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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
8
Mrs George Hermen of Momence Illinois spent midweek with the Lester Chage family. Numerous guests visited, including Ben Dennler and family in Postville, and Mr and Mrs Roy Peeper at Arlington. Several locals traveled to Independence to see Mrs Chapman, and many shared dinners and story time at friends and relatives homes.
A quirky note describes goats not eating tin cans but chewing the labels to reach glue beneath. The playful detail highlights goats’ feeding quirks and curiosity rather than any widespread livestock behavior.
Selina Olson and Pearl Hegge return from Chicago to help celebrate Eileen Mark’s engagement as she heads to Seattle to wed Eugene Galloway. A wide circle gathers at the Mark home with family news, Marines promotions, furloughs, births, and many Sunday visits among Loftsgard and Mark families plus friends from Mare Island and Chanute Field.
Mrs J M Shaffer called Saturday at the Thos Howard and Walter Kohls homes. Kathryn Powell and Ida Mae Hanson spent Friday afternoon in the Chas Hader home. Mr and Mrs Robert Howard were callers in the Archie Howard home Wednesday evening. Mrs Herbert Ash visited Clifton Powell Thursday. Dean Pollock spent several days last week in the Chris Dennler home. Silas Wilson and family were guests Sunday of the Hunsbergers. Fern Hoover stayed Sunday to Friday with Roy Leuchtenmacher. Wayne Gilson and children dined with Harry Gilson and family Sunday. William Frederick and Donald Gilson and families visited the Gilson home. Victor Frederick returned from a visit there. Harry Dickenson of Fayette and Otto Hanson families were guests of Clifton Powell. Ida Mae returned home with them after a two day visit in the Powell home. Guy Reed and Loren of Kansas City were guests Wednesday night in the Dennler home. Archie Howard and family spent Wednesday in the Thos Howard home.
The Ivy McKee farm team hitched to a wagon raced through Rock Rapids streets tearing over curbs and lawns. Citizens, recalling old horse and buggy days, watched as the team shied at a passing car and dumped Ivy McKee, marking a rare modern spectacle in the city.
A long list of social visits fills Illyria area pages. Dubuque couples Mr. and Mrs. Chas Schwinn host, while Jer ome Yearous and others entertain. summer school, picnics, and reunions recur across West Union, Postville, Fayette, Decorah, and nearby towns with numerous families attending events, dinners, and church gatherings.
Day evening of Myron Chapman Mrs Wm Glass and Beverly of Dundee spent from Friday until Sunday with the Harold Glass family.
Brainard area residents and families from Clinton Cresco Waukegan and Clermont were listed in a Monday to Sunday round of calls picnics and gatherings. Notable names include Ed Frisbie Richard Kenneth Sylvia Helms Mays Nutting Lyon Boyer Craft and Peters with multiple visits to homes in Glen Boyer Clermont Cresco and nearby areas. A BPU meeting hosted by Genevieve Peters featured Leo Boyer as speaker.
Saturday guests included Vern Boyer and family visiting the Fred Wede home. Hubert Cummings and Wilson Patterson spent Sunday in Cresco. Frank Barnhouse visited friends in Marquette. Reuben Miller family were in the Vern Boyer home Friday. Francis Munger visited Hazelton. Isaac Grimes stayed with Joe Peters. Levi Learn family attended a West Union fairground picnic. Jimmie Nutting visited grandparents in Clermont. Ray Gilbert Barbara Bobby and Lorraine visited the Melvin Hanson home.
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