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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1951
Page
8
Illyria news notes list Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 o clock. Strong family visitors from Ames and Clermont hosted by local families. Several couples entertained groups and hosted dinners, with illnesses mentioned and kin visiting from nearby towns.
Mrs Orlando Loftsgard and children were dinner and supper guests Friday at the Louis Butikofer home. Mrs Louis Butikofer Mrs Geo Schupbach Mrs Lawrence Butikofer and Mrs Orlando Loftsgard visited Friday afternoon with Rose and Marie Schmid Oma L Butikofer of Des Moines spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Louis Butikofer Mr and Mrs Louis Butikofer were supper guests Sunday evening at the Wm Sutter home in West Union. The James Schlee and George Schupbach families spent Sunday afternoon at the Louis Butikofer home.
This fragment records multiple visits and dinners across Elkader and nearby homes. Couples and families including Hischeid, Hanson, Christen, Dennler, Butikofer, Dennier, Fette, Rainey, West, Jones, Moore, Torkelson, and Hofer appear in homes of Dennler, Butikofer, Lehman, and Slater with events on various weekdays and Sunday dinners.
Gunder News lists Sunday dinners at multiple Decorah homes including Harold Opland at the Lars Setms residence and Theo Loftsgard's family. Other visitors Friday evening included Henry Vellersven and Allen Andersons, with Cain and Mason Willson and Curtis among the guests.
Sunday gatherings and visits fill the week in Postville area households with the Mork Anderson and Olson families among those hosting. The Marion Mission Society plans a February 4 meeting at church parlors hosted by B K Mork and Kenneth Anderson. Farm data notes late January markets, cattle on feed rising, hog production up, and a tight egg storage supply with only 26 000 cases stored as December ended 1950.
Grand Meadow residents shared time visiting friends and family across townlast week. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Halverson and Mrs. Julia Landsgard called on Mrs. Caroline Erickson. Mrs. Bertina Buraas and Mrs. Carrie Thorson visited. Helmer Lyngaas and Glen Nygaard celebrated a birthday. Clarence Olson hosted several guests. Mrs. Thorson stayed through Friday. Mrs. Henry Kittelson and Mrs. M. J. Blockhus visited Mrs. Julia Landsgard Wednesday.
In the present dispute with railroad operating employees brotherhoods the railroads agreed to arbitrate but union leaders refused. The railroads followed Truman Emergency Board recommendations then the White House August 19 1950 proposal, which the unions also rejected. An agreement was signed at the White House on December 21 1960. Now unions seek repudiation while railroads stand ready to enforce terms with back pay at the specified rates and dates.
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