15 Sep 1965
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1965
Page
1
The Elgin Echo a weekly newspaper published in Elgin Iowa by Bermen and Bartuner. It is entered as second class mail matter Sept 1 1891 at the Elgin Fayette County Iowa post office under Act of March 3 1382.
Adella Chapman died at the Good Samaritan Home West Union on Thursday morning September 1865 at age 89. She was the last survivor of Curtis L and Louisa Shaver Chapman, with two brothers Charles and Adelbert deceased. She spent most of her life in the Elgin area, attended Upper Iowa University, moved to Elgin in 1905, and later lived at the Good Samaritan Home after a hip fracture in 1959. She was active in church and W S C S, survived by nieces and nephews, and services were held at Muehlethaler Chapel and St. Paul's Methodist Church with interment in Holyria Cemetery. The card of thanks followed.
Services were held in Bettendorf Iowa for Mrs John Stoltenberg a former Elgin resident. She died August 26 1865 after surgery in a Bettendorf hospital. Survived by husband three children Conner Stoltenberg and others. Interment at Bettendorf.
The CB.YF. of the First Baptist Church held a hayride on Sept 13 atop tin cans and sang choruses. Robert Jacob led devotions and closed with prayer. About young people attended including Brees Up Bog Toon hack cocunr I¢thaler and Pat Johnson.
The column lists new addresses for Carol Ann Frieden and LiMyra Anderson in Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis, respectively. It then chronicles numerous Sunday and weekend gatherings across Strawberry Point, McGregor, Elkader, Clermont, Sumner, Guttenburg, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, West Union, and Eldorado, with relatives such as the Kohls, Martin, Peters, Danson, Reader, Reeder, Gehring, and Lyle Martin families among attendees.
Spread on butter elevates foods from pancakes to toast with a rich golden color and smooth texture. The ad touts butter’s unmatched flavor and claims it is the finest in foods, highlighting its creamy origin and concentrated goodness.
Brackin is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo suffering from acute leukemia.
The Progress Club hosted a 7 pm dinner at the Methodist Church with invited teachers wives of Elzin students and office secretaries. The evening focused on Fulfillment Through Education with poems devotion slides from Europe and a brief business meeting.
Local want ads promise quick sales for items you no longer need. Readers can post brief notices listing goods for sale and expected prices to reach a wide audience in the next issue.
Iowa volunteers rally to support the Iowa Children’s Home Society which aids neglected children through foster placements and family living training. The organization also helps unwed mothers and matched 123 adoptions last year, funded by contributions via united campaigns or local drives. Local volunteers listed include Miss Mary Agnes Paulson Clermont Mrs Guernsey Smith Elgin and Mrs Robert Klingman Wadena.
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