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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
6
Local column notes visits and trips among Elgin residents and friends. Mentions Dr. L. Hutchinson, Rudy Johnson, Jason Bailey, the Gehring and Quinrod families, Mayo Hospital in Rochester, garden competition, a large oak framed basement barn near Clermont, and upcoming Elgin baseball game against Clermont. Also covers travel to Decorah, Madison, Forest Park, Milwaukee, Racine, and planning for church and farm work.
Baptist Church notes list Sunday services at 10 a m and 8 p m with Sunday school at 11 a m and a Wednesday coven ant meeting at 8 p m plus choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Last Sunday the church sang God be with You till We Meet Again and Goodbye to Arnold Bauman who plans to leave June 28 for Madison. Members expressed gratitude to Hans Keiser for his service. a committee presented a nice present and prayers for his health.
M E church notes report 10 am worship 11 am church school and quilting for Ladies Aid at church parlors led by Mrs Sam Lehman. Notices list heirs of Geo E Schori and an 1929 appraisal in Fayette County with dates July 18 and August 1 1929 at Citizens State Bank Elgin Iowa. Local visit reports include Jens Halverson’s return to Chisago City and C C Christ family visiting Ern Holzer relatives in Elgin.
Serve small portions of food to children so they can clear their plates without feeling stuffed or nagged. Grass stains lift with hot water soap and vigorous rubbing. javelle water can whiten white fabrics. Loose weaves in sun suits allow UV rays through. Avoid putting hot foods in the fridge and cool to room temp first. Garnishes for iced tea include mint, rose geranium, orange or lime slices, cloves, or cinnamon sticks.
Chas Weibel of Dubuque is named district manager for Central States Power and Light, succeeding Bert Hanson who moves to field work overseeing large contracts and franchises. Hanson will frequent West Union. Weibel has a wife and two children and has not yet moved there. Mrs Frank Greenley and Mrs Frank Mack attended Clermont Legion and Auxiliary meeting to report on their strip for the Veterans Hospital in Knoxville. Hazel Cook, a Decorah hospital patient for appendicitis, has returned home and shows improvement.
A band concert is scheduled for Elgin this evening. Rural Fayette county mail carriers held their annual picnic at Oelwein park last Sunday with attendees from Elgin including Mr and Mrs Sheldon Boyle and family Mr and Mrs Hans Grether and Erma Mr and Mrs Ray DeSart and family and Mr and Mrs Walter Kohls.
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