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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
4
FOR SALE Pens and pencils including fountain pens ball point pens and mechanical pencils and marking devices from Elgin Echo Printers and Stationers Elgin Also for sale shoes ice skates size 5 black in good condition and a metal grille similar to bank fixtures wanted to buy phone 3711 Elgin
Gunder News reports a busy hospitality season as many families hosted Christmas Eve and Day meals. Elated gatherings included the Ole Loftsgard and Olson households with Dunserud Embretgon Munger and others, plus visits from the Kirkeberg and Opsand families. We note travel to Chicago for Ruth Opland and multiple local guests at the Homer orvis and Loftsgard homes.
Clarence Winkler and family, plus many neighbors, shared festive meals at various homes around West Union and nearby towns. Recurring names include the Gehrings, Rothlisbergers, Chapmans, Larsons, Nydegger, Martins, Strong, Christianson, Halverson, Riuroden, Matthys, Kerr, Shaffer, Medberry, Baumgartner, Lehman, Wenger, and Hofer as families joined Christmas Day or weekend gatherings across Castalia, Arnold, Hawkeye, Cedar Rapids, Wa terloo, and Postville areas.
A long list of Christmas dinner and hosting events shows Albert Klingman William Klingman and the Arthur Yearous family as guests in different homes. Many local families including Chapman Baumgartner Pollock Heck Perry Yearous Grimm Yearous Rothlisberger Schneider Metzger Butikofer and others hosted or joined celebrations across West Union Clermont Postville and surrounding towns.
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