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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
8
Residents of Luana Rest Home hosted and received visitors through the week with names including Miss Thole Mrs Maurie Landagard and many locals from Volga Clermont and Decorah. Several afternoons and Sundays featured guests at homes of the Hanson Kjosa Loftsgard and Amundson families with multiple neighbors stopping by.
The Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club met on Tuesday December 8 at Clarence Hofer’s home due to Mrs Peakes illness. Secre t pals were revealed and gifts exchanged with no exchange of presents. Guests included Mrs Zarl Seitz and Mrs Sylvan Workelyon. Members praised donors and planned January hostesses. Numerous social notes recount visits, letters, and community acts plus a charity gift to the Good Samaritan home and a drive of coffee strips for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs Glen Mc i Keller visit Britt for a check up Mrs Ellen Mason spends Saturday with Della Chapman and Joe Schroyer at Semaratan home West Union Albert Parkers of Volga drop by John Christenhome Mr and Mrs Wm Torkelson visit Albert L Dennler home Merlin Butikofer spends weekend with Harry Butikofer family Keller guest from La Porte City joins Saturday U S A students Lydia Odegard and Joan dine with Roscoe Larson Nora Bergland attends church with Earl Seitz family and George Edwin Hanson calls on Robert Leuchtenmacher
Mrs Ivan Crain and children visited in Don Reeder home last Sunday. Roger Reeder and family attended Metzger Maurer wedding Sunday. Tom Hayziett, Independence, came to Richard Kohls home. Hayziett stayed through Monday. Gail Light was an overnight guest in Lyle Martin home. Martin spent Friday night and Saturday in Emmett Light by. Sunday visitors in Lyle Martin included Robert and family of West Union and Melvin Hanson. Reuben Butikofer visited Lawrence Gehring Sunday afternoon. Billy and Kelly Meighan joined Sunday supper at Gehring home. John Martin Cogswell spent Wednesday night in Lyle Martin. Mrs Verona Whitcher and Linda visited Sunday in Don (text truncated).
Ilyria News prints a sprawling weekend and weekday guest roster with numerous references to residents and visitors in West Union Clermont Monona Postville Fayette Cedar Rapids Des Moines and nearby areas. Names include Frieden Dennler Medberry Ogle Wenger Rainey Herwig Yearous Dennler and others as families attend dinners parties and church events.
Oliver Larson and Mrs. Oliver Larson hosted a Christmas party with entertainment and refreshments for guests. The event featured music and festive gatherings, reflecting seasonal community cheer.
Sunday evening at the Amundson home hosted Mr. and Mrs. Roger Amundson, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Asmundson, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Peerson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thorson, Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blockhus, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Erickson, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Amundson. Prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knorson, Mrs. Roger Amundson, and Norris Reierson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Falb entertained their employees at a Christmas dinner Sunday evening at the Coffee Cup Cafe. Attending were Werewil, Alpe Wasa Dutch Thiele Elkader, and other guests.
Mrs. Louis Klingman and a list of couples including Mr and Mrs Dale DeSart Mr and Mrs Allen Habeger Mr and Mrs Ernest Baumgartner Mr and Mrs H Paulsen Mr and Mrs Tony Habeger Mr and Mrs Duane Barker Mr and Mrs Arthur Lantz Mr and Mrs Leo Lehman Mike Wilson and Karen Klingman appear in a grouped social notice.
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