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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
6
Local notices list numerous visits and travels involving Elgin residents and nearby towns. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Anderson repainting their Main street home, families visiting relatives in California Missouri and Illinois, and guests at the Moore and Frieden homes.
Devotional brief notes list Pere fei aged 72 and 82 with a Paalm Wt AB dated 12 13. reflects church calendar style and public notice of devotional entries while preserving non-graphic phrasing and neutral tone.
Evreteont argues justice precedes democracy and is rooted in God. The lesson traces justice through Bible history, Psalms, and Hebrew law, stressing government must serve welfare, protect the poor, and prevent oppression. It warns democracy reflects the people’s will and calls for active effort to improve society and avert social evils.
Morning worship at 10 o clock Sunday morning service follows. Sunday school convenes at 11 o clock. Choir practice scheduled for 7 15 p m. Bruce D Jones serves as minister.
St Olaf Lutheran churches invite Marion at 8:30 and Norway at 11 for services on Sunday September 4. Marion and Norway Luther League plan a picnic after services. Welcome to every service signed Dr. H. J. Strandjord, Pastor.
Elgin Baptist Church Arthur presents a week of services led by Pastor Ttermann M Th. Thursday features Jr. Choir Study 7 pm Prayer Meeting 8 pm Choir rehearsal. Sunday September 4 includes Communion 10 am Sunday School 11 am noon dinner in church parlors 1 30 pm board meeting 2 pm afternoon service.
Last Sunday August 28 in Elgin the Lutheran congregation held worship at the public school gym with Dr N Astrup Larsen of the Iowa District preaching. A noon picnic followed. A 2:00 pm business meeting chose to continue services on alternate Sundays with the next service September 11 at 11:00 am and Sunday school at 10:00 am. Pastor Nesset thanked Rodger Jordahl for his summer work and presented a gift as he prepares to train in Philadelphia and then return to St Paul for seminary studies.
A card of thanks expresses gratitude for flowers and gifts while in the hospital and for visitors and cards that helped pass the time. It notes visits at Ray Farrel home and various relatives in Lawler Milton Miller home Des Moines Iowa state fair time and travels of several families including the Shaffer and Yearous households.
Elgin residents and guests attended numerous family gatherings and dinners across Wisconsin and nearby cities. The record details birthdays, travel from Iowa and Minnesota, and multiple couples hosting relatives, with excursions to Maiden Rock Spooner and Algona, plus a vacation note for the Groth family.
Mr and Mrs Albert Schupbach and Lena Schupbach were callers Sunday afternoon in the Roy Peeper home at Arlington. George Thomas Howard had an appendectomy at the West Union hospital Monday morning and is reported recovering satisfactorily. David Lyford Mr Vernon and four pals staged a penny carnival recently earning 21.67 and depositing it to the Cedar Rapids bank for the Town polio fund.
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