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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
6
Elgin residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends over the weekend. It notes guests from Cedar Rapids Elkader and Decorah, a birthday picnic at the Chase Feller home with twenty seven relatives, and a Baptist church social. Local moves include Fred Berg returning from Chicago and others going to West Union and town events.
Thursday Oct 25 8 pm prayer meeting choir 9 pm English service Oct 28 10 am Harvest and Mission festival program 3 pm service at Sumner last meeting this year 7 30 pm English service 30 pm B Y P U prayer meeting leader Lillian Krueger Covenant meeting Nov 1 3 pm choir 9 pm all services welcome
M. E. Church notes J J Snyder as minister and Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11. Choir practice Thursday. Friday 6 15 p m cover dish supper to honor public school teachers. wear old clothes. Next Thursday divisional Ladies Aid meetings hosted by four ladies.
Norway service at 10 30 opens the day with a mission festival. Dr Oscar Olson speaks in the forenoon and both Dr Olson and Rev G Gunsten speak in the afternoon. S J Strandjord is the pastor.
Styria Church notes Leo Walthers of Garnaville visited Elgin Tuesday afternoon. Dan Habeger of Algona and Sarah Imboff of West Bend attended the funeral of Joe Butikofer last Wednesday. Howard Snyder of Grandview visited his wife at the Wm. Torkelson home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Miller and daughter Loraine spent last weekend at Sumner while Ern Loertsche r cared for the Potratz home. Mrs. Edwin Anderson of Waterloo and her son Frederick visited F. R. Berg. the Bergs returned to Waterloo Sunday with Andersons.
The Baptist Sunday school presents a program on Sunday October 28 starting at 11 a.m. The event features songs such as Thank the Lord and The Bread of Life, readings, prayers, and remarks. Participants include Carol Miller Lois Zurbriggen Merle Ruckdaschel and many others, with Mrs. Lauer giving remarks and Marian Probert contributing the missionary offering.
Joseph Butikofer son of John and Elizabeth born April 7 1871 in Marion township Clayton county Iowa. He lived on the family farm until 1921 moving to Elgin with his father and brother where he remained until death. Survived by two brothers Sam Louis and one sister Mrs Ben Schneider plus twenty two nieces and nephews. Six nephews carried him to his resting place Lawrence Louis Lester Butikofer Sam Emil and Ben Schneider. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for support. Berg sale ad appears with weather note.
Robert Steele of Upper Iowa spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs H S Steele Du and Mrs H H Wolf and some Burton Terry were dinner guests in the John Falk home Sunday Little Mavis Durscher spent the weekend with her cousin Joan Mosby as her parents came down Sunday J F Bailey returned Wednesday from a visit in McGregor at the Clifford Yearons home He feels better after a vacation and is back at Falks garage Fred Berg Mel Kohler and K Heston drove to Monona Monday for a short business visit Mrs H S Steele and Mrs W R Blake spent Friday in the Floyd Harvey home at Decorah Mrs Ed Klingman and Adella Chapman accompanied Arthur Chapman to Oelwein Tuesday on business Mrs Ole Torkelson and son Otto spent Saturday and Sunday with the Herman Scholen family at Waukon Mr and Mrs John Dettwiler and Mr and Mrs Fred Dettwiler of Monroe Wis spent Saturday and Sunday in the Rudy Yunker home
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