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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1942
Page
8
A crowded Sunday and midweek social calendar in Illyria read as neighbors and relatives shared meals and visits. Many households near West Union hosted guests from Elkader Fayette and Dundee while teachers attended a meeting in West Union and Epworth League officers outlined the year’s program.
The Marion Dorcas Society and Ladies Aid meet in church parlors with named hostesses on February 7 and 11. The Marion Luther League held a program honoring four local men planning to enter the armed forces. Local residents enlistments and calls are noted. Choir visited homes, sang Norwegian songs, and neighbors shared meals and birthday party visits. Several families hosted guests and attended a 55th wedding anniversary in Elkader.
Will Meyer and Elton af May nard visited in the Lester Chase home Thursday. Mrs. Martin Wenger and Marlys and Stanley, Ida Meyer, Mrs. Rosa Baumgartner and Mrs. Ernest Fried erich and three children spent Wednesday in the Kenneth Mork home. The ladies helped Mrs. Mork with quilting. Mr. and Mrs. Will Christen spent Wednesday in the Jacob Christen home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butikofer and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gunner Landsgard and children spent Sunday afternoon in the Milton Ottosen home. Trene Minihan returned home Wednesday after visiting Decorah. Lacey Christen and Clara Mueh lenthaler spent the weekend in the Wilbur Lehman home. Mr. and Mrs. John Dennler visited Saturday with Mrs. Wa. Larson at the Jake Lehman home. Mr. and Mrs. Francis West and Jennie Wilson of Elkader were supper guests Sunday in the Jake Butikofer home. Edwin Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. John Dennler, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wert and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Meisner and children were guests in the Roslene Larson home Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Mitts and children are visiting his mother and other relatives at Canton. Oscar Baumgartner, Louis Hofer.
Numerous families share Sunday and Thursday visits across John Dennler Roscoe Larson Albert Schupbach Orlin Mason and related households near Volga Postville St Olaf and adjacent farms. Guests include Edwin Hanson Orlando Loftsgard Ruth Schupbach and several Dennler, Christen, Meyer, Butikofer, Hanson, and Lehmen guests with dinners and suppers noted.
Mrs Louisa Martie Lydia and Fred spent Tuesday in the Ole Reierson home. Fern Friederich stayed midweek with Mrs Orville Berg. Numerous neighbors including the Kimballs Berg Fried erichs and Blockhuses shared meals and evenings at homes across Clermont and Pleasant Valley, with several couples visiting Ole Reierson and Orville Berg households.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kittleson and others called at the Alfred Waiterson home Friday evening. The Walterson family will soon move to North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Ames Olson and family spent Friday evening in the Carmen Swenson home.
Social updates list visits and gatherings among local residents including Arlene Amundson’s hospital stay, farewell party for the Larson family moving to Monona, birthday celebrations for Bambara Anderson and Thelma Lingaas, and multiple calls on neighbors across Clermont Castalia and West Union with names of families and durations noted.
Oak Grove notes list numerous visits and hosts across towns. Names include Dennler Gilson Muncie Beale Ash Shaffer King Baker Wescott Pollock Wenger Frieden Dennler Wilson Looby and others. Several funerals and callings are noted with Samplings of weekend gatherings and family visits.
The Fayette County Bankers association held a farewell smoker in Oelwein last night for Hoyt Young of Arlington who is leaving soon for a new Texas job. Attending were Samuel Mosby B J Baumgart ner and W F Kohler of the Elgin State Bank.
The West Union Citizens' Club met at the Presbyterian church Monday evening with Gov George A Wilson as guest speaker. About a hundred people attended, including visitors from neighboring towns.
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