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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1947

Page

8

Local Families Gather for Weekend Visits and Birthdays

Mrs Adaline Priederich hosted a busy weekend with relatives and friends visiting in Will Bried Frei Mammen's area. Separate gatherings included John Dermiler Iams family, the Martin Hanson home, and multiple trips by Denise Denner and others to relatives’ houses. The note notes birthdays, anniversaries, and a hospital checkup for Ben.

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Hlisra Items Wyria Community Church Schedule Cancelled

No church services or Sunday period on August 17 or 24 due to the pastor's vacation. Community members are advised to attend different local services if needed and resume regular worship after the break.

Wyria Community Church

Social notes from Bungay and nearby Iowa towns

A long list of local gatherings and visits. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan and Lena Wenger of Cedar Rapids were guests of the Wenger Bros. Family. numerous Winkler, Strong, Yearous, Metzger, and Behneder families hosted relatives and friends. A Farm Bureau program is planned, with Ned Smith and Lowell Gehring reporting. birthday party for Gordon Pollock. Lorraine Leuchtenmacher engagement noted. Irwin Leg, born Aug 1, visited Rochester, Minn. and Donna Medberry aided at Grover home. various youths attended a 4-H club meeting and DeKalb picnic.

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Marion Community Notices and Weekend Socials Recap

Local Marion society page lists hosting duties and visiting guests among families. Recurring names include Mis van Mis, Sophie Guettegart, Stanley Anderson, Christine Rypestor, Corrine Wet Hideson, Otto Gisbeson, Ruth Sedly, Bernitai Lantggard, Joan Reger Mork, Arthur Amundson, and Ole Loftsgard. Weekend events feature picnics at Lull Park, Yellowstone trip by Arthur Amundson family, and multiple dinners with relatives from Postville and Cedar Rapids.

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Supper Guests Share Week's Visits Across Communities

Brainard News lists Mr and Mrs George Boyle and Mrs Dale Grimes as supper guests of Mrs Chiron in Lyon Greene Cram. North English visitor Eva Boyer stayed with Vern Boyer and left Tuesday. Sheldon Moats and Dan Craft families hosted Sunday at Ray Gilbert home. Fred Barker returned to Dubuque after weeks with Dan Craft. Vern Boyer family hosted Mrs and Mrs Walden Plate Cresco Sunday along with Leo Boyer Ralph Knoll Herbert Senaffer Cresco New Hampton and C.R Platz Cresco. Additional visits included Mary Bartlett and the Peters family. Iowa State College livestock experts urge hogs receive balanced rations to save corn.

George Boyle Dale Grimes Bunday Chiron Lyon Greene Cram Antil Eva Boyer Vern Boyer Sheldon Moats Dan Craft Ray Gilbert Fred Barker Dubuque iMr Cresco Leo Boyer Ralph Knoll Herbert Senaffer New Hampton Mmr Mary Bartlett Robert ‘Kerr Chas. Peters Peggy Helms Carl Reeder Waukegan

Decorah Couple Wed in St Paul Methodist Service

Mrs. Charles Gehring and Lt. Arveson wed at St Pauls Methodist Church on a Saturday evening. The ceremony featured D D Jones as soloist and Mrs. Owen of Decorah as pianist. Attendants included Mrs. Howard Owen, sister of the bride, and Jack Gehring as best man. Following the three hour ceremony a wedding dinner for twenty was held at Hlingman’s cafe. The couple plans a northern Minnesota wedding trip and a reception later that Sunday. The bride is a 1946 Elgin High School graduate, trained as a nurse, and the groom served as an Army Air Corps navigator and is a Luther College student pending Army reenlistment. Guests from out of town attended from Strawhatney Point, Decorah, and Albert Lea.

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Four local men weigh in at two hundred twenty six pounds each

Longtime residents gathered for a group photo and weighed a total of 910 pounds, averaging a little over 226 pounds per man ages 7 to 76. Housing remains tight as Ray Fellweather and family camp in a 1938 Ford sedan. Russell Martin of Newell lost his life after failing to revive from a fall into lard. A wild fawn tangled in a bathed wire fence near Milford is being tended as conservation officer Dwight Morse plans to exhibit it before returning it to the herd.

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