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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
6
Long list of social visits at Elgin and surrounding homes. Wayne Gilson and family welcome daughter Karen Diane at West Union hospital on March 12. Many residents attend gatherings, dinners, and church events while relatives travel between Clermont Monona and Fayette area. Additional notes cover military inductions, letters from service members, and local illness and recovery updates.
March 22 at 11 o clock Norwegian Lutheran Church announces English communion. Come to church you are welcome at each and every service. Pastor Dr S J Strandjord extends the invitation to all.
Elgin Baptist Church lists Sunday worship at 10 o clock in the morning with Sunday school at 11 o clock and an evening service at 7 45. B P U program observed. Wednesday March 25 prayer service at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m led by Minister Paul F Zoschke and Organist Alfred Jacob Jr.
W R Blake announces the new employee Reddy Kilowatt as a symbolic figure for electric service. The character, built from lightning bolts and rubber gloves, represents safety and reliability for customers across northeastern Iowa, promoting modern electrical service for homes, stores, offices, farms, and factories.
Albert Klingman visited with his brother Charles in Volga yesterday while Mr and Mrs Carroll Engh moved to Rockwell. Marvin Hanson of Alden is named as the new man for the movie circuit though relocation is undecided. Mrs Peter Luchsinger reports the first robin of the year, noting a bird from the south arrived March 18 and set up housekeeping near her home, likely the same nesting robin that has frequented the area for years.
Miss Una Montgomery daughter of Mrs Mary Montgomery West Union and Harold Leuenberger Elgin were married Sunday morning March 15 at the Presbyterian parsonage West Union. Rev G W Ukena officiated at 9 30. They were attended by Mr and Mrs Fred Schaer of Elgin. The bride wore a navy afternoon dress and her attendant a black and white dress. The groom wore a blue suit. Mrs Leuenberger is secretary in the Estey Estey law office and formerly taught rural schools and served as deputy clerk of courts. The couple will reside on a farm south of Elgin after a brief wedding trip to Wisconsin.
Elgin Study Club gathered 19 members at Mrs. Leo Schori’s home on Tuesday evening March 17. The program featured a life of Don McNeill and Irish songs. a library meeting followed with officers named for 1942 43. Next gathering set for March 31 at Mrs. L. L. Kiple’s residence.
The buttermakers of this section meet today at El gin for judging contests and a program. The creamery will host the afternoon gathering with local buttermakers and their wives acting as hosts to the group.
Mrs Arthur Kelly and Mrs Fred Frieden and son visited Clifton Wilson on Thursday afternoon. C B Schori attended a lumber men's meeting in West Union Tuesday evening.
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