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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1957
Page
6
A condensed Fayette county social column lists visits and dinners across towns including Strawberry Point, Decorah, Elkader, Postville and Oelwein. It notes graduations, church events, confirmations, and summer plans, with numerous families visiting kin, hosting guests, and planning trips to Des Moines, Lake Okoboji, and Winthrop.
The Methodist Church led by G. Steinman offers worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School at 1:00 p.m. on Sundays. Choir rehearsal is Thursday at 11:00 a.m. No regular Youth Fellowship meetings this summer. Our Bible school has had a good start and will continue through the next week.
The Friendly Church With the Living Message led by H John Vanderbeck lists vacation Bible school at 9:00 a m daily except Memorial Day. Memorial Day closes Bible school and evening service. Gospel hymn night with Wendell Baechler on Friday at 8:00 p m. June 2 Morning worship Holy Communion 0:00 a m, Sunday school 11:00 a m, Fellowship dinner 12:00 noon, church board 1:00 p m, Gospel hour 2:00 p m with special business session. Next week repeats 9:00 a m Bible school. Thought: A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs.
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches list a series of services and activities. Bruce W Boyce is pastor with choirs rehearsing at Norway and Marion chapels. Confirmation classes Saturday. Sunday worship at Marion and Norway with a picnic at Elkader. Vacation Bible school sessions run from Monday through Wednesday at St Olaf and Norway churches. A Marion council meeting is scheduled Tuesday.
Elgin church announces junior choir practice at 7 30 p m Thursday and Divine worship at 10 30 a m Sunday Luther League at 7 30 p m The Highland church holds service at 9 00 a m They invite the Elgin Mission Society and Highland Ladies Aid to a farewell tea for Missionaries Rev and Mrs Hjalmer Astrup Friday June 7 from 2 00 to 3 00 p m at the First Lutheran fellowship room Decorah.
Sunday services run 10:15 to 11:30 with Sunday school 10:30 to 11:30 and afternoon worship 12:30 to 2:00 including song services. Clifford Medberry on enroute leave staying with parents Mr and Mrs Max Medberry. John Miehe family Bla der and Ed Boleyns visited McGregor for Mrs Fehlhafer’s birthday. Danice Anderson and David Blockhus hosted eighty relatives at Lutheran church picnic. confirmations noted. Card of thanks from Hulda Bauman family and Lyle Messner expresses gratitude for bereavement and confirmation gifts.
A list of social events fills a Sunday to Wednesday parade of visits. Rosalyn Clark’s confirmation drew relatives from Stanley, Arlington, Mason City and West Union while Luther College pastor Rev. Gerhard Belgum led the service at the Lutheran Church. Open house for Dr and Mrs W A Schoenheider drew seventy five guests en route to Long Beach. Numerous trips, dinners, and weekend visits connect families across Decorah, Mason City, Chicago, and Cedar Rapids with college, military and professional ties.
The Rev. and Mrs. H. John Vanderbeck Kathy and Mark and Mr. and Mrs. Max Lehman were dinner guests Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lehman. Marjorie Johnson and Wendell Baechler from Baylor University in Waco Texas came home Friday. Miss Johnson will spend June at home.
Mr and Mrs Russell Friederich and Steven arrived from Fort Sheridan for a ten day furlough with relatives and friends Mrs Clara Krueger entertained at dinner Sunday Guests included Alfred Baechler Harry Johnson and the Rev John Vanderbeck families
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