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ELGIN COURIER, ELGIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937
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Edgemont SMACKS, 14 oz. pkg. ... 19c
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sale Saturday, September 25,
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Q. & S. Grocery and Market
They will, also have
at the city park.
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ELGIN
Mrs. John Smothers spent
day at the C. O. Rolf home.
Our “Midway” Fall Feature
Hat is right up your style alley -
Not too high, not too low, not
too extreme, not too radical.
Mallory
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Miss Margaret Bloebaum was the
guest of Miss Nell Owens last week.
Mrs. H. N. Wilder and daughter,
Mrs. T. A. Watson, of Houston were
over-night guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Willson and family on Tuesday
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Fletcher of Austin
spent Labor Day at the Iver Swen-
son home.
Mr. W. B. Thomas of Rogers, was
an Elgin visitor Friday. Mrs. Wilton
E. Wood and little daughter Janet,
returned home with him.
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under Act of March 3, 1879.
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BAPTIST WORKERS CONFERENCE
HOLD SUCCESSFUL MEETING HERE
SALTINES FLAKES, 1 1b______
PALMOLIVE SOAP, per bar
John E- Rolf spent Monday with
Wilburn Bloomberg.
and Mrs. Hanna Sandstrom, Charles
Pearson, Carroll and Walton Ray
Your valuables are better protected from fire, theft and loss—if
' placed in a Safe Deposit Box in this bank. The cost is small,
the protectior and peace of mind are great.
Rented as low as $1.00 a year.
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Berkmam.
were dinner guests Sunday at then
Aug. Holmberg home.
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with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Rivers, who went over to
Mrs. Skoog
A very lovely birthday party was
held at Austin Sunday afternoon at
the Philip Johnson home. The home
was beautifully decorated with fall
flowers and the center piece on the
dining table was a large decorated
angel-food cake in pink and white.
Streamers from the ceiling in white
Mr. Philip Lundin was seen in our/
community one day the past week.
Showerproofed by "Cravenette“
ELGIN NATIONAL BANK!
A Faithful Institution for 46 Years X
SAFETY PLUS SERVICE x4
Your life insurance policies?____________________________
The deed to the house? The mortgage?___________'_______
Your fire, accident and automobile insurance papers?_____
Those valuable christening and birth records?____________
Your will?____________________________________________
Your marriage certificate?_____________________________
Important financial records, receipts, cancelled checks?____
Prized photographs, jewelry, heirlooms?_________________
The inventory of your personal property (so important for
insurance settlements) ?_____________________________
Contracts, business papers, stocks* and bonds?______________
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BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, 1b.
STEW MEAT, 1b. . ... ...
ROAST BRISKET, 1b........
CHUCK ROAST, lb. _________
CHEESE, full cream, lb.
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day and was accompanied home by
them in the evening.
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FOOD SALE SEPT. 25
J. O. SMITH, Editor and Owner.
D. B. SMITH, Business Manager.
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SPECIALS
The Junior Missionary Society en-
Miss Edith Olson has gone to '
iSeguin to enter the Lutheran col-
lege there.
We are glad to see Margie Nell’,
and Carolyn Scott young daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scott up
and well again.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Johnson, and
family were Sunday guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Johnson.
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FLOUR, Shawnees Best, 48‘s ________$1.79
FLOUR, Shawnees Best, 24‘s .._________90c
BANANAS, per doz. ...____________12c
Mr. and Mrs. William Schroeder
attended the services and burial of
his brother Gus Schroeder in Taylor
and Coupland Sunday.
The Rev. A. A. Carter attended
the monthly meeting of the Pastors
of the Methodist Churches of the
Austin District on Monday of this
week. Reports are all good from
over the District and it appears that
among other interesting achieve-
ments every Charge will meet all
financial ■ obligations “in full” by an-
nual conference date—October 20th.
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Messrs. Arthur Giese and W. F.
