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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
6
A long list of dinner and Sunday guests fills a memory book from Oelwein and nearby towns. Relatives from Decorah, Dubuque, West Bend, Strawberry Point, Independence, and Galena join local families for birthdays, baptisms and casual calls. Several travelers visit relatives in Dubuque and La Crosse.
Luther League activities run through October with choir practices and a youth Sunday. Catechetical class and membership class follow. An intersynodical youth rally is planned at Postville High School with Don Meiges as main speaker and Wartburg Nordic Cathedral choirs providing music. Teachers training follows at West Clermont on Monday.
E G Steinman, minister, invites worship at 10:00 a m and Sunday school at 11:00 a m. Choir rehearsal is Thursday at 7:30 a m. A District Youth Fellowship Rally will be held at Grandview Methodist Church in Dubuque this coming Sunday afternoon and evening with the Men s Rally at West Union on Oct 16 at 6:00 followed by supper and the program.
St Olaf churches list services and events across two days. Confirmations for St Olaf at 9:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on Saturday October 10, and Marion confirmations Sunday October 11 at 10:30 a.m. with a mission dedication service led by Dr T A Hoff. Youth rally at Postville at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. On Thursday October 16 Marion Dorcas bazaar. Pastor J Strandford invites all to attend each service.
The church announces Thursday Oct 8 at 7 30 p m Berean Songsters midweek services at 8 p m Sunday Oct 11 10 a m worship led by Rev Richard Schultheis of Chicago with an evening service at 8 p m Everyone invited. Local residents and visitors are listed attending and hosting social visits.
A flurry of dinner, weekend, and Sunday visits links Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids and Chicago as many households hosted relatives and friends. Notable gatherings included Mrs Francia West with Mrs Bertha Lehman and the Schupbach families with Albert Scheel Cedar Falls. The Kohler birthday dinner featured Keith Kohler with multiple guests at Postville. Juanita Yearous wed Rev Chester Guinn in Fayette. Churchgoers at Washington Prairie and travels to Decorah Platteville and Waverly cap the social menu.
Weekend guests at the Albert Schupbach home included Mrs. Anne Miller of Kenosha Wisconsin and Mrs Stanley Banalg with Mr Arnold from Chicago Illinois.
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