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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
6
Long list of neighbors and relatives sharing a birthday party at Mrs. Melbert Meyer’s home, with cards and lunch. Several brief visits noted, including Mrs. W. J. Leighty moving to Berkeley, Herman Hoephiner’s visit, and weekend gatherings in the area around Postville, Sumner, and nearby towns.
Grand Meadow residents report a flurry of visits and social calls this weekend and past week. Mina Olson and Evan Lien traveled to LeRoy to visit the Thomas Lien family. Ed Johnson spent Thursday at Willard Martin’s home. Bert Lyngaas hosted Julia Landsgard on Friday. Reinhart and Tope families visited Andrew Reinhart’s home. Ames Olson and family visited Louie Amundson. Clifford Osmundson and Vivian and Delores of Castalia visited Bert Lyngans home. Richard Bigler and Donna visited Arthur Olson. Doris Johnson of West Union stayed with Ed Johnson. Vernon Anderson and Barbara visited Bert Lyngans. Minerva Halverson called on Alvin Halverson and Julia Landsgard. Selmer Holm and family and Melvin Reinhart were guests at Andrew Reinhart’s. Willard Martin and family hosted John Osmundson on Sunday.
The Baptist Sunday school primary department presents a graduation for a class of boys and girls at the Rally Day program Sunday at 11 o'clock. Diplomas go to Janice and Paul Pinney John Schaer Lorence Kohls Joanne Kohls Leland Probert Yvonne Chapman Barbara Boleyn LaFonda Joan Miller Rosalie Miller Marlene Dur scher.
The Progress Club held its first regular meeting of the season on Monday evening with Edna Hunsberger present. Erma Jane Wilson gave a book report on The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham. Six new members—Helen Demo, Abigail Demo, Jean Waldron, Kathleen Hoffman, Julia Smith, Leota Cummings—attended. Mrs. Herbert Ash and Elizabeth McMillan were reinstated. The next meeting is set for October 2 at Rose Shepard's home.
Rev. D. V. Butler, formerly of Elgin and most recently serving Volga and Arlington churches, will leave to take charge of the Methodist church at Conrad. His son, Rev. Robert Butler, has served as pastor of the St. Olat Methodist church.
The Tabitha Society meets Thursday at 2 pm with minister Paul F Zoschke and organist Alfred Jacob Jr. Tonight at 8 pm is prayer service with choir rehearsal. Friday the Tabitha members and husbands visit the Sumner group. Sunday services start 10 am with worship, Sunday school at 11 am, Rally Day program, and 8 pm evening service.
Lutheran church schedules for September 24 list Marion services at 9 45 a m Norwegian communion and 11 a m English communion, and St Olaf English service at 8 p m Pastor S J Strandford invites all to attend. You are welcome at each service.
The Methodist Church lists Sunday morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 pm. Circle meetings of the W C T will be Thursday afternoon September 28 with Circle A at church, Circle B hosted by Mrs Chris Wenger, Circle C hosted by Mrs Lulu Schmid. Reverend Joseph C Warton is the minister.
The writer thanks friends and relatives for cards letters and flowers during a Rochester hospital stay. The note expresses happiness and appreciation for the remembrances.
An Emmetsburg street lighting outage affected the entire system after a wiring defect caused all lights to fail. The blackout occurred on a normal night despite recent storms, illustrating how the system reacts uniformly to a defect.
True religion anchors national stability as David learns he cannot build the temple but must prepare for Solomon. The Davidic covenant promises an eternal throne through Christ, while David humbly thanks God, recognizing unmerited grace and God's power, rest, and blessing for the nation.
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