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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
8
West Bend and surrounding areas feature a flurry of Sunday and weekend visits. Families such as Yearous, Rothlisberger, and Kimball host relatives and friends from Fayette West Union and Waterloo. A series of picnics, church gatherings, and birthday observances fill the week with recurring mentions of Oakdale and area farms and residents.
Attendees at the Arthur Loftsgard home birthday picnic in West Union included Helmer Mellien Theo L Loftsgard Theo T Loftsgard and their families. Earlier callers at Henry Wellersvenn’s home featured Peter Erickson Lansing Dr G E Jorgenson and grandson Richard Harry Larson Delores Martin E K Mark and Thelma Myron Anderson.
Mrs Don Cummings visited in the S S Patterson home Tuesday. Jimmie Nutting returned home Tuesday evening after visiting grandparents Sidney and Mrs Nutting in Clermont. Mrs H W Helms visiting daughter and husband Carl Reeder in Waukegan Illinois. Darlene Nottnagel called at B H Brackin home Thursday. Eldred Dummermuth visitors Daryl Kay Dummermuth Hazel Neumann Marilyn Jensen from near West Union. Mr and Mrs B H Brackin Harrison and Mary dined with Jack Brackin family near Cresco Sunday. Darlene Nottnagel visited Jacob Hoover home last Thursday. B P U met Friday evening at Raymond Mays home with Darlene Notthage hostess. Genevieve Peters gave the topic. Mrs Joe Peters spent Thursday with Mae Grimes near West Union. Edna Appelman of Hawkeye visiting Glen Boyer and H W Helms Chas Craft Clive Helms and family Peggy.
Oak Grove community reports weekend and midweek gatherings. Families visited relatives in Henry Holzer, Roy Leuchtenmacher, and Salome Thoman homes. Jeanette McDonald toured Ft Leonard Wood on USO duty. A victory garden cucumber near Richards was noted for its unusual V shape. Zelia Steck of Denison traced a line to Capt Lemuel Pope of Dartmouth as a common ancestor of Roosevelt, Churchill, and MacArthur.
Fayette County Defense Council sent a representative to Ames for a comprehensive briefing on civilian defense. A county school will be held at the courthouse from Monday, August 24, through Thursday, August 27, with sessions starting at 1:30 PM and running into the evening. Communities should send one or more representatives.
Hybrid corn merchants hire women to replace male detasselers amid labor shortages. Newspapers show women crews in fields last week. In rationing news, teachers face tire restrictions. Dorothy Campbell of Eldora stores her car and buys a bicycle to bypass limits.
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