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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
1
In a murky column filled with quips and oddities a census quote, a butcher shop window plea, witty sermons, and comic vignettes mingle. A woman learns of scarce help, a swimming prize earns a boast, and a mistaken obituary shocks a living man.
A 1918 reminiscence notes Ray DeSart on railroad mail routes Cedar Rapids to Rock Island. Walter Freiburghaus returns from Madison South Carolina to visit relatives. Prof J H Williams Celia Lehman visit. Soren Sorenson from Rochester Minnesota with Mrs Elmer Pinney. Glen Coulee from Washington DC visits wife and kin.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Crandall and Tom Boyer were dinner guests in the Glen Boyer home. Funeral services for Mrs Marshall Prouty were held at the Clyria church in Elkader with Mrs Anna Appelman and Mrs Glen Boyer in attendance. Local visits included Leir Learn Rutledge Ray Gilbert families Craft and Rev and Mrs A E Burroughs. Ladies Aid met at the Frank Lyon home with twelve members reading a Scripture verse about soul. White Crags articles prepared for emergency use. A gift shower was held for Mrs Sheldon Maats ill at the Clarence Tripp home. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr and family and Mr and Mrs Reuben Howard and Bonnie in the Peters and Nutting homes.
Mrs Ed Johnson spent Thursday afternoon at Willard Martins. Laura Holt visited Julia Landsgard. Nesvick and Vernon Meyer with Arthell and Gordon were dinner guests at Leo Larson home. Bertina Buraas and Gloria visited Alfred Buraas. Elmer Leo Nelson family spent Sunday at Ames Olson home. Clara Peterson visited Alvin Halvorson. Albert Wede stayed with Ernest Holt. Alfred Buraas and DeAlta and Shirley were guests in Arthur Olson home Saturday evening. Thelma Lyngaas spent Thursday with Alvin Halverson family. Otto Larson family visited Leo Larson Wednesday. Bert Lyngaas Helmer Thelma Leona and Ewald Lyngaas with Janet Ronald attended confirmation at Castalia. Vivian and Delores Osmundson were in class. all dined at Clifford Osmundson home. Doris Johnson weekend at Ed Johnson home. Laura Holt and Mina Olson Sunday at Immanuel Larson home. Arthur Olson and Doris Sunday at Robert Wharram home near Stanley. Ed Johnson and Doris dined at Ole Amundson home. Alvin Halverson Ronald and Julia Lands gard Sunday at Vibjorn Lands gard home. Ole and Esten Lands gard home on furlough. Flax must be seeded early to get a good stand and get ahead of weeds. Bonds or bondage Buy 1 8 Savings Bonds.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gehring and family hosted a Sunday picnic at the Howard Thomas home in Wadena to honor Corp John Brackin Jr of Fort Knox Kentucky. Attendees included John Brackin Sr of Cresco and families, John Anderson of West Union, and B H Brackin plus Joe Buddy and Mary.
Mrs J W Miller of Clermont announces the marriage of Ada Miller Lindroth to Sergeant Noble B Liles of Lemona Tenn The ceremony occurred at Old Stone church Cleveland Ohio on April 1 Dorothy Michael of Cleveland was the brides attendant Lt Jerome Ross of Los Angeles accompanied Sergeant Liles to the best man The bridegroom formerly lived in Aeon Idaho and is stationed at Camp Shenango Greenville Pa in the medical corps since December 18 1939.
Ground hogs are active in parts of Iowa and rolling areas suffer erosion. Cyanide is suggested as best control method. Hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota markets rose recently with March 1943 totals modestly above last year.
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