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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1967
Page
8
The Good Neighbors club meets Tuesday December 12 in the Legion room Elgin for a 1:00 PM Christmas party with coffee strips to bring. Various local residents host and attend gatherings including visits to Ellen Mason Edwin Hanson and Lucy Christen celebrating birthdays and a birthday picnic planned for Christen Meus.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Christen Mrs John Christen and Mrs Elien Mason with the Robert Leuchtenmacher family attended the United Church of Christ service for Ada Leuchtenmacher in Elkader Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Robert Hanson were business callers at Olen on Friday.
Community notices list numerous visitors and hosts across Illyria including John Anderson guest at Ivan Anderson home and Elizabeth Schneider hosting in Postville. Guests travel from Pittsburgh Waterloo Cedar Rapids Tripoli West Union and other towns. Names include Kruempel Kerr Light Wenger and others marking a lively weekend of social visits.
Sunday evenings and weekend visits feature Mr and Mrs Leonard Roberts in Ralph Shaffer home and many others in West Union Clermont Castalia Fayette and Volga. Families and friends including Amundsons Osstrand Yearous Benson and Shafter gather at local homes and hospitals in Rochester Hawkeye Wadena Littleport and Monona with cordial drops by at Methodist Hospital and Veterans Hospital.
Coralville residents Mr and Mrs Marvin Feigenspan were weekend guests at Bernard Hanson. Many locals visited or were visited by families including Bernard Hanson Harolds Opland Rev Clarence Johnson and John Muir of Niverville Manitoba Canada. Other stops included Des Moines visitors Jackie Andersen and Mrs Clarence Anderson in Will Bergen home Hawkeye visitors at Selmer Holm home and Arthur Solberg visits.
Brainard News lists multiple Sunday visits and weekend guestings across towns. Kenneth Ferge family from Waukon hosted. Bill Peters family visited Elfred Westpfahl in Hiawathia. Tom Hayzlett from Indepcen dence stayed with Richard Kohls and Donald. Mickey Martin slept at Melvin Hanson’s. Cummings home hosted Nottnager and Lyons. Wilson Patterson and family joined Rex and Mrs Foulkerts Golden Wedding at Steamboat Rock. Gehring and Meighan families hosted by Lawrence Gehring Jr in Griffith Indiana with Ruth Boyle and Billy Kelly Sumner among weekend guests.
Pastor O H Meth visited Friday of Mrs Richard Kohls and Donald Roy Fenner of Kewanee Illinois was a Wednesday visitor in the Ed Fenner home
Results show Daniels Drug and Wadena Cheese and Butter leading high team series with 2603 and 2556 followed by Big Gain Feeds and Farmers Sav. Bank. First Nat. Bank and Vandersee Plhg. & H. compete for top team game with 922 and 914. Erma Boess tops individual series with 536 and Boess also leads in a 221 best game. Chrystal Meier and Beverly Vandersee finish strong with high 195 and 188 games.
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