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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
3
Neighborhood groups hosted Bunday and Canasta gatherings for Mrs. Gerald Gutcher and Mrs. Schinz, with gifts and dinners. A wide circle visited relatives in Cedar Rapids and Wabasha while many locals spent time with friends, celebrated birthdays, and enjoyed picnics, teas, and church steeple painting locally posted.
Nationally top rated Western band Pee Wee King and his Victor Recording Band will perform the evening show on Thursday, August 25 at the Fayette County Fair. They are currently seen on ABC TV and appear in this area Mondays on KCRG TV Cedar Rapids. Local social notes list visitors and trips across Iowa including Des Moines West Bend Cedar Rapids Cresco and Harpers Ferry with many relatives and friends mentioned.
Mr. and Mrs. Vino Gress and children of Cedar Falls were weekend guests in the Claude Gress home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pratt of Scotland, South Dakota, were weekend guests in the Lyle Krueger home and brought their daughter Nancy, who had been visiting relatives here for three weeks. Clarence Tatro spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago on business and called on relatives.
Capt and Mrs Vernon Reier report their son has arrived home from Lafayette Indiana where he spent two years at Purdue University. He will report to Eglin Air Force Base Florida for a new assignment as electronic engineer. The Reierson families host the visit.
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