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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
4
Brainard church notes report Sunday school at 10 and an evening service at 8 led by Rev. U E Burroughs. Many locals hosted or visited friends and relatives across Brainard and nearby towns including Nutting Pratt Boyer Lyon Peters Kerrani Appelman Cline and Baldwin households.
Mrs George Howard and Mrs John Howard visited the new baby at Joe Dinan’s home Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Clifton Wilson stayed with Mr and Mrs Melbert Meyer Saturday. Clifton Powell and family joined Nels Anderson’s family Sunday. The Oran Bane family and Mrs Henry Holzer returned from a week in South Dakota. Wayne Gilson and Gary called at the Harry Gilson home. Mrs John Howard spent Monday.
The report lists numerous visits and dinners across several households. Names include Mrs. Paul Dean, Clifton Wilson, Pahlas, Carrie Meisner, Mary Allen, Harold Bennett, Henrietta Cunningham, George Kulsch, Chas Webster, John Howard, Genevieve Olson, Arnold Olson, Ed Boyle, Harry Gilson, J. M. Shaffer, Reynold, Roy Leuchtenmacher, Hattie Torkelson, and Johnnie Erickson. Locations feature Wauk mond Elkader Volga and surrounding homes. The last line notes sapphires and rubies as game stones by color.
Illyria notes list numerous Sunday visits and social calls among residents. Mary Wander, Fred Schneider, J H Graham, Fred Rothlisberger, Nellie Foxwell, Chas Daty, and others are named with families and towns such as Newport Castalia Anamosa Dundee West Union Cedar Falls Hopkinton and Waterloo. The Highland school opens with Margaret Wander as teacher. Several funerals, trips, and dinners are recorded with numerous familial gatherings and host homes mentioned.
A short essay argues that parental rights match children's rights and that balanced family life benefits all. It urges thoughtful education, open dinner-table planning, car use limits, and a shared budget to foster democratic living and mutual respect among parents and teens.
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