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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
8
Illyria items highlight Eunice Ulish returning to Orlando work after three weeks with parents. Dozens of local visits include Mrs. Nellie Foxwell hosting, Otis Rothlisberger at a DeKalb corn convention, and many relatives gathering across Harmony, McGregor, LeMars, Cedar Falls, and Arlington. Local clubs meet and numerous households share dinners and picnics.
Gladys Hanson spent Friday afternoon with Ethel Mae Thoman. Frank Christen joined John Bend for a midweek visit to relatives. Rosa Schlupp and friends visited Dubuque Thursday to Friday. The Lehman and Wahl groups attended the Lehman reunion in Elgin Sunday. Leuchtenmacher family guests in Merrill while others visited near Volga Decorah and Esteemed Christen household hosted guests Sunday.
Wisconsin Rapids residents Mrs Mervin Brown and son Clyde visited relatives here. Cedar Rapids Franceis Craft and Arthur Craft with son Roger stayed at the Sidney Nutting home. Clermont guests Mr and Mrs Jesse Olson and sons Joseph and Kenneth dined with Mr and Mrs Harry Stillman. Fayette visitors Oliver Paul and Perry Hummel stayed with Rev A R Belknap. Chicago residents Mrs Paul Patterson and Mrs Clementine Brown joined Frank Lyon and S Patterson households. Arnolds Park couple Charles Johnson visited Rev A R Belknap. Willis Lyon returned from Racine. Thompson reunion included Clarence Tripp. Monticello guests Mr and Mrs George Moats. Picnic at Wm Noting honored Paul Patterson family and Mrs Florentine Brown with many attendees. Opal Howard assisting in Reuben Howard home. Clarence Hageman and family Hopkinton plus Lizzie Hageman Sioux City and Clarence Noble’s family Fayette visited Rev Belknap. Ira Cherry family Fayette visited Glen Boyer. Louis Hecker and family plus others visited Chas Peters home. Ula Howard aided Gehring home near Wadena. Richard Stolles returned to Idaho Tuesday.
A month long vacation visit in the S. S. Patterson and neighboring homes saw Florence Archer of West Union and her party stay from Friday to Tuesday. Ray Gilbert family and Clara Bartlett joined D. H. Craft home in Marshalltown for an extended visit. Frankie and Mrs. Frank Lyon visited Sidney Nutting on Saturday. Florentine Brown, Paul Patterson and family, and S. S. Patterson with others were guests in the William Heiserman home in Fayette on Monday. Brainard Church notes list Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 8 p.m. with Rev. A. R. Belknap.
Grand Meadow News lists numerous social visits and home gatherings in Decorah, Stanley, Clermont, Elkader, and surrounding areas. Individuals including Clarence Olson family, Helen Reinhart, Myra Olson, Louie Anderson, Willard and Walter Martie families, and others are noted visiting relatives, helping with threshers, or hosting guests. The report also mentions visitors from Long Beach California and a passing of Emil Larson, with several Saturday and Sunday events recounted.
Oak Grove reports a quiet week with arrivals and calls. Bob Wilson returns from Fasadena California. Sumner residents Geo Leutherbach visit Ray Leuchtenmacher and Bert Allen. Families and friends visited in Decorah Florenceville Florence Thoman Daryl Wilson Elizabeth Viola Foxwell. Mrs Amelia Strong handles house work at John Wilson home near Wadena. Howard Medberry family spent Sunday in Decorah. Muncie family visited Florenceville. Tim Thoman home hosts relatives. Andrew Yearous Eugene Woodworth Fort Wayne guests at Harold Strong. Thos Pollock Dennler families visit. Margie Dennler returns from Pollock visit.
A roundup of visitors and guests in local homes this week includes Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holzer and Mr. and Mrs. Oran Bane and family at the John Nydegger home on Sunday. Victor Frederick stays with grandparents while parents are away. Silas Wilson family called at Tim Thoman home Sunday evening. Ward Brabham dined with Mrs. Mary Ogle. Mrs. Oran Bane and children visited Mrs. Bert Allen Friday. Herbert Dummermuth and Ian Conner with Woodrow Hyde fished in Guttenberg Saturday. Jim Muncie family visited Arlington and Strawberry Point Saturday, calling at John Conboy in Strawberry Point. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Kohls and Mrs. Tena Buhr visited Clarence Kohls in Volga Sunday. Mrs. John Luchsinger spent Tuesday with Mrs. Earl Kiple. Mrs. Tim Thoman and Florence visited Mrs. T. A. King in West Union Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Earl M. Eaton and daughter Carrol Sue of Cedar Rapids visit Earl Kiple this week. An error noted last week swapped Mrs. Albert Schupbach and Ruth with Lena Schupbach. correction: they visited Jim Muncie home.
Gunder News Oscar Knudtson assists Gil bert Loftsgard with farm work. Merlin Hellum stays with uncle Gil bert Peterson near Decorah. Several callers and guests visit in West Union Postville and Osage areas. Henry Mark ships cattle and hogs to Chicago. Edwin Loftsgard and Lillian Halverson marry and plan a Western trip.
The writer and friends extend congratulations. Mrs. Oscar Lind returns from Rochester Minn from a clinic and is reported improved. Mrs. T L Loftsgard and Mrs. Arthur Landsgard plan to host the Ladies Aid at the church parlors Friday afternoon Aug 19. Mrs. Thomas Olson, back from Rochester Minn a week ago, is improving in health.
The Bob White family is described as ideal with both parents sharing rearing duties. If the female dies, the male cares for the brood alone until they are mature. The male’s strong domestic instinct is noted as bachelors sometimes kidnapping young broods to raise them to maturity.
From age forty onward, mortality is lowest among those who are underweight. The finding highlights body mass as a factor in lifespan. It notes the trend across studied populations and cautions against generalizing beyond observed groups.
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