Children’s Day to be Observed at Baptist Church
The Sunday morning service June 14 at the Baptist church features a Children's Day program with songs, readings, prayers, a flag salute, and a varied lineup of student performances. Participants include Shirley Miller, Carol Miller, Shirley Boleyn, and many others from the church school, with offerings and a closing benediction.
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The
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Shirley Miller
Shirley Boleyn
Carol Miller
Jesus
Margaret Miller
Charlotte Tebbe
Caryl Kohls
Rose Marie Hackmann
Frank Erhardt
Helen Koestman
Eddie Koestman
Jesus the Shepherd
Loraine Miller
Marcella Krueger
Norma Miller
Leo Lehman
Vernon
Ruth Kru
Farley to Address Veterans on National Broadcast
Postmaster General James A. Farley will deliver a special World War I veterans message from 7:00 to 7:16 pm on June 13 EST via a national radio broadcast on the National Broadcasting Co. The talk covers final steps for delivering and paying Adjusted Service Bonds. Separately, local social notes recount dinner visits among Onida residents and visitors from Winnetka with family ties to Olaf Berg.
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James A. Farley
National Broadcasting Co
Baptist Youth Union Leaves for State Convention
Twenty one members of the Baptist Young People's Union travel Tuesday to Burlington for the state convention. The session lasts three days and they return Friday. Rev Zoschke accompanies the group and is to speak Wednesday night.
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Burlington
Zoschke
Alfred Baechler
Clarence Muehlethaler
Reuben Hackmann
Lorraine Haas
Isabelle Wenger
Helen Muehlethaler
Marion Lehman
Louise Hackmann
Louise Baumgartner
Lloyd Jacobs
Eli Habeger
Luella Miller
Lillian Jacobs
LeRoy Burrow
Doris Miller
Violet Miller
Anna Rennison
July 4 and 5 Big Days at West Union Fair Grounds
Fayette County Fair sponsors a July 4 5 celebration at West Union fair grounds with races ball games and platform attractions. West Union City Band will play on the Fourth followed by a grand fireworks display. A carnival offers rides and amusements. On Sunday July 5 Karl King’s Band from Fort Dodge will headline a concert with solos and performances by professional musicians. A Sunday program will emphasize peace and quiet. Ed Bauder, Sec’y.
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Westnion
West Union City Band
Elgin
Karl King
Fort Dodge
Masonic Picnic Invites Elkader Families This June
Elgin Masons and their families are invited to the annual picnic at Elkader fair grounds on Sunday June 28. Strawberry Point hosts this year with the Grotto band of Dubuque expected to perform and other numbers from visiting lodges. Each family brings their own lunch while coffee and cream are served.
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Elgin
Knox Extends Thanks for Fayette County Support
Knox thanks friends and Fayette county voters for liberal support and votes in the time primary. If elected in the fall, his aim is to run the office efficiently as it has been conducted in the past.
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Fayette County
Three to confess in Shine murder case
Sheriff L J Palas said on Tuesday that three suspects in the Dan Shine murder case plan to plead guilty. The named individuals are Mrs Pearl Shine Maynard Wennox and Deke Cornwell Jim Hines is implicated but denies involvement.
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Pearl Shine
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Roosevelt Signs McGregor Park Measure
President Roosevelt signed Senator Louis Murphy and Congressman Biermanns bill granting Iowa 544 acres along the upper Mississippi near McGregor for a wild life and game refuge. Echo advertisements note bargains. Visitors Roy Steele and others were in La Crosse and Caledonia. Steele also stopped in Decorah and visited Floyd Harvey home.
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Margie Strauch
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Roy Steele
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Roy Gass
la Crosse
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Baptist Vacation School at Baptist Church Juniors to Begin
The Bible as text book for the vacation church school to be held June 15 to 26 at the Baptist church. Pupils from primaries to beginners will dramatize Bible stories while others study scriptures hymns and memory under Rev Zoschke and Mrs Zoschke. School runs weekdays 9:00 to 11:30 for two weeks.
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Zoschke
Memorial Day program length sparks apology request
A Legion Auxiliary member criticized our paper for printing the Memorial Day program length. She asked for an apology, noting offense taken. We meant no harm and only passed along a reader suggestion.
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Legion Auxiliary
Echo
Opening Band Concert Thursday Night at City Park
The first band concert of the 1936 season will be on Thursday evening at the city park. A varied program is planned to entertain the audience, and the note encourages attendees to show appreciation for the band members' efforts with two great big band encores after each number.
46th Annual Alumni Picnic at High School
Alumni notices announce a picnic at the high school assembly on Wednesday June 17 at 7 p m. Bring a guest a covered dish sandwiches and the annual dues of 25 cents are requested.
Woman wins $60 refrigerator in slogan contest
Mrs. Edwin P. Anderson of Waterloo won a $60 refrigerator for submitting the slogan The Doorway to Health. A company representative called at her home to arrange delivery. Albert Magdefrau Jr and Irma and Viola Berndt traveled to Renwick to fetch Lucille Berndt after a visit with J. F. Berndt.
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Edwin P. Anderson
Waterloo
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
Wayland
J. F. Berndt
Irma
Viola Berndt
Renwick
Lucille Berndt
California
Washington letter from Carnation describes farming life
LaVerne Schneider in Carnation Washington writes about heavy rain aiding cattle grazing dairying as a main occupation. He delivers feed for Ernest Gehring and recalls a Sunday excursion to Snoqualmie Falls and Ellensburg, notes Lake Ketcherus atop the Cascades, and mentions cooler climate, limited corn, blooming flowers, and ripening fruit.
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LaVerne Schneider
Carnation
Washington
Tam
Ernest Gehring
Snoqualmie Falls
Ellensburg
Cascade Mountains
Cascades
Ketcherus
Unusual Twin Colts Born in Winnebago County
E. J. Weigle, county agent of Winneshiek County, stated that Henry Bruening and sons of Washington township own a Belgian mare that recently gave birth to twin colts. One colt is Belgian and the other Hackney, a combination not recalled in county history. Weigle calls twin colts of different breeds exceptionally rare.
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E. J. Weigle
Winneshiek County
Henry Bruening
Fellowship Meeting At Clermont June 26
The Northeast Inwa Masonic Fellowship Association will meet at Clermont on Friday evening June 26. The Clermont lodge hosts and provides a candidate for the third degree, with visiting lodges supplying officers for the work. Ern Bander of Elgin Silverleaf Lodge is chosen as Junior Warden.
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Clermont
Ern Bander
Elgin
Silverleaf Lodge
Oil Contracted for Elgin Streets
The town council on Tuesday contracted for oil to be laid on Elgin streets. The penetrating oil will be sanded and allowed to set before opening to traffic. The piece also notes visits by Mrs. Roy F. DeSart and others, plus local social mentions and a dog birth in the community.
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Elgin
Baptist Mission Meeting Sees Officer Reelection
Mrs Rudy Yunker hosted the Women's Mission Society of the Baptist church in the church parlors last Wednesday. Devotional was by Mrs Kanal Huckmann and Luella Miller sang. Rev Zoschke delivered an inspirational address. The program reviewed missionary enterprises and German Baptist history. Officers reelected: Mrs Hans Keiser president, Mrs Paul Zosehke vice president, Mrs Louise Miller secretary treasurer.
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Women's Mission Society of the Baptist Church
Kanal Huckmann
Luella Miller
Zoschke
Hans Keiser
Paul Zosehke
Louise Miller
Double Birthday Surprise For Thorson Family
The Thorson parents celebrated birthday anniversaries on Sunday June 7 with a family gathering. Relatives brought baskets and a picnic dinner followed by visiting and refreshments. Attendees included Elmer Larson, Ole Blockhus, Clarence Olson and many others from Frankville Independence West Union Winnetka and West Union.
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Clarence Olson
Gilbert Remme
Independence
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West Union
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M. J. Blockhus
Carl Blockhus
George Hanson
Henry Peterson
Martin Amundson
Halvor Gilbertson
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Jacob Roland
Richard Olson
Louis Gilbert
H.S. Groth
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Charles Homann
Winnetka
June Picnic for Northeast Iowa Press Association
The June meeting of the Northeast Iowa Press Association will be in Decorah on Friday the 19th. Editors and families will dine at the Country Club followed by a business meeting. Golf and entertainment close the day after a postponement from the 12th.
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Northeast Iown Press Association
Decorah
Gilley Thanks Fayette County Voters in Primary Bid
Republican Clerk of the District Court candidate Dripe Floyd Gilley expresses gratitude to friends and voters in Fayette County for June primary support and promises to carry on the work efficiently if elected in the fall election.
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Floyd Gilley
Cardinals Win Over Waucoma at Elgin
Elgin dominated Waucoma with twelve runs on fourteen hits while Granger pitched a near flawless game. Weibel and Wedo led the offense with three hits each including two doubles and a triple. Upcoming games: Elgin at Hawkeye and Westgate at Clermont.
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Elgin
Berndt
Granger
Weibel
Wedo
Cedar Falls Bible Conference Opens July Twenty Sixth
Outstanding leaders in religious fields headline Cedar Falls Interdenominational Bible conference at Riverview park Cedar Falls Iowa July 20 through August 2 Dr Ivan Lee Holt pastor of St Johns M E South St Louis MO and president of the Federal Council of Churches will head the week’s program All sessions are open to the public and no registration fee is required for the conference
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Riverview Park
Iowa
Ivan Lee Holt
St. John's M. E. Church
South
St. Louis
Federal Council of Churches
United States
Congress to adjourn during Republican convention
Congress will adjourn for one week during the Republican convention and reconvene June 16 to complete pending business. The Senate accepted a House approved resolution allowing the adjournment and leaders say only the tax bill and conference legislation will be addressed after reconvening. A small ad for a To wa cream separator offers a special price.
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