Elgin Community Notes Mix Local Visits and Farm News
Elgin readers catch word of Jeasie Cahalan visiting kin near West Union and local families touring Iowa. flour brands White Lily Snow Flake and Whites Maple Flour advertised at Elgin Stores. John Falk’s group travels to Wisconsin for Chevrolet cars. Thomas L Boots, 82, dies, Civil War veteran, leaves ten children. Upper Iowa University students depart for Fayette. A C Quenrod plans vacation after long Rock Island service. Dr Frank Mock and family relocate to Fort Duchesne Utah as senior physician on a large Indian reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeasie Cahalan
West Union
Weibel Mii! Company
Frank Kiple
Jeasup
M. ¥. Kiple
Leo Grether
Iowa City
Elgin
Weibel Mill Company
North Star
L. Heston
Lloyd Chesmore
Mechanicsville
H. O. Heston
John Jr. Falb
Postville
Janeaville
Wis
Falb
Falb & Hecker
Allen Habeger
Gene
Jon A.habeger
Habeger
Alfred Holser
Echo
Fred Schneider
Mary
Milbank
Fred Kohler
Mary Francesa Hoyt
W. C. Falk
Oelwein
Welbel Mill Company
F. W. Hughes
Kathryn Strauch
Fred Gehring
Illyria
Gehring
Kensington Club
BE. L. Morris
Marquette
John Falk
Marshfield
Thos. L. Boots
Boots
Mra
Samuel Mosby
Millard Largon
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Betty Kohler
Clifton Kiple
Lewis Thoma
Reuben Lehman
Loraine Carpenter
A. C. Quenrod
Rock Island Railway
Mia
Frank Mock
Qwyhee
Nevada
Fort Duchesne
Utah
Mock
Mack
Illyria Church Notes Minister Snyder Pianist Shaffer
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church service at 11 15 a m announced. The Ladies Aid Society and the Cemetery Association will be entertained at Mrs. Clyde King s home on Wednesday afternoon September 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
la Fonda
Lutheran Church Notes Sept 18 Services
Lutheran notes list Marion and Norse communion and St Olaf Chapel services with times Sept 18. Young People's service also noted. Pastor J. Strandford invites attendance at all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
St. Olaf Chapel
M. E. Church Notes on Sunday Services and Divisions
Morning worship at 10 o'clock and Sunday school at 11. Mrs. Klingman plays piano. Ladies' Aid Society division meetings this afternoon are at the homes of Dummermuth, Stoehr, Kohler, and Muehlenthaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Pianiat
Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrew Dummermuth
O. P. Stoehr
Ethel Kohler
Mra
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Baptist Church Notes and Harvest Festival Plans
The church schedules Friday September 16 prayer and choir events, Sunday September 18 English Sunday school and baptism postponed from last week, plus B Y P A prayer meeting. A Harvest Festival program and Beeb rehearsals are noted, with a tract on the Trbithe Society meeting September 21 in Clermont and prayers for Clarence and Lorence Muehlethaler’s recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Alfred Wenger
Clermont
Clarence
Lorence Muehlethaler
Local social visits and a state fair runner-up noted
N W Evans and Gue Boyer were business visitors in Calmar Monday. Mary Hanson of Oelwein spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. Tille Hanson. Mr and Mrs George Nydegger and Hazel Marsh of Fairbank spent the weekend in Elgin. Mrs Frank Shipton of Alta Vista and Helen Peterson of Calmar visited the Harrington and Hanson homes Sunday. Fayette counties Maxine Richards of Arlington placed second at the state fair, just two tenths from the champion. Gertruda Carpenter leaves for Plymouth to teach home economics this year. The Little Eight all star lineup included Bulgren, Schaefer, Bates, Buck, Herrling, Hungerford, Walsh, Welch, L Kiple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Evans
Gue Boyer
Calmar
Mary Hanson
Oelwein
Tille Hanson
George Nydegger
Hazel Marsh
Fairbank
Elgin
Frank Shipton
Alta Vista
Helen Peterson
C. J. Harrington
Hess
John Nevens
Winstoon
Nebr
James Squires
Craton
Thos. Howard Sr
A. J. Phillips
Trene Meier
City
Walter Falk
Walter Sullivan
Clermont
Cedar Rapids
