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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1945
Page
8
West Union area social life is detailed with birthday anniversaries, dinners, and visits. Families including Shaffer, Olson, Pollock, Shaffer, and Yearous host and attend gatherings. several trips to Fayette, Castalia, and El Kader noted. community events and a farm bureau program announced for Thursday evening with a sack lunch.
Mr and Mrs Tom Boyer hosted an oyster supper at their home on Tuesday with many local families in attendance including Mr and Mrs Glen Boyer Mr and Mrs Henman Boyer and Stanley Patterson W L Lyon and others. Several neighbors visited homes Sunday including the C Gilbert and the Nutting households while others dined or called on friends across Brainard in a weekend of social visits.
Ed Butikofer family hosted relatives as John Christen and Jacob Christen joined Elmer Christen’s guests near Garber. A son was born to Albert Erickson Jr. at Postville hospital on Friday. Several families shared visits, birthdays, and a quilting party with many neighbors in the Cheery Valley area.
Flax of the brown seeded types show best results in Towa. Redwing Biwing Kote and Bison have given good results.
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