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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
8
Betty Bennett and Mavis Anderson returned home Thursday after a Rochester visit. Many families hosted dinners and visitors across Casitalia Dundee Elgin Urbana West Union and nearby towns. Attendees included the Strong, Shaffer, Todd, Meyer, Chapman, and Frydenberg households with numerous weekend guests and extended family trips.
The notice promotes a bank offering a full range of services from checking and savings accounts to banking by mail and safe deposit protection. It emphasizes cooperation, efficiency, and credit lines, inviting customers to name the needed service and let the bank handle the rest.
The column lists numerous visitors to the Morris Amundson and Loftsgard households including Verna Sklaren Spring Grove Judy Pitel Lisbon and others who attended birthdays dinners and casual calls. Names span Minnesota Wisconsin and Texas with conversations about trips conventions and family visits across Castalia Mason City Amsterdam and Decorah areas.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hellum of Postville and the Merlin Hellum family joined relatives in Marshall Minnesota for a Hellum reunion at Marshall Park Sunday. The Tillman Thompson group visited Emil Gulsing home Sunday afternoon and Jerry stayed for a week. Christine Rypestol Corrine Wettleson and Kenneth Kjosa with Ernest Mikkleson hosted and visited Decorah. Sandra returned home after visiting the Mikklesons.
Cherry Valley News reports the Good Neighbors Club met Tuesday August 14 at Mrs. Martin Hanson’s home with co hosts Mrs. Robert Hanson and Gladys Hanson. Thirty members answered roll. Guests included Mrs. Bertha Kellar of West Bend Mrs. Archie Howard and Eleanor Reeves of Elkader. Donations were made to Irene Minihan and Mrs. Ben Butikofer for new family events. Numerous visits, meals, and social details follow among members and guests.
Mrs. Raymond Brandt Mrs. Frances Butikofer Cindy and Mrs. William Moore and children spent Friday afternoon in the Fred Butikofer home. The Thomans and Martha Frieden from West Head attended the funeral of Mrs. Saram Thoman. The Thomans stayed overnight with Christen Bros and visited Frank Christen Bert Thoman homes. Rev Vance Knutsen and Mr and Mrs George Leuchtenmacher visited the Orlin Mason home Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Martin Minihan called Sunday evening. Joe Thoman and Walter Christen travelled to West Beng for a few days’ stay.
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