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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
6
Royal and extended families gather for visits in Castalia Oelwein and nearby towns. Socials include picnics in Prairie du Chien and Ossian, outings to Cedar Rapids, and a Tinker reunion at Backpon e Park. Names span Sorom, Falk, Pulfer, Lehman, Habeger, Zurbriggen, Mitts, Jones, Seidler, Schori, Boyle, and others with travels to Quinc y Illinois and Garrison Minnesota.
There will be no church or Sunday school this Sunday as Pastor Bruce D. Jones attends the newly merged North Iowa conference in Cedar Rapids through Sunday. For contact, reach the parsonage.
The Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Arthur Ittermann lists events for Friday June 24 at 7 00 p m junior chair and meeting at 8 00 p m prayer service with psalms 104 and 105 and 9 00 p m choir rehearsal Sunday June 26 worship at 10 00 a m topic The Inspiration as in Balaam Sunday school at 11 00 a m evening service at 8 00 p m Teaching Children. The pastor was away last week at the Christian Youth Camp and many Baptists youth enjoyed a week together. The church looks ahead to Iowa Mission project with the pastor named promoter.
Lutheran services are listed for St Olaf at 9 30 and Marion at 1 00 on Sunday June 26 with welcome extended to all. A large round of social visits follows, noting many families from Waterloo Ottumwa Postville and Iowa City visiting area homes, with dinners and trips mentioned including a vacation to Canada and Montana.
The article argues Jesus remains present today by interceding in heaven and living through believers. It contrasts Old Testament high priests with Christ, urges Christians to witness, and notes Christianity spreads where the Bible and gospel reach remote regions. It ends by asking readers if Jesus lives in and through them.
Elgin locals hosted dinner guests including Robert Gruver of Waterloo and families from Clermont and Cedar Rapids. Visits to Iowa City and Mt. Vernon, a picnic, and overnight stays mark a weekend of hospitality. A birth announced at Postville hospital names Jo Ann, shared by the Wilson family. An address change for Betty Conaway and Cedar Rapids relocation noted. Local plans include fishing trips to Federal Dam and a Cresco wedding, with multiple dinner and visiting guests across town.
Joanne McCue, John Bleck and Don Fauser of Oelwein, and Dorothy Torkelson were supper guests Sunday in the John Mc Millan home. Guests Sunday in the Jacob Hoover home were the Lester Luchsinger family, Peter M. Luchsinger and Judy, Rita Neuman and Virginia Zimmerman.
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