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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
6
Betty Crowell with parents in Mason City. Emma Jansen spent weekend in Plymouth with friends. Milton Huneke from Burlington stayed weekend with Ern Baechler family. Multiple locals hosted or visited relatives in Elgin and nearby towns. trips to Guttenberg, Aberdeen, Chicago, Prairie du Chien and Cedar Rapids noted. Activities include birthdays, funerals, illness travel, and university engagements.
Elgin Baptist Church lists services starting Oct 2 with morning worship and communion at 10, Sunday school at 11, junior society at 2, and afternoon worship at 2. A Women’s Missionary Society meet on Oct 6, and revival services run Oct 2 to 16 with Rev. John Wobig of St Paul, Minn., as guest speaker. all women invited.
The pulpit will be occupied by Rev J C Warton the newly appointed pastor He comes after four years as pastor at Epworth He plans to be in Elgin on Saturday to meet new acquaintances Worship service is at 10 am with pianist William Weibel assisting
Lutheran church announces October 2 Norse communion at 9 o clock and service at 11 o clock in Marion with Norse language worship. Pastor Dr S J Strandjord invites all to attend each service.
Myria Church Grace Foxwell and Rev J C Warton will occupy the pulpit for the first time next Sunday morning at 11 15 with Sunday school at 10 15.
About thirty five young people attended a BYPU social at the Harry Johnson farm on Friday evening. Games were arranged by Mrs Alfred Baechler, social committee chair, with refreshments served at the end.
A Gruver family reunion gathered at the Lew Gruver home on Sunday with a picnic lunch and an afternoon of visiting. Attendees included numerous Gruver relatives and in laws from Rockford Greene Clermont Monona and other nearby communities.
A report from Farmersburg notes Vilgin's Little German Band performing at the annual band day. Sunday events included visits by local residents and relatives, highlighting social gatherings across nearby towns. Harold Stoehr of Cedar Rapids visited with his mother, Hulda Stoehr, from Thursday to Saturday. Mrs. Mary Bunting returned home to Elkader after a week with sister Emma Bunting and plans to visit the L. J. Cooley home in Dubuque.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer explains limited and wide uses of the term Caucasian. Blumenbach in 1775 named five races including Caucasie and divided mankind into European, Asiatic, African and American branches. Later scholars vary, with some reducing to four or three races.
A Boston Globe correspondent notes Canada’s first civiled community started when European sealers found fur profits higher than whale oil returns. At Tadoussac where the Saguenay meets the St Lawrence a settlement and church arose before natives attacked, yet the bell survived to echo through history. Visitors learn about whaling near Tadoussac and the enduring church.
A National Geographic piece describes persimmon harvesting in China. In some areas two people cooperate with a climber using a hooked pole and a net while the ground partner watches and lunges to catch the fruit as it drops.
Andrew Carnegie argues that the man of wealth must live modestly, avoid ostentation, provide for dependents, and treat surplus income as trust funds. He sees the wealthy as trustees for their poorer brethren, administering resources for broader good.
John Kontra an eighty one year old swineherd astonishes Budapest with a claimed 28 inch mustache. He oils it twice daily and winds it around a ramshorn to curl it. Authorities note Japan’s General Nagaoka had a 20 inch mustache before dying in 1933.
A fire chief directs ladder work with a high airborne amplifier as smoke blocks vision. Chicago firemen quickly reach a new flame outcropping and extinguish it before it spreads, while on the ground the fire marshal uses a 100 watt sound amplifier to project commands over a mile.
At the church meeting the Ladies Aid named President H S Steele and others for the year. Divisions list Falb Brackin Lewis Schneider Capper Bovis Stewart Steele and more. First division hosts Oct 6 with a chairman and secretary to be appointed. R P Strauch named publicity chair.
The Legion Auxiliary met Wednesday evening September 21 at Mrs. Ern Bauder’s home with thirteen members present. The group voted to cover cash contributions for clothing and one adopted child and heard a report from Mrs. C O Torkelaon on the Waterloo state meeting. Delegates to the Mason City fall conference October 11 were elected, with alternates named. A school of instruction was held after the business session, nine members paid dues, and the evening ended with a social time and picnic lunch.
The Elgin Study Club held its second meeting of the year at Mrs. S. W. Kuster’s home. Papers on New England Life and The Flowering of New England were read by Mrs. Kohler and Mrs. Roberts. Members bought towels from the blind commission, and Mrs. J. J. Snyder received a farewell gift as she moves to Traer.
Members of the Progress Club entertained new members at a weiner roast in the shelter house at Echo Valley park for a day evening. Twenty club members were present and an enjoyable time was reported by all.
Mr and Mrs Glen Schori of Chicago visited with his parents Mr and Mrs G N Schori from Saturday to Sunday. Dr and Mrs H J Vande Waa of Orange City arrived Friday and stayed through Saturday in the Hans Grether home while their son Carl was taken to Iowa City for school.
Mrs. B Nelson, living east of Elgin, marked her 85th birthday with a Saturday dinner hosted at her home. Neighbors attended as she remains active milking cows and doing farm chores with her daughter Tena on the farm they occupy together.
Mr and Mrs H F Becker and Mrs H S Steele visited Oelwein Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Matthys and family Mr and Mrs Edwin Bauman and Mr and Mrs Harry Miller and families drove to Decorah Sunday to visit the John Fisher and Mrs Arthur Goffrey homes.
Mr and Mrs Chas Feller and Mr and Mrs R W Muehlenthaler were Waukon visitors Sunday, sharing a card party and social calls with local families.
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