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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
8
Local notes list numerous visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley. Residents hosted friends and relatives from Cedar Rapids Anamosa Volga Elkader and nearby towns. A steady stream of threshing helpers and family time marked the week with many dinners and Sunday calls.
Illyria residents hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Max Medberry and son Clifford from west of Elgin with Mrs Dodge of Sioux City. LeRoy Rothlisberger visited Marion with the Lee Neuenschwander family. Various locals hosted threshers and visited relatives including Florentine Martin from LaMars and a business trip to Don Soto Wisconsin. A Farm Bureau ladies work committee met with Mrs Reynold Strong Friday evening. David Bartelma and daughter Jeanne of Minneapolis visited Andrew Yesrous's family.
Mrs Ray Reierson and daughter visited the Helmer Loftagard home Saturday. Henry Lien and family from Kanawha visited relatives. Adolph Buroden and family joined Manford Osmundson for his birthday in West Union. A farewell party honored Elmer Houg as his family will move to St Ansgar. Merlin Hellum stays with uncle Gilbert Peterson near Decorah. Several others attended births, threshing, and gatherings across Clermont Spillville Monona Decorah area through Sunday.
Mrs. B Nelson hosted a quiet Sunday afternoon when Harry Halverson and his sisters from near Decorah were dinner guests at the John Hellum home. The gathering followed a week of routine activities and reflected neighborhood hospitality.
The Farm Bureau News Letter announces the County Life Conference with theme Community development to be held at the U S U chapel Monday evening August 16 at 8 oclock. Invitees include community leaders ministers school superintendents newspaper editors farm organization leaders and others interested. Proposals cover character education rural church relations community calendars surveys rural social trends farm organization history and discussion group formats. A watershed area tour around Moriana on Thursday August 19 invites Fayette County residents to learn how soil conservation protects land. The group gathers at Monona city park at 10 a m and will view demonstration projects after a picnic lunch. An organization meeting in Waterloo featured committee members Grant Lauer Eldorado C H Knos Fayette Carl E Miehe Maynard and J F Wilkin.
At a county meeting Fayette County Agent Paul E. McElroy and son were present as plans formed to start the 1938 membership drive on November 1. The Farm Bureau annual meeting is likely mid October. The second annual 4-H camp registered 26 girls, four leaders, and the home demonstration agent, with 22 girls and leaders coming from Tama county.
Four day Morris Isle Y Camp trip ends with strong camp spirit as 4-H girls recount mosquitos and larger bites, led by camp leaders who praise resilience and teamwork during the outing.
Local 4-H health contest winners convene in Fayette on Friday August 18 to determine the county winner. The champion must be 15, an active 4-H member, and reside on a farm to represent the county at the State Fair contest the week of August 29.
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