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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
8
Illyria notices a string of visits and gatherings across Waverly and surrounding towns. Families host and dine while Farm Bureau and 4-H Club plan church meeting, April 9 with a sack luncheon. Multiple local residents attend weddings, confirmations, and card games.
Ed and Mrs Brackin moved to their new home in Chana Illinois on Wednesday. Elver and Gerald joined Des Moines navy induction while Mrs Nyborg and others hosted church events and Easter gatherings. Martin Halverson suffered a stroke but is improving. Easter visits and local social activity filled the week in the Gunder community.
Oak Grove notes report visitors from Creston and Neillsville with Mrs. Harlow Chapman hosting an East Country Club lunch. Mrs. Earl Kiple plans a Thursday luncheon at one oclock. Mrs. Harry Gilson called on Clifton Powell, and George Howard hosts Will Howard from Neillsville. Powell and Gilson also visited Chas Hader.
A log of community visits shows Mr and Mrs Harry Dickinson and Velma of Fayette. the Kohls and others vacationing in West Union. Wilson, Wilson and Dean families traveling to Waukegan Illinois. multiple guests at the Earl Kiple Cedar Rapids home. and numerous Sunday dinners and visits among Dennler, Thoman, Eaton, Howard, and related households in the area.
Recaps of visits and gatherings in Grand Meadow including Mr. and Mrs. Richard Olson and other relatives as guests at multiple homes. Spelling contest attendees, Easter visits, funeral attendance for Sonja Lee Olson, and neighbors sharing meals or calling on friends are noted across families such as the Lundy, Olson, Buraas, Johnson, Landsgard, and Holm households.
County Lime News notes a series of social visits and gatherings. Ames Olson family and others visited Berg and Mark homes, Elmer Larson and family hosted, Ole Reierson's group with Louisa Martie, and a Friday afternoon sewing group met at Clifford Kittleson’s home. Christine Kittleson marked a birthday with many neighbors in attendance. Lunch was provided by the women, with further visits by Walter Lundy and Dale on Wednesday evening.
A series of Sunday to Saturday visits and gatherings across area households including Mrs. Belle Reierson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Berg, and others. Guests attend dinners, confirmations, spelling contests, and receptions in homes of Amundson, Hanson, Berg, Kimball, and related families, reflecting a bustling community social calendar.
The article emphasizes adequate fruit in diets and notes strawberries as rich in vitamin C along with peaches plums cherries and apples for vitamins G and C. It advises planting only enough for home use, locating plantings near buildings, choosing best stock, and following a definite spring planting and spray schedule with guidance from county agents.
List of transfers from W J Rogers abstract office for two weeks ending April 3 1942 includes Sophia Loftsgard Executrix to L C Surfus and E Medberry Ex D for $1.00 involving Ls 1 2 7 8 B12 Diamond Conner Armstrongs add Elgin. W M Knox Treasurer to Fayette bounty TSD for $17.28 involving Ls 11 12 B2 Schoris add. W M Knox Treasurer to Fayette bounty TSD for $6.06 involving Ls 13 14. Hilda Meyer et al to Orvin Thompson WD for $6000 E 1 2 SW 12 3367. Martin Hanson et al to Orvin Thompson QcD for $1.00 E 1 2 SW 2 93 7. Albert Schori et al to Lizzie Ruckdaschel WD for $871 17 42 acres in S 1 2 NE 8 94 7. Walter Whittenbaugh and wife Ela Nora to Francis W Whittenbaugh WD for $65 060 L 23 Herriman s add Wadena and land N of and adjoining.
Classified columns invite readers to place want ads for buying and selling items. The brief note emphasizes using the space to reach local shoppers and traders through the newspaper’s ad section.
In Malvern municipal politics an incumbent councilman R W Mansfield ran a front page appeal urging voters not to re elect him and to write in other names. Mansfield argues the office should be shared as a civic duty. In Anamosa Iowa on March 29 Anamosa hosted the world premiere of Gene Autry musical Heart of the Rio Grande praised for Autry fan concentration in the area.
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