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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
8
A flurry of local visits and gatherings across Gunder and nearby towns. Residents from St. Paul to Clermont join families like Wettleson Loftsgard Rypester and Loftsgard for dinners picnics and visits while others attend church, threshers’ meetings and Luther League events in Decorah and Postville with many local households hosting relatives and friends.
Merrill Olson and Carrie Nelson returned home from Osage on Friday after visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bossard and family of Elkader spent Sunday afternoon with the Gottfried Kurth family. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Bergan and family of Guttenberg called on the Henry Nyborg home Sunday.
Cheery Valley residents and neighbors from Decorah West Bend and nearby towns spent the week visiting relatives and friends in various homes. The long list of gatherings includes dinners, birthday parties, silver anniversary celebrations, and trips to Dubuque and Oelwein with many family groups noted in local houses and halls.
Illyria items note social visits with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Larson and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Larson of Monona. Mrs Nancy Ernst and Guy visited the William Bunting family at Littleport. Orvin Thompson dined with Emma Gunderson at Clermont. Leo Meyer and Floyd Frieden groups spent Friday to Sunday at Guttenberg. Alton Medberry family attended Ash family picnic at West Union fair grounds. John Earl and Helen Rothlisberger with Hazel Rothlisbenger enjoyed a 9 person picnic dinner at Eagle Point.
A long list of Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Elkader, Independence, and area residents spent weekends with relatives, attended weddings, and enjoyed picnics at Elkader fair grounds. Families including Strong, Yearous, Yunk er, Klingman, Parker, and others shared meals, dinners, and informal gatherings from Friday through Sunday in Cedar Rapids, Fayette, Volga, Clermont, and nearby communities.
Families and neighbors held picnic dinners and visited in Clermont area towns on Sunday. Ernest Meyer Clem and Martha Chapmen with Delbert joined others at Clermont park. Mervin Hunsberger and family picnicked with Olef Berg at Clermont park. Walter Medberry and family were guests of Donald S Page on Friday. Jean Holtzman from Fayette visits the Alton Medberry family this week. Fayette guests dined with Jim Yearous family Sunday. Albert Dennler joined Forest Shaffer home Friday. Elmer Lembke and family visited Loftsgard, Shaffer family hosted Sunday. Fred Rothlisberger Ruth Otis and Florence Bemis dined with Harold Kimball near West Union Sunday. Mrs. George Butikofer and James and Jana with Fred Schneider and Marie Ruth Betty were guests Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Salome Thoman home. Adolph Lehman Ina Kohler and Lena Cooley visited Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Nellie Kimball and Chas Doty homes.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends throughout Friday to Sunday. Eva Rutledge, Hazel Appelman, Tom Boyer, Marcella Brocklinger, and others joined gatherings at homes in Walter Pritchard, Levi Learn, West Union, and Arlington areas. Notable guests included Isaac Monnahan, Wm Monnahan, and Pvt. Kenneth Monnahan of Fort Jackson, along with Mrs. Ray Gilbert and Mrs. D H Craft.
Don Yates Lea Baldwin of Fayette and Mr and Mrs Jess Moody attended gatherings with Mrs Wm Nutting Jimmie and Gary at the F W Lyon home Clara Boyer and Hazel Appelman visited Mrs Marcella Brocklinger Wednesday Mr and Mrs Fred Wede and Mr and Mrs Reuben Miller were guests in the Vern Boyer home Sunday The B Y P U met Friday evening at the church
A ten year old boy in a small town resents going to a party and being told to shine his shoes. His mother persuades him to go, highlighting a coming age of concern with appearance and conformity. The piece notes the eight to eleven year old carefree stage and hints at growing up pressures.
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