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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
8
Illyria community church presents Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with no services on Aug 17 or 24 due to vacation. The piece also lists numerous visits and social events involving local families across towns, with many guests and weekend gatherings.
The Ladies' Aid Society and Cemetery Assn plan their annual picnic at West Union fair grounds on Wednesday August 18. Numerous families and relatives visited, hosted, or joined picnics and dinners across Dubuque, Cresco, Arlington, Hawkeye, Elkader, and West Union, including Pollock, Wenger, Schneider, Kimball, and many others sharing weekend and weekday visits.
Community individuals and families shared events gastrome Sunday notes include the baptism of Betty Jane Hanson at Marion church with sponsors Otto Hanson Ho Mae and Otto Jr born Aug 2 at Postville hospital to Tilman Thompson. numerous visits dinners and gatherings with Loftsgard Lind Olson and related households across Elkader Manchester Clermont and West Union Areas.
Brainard residents Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Kerr and son hosted relatives Sunday at the Robert Kerr home. Paul Stillman returned to the Jesse Olson home at Clermont after ten days with his parents. Wm. Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters, shows improvement after illness. Maud Patterson and Mar Hen visited Mrs. Chloa Lyon, while Blayne Gilbert and family joined Ray Gilbert’s dinner guests. Additional calls came from Dan Craft, Fred Barker, Richard Johnston, Louis Becker, Chas Peters, Mary Bartlett, Harlan, Willard Martin and family, West Union, Glen Boyer, Clive Helms and family, and Carl Reeder residence visits. Peggy stayed in Waukegan with Carl Reeder. Wm. Sullivan and Kermit Rowland visited Joe Peters Friday night.
The Werner Moore family visited the John Christen home on Sunday. Reuben Butikofers from Waterloo spent the week in the Albert Butikofer home. Many locals shared Sunday dinners and birthday celebrations in neighboring homes, including Dennlers, Hansons, Christen, and Thoman households. Several trips by plane connected Clermont and McGregor with rural youth picnics and family visits.
Mrs Levi Frieden hosted a large gathering of ladies at her Canton home Thursday for a miscellaneous shower honoring her daughter Eileen Frieden.
Grand Meadow residents hosted and visited relatives and friends this week with gatherings at Julie Lands gard Helmer Lyngaas and Ed Johnson homes. Several families including Erickson Lyngaas and Thorson shared Sunday and Monday visits with Cedar Rapids and Ossian connections.
Reports from Iowa describe a death by electric shock in Rockwell City involving a heating unit in a tub. Storm Lake residents sight flying saucers used as a publicity stunt with tickets attached. A Waverly driver, Ed Ramsey, struck bees. he and his cab escaped without a sting. Redfield man Orlin Gibler, 24, loses a foot in a truck accident. Reinbeck area lightning kills a steer at the Henry Frei farm. Arnold Dixon encounters the carcass.
A second bolt struck Arnold, knocking him unconscious as power company workers blasted a pole in quicksand near Coggan. A fragment of the pole struck James O'Brien, 20, of Inde fences, killing him instantly.
A guide notes that blankets require at least a quarter wool to noticeably improve warmth. The detail emphasizes wool quality as a key factor in insulation and comfort.
In 1942 Bulgaria had few large cities with Sofia as the capital exceeding 400000 residents. Plovdiv, also known as Philippopolis, stood about 100000 people indicating the urban scale of the era.
The old fashioned straight mortgage keeps borrowers paying interest with little principal reduction, prompting many to question when the home or farm will truly belong to them.
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