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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
6
Elgin and area residents hosted relatives and friends from Alta Vista Wadena Cedar Falls Des Moines Dubuque Elma and Cedar Rapids. A Baptist pulpit assignment in Parkersburg, visits to Back Bone state park and Cedar Falls trips framed a weekend of meals picnics and family time with many outings and shared drives among Elgin families.
Elgin Baptist Church with Pastor Paul F. Zoschke and organist Lillian Jacobs invites worship at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m and evening service at 7 45 p m Rev Geo Thomas of Brainard will preach at both services Tabitha Society meets Wednesday June 17 at 2 p m for officer elections Prayer service at ? p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m
St Pauls M E Church led by Minister J J Snyder and pianist Mrs Louis Klingman holds combined services at 10 am. Divisional aid meetings for Thursday afternoon include the first division with Mrs Norris Capper, second division with Mrs Clifton Powell and hostess Mrs Harry Gilson, third division with Mrs Herbert Dummermuth, and fourth with Mrs Ray Jacobia.
Grace Foxwell the pianist leads a Sunday school session at 10 15 a m followed by a children s day program and a brief sermonette at 11 15 a m at the Wyria church.
St Olaf Chapel holds English service at 9 o'clock, Marion conducts Norse service at 11 o'clock. Pastor J Strandford.
A 1936 schedule enumerates fairs across multiple counties with dates. Big Four Fair at Postville runs September 11 to 14, others include Waverly September 1 to 4, Independence August 18 to 21, Mason City August 24 to 28, Nashua August 17 to 20, National September 4 to 7, Manchester August 11 to 14, West Union August 24 to 28, Cresco September 1 to 4, Osage August 17 to 22, Decorah August 19 to 22, and Elkader August 17 to ?. counties include Bremer, Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek.
Four West Union graduates received $25 cash awards for outstanding yearly achievements. Robert Kamm won the boys’ efficiency award in mathematics, Marie Jacobsen and Frances Hackett tied for the girls’ award, and Clair Wiltgen was named the most outstanding athlete. Three of the four winners were seniors, with Wiltgen a junior.
Miss Laura Zaugg wed Ernest Affolter in a Oregon ceremony after a trip with Elmer Joe and Clara Affolter to Portland. The bridal party planned three weeks away, with Miss Affolter’s mother residing in Oregon. Details remain unavailable. West Bend Journal reports Kohler’s store return and local travels of Lehman and Yack families nearby.
James A. Kinney of Alexandria Minnesota died May 30 after a wife’s death six weeks earlier. Born 1869 in West Union he published the Alexandria Citizen since 1905, learned printing in Eldorado and Elgin, married Ethel Hennings in 1899, and traveled from Iowa to Minnesota. He left four brothers, two sons and two daughters, with funeral services held in Alexandria and burial there.
In memory of Mrs P Vellersven who died June 14 1935. Children recall lessons and fond affection. Numerous local items list relatives visiting, travel to Mt Vernon and Osceola, hatchery visitors, and community events at Capper's Hatchery and Henry Feller farm.
Irene Halverson spent Monday afternoon in the Arthur Olson home. Various neighbors called and visited in area homes. Marian Jensen is much better after illness under a doctor’s care. The Dorcas Society hosts a quilting afternoon in church parlors on Saturday June 13. A newly organized 4-H club held a bake sale in Clermont last Saturday.
Dorothy Olson Kathryn Strauch Mabel and Wm Ewing Bertie and Paul Waters were dinner guests in Ambrose Waters home Sunday evening. George Snyder returned from Mt Vernon after Cornell College graduation and visited friends in Illinois before returning home. Mrs H W Helms and son Don and Frank Bohanan drove to Waseca Minnesota to visit the Wm Christ home. Margie Christ went home after a two week Elgin visit. Fred Burrow Max Lehman Tofield Heck Mr and Mrs Richard Krueger and daughter Hawkeye Mr and Mrs Wm Krueger and son Jimmie Mr and Mrs Carl Hackmann Mr and Mrs Alfred Jacobs Mr and Mrs Q W Krueger and Ruth and K Eileen Evans were callers in Gustav Krueger home Sunday afternoon.
The column muses on past springs when the town’s main concern was the local baseball pitching staff and the team’s chances in the season. It contrasts nostalgia for clearer worries with today’s floods and dust storms and growing deficits.
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