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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
6
Postville residents and guests share meals and hospitality across Iowa connections. Dorothy Quass Maynard and Keith Ostrander joined dinner guests. many traveled from Decorah, Oelwein, Waterloo and Des Moines to visit families in Postville, Clermont, and surrounding towns.
The Reuben Lehman family and Mrs Bertha Lehman dined with the Leo Foels in Postville then visited Lyle Lenth in Charles City. Several other families including the Falks, Smiths, Vaughns, Seilemans and Schupbachs shared meals at various towns such as Manchester, Oelwein and Winthrop, reflecting a busy round of Sunday and midweek hospitality across Iowa communities.
Mrs. Virgil Torson thanks relatives and many friends for cards and gifts received during hospital stay at Postville and convalescence at home.
The text thanks relatives and friends who sent cards gifts and calls during David's patient stay at Postville hospital. Special thanks are given to Rev Nesset Rev Strandford and hospital staff for their care. Mr and Mrs Lyle Aanes and David express gratitude.
Sincere gratitude to everyone who helped during Lee's sickness. Special thanks to Clermont Airport for flying the parents to Town City at a critical time for Lee and Janet. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Boleyn, Lee and Janet, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boleyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Perry.
St Olaf Lutheran announces Sunday services at Marion 9 49 and Norway 11 10 with Friday October 5 bazaar and supper at Marion. All are welcome at each service. Dr S J Strandjord, Pastor.
The Methodist Church led by E G Steinman holds worship at 10:00 a m and Sunday school at 11:00 a m. The WSCS plans an annual bazaar on Thursday evening October 11 at the church parlors.
Thursday schedule lists Berean Songsters at 7 pm prayer service at 6 pm and choir rehearsal at 9 pm. Sunday worship service at 10 am and evening service at 8 pm led by Minister Dr Arthur Ittermann.
Elgin residents Mr and Mrs Chas Wenger and Mr and Mrs Martin Wenger were Sunday dinner guests in Alfred Eastman s Rochester Minnesota home. They also visited Albert Schori at Worral hospital. Further social calls occurred in Volga and Dubuque with the Christ Mosby and Watters households hosting. Reuben Lehman and family of Chicago called on Oscar Frieden, with Rudy Possehl and son visiting that evening. Louis Dennler joined a dinner at the Russell Tones home in Wadena.
John R. Copeland of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune warned at the Northwest Newspaper Mechanical conference that American newspapers face a severe funding crisis. Despite higher circulation and revenue, papers are closing at a historic rate, with about three newspapers shutting down each month since 1929.
The Decorah Public Opinion notes that 714 dailies and 40 percent of papers are gone or absorbed, with weekly and semi weekly papers disappearing faster. Up to February this year about 1700 papers in those classes closed in three years. Production costs outpace revenue, despite ad revenue growth, forcing leaders to raise advertising and subscription rates for survival.
A banded homing pigeon found by the Paul Mousel family in Rockwell City returns to the Mousel residence every morning for a bite to eat and then disappears until the next morning. The bird seems to have no plan to head elsewhere.
Ralph Matheson studied the abstract for his Williamsburg home noting that 100 years ago the first entry was made in 1851 when Richard Williams paid 1.25 per acre for a 40 acre tract that now surrounds the Matheson property.
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