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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
6
Numerous residents and friends visited in Cedar Falls Traer West Elgin and surrounding towns over the weekend and for holidays. People from Cedar Rapids Oelwein Wadena West Union Monona Sheffield and Monona shared visits with families here. Local events included dinners homecomings and a hospital drive to aid a disabled resident.
Methodist Church holds worship at 10 a m and church school at 11 a m with Mrs Ed Klingman supervising. Bazaar announced for Nov 16 afternoon and evening. Illyria Church school at 10 a m I F Shaffer Supt worship at 11 15 a m Union Church service at 7 30 p m welcome extended to all without a church home J C Warton pastor.
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F. Zoschke invites worshipers to continue special services tonight and Friday with a Sunday evening close. Rev Pieter Smit preaches at all services. Sunday: worship and communion at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 7 45. Wednesday November 8 prayer service and choir at 8.
The Methodist Ladies Aid Society will hold a general meeting at the home of Mrs. Albert Schori on Thursday afternoon November 9. A committee from the first division will serve. the committee includes Mrs. J C Warton, Mrs. Mary Cook, and Mrs. Mel Kohler.
In loving memory of Floyd and Lawrence Howard who passed away one year ago October 25 1938 Dear boys we miss your faces We miss you every day Our hearts are sad and lonely You showed us how uncertain Our journey here below God help us to be ready When we are called to go Mr and Mrs George Howard and family Mr and Mrs Sam Howard and daughter Vinah Nelson of Clermont visited from Thursday until Sunday with her grandmother Mrs K B Mark Many neighbors and relatives listed spent weekends visiting in various homes including Hawkeye E C Olesen home Cedar Rapids and West Union Funerary and social visits recounted with names and places in a long list of acquaintances
Mildred Butikofer, daughter of Mrs Louisa Butikofer, wed George Schupbach, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Schupbach, in a single ring ceremony at the Marriage Court City Hall Chicago. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Louis Lehman of Elgin. The bride wore blue with matching accessories. groom in a blue suit. A four course dinner followed at College Inn Sherman Hotel. The couple, recent Elgin High School graduate and farm worker, plan no definite future. A reception at the Louis Butikofer home Thursday evening honors them.
Miss Mabel Ewing daughter of Mrs Wm S Ewing Postville and Robert Waters son of Mr and Mrs Bert Waters Postville were married at 8:30 Tuesday morning October 31 at the Postville Catholic church. The bridesmaid was Hazel Ewing and best man Paul Waters. The couple left for a Colorado trip and will be at home on the Waters farm south of Postville about December first.
Howard Ula Howard daughter of Geo Howard and Emery Rureden son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Rureden of West Union were wed at Fayette Methodist parsonage on Sunday October 29 Rev John D Clinton officiated Witnesses were Mr and Mrs Sam Howard of Elgin
Elgin schools invite parents and community members to observe a regular school day next Tuesday November 7. Visitors will be guided to chosen classes and lunch will be served by home economics under Miss Brown. Teachers praised local schools visited including Decorah Elkader Stanley and Aurora.
A historic fortress in Puerto Rico, Fortress 1 Morro, now houses a nine-hole golf course. The course repurposes a storied site, combining heritage with modern recreation for visitors and locals alike.
Russia trails the United States in railroad mileage by about 62,000 miles. Mr and Mrs Orville Bunting of Janesville welcomed a son on Monday October 23, their second child. Mrs Emma Bunting of Elgin helps with household duties. Mr and Mrs Harold Stoehr of Cedar Rapids visited Hulda Stoehr and plan to spend the winter in Texas.
Legend says Queen Elizabeth I admired a mahogany piece traded from the West Indies by Sir Walter Raleigh and received it for ship repairs. The tale frames the wood as a rare, desirable material reflecting Raleigh's trade and royal taste.
Fruitful Teee is believed to be the pioneer apple tree planted by Gustavus Hines in 1843 at the Methodist parsonage yard in Oregon City. Eleven years later the tree reportedly yielded about 12 bushels of apples selling for nine dollars per bushel.
Robert Vincent, a New York City sound engineer, preserves over 300 voices from old wax cylinders including PF T Barnum Florence Nightingale James Whitcomb Riley and Theodore Roosevelt. He notes practical home decor tips about arranging scatter rugs flat against walls.
Cuba announced a ban on the use of automatic vending machines. The move limits self service sales as officials cited concerns over security and regulatory compliance.
Frank W. Harding of Waukesha Wis stands by the car door as Cruggleton Aspiration, a toppy Shorthorn bull, arrives in the United States with 24 heifers from Scotland. The high priced bull’s sire sold to Argentina in 1938 for 30,000 dollars. photo taken en route to Sai A Bar Farms Grain Valley Missouri.
Notre Dame won 71 to 6 against Carnegie Tech in a close contest last Saturday. The photo highlights Piepul of Pittsburgh, PA, and a Tech left end gaining 7 yards.
Hightstown, N J The New Deal experimental homestead project factory saw machinery sold at auction on October 30 after the government spent about $4,000,000 on the project. The Industrial Cooperative Association leased the plant for $1,000 a year while 1,250 acres housed 200 families. The plant closed last August due to lack of market.
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