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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
8
Ilyria and Walter Rothlisberger families join neighbors for Christmas observances. Relatives from Belle, Otja, Cedar Ta n ta, Janesville, Fayette and Monona visit, share dinners, and attend church events. Rural schools closed for holidays. several households report Christmas meals and neighborly visits as community observes the season.
A long list of households hosted Christmas dinners and gatherings across the area. Neighbors including the Barrack, Olesen, Hunsberger, Yearous, Schweinerus, Frieden, Foxwell, McKellar, Lehner, Lehner, Rothlisberger, Nydegger, Pritchard, and many others welcomed relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids, Anoka, Randalls, and Elkader, with travel to Arlington and West Union noted.
Macher called at Bert Allen s home Wednesday evening. Many neighbors and families visited for Christmas Day including the Boleyns Dennlers and Wilsons. Several calls and dinners occurred across the community with extended family gatherings and holidays in Oak Grove.
Brainard items note Mr. and Mrs. Don Cummings and family spent Christmas at the Fred Nydegger home. Fonell Severn visited relatives near West Union for Christmas. Elsie and Raymond Belknap and Oliver Faul, Wesleyan College students, spent holidays with Rev. C. R. Belknap. Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Marshall Helms, shared devotionals, business, and a Christmas program with gifts. January meeting at Mrs. Sidney Nutting's home. Rey and Mrs. L. R. Westerberg led Sunday services at West Union jail, with Belknap delivering Christmas treats and Bible texts provided by the W C T U.
Social notes list Christmas visits among Nutting Peters and Helms families in Brainard area. A Brainard church and school Christmas program featured songs, monologues, pageants and recitations, with Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. Burrows to lead special meetings starting January 7, 1940.
Cheery Valley residents recount Christmas trips and dinners with relatives. Orlin Mason and Howard Mason visited Amanda Mason and Forest. Elizabeth Christen came from Wilmette for an eight week stay. Several families hosted meals and welcomed guests including Butikofer and Christen clans. many travelers visited La Grange and West Bend for brief family time.
A crowded holiday scene lists numerous families hosting Christmas dinners and visiting over the weekend. Names include Dennler Lehman Butikofer Christen Meisner Hader Meyer and others in Cedar Rapids Des Moines Waterloo West Union and nearby areas.
C F I photographer Dick Crabb captures Postmaster C. E. Olds with his 16 inch lemon. Olds, postmaster since 1812, notes ten lemons this year and a strong winter crop after 26 years of lemon farming. He uses lemons to make lemonade for Christmas family dinner as the tree winters in the post office and summers in the yard. Numerous local guests and neighbors share Sunday suppers and dinners at various homes, including Mr and Mrs Werry Olson, Henry Olson, Julia Landsgard, T N Helgerson, and others, with cross visits among Albany residents.
Grand Meadow and nearby residents share visits and meals over Christmas and New Year. Families including Reinhart Olson Larson and Holm hosted, hosted guests traveled from Clermont Decorah Chicago Canton S D and Anamosa for meals and hospitality with Erickson Lyngaas and Burnes families among those noted.
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