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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1966
Page
1
Old Methodist Church sits on rural school grounds used for fire equipment storage while the new church, built in 1916, marks its 50th anniversary on Sunday November 13 1966. Publicity committee seeks old photos or relics to display and lists four contact women.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar ts Hanson were held Friday October 14 at St. Pauls Methodist Church with Rev Lee Ray Collins officiating Burial was in Apostolic cemetery Mrs Lawrence Knudtson presided at the organ and accompanied the quartet of Clarence Schori John Tillotson Arden Greener and Ed Klingman
Ardis Frieden and Charles E Seeman renewed their marriage vows at 3 pm Tuesday October 25 at St John s Lutheran Church Newhall Iowa with Rev E F Dohrmann officiating A reception followed at Club Ced Rei Cedar Rounds The bride a nurse from St Luke s Hospital School of Professional Nursing worked for Dr H Lloyd Miller Cedar Rapids The groom runs Chuck s Plumbing and Heating in Newhall They plan to reside in Newhall Chemical tests today detect one part in a billion of certain drugs.
Dorothy Winkler and Dale Soden renewed vows in a double ring ceremony on Saturday October 22 at the Homer Soden home in Marion. Rev. John Hauly officiated at 1 30 p m in the presence of immediate family. Attendants were Hamer Soden and wife. Dorothy Brackin Winkler works at New Process Laundry. Dale Soden is with Acme Electric Co at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids. They reside at 705 5th Ave SE Cedar Rapids.
Debra Dawn and Cynthia Frieden visited the Elmer Frieden home in Elgin. Alma Bakeman Bauder from Arlington So Dak stayed with Ruth Gibson and Rex Mulford, joined brother Roy Bakeman in Cedar Rapids at Richard Bauder’s home, then drove to Elgin. Mr Bakeman returns to California Tuesday. Bauder stays in Cedar Rapids. Bauder plans Thanksgiving with son Frank Bander in Chicago. Bander recently joined Coe College board. Gerald Frieden family from Davenport and Gertrude Young from Indianola visited Elmer Frieden home. Special sale at Klingman’s Clothes Shop offers washable school pants at half price.
Dinner guests at Mary Ann Anderson's Oct. 23 gathering included Anna Bigler, Martin Nelson, Christine Rypestol, Corrine Rypestol, Julia Wettleson, Roger Wettleson and family, Vickie and Jeff, Robert Wettleson Sr and family, Robert Wettleson Jr and Kimberly, Landis Gross family with David, Randy Schmuele, Renee Schmuele, Dawn, Denise and David Anderson.
A Walcott visit by Mr and Mrs Darrell Dumke and daughter enabled a five generation reunion. Present were Cecelia Dietz 93 Davenport her son Walter Dietz Walcott granddaughter Mrs Don Crawford Maysville great grandson Darrell Dumke Texas and great great granddaughter Leslie Dee. The locusts of the plagues are also called shorthorn grasshoppers.
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