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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
6
Elgin residents hosted visitors from Fayette and Clermont while others attended family events and services. Alfred Wenger and Edwin Krueger traveled to Madison after a death in the Krueger family. memorials were held in Elgin. Pheasant hunting has been disappointing this season with few birds reported in nearby counties.
M E Church notes J J Snyder minister Mrs Louis Klingman pianist services at 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m orchestra practice Monday eve General Aid Society meets Nov 23 Choir practice next Friday Evening Second division Ladies Aid sponsors family night cupper Nov 20 at church bring own dishes coffee supplied by division plan program to greet new members attendance rising seventeen added to membership in three weeks including three children twenty baptized more to enter next Sunday church invites all friends to unite with church needs you
O Shurson and Rev O Gleane will speak as sessions start at 10 30 this morning. Come to church. You are welcome at each and every service, says Pastor J Standford.
Sunday school at 10 15 a m church service at 11 15 a m. Seventeen have united with the church in two weeks including one grade school child and the rest adults. Eighteen were baptized in that period. Doors will reopen next Sunday for those seeking church unity by letter or confession of faith.
Third and Fourth Grades list pupils with perfect spelling averages led by Alice Becker and Walter Becker while Werley Baileys classmate is noted as a loss. Fifth and Sixth Grades report 100 percent spellings for Ronald Hoag and others, with Lois Burrow achieving a 10 in self testing. Reading classes study Hook Week with reports next week, economics tracks grain price trends from 1926 to 1933, Tudor England discussed in World History, and juniors study the Compromise of 1250. After football, basketball motivates many new recruits led by Elmer Meyer as captain with last year’s core back in action. Psychology class progress noted.
Church notices outline prayer meeting and choir rehearsal on Thursday at 9 pm. Sunday service at 10 am with Sunday school at 9 am. Baptism candidates invited. B Y P U meets at 7:30 pm. Nov 19 program features Esther Krueger trumpet solo, Marian Lehman quartet, Habiger Miller Krueger etc, with piano and violin solos and Bible questions. Nov 28 prayer meeting at 8 pm and choir rehearsal at 9 pm.
All day festival service in the Norway church with speakers Rev. C. Losen, Rev. T. A. Hoff and Rev. G. Gunsten on November 18. November 19 features an all day Mission festival led by Rev. H.
A Persian lamb cape features a hooded drape with a cocoon shape. The back forms a hood effect while a pale cotta serves as puree and the hat completes the outfit.
A short cookbook excerpt extols fish as affordable, easily digested food. It offers recipes like baked stuffed fish with cracker crumbs and sour pickle, jelled fish in broth with almonds and gelatin, and mackerel roe prepared with parsley, onion juice, and lemon. served with lettuce nest and mayonnaise.
The home economics club held a meeting in the high school auditorium the week of November with the theme homemaking in a modern world. Mrs. Carter lectured on parliamentary law and Mrs. Kiple spoke on Christmas gifts easy to make. The Girl Scouts presented a patriotic program with songs and readings, concluding with Taps. In the Commercial Department, shorthand II students reviewed letters from Dows Iowa and prepared to take theory and transcription tests sent to Gregg headquarters in New York City.
The Elgin Farmers' Dairy Company plans a carload of coal arriving on the track in Elgin shortly. Patrons wanting reserve coal should notify president Fred Reichert promptly. Ady 10-Ite Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co. You may need to buy clothes soon see Berg now. Mrs Vern Boyer and daughters visited Melvin Boyer’s home last Saturday. Eggs keep coming while hens are warmed with Dr Hess Ver Mi-Trol at City Drug Store. Circulating heaters and ranges for sale at Fellers Hardware West Elgin Ady 10-110 My. Mr and Mrs Melvin Boyer and sons dined Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harold Bennett in Oak Grove. Mr and Mrs Burdette Anderson and son of Forest City visited the Miller home Saturday and Sunday.
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