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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
6
Lois Lehman of McGregor returns home to spend Mother's Day with parents L G Lehman and other relatives amid illness in the Schweitzer family. Milwaukee visitors arrive for concern over Mrs. Schweitzer. numerous residents attend events, birthdays, and music festivals. mumps affect several youth. late-week travel includes Waterloo, Burlington, Chicago, and San Bernardino jaunts among neighbors and kin.
St Pauls M E Church with J J Snyder minister and Jorgenson pianist schedules 10 am worship 11 am Sunday school and 8 pm Baccalaureate sermon read by Rev Paul F Zoschke of Willard La Salle. Local residents visit relatives. Iowa Press meeting notes and county association details.
A church notice lists May 16 services at Marion 9 15 and 8 00 for Luther League with Norway English Pentecost services at 11 00 and 9 15 Norse service and Marion 8 00 English service. May 23 Norway 9 15 Norse service Norway 11 English service Marion 8 00 Luther League. Pastor J Strandford invites all to attend.
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F. Zoschke will hold Sunday morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11 o’clock with no evening service due to the baccalaureate. Tabitha Society meets Wednesday May 19 at 2 p.m. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p.m.
Illyria Church shares details of Sunday worship at 11 15 a m with Sunday school at 10 15 a m. Minister J J Snyder and pianist Grace Foxwell are listed. The Ladies Aid Society and Cemetery Association plan a Wednesday meeting on May 19 at Mrs Carroll Klingman home.
Inter denominational Sunday school institute to be held at the Presbyterian church in West Union Fayette county program begins 9 30 am with registration at 9 16 led by Mrs R V Brandt Clermont. Sessions cover library training vacation school cradle roll primary department and more with Dr Walter Hutton and Rev P F Zoschke guiding discussions. Local obituaries and visits noted along with Gibson electric refrigerator promotion.
The Riverside Study Club met May 10 at Mrs. Herman Scholen home with a Sousa music lesson led by Mrs. Floyd Beavis. Topics included guides to textile buying, new terms like synthetics rayon and celanese, and fabric testing. Several members attended and lunch followed. Nearby notices mention visitors, a ball game score of Upper Iowa 7 Simpson 0, and local birthdays and illnesses.
Mrs Walter N Merriman and her son from Volga City visited Mrs Ed Anderson at F R Berg home Friday. Viola Berndt Ruby Whitford and another Upper Iowa student were brief visitors in Elgin Saturday en route to Farmersburg where they spent the week and stayed at the latter girl's home.
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