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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
8
Numerous names and families hold Sunday visits and weekends with relatives across Fayette County. Guests include the Glass, Yearous, Klingman, Medberry, Rothlisberger, Doty, and Chapman families among others in Oelwein, Elkader, West Union, Fayette, and surrounding towns. Burial for Mel Riche noted. several wedding anniversaries and club meetings are recorded.
Cheery Valley social calendar lists multiple Sunday and Thursday visits. Names include Hanson Christen Howard Schreiner Wenger Lehman Mark Thoman Frieden Rice and others. Attendees frequent homes in Bert Thoman Martin Hanson and related households with guests from Cedar Rapids Hud son and Chicago trips noted.
Edwin Hanson spent Saturday evening in the Ern Friederich home with his daughter. Mr and Mrs Martin Hanson Robert Ida Meyer and Fred Yost attended Mrs Mary LaVelle's funeral at Postville. Helen Hofer was a dinner guest in the Berty Thoman home. Leah Butikofer and Sam Schneider were dinner guests Sunday with the Fred Butikofer family.
Gunder News reports the Ladies' Aid Society will convene Thursday August 13 in the church parlors with Mrs T Loftsgard and Mrs Leslie Lantz as hostesses. Local social notes list dinner guests at multiple homes, confirmations at Marion church, and mentions of enlistment in the Army Air Corps and a 25th wedding anniversary celebration at West Union fair grounds.
Oak Grove residents report visitors and gatherings across homes. Highlights include the 25th wedding anniversary of Ralph Reed at West Union fair grounds with J. M. Shaffer, Harry Gilson, Guy Whitford and others, plus multiple Sunday calls to Hader, Gilson, Shaffer, Davis, and Hoag homes.
Grand Meadow residents shared hospitality across households with visits to several local homes. Mrs. Mary Skarshaug stayed with the Reinhart family, while Mrs. Veryl Andrew and Mrs. Carl Smith of Ames visited Carolyn Erickson’s home. Other gatherings included Selmer Holm and Betty dining with the Reinharts, and Bert Lyngaas family at Vernon Anderson’s.
The Russell Cabin near Waukon hosted visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Lyngaas Janet and Ronald as dinner guests of the Richard Olson family. A picnic Sunday drew Mrs. Carolyn Erickson and Selmer, Mrs. Very, Andrew and Mrs. Carl Smith, and David and Carol at the Bertina Burnas home. Others visited the Arthur Olson and Clifford Olson homes, and a funeral for Arthur Engelhart was attended by I. H. Skarshaug of Ostrander, Minnesota, at Riceville.
Brainard area residents hosted and visited for birthdays, dinners, and weekend stays. Families including Wede, Helms, Nutting, Appelman, Nottnagel, and Boyer shared meals and attended a B Y P U picnic at the West Union fair grounds. Cedar Rapids and Marquette trips are mentioned along with Monticello vicinity visits.
East Clermont boys beat Decorah 5 to 4 in a fast game with a home run by Leonard Olson and good pitching by Lyle Olson. The farmerettes edged Decorah 7 to 5 as the final frame surged to victory. All games were played at Elgin high school athletic field.
Geo Stephenson of Waverly accidentally discharged a tear gas fan during a civil defense class, causing tear gas effects on Dr. L D Jay and others present while the evening topic covered boils and skin treatments. Chester Hunt, near Swan, builds a new house with his son using logs from his farm and black walnut interiors.
Marion Lind secured a new post with the Fioneer Seed Co and will supervise salesmen across a 912 county district. He maintains a home in Marion township for now, with plans to relocate toward the center of his territory.
In London the Free French Motor Transport Corps women training in weapon handling under a Free French officer. One follower of General De Gaulle aims a rifle in a picturesque sylvan backdrop.
Map shows movements in the Nazi drive toward the Russian Caucasus with five items. Russians admit German advance to Saisk, Nazis claim capture. German southwest drive noted. Nazis announce sinking or damaging 24 ships in the Volga. Russians claim halts at Kretskaya and Tsimlyansk. Nazi offensive at Sea of Azov stopped per Reds. Heavy line marks farthest 1941 German advance.
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