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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
8
Residents of Wilbette and nearby towns shared Christmas meals and visits. Extended family including Christen, Butikofer, Dennier, Wenger, and Meyer members attended dinners and parties at multiple homes and hosted guests from Otters, Bragg, and local farms. Many expressions of seasonal greetings closed with best wishes for the new year.
Illyria area residents shared holidays with relatives and friends across several nearby towns. Many hosted and visited over Christmas and during the weekend, including the Chapmans, Ogles, Kohls, Rothlisbergers, Frieden, Medberry, and others, with several children and extended families noted in various homes around West Union and nearby communities.
A stream of Christmas celebration notes from local households lists Thomas an Tyke and Lydia Kerr, Mr and Mrs Harold Kimball, Mrs Nellie Kirka, James and others as supper, Christmas night, guests in Floyd Frieden, and related gatherings. Various families including the Dennlers, Yestous, Chapman, Frieden, and Hunsberger groups share dinners and holiday visits with neighbors and friends across the year end period.
Oak Grove notes a dinner guest John Howard Jr in John Howard Sr home. Silas Wilsons spent Sunday with Salome Thomas family. Elmer Nelsons planned a birthday surprise party. Attendees included Belergon Randolf Becker Powell Thomas and Doyle Bakers visited George Howard home with Louis Dennler family others listed.
Families and friends gathered for Christmas at multiple local homes including the Dennlers in mass attendance and the Gilsons with neighbors the Kohls and Matthys. Several guests from Dyersville and nearby towns joined in meals and extended family celebrations across the community.
The Oleson family near Forest City keeps horses as a daily hobby with 11 children riding ponies and horses. Mr Oleson favors a fire gaited stallion OWA SURPRISING. A Dallas county school officer urges pupils to clear cellars and attics of fire hazards to aid the war effort. A pupil answers the attic query with I know there is sugar and coffee.
Carol Jacobia and Dorothea Jacobia from Delhi visited relatives at their parents home for Christmas then returned to school on Sunday. Loftsgard and Anderson households hosted dinners the week of Christmas with multiple families plus Nyborg and Learn guests. Ames visitors Harold Skarshaug joined T Olson’s Christmas weekend. others including the Olson and Anderson clans shared meals and gatherings at the C J Anderson and George Landsgard houses.
The new price ceilings on beef carcasses take effect December 16 and analysts anticipate little impact on current cattle prices due to market conditions and existing supply factors. The move targets retail efficiency while industry observers monitor potential shifts in rancher margins and consumer costs.
The Rev. Leo Potter of Sigourney Christian Church is honored with national appointment to author Easter week theme and sermon material. He will prepare a nationwide booklet on the subject for Christian churches.
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