Harold Phillips
Decatur
Ill
Postville Herald
Little Eight
Bulgren
Alpha
Schaefer
West Union
Bates
Arlington
Buck
Herrling
Hungerford
Walsh
Hawkeye
Welch
L. Kiple
High school enrollment up as classes form new rosters
Rise Reitz joins junior class and Helen Hofer enters freshman. Freshmen total 30, juniors 22, sophomores 17, with overall high school enrollment at 100. Football practice continues ahead of Sept 23 game with Postville, lines light after two graduates. Band and glee club sizes rise, with 30 and 44 members respectively. Several staff and student movements noted among grades, with local visits and community notices amid school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rise Reitz
Kenneth Hellum
Helen Hofer
Postville
Olson
Steele
Elgin
Wadena
Lange
Glee Club
Loraine Carpenter
Leo Grether
Miss Olson
Miss Hoyt
Helena Boleyn
Robert Kohler
Lola Mae Martin
Lillian Nelson
Latve Becker
Walter Becker
Betty Alice Schori
Lois Miller
Alice Becker
Verley Bailey
Betty Schori
Betty Strauch
Vern Sires
Arma Mae Schupbach
Otis Torkelson
Local social notes and travel paving update near Dubuque
Sunday dinner guests at the Walter Durscher home. Sutter family moving into the old Mike Adrian residence south of Main Street. Bennie Schori briefly ill with flu then back at play. Caroline Miller moves from near West Union to Clermont to live with Alfred Wenger for winter. Elmer Christen exhibts the grand champion Short horn baby beef calf at the Clayton County fair in National two weeks ago. Mrs. Georgia Elkema leaves for Town City after vacation with her parents. Ed Grimm of La Grange Mo. preaches at funeral services for Mrs. Adolph Baumgartner. Ern Baum partner takes him to Cedar Rapids then home. A 165-year-old man to wed a 20-year-old in Turkey. Mekel and a 20-year-old girl. Highway 55 paving near Dubuque now open to travel, linking Minneapolis to Chicago except for seven miles in Clayton County. All paving between Decorah and Minneapolis completed. open in about three weeks due to Minnesota rules. Big Iowa Minnesota celebration planned for Sunday near the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Yunker
Walter, Durscher
Louis Sutter
Main Street
Mike Adrian
Bennie Schori
Caroline Miller
Near West Union
Clermont
Alfred Wenger
Elmer Christen
Elgin
Ern Baumpartner
Cedar Rapids
Turkey
Timour Agha
Mekel
Dubuque
Minneapolis
Chicago
Clayton County
Decorah
Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa-Minnesota
Local Social Roundup From Grand Meadow Area
Grand Meadow residents and guests share visits and meals across towns. Several households hosted relatives and friends including Reinhart, Osmundson, Olson, and Halverson families with Sunday dinners and afternoon gatherings. many travelers and callers are noted in county communities.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verle Kniel
Des Moines
C. F. Banghart
McLaughlin
Monarch
Victoria Charlies
Kohlers
Lutheran Church Notes
J. Strandford
M. E. Church Notes
Baptist Church
Hans Keiser
Will Cooley
Deborah
L. B. Carter
Harry Wenger
Delwein
Orville Bunting
Aurora
Emma Bunting
Sam Greenley
Clayton
Emeline Capper
Ziba Tripp
Rob Grimes
George Tripp
Brainard
Sam Lehman
Upper Town
John Falb
John Falb, Mra, J. C.schmid
Anna Falb
L. D. Smith
Edward Schmid
Elkader
Leonard J. Gibbs
Waucoma
Decorah Public Schools
Feller’s
Hardware
West Elgin
Lana Henderson
Waukon
Walter Kohler
B. H. Brackin
H. H. Wolf
Cubs
Pirates
Helen Baechler
Garnaville
Gus Hackman
Hackman
Gertrude Hackman
Grand Meadow News
Selmar Holm
Betty
Andrew Reinhart
Helen Reinhart
Phil Walters
Marjorie
Wayne Walters
Arthur
Myrtle
Gladys Erickson
Clarence Olson
Quenton
Gust Olson
Almer Larnon
Christ Nelson
Werner
Martin ‘Halverson
Eunice Landsgard
Ardes Olson
H. S. Groth
Ingvald Helgerson
Canton
Nels Lyngasa
Ernest Holt
Independence
Paul Cooley
Ole Peterson
Dorf Opperud
Julius Johnson
Ed Johnson
M. J. Blockhus
Martin Amundson
Elliot Olson
Millard Olson
Ewald Lyngaas
Hans Larson
Thos. Knudtson
John Christ
Christ Dennier
Wor
Mammoth
Max Thoma Elgin
Peter
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