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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
6
A flurry of visits and trips fills the region. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schori travel to Chicago and return by week’s start while Kenneth Schori returns from Iowa City to start a summer term. Many relatives and friends host dinners and plan weekend gatherings from Decorah to Postville and West Union.
Kigin Baptist Church announces prayer service at 4 p m on Thursday with Lorimer Potratz in charge. Choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Sunday worship at 10 a m, Sunday school at 11 a m, evening service at 6 p m. B P U in charge featuring convention reports. Next week Wednesday sacred concert by a male quartet from the Rochester Baptist Seminary. Public invited.
The Methodist Church will host a Sunday school program of songs and recitations at 1 o clock. Everyone is invited. W S C circles meet Thursday afternoon June 20 at the church with hostesses Mrs F D Welch Mrs H B Gil son and Mrs R A Crider for Circles A and C while Circle B meets with Mrs Walter Bovis. Rev Joseph C Warton is the minister.
Lutheran Church schedules a June 16 convention in Minneapolis and a June 22 23 Luther League meeting in Decorah. June 23 Marion service at 9 30 and Norway service at 11, with continued services for those unable to attend Decorah. Pastor Dr S J Strandford invites attendance at all services.
In memory of Robert Benson who died Friday May 31 1946. The Golden Gates were opened as a gentle voice invited him home. A brief obituary tribute noting his passing and peaceful departure.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for thoughts and hospital support. The narrative lists numerous visits and weekend gatherings across Guttenberg Decorah and Winthrop, with many relatives and friends including Ashny Mattson Hand Zurbriggen Farren Vaughn Haas Alleman Kuster Tillotson and others. Includes travel from Chicago Waterloo and Sante Fe as well as a family reunion at Stanley.
The text outlines core Christian demands from following Christ: denying self will, embracing humility, counting the cost of discipleship, and pursuing faithful prayer. It stresses that true followers put God first, endure hardship, and recognize Christ present among believers as the King in their midst.
Official notice in Fayette County Iowa District Court announces the final report of John Falk guardian for Louisa Bucher estate. Hearing set for June 27 1946 at 10 00 AM at West Union Court House to approve the reports discharge the guardian and exonerate bond with asset transfer to the executor. Nearby social notes list visiting relatives and local births and gatherings through mid June 1946.
Mrs Ruby Benson and family spent Saturday afternoon in the Robert Robbins home. Weibel returned to Chicago Sunday after two weeks in Elgin with his father A M Weibel. Mrs Weibel and children will visit Sumner with her parents before returning to Chicago. Mrs James Duffield of West Union visited Lyle Light and family. Mr and Mrs Edward W Kozelen and Mr and Mrs Keith Waters of Postville left for a two week vacation trip through the eastern states including Niagara Falls New York City and Washington DC. A baby boy weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces was born June 10 to Mr and Mrs George Schupbach at the Postville hospital.
Pruning of fruit trees should be done primarily to increase the bearing of quality fruit and to keep the tree in a healthy, vigorous state of growth.
A home care tip suggests dusting radiators by dampening a newspaper placed underneath. Brushing out dust risks dispersal, but the damp paper catches most particles and prevents widespread dust in the room.
Observations at Mt Wilson observatory reveal sunspots as magnetic phenomena. Hale identified magnetic fields in sunspots and the sun as a magnet with poles near its equator. Sunspots form powerful cyclonic solar storms, marking key advances in solar science.
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