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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
8
E R Withell D C chiropractor offers X Ray and Neurocalometer services from State Bank Building Elkader Iowa. Practice emphasizes chiropractic care and diagnostics for patients seeking spinal health improvements.
Friday oyster supper and puppet show at the church sponsored by Comrades Sunday school class drew a large crowd. A stork shower at Jim Yearous home honored Mrs. Clifford Larson. gifts were opened and a sack lunch served. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited, assisted, or hosted events in Elgin, Lit tleport, Fayette, Volga, and nearby farms, with weddings, birthdays, and sickness noted.
Paul Smith spent a few days with his aunt and relatives near Elkader. Mr and Mrs Guernsey Smith and son Noel visited the O H Larson home. Jim Yearous and family joined Earl Kiple. Marie Schneider visited the Butikofers. Levi Pulfer and family dropped by Fred Rothlisberger’s. Clara Muehlenthaler helps with butcher work for Rex Medberry. Ogle family and Mrs Mary Ogle were guests of Arthur Kelly’s near Volga. Walter and Otis Rothlisberger attended a sheep breeders meeting in Fayette. Raymond Benson and family hosted visitors, as did Martin Wenger and his family. Wen ger Bros visitors were guests Wednesday evening. Rex Medberry’s wife spent Sunday with sister Fred Burrow. Mrs Oscar Baker visited Jim Yearous family for supper. Wilbur Lehman and son Robert visited Lena Hunsberger last Wednesday.
Cheery Valley residents share weekend visits and family gatherings. Mrs Mary La Valle stays in Post ville while Ida Meyer assists at Ern Baumgartner’s home for ill Erna. Several families host and dine with relatives across Millville Colesburg St Olaf and Arlington areas.
Sunday afternoon in the G Fried Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lehman and Lavern Dennler were supper guests in the Jake Dennler home Sunday.
Rev and Mrs Gordon of Qel wein visited the Bert Allen home. Earl Kiple hosted a rock party for neighbors. Max Zinnerberg visited Oran Bane. Donald Gilson visited Harry Gilson. Ward Brabham and family guests of Archie Howard. Harry Gilson callers in Hans Winkler. Everett Quests at Roy Leuchtenmacher. Mrs. Edwin Bauman bedridden seven weeks, Doris Miller helping. Russell Jones and family supper guests in Louis Dennler. Mrs Gottfried Frieden visiting son Harry Frieden near Volga City. Mrs Henry Holzer and others visited Tile Hanson. H H Gilbertson hosted supper for Roy Leuchtenmacher and Oran Bane. Social Hour club picnic dinner at Mrs John Nydegger. Hans Winkler hosted James Bailey on Monday. Henry Matthys family dinner at Harry Miller. Unnamed guests at Oran Bane Wednesday. James Bailey at Lyle Wilson Sunday. Mrs Harry Gilson visited Wm Frederick home at West Union. Frederick family brought her home and dined with Gilsons. John Howard guests in Warren Joyce home near West Union.
West Union visitors and neighbors share Sunday calls in Bert Allen and Beryl Boleyn homes. Community updates include illness of Mrs Edwin Bauman, Crimp and Moats families visiting, and multiple calls across Kanawha Monticello and Fayette. An accident near Oelwein involving Rev Belknap, Dyer and Oliver Paul is reported. Ladies' Aid met at Sidney Nutting with program by S S Patterson. Church notes value choir practice, Sunday school at 10:30, preaching at 2. Rev A R Belknap pastor.
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