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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
6
A flurry of visits and weekend happenings in Elgin and surrounding towns. Many residents traveled to Elkader Postville Mason City Anamosa and Chicago for family gatherings weddings and funerals. Local entries note illness hospitality and holiday travel with numerous friendly calls and shared meals.
November 20 services list Norway at 9:45 and 11 o'clock English, Marion 7:30 Luther League. November 27 at 9 o'clock Olaf English service, Marion 11 o'clock, Norway 7:30 Luther League. Come to church, you are welcome at each service, Dr S J Strandford, Pastor.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10 o'clock and Sunday school at 11 with services at Sumner at 3 pm and 7:45 pm. B Y P A in charge. Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study at 8 pm. Various local residents visitations and family gatherings are noted, including visits to West Union Arlington and Brookings in the surrounding week.
County treasurer M Knox announces rules for 1939 automobile licensing starting Dec 1 1938. Steps include forwarding records from old counties, junking old certificates with 1938 plates, storing vehicles by surrendering 1938 plates, no reserved plates, delinquent lists to be sent to sheriff in March with extra fees for late licenses, and penalties based on license amount. Also require bringing old certificate. note about a bricklayer named Geo Vaughn visiting Waucoma.
Ruth Mosby of West Union spent the weekend with her father Samuel Mosby and relatives. Robert Kamm, a junior at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, was pledged and initiated into Kappa Delta Pi on November 10. He is the son of Mir and Mrs Bale Kamm. The society requires juniors or seniors in the top ten percent academically with at least ten hours of professional education and active in at least two extracurricular activities.
J T Humphrey reports the Goins Capper residence in Lille sold this week to Bert Waters of Grand Sidow township. Waters plans to leave farming and occupy the property around Dee. The Cappers will move into the late Mrs J A Spungy home in Postville. Peter B Larson of 504 W Gratan Ave Council Bluffs extends greetings to friends. Southwest lawn weather has been ideal with 7 inches of snow locally and temperatures between 50 and 65 degrees.
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