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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
8
E R Withell a chiropractor with X ray and neurocalometer practice in Elkader hosts visitors including Mrs Chloe Lyon and friends. North Dakota visitors Lou Martin and Sutton visit local homes. Many local families host dinners and Sunday visits with Peters Peters Helms and Kerr families plus guests from New Hampton and North Dakota.
Doris Johnson was a supper guest in the Alfred Buraas home. Clara and Myrtle Peterson visited the Oscar Lind fiorne Friday afternoon. Bettina Birre as and Gloria visited Mrs. Caroline Erickson Friday afternoon. Henry Olson and Leonard, Shirley and Wayne Ogon were callers Friday evening in the Julia Landsgard home. Alfred Buraas and Shirley spent at Meson City and Kensett. Ames Olson and daughters visited Mrs. Howard Kluss Friday afternoon at Monona. New girl in the Kluss home. Bert Lyngaas Thelma and Leona spent Saturday at Decoreh. Thelma attended a teachers meeting. Wednesday afternoon at Alvin Halverson. Carl Smith and David and Carol of Ames spent part of last week at Caroline Erickson’s and Thursday visited Mellien Loftsgard at Gunder. Ewald Lyngaas and Janet Thursday at Bert Lyngaas. Julia Landsgard was a dinner guest Wednesday in Henry Olson’s Clermont home. DeAlta Buraas spent Sunday night in Clermont. Guests Sunday for Julia Landsgard were Ed Johnson, Alvin Halverson, and Ronald. A threshing meeting was held Monday evening at the Ewald Lyngaas home.
Brainard News Ames Craft of Sioux City visited Saturday and spent time at the Chrence Trip home with friends and relatives. Mrs Blayne Gilbert and son and Rosella Craig were Tuesday visitors at Roy Gilbert s home. Mrs Lyle Granger of Racine Wise is visiting in the home of
Illyria residents host and visit relatives across Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois. Several dinners picnics and weekend trips are noted with families including the Schneider Strong Kohler and Frieden households and guests from Chicago Cedar Rapids and West Bend.
A crowded list of Sunday and weekend visits across the area centers on gatherings at the homes of Fred Schneider, Ed Kohler, and Howard Medberry. Guests include family entourages with Merl Medberry, Myrtle Medberry, Ken neth, LeRoy Gehring, Paul Mallwitz, John Nydegger, Will Heitman, Henry Holzer, Oran Bane, Rose Reveser, Arthur Yearous, and many others. The notes also mention a Progressive Home Study club meeting with a flower show, readings, and a Yellowstone Park trip report, plus visits from Lucille Doeppke and Banwart family members.
Cheery Valley News lists visiting family and friends from Des Moines Quincy Independence Wilmette and Inwood staying with local residents, sharing meals and hosting relatives. Notable names include the Dennlers, Hansons, Meyers, Christen, Dennler and Yonker families during a week of social visits.
Knutson Olaf and Lawrence of Inwood arrive to visit relatives in the area for several days. Numerous local families host gatherings and Sunday visits. A picnic at Pike's Peak, McGregor honors Frank Olaf and Lawrence Knutson of Inwood, with extended kin from Green Bay and Elkader also noted.
A hybrid tomato developed a year after crossing a wild tomato with a commercial variety at Turrialba Costa Rica drew attention as American troops in the tropics tested ample fruit from the new hybrid named Turrialba. The achievement is linked to wartime food pressure and rapid tropical plant growth, marking Latin American cooperation at the Western Institute.
Divorce decrees grant Evelyn M. Lawyer custody of three children with maintenance until the youngest is 18, plus attorney fees. Several veterans groups pled guilty to illegal liquor and gambling device charges and fined $300 per count. Virginia Kilcher granted divorce from Eldred Kiicher for cruel treatment with $20 monthly support and custody of a daughter. Eleanor J. Fader awarded $50 monthly alimony for six months with remarrying rights and restore her maiden name Eleanor Payne. Disorderly conduct charges filed against Carrie Stray and Minnie Barr, bound over to district court with $1,000 bonds. Maxine Lyons seeks divorce from Vern Lyons with child custody and $25 monthly support.
The past week issued marriage licenses include Aug. 7 Robert Bond of Wadena and Betty Kuper of Maynard Aug. 9 Willam Odea of Winona Minn. and Violet Sperry of Oelwein Aug. 10 Richard Wilson of Oelwein and Mary Isley of Oelwein Aug. 10 Donald Hulbert of Waterloo and Evelyn Huch of Waterloo.
Lester J. Walker and Mardell Wartham of Oelwein Carl Warren Clemons of Oelwein and Lucille Quass of Sumner are listed in the public notice items dated August 12 referencing local residents and affiliations.
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