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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
8
Thanksgiving day and weekend scenes fill the Elkader West Union and Volga area as numerous families host relatives from Davenport Ames and Arlington and other towns. Elmer Lembke and family visit Elkader, and many others attend meals and social events with neighbors. Several miles of travel link Jenkins and Kimball households as small towns celebrate with dinners and church plans.
Oak Grove residents host and visit with extended families over Thanksgiving. Donald Gilson, Wayne Gilson, Wm. Frederick and families shared dinner at the Harry Gilson home. Several households including the Kohls, Klingmans, Chapmans, and Howards hosted relatives and friends from Volga City, Cedar Rapids, Elgin, West Union, and beyond during the holiday weekend.
Cheery Valley notes a string of Thanksgiving visits and weekend stays across Lester and nearby towns. families including Killeberger, Lerch, Friederich, Dennler, Meisner, Baumgartner, and Hanson are listed hosting or visiting relatives and friends in Ed Metzger, Geo Leuchtenmacher, Jake Butikofer, Oscar Baumgartner, Martin Hanson, and Will Lerch households.
A sequence of Thanksgiving visits is reported across multiple households. Mrs. Frank Christen and relatives hosted or visited in the Oscar Baumgartner and Ben Dennler homes. Guests included Ida Christen family, Inez Chase, Clara Muehlenthaler, Harry and Leo Dennler, Roscoe Larson, Ida Meyer, Oscar Baumgartner, Fred Hanson, Ed Wenger, Gene, John, Will, Jake Dennler, Harry Butikofer, Will Rayne, Wm. Larson, Elkader, Ernest Christen, Floyd Odegard, Lucy Christen, Nicholie Martie, Selma Lerch, and Joe Lerch in various nearby locales.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ash and Lane spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lane, at West Union. Nels Olson was a Thanksgiving dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Evans and joined supper with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Torkelson and family.
Henry Helmers of West Liberty visited Monday and stayed several days with brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs Wm E Baumgartner. Guests included Ern Baechler Melbert Mary B J Baumgartner Louise John Schneider Gerald and Rosa Jacob. Also Mr and Mrs W E Kerr and their five sons of Des Moines joined Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs G H Falb family, returning home Friday. John Falb and Mr Mary Keiser traveled to Chicago for the weekend, visiting E L Morris and Harry Keiser homes, returning Wednesday.
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