Elgin News Gossip Highlights Local Visitors and Events
West Union and Elgin residents hosted relatives from Fayette Postville and Cedar Rapids. Visitors included L. Heston Albert, John Bauman Grand Junction and others. Several local residents returned from trips to Chicago Kenosha and Des Moines. Beverly Ann born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Muehlethaler. Nurse Edna Dummermuth home from Monona. Summer church meetings planned in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rennison
Fayette
Madge Benton
HE. W. Falb
Leo
John Falb
Fred Schultz
Postville
Dubuque
L. Heston
Albert
Mechanicsville
Marie Heston
John Bauman
Grand Junction
Colorado
Edwin Bauman
Darwin Gilson
M. W. Spears
Mattoon
N. W. Evans
Richard Stolle
Oreana
Idaho
West Union
Elgin
H. B. Moore
Janet
Judy
Pittsburg
0. J. Olson
Clarence Muehlethaler
Beverly Ann
Walter Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Betty
Janice
Clare Voss
Minneapolis
Waukegan
Don Helms
Gladys Stoehr
Kenosha
Wis
Joe Louis
Berndt
C. L. Gibson
Des Moines
C. J. Olson
Mary Reep
Riceville
Celia Rennis
S. R. Bird
Marshalltown
G. N. Schori
Chicago
Glen Schori
Edna Dummermuth
Monona
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
Irma Berndt
Commercial Department
The
State University of Iowa
Geraldine Schlupp
Omaha
Neb
Rosa Muehlethaler
Kate Bauman
Ray DeSart
Chas
Feller
Town Falls
Robert Dunham
Earl Kiple
B. J. Baumgartner
D. R. Roberts
Elmer Hoag
Oelwein
American Legion
Ed Grimm
la Grange
Albert Schupbach
Rose Reitz
St. Luke’s
Hang Fried
Ethel Rennison
J. F. Miller
Lutheran Church Notes Memorial Services Schedule
Lutheran monthly notes list St Olaf at 9 AM and Marion at 11 AM with Memorial services. Come to church and you are welcome at each service. Pastor 5. d. Strandford signed notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Marion
D. Strandford
Memorial services at 2:80 oclock. Arlington minister to speak
No Sunday school or church service next Sunday morning. Memorial services will be held in the afternoon at 2:80 oclock with Rev. E J Starr of Arlington delivering the memorial address. Grace Foxwell is the pianist for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
E. J. Starr
Arlington
Sunday School Time Change and Union Memorial Plan
St Pauls M E Church announces Sunday school moved from 11 to 10 o clock next Sunday, with class ending at 10 45. Union Memorial services will follow at the schoolhouse at 11, Rev Paul F Zoschke delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
R. C. Jorgenson
Elgin Baptist Church Schedule Includes Union Memorial Service
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday school at 10 oclock, union memorial services at 11 in the school auditorium, evening service at 7 45, B P U at 8 36. Wednesday June 2 Women Missionary Society meets at 2 pm with prayer at 8 pm and choir rehearsal at 9 pm led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke and organist Lillian Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Jacobs
Union Memorial
Women’s Missionary Society
Vacation Church School at Baptist Church This Week
Vacation church school begins Monday morning at the Baptist church with daily sessions 9:00 to 11:30 for one week. Worship services open each day and offerings go to missionary causes. Classes for various ages cover Bible study, church growth, the Twelve Apostles, and Christian characters with Mr Zoschke guiding senior reading. Visitors 8 years or older need a Bible and pencil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Zoschke
Echo Loses Long Time Reader In Morton Community
Carrie Jacob of Morton Illinois writes to the Echo about her mother Lydia Facob a longtime Echo reader for about 45 years. The paper notes Mrs Facob left Morton 63 years ago at fourteen and a life sketch from the Morton paper appears in the Echo today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Jacob
Morton, Ill
The
Echo
Lydia Facob
Morton
Shall We Have Another Rooster Day
Elgin foresees no firm date for a second Rooster Day as roosters from Capper's hatchery run late May work into June. Last year about twenty five crates were sold on the day with a premium of a few cents a pound, a deficit borne by merchants and produce men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Capper
Weekend Visits Reported in Cedar Rapids Area
William Strait of Cedar Rapids arrived Thursday and visited with George Snyder through Sunday. Cattle salesman Mr. Swanson from a Chicago livestock commission company stayed as a weekend guest in the H. W. Helms home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Strait
Cedar Rapids
George Snyder
Mr. Swanson
Chicago Livestock Commission Company
H. W. Helms
Mrs Lydia Jacob Died at 1:30 A M in Morton
Mrs Lydia Jacob aged 79 longtime Morton resident died Wednesday morning at her home after several weeks illness from paralysis. Born December 14 1857 in Elgin Town she moved to Morton 63 years ago and married Emanuel Jacob December 19 1880. Surviving are nine children 26 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren with funeral from Apostolic Christian church Morton to church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Jacob
Morton
Elgin
Town
John
Susan Warner Schlupp
Emanuel Jacob
Samuel Mathis
Route 9
Mr. Jacob
Jacob
Church Street
Apostolic ‘Christian Church
Carri Jacob
Mary Huette
Lydia Joes
Rosa Ackerman
Lydia Strunk
Anna Dietrich
Rena Freidinger
John Jacob
Samuel Jacob
Salome
Apostolic Christian Church
News
Opening Day Success Highlights Local Ice Cream Stand
Mr and Mrs Louis Klingman reported a successful opening day with their cone special drawing in crowds. They sold over 700 cones and dipped just over 35 gallons of ice cream while hosting an amateur program and public address system in the evening. Several local residents visited relatives, traveled, or attended events, including the Foscher and Lehman families, Celia Leman, Dr and Mrs Crider, and others. Followers attended gatherings, showers, and visits across Charles City, McGregor, Fairbank, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Klingman
The
Echo
Arnold Foscher
Charles City
L. G. Lehman
McGregor
Lois Lehman
Celia Leman
Fairbank
J. H. Williams
R. A. Crider
Oelwein
I. T. Knudtson
Floyd Knudtson
Minneapolis
J. F. Berndt
George Nydegger
Guttenberg
Lewis Thoma
Jack Renineck
Atkins
Max Thoma
S. W. Kuster
William Grove
Eagle Grove
Broken Bow
Oklahoma
Carl Allaman
Harley Jones
Postville
Elgin Opera House
Oscar Baker
Elikader
Richard Bauman
Grand Junction
Colo
Elgin
Waterloo
Faribault
Minn
Bertoline Schoin
G. W. Miller
Mel Kohler
J. J. Snyder
Bakeman
East Community Club
Fred Wilbur
Kohler
Earl Kiple
Snyder
Ed Bauder
H V Hoyer Celebrates 50th Anniversary as Publisher
H V Hoyer, publisher of the Gelwein Register, marked his fifty years as a newspaper publisher in Gelwein. Since arriving in Oelwein in 1887, when it was a village of 600, he contributed greatly to the town’s growth and development. His long service stands as a notable record in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Hoyer
Gelwein
Hoyer
Oelwein
Five Wenger Grandchildren Set to Graduate This Spring
Mrs C Wenger of Elgin reports five grandchildren will graduate from high school this spring, a possible local record. Virginia Wenger and Isabelle Wenger are daughters of Wenger families in Emmetsburg and Clermont, Corrine Wenger, Jack Wenger, and Henry McMillan are also from Elgin. the note ends with an ad for Let The Echo printing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wenger
Elgin
Virginia Wenger
Fred Wenger
Emmetsburg
Isabelle Wenger
Alfred Wenger
Clermont
Corrine Wenger
Chas, Wenger
Jack Wenger
Chris Wenger
Miss Eileen Evans to Wed Gustav Krueger in June
Miss Eileen Evans announced her approaching marriage to Gustav E. Krueger, son of Mrs. Marie Krueger, to friends last Thursday. The wedding is planned for the first part of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Evans
Gustav E. Krueger
Marie Krueger
Ruth Grover Attends Postville Wedding of Fischer and Anderson
Ruth Grover visited Postville Saturday to attend the wedding of Ora Fischer and Burnell Anderson. Mrs. Beryl Boleyn worked for Grover at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Grover
Postville
Ora Fischer
Burnell Anderson
Beryl Boleyn
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Lutheran Church Notes
Styria Church
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Vacation Church School
Waterloo Courier
Bic Smith
Elgin, Iowa
Ade
Elgin Furniture Store
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