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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
8
A flurry of weekend visits and hometown gatherings unfolds across Ced ar Falls and surrounding towns. Alma Opsand returns from Ced ar Falls while Mrs. Gilman Knudtson of Sioux Falls visits relatives, and Glen Larson and family spend Sunday with the T Kjosa household. Multiple families host dinner and casual visits. parochial school program impresses at Marion church under Mrs. Anderson Reierson and Wettleson.
Brainard residents Brainard Items Reece Moats Harriet Prober and Louia Bodenhoffer visited in Scotch Grove. Rev G A Thomas Barbara Stading and Wilson Patterson enjoyed a Lake Oelwein picnic. Local families hosted gatherings at Nutting and Lyon homes. Brainard Church notes list Sunday school worship and youth meeting times. A Kansas editor offers travel advice for meeting someone from home in a distant city.
Local notes list numerous visitors and relatives gathering in Cedar Rapids near West Union and Elgin. News includes a granddaughter born to Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Ernst at New Albin on July 25 and many Sunday greetings among Rothlisberger, Foxwell, Donlon, Frieden, Medberry, and related families across Fayette, Elgin, Cheery Valley, and Anamosa areas.
Oak Grove residents met at multiple homes Sunday for dinners and visits. Jim Yearous and family and Jack Shaffer and family attended a Shaffer home picnic. Guests included Joe Yates and son Don Lea Baldwin from Fayette at Wm. Pritchard’s. Several households hosted others including Wilsons Kohls Leuchtenmacher and Shaffer families, with exchanges of calls at Bert Allen and J M Shaffer homes.
Martin Hanson and family and Lil ian Christen were dinner guests in Archie Howard's home Sunday. Clara Muehlenthaler assisted with housework and caring for her sister in Rock Valley, then returned to Elgin Sunday morning. Lucy Christen weekended with Ruth Rothlisberger in Illyria. Mrs. Ida Miller and Fred Bauder of Rock Valley dined with Oscar Baumgartner. Roga Schlupp spent a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Ed LaValle, in Postville. Ida Christen and children and Elmer Christen were dinner guests Sunday in Bert Thoman's home. Hilda Meyer joined Ida Miller and Fred Bauder to Rock Valley to visit relatives. Elizabeth Christen of near Garnav ille visited home folks. Alma Hanson assists Mrs. Joe Shae with house work and spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christen dined with Chris Dennler in Oak Grove. Ellen Hanson and Orlin Mason visited Ben Dennler Sunday evening. Lorraine Leuchtenmacher spent the week with cousin Eleanor Qison at Elkader. Ellen and Edwin Hanson and Mrs. Frank Christen visited Jake Christen Thursday evening. Ida Christen and children and Elmer Christen visited Elmer Dennler Saturday evening.
Grand Meadow News notes visiting and social activity around Clermont and nearby homes. Arlene Amundson spent time with grandmother Mrs. Hans Amundson in Clermont. Mrs. Oscar Lien, Ruth Helen, and other locals visited Anton Scholen and Andrew Reinhart homes. Norma Cooley and Lillian Halverson are mentioned with various family and employment ties. A Friday social at T. J. Olson’s drew many locals. Lawrence and Ernest Sampson attended a birthday for Mrs. Charles Wede, with several locals listed.
Sunday visits surround Esten Lanusgard and Clare nce Olson households as families share time in the area. Oelwein seeks a 22,916 grant for a waterworks extension costing 400,000, with state and federal grant activity noted amid large-town applications. Uncle Sam holds over 8.195 billion in gold, a substantial share of the world total. Community notices include farm land discussions and social visits among Ames and nearby households.
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