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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
6
Local Elgin briefs report neighborly events and happenings from town groups, schools, and businesses. Notices note upcoming meetings, fundraisers, weather impacts, and community milestones shaping everyday life in Elgin.
The Illyria township Farm Bureau holds a meeting on May 8. Local residents visit, travel, and family updates include Mrs. Sarah Tiffney of Oelwein visiting the J. D. Shaffer home, and several families from Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and West Union sharing events, hospital visits, and moves.
Church programs list events for May 4 with German service communion Sunday school dinner junior and committee meetings English service. It notes Ladies Aid May 7 in church parlors hostesses and Brainard meeting May 7 8 p m prayer meeting and choir rehearsal. mentions Sumner visit from Elgin and progress on decorating with auditorium expected May 18 and Buffalo Center association meeting this week.
M E Church notes J J Snyder minister. Mrs Louis Klingman pianist. Sermon at 10 a m by the pastor. Sunday school at 11 a m. Ladies class meets Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs N M Fritz.
J J Snyder minister. Sunday school at 10 15 a m Morning worship at 11 15 o clock. Last week on Wednesday the Cemetery Assn and the Ladies Aid Society were entertained at Mrs Harold Strongs home. Epworth League meeting followed with large attendance and refreshments served.
Community news from Brainard details visits and gatherings at the Baptist church, with families like Grimes, Tripp, Lyons, Nutting, Craft and Barker hosting and attending events. Chick feeding guidance outlines schedules for newborns to three weeks old, emphasizing four daily feeds initially, then three, plus a note on all-mash feed versus scratch grains. Elgin is noted as a good trading center.
Sunday gatherings fill the roster of local visits across Cheery Valley. Families such as Friederichs, Christens, Meyers, and Lehmans host dinners and evenings, with Joe Lantz, Adelina Lehman, and the Lantz and Dennler households among those noted. School district No. 9 held a Saturday picnic and program with Miss Georgie Meyer teaching.
Castalia residents Mr. and Mrs. George Barnhart visited H. B. Steele. Elkader couple Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmid and family spent Sunday at C. J. Schmid’s. Keiser and Anna Falk went to West Union for Henry Freiburghaus funeral. Freiburghaus kin tied to several locals. Dan Turner spoke at New Hampton farm bureau meeting drawing many Fayette county attendees.
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