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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
8
The Ilyria church schedules Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15. A secret ballot vote on the minister will be held next Sunday morning with all eligible members urged to attend. A special dedication service will occur during worship. Daily Vacation Church School starts Tuesday at 8 am and runs until June 14 at 11 15 with committee assignments disclosed.
Mrs Thos Ogle chaired Community Day 8 with Helen Rothisberger and Guernsey Smith as organizers. The 1948 cleaning committee included Mrs Carroll Klingman Thos Pollock and many others. numerous guests from Waterloo Fayette Elkader Des Moines and Clermont visited local hosts and attended a Memorial program at Illyria church on June 5.
The Wa dena Wonder Workers met at president Sharon Heyer's home on Saturday May 14 with 11 members and 4 visitors present. Virginia Vaupel from Fayette attended. The group recited the 4 H pledge and the country girls creed. Minutes were read and approved. A motion paid 7.50 for Katherine Winter to attend the Ames convention. Winter adjourned the meeting, and Mary Messerli demonstrated pie shells. Joyce Erickson made a two crust cherry pie, Sharon Heyer and Francise Moore baked a two layer butter cake. products were judged. Donna Cook spoke on DDT. Lunch followed served by Mrs Heyer.
Mrs. Faye Whittenbaugh hosted about twenty five children after school Monday for Terry Whittenbaugh’s tenth birthday with games, contests, and gifts. A lunch followed. Cedar Rapids visitors planned a week of fishing in Guttenberg. Mrs Herrling’s bridge club dessert party featured prizes for several winners.
A brief item highlights using the Echo Want Ad service to place classified advertisements and monitor responses, outlining steps to post an ad and track replies. The notice emphasizes ease of use, prompt visibility, and the potential for quick results through the newspaper’s classified section.
One week after the Opportunity drive opened, Fayette county co chairmen Forrest B. Claxton M C Hanson and Carl B. Schori report E, F and G bond sales credited to a $503,326 quota total $202,160. Town sales reached $25,407 with 11 percent of quota fulfilled.
Longtime Humeston Ford dealer L K Doze marks forty years in the business, beginning his tenure in May 1909 and maintaining the dealership through the present milestone.
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