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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1965
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Leslie Kleppe announce the arrival of a daughter named Gwen Lynne at Postville hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and joins two brothers Gary and Greg and a sister Gayle in the family.
The Wadena Livestock 4-H Club met at the Franks home on August 2. President Billy Erekson led the 3:45 pm gathering with reports by Ee Riven and officers. Members filed fair entry sheets. Teresa Erickson spoke on goals for 4-H and Jan Erickson reported on State 4-H Conference attendance.
A damaged note expresses gratitude for cards and prayers from family and friends after a funeral. It thanks sister and husband the Carian Swenaur and Rev bee Her Celuus for prayers and support, noting kindness will be remembered.
A brief address update lists Payns Hurter at 1131 South aD Street Nedra pl and Robert C Schupbach at 200-4380 H Co 3nd Bn 1st Marine Camp Pendleton Caizf. The fragmentary notice records a mail or personnel change with military unit details and a coastal California base reference.
Lulu Jenkins won 310.00 in Elgin last Saturday's cash give-away. The drawn numbers were 1413 967 HO B98 34.105 03 1711 LOG 282 629 1642 and 1394.
Brainard area residents share weekend visits and social calls. Dr Edith Gehring from Washington DC arrives Monday, with multiple families hosting gatherings in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Independence and Brainard areas. The Friday and Tuesday evenings feature gatherings at the Gehring, Van Sickle, Peters, Reeder, and Kohis homes with several relatives present.
Readable fragments describe visitors and gatherings in Clermont and nearby towns. Names include the Reeder, Martin, Gehring, Hansen, Ha ypey, and Moritz families, with numerous Sunday dinners and Saturday visits noted amid a sequence of informal community events.
Mr. and Mrs Allan Anderson with Mr. and Mrs Le Roy Larson Cedar Falls traveled to the eastern states on a vacation leaving Saturday. They joined Stanley Anderson in Elkhart Indiana and plan visits to Washington D C New York and the World’s Fair plus a stop at Hermen Moore home in Baltimore.
Elgin residents hosted and visited from Monday to Thursday with multiple dinner and supper guests. Families named include Pfister, Hofer, Molokken, Hellum, Baker, Erickson, Wald, Weutrich, Pfister, Bachman, and Haach, with trips to Minneapolis for relatives and several home gatherings in Maynard and Bloomfield.
A wedding held Saturday at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church Davenport united Hichard Judat son of Mr and Mrs Frank Judas with Miss Neeve daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Neeve The event drew numerous relatives from Postville Cedar Rapids Davenport and nearby towns including Mr and Mrs Will Russell Mrs Hussell and Mrs Brook among others Afterward guests shared dinner with family hosts Mr and Mrs Ahrens Mr and Mrs Will Russell and Mrs Alice Winkler Other community members and extended relatives attended visiting at the West home and other local sites over the weekend
Mrs Naomi Crandall traveled Saturday to spend several weeks with her son Robert and family at Laurel Bay South Carolina.
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