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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
8
Numerous locals hosted and joined friends for dinners and Sunday visits across Cheery Valley. Irene Minihan stayed with Dr Van Eisen in De Corahi. Schreiner, Sutter, Dennler, Frieden, and Butikofer families attended gatherings at multiple homes.
Mrs Ole Torkelson Otto Tom Norm and Yanice were dinner guests Sunday at the George Lunds gard home. Mrs Joe Larson and daughter returned from Prairie du Chien Wisconsin where they visited her mother. Mrs Clarence Nelson is ill with pneumonia. Her mother helps at the Nelson home. Mr and Mrs Melvin Olson Mrs K E Mork Mr and Mrs C J Anderson and family and Mr and Mrs Orvin Thompson were dinner guests Sunday at the E K Mork home.
Easter week social round includes Mildred Halverson visiting West Union, Delores Wold staying with her Wold family, and Gilbert Halverson hosting. Numerous local families shared meals and Sunday gatherings. Gordon Landsgord and Ted Greene of Castalia returned from Des Moines after a four day F F A convention with a very good rating on their report.
Readable social notes list numerous Sunday visits and weekend stays in West Union Cresco Strawberry Point Castalia Wadena and surrounding areas. Families such as Frieden Kimball Gregerson Yearous and Medberry host and visit kin including Rothlisberger Dennler Knudtson and Lehman with multiple homemaking circles and cemetery and Ladies Aid activities noted.
Albert Dennier and Carroll Klingman family joined Harold Grase’s Sunday gathering. Elmer Lembke’s family dined with Lawrence Groves in Elkader. Ogle and Mary Ogle visited W. L. Peters in Arlington Sunday afternoon. Ruth Rothlisberger spent time with Celia Andrae in Arlington and visited Mrs. Leo Page and Rev. Butler. Mrs. Harold Glass attended her uncle Enno Glass’s funeral in Strawberry Point. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yauslin with Gladys visited Chas. Doty. Richard Hofer joined Elmer Larson family for Sunday dinner.
Oak Grove residents shared a weekend of social visits with neighbors and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Howard hosted callers, while Mr. and Mrs. Chas Looby and Melbert Meyer hosted dinner guests. Additional gatherings included Ed Mrs. and Silas Wilson at Salome Thoman’s home and a trip to Waukegan, Illinois by Mrs. Clifton Wilson and Patty.
Mr and Mrs Dan Craft visited the Clarence Tripp home Sunday. The Boyle and Alice party visited the Frank Boyle home at West Union. Junior Gehring resumed school after five weeks illness. Raymond Mays hosted dinner at Fritz Nottnagel home in Marquette. Nottnagel and Donald joined for several days. Eldred Dummermyth family dined with Al Moschel near Hawkeye. Glen Boyer and E R Nutting welcomed callers. Geraldine Platz visited Vern Boyer home. Sheldon family from Omaha visited Tom Boyer, and George Boyle family attended Frank Lyon home Sunday. Wm Nutting family dined with Frank Lyon. Patterson and Wilson visited Will Heiserman at Fayette. Nottnagels visited 3 S Patterson Monday afternoon. Her bert Dummermuth hosted dinner with Albert Dummermuth, Kitty June, Harold Schneider. Wm Boyle and Alice visited Floyd Boyle Friday evening. Mrs Nutting and Mrs Wm Nutting called at Harry Stillman home. Conner Dummermuth dined with Walter Durscher. Walter Messerli of Wadena visited Wm Boyle Saturday. Nuttings and Oran Nutting spent Sunday evening with Sidney Nutting at Clermont. Raymond Mays and Mrs Nottnagel called on Clarence Tripp and Henry Danks near West Union Monday. Echo printing promotion.
Social visits fill weekends as families in Grand Meadow and surrounding areas host relatives and friends. Numerous gatherings include Bertina Burass, Simon Nelson, Selmer Holm, and the Olson, Halverson, and Landsgard households with dinners, Sunday visits, and Easter weekend get togethers. A new arrival brings a son to Roland Hiens and a daughter to Millard Bilden at Postville hospital.
April and May are best for shearing sheep and dipping ewes and lambs. Town beekeepers should unpack hives to check live bees and losses. Excessive winter losses reach up to 50 percent in many colonies. Iowa farmers may plant extra soybeans to reserve protein feed and balance livestock. Trees killed by borers should be burned before May 15, notably elm birch oaks ash and poplar. Borers attack weakened trees. lactation period length is noted.
The article notes that 12 months is the ideal calving interval to maximize year after year milk output and lifelong records. It cites 1942 USDA data on contour plowing increasing corn by 6.2 bushels per acre and soybeans by 3.2 bushels, and discusses coccidiosis risk in poultry tied to moisture and warmth with litter management and deep litter recommendations to prevent outbreaks.
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