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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
5
The new St Pauls Methodist church will open for worship on Sunday April 9 with a 10 20 am service. Doors open at 10 am ushers will seat attendees. Dedication follows after a treasurer's report and Dr W G Crowder of Dubuque will preach. A week of out of town preaching and events follows through April 14.
Elgin city voters on Monday cast ballots with 147 participating. A.M. Welbel led for mayor with 70 votes, while Wm. Vinton won assessor and Max Thoma was treasurer. Several ballots were spoiled for missing marks and there were scattered votes for council and other offices.
Sunday schedule lists 9 45 pm 11 am sermon and communion 2 pm quarterly meeting no evening services Thursday prayer meetings The Ladies Missionary Society meets April 5 at Mrs Rosa Muehlethaler Main street The state convention of German Baptist Young Peoples Societies meets Burlington June 14 16 with a Keokuk day trip on the St Paul The dam visit is highlighted for youth About 15 to 20 from Elgin plan to attend Golden Wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs G W Fitch West Union April 15 Class Play tomorrow night 530
Miss Lillian Baumann and Theodore Dorn wed at the bride parents home four miles north of Madison on March 22 1916 at eight o clock pm Th e ceremony was attended by about forty guests with Miss Lila Baumann as bridesmaid and Mgr Richard Dorn as best man The couple will reside in Ellenwood Kansas after April 1 1916 and received many gifts from friends at the reception hosted by Otto and Richard Baumann and others.
Earl Jaquette and Miss Pearl Greenley were married at the Methodist parsonage in West Union by Rev. H. C. Culver. After a week's Waterloo visit they plan to live in Elgin, with Pearl guiding the cafe and Earl a drugstore employee.
Ghand Mask Ball promises good music and fun with a mask and costume theme on Thursday evening April 6 at the Elgin opera house. Admission for maskers is 50 cents spectators 25 cents. Mrs Rudy Lehman has returned from Decorah and plans to open her Elgin home for the summer inviting friends.
The old Goetz Building now housing John Barnett as a barber shop will be sold at public auction on Saturday April 1 at 2 00 p m in front of the building. It could serve various uses and would make a nice garage for two cars. Auctioneer F R Berg. Mrs Earl Greenley visited West Union on business. Mrs Emma Knudison has about 400 Rhode Island Red chicks from a recent hatch and plans to sell them. Chris Baldwin a Civil War veteran and long time resident died Wednesday morning on the street near Leiman and Hanson hardware Heart trouble was the cause of his death. He was cared for at home by his daughter.
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