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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1938
Page
8
Rural teachers met at West Union for a Saturday session. Residents and guests from Elgin Oelwein and Fayette County listed, with numerous suppers visits and sick lists. A Washington Birthday pot luck and a church supper were planned, plus a sympathy note for the Foxwell family.
Mr and Mrs Gottfried Frieden and their son Edwin were supper guests last Wednesday in the Fred Schneider home.
Cheery Valley residents and visitors share a weekend of calls and dinners. Notable names include Mrs. Jake Butikofer and daughter Minnie, Mrs. Mary Schiupp, Albert Schupbach family, and Amos Hartzler son Homer of Marshville Ohio. Events span visits to homes in Gunder Fayette Millville Elgin Oak Grove and Elgin with multiple callers and shared meals.
Mrs. John Barnhouse and children with Mrs. Marshall Helms visited friends in Elgin. The Boyle and Nutting households hosted guests. Ula Howard visited Ossian while the Howard family hosted meals and gatherings. Kenneth Kjosa of Clermont stayed with Sidney Nutting. Harry Stillman and son returned from Clermont.
Mrs Gee Howard and Opal wet callers in the George Boyle home in Elgin Tuesday. Brainard Church Notes announce Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching services Tuesday evening February 15 by Rev Glair Brown.
Gunder residents recount weekend visits and social calls. Berths include Ebmer and Johnnie Olson at the Houg home, spring opening events at Torklson Bros. in Elgin, and multiple calls among neighbors in Clermont, Alma, and nearby towns. A grocery stock sale changes hands in Gunder and Otto J. Beucher is named new manager for the Iown Des Moines area store.
A brief quip notes how the disappointed Icser sometimes fares better than the bridegroon, implying paradoxical luck in misfortune within a light, dated tone.
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