Voelker of the Kimbro community,
Were in Temple Monday in attend-
ance at the soil conservation meet-
ing. •
Visitors in the Leonard Broman
home Thursday were Mrs. C. Lundin,
"Mrs. Al Lundin, Mrs. Cecil Pearson
*One minute may seem short for answering these questions,
BUT, if your house were burning you might have even less.
Mrs. W. E. Wood and Miss Nell
Owens.
NEW SWEDEN, Sept. 14.—Mrs.
Aug. Holmberg and Miss Alma Axell
spent a day recently with friends
in Smithville.
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Guests of Mrs. Minnie Th we at at
McClellan Inn are Mesdames R. C.
Hindman, Miss Mattie Hindman of
St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. F. H. Killian
of Mt. Bellview, Texas; Mrs. G. M.
Shaddick, of New Iberia, La.; and
Mrs. Warren Thomas and baby son,
of Beaumont.
Mrs. Will Condron is spending
several days in Austin this week,
guest of her sister, Mrs. Sam J.
Smith.
Reverend Fred G. Olson, New
Sweden, attended the fifth annual
meeting of the American Lutheran
conference in Round Rock early this
week.
a nephew of Mr. Arthur Anderson
and cousin of Mrs.. Sellstrom.
Miss Elizabeth Rivers arrived in
Austin Monday from New York,
where ■ she has been the past year,
dressed chickens, home made cakes,
butter, eggs, etc. for sale at the
booth at the south wall of the Noel
E. Branton Grocery.
.and pink were attached to the table,
company "The cake was made by Mrs. Freda
Rev. F. G. Olson and Luther John-
son visited at the C. A. Johnson
home in Manor Monday. Mr. John-
son has been sick in bed for many
weeks and is very weak.
Miss Margaret Anderson of Aus-
tin, has enjoyed a week’s vacation
with her parents, Martin Anderson.
Mrs. Andrew Berkman and child-
Mr. and Mrs. James Sellstrom and i
baby attended the funeral services
of Weldon Anderson, in Austin, Sun-
day afternoon. Mr. Anderson was
WILLOW RANCH, Sept. 14.—
Mr. and Mrs. L. Broman and Billy
visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Morell at Elgin . Saturday
night.
(Time Allowance—1 Minute)*
Mr. and Mrs. Max Sandgarten,
Miss Mollie and Julius spent yester-
day in Austin attending the services
incident to the Day of Atonement
or Yom Kippur at their synagogue.
Elgin stores operated by Jews were
closed all day until sundown and
the day spent in fasting and prayer,
with special services by the Rabbi.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Levin and son
Hyman Sobol attended the Jewisn
Services in Austin Tuesday and
Wednesday in observance of the Day
of Atonement.
Mrs. Luther Berkman visited Mon-
day with Mrs. Luther Johnson. The
day. was spent by stamping tufted
bed spreads for exhibition by the
4-H Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Farris and Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Davenport left
early Sunday morning on a week’s
motor trip to points in southern
Illinois, where the Farris’ have busi-
ness interests and the party will com-
bine business and pleasure. During
the absence of her parents little Miss
Margie Ray Davenport is the guest
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Arbuckle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pfeiffer and
son who have made their home in
Austin for the past year, have mov-
ed back to Elgin and are domiciled
in the Rivers cottage next door to
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Magnuson, in east
Elgin.
Miss Nell Moon left Saturday for
Somerset, where she will enter
school for the next term.
Mesdames C. D. Hays and Carl
Carlson, former Elgin residents were
here Thursday to attend the Work-
ers’ Conference at the Baptist
church and enjoyed greeting a large
number of their former neighbors
and friends during the day.
Misses Pauline Speer and Vennie
Lee Brown went to Austin Sunday
where they entered Seton Nurses’
training school.
Miss June Johnson is attending
Mary Hardin-Baylor college in Bel-
ton this year.
Stromquist; Messrs. Beiner and
Hubert Stanley Ekvall, Billy Pear-
son and Leonard Broman and the
hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Johnson.
Mrs. Skoog received many lovely and
useful gifts.
Misses Margaret Anderson student
nurse and roommate, Miss Torno, of
Brackenridge hospital, Irene Mc-
Laughlin of Taylor, Anna Scott of
Elroy, Edith Olson and Mrs. Martin
Anderson were honor guests for an
afternoon lunch with Mrs. Luther
Berkman Thursday afternoon. ,
Mrs. Eric Moberg and daughter
Elenora of Corpus Christi; Misses
Selma Irlandson and Doris Lyckman
of Austin, were honor guests for
supper at the Luther Johnson home
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cline of Aus-
tin are announcing the arrival of a
baby boy born Monday, Sept. 6. He
was given the name of James Curtis.
Mrs. Cline will be. -remembered as
the former Miss Dorothy Doyal of
Elgin. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wolaver and
daughter of Hillsboro were guests in
the Chas. J. Poth home Sunday, re-
turning home Monday. Mrs. Frank
Slay and daughter, Miss Alice' Rose,
of Wichita, Kansas, also arrived at
the week-end and' will remain: until
after the MeCaskill4Poth wedding,
Miss Slay being a mhember mf the
bridal party. , .
Dr. and Mrs. W. E,. Wood and
Baby Dale Wood left Sunday for a
several day’s visit in Corpus Christi.
Taylor Bailey has .returned to
Navasota after spending a week .here
with relatives and friends while re-
covering from injuries received in
an accident in west Texas about
three weeks ago while driving a
Miss Josephine ' Burns left Friday
for Franklin, where she will teach
history and civics’ in the public
school this year.
Mrs. Aug. Carlson, daughter Alma
and son Gustav, of Georgetown were
guests of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Johnson and family at the week-end,
comiug over to attend the marriage
of Miss La Verne Johnson: and Eli
Aronson on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rivers, had as
their week-end guests Mrs. C. B.
Maynard and daughters, Lucy Rivers
and Mary Clements Maynard. Mr.
Maynard joined his family here Sun-
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Classified Column.
A four-day celebration commemo-
rating the 127th anniversary of
Mexico’s declaration of independ-
ance from Spain and honoring their
heroes, will be held in Elgin at
Gillum Ball Park Sept. 15-18th.
Misses Lee Gameson and Neil
Owens were Temple visitors Friday.
Dr. Frances Carlton Luckett, of
Fentress, was a guest in the Chas.
J. Poth home Tuesday evening.
Mesdames W. M. Penland of Dal-
las and* B. H. Anderson of Manor
Were Thursday afternoon visitors of
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian Church will hold a rum-
Dr. T. B. Taylor, Bastrop, for
many years a prominent citizen and
physician of Elgin, was greeting old
friends and neighbors here Tuesday
morning and stated that soon he and
Mrs. Taylor would celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary, and in
honor of the occasion plan on hold-
ing open house for all their friends.
Announcement of the date will be
made later through The Courier.
NEW SWEDEN
Sandberg. As the birthday cele-
brant, Mrs. Martha Skoog, came up
the front steps “Happy Birthday”
was sung by a group of ladies. It
was a very great surprise to Mrs.
Skoog as the affair was carefully
planned so she knew nothing of the
party until she arrived at the John-
son home. Delicious refreshments
of coffee, cake, sandwiches and lime-
ade were served to the following:
Mesdames B. E. Harper, Jack Lynch,
G. J. Brannum, Pete Ludvig, J. New-
man, Mary Stevens, John Carlson,
Car Thornquist, Wesley Gustafson,
J. Ekval, Sarah Johnson, Leonard
Broman, Freda Sandberg and Martha
Skoog; Misses Blanch Sandberg,
Agnes and Margaret Johnson, Violet
and Elsie Ekvall, Lucille Thorn-
quist, Mary Newman and Maud
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sundberg were
among the invited guests to attend
the Johnson-Kuempel wedding in
the Pflugerville Lutheran church
and the reception at the C. C.
Kuempel home.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Mrs. Mary Buckley, of Austin, is
spending her vacation with Mrs.
Loma Jordan.
Miss Lucille Robbins, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice McCracken and son Joe Bill,
of Corpus Christi, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Weed of Austin, were
week-end guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Robbins.
Miss Dimples Moon stopped over
Saturday for a short visit with her
mother’ enroute to Taylor, Texas,
from Freer. Miss Moon has been
employed as a surgical nurse in the
Freer Hospital and will take over
the same responsibilities in Taylor.
Mr. James Quinn of San Saba,
left for home Saturday following a
several day’s visit with his brother
Will Quinn and sister, Mrs. T. L.
Watson.
W. P. Culp, III, left Saturday for
Waco to enter Baylor University,
which opened Monday, September
13.
Mrs. S. H. Leming and little son
and Mrs. Alida Leming of Austin
are visitors in Elgin today.
Miss Elizabeth Fromme left Wed-
nesday for San Marcos, with friends
from Austin, on business in connec-
tion with her position as secretary
of the Presbyterian Young Peoples’
Religious Work of the Texas Synod.
She expects to return to Austin Fri-
day, where she will matriculate in
University of Texas.
Miss Mollie Sandgarten will at-
tend University of Texas again this
year.
Onion Creek church.
Announcements—Mr. Thomas, in
regard to Bastrop Institute.
Mission Sermon— Rev. Under-
wood of Bartlett now holding a meet-
ing at Ridge Top.
Special Music: Duet—Mrs. Otho
Davis, Mrs. Claude Chambers, West
Austin, with Mrs. W. P. Culp, Jr.,
at the piano, “Jesus Cannot Fail”.
W.M.U. Board Meeting—Mrs. Mc-
Neilly, president of W.M.U., Austin
Association.
. Executive Board Meeting—Mr.
Dingier in charge.
Reports of Board Meetings—Mrs.
McNeilly, Mr. Dingier.
Reports from our revivals—The
pastors.
Dismissal by prayer.
Over 100 visitors and members
from out of town were in attendance
representing 10 Austin churches:
First Church, University Baptist
Church, Capitol Heights, South Aus-
tin, Hill Crest, Calvary, Hyde Park,
West Austin, East Avenue and Ridge
Top Churches and churches at Wal-
nut Creek, Smithville, Onion Creek,
Prewitt, McDade and Bastrop.
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early bird—get under ope of
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“Its a Pleasure to Show
to the pastor’s family. Some seed
cotton was also presented which'
could not go in the big bale, since
then cash and corn and other valu-
ables have been presented by thoseri,
who do not have cotton. The pas- * I
tor’s family highly appreciated this - |
valuable gift and expressd their
hearty thanks.
joyed a very pleasant entertainment ,
at the hall Tuesday evening. A.
nice sum was taken in on refresh- A
ments and other features. ‘ Miss-'
Esther Klaus was the winner of the
pretty angel food cake.
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Monday morning Mr. Henry Mun-
son delivered a bale of cotton weigh-
ing 625 lbs. with 900 lbs. of seed,
to the parsonage from the congre-. A
gation. It was a complete surprise-
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On September 9 the Workers’
Conference of the Austin Associa-
tion was held at the First Baptist
church. The auditorium was beauti-
fully decorated with large bowls of
purple bachelors’ buttons, vases of
white, pink and red rosebuds with
pink coral vine. Mrs. A. A. Carter
sent a lovely bowl of red cocks’
comb with asparagus fern which was
very much admired.
The luncheon, under the direction
of Mrs. Charlie Carter, the president
was served at the noon hour by the
local W.M.S.
Mrs. Paul Jacobsen and Mrs.
Harry Davis had charge of the regis-
tration.
The program was as follows:
Mr. Dingier, asstant moderator,
had charge for the day.
Song and Praise—“Count Your
Many Blessings”, “On Jordan’s
Stormy Banks”.
Devotional—Rev. Holcomb.
Address—Mr. Lon Smith, First
Church, Austin.
Congregational Singing, “Leaning
on the Everlasting Arms”—Led by'
Mr. Martin.
Prayer—Mr. Skinner, pastor of
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson, Lovely Birthday Party Honors
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Smith, J. O. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1937, newspaper, September 16, 1937; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1536409/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.