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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1967
Page
6
Special meetings run through Friday at 8 pm with Sunday services at 10 am. Sunday School 7:15 pm Sr CY Scripture Memory 8 pm Gospel Service. Monday 8 pm Baptist Men's Brotherhood. Wednesday 8 pm Family Bible Study and Prayer Service with choir. Thursday 7:30 pm joint Tabitha meeting.
Norway and Marion Lutheran Churches under Pastor Robert Henriksen announce 8:30 a m services and 9:40 a m Sunday School in Norway with morning worship. Marion site lists 8:45 Sunday School and 10:00 a m church services plus circles meeting at 2:00 p m. A film showing at Bethany ALCW Elkader at 6:00 p m and LIFE Committee chairmen meeting at West Union at 8:00 p m.
Sunday school at 10 15 am church services at 10 30 am afternoon service at 1 00 pm directed schedule for Apostolic Christian Church including morning and afternoon gatherings.
Elgin reports Saturday visitors from Clermont the Burnell Benson family and West Union’s Newell McIntyre family stayed with Melbert Baechler. Klingman’s Clothes Shop sells LETTER SWEATERS to students.
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churchs announce schedules for September events. D J Brake, pastor, hosts seventh to ninth grade confirmation sessions on Sept 16 and 21 various classes. Sunday School begins Sept 17 at 9:30 with Morning Worship at 10:45. Women meetings set for Sept 21 and Sept 14.
Lee Roy Collins pastor announces no worship service or Sunday School on Sunday September 17. Choir rehearsal on Wednesday September 13 at 7 p.m. WS CS general meeting Thursday September 14 at 2 p.m. Official Board meets at 8 p.m. Sunday September 17 at 7 30 p.m. Brotherhood MYT meets.
Allan Anderson hosts Sunday dinner with Leonard and Lennis Moore and Kelly Sutter plus Hulda Sutter. They later visited LeRoy Larson in New Hampton and returned to Cedar Falls guests. Jacob Friederich Sr and John Friederich dined with Otto Blockhus in Guttenberg. Dinner guests also greeted Helen Boyer in West Union and Helen Blockhus host with Olson and Soebakken in Iowa City and Nevada. Deanna Caspers overnight with Stacey Cline. Klingman’s Clothes Shop advertises short sleeve sweat shirts.
Miss Carolyn Gehring daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Gehring Luana and Don Chapman son of Mr and Mrs Robert Chapman were married Friday evening at the Little Brown Church in Nashua The attendants were the bride s sister Diane Gehring and the groom s brother Robert Chapman Guests after the wedding at the Robert Chapman home included Steve Halverson and many relatives and friends from Luana Oelwein Dubuque Postville St Olaf and nearby towns
Henry Ruierson of St. Olaf attended a luncheon with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leuchtenmacher. Crowe's in Clermont advertised a summer jewelry sale with a drawing for Sept. 22. Ray Chapman and C. W. Hendrickson of Humboldt visited Willis Lyons in Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Numerous locals visited Walter Medberry and Elsie Popenhagen homes including Otto Popenhagen Fayette Herman Larson Jr and others. Relatives returned from Palmer Memorial Hospital. dinner guests at Walter Lehman included Dennier and Bahfeeders with several others. Chapman children left for Cedar Falls Jr. College and Mason City. Family picnics occurred at Lowell Gehring's in Luana.
Local social notes list weekend guests and visits in Luana and West Union towns. Names include the Dummermuth family, Guttenberg, Schupbach, Vellersven, Martin, Braker, Shippy, Gulsvig, Voelker, Habeger, Brackin, Strong, Chisman, and Jacobsen among others. Memorials to school moves, baptisms, and dinners accompany colorful clothing ads and seasonal notices.
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