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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1933
Page
8
Local residents and families including Boyle, Dummermuth, Wilson, Peters, and Baldwin share visits and gatherings. Attendees travel from West Union and Dubuque areas. school district No. 9 and district meetings noted. a local Easter visit and a school picnic mark recent community activity.
Illyria area residents and visitors are listed as guests and callers in various homes near Volga West Union and Elgin. Names include Floyd Patterson Clara Kerr Adolph Hanson Harlow Chapman John Rothlisberger Corine Wenger Donna Wenger George Butikofer Ella Foxwell Helen Rothlisberger and others. Social calls, supper visits and quilting party attendance highlight community life.
Elizabeth Christen spent Monday with Mrs Ira Olson and multiple local families hosted visitors and shared meals through the week. Numerous guests from Taylor Missouri to near West Union visited homes of Dennler, Metzger, Hanson, and Frieden, with several helping on farms or assisting with housework.
The column lists social visits from Mrs Ida Mattocks in West Union and Mrs C D Chapman in Elgin plus relatives with Della Chapman. Marion Baldwin of Hazelton funeral and general sympathies. Eva Kerr and daughter Lytis from Waterloo spent weekends with the Rothlisberger home.
Margaret drove to Cedar Rapids last Wednesday with Fred Dennler for eye care. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Frieden and children Phyllis Shirley Vernie Lucy Ernest and Clara Mueh lenthalter. Visitors from Bert Thoman family welcomed at school. Eighth grade finals set for May 4 and 5. Annual picnic May 3 with games races and contests. Bring own silver dishes sandwiches and a dish to pass. Thelma I Every teacher.
Sunday visits filled the Gunder area as families shared meals and calls. People welcomed guests from St Olaf and Clermont while locals helped with church basement painting and home chores. Renowned names include the Lands gard, Velleraven, Olson, and Nelson households along with attendees at the Clermont school picnic.
The Schupbachs thank the Elgin Fire Department and neighbors for prompt response to their car fire Monday morning. They express gratitude for the aid and say it will be remembered with thanks from Bic and Mrs. Anna Schupbach.
A globe trotter at a tavern in a tripic land is approached by a young Fiffun asking about a missing walking stick. The scene introduces Ratu Pope Sentlole, grandson of the cannibal king Cako bau, noted for his notorious family history.
An ancient cypress cut down in the Amite river marshes near Loutat, Louisiana, was reportedly over 1,500 years old per LSU extension forester. The stump measured 32 inches in diameter.
A description of degras a ark brown unctuous fat from crude grease washed from sheep wool. It found use in 88 leather stung belt dressing compound, fire reducing lanolin, ink making, and in soaps and varnish production.
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