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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
8
A long list of social visits records multiple dinner guests and visits across Gunder area families. Names include Opland Wettleson Nyborg Brackin Olson Loftsgard Hansen and others, with several Sunday gatherings and a few trips to Decorah Chicago and Kentucky.
Brainard Items record Mrs. Walter Pritchard and baby returning home last Thursday. Mrs. D H Craft and Mrs. Ray Gilbert with daughters visited Elgin last Tuesday. Laura Learn visited the Ray Gilbert home Saturday. Those who called at the Walter Pritchard home last week were Mr. et al.
Names including Mrs John Ruttedge and Mrs D H Craft visit Anton Quackenbush’s home in West Union along with families Nutting Boyer and Gilbert on a Saturday visit. Barbara Gilbert called at the home during the afternoon.
Illyria residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Names of visitors include Hazel Rothlisberger from Dubuque, Eleanor Martin from Cedar Falls, and Lois Burrow from Davenport, with multiple gatherings at Erd Rothlisberger, Reynold Strong, and Frieden households in Illyria and nearby areas. The Duff Dempster reunion at Arlington M. E. church basement drew Pollock and family, while several local families welcomed guests from Iowa City, West Union, Stanley Wisconsin, and Fayette. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jacob Yearous, Sr. at the Illyria church.
Roanoke Illinois visitors frequent Cheery Valley with Mrs Marie Blunter Edward Mera and Melba staying through Wednesday. Families attend Duff-Dempster reunion in Arlington. Fred Butikofer and family visit Bert Thoman home. Will Beer of Roanoke visits Jacob Gehring Jr. and family. Dennler visit Frank Christen home. Supper guests at Louis Butikofer home include Marie Blunier Frieden Butikoffer and Torkelson families. Wayne Baumgartner returns home after summer with Oscar Baumgartner.
Residents and relatives from Jesup Lamont and Elgin attended gatherings and dinners across several towns. Families including Christen, Meyer, Friederich, Dennler, Odegard, Hanson, and Meisner joined picnics, visits, and birthday celebrations from Lamont to Des Moines, with school openings noted at Cheery Valley.
Elgin Ladies' Cemetery Association marks its fifty year history since organizing on August 23, 1894 at Cooley's Springs. Founding officers included Mrs. W H Finke president and Mrs. D O Forbes vice president with several charter members named. community support funded fences, sidewalks, and a cookbook program that expanded with editions in 1903 and 1921.
Thoma is president with Mrs Lulu Schmid as vice president and Mrs Tille Hanson as secretary. R W Muehlenthaler has served as treasurer for about twenty eight years along with a roll call of older members including Mrs P Nicklaus Mrs G Weeks Mrs Frank Smith Mrs Henry Albright Mrs Syl Shafter Mrs Jacquette and many others.
Workmen uncover a full burglary kit beneath a Goldfield Northwestern road station platform. The cache included a loaded revolver, two nitro glycerine bottles, fuses and caps, suggesting a planned break in or bombing attempt. Authorities are investigating and securing the site.
Mrs. Flossie M. Kintz, a former muni tions packer at Des Moines Ordnance Plant, recovered her lost billfold and work papers after Corp. William E. O Connors bomber squadron member found the folder in France and sent it to the ordnance plant for return. Poor vision noted as fifty two percent of textile workers.
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