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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
6
Local residents host and visit kin across Postville Clermont Strawberry Point West Union and Arlington. Students attend summer programs in Fayette Ames and State College. Several trips, moving notices, and a Clermont printing rush noted with social visits, births, and upcoming elections.
Illyria Church will not hold morning services next Sabbath. Memorial services are set for 2 30 p m with Rev A B Chamberlain of Arlington delivering the sermon. Grace Foxwell is the pianist and J J Snyder is the minister.
Sunday worship at 10 o clock and evening service at 7 45. Sunday school at 11. B Y P U study at 9 p m. Wednesday June 3 Women’s Missionary Society meets at 2. Prayer service at 8 p m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p m. Pastor Paul F Zosehke Organist Lillian Jacobs.
Marion at 9 English services Norway at 10 30 English services First Lutheran at 2 30 English services St Olaf Chapel at 8 Luther League Come to church You are welcome at each and every service J Strandjord Pastor.
St Pauls M E Church led by J J Snyder and Mrs Louis Klingman schedules worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m Children’s Day program planned for June 14 with first practice on June 1 at 9 a m General Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon in church parlors with lunch provided by second division committee members include Mesdames W C Falk G N Schori R Brandt H B Gilson Clifton Powell and Edward Klingman. Community notices detail many local visits and visits from McGregor Clermont Waseca Fayet te Janesville Cedar Rapids and other nearby towns with residents traveling for weekends and summer plans.
A pair of European Starlings settle in a tree cavity on a lawn, praised for their mimicry and insect control. In local notes, Mrs. Eleanor Butikofer and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Butikofer welcome a son born May 26. Other items: Elgin repainting at Center street. Lillian Jacobs visiting Charles Knepple. George Vaughn to Decorah for work. Coach D H Vernimont leaving Fayette High for Postville. Chas Chapman and Della Chapman visiting Ina Mathews. Lloyd Swartley’s band earns superior rating at Cleveland contest. Harry and Mrs. Wenger plan a fiveweek California trip.
Me and Mrs. Wm Wilson traveled from Oelwe to visit Fred Gehring’s home over Memorial Day and plan to visit Wilson and Winkler homes. Clarence Kohls and daughter of Volga City visited relatives. they took Mary Baechler to Volga City to assist with work at their home and store. Elkader schoolchildren face grief as school closes due to the burning of the schoolhouse. Town University Fayette announces two sessions: June 8 to July 11 and July 18 to August 15. For bulletin write W C Mangold Director Fayette Iowa.
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