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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
8
A crowded Illyria area social page lists guests and gatherings from Sunday visits to family reunions, extended kin from Fayette and Strawberry Point, and several outings at Decorah and McGregor. Attendees include the Looby, Glass, Strong, Medberry, Rothlisberger, and Ogle families among others with multiple trips to Canton Missouri and Waterloo noted.
Cheery Valley news recounts a weekend of birthdays and family visits across Dennler Meister households. Residents attended gatherings at the Larson, Butikofer, Christen, and Meisner homes while relatives traveled to Cedar Falls for I I T C. Numerous dinners and porch chats mark a season of warm civic ties among Dennler, Baumgartner, Friederich, Meisner, and Larson families, with trips to Decorah and West Union noted. Family groups, including Lehman, Dennler, Welches, and Wengers, share greetings and hospitality amid ongoing local social life.
County Line News lists visits and gatherings from Friday to Sunday. Amy Gilbertson Signy Hanson and Opal Larson joined Joseph Hanson in Missouri Valley. Francis West and Walter Mitts families visited Otto Blockhus home Sunday. Arno Foscher Kenneth visited Harold Krambeer at Farmersburg. Almer Amundson attended a T Loftsgard picnic. Severein Blockhus Ronald were guests of Jake Wander. Carl Blockhus Clara joined M J Blockhus on a trip to Asse Haugen.
Oak Grove notes report the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman on Friday August 1. Several local residents visit and call on families including Mrs. Nygaard, Sarah Metzger, Derwin Gilson, and the Gilson households. Guests from Chicago, the Gudemans, are noted along with multiple family visits to the Chapman and Allen homes.
Thursday afternoon visits feature Maxine Nelson and several guests in the Roy Leuchtenmacher and Mrs Jasper Mitts circles. Sunday calls to Mrs Silas Wilson due to illness, plus multiple family drop ins at the Archie Howard and Mary Allen homes.
Mrs Robert Wharram and Joan of Stanley and Mrs Henry Olson of Clermont visited the Arthur Olson home last Wednesday. Darlene Olson spent Friday at the Mrs Olivia Olson home. Mr and Mrs Walter Lundy attended a shower at Decorah Thursday. Irvin Olson spent the weekend at the Joseph Olson home. Mrs Olivia Olson Myra and Bertha Jane spent Friday evening with Mrs Julia Landsgard. Mrs Bertina Buraas and Gloria were guests of Mrs Carolyn Erickson Saturday. Janet and Ronald Lyngaas spent Sunday at the Bert Lyngaas home. Mrs John Wede visited in the Ernest Holt home Friday and Saturday. Ronald Halverson spent Sunday evening at the Mrs Julia Landsgard Chester Perry was overcome by the heat during threshing and on Sunday morning was taken to the hospital.
A special CFI photo from Rocky Mountains National Park in Colorado shows two attractive women surveying the marker where U S 34 crosses the snow‑flanked summit. The feature highlights the road as the highest continuous automobile highway in the world offering a bird’s eye view of the West’s scenery.
A collage of quips and from market prompts shows Lydia with four children Eenie Meenie Minie and Edgar, coal savings pitch, an architect’s vague talk, Mule-Hide roofs claim, a rag merchant exchange, a driver’s traffic stop, a bridezilla joke, a clergyman’s retort, a glamour endorsement offer, and ad copy on car finishes and easy payment garages.
Postville hospital reports he is somewhat better. Social visits noted include Sally Meyer and Lydia Thorson at Alfred Buraas home. Gloria stayed through Saturday, and several households hosted guests from Sunday to Monday. Local events include a play and social at the P K Peterson home and a Sunday gathering at Bertina Buraas residence.
French agriculture scientists under the academy's oversight are conducting experiments with gases derived from coal and wood to power tractors and other farm implements.
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