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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
8
The Oak Grove area reports numerous Thanksgiving gatherings and visits. Families including Luchsingers, Boyles, Bennetts, Gilsons, Dummermuths, and Harolds share meals, travel between homes, and host relatives and friends. Local pupils excel in spelling, and many residents attend church and neighborhood events over the holiday weekend.
Lawrence Gehring and family and Arthur and Allen Schneider were supper guests at the Geo. Butikofer home on Thanksgiving Day. Otia Rothlisberger attends livestock show in Chicago. The church Thanksgiving supper drew a large crowd. Elizabeth Foxwell accepted a position with Meyer Electric Shop in Waterloo. Chas Rothlisberger and family visited Oelwein last Friday. Mr and Mrs W K Humphry of Fayette stayed with S H Foxwell on Saturday. Mr and Mrs W L Peters and daughter Mary of Arlington were callers.
Cheery Valley notices list numerous dinner and wapper visits in the Adelph Hanson area. Families including Hanson Friederich Chapman Nelson and others were hosted across multiple homes. Shoppers and travelers visited Oelwein Decorah and Chicago, with many locals hosting relatives and friends.
Sunday visits and Thursday dinners mark gatherings as Mir Rich Butikofer family along with Jake Butikofer Towne and others hosted guests. Attendees included Frieden and Nydegger families, Olson, Elvers, Thoman and Schupbach households, and Christens in various Elgin and Wear Union area homes.
Supper guests and dinner attendees are listed for Thanksgiving week and weekend. Names include Ira Olson, Eilen Ranson, Martha Friederich, Jake Butikofer, Mytlin Yelle, Chas Feller, Rey DeSact, R. W. Mushlenthaler, Ern Holzer, Ern estine, C. C. Christ, Jimmie, L. Heston, Lloyd Cheamore, H. C. Heston, Jimmie Christ, Lewis Carter, Keith Kohler, Gordon Zurbriggen, Emma Bunting, Henry Feller, Mrs. Mary Ann Bunting, and relatives from Miyria and Elkader.
Ace 3 and Echo subscribers should promptly notify the subscription department of address changes. Under new postal laws newspapers must pay postage due for notices of address changes furnished by the post office. Delays and nondelivery persist. sending change of address in advance is advised.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson of West Union hosted at their home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Heston entertained Mr. and Mrs. Chas Capper and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Christ at dinner Friday. Dr. and Mrs. Roy F. DeSart and son Francia of Mason City visited the DeSart home. Robert Clothier of Fayette, John Johnson of Central City, Bob Estey of West Union, and Geraldine Schori with Maris Mosby dined at Mary Hanson’s in Trado Thursday evening with Mrs. Tille Hanson hosting.
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