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Elgin Social Roundup Names Visitors and Birthdays
Elgin residents hosted and visited many kin and friends from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Postville Brainard and Davenport. Notables include Mrs Ed Klingman and Clarence Houg in Cedar Rapids, Gladya Yearous with Marian Patterson near Brainard, and Mrs Ern Bauder and Mrs Mary Skarzhaug hosting at West Union. A surprise birthday for Mrs Ern Lerch drew about 85 relatives.
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Ed Klingman
Clarence Houg
Gedsr Rapids
Gladya
Marian Patterson
Brainard
Everett Arnold
Waterloo
J. S. Snyder
Helen Wegner
Chas. Wegner
Postville
Mary Williams
Fairbank
Celia
B. J. Baumgartner
Wilma Steinmetz
Cedar Rapids
Lulu, Schmid
Ema
John Lyford
Della Chapman
Arthur Chapman
Chapman
Ern Lerch
Honovea
W.F. Bovis and Sons
Sheldon Boyle
Oelwein
Ohio
Robert Palb
Chris Wenger
Wenger Bros
Anna Falk
Walter C. Falb
John Falb, Jr
John Falb
Jake Hoover
Ted Neumann
Ethel Luchsinger
Henry Bartels
Qelwein
Shirley Boleyn
Sam Boleyn
George Vaughn
Strawberry Point
Carrie Lucas
Dick Roberta
D. R. Roberts
George Wilkinson
Wadena
Elgin
Jake Yearous
Kathryn Nel
Davenport
Chas. O’neill
Mason City
Rudy Yunker
Mary Keiser
Rosa Muehlethaler
Harry Gilson
Ernest Baumgartner
Ern Holzer
Ladies’ Bridge Club
C. O. Christ
Albert Schori
R. W. Muehlenthaler
T. W. Doan