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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
8
Wadena residents hosted and visited relatives across Volga Postville Decorah and Cedar Rapids with garden picnics birthdays and church events. Cedars of family and friends attended to celebrate Sue Reisner's two year birthday and welcomed new arrivals while trips to Guttenberg Arlington and Cresco fairs added to a bustling local social calendar.
The Marion Dorcas Society will meet Tuesday August 16 at the church parlors. Hostesses include Mesdames Ole Gisleson Theo Loftsgard Mervin Reierson and Arthur Landegard Otto Gisleson family and Milo Gisleson visited Wisconsin Sunday at Wylansing park.
Illyria Community Church holds Sunday school at 10:15 a m and morning worship at 11:16. The pastor returns from vacation Thursday and church and Sunday school will meet this Sunday. Numerous local guests and visits are listed with several 4-H activities and a cemetery association picnic planned at West Union fair grounds on Aug 17.
Richard Johnston of West Union and dinner guest Monday at Ray Gilbert’s home. Minnie Bakeman of Minot Indiana was a guest last week of Mrs. Chola Lyon. Visitors Tuesday included Mrs. Glen Little, Mrs. Christ Duby of Eldon Missouri, and Nelle Duby of Whiting. The Marshall Helms family and Willis Lyon joined Mrs. Chloa Lyon and Minnie Bakeman for Sunday supper with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mays. Wm. Kerr visited Saturday at Robert Kerr’s home. Clifton Kerr’s family of Waucoma spent Sunday there. Gilbert Burden grew ill Wednesday and was taken to West Union hospital, returning home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Reeder and family visited Sunday in Ed Heins’ home at Clermont. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Craft visited Monday in Clarence…
Tripp home at West Union with Sandra Thomas of Albany guests. Hans Frederick and family hosted visitors while Ray Gilbert and family spent the weekend at Newton. En route they visited Wood Craig and Blayne Craig homes in Liscomb and Whitten. Chica Lyon and Minnie Bakeman attended a picnic dinner at Elkader. Hans Frederick and children and Sandra Thomas joined the Gerhard Koopman family at Postville on Sunday.
The Marion Busy Bees 4-H club held its July meeting on Saturday afternoon July 30 at Corrine Rypestor’s home. Eight members answered roll call. Demonstrations covered removing stains by Eleanor Gisleson and Ida Hanson. Talks on patching by Nona and Janana Mark and on housedresses and aprons by Mrs Bernard Hanson and Corrine Rypestol. Shirley West presented pictures and a session on foot exercise. Lunch was served by the hostess.
Funeral services for Henry R. Larson, 71, were held from the Witt funeral chapel at one o clock Friday, Aug. 5, and at the Highland Lutheran church at two o'clock with Rev. A Q Nesset officiating. Burial was in the Highland cemetery. The obituary failed to reach the office in time for publication and will be published next week.
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