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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1952
Page
6
Melvin Hanson visits Pari bault and Cannon Falls kin while numerous local families entertain guests in Cedar Falls Oelwein Waterloo and Clermont. Doctors attend meetings in Oelwein. trips, birthdays and weddings noted. community notices include a radio program and a thank you from Mrs Ed Wenger after an accident.
The church offers Sunday school at 10:00 a m and Sunday services at 11:00 a m and 8:00 p m. The schedule emphasizes morning worship and evening service.
The Methodist Church led by Minister E G Steinman offers worship at 10:00 a m Sunday School at 11:00 a m. Choir rehearsal is Thursday at 7:30 p m. Circle Joy meets Thursday evening March 20 with Mrs Charles Gehring and Mrs Merle Clark assisting. Circle Martha meets Thursday afternoon March 20 with Mrs Charles Wenger and Mrs Ray Chapman assisting.
Dr. Arthur Ittermann advances ministry at Thursday meetings with the Tabitha Society at 2:00 p m Berean Songsters at 7 15 p m Midweek Service at 8 00 p m and a discussion on Judging The Sunday schedule includes 10 00 a m Worship 11 00 a m Sunday School 3 00 p m CBY program remembering the Iowa Project for Missions and a 2 15 p m Easter Cantata choir rehearsal each Sunday
The St Olaf Lutheran Church lists March 22 dorcas and speakers Mrs Cornelius Reier and Mrs Lloyd Reierson Mrs Lewie Reierson and Mrs Clarence Kirkeberg serving. Marion Confirmands class meets at 4 PM March 23 with St Olaf service at 9 30 AM and Marion at 11 AM March 30 Norway at 4 30 PM Communion. Welcome at each service by Pastor J Strandford.
Dudley Weible state commander of the American Legion meets with Duane Haines at the Town Society for Crippled Children and Adults in Des Moines. Weible and Iowa civic leaders endorse the Easter Gear Campaign statewide while a traffic light analysis cautions drivers about misreading the yellow signal and urges caution at intersections.
A daughter Mary Jo was born to Mr. and Mrs. Vern Frieden of Hazelton on March 7 at Oelwein hospital, 7 pounds. Audrey Lynn, a daughter, arrived March 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pulfer at Postville hospital, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Oak Grove 500 club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ash featured seven tables with prize winners Mrs. Thos Howard, Mrs. L. O. Reierson, Mrs. Cleve Bennett, L. F. Becker, Cleve Bennett, and Roland Gruver. John Nydegger won the traveling prize. Mrs. S. C. Blockhus and Robert of Blooming Prairie, Minn., visited Carl Torkelson’s home. Mrs. Blockhus joined Mrs. Torkelson in Waterloo for a hospital visit as Mrs. Torkelson undergoes surgery at Allen Memorial.
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