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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
8
Community Church schedules a 10 15 a m Sunday school session and 11 15 a m morning worship with a youth fellowship at 7 30 p m and choir practice at 8 30 p m. The Sunday gathering includes a Rally Day program to be presented on Oct 12. Local residents and guests are noted across a sequence of social visits and family events.
A long list of Sunday visitors and social gatherings fills page notes. Families from Clermont Wadena Cedar Falls Kellerton Owasea Dundee Davenport and surrounding towns hosted relatives and friends including many named households. The events included dinners birthdays and attendance at a band day in Farmersburg with multiple local residents mentioned.
Mrs Maud Patterson visited Mrs Chloa Ly on Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Dale DeSart and Linda visited Marshall Helms and Reuben Howard families Sunday in the Chas Peters home. Dinner guests at Vern Boyer included Ralph Knoll from New Hampshire and several local families. Peggy Helms and Marian Gehring spent Saturday at Cedar Rapids for the Kiddies Revue. Tripp visited Dan Craft. Barbara and Robert Gilbert at Joe White Myr. Herman Boyer and Stanley at Dick Henry home in Waterloo Tuesday.
Tom Olson Ole Peterson and Clara Myrtle were among visitors Wednesday afternoon at the Oscar Lind residence. A week earlier Rex Medberry hosted Rev S J Strandford Dr Nels Strandsjord and many others from Volga Postville Waukon and surrounding areas in a social gathering. The following Sunday afternoon A Anderson and family hosted a long list of guests in Volga and nearby communities.
Grand Meadow News reports a sequence of social visits: DeAlta Buraas of Cedar Falls spent the weekend at Alfred Burass’s parental home. Leo Larson and Adrian visited Ruth Larson and family on Sunday. Julia Landsgard stayed with Bert Lyngans in Clermont Saturday. Glen Nygaard Glendal and Pauline visited Helmer Lyngans on Sunday. Arlene, Wayne Amundson, and Quinton Olson from Decorah spent the weekend with Emmanuel Larson’s family. Willis and Laura Holt joined Ernest Holt’s guests Sunday evening. Floyd Thompson, his daughters, Alvin Halverson, and Ronald visited Julia Landsgard Monday afternoon at the Ernest Holt home.
Oelwein residents Mr and Mrs Leslie Voshell hosted supper Sunday at the George H Nickels home. West Bend visitors Mr and Mrs Walter Bannart and two children visited through Sunday with Mr and Mrs Reuben Metzger. Mrs Bertha Keheller of West Bend, staying ten days, returned home with them. Ern Friederichs family and others shared Sunday activities. Dorothy Mueh lenthaler wed attendance spurred a trip to Slater. Clara Muehlenthaler returned from Rock Valley to care for a ill mother. The Meisner family near Postville and Bert Thoman hosted. Mrs Jack Zuercher dined with Martin Hanson. Gladys Hanson ill with an ear infection under doctor’s care.
Sweet potatoes are easily damaged during harvest and are among the most sensitive stored vegetables to storage conditions.
The piece urges washing hair grooming accessories weekly or with hair washing. Swish combs barettes and tiny hair pins in warm sudsy water to prevent re infection and promote a clean head while reducing dandruff risk.
Seven member Elgin School opens with Shirley Her wig elected president. TAB sponsor Miss Sipple. Dalmaceo Home Ec Club organized. 44 girls join and elect officers Joyce Gehring president Amy Lou Torkelson vice president June Grimm secretary Jackie Konichek treasurer. Club aims include hobbies etiquette first aid and more. Motto Serving the Home is Serving God. Second and third grades study nature leaves while 2nd graders learning sentence writing and art. Sophomores report 33 in class with new members Bonnie Pinney and Arjene Medberry. officers elected Donna Dean president Oma Lee Butikofer vice president Darlene Schneider secretary treasurer. Seniors focus English Literature Canterbury Tales discussion and awaiting biology texts.
A touring American accosts an Indian chief at a wigwam asking why he should work in a factory. The chief questions each point with "Why?" and notes he is not working now while the go-getter pushes the idea of saving for a bank account and retirement. The exchange ends unresolved as the chief remains at ease.
A note on strengthening mahogany furniture by cutting legs to align grain with the leg’s direction, enhancing structural integrity and durability.
The term oriental rug legally describes hand woven floor coverings from eastern countries. Advertisements using machine made patterns must avoid implying import or hand weaving, to prevent misleading consumers about origin and workmanship.
Early settlers in America met Cranberry Indian medicine men who introduced the cranberry to colonial populations. The encounter marks a pivotal moment in culinary and medicinal plant exchange between indigenous groups and incoming settlers.
The trolley coach street car and gas bus firms across America paid over 164.58 million dollars in federal state county and local taxes in the last year, highlighting the heavy tax contributions of mass transit operators.
In a dark closet, moistened pebble dishes host house flowers for two weeks to develop roots. As roots form, move plants to light and gradually place them in a cool sunny window for growth.
A household tip explains washing neckwear by placing it in an eight sponge and a wide mouthed covered jar in the bathroom. Submerge delicate lace in suds and shake to reduce wear, save soap, and reuse soda. It also suggests wiping finger marks from woodwork with a sponge dipped in solution.
A home care tip advises rubbing hands with dry salt or dry mustard immediately after contact with onion to neutralize odor. The method is simple and quick, using common kitchen items to remove lingering smell from the skin.
Poultry specialists note yolk center improves stuffing. offside yolk risks white breaking. Grade A or AA eggs keep yolk centered as white thickens. Poor refrigeration and aging thin the white, letting yolk float. When cooked on its side, the yolk rises to the shell’s upper side.
Henry A Peterson is listed as a special agent for New York Life Insurance Company. The address shown is 214 Auburn Street and telephone 290 W, West Union, fa.
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