnson
Kankakee
Chicago
Northern Baptist Seminary
Emanuel Baptist Church
Ill
Gedar Rapids
Rose McMillan
Good Samaritan
West Union
Tom Siamis
Elizabeth McMillan
Ida Peters
Hélen Wenger
Harry Wenger
Robert Falks
Willard Hanson
Steven
Cedar Falls
Craig Whitney
Storm Lake
Vern Nuss
Klingman
Walter Medberry
Jerry
John Kiple Jr
Garnaville
Thompsons Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thore Thompson marked their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner at noon and a program at Elgin Lutheran Church followed by a reception. Present were Emma Gunderson of Spring Grove Minnesota and numerous relatives from towns including Wadena Postville Sioux Falls Waterloo St Joseph and Los Angeles. The couple married June 11 1908 and lived on a farm in Illyria township before moving to Elgin five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thore Thompson
Elgin Lutheran Church
Emma Gunderson
Spring Grove
Minn
Thompsons
Orvin Thompson
David
Floyd Thompson
Larry
Julie
Diane
Wadena
Tillman Thompson
Jerry
Becky
Postville
A Bogness
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Torvald Thompson
Cheri
Barbara
Waterloo
Glen Thompson
Bruce
Dawn
St. Joseph
Sarl Thompson
Lynn
Los Angeles
Calif
Thompson
St. Olaf
Illyria Township
Elgin
Elmer ‘Meyer
Larry Thompson
Jesus
Cheri Thompson
David Thompson
Stutrud
Karl Hoegh
8. T
Norman
Minnesota
Thomas Pollock
Haymond Weston
Lamont
Klingman
George ‘Falk
Lime Springs
Earl
Floyd
al Rogners
Torvald
Tillman Thompsons
Clarence Becker
Atlantic Opent
Loura Becker
Silvas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gus L. Stoehr
LeRoy Stoehr
Torkelson
C. C. Torkelson
Co. C. Torkelson
Belva, Snyder
Ivan Torkelson
Belva Snyder
Juliana Sluiter
Gene Snyder
Gates College
Warren Berg
Decorah
Frank Wiggens
Lena Cooley
E. J. Klingman
F. D. ‘Medd
Waconia
Keith Granger
Robert Barrett
Roy Barrett
Arlington
Chris Martin
Elsworth
Mary Scholl
Robert
Princeville
Lyle Wilson
Buffalo Center
Klingman's
C. C. Brockway
St. Paul
Charles O
West Union, Iowa
7 Dwarfs
James Garnet
Tnd ‘Darby's Rangers
Albert Schweitzer
Frieden’s
LG. A. Market
St. Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches
Bert Belcame
Bert Thoman
Postville Hospital
Pastor's Brace
Boyce
Martin and Witt
Pastor Stutrud
Gary Halverson
Thore Thompsons
Harry Borland
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Merle Clark
Noreen Borland
Leo Grether
Paul Zurbriggen
Dorothy Etter
Barbara Yearous
Ellen Flanagan
George Cabalka
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Knut Arno
Clara Blockhus
Osage
Ole Blockhus
M. J. ‘Blockhus
Alfred Walters
Verona
No. Dak
Harris Walterson
Karen
Linda
Bertina Gilbertson
M. J. Block
Gilbertsons
Gust Gilbertson
Melford Olson
Gwendolyn
Connie
Clifford Kittleson
Howard
Carolyn
Dean Kittleson
Jean
Ruth
Coles
Oburg
Jerry Lans
Ing
Michelle
Kenneth Blockhus
Janice
M. J. Blockhus
Arno Fascher
Oelwein
Mabel Peters
Louis Becker
Iea Olson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Iowa
Max
Kroehler
Elgin Furniture Store
Elgin, Iowa